Ever since entering Takigakure, Retsuo had felt that something was strange.
For example, Xiaomi actually knew where the treasure vase containing Hero's Water was hidden in the maze.
Even more strangely, after seeing Kakuzu and Konan confronting the Seven-Tails, she showed no reaction at all. She simply lowered her head and began leading the way through a tree hollow—the tree hollow was part of the maze too.
After crawling through one maze after another, Retsuo would normally have been thinking, What the hell? But he had no time for that today.
After all, even he himself had been shocked to see Kakuzu and Konan. How could Xiaomi not be surprised in the slightest? Strange!
But all of that paled beside the matter of stopping Kakuzu...
Retsuo stumbled again. What kind of person was that? That was Kakuzu! There were few people in the Shinobi World who understood Kakuzu's true nature better than he did—
"Wait, Xiaomi, who exactly are you?"
A possibility suddenly occurred to him. Judging from Xiaomi's reaction, could she actually know Kakuzu?
She was a ninja capable of using Wind Release: Pressure Damage and Headhunter. If she knew Kakuzu, could she also use Lightning Release: False Darkness, Earth Release: Hardening Technique, and... Earth Grudge Fear?
Holy crap!
When he thought about the fact that the stitched-together tentacle monster had accompanied him the whole way, Retsuo felt a chill run down his spine.
Xiaomi sighed wistfully. "Me? I'm just a missing-nin from Takigakure. I've already shown you the way. Go get the Hero's Water yourself."
With that, she walked toward the cave entrance.
In just this short while, the Seven-Tails had already been taught by Kakuzu how to be a qualified tailed beast.
If Kakashi had not seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed