Drip! Drip! Drip!
The numbers signaling life ticked onward. The countdown had officially begun.
To Obito and Rin, that sound was like one heavy iron hammer after another, smashing brutally against their hearts.
"Mmgh! Mmgh!"
Rin was ultimately just a girl. Her fragile heart simply could not bear the steadily approaching death.
Her mouth was stuffed full of icy metal plates, leaving her able to make only meaningless whimpers. She could not speak. Tears streamed uncontrollably down her face, quickly soaking her adorable features. Deep terror filled her eyes as she looked helplessly at Obito.
Though she felt deeply guilty within her heart, both reason and emotion told her that she should not force Obito to do such a thing.
But... her instinct to survive and her fear of death left her with no choice but to place her hopes on Obito.
"I'll definitely get you out, Rin!"
Separated by the heavy iron door, Obito's determined gaze did not waver even a bit.
I'm sorry, Obito.
But I really have no other choice. I don't want to die... Feeling the resolve in Obito's words, Rin closed her eyes in torment.
As though she had used every ounce of strength in her body, she nodded faintly.
Obito stared deeply at Rin's face, as though he wanted to brand it into his mind.
He knew that this might be the last time he would ever see Rin.
The entire process seemed long, but only a few seconds had actually passed.
Obito stopped hesitating. He turned and rushed toward the room beside them, shoving open the heavy iron door with all his strength.
Boom. Boom.
As the heavy iron door opened, a stream of white vapor visible to the naked eye poured out, accompanied by bone-piercing cold.
"Hiss—so cold!"
After only one encounter,