"That boy..."
The Rinnegan beneath Otsutsuki Puushiki's bangs narrowed as he looked the unexpected visitor up and down.
The teasing expression that had been on his face faded, replaced by scrutiny.
When had this boy arrived?
His Rinnegan and Haku had just seen everything around them clearly.
There hadn't been a fourth person.
And yet this boy seemed to have appeared out of thin air.
What's more, with a single strike, he'd knocked away that Senjutsu.
They'd fought several times, but he'd never seen the man named Uchiha Sasuke look so flustered.
Taken together, all these questions made him feel the need to speak up and remind them he was there.
Jin complained without turning around, annoyed that his reunion had been interrupted. "Shh, shh, shh. Don't you know you shouldn't interrupt people who are catching up? You're so rude."
Otsutsuki Puushiki: ...
The veins on his forehead twitched and bulged one after another.
But he forcibly suppressed his anger and snorted.
"Hmph! You call me rude? Ridiculous!"
Then he stood right where he was with his arms crossed, without moving an inch.
He muttered under his breath, "Rude? Hmph, I'm the most polite one here."
Jin: ...
As expected, what a polite young man.
At a time like this, he really hadn't said another word and was just standing there.
"Second brother...? Is it really you?"
Just then, a trembling voice that seemed ready to shatter came again from below.
The voice shook.
It was Sasuke.
He struggled to raise his one arm and prop himself up, staring fixedly at the boy in front of him.
The ripples in his Rinnegan churned violently.
He was sure of it!
That face before him—that slightly chubby, somewhat dark little face, always wearing an unconcerned expression that sometimes turned sly—was his second