My two-dimensional resident

"Anything is fine as long as it's not a toy. Hmm... Kikyo has definitely gone astray lately. It's most likely Shinobu and the others who corrupted her. These cunning girls, unable to gain anything from me, resort to bewitching my wife. They really need to be taught a lesson; otherwise, they won't know who the island's master is!"

Just as Lin Tian was thinking about how to teach Shinobu and the others a lesson so they wouldn't corrupt Kikyo, Kikyo had already placed her hand back on the lid and opened the reward box that Isabelle had given to Lin Tian.

"What is this? A stone slab?"

Kikyo looked at the rectangular, dark blue stone slab with brown edges lying flat inside the empty box, her eyes showing a strange expression, and said in confusion.

This stone slab is about 30 centimeters long and 15 centimeters wide. It is entirely brown with gold patterns around its edges.

However, if it is a stone slab, there is a long, narrow cutout on its left side. The cutout and the stone strip on the left side of the slab are decorated with golden runes, which look like a handle for people to hold.

The right side is recessed in the middle and has a gold clasp embedded in it, which seems to be a place to be fixed with a rope.

"What stone slab? Let me see."

When Lin Tian heard that the blind box that Isabelle gave him contained a stone slab, he looked on with curiosity and leaned forward, wanting Kikyo to hand him the stone slab to take a look.

"Here you go, maybe you know what it's for."

Kikyo took out the stone slab and handed it to Lin Tian, ​​smiling as she spoke.

In her mind, Lin Tian was a know-it-all. She believed that Lin Tian would recognize what this uniquely shaped stone slab was.

"This! This is the Sheikah Stone! Why is it here???"

Lin Tian looked at the stone tablet in Kikyo's hand and immediately recognized what it was. He exclaimed in surprise, picked up the Sheikah Stone, and examined it with great curiosity.

"The Sheikah Stone? I think I've heard that name from Isabelle. Good heavens, what exactly does it do?"

Seeing Lin Tian's unusual behavior, Kikyo asked, somewhat puzzled. Lin Tian hadn't been this surprised when the "Twelve Trials" appeared before; why was he so astonished by this unique stone slab?

"Hmm... how should I put it... Kikyo, you know Isabelle likes to play a game console, right? It's the Nintendo Switch handheld game console."

Lin Tian swung the Sheikah Stone in his hand, but found that he couldn't activate it. He regretfully placed it on the box and explained to Kikyo.

"Yes, I remember. Isabelle invited me to play with her. But I wasn't very good at operating that complicated thing, so I declined."

Kikyo pondered for a moment, recalling how Isabelle had invited her to play a game called "Two-Player Team" in the service hall. Unfortunately, Kikyo wasn't very good at using the tiny game controller and declined Isabelle's invitation.

"This Sheikah Stone is an item in a game on the Nintendo Switch handheld console. It functions similarly to our Nokia phone, helping players view maps, cook food, store items, and so on."

By the way, this game is called *The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*, and it's my favorite game. I even bought a Nintendo Switch handheld console specifically to play it.

By the way, this game is about the protagonist rescuing a princess, but... I've played for three thousand hours and haven't actually rescued the princess. I've just been wandering around the game, collecting quest items, or bullying the villains.

Thinking back to the time I played this game, I suddenly feel like borrowing Isabelle's handheld console to play a bit more. Haha~

Lin Tian looked at Kikyo and couldn't help but burst into laughter, explaining the origin of the Sheikah Stone.

As a veteran Zelda player, Lin Tian initially followed the main storyline to rescue Princess Zelda.

But after playing for a while, he felt that saving the princess was impossible, and it was more fun to use shield parries to bully the Silver Centaurs or to stylishly kill the villainous Igai team members.

"Hmm, that sounds like an interesting game. But what does Isabelle mean by giving this to you?"

After hearing about Lin Tian's glorious deeds (his lewd behavior), Kikyo smiled sweetly, revealing a spring-like expression, and asked Lin Tian a question.

"Well... I don't know either. Let's go to the service hall later and ask Isabelle."

Upon hearing this, Lin Tian scratched the back of his head. After putting aside his memories of playing The Legend of Zelda, he calmed down and thought about it carefully for a long time, but he still couldn't figure out why he had received this reward.

Is it just a simple Sheikah Stone model? Lin Tian felt it didn't look like it at all.

After thinking for a long time without coming up with a solution, he decided to go find Isabelle and ask her in person later.

"Okay, let's go find Isabelle now. You should also go and meet with the others to discuss our future plans. By the way, are you going to complete the 'Twelve Trials' now?"

When Kikyo heard that Lin Tian didn't know why Isabelle had given him a Sheikah Stone, she nodded and said...

"The 'Twelve Trials' aren't urgent. Let's go to the service hall first. I promised Yinliya I'd build her a water park. Now that we have the money, let's get that done with Xiao Ke. And while we're at it, let's ask Isabelle what the Sheikah Stone is for."

Lin Tian didn't think too much about it and decided to go to the service hall directly. He'd deal with the "Twelve Trials" after finishing all the work on the island.

"Okay, let's set off now."

Kikyo nodded and stood up.

"Okay." Lin Tian put the empty box in front of them into his storage space, put the Sheikah Stone and the "Twelve Trials" orbs into his space backpack, and then took Kikyo out of the house and headed towards the service hall.

......

"Young man! Neji, is it because you lost to me yesterday that you want to duel me again?"

In the plaza in front of the service hall, Ace had finished breakfast and was about to buy a beer from the vending machine when he noticed Hyuga Neji approaching from a distance. He raised his hand to greet Neji.

"I'm heading back now. I'm here to buy Nook Miles Travel Passes. Ace, I can't beat you yet, but you haven't gotten much stronger since you left the island. If you keep acting like this, you might get beaten by me next time we meet."

Neji Hyuga walked up to Ace with a blank expression, only to see Ace hand him a bottle of beer. He hesitated for a long time before finally taking it, his cold words a unique way of expressing friendship.

"I've tried my best too. Don't worry, I won't let your plans succeed. But seriously, those two newbies yesterday were incredibly strong. I feel like no one but Artoria could beat them."

Ace grinned, opened his beer bottle, clinked it against Neji's, took a refreshing sip, and then confidently addressed Neji.

However, when Bardock and Asido were mentioned, the smile on his face faded slightly, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking from his expression.

However, Neji Hyuga could still detect a hint of urgency in the complex expression on his face. After all, on the cute little rabbit island of the past, besides Hercules and Artoria, Ace was the strongest.

Except for Kikyo, because she had never fought against these people.

But things are different now. Two powerful opponents with mysterious backgrounds have arrived on the island. For Ace, a companion with the heart of a strongman, this will most likely ignite his desire to become stronger. Hyuga Neji thought to himself.

"By the way, are you going back today? Why don't you stay on the island a little longer? And have you said goodbye to Lin Tian yet?"

Ace pulled himself together and asked Hyuga Neji.

"I've been out for ten days now, and more than three months have passed since I left this world. My family must be very worried about me..."

Hyuga Neji looked up at the blazing sun in the sky, his tone no longer so cold. Images of his father, whom he had saved, and his mother, who now knew her father wouldn't die, flashed through his mind.

Since Hyuga Neji and his companions received Lin Tian's letter of support, only ten days and 13 hours have passed according to the island's timeline, but three and a half months have passed in other worlds.

He had already learned from Lin Tian that nothing would happen in Konoha Village during this period, but he still wanted to go back and spend more time with his parents, while also planning how to resolve the crisis that would occur more than ten years later.

"Ah! It's been more than three months. Damn it, I left my companions on a deserted island. Will the Navy find them? No, I have to get back right away."

Ace had little sense of time. Upon hearing Neji Hyuga say that more than three months had passed in his world, he immediately remembered that he had abandoned his companions on a deserted island to come and support Lin Tian alone. If he wasn't mistaken, his companions had also been living on the deserted island for more than three months.

Thinking of this, Ace also dropped his previous nonchalant attitude, finished his beer in one gulp, patted Hyuga Neji on the shoulder, and decided to buy no-mileage travel tickets with him, leave the cute Rabbit Island, and return to their own world.

"..."

Hyuga Neji looked at the rough-around-the-edges Ace, shook his head speechlessly, and then, at his urging, the two walked into the service hall.

Good morning, Ace and Neji. What's going on with you two?

When Lin Tian and Kikyo entered the service hall, he saw Ace and Hyuga Neji standing in front of the mileage vending machine. He went up to them with a smile and greeted them. When he saw that each of them was holding a mileage travel voucher, he was taken aback and asked.

