In the infirmary of Konoha Camp in the Land of Grass, medical ninjas were treating Minato's wounds.
"Minato Jounin, can you tell me how your arm was injured?"
After some inspections, the medical ninja belonging to the medical unit hesitated for a moment, obviously having doubts about the injury on Minato's arm.
"What's wrong? Wasn't this injured by Rou Fang?"
Before Minato could speak, Jiraiya on the side had already asked.
Minato is not only his disciple, but also the only Konoha ninja who can reverse the situation in the Land of Grass.
This time, Minato hurriedly fought against the traitorous ninja Hyuga Ayane, and then returned injured, which shocked Jiraiya.
In Jiraiya's opinion, Minato's bleeding and injured arm was completely injured by the enemy's soft fist.
"Jiraiya-sama, with all due respect, Minato Jounin's arm was not injured by the Rou Fist at all."
The medical ninja said with certainty.
"What?"
"Yes, Minato's injured arm was injured by some kind of wind release ninjutsu. It has seriously damaged the bones and meridian system in Minato's arm."
The medical ninja nodded.
In Konoha's medical literature, there are many cases of injuries caused by Rou Fist, and none of the records of those injury cases were the same as Minato's arm injury.
One is taijutsu and the other is ninjutsu. The injuries caused by hitting the human body will be very different, and professional medical ninjas can easily distinguish them.
This was also evidence that he was sure that Minato's arm was not injured by the soft fist.
"Minato, what's going on?"
Jiraiya asked seriously.
"...It should have something to do with my ninjutsu."
Minato's expression was quite calm.
"Rasengan?"
"Yes, I added the change in the nature of the wind attribute chakra to the Rasengan... but this technique is not complete, that's why there are such sequelae."
Minato answered calmly.
"That's no wonder." The medical ninja nodded clearly: "However, it is best for Minato Jōnin not to use this kind of wind escape ninjutsu in the future. If it is used a few more times, I am worried that Minato Jōnin's right arm will become paralyzed. The situation of condensing chakra."
"so serious?"
Minato was also surprised.
Although he knew that his new technique had some risks, he never expected that it would have such terrible drawbacks.
"Minato Jounin is not a medical ninja, so it is understandable that he does not understand these risks. But even if Tsunade-sama diagnoses it personally, he will give such advice. If possible, this forbidden technique that causes great harm to one's body should still be sealed It’s better to get up.”
The medical ninja sighed.
From the injuries on Minato's arms, he could tell how dangerous and terrifying Minato's wind escape technique was.
Although it is extremely powerful and combined with the Flying Thunder God technique, it can have a stronger frightening effect on the enemy, but it will cost you an arm, which is not worth it in the eyes of medical ninjas.
"If I use this technique with my shadow clone instead of my main body, there should be no risk, right?"
Minato had a quick mind and quickly came up with a brilliant idea.
The medical ninja was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "This is a feasible method. However, judging from the injury on Minato Jounin's arm, it is estimated that it will be very difficult to control this forbidden technique with a shadow clone."
"The village needs my strength now. No matter how difficult it is, I will choose to overcome it. Thank you for your advice."
Minato stood up from his chair and solemnly thanked the medical ninja.
"This is my duty and responsibility as a doctor. The situation in the Country of Grass is stable, thanks to Minato Jounin's ability to turn the tide."
The medical ninja was a little flattered and admired Minato from the bottom of his heart.
He has excellent character, handsome appearance, humble attitude, and strong strength. He takes the lead in every battle and is almost unscathed in the enemy's hinterland. As a result, many young ninjas in Konoha now regard Minato as their role model. It's called 'Shuimen Fever'.
This year, the Konoha troops stationed in the Country of Grass were able to reverse their disadvantage in the battle with Iwagakure. It can be said that most of it was due to Minato.
Even so, he was able to maintain an attitude of neither arrogance nor impatience. This kind of friendly power naturally made many people willing to believe in him and entrust their lives to him.
After leaving the infirmary, Jiraiya said to Minato on the way: "Minato, I've been thinking about it for a long time, and finally I've figured it out."
"Jiraiya-sensei, what have you thought about?"
"You can be the deputy commander."
Jiraiya solemnly invited.
"?"
Minato's face was blank.
"With your strength and your illustrious military exploits, the people below won't gossip."
"But……"
"Don't be too busy refusing. I just want to ask you, Minato, do you remember what you told me before about your dream of becoming Hokage?"
