Breakout!

The town.

"Shion, what do we do now?"

Sakura clutched Shion's arm, completely at a loss.

She had always been a well-behaved girl who followed the rules. It had taken all her courage to join Sasuke on this dangerous adventure, so when she discovered that he had left on his own last night, she was suddenly left without a clue what to do.

Shion had at least seen her share of major events, so she didn't panic too much. Instead, she analyzed the situation. "Where do you think Sasuke went?"

Sakura blurted out, "He definitely went to find Itachi Uchiha!"

Shion nodded and continued, "Itachi Uchiha showed up in town before, so he might still be nearby. If Sasuke went after him last night, they may have already run into each other!"

"Then what do we do?"

Sakura's voice rose sharply.

Shion pondered for a long time, then shook her head. "I can't think of a good solution either. Looks like we can only go find Shinji!"

Sakura froze. "Shinji?!"

Earth Country.

Whoosh, whoosh.

The wind howling past his ears did nothing to calm Hiruko. He was still brooding over his defeat in the genjutsu battle.

After Shinnō took a few of his own specially made secret pills, his complexion improved considerably. However, his body, shriveled like an old man's, had not recovered.

This was one of the side effects of his Medical Forbidden Jutsu, Body Regeneration.

While the jutsu was active, he could recover from injuries with an almost immortal resilience. But if he took too much damage or the jutsu's duration ran out, his body would suffer severe backlash. It would take a long time of recuperation for him to slowly recover.

Seeing Hiruko's livid expression, Shinnō said, "There's something off about that Uchiha Shinji. I took a