"Lin Tian, ​​I originally wanted to stay a few more days. But more than three months have passed, and I have to go back to find my companions. The Grand Line is very dangerous, and I'm afraid they might encounter danger."

When Ace saw Lin Tian arrive, he showed a regretful expression and shook his head at Lin Tian.

"Oh, I see. Then you should go back now. By the way, did you bring enough apples and cherries?"

Ace is still the captain of the Spade Pirates, and Lin Tian understands his concerns. He patted Ace on the shoulder to comfort him and asked with concern.

"Hmm... I still have three sets of apples and two sets of cherries. Last night I also asked Shinobu Kocho for two sets of healing pills, which should be enough for me for a while. I'll write to you again if anything runs out."

After listening to Lin Tian's question, Ace glanced at his spatial backpack and then spoke to Lin Tian.

"I'll give you seven more sets of apples and three sets of cherries. When you get back, if you encounter an enemy you can't defeat, remember to contact me. We are your strongest and most reliable support. Oh, and thank you for coming to help me."

"Don't worry, I'm really good! Haha!"

Lin Tian took out apples and cherries from his spatial backpack and handed them to Ace. Ace didn't stand on ceremony and put them all into his spatial backpack.

After replenishing Ace's consumables, Lin Tian turned his attention to Hyuga Neji.

"Neji, I remember after you went back, besides saving Father, you've been staying at the ancestral home doing nothing. That won't do. Didn't I tell you before that the method to strengthen the Byakugan is on the moon? Why haven't you gone yet?"

Hyuga Neji's current strength is many times greater than when he first arrived on the island. Lin Tian guessed that, according to the power level classification in the Naruto world, he should have reached the Kage level.

However, in the later Ninja War, Kage-level ninjas were mostly just minor characters.

In order to help Hyuga Neji become stronger, Lin Tian had to urge him to stop staying at home.

"I don't have much fruit left... I'll go to the moon. But I'll go after the Uchiha clan is wiped out..."

Hyuga Neji still maintained his cold demeanor, but his response to Lin Tian's words carried a hint of arrogance.

"Here you go, just remember to write and tell me if you need more in the future. Don't make me send you things every time. Seriously... if I could travel to your world and know the future plot, I would want to go to the moon to get the Tenseigan and then go to the three great secret realms to learn Sage Mode."

Seeing that Hyuga Neji still maintained his aloof and handsome demeanor, Lin Tian was somewhat speechless. He simply pulled out ten sets of apples and five sets of cherries, handed them to him, and then said with a sarcastic tone.

From Neji Hyuga's perspective, his decision was not problematic. After all, the annihilation of the Uchiha clan was the greatest disaster Konoha's leadership had suffered since the Nine-Tails attack. Although the story doesn't specify whether the Hyuga clan was affected.

But now that the powerful Hyuga Neji has appeared, it remains to be seen whether the butterfly representing destiny will still fly along its original path.

"Anyway, thank you for helping me. Remember what I said to Ace earlier: if you encounter a powerful enemy, please contact us."

Lin Tian patted Hyuga Neji on the shoulder and said with a serious expression.

"Um..."

Chapter 334 Entrusted Apple Trading Task

Hyuga Neji nodded very solemnly to Lin Tian. The suggestion Lin Tian gave him, in a way, was indeed the most perfect plan.

If Hyuga Neji hadn't experienced the Fourth Shinobi World War, he might have gone to the moon or a secret realm to learn Sage Mode, just like Lin Tian said.

But what he wants most now is to stay by his parents' side and protect their safety.

The group chatted for a few more minutes, mostly saying things like "Take care," "Be careful," and "Let's have a match next time I come back."

Afterwards, Lin Tian and Kikyo stood in the square and watched Ace and Hyuga Neji head south until the two disappeared at the end of Shinobu's flower path.

"Megumin, is this Sheikah Stone just a simple keepsake, or does it serve another purpose?"

After watching the two leave, Lin Tian and Kikyo re-entered the service hall. Lin Tian saw Isabelle watering the spider lilies she had brought back from the Demon Slayer world, so he went up to her workbench and asked her a question.

"The Sheikah Stone? Only the protagonist Link can use it."

Isabelle, who was admiring the spider lilies, didn't understand Lin Tian's meaning for a moment and blurted it out.

"I'm not talking about the game. It's this, this is what I got from the reward box you gave me before."

Lin Tian took the Sheikah Stone out of his spatial backpack and placed it on Isabelle's table, then explained.