Jiraiya looked serious.
Minato nodded.
"Becoming Hokage is not that easy. I am not interested in the position of Hokage, but I can push you to the position of Hokage. Ambition does not mean age. Now you have the ability to compete with Orochimaru. And Mr. Sarutobi After hearing about your deeds and cherishing your talents very much, he has already entered your name into the ranks of candidates for the Fourth Hokage."
After listening to Jiraiya's words, Minato knew that Jiraiya was paving the way for him.
The road to becoming Hokage is not smooth sailing. It is not enough to have strength, but also to have enough fame and mass base.
He rose to prominence on the Iwagakure battlefield under the name Yellow Flash, but compared to Orochimaru, one of the three ninjas, his reputation and mass base are still slightly weak.
Therefore, Jiraiya promoted him to deputy commander here, and his intention was self-evident.
Develop his leadership skills.
How to turn the people here into his supporters depends on whether he can seize the opportunity next.
"Thank you, Jiraiya-sensei. I will try my best."
"Oh, you're welcome. This is what I should do as a teacher. You just need to do your best to realize your dreams, and the teacher will help you with the rest."
Jiraiya said, patting his chest.
"Isn't it okay with Orochimaru-senpai?"
Minato was worried that Jiraiya's support for him would destroy the friendship between Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
"Of course it's okay. Orochimaru and I have worn the same pair of pants since we were little. We've been friends for a long time. He won't be so petty."
Jiraiya smiled and told Minato not to pay attention.
There was another thing he didn't say, which was that he didn't expect Minato to stand out in the battle for the Fourth Hokage.
After all, the gap in reputation and mass base between Minato and Orochimaru is huge.
Orochimaru has been noticed by high-level officials since the last great ninja war and has been vigorously cultivated. He is a sure-fire fourth-generation Hokage.
He did this not to make Minato the fourth Hokage, but to prepare for the fifth Hokage.
After Orochimaru retires as the Fourth Hokage, there will be no ninja of his generation who can compete with Minato, and the Fifth Hokage is a sure bet.
In this way, his best friend and disciple can become Hokage.
Jiraiya felt extremely happy when he thought of this.
"However, I don't know when the official election of the Fourth Hokage will be. Our focus now is to win this war."
Minato was about to answer when his expression suddenly changed slightly.
"What's wrong? Is it the sequelae of that surgery?"
Jiraiya saw Minato's expression looked wrong and thought something was wrong with his body.
"No... the Flying Thunder God mark I engraved on Hinata Ayane's wrist has disappeared, and I can't sense her current location."
Minato's face turned serious.
"What? The Mark of the Flying Thunder God actually..."
Jiraiya was also surprised.
He knew the power of the Flying Thunder God's mark. Once it was engraved, it meant that he would never be able to escape the pursuit of the Flying Thunder God's technique for the rest of his life.
Even if he, a Sannin, was engraved with such a curse mark, he could not remove it by any means.
In the entire Konoha, there are no more than five people who can eliminate the mark of the Flying Thunder God.
"Sorry, Mr. Jiraiya, I messed up. I thought that by imprinting the Mark of the Flying Thunder God, I would be able to follow them at any time, but I didn't expect that the mark would be removed so quickly... It won't be this good next time. opportunity."
Minato looked troubled and sighed in frustration.
"It doesn't matter, the other party is not a simple ninja. You know, the caged bird mark of the Hyuga clan has been broken. They must have ninjas who are good at breaking curses."
Jiraiya patted Minato's shoulder and comforted him.
It would be false to say that it is not a pity, but it has already happened, and regretting it now will only add to your own troubles.
"Even so, it was also my personal mistake. Let me do the patrolling task, and let the others go and die in vain."
Minato recovered quickly from his frustration.
Jiraiya didn't refuse, as Minato said, he was the only one capable of patrolling, and letting other teams pass would only be a waste of lives.
"Kakashi is injured and unable to participate in the battle. You have lost a capable general beside you. Although the boy named Obito has activated the Sharingan, he is not yet mature enough to use it. Now let's settle down here in the camp. I will rearrange a few jounin to help. You, form a temporary patrol team."
Minato nodded in agreement.
When fighting against the extremely dangerous S-class traitorous ninja, even he could not guarantee his own safety. He could only say that he had a certain degree of certainty.
Letting Obito and Lin, who are chunin, participate in this kind of battle would be harmful rather than helpful. They would probably be killed instantly at the beginning of the battle.
