"Good morning, Director."
"Morning, Qiong, Renka."
Inside the Anbu office, Xia Yan greeted Qiong and Renka with a smile.
Perhaps because he had spent a month and a half eating and sleeping out in the open, he felt truly wonderful now that he had returned to Konoha.
Especially considering what he had gained over that month and a half-he had really come away with a haul that left him thoroughly satisfied.
Thinking back to his final battle with Obito, once Black Zetsu had hidden himself away beforehand, the kid had had no one to give him pointers.
Thus, Xia Yan had exploited the blind spot in his vision to hide a shadow clone underground in advance.
Then he had deliberately acted much as Minato Namikaze had, with the aim of provoking that kid Obito.
Obito had not disappointed him and had indeed been successfully provoked, while Xia Yan had cleverly replicated Minato Namikaze's method of dealing with him.
Even without using a technique like Flying Thunder God, Xia Yan's Body Flicker Technique in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode had produced absolutely breathtaking