"Rin, don't let him touch her!!!"
The boy's roar came from behind.
Uchiha Sōgetsu raised an eyebrow, seeming somewhat surprised as he glanced back at the boy struggling to his feet. "You can still stand? Looks like I underestimated you a little, Obito."
He had clearly been beaten so badly he could not even crawl, yet seeing the girl he loved getting hurt seemed to give him another burst of strength.
"AAAAH—!" Uchiha Obito wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. One hand braced against the ground, his legs trembling as he swayed unsteadily, he struggled to rise. His eyes burned with rage. "I don't care who you are, I won't let you hurt Rin!"
Tsk. His beastly nature was showing.
Uchiha Sōgetsu frowned slightly, but showed no emotion. He merely said coldly, "But what right do you have, in your current state, to say something like that in front of me?"
Apparently, he had not hit hard enough. His blows had not been heavy enough!
Realizing this, Uchiha Sōgetsu gave Obito no chance to speak and directly used the Body Flicker Technique to close in.
"Damn it! He's so fast!"
Uchiha Obito had just started to form hand seals when a fist struck him squarely in the face.
Bang!
"Too slow!"
Uchiha Sōgetsu's punch interrupted his hand seals. Then he grabbed Obito by the hair and slammed him viciously into the ground.
Boom!
Once again, his cheek made intimate contact with the earth.
The violent shock made his head buzz. Uchiha Obito even began to wonder whether he would become an idiot afterward.
And next... it was time for a savage beating!
After taking a deep breath, Uchiha Sōgetsu rained down punches like a storm, pummeling Obito from head to toe, with special attention paid to his