"Chomp... chomp... chomp chomp..."
Stuffing bean-sized Night of the Nine-Tails special Ration Balls into his mouth by the handful and enduring the soreness in his cheeks, Chiba's eyes shifted slightly, a thoughtful gleam flickering within them.
That Water Release just now should not have been enough to finish Obito off.
He should be coming back soon.
This time, after waiting so long and making absolutely certain to lock me inside that S-rank Earth Release, and judging by how flawlessly he planned everything, he probably thought I was doomed—or at least certain to be trapped.
In other words, if I escape disaster again this time, he probably will not remain as calm as before.
No matter how composed someone is, no matter how well they control their emotions, if a guaranteed victory is overturned once again despite them making no mistakes, they will still develop some irrational emotions.
And now, my body is recovering too slowly, and my stamina is still insufficient. These Ration Balls have restored some Chakra, but it will be difficult to use any powerful ninjutsu again.
My internal injuries have mostly healed too! Fortunately, I had so many Rock Hardening Technique scrolls to use, which took on much of the water pressure. Otherwise, if my internal injuries had been any worse, the minor healing effects of these Ration Balls might not have been enough to cure them.
Sure enough...
Now I can only...
As he continued stuffing the bean-like Ration Balls into his mouth with incessant chomping, Chiba calculated silently, feeling somewhat fortunate that when he had been unable to gather information in the Land of Rain, he had actively developed these bean-sized Night of the Nine-Tails special Ration Balls out of the thought that boredom was boredom, so he might as well do something.
Though these