Sunagakure had kept this group of prodigies off the battlefield to protect them, much as it had done with Minato Namikaze...
Rasa had always considered himself a prodigy. Seeing someone around his own age whose strength far surpassed his left him feeling miserable.
It grew worse when he saw Karura gazing at Uchiha Yin with admiration.
He knew she probably admired nothing more than Uchiha Yin's strength, but it still drove him wild with jealousy.
Rasa was intensely possessive. In his mind, Karura was already his, and she had no business admiring anyone else.
That was why his expression had turned so dark.
Rasa and the others had arrived quietly, daring only to watch Uchiha Yin and Black Zetsu fight from the sidelines.
They were spectators at the edge of the battlefield.
Both Uchiha Yin and Black Zetsu knew they were there.
Uchiha Yin ignored them, while Black Zetsu was too busy fending off his attacks to pay them any attention.
But Black Zetsu knew that if this went on, he would never get a chance to uncover the truth.
He had come here solely because he had sensed an aura like his "mother's." Otherwise, Black Zetsu had plenty of ways to escape.
He had survived in the Shinobi World for over a thousand years without being discovered. His ability to flee was first-rate.
There was no doubt about it. If Black Zetsu had been easy to catch, he would have been eliminated back when Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki were still alive.
After watching Rasa and the others linger nearby for so long, Black Zetsu began to form a plan.
He took a punch from Uchiha Yin head-on and cried out, letting the blow send him flying straight toward Rasa.
Using the force of the punch, Black Zetsu reached