"What an unexpected delight! I never thought the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki would be here with you, Orochimaru. Looks like this trip wasn't wasted after all!"
Just as Zero was thinking of Konoha and Obito, a familiar voice suddenly reached her ears.
"What's wrong with me? Do I miss Obito that much? I'm actually hearing things!"
Having just finished treating Fū and lost in thought, Zero embarrassedly cupped her cheeks.
Fortunately, Soji had reminded Zero to keep her Anbu mask on at all times and not remove it unless absolutely necessary.
Otherwise, Fū would definitely have seen Zero blushing right now.
"Ah, a-a bad guy showed up!"
At that moment, Fū's frightened voice suddenly rang out, interrupting Zero's wandering thoughts.
"Hm?"
When Zero came to her senses and raised her head to look to the side—
A spiraling vortex appeared, and the figure she had watched every moment for so many years after her death appeared before her.
At that instant, Zero's pupils beneath her Konoha Anbu mask narrowed slightly, and she froze completely.
She had never expected that the first time she saw Obito after being revived would be under such circumstances.
Zero wanted to call out that name she had longed for so dearly, but for some reason, those two words stuck in her throat, unable to rise or fall.
At that moment, Zero's mind was completely blank.
She still remembered Senior Soji, who had revived her, telling her that it was not yet time to meet Obito.
That was precisely why she had been sent here to Orochimaru.
But no matter what, Zero had never expected Obito to come here on his own!
"Is it because of me? No! Obito doesn't even know I've been revived. He came for Fū and Orochimaru!"
Zero first thought of something, then immediately