Chapter 40

Beyond the passage lay an enormous underground cavern.

The place where they emerged was a stretch of level ground jutting out from a cliff face, extending along the cavern wall in both directions. Yet after only about a hundred meters, it came to an end, with the flat stone ground replaced by a massive, bottomless chasm. A chill seeped out from the darkness, and the roar of rushing water could be heard below. Though it could not be seen, one could still sense the kind of danger breeding within that darkness.

The distance ahead was also shrouded in darkness, making it impossible to tell what lay within.

There was no way they could jump across such a distance.

The Root ninja had traveled through many lands and were considered quite worldly. While they could not fly very often, they had certainly spent no small amount of time burrowing underground.

Thus, what they saw now did not particularly surprise them. It was not as if they had never seen such places before; this one was simply larger.

The reason they were surprised was that they had discovered this place was unexpectedly not so "desolate."

Because someone was already here...

Though there was only one person.

"What a coincidence. We meet again."

Qi raised a hand, and everyone stopped. Then he smiled faintly and offered a greeting.

"Indeed. We meet again."

The other party answered with a cold snort, his resentment obvious.

"Orochimaru really is a bastard. Since he couldn't get it himself, he spread the news everywhere."

He suddenly cursed.

Qi neither agreed nor disagreed. This guy was no saint himself.

"What are you doing here?"

After venting for a moment, the man turned back around, his gaze grim.

This fellow was Tobi, who still called himself Uchiha Madara even now.