As Black Zetsu ran, he suddenly felt the presence behind him disappear. He turned to look, surprise written across his face.
Sure enough, Uchiha Yin was no longer behind him.
His first thought was that he had shaken Uchiha Yin off.
But that thought lasted only a second. After all, Black Zetsu knew very well that shaking off Uchiha Yin so easily was all but impossible.
He dared not slow down at all and raced toward the outskirts of Konoha.
Just as he was about to leave the forest, however, he abruptly stopped.
The man who had vanished from behind him was now standing right in front of him, his face murderous.
Black Zetsu slammed to a halt at the sight. "That was careless of me. I actually forgot about that!"
Black Zetsu's voice was so harsh and grating that Uchiha Yin involuntarily frowned.
"What did you come here for?"
Uchiha Yin had no intention of wasting words with him and asked him outright.
Black Zetsu reacted as though he had heard a joke. "What are you thinking? Why would I ever tell you?"
He paused briefly, then added with a smug, obnoxious look, "But if you can catch me, I might be in the mood to tell you a little!"
With that, his figure flickered, and his entire body began shrinking, slowly merging into the tree trunk beside him.
Uzuki Yugao, who caught up a moment later, stared in shock. She had initially thought he was merely using an invisibility technique.
She had never expected him to actually merge his body into a tree trunk.
Uzuki Yugao instinctively drew her longsword.
With a sharp cry, she called out, "Konoha-style swordsmanship: Dance of the Crescent Moon!"
The instant her words fell, three Uzuki Yugaos appeared on the spot, and two