As for Kakashi... It would have been okay if he was in his prime, with the same strength as Jounin Zhou Xuan, but now he is lying on the hospital bed and cannot get out of bed for at least a week. Minato can only choose his teammates again and perform patrol missions.
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In Kakashi's hospital room.
"Did you see it, Lin? This is our Uchiha's Sharingan. It's very powerful!"
Obito lifted his goggles upwards, revealing the red double magatama Sharingan, and displayed them proudly in front of Lin.
"Is this the Sharingan? Such beautiful eyes."
It was also the first time that Lin observed the Sharingan up close, with a look of curiosity in her eyes.
"Yes, from now on, I am also an elite ninja of Uchiha."
Obito put his hands on his hips, enjoying Rin's gaze.
This kind of attention from the girl I like is really great.
Of course, there is also a feeling of sadness and bitterness.
Because in the past, the attention of girls was taken away by Kakashi, who was a genius.
"Even if you haven't awakened the Sharingan, I have always believed that Obito you are the elite of Uchiha."
Lin said with a gentle smile.
"Y-really?"
Obito blushed in embarrassment and scratched his face with his fingers in confusion.
The injured Kakashi was sitting on the bed, holding a book in his hand
He turned a deaf ear to Obito and Lin's conversations, which were all topics he wasn't interested in anyway.
"Kakashi, I heard that you were injured. Is this true?"
Outside the ward, three more people walked in.
The leader was a young man with thick eyebrows and a watermelon haircut. He was the first person to come in and shout.
Metkai - the man who claims to be Kakashi's lifelong enemy, is already the chuunin of Konoha.
Following behind were two boys who were older than Kakashi, Shiranui Genma and Ebisu.
The two of them are teammates of Metkai. Like Kai, they both passed the special chuunin evaluation during the war and became a glorious chuunin in Konoha.
They are also familiar with Kakashi, but they are in different teams and they only meet rarely.
"Don't you three have to go out on a mission?"
Kakashi, who was lying on the hospital bed, put down the book in his hand and sighed softly.
Really, we're all here together. Where's the promise that the ward will be quiet?
"Jiraiya-sama just ordered that ninjas under the rank of Jonin are not allowed to go out."
Shiranui Genma held a toothpick-like Senbon in his mouth and spoke clearly.
"What happened? Why are ninjas below jounin not allowed to go out?"
Obito asked confused.
"We don't understand either. We can just do whatever the higher-ups arrange."
Ebisu pushed up the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, looking polite.
"Speaking of which, Kakashi, how did you get injured?"
Over there, Metkai asked about Kakashi.
Genma and Ebisu are also curious.
Among them, Kakashi is undoubtedly the strongest.
Although he is not yet at the level of a jounin, he is probably very close to that level.
And Kakashi is only eleven years old now, which is very incredible to many people.
He is worthy of being the second generation of White Fang.
Therefore, the ninja who can injure Kakashi must also be a very famous jounin among Iwagakure.
Kakashi was about to answer when Obito over there spoke.
He said with an angry look: "It's a badass woman named Hinata Ayane. I heard from Minato-sensei that she is a ninja who defected from our village."
As soon as Obito finished speaking, there was silence in the ward.
Especially Genma and Ebisu fell silent. Even Metkay, who was usually aloof, looked serious.
"What, what's wrong?"
Seeing that these three people looked strange, Obito was a little puzzled.
"Are you sure that person is called Hinata Ayane?"
"Yes. Byakugan and Rouquan, can they still be fake?"
Obito nodded and said.
Kai and the others seemed to be even more depressed.
"Why are you three doing this?"
Obito asked incomprehensively.
"Maybe he's remembering the Jonin who led the team before."
Kakashi's mind was sharp and he immediately guessed the mental state of Kai and the others.
"Eh?"
Obito was stunned and didn't react.
Xuanjian was the first to recover, scratching his head and said: "I'm sorry for making you worry. I just suddenly heard the news related to Teacher Liuli, and I was a little overwhelmed for a while."
"Teacher Liuli?"
"Uchiha Ruri was once the leader of my team, and Hinata Ayane and Ruri-sensei were members of the same team in the past."
Genma explained.
"That's it."
Obito coughed, knowing that he mentioned a name that he shouldn't have mentioned.
Kai and the three of them stayed for a while, left their condolences and left.
Obito complained and said: "Really, why is everyone's focus on Kakashi? I obviously kept the Sharingan open just now, why didn't anyone ask me about the Sharingan? What about the matter? Isn’t it worth their shock if I open the Sharingan?"
