Could it be... this was what he wanted!
The moment Dodai heard Chiba's laughter, his heart skipped a beat. Though they were some distance apart, from where he stood, he could still clearly make out the profile of the boy lying on the ground beneath the Third Raikage's lightning. There was no doubt about it—it was Taki Chiba!
To be honest, when he had seen his Raikage stop while rushing over, the first person he had spotted was Taki Chiba. It had startled him then.
He knew that their Raikage must have run into trouble if he had not returned for so long, but he had never expected that the Third Raikage had still not dealt with Taki Chiba and that Uchiha Clan brat.
He had considered all sorts of problems that might have delayed the Third Raikage.
But being held up until now by two brats?
That possibility had never even crossed his mind!
Moreover, Taki Chiba had been crushed in a single exchange by the Third Raikage. He should have been on the brink of death. How had he appeared here? And judging by the situation, he seemed to have fought fiercely with the Third Raikage and forcibly kept him here.
It seemed that only moments ago had the Third Raikage finally defeated this boy.
The Uchiha Clan brat was nowhere to be found after his death, either. Dodai had no idea whether he had been killed or had escaped. He simply could not imagine what had happened in between! This situation was utterly unbelievable! And now, upon hearing Taki Chiba's laughter, Dodai immediately felt that the reason the Third Raikage had been delayed here might be why Konoha ninja were present.
Holding back the Third Raikage might have been the reason they had appeared on the rear