Naturally, no one dared disobey the Lord Hokage, and they had no reason to remain there anyway. Without further discussion, the others slipped into the forest. Kazemori Masaki and Kagami Uchiha guarded the rear, following only after everyone else had entered.
After the blow they had just suffered, the Chakra Samurai took some time to regroup. By then, the Konoha ninja were long gone. Katsuya Uchiha knew that the Chakra Samurai could never catch them in such complicated terrain, so he had no choice but to give up.
Katsuya Uchiha was bitterly frustrated. Without Asuna and the others in his grasp, he had no leverage over Konoha Ninja Village and could not prolong the war as much as possible. That put him at a serious disadvantage.
"It looks like I'll have to move faster from here on." Katsuya Uchiha made up his mind. He had to hurry back and use the Daimyo's name to twist the truth of this incident, laying the groundwork for a future conflict.
Then Katsuya Uchiha remembered the vanished Black Zetsu and felt a pang of regret. Such a useful fellow, gone just like that. If he were still around, he could help gather intelligence, but that was no longer an option.
"This wasn't entirely without its rewards." Uchiha Ketu took a scroll from inside his clothes and released the sealing formula. The crimson Mangekyō Sharingan rested quietly in his palm.
Katsuya Uchiha now effectively possessed Indra's power. All that remained was Asura's power within Fujimura Yuki. Fortunately, he had learned Fujimura Yuki's identity early on. Otherwise, with Black Zetsu gone, he truly would not have known where to look for Asura's reincarnate.
Holding the Mangekyō Sharingan, Katsuya Uchiha silently considered how to use it. The best method was to transplant its optic nerve into his