"No!" Naruto's sorrowful eyes hardened with resolve.
This scene shocked Roshi.
Naruto pulled an Explosive Tag from his clothes.
"This was secretly slipped to me by my good friend Gaara."
When Roshi saw the Explosive Tag, his eyes gleamed as though he had seen hope for survival.
"Use that Explosive Tag quickly! We can escape alive!"
"No!" Naruto suddenly put on a tragic expression. "I'm going to use this Explosive Tag to perish together with Madara Uchiha!"
"To avenge Gaara!"
Roshi was so shocked that he stood there with his mouth hanging open, staring stupidly at Naruto.
Naruto continued acting. "At the very end, Gaara left this Explosive Tag for me because he wanted me to kill Madara Uchiha..."
"No, that's not it! The Kazekage wanted you to escape, to get away from here! He wanted you to live!"
Roshi was nearly breaking down. All he wanted now was to get out of here as quickly as possible and flee as far from Madara Uchiha as he could—the farther, the better.
"Is that true? Gaara wanted me to escape?" Naruto pretended to be foolish, though he was really toying with Roshi.
"That's right, use the Explosive Tag quickly." Roshi added, "You're dreaming if you think you can kill Madara Uchiha with a single Explosive Tag. This tag can only help you escape."
Naruto used the Explosive Tag.
With a thunderous boom, Naruto blasted open the cell, breaking the chains binding them both in the process.
"Run!" The chains around Roshi's body had all snapped. He did not want to remain here for even a moment and immediately rushed out.
Naruto followed behind Roshi.
"There's light ahead!" Roshi was overjoyed. He had not expected the prison's layout to be so simple, allowing them to escape so quickly.
Roshi rushed out