"Then get some rest."
At this moment, He Yin watched Chiba push the iron pot over with a grave expression. She pursed her lips, seeming to want to say something, but in the end, she said nothing. She merely took the completely emptied iron pot, rose to her feet, and walked back.
Though she did not know what was going on with Chiba, he had to be deeply troubled right now! But...
After all, I do not know anything, so I should not say anything! As she walked, this thought crossed He Yin's mind. At the same time, she recalled how Chiba had nodded after hearing her account, then set down his wooden spoon and gone without eating for a long while, his face bearing the expression of someone facing a dire situation. Only after quite some time had he pushed over the cleaned-out iron pot.
"Clack, clack, clack... Squish, squish, squish..."
After He Yin left, the grave-faced Chiba slowly closed his eyes and let out an almost uncontrollable sigh.
Iwa had just withdrawn, Kumogakure had also lost most of its combat strength, and Konoha's victory was already assured.
However, this was also the perfect time to fish in troubled waters. No matter how he thought about it, it was entirely normal—and highly possible—for Kirigakure to abduct Rin during this period.
It was not necessarily happening already, but...
Damn it...
Of all things, my legs! Worry and frustration rose within him, even giving birth to a restless anxiety and an urgent desire to return to the village.
Based on the original work, he could basically conclude that Rin's death had occurred after Obito's death and before the Nine-Tails Incident. And judging from the various details of Rin's death scene in the original work, the latest it could have happened was