Just as Xia Xi found Hinatsuru's location.
Uzui and Obanai also heard the shrill alarm that suddenly rang out through the village and saw the ninja beginning to assemble rapidly.
Tengen Uzui's heart lurched. Did that kid Obanai slip up?
As far as he was concerned, since he himself had yet to be discovered,
only that kid Obanai could have exposed his identity through inexperience.
Surely Xia Xi, who was far stronger than him, couldn't have been the first to give himself away?
Over on Obanai's side, his thoughts were much the same.
Even the Sound Hashira can slip up?
Dislike him though he might,
Obanai still held Uzui's strength in considerable regard.
He hadn't expected the man to make a mistake, too.
In truth, for a moment, he had also wondered whether something had gone wrong on Xia Xi's end.
But when he recalled Flashy Bro's usual loud, outrageously high-profile behavior,
he instantly dismissed that thought.
His immediate superior must have slipped up despite his experience,
and accidentally let the other ninja catch his trail.
However, neither Obanai nor Tengen
was thrown into a panic by the sudden alarm and commotion.
Instead, they settled their minds even further,
and crept toward their respective destinations.
In the end, Tengen found Suma, who was locked in her own room, sobbing.
Obanai also successfully found Makio, who was locked in the back room of the ninja tools shop.
"Suma, I, Lord Tengen, have come to bring you all back in style."
"You're Miss Makio, correct? Xia Xi asked me to come rescue you."
In the dark worlds of the two female ninja,
light had finally appeared.
At the village's east gate,
when Uzui brought the airheaded girl out of the dim room,
tear tracks still marked her face.
"L-Lord Tengen, I'm