Hearing Obito's complaint, Lin pursed her lips and smiled.
"Obito, you want to show off your Sharingan too much, don't you?"
"Oh, that's just a joke. I don't keep turning on the Sharingan just because I want to show off."
Obito was still arrogant.
But he kept the Sharingan open, and he felt a little dizzy now, so he quickly closed the Sharingan.
If he kept his eyes open like this, he would faint and fall to the ground.
"Okay, I know Obito you are strong now. Let's go out and let Kakashi rest here alone."
"Oh. Then Lin and I are leaving, Kakashi. When you get better, I will let you know that I am different from before after awakening the Sharingan."
Obito turned around and said this to Kakashi, and immediately followed Lin behind him.
Kakashi thought he looked like a dog.
"Even if you awaken the Sharingan, your intelligence will not suddenly increase. Won't the result remain the same as before?"
Kakashi muttered to himself.
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morning.
Obito practiced early in the morning in the woods within the safety of the camp.
He skillfully opened his Nimagatama Sharingan, quickly formed seals with his fingers, stood in front of a pool of water, and opened his mouth to inhale.
"Art fire escape ho fireball!"
A huge fireball spit out from the mouth and flew to the center of the pool. It stopped about ten meters away and dissipated in the air.
Even if the fireball disappears, you can still feel the hot breath churning in the air along the way, which lingers for a long time.
Obito continued to practice fire escape ninjutsu here.
He has no talent for shuriken, or rather has average talent in this area, and can only rely on ninjutsu to make up for his shortcomings.
In the Minato team, he has always been secretly competing with Kakashi, but sometimes he has to fight with Kakashi when he encounters strong enemies.
He knew that Kakashi's taijutsu and sword skills were very powerful, and even a Jonin would be stabbed to death by Kakashi from behind if he was not careful.
But Kakashi also has his own shortcomings, which is that he relies too much on physical skills and sword skills. Even the thunder escape ninjutsu he developed can only be used at close range and is suitable for attacking single targets with thrusts.
Therefore, he strives to remedy these shortcomings.
He fills in the areas that Kakashi is not good at.
Ninjutsu and genjutsu are all the Sharingan's specialty.
He believed that after awakening the Sharingan, as long as he made up his mind to practice, he would one day catch up with Kakashi and fight alongside him, and he would no longer be the 'tail of the crane' he called him.
"Obito, are you practicing here?"
Lin's voice came from behind.
"Lin, why are you here?"
Obito temporarily stopped practicing the Fire Release Ninjutsu and turned around to see Lin approaching him.
She held a medical bag in her hand, an important item to carry with her at all times.
As a medical ninja, you must be equipped with these tools anytime and anywhere to treat injuries.
"Let's take a look at your practice to prevent you from overdoing it and causing physical injury. That Sharingan consumes a lot of chakra."
Lin thought for a moment and said.
"It consumes a bit of chakra, so you can't keep your eyes open for a long time, otherwise your brain will get dizzy. But I will be careful."
Obito said without hiding anything.
After opening the Sharingan, he realized how difficult it was to maintain the Sharingan for a long time.
As a Chuunin, his chakra is limited. Even if his chakra increases after opening his eyes, he still has to contribute a lot of chakra in order to keep his Sharingan open.
If you want to see through the enemy's movements or release illusions, the proportion of chakra consumed will increase.
"Obito, go and practice quickly. I won't disturb you if I'm around."
There wasn't much to do in the camp, because there were very few casualties recently, and Lin had free time to do her own thing.
He simply came here to practice with Obito.
She also needs to refine her chakra control so that she can better perform medical ninjutsu.
Lin took out an older notebook from her ninja bag, but the writing inside was very clear.
These were the notes she took when she was in ninja school.
It contains one of the three Konoha ninjas, Tsunade's hand-nin's experience in medical ninjutsu, and another person's...
When she thought about this, Lin sighed.
Why did Shiraishi-senpai defect from the village at that time?
Listening to some rumors in the village, it seems to be related to Kakashi's father, a ninja known as 'Konoha White Fang'.
But the incident was so sensitive that it is now almost unheard of in the village.
As a medical ninja with little fighting ability, Lin felt that she was insignificant and could not get involved in the right and wrong here.
It would be easy for the upper management to shake up management.
Lin put away her complicated thoughts and began to read her notes seriously.
