"Have to say, those four pieces of trash from Root were still somewhat useful. At least they forced her to reveal her trump card," Black Zetsu said with a cold sneer.
This time, Black Zetsu had appeared alongside Obito Uchiha. He was the first to speak, his tone full of contempt for Root's four pieces of trash, yet also acknowledging the role they had played in this battle.
The two stood some distance away, watching Itachi Uchiha's battlefield from afar while secretly plotting how to capture Sasori's weakness here.
At that moment, Obito Uchiha's attention was drawn to the mysterious girl.
Since she had appeared, aside from her voice revealing that she was a girl, she had displayed no other obvious characteristics.
"Why would a perfectly good girl wear such an ugly mask?" Obito muttered to himself.
The words seemed to drift into Black Zetsu's ears, and he promptly replied, "She's ugly, afraid of exposing her identity, or has secrets. It has to be one of those."
Though Black Zetsu's answer was somewhat teasing, it was not without reason.
Hearing that, Obito unconsciously touched his own mask.
After all, he too could only show himself while wearing a mask.
That motion suddenly made him realize that perhaps, like him, this girl had an unknown reason for concealing her true face.
Just as Obito Uchiha was about to probe the secret beneath the mask, another girl's voice—one he would never forget for the rest of his life—sounded beside his ear.
"My, my. Peeking into a girl's secrets isn't a good thing, you know." The sudden voice startled Obito.
His first reaction was to spring away as if shocked by electricity, while instinctively reaching toward the source of the voice.
However, when Obito's hand grabbed the girl's body beside him, he was