He could only move forward in the dark.
"Is anyone there?"
Kitahara Kaede called out as he walked.
He did not think Itachi would run off at this time.
"Big brother, don't mess with me!"
Kitahara Kaede continued onward.
"You came here just to grope around in the dark?"
Ten-Tails's lazy voice rang out in Kitahara Kaede's mind.
"You're the one with too much to say!"
Kitahara Kaede responded just as forcefully.
"Fine, feel around slowly, then. The time is yours."
Without Ten-Tails's interference,
Kitahara Kaede continued advancing through the darkness.
He followed the walls, circling left three times and right three times, repeating the process several times.
Yet he found nothing.
After confirming that Itachi truly was not inside,
"Did he really leave?"
Kitahara Kaede still found it hard to believe.
"Hmph~"
Ten-Tails's disdainful snort flashed through his mind.
"Looks like it."
Since he could not find him, Kitahara Kaede could only leave first.
The moment he took a step, he stepped into empty air.
He could not use the power within his body to begin with.
So he plunged straight forward.
There was no hard ground like Kitahara Kaede had imagined.
He kept falling downward.
"Fuck!"
Kitahara Kaede shouted.
"Fuck~ fuck~ fuck~"
His echo rang out all around him.
Did Itachi dig a tunnel and run away?
That was somehow the first thought that popped into Kitahara Kaede's mind.
But the more he thought about it, the less likely it seemed.
"Is there something special about this place?"
Before he hit the ground, Kitahara Kaede began asking Ten-Tails.
The moment the words left his mouth, Kitahara Kaede reached the end.
This tunnel actually led vertically underground.
Kitahara Kaede crashed into the ground, smashing out a large crater.
"Mm, it does seem rather special."
Ten-Tails's calm voice sounded in