Although this was highly suspicious, Obito's behavior was far too strange.
But at a time like this, there was no room to worry about that much.
Since Obito would not leave, then this was the only thing he could do here.
The Masked Man, curled up under the crushing water pressure inside the water sphere, was reflected in Chiba's eyes. A trace of emerald radiance slowly dissipated from his gaze, and the burning emerald firelight gradually died out along with it.
After a series of thoughts flashed through his mind, he finally made his decision.
Hm? His Chakra... suddenly weakened? Only a tenth of what it was before? At that instant, the Masked Man, who had been watching Chiba closely, frowned. In the vision of his Sharingan, as the emerald flames in Taki Chiba's eyes extinguished, Taki Chiba's Chakra rapidly dropped, falling to less than a tenth of its former amount in almost an instant.
Before he realized it, a startled thought had already crossed his mind.
At that moment, Chiba glanced once more at the Masked Man inside the water sphere. A trace of resolve seemed to flash through his eyes. After a brief pause, he looked at his Shadow Clone Jutsu—at the Shadow Clone Jutsu he had created earlier to maintain the Water Prison Technique—and gently nodded.
Seeing the original's faint nod, Shadow Clone Chiba showed a slight look of astonishment and could not help glancing at the Masked Man inside the water sphere.
Hm? What are they planning to do? What are he and his Shadow Clone Jutsu... planning to do? The Masked Man, who had been watching Chiba all along, naturally noticed the exchange of looks between Chiba's original and his Shadow Clone Jutsu. When he saw both the original and the clone glance at him,