"Don't worry. I'll come back. After all, I still have a mission to complete."
As soon as he finished speaking... Naruto, Raiden Ei, and Fu Hua vanished from where they stood.
Kakashi lunged and came up empty. He looked around, but there was no one in sight.
"Space-Time Ninjutsu?!"
Everyone on the field except Sasuke was stunned.
During the Third Shinobi World War, the Yellow Flash had demonstrated the full power of Space-Time Ninjutsu. And now... it had appeared again!
"Stop mooning over him, Karin. The General and the Captain have already left..."
The white-haired girl nudged the red-haired girl with black-framed glasses.
"Hm? Oh, they're gone?! When did that happen..."
Uzumaki Karin snapped out of her infatuation with Sasuke's handsome face and hurried to her feet. Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly remembered something.
She turned back, her face breaking into a radiant smile. "Handsome, my name is Uzumaki Karin. What's your name? Can you tell me?"
Ever-vigilant Sakura immediately stepped between them. "You can't..."
"Uchiha Sasuke!"
Sasuke gave his name, shoved the obstructive Sakura aside, and fixed his gaze on Karin. His voice lowered as he asked, "You have the same surname as Naruto. What's your relationship to him?"
Karin tapped her chin, thinking. "That person... I don't actually know him, but my mother told me... I think we must be from the same clan."
"The same clan..."
Sasuke fell into thought.
"Karin, are you coming or not?"
"Coming, coming... Sasuke-kun, maybe I'll see you again sometime. Don't forget me, okay?... Ryuzetsu, slow down! Wait for me."
Karin chased after Ryuzetsu, leaving the others behind with their own thoughts.
"Zabuza, have you still not changed your mind?"
Now that the excitement was over, Mei Terumi finally remembered why she was here. She turned to Zabuza