"Whoosh!"
Using the Flying Thunder God Technique, Ye Chen reappeared inside the hot spring bathhouse.
Ye Chen looked around, only to find the bathing chamber already deserted. There was no sign of Obito Uchiha.
He spread his senses outward but detected nothing unusual.
He had to admit that Obito Uchiha's ability to conceal his presence had reached an extraordinary level.
If not for the Kunai scattered across the bathing chamber floor, Ye Chen would have thought everything had been an illusion, that everything he had just experienced had been nothing but delusions!
With a casual beckoning gesture, the Kunai scattered around him flew straight into his hand.
Ye Chen put away these "props" he had prepared long ago.
He had begun preparing these props after acquiring the S-Rank Ninjutsu, the "Flying Thunder God Technique."
After all, these "anchors" were essential if he wanted to achieve the effect of "instant relocation."
Ye Chen had no time to think further and broke into a run toward the hot spring pool.
He knew very well that Obito Uchiha had suddenly attacked to hold him up.
Their real target was Jiraiya, who was in the hot spring.
Although this differed considerably from the original plot,
the ultimate objective was more or less the same.
Ye Chen had accompanied Jiraiya in the hope that his involvement could change the course of the plot.
And that was more or less what had happened. With his involvement, the plot had clearly diverged from the original.
Yet Ye Chen had never imagined that Obito Uchiha's sudden attack would abruptly twist the storyline back onto its original course.
It left Ye Chen feeling rather powerless, as though all his efforts had been in vain.
Ye Chen composed himself and hurried to the edge of the hot spring pool.
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