"Tap."
Hearing footsteps sound from the side, Kyuchuzi, lying on the ground with only the faintest breath left, struggled to lift his head. When he saw the one who had come was Uchiha Sasuke, newly recovered from serious injuries, a hint of joy immediately flashed across his face.
"Uchiha Sasuke, hurry and use that move from before to take Boss of the Bottom away."
"What about you?"
"We'll help you hold that guy off."
Kyuchuzi showed his classic goofy grin. His hands gripped the bleeding Black Rod in his lower abdomen, veins bulging on the backs of his hands.
Unfortunately, because of the powerful interference attached to this Yin-Yang Release creation, his chakra was in chaos, and he had no strength at all to pull it out.
Even so, Kyuchuzi still forced himself through his weakness and tried to get up, but after several attempts in a row, he failed. Instead, he ended up covered in mud, looking especially wretched.
"Don't waste your strength. At a crucial moment like this, I'm still the one who has to handle things."
Looking at the ridiculous Kyuchuzi, a strange smile appeared on Black Zetsu's face. He crouched down, reached out, and pressed a hand on him, extracting a little chakra with his unique aura.
Then, under the other party's puzzled gaze, he raised one hand slightly. Thin wooden branches extended from his back and turned into a Wood Man clone identical to the injured Kyuchuzi.
"You're..."
Looking in complete astonishment at the clone whose appearance and aura were exactly the same as his own, Kyuchuzi's face was full of confusion.
"Shh."
After using "Impersonation Technique—Wood Clone Limited Edition" to create a substitute for Kyuchuzi, Black Zetsu made a shushing gesture at him, pulled him along, and instantly sank underground.
At this moment, Shichuzi,