Crispy Outside, Tender Inside, Little Sausage

Three days later, at the border of the Land of Whirlpools.

Beside a secluded stretch of coastal reefs.

Guy and Kakashi sat on the ground by a campfire, grilling sea fish they had just caught.

Not far away, Obito and Rin still lay unconscious side by side.

Guy had deliberately knocked them out.

After all, Tailed Beasts still resided within them.

Obito was relatively fine, with Lion's Sealing Roar suppressing it.

Rin's situation was far worse.

She was only an ordinary genin and had no additional powerful seals on her.

Guy could not keep using the Fire Cloud Kasaya to seal her.

It was simpler to knock them out first, lest more trouble arise.

Seeing the troubled Kakashi, Guy handed him a grilled fish.

"Don't worry. Since they want what's inside Obito, they'll return his body too."

Kakashi nodded lightly.

He glanced at Obito and Rin, unable to hide the worry in his eyes.

Guy slowly shook his head and said in a slightly teasing tone, "Rather than those two, you should show a little concern for yourself, Scarface Kakashi."

Hearing Guy's teasing tone, Kakashi rolled his eyes helplessly.

But it was indeed true.

He had been disfigured.

And it was extensive, complete disfigurement.

The kind where even his father would not recognize him.

"Hahaha! Don't make that face. At worst, just wrap your face in bandages from now on. It's no big deal," Guy laughed.

Kakashi could not be bothered with him.

Compared to his own appearance, he was more worried about Obito and Rin.

"After all, Jinchuriki... sigh..."

Seeing Kakashi sighing so heavily, Guy shook his head and said nothing more.

Kakashi's face was indeed ruined, but it was not beyond treatment.

Although the conditions were unsuitable at the moment, he had treated Kakashi's wounds properly.

There had