"Do you really not have a plan?"
Watching the dark mass of kunai and shuriken blotting out the sky as they descended in an arc, he glanced at the original Chiba beside him. His already tense face seemed to tighten further, and his right hand slowly rose despite himself.
"..."
But his question earned only a roll of the original Chiba's eyes.
"Heh—"
Feeling the original's eye roll beside him, Shadow Clone Chiba let out a long sigh. "Looks like even running away is impossible now."
Then, in that instant, the two fingers of his raised right hand snapped upright.
Boom!
In an instant, darkness fell before their eyes. Four rock walls shot into the sky and extended upward, concealing them completely in the blink of an eye.
Earth Release, Four Pillars Prison Technique!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Then came the sounds of all kinds of metal striking the rock walls.
"I think we should be able to run now!"
Hearing those sounds, Shadow Clone Chiba relaxed slightly and looked up at the roof of the Four Pillar Prison, reflecting the crimson glow of the setting sun.
Clang!
At that moment, the original Chiba, who was likewise looking up at the prison roof, casually waved his right hand and knocked away a kunai that had fallen from above. He glanced at the shadow clone and said, "We can definitely escape, it's just..."
"It's just that if we run, this force of nearly five thousand Iwa will charge straight for Konoha's front line. By then, even Minato Namikaze won't be able to stop Konoha from being crippled. Everything will tilt toward Iwa, and an age of Iwa will arrive. Iwa and Konoha follow entirely different ideals. It isn't as bright as Konoha. Once it becomes the