"Message me on Penguin when the fight's over." Tobirama glanced at Reto over there and Kakuzu behind him, then vanished with a whoosh, leaving only those words behind.
He was playing ranked, after all, with two deadweights on his team: the newbie Daimyo and his older brother. How could he leave them unattended?
As for Dave's safety, come on. Could Reto really beat his son?
Inside the internet cafe.
"Where did you take Dave, Tobirama?" Hashirama asked, looking curiously at Tobirama as he returned.
"Kakuzu ran into trouble and got into a fight with Reto, so I took Dave over to help." Tobirama sat straight down at his seat. Only after solo-killing the Madara Uchiha shinobi on his screen, who had been laning against him and frantically wiggling around to taunt him, did he calmly answer.
"Huh??? You sent Dave and Kakuzu to fight Reto?" Hashirama was stunned. Are you sure you're Dave's biological father? That's even harsher than what I did to Mujian back then.
"Heh. Dave beating Reto? Easy as pie. Anyone with hands could do it. Don't worry about him," Madara Uchiha said slowly beside them with a couple of cold chuckles.
The Daimyo and Mujian were both dumbfounded. Reto? Isn't that the First Kazekage?? Holy shit, you sent Dave to fight Reto? And you're still sitting here playing games? Wow, how can you all be so unconcerned??
Meanwhile, over at Kakuzu's location.
Kakuzu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Dave arrive. He slowly drew the masked thread creatures back into his body, then put on the clothes that now had several holes in them. *Hmm, a little patching and they'll still be wearable. I bought these in Konoha a few years ago for ten ryo, after beating the shopkeeper into giving me a