Although these are notes from the ninja school days, they can still inspire her a lot now.
The difference was that what Shiraishi taught her was the basics, while what Tsunade taught her was additional expansion, both of which had a very good guiding effect on her.
Obito breathed out. After a whole morning of practice, he felt that his fire escape ninjutsu had improved a lot.
But it's not enough. His Fire Release Technique is powerful enough, but the attack speed is not fast enough. Not to mention jounin, chuunin of the same level can easily avoid it as long as they are careful enough.
Therefore, how to effectively increase the attack speed of Fire Release Ninjutsu is the top priority.
At the same time, it is also necessary to streamline the movements of the seals to release ninjutsu faster.
I looked at the time and saw that it was almost noon. Let's go eat first and then continue studying the fire escape technique in the afternoon.
"Lin, we..."
Obito turned around and was about to ask Lin to go back to eat with him.
Then his words paused.
The atmosphere in the woods is very clean, and the breeze blows slowly through the woods. The originally hot summer has become extremely comfortable and refreshing.
Under the soft and mottled light, Lin sat calmly against the tree, the skin on the side of her face shone with crystal luster, and the look on her face as she read the notes carefully made Obito's heart start to beat unsatisfactorily.
My heart felt like a deer stumbling around, my face turned slightly red, I stopped talking, I couldn't bear to destroy this peaceful beauty.
I just want to preserve this moment forever and treasure it in my memories.
He finally knew why he liked Lin.
"Obito."
The voice came from his ears, and Obito didn't seem to hear it, he just looked at a certain position and smiled blankly.
"Obito."
Once again, a soft and worried voice reached his ears, and Obito felt as if he had just woken up from a dream.
"Ah? What's wrong, Lin?"
Obito came to his senses, and at some point, Lin was already standing next to him.
"I wanted to ask you what's wrong. I called you several times but you didn't respond."
"Oh, I was thinking about cultivation just now."
Obito's face turned slightly hot, and he was embarrassed to say that he was in a trance after peeping.
"It's almost time, let's go eat."
"Okay, I'll go clean it up."
Obito walked aside and started to pack up the things he had brought, which were all small props to assist him in his practice.
While he was packing these things, Lin's panicked voice suddenly came from behind.
"Ah! What is this!?"
Obito was startled and turned his head to look, only to see that the ground under Lin's feet suddenly turned into a soft swamp, and Lin's body was sinking downwards.
"No! Lin, hurry up and grab my hand, I'll pull you up!"
Obito saw this scene and rushed towards Lin, reaching out his hand to pull Lin out.
However, because it was too sudden, Obito and Lin could only connect their fingers together.
The invisible swamp's suction was so fierce that no matter how hard I pulled, I couldn't pull Lin up from there.
"Don't let go! Lin!"
Obito tried his best to suck, his face turned red, but Lin's body was still sinking and he couldn't stop it.
Obito had no choice but to continue moving forward, approaching the edge of the swamp, trying to grab Lin's wrist to better hold Lin's body.
Lin was in the swamp and knew who had created this spell. The attraction was so strong that it was impossible for Obito to rescue him from the swamp with strong suction.
If this continues, Obito will be implicated and he will be captured by the enemy together.
Lin was cruel and let go of her fingers, letting the swamp swallow her body.
The last thing I saw was Obito's anxious expression.
He lost consciousness and his whole body sank into the swamp.
Obito followed regardless, and took the initiative to let the swamp swallow his body.
Lin can't bear it alone. This was the only thought in Obito's mind.
"Lin, wait for me!"
As a result, his body sank to his waist and the swamp disappeared.
Also missing was Lin.
He was the only one here in the whole forest.
Obito was sluggish, and the slight warmth left on his fingers was what Lin had left just now.
But now, Lin is gone, taken away by someone's ninjutsu.
I don’t know whether he is alive or dead.
"What happened?"
With two whooshes, two Konoha Anbu ninjas wearing animal masks quickly arrived here using the teleportation technique.
When I heard there was a lot of noise here, and there seemed to be someone calling for help, I rushed over immediately.
With half of Obito's body buried in the ground, he didn't care about his situation, but asked for help from these two Konoha ANBU ninjas:
"Hurry! Hurry and save Lin! Lin has been captured!"
"What?"
The two Konoha ANBU ninjas were confused.
Lin was taken away?
Who is Lin?
Obito's answer was confusing, and Konoha ANBU didn't know what to do.
