Rin's Hat-Block Rasengan caught Obito completely off guard. He had never expected this mysterious masked figure to know both of those techniques.
"Damn it, who the hell are you?! Are you the Fourth Hokage? Did you fake your death?!"
Fighting through the pain, Obito activated Intangibility and escaped Rin's attack range before demanding an answer.
But the only answer he received was another Rasengan thrust straight at him.
"Mark my words, I won't let you get away with this!"
Seeing that, Obito could only abandon his investigation of the Seven-Tails for now and flee the battlefield through the Kamui Dimension.
"Damn it, he got away again."
Rin had no choice but to give up for the moment.
Hearing the commotion, the shinobi of Takigakure gathered reinforcements and headed over.
To avoid being discovered, Rin had to retreat first.
"The sounds of fighting came from over here. Split into pairs and investigate."
"Understood, Lord Kakuzu!"
The Takigakure shinobi scattered.
Kakuzu searched for clues alone.
After Tetsuya helped him return to Takigakure, the village's current leader had decided to welcome Kakuzu back.
There was no helping it. This was what both the Daimyo of the Land of Waterfalls and the Daimyo of the Land of Grass wanted. What else could they do?
They could hardly throw in the towel and move the entire village out of the Land of Waterfalls.
Besides, if Kakuzu hadn't killed all those brain-dead higher-ups back then, the current leadership might never have gained their positions. In a sense, they owed their success to him.
And on closer consideration, what had happened back then wasn't entirely Kakuzu's fault.
Anyone would have struggled to accept it if they risked their life for their village, only to turn around and discover that the village had sold them out.
Taking everything