Ino Yamanaka seemed to have grown used to being treated this way. Rather than being frightened, she refused to behave, squirming constantly in Inoichi Yamanaka's grip as though she still hoped to get down and run away.
But she was only a child, after all. Against her father, a jonin, her struggles were like a mantis trying to stop a chariot—utterly useless.
Inoichi Yamanaka seemed afraid of being seen, too. Carrying Ino Yamanaka, he even used chakra to boost his speed, disappearing after just a few bounds.
Uchiha Yin found the sight highly amusing, and a powerful resolve welled up within him. He had to protect this peace and happiness to the very end.
He let the smile fade from his face and asked the shopkeeper to pack up some yokan, planning to take it home for Kurotsuchi and Samui to try.
Come to think of it, Kurotsuchi had been in Konoha for quite some time, yet Uchiha Yin had never really given her any gifts or paid her any special attention.
Instead, Kurotsuchi had always been the one taking care of him. That thought stirred a trace of something called guilt in the normally thick-skinned Uchiha Yin.
With the package of yokan in hand, he headed home.
Meanwhile, in a cave fifty li east of Konoha, the atmosphere was heavy.
That day, after listening to Otsutsuki Mowu, Otsutsuki Lingyu and Otsutsuki Yousheng had taken him with them and retreated for the time being.
They had found a cave where they could recuperate.
Fortunately, of the three, Otsutsuki Lingyu had some knowledge and training in Medical Ninjutsu, and he immediately began treating Mo Wu.
He had managed to save Mo Wu's life, but Mo Wu's back had taken the full brunt of Kaguya's Rabbit Hair Needle. Many of the chakra