Land of Rain.
"Yes."
"Lord Hokage."
Kakashi accepted the order in a deep voice.
He gripped the White Fang short blade on his back in reverse.
A sharp blade gleam cut a streak of white through the dim tower.
Lightning Release Chakra instantly coated the blade, unleashing the piercing chorus of a thousand Chidori cries.
Obito Uchiha was forced into a corner.
His Mangekyo spun frantically, yet he remained unable to tear open the surrounding space.
And beneath Obito Uchiha's feet.
A pool of pitch-black substance silently seeped into the floor.
Black Zetsu.
The mastermind who had lived for over a thousand years was more terrified than ever.
Although he had seized the Rinnegan.
With the Kamui Dimension sealed off, there was absolutely no way he could leave this tower alive.
Black Zetsu was fully aware of that.
He did not care in the slightest whether Obito lived or died.
Obito was merely a pawn for reviving his mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki. Now, that pawn had lost all value.
He had to escape!
As long as he escaped.
At worst, he could spend another few centuries finding a new pawn!
Half of Black Zetsu's body had already merged into the tower's stone floor.
This was a Mayfly Technique beyond the ordinary five elemental transformations, almost impossible to detect.
Just then.
A foot devoid of all warmth suddenly stepped on Black Zetsu's head.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Chiba looked down at the puddle of black mud on the ground, his voice icy enough to pierce bone.
Black Zetsu abruptly raised his head, horror filling his remaining yellow vertical pupil.
How was this possible?
How had this brat from the Senju Clan discovered him?
"Let me go!"
Black Zetsu wriggled madly, attempting to split apart and flee.
Chiba could not even