After Deva Path Pain dismissed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's Summoning Jutsu, he left at once.
Uchiha Itachi, Kisame Hoshigaki, and the others naturally vanished quickly as well.
Just as Zetsu was about to leave, Hiruko called out to stop him.
"Wait a moment. There's something I want to ask you, Zetsu."
Hiruko spoke softly. "Kakashi, Guy, and Uchiha Houka aren't together, are they?"
As if he had guessed what Hiruko was thinking, Zetsu said directly, "That's right. Kakashi and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki should arrive in half an hour. Team Guy is behind them and will probably need around an hour."
Hiruko narrowed his eyes. Wasn't this the perfect opportunity?
Half an hour was enough for him to take Kakashi's Sharingan!
As for Uchiha Houka...
Hm?
Hiruko frowned and snorted. "Zetsu, where is Uchiha Houka?"
Zetsu slowly replied, "Though he set out half an hour after Guy's group, he's very fast."
"How fast could he possibly be?" Hiruko said disdainfully.
"He summoned a Ninja Hawk. He should arrive here before Kakashi." There was an indescribable teasing note in Zetsu's voice.
"What?!"
Hiruko's expression changed. Without another word, he opened the seal on the river wall, burrowed underground, and fled at high speed.
Zetsu snorted disdainfully.
Hiruko's ambitions clearly went beyond the Sharingan. He probably wanted to seize Pain's Rinnegan as well.
If they did not need to use him to recover the Tailed Beasts, how could Zetsu have allowed him to strut around like this?
"Screech!!"
High in the sky, Super Whirlwind Style Two cried out toward the heavens. Like an arrow loosed from a bow, it tore through clouds and split the air, moving at extreme speed.
"It's Houka!"
Guy looked up and laughed. "As expected of my lifelong rival! He finished the battle over there