"Teacher!"
Kakashi's heart settled at once. "You're here!"
"Mm."
Hyuga Wuye's giant golden-flame hand set him down, but it still held Rin Nohara tightly.
Then two Shadow Clones rushed out, launching a countercharge at the dozens of Mist Village ninja.
There were only a few jonin and several dozen chunin. Against his Shadow Clones, they had virtually no ability to resist.
It was a one-sided slaughter.
So Kakashi no longer looked in that direction and hurried over to Wuye's real body.
"Teacher, can you save Rin?"
This was the smoothest he had ever called him Teacher.
"I can only do my best."
Hyuga Wuye did not even dare release his hold on Rin Nohara.
Because he knew there was a control seal Madara had left inside Rin Nohara's body. Even the future Obito Uchiha would have to use the method of having his heart pierced to break that seal.
He did not think he could find a way to destroy it in such a short time, while the other side could control Rin Nohara at any moment to assassinate them—or to die.
"Byakugan!"
Using the Byakugan's penetrating vision, Wuye clearly saw the talisman at the center of Rin Nohara's heart.
"Kakashi, this kind of talisman is almost impossible to undo. Unless you destroy the heart—but that means... she'll die," Hyuga Wuye quickly said.
Meanwhile, Obito Uchiha had already hidden in the shadows with White Zetsu's help.
"A talisman? What talisman?"
Having vaguely overheard Hyuga Wuye's words, Obito's expression changed drastically. "There's a talisman on Rin's heart?!"
"Maybe the Kirigakure Village did it," White Zetsu said carelessly.
They had originally planned to make Kakashi kill Rin Nohara. Obito Uchiha's best friend killing the person he loved most—what an immense shock that would be.
How were they supposed to play this now?