"You are a member of the Uchiha clan. Please explain the situation to Lord Jiraiya first. If your companion is captured by the enemy, Lord Jiraiya will take care of it."
"Yes, yes, find Jiraiya-sama."
Obito's eyes glowed with life.
He is a disciple of Minato, and Minato is a disciple of the Sannin Jiraiya. Even if Minato is not in the camp at the moment, with this relationship, Jiraiya, one of the Sannin, will never leave Lin alone.
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Nohara Lin was taken away.
This incident did not cause much turmoil in the camp, because this little girl was not a big shot on the front line who deserved any fuss. She could be said to be a relatively ordinary medical ninja in Konoha.
The only worrying issue is that this unknown enemy can ignore the protective circle of the Konoha camp and directly invade the camp to kidnap the ninja, proving that its stealth ability is extremely high.
And this is obviously related to Iwagakure's Earth Escape Stealth Technique.
The swamp ninjutsu that kidnapped Nohara Lin was also very similar to the 'Earth Release: Yellow Spring Marsh'.
In other words, the enemy who kidnapped Nohara Lin was the ninja of Iwagakure.
Although they could not provide any real evidence and only analyzed the enemy's ninjutsu characteristics, the Konoha ninja in charge of intelligence believed that the Iwagakure ninja had the highest probability of doing this.
It is not surprising that there are one or two Iwagakure ninjas among Iwagakure who have practiced earth escape and stealth techniques to a superb level.
It's just that why a little medical ninja girl was kidnapped instead of Uchiha Obito who has the Sharingan... Whether it is the value of intelligence or the value of the ninja itself, this is incredible.
Could it be that he is interested in his talent in medical ninjutsu?
However, just kidnapping a medical ninja, what key role can it play?
If a dozen or twenty of them were kidnapped, it might even give them a headache in Konoha.
But it just doesn't make sense to kidnap a medical ninja...
Even so, Jiraiya immediately dispatched a search team to find the whereabouts of Nohara Lin.
Whether it was out of duty or personal love, Jiraiya had to give it a try to see if he could catch the cunning enemy and rescue Nohara Lin.
"Still unable to find it? What a pity."
Several days passed, and the team searching for Nohara Lin made no progress.
Jiraiya knew that the search team had done their best, so he didn't blame them.
And after so many days, no information could be found. He either died in an unknown place, or was taken to a secret location... In short, if the search is to continue, at least five search teams must be dispatched.
During this critical period of fighting with Iwagakure, Jiraiya chose to give up.
He himself wanted to help Obito, but he now held the lives of thousands of Konoha ninjas in his hands, and it was impossible to waste more search teams on a person who didn't know life or death.
After all, Lin is just a medical ninja. Even if the enemy wants to get information from her, they won't get any useful information.
In short, the probability of getting it back is very slim.
"What? Give up?"
Jiraiya's order made Obito's body freeze in place.
"Yes, there has been no news for so many days. The little girl named Lin has probably..."
Before the chunin in charge of delivering the message had finished speaking, Obito shouted at him: "Lin will not die!"
His twin Magatama Sharingan stared intently at the chuunin.
The chuunin couldn't help but feel his heart palpitate.
What a scary look.
"Anyway, let's end this matter here. There is no point in continuing to search. Moreover, Lord Jiraiya is in a meeting right now, so it is useless for you to search. Be careful in the future and don't make the same mistake again."
The chunin left impatiently.
"What disgusting eyes, the Uchiha guys must have been stimulated in their brains. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to betray the village."
He muttered quietly so that Obito wouldn't hear.
After the chuunin left, Obito gritted his teeth and walked outside.
"I'll go find Jiraiya-sama to plead for mercy!"
No matter what, we must save Lin.
As long as he could save Lin, he would not hesitate to do it even if he knelt down and begged.
"Didn't you hear what that person said? Mr. Jiraiya is in a meeting, and Lin is not an important person. He doesn't want to waste more manpower. This is natural. Now is a war period, dead people, missing people, etc. It’s inevitable.”
Kakashi, who had recovered, stood behind Obito and said.
He had seen too many things about life and death on the battlefield.
"Ke Lin... is our companion! How can you give up so easily? Even if I am the only one, I must bring Lin back!"
Obito clenched his fists, his red Sharingan eyes showing an unprecedented seriousness.
If the village doesn't offer help, he will handle the matter alone and rescue Lin.
You want to see people when you are alive, and you want to see corpses when you die.
