"Changes? There have been some..." Zou Hyuga nodded.
As Karma thawed, both his body and his chakra had gradually moved beyond the bounds of a ninja, seemingly evolving toward a different level of life.
He simply hadn't expected the changes to be so great that even Oto would mistake him for someone else. It seemed he might have been away too long.
Just then, Oto glanced at Zou Hyuga and slowly said, "Did you come here to keep playing the Akatsuki's loyal servant and fight the joint assault unit? That explosion just now was quite a sight."
Zou Hyuga's expression darkened. Getting bombed by Deidara had been entirely accidental. The Akatsuki didn't pay him enough anyway, so why should he fend off the Five Kage for Nagato and Konan? Unless they offered the Rinnegan as payment.
Pressing his palms together, he swiftly entered Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode and created a hole leading underground. As he jumped in, Zou Hyuga said, "Let's get moving first. I'll explain everything else on the way..."
Oto Uchiha felt a little helpless, but she was long used to this and jumped in after him.
In the dark underground, Zou Hyuga carved out a path while recounting what had happened over the past few days. Oto's eyebrows kept rising as she listened, and the corners of her mouth twitched.
Hidan, Sasori, Shinnō, Juzo Biwa, and now he even plans to work with Orochimaru. He's rebuilding the Akatsuki.
Zou, do Nagato and Obito know you're doing this?
Before long, the two reached a depth of two hundred meters. They could no longer hear the fighting above, nor would the battle reach this place.
Oto Uchiha didn't quite understand Zou Hyuga's intentions. Her Sharingan scanned the oppressive darkness around them.
She took a flashlight out of her scroll,