Arriving in the Land of Grass, Eight Trigrams Seal

Early the next morning.

Guy, Obito, and Rin left Konoha.

Kakashi's surgery had already been completed; all that remained was for him to recuperate.

They still had a mission to complete, so they did not waste any time.

After saying their goodbyes early in the morning, the three set off for the Land of Grass.

They were not slow, and they barely rested along the way.

In just three days, they reached the border of the Land of Grass.

Standing atop a high slope, they could see the vast Konoha encampment in the distance.

"We're finally back!"

Obito's face was full of excitement.

Although he had lost an eye, he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

And he and Rin had formed an intimate bond over "half of the Three-Tails."

Overall, Obito was in quite a good mood.

As Rin looked at the distant Konoha encampment, she too began to relax.

For all this time, the Three-Tails within her had remained exceptionally calm.

There had not been the slightest sign of it going berserk, which had greatly eased her state of mind.

Most importantly—

Rin had learned that her sensei's wife, Kushina, was also a jinchuriki.

Thinking of how her sensei's wife usually acted, Rin suddenly felt as though she had something to rely on.

If Sensei's wife can do it, then I definitely can too!

Rin silently encouraged herself.

The three hurried forward and arrived at the entrance to the encampment.

Guy spotted someone familiar at first glance.

"Ebisu!"

Guy shouted.

Ebisu jolted and quickly looked up.

He saw Guy waving at him.

"Guy!!!"

Ebisu ran toward him excitedly and gave Guy a huge hug.

"That's great! You're finally back! Genma and I were worried sick about you!"

"Oh, right, Rin..."

He stopped halfway through his sentence when he suddenly