An'san lay on the ground.
Though every inch of his body burned with pain.
He still struggled to raise an arm and reach toward the crucial spot.
"Whew..."
He let out a long breath.
Thank goodness, his little brother was still there.
W-wait a damn minute!
After carefully feeling around, he froze.
...Nothing there!
He'd fucking become a commander without any troops!
"Aaaaaaah!"
An'san's anguished screams echoed through the sky.
Countless birds took flight in alarm.
"I'll kill you all!"
Seeing An'san in such unbearable agony.
An'ni couldn't help swallowing hard.
If he'd been the one to step forward just now...
Shit...
My brother, I'll remember what you did for me for the rest of my life!
After hearing the explosion behind them.
The Shadow Clone's memories came flooding back as well.
Obito's expression changed.
"Pick up the pace, everyone! They're already close behind us!"
Shikaba's eyes lit up.
"Obito, did you bring any Explosive Tags?"
"How many do you have left? We could set a few traps along the way."
Obito scratched his head and said.
"Uh, I didn't bring any Explosive Tags."
Shikaba froze at that.
"No Explosive Tags? Then that explosion just now... was that their doing?"
Obito shook his head and said.
"No, my Shadow Clone exploded. Probably because... he got too embarrassed?"
Shikaba: "???"
Why would your Shadow Clone get embarrassed?
...No, hold on!
Why would your Shadow Clone explode?!
The six of them were already moving at full speed.
But the teams pursuing them from behind.
Were still slowly closing the gap.
Iwagakure hadn't left many people to guard the rear.
But that was only in comparison to the frontline forces.
At that very moment.
More than a dozen squads were following their trail and moving to surround the six of them.