"Since you want to find me, I'll come play with you myself."
Kabuto's voice came through the Water Mirror. On the coast, the reanimated Mu's body jolted violently, and the Black Receivers in his chest lit up simultaneously. Chakra patterns crept out along them, quickly covering half his body.
Neji raised a palm in front of himself.
"His chakra is increasing."
"Fall back three paces." Sasuke connected to the frontline Array Disc. "Don't attack. Keep watching."
Neji asked no questions and led the Hyuga squad back.
Mu raised both hands, Dust Release light gathering between his palms. Before that light could take shape, a low rumble came from beneath the coast. The strata pinned down by the Sand Net split open, and black chakra surged from the cracks, heading straight for the central army.
Kakashi raised his hands and formed hand seals.
Lightning swept across the position, intercepting the black chakra halfway.
"This isn't Mu's technique." Kakashi looked toward the Water Mirror. "Someone is using his body to transmit chakra."
"Did you see it clearly?" Sasuke asked.
"The chakra is traveling underground."
"Along which route?"
"The seawater and rock layers are blocking it. I can't tell yet."
Sasuke looked up, and the image in the Water Mirror split into dozens of sections. Each recorded the details from Mu forming hand seals to releasing the Spell Formula. The order in which the Black Receivers lit up, the positions of the cracks in the ground, and even the Dust Release impact points were all marked.
Shikaku reviewed the records, his pen stopping at the northern side of the map.
"Every instance of control passes beneath the coast, but the route disappears here."
"Disappears?" Sasuke reached out and tapped the map. "Or someone hid it?"
Shikaku turned the map toward Neji.
"Can the