Unlike any other Uchiha, Houyi and his son Ryo did not have an affinity to Fire Release. However, when sealing Korin into his body, Ryo gained that affinity with her.
Therefore, he could occasionally give simply guidance to Itachi. Besides that, he only advised Shisui to make him a Crow Contractor.
Shisui had always had that thought, but wasn’t sure if Itachi’s Genjutsu talent was enough for him to benefit from it.
After he heard Ryo propose the same thing, he stopped hesitating. After making Itachi their contractor, he began to guide him on dealing with the Crows.
In this way, one month passed, and Ryo felt that he had taught Shisui enough. His disciple was a very fast learner, and he obviously still had a great untapped potential. However, just training wasn’t going to get him any further; he need battle experience.
By now, Shisui was already at the level of a weaker Jonin. With his great Body-Flicker technique, if he was to open the Mangekyo, he should be even able to take on an elite Jonin and even escape a quasi Kage in combat.
Now, he had enough skill to protect himself, so after some thought, Ryo finally decided to get him to train with the Anbu for a while.
However, before he could get that to happen, news reached him from Orochimau: Lain was awake!
She had been in her glassware for two month, during which her body received all sorts of changed.
At first, she was able to consciously guide her body to start the integration with Hashirama’s cells by following Ryo’s instructions. After that, her body fell into a state of deep sleep.
It wasn’t until today that she adapted enough with the new cells to wake up.
She opened her eyes, and tapped on the glassware while Anko was near. The latter immediately notified Orochimaru.
After checking out on her, he told Anko to release her, and went personally to inform Ryo, who immediately teleported with him back to the lab.
When she saw Ryo, Lain smiled and began to shout: “Oni.. sa.. san!” Ryo patted her head happily.
After two months of not speaking, her speech abilities where somewhat slow, but Ryo could clearly hear the joy and excitement in her voice.
“Anko, I’ll take Lain back home now, and we’ll deal with everything else when she’s back to one hundred percent.”
Anko stopped him asking in surprise: “Back home? Isn’t this child an orphan?”
“Lain is already a Yamanaka!” Ryo said with a smile, and then explained the matter to Anko.
During the past two months, Chinse won the clan’s consent, and made Lain officially a Yamanka. Inoichi even added her name into the Yamanaka’s genealogy.
After listening Anko nodded, and had nothing to say. Lain on the other hand was really excited to hear the news!
Ryo teleported with Lain back home, going straight to Chinse’s room.
He explained Lain’s situation to his mother briefly, asking her to talk with her often to help restore her speech abilities back to normal.
Chinse agreed immediately, and rushed out of the room with Lain!