Obito Uchiha did not keep listening to Madara Uchiha.
He looked at the White Zetsu who had emerged from the rocks earlier and asked, "Hey, you, the white one. Where are Rin and the others? Take me to them."
"The one attached to you is my clone. Within a certain range, we can communicate telepathically."
"My other clones are also scattered across various locations, gathering intelligence."
"I'll use that to guide you," White Zetsu said.
Meanwhile, as Rin and the others headed toward Iwagakure, they happened to encounter Kakashi's group, who had completed their mission and were preparing to return to the Iwagakure front.
"Minato, I didn't expect to run into you here," Kushina said in greeting.
"Kushina, what are you all..." Minato Namikaze was also a little surprised to see her.
"Yes, things are pretty much settled on the Sunagakure front. Yin, Tsunade, and Sakumo are enough to handle things there, so we came to support you," Kushina said.
"Oh, I see. Yin really is amazing. Stories of his feats are spreading all over the battlefield now." Minato Namikaze smiled gently in understanding.
"Of course! Just look at whose man he is!" Kushina said proudly.
Hearing Minato Namikaze's praise, Rin and the others also felt proud. Their teacher certainly lived up to their expectations.
But Kushina's words also filled them with envy.
How they wished they could be like Kushina and confidently declare that Yin was their man.
That was what Kurenai, Rin, and Anko thought.
Only Shizune silently thought to herself, That's my man, all right.
"Kakashi, Asuma, why do you both look so gloomy? Where's Obito?" While Minato Namikaze and Kushina chatted, Anko greeted Kakashi and Asuma.
Asuma and Kakashi both wore grim expressions, clearly still grieving over Obito.
"Obito... Obito... Obito was killed in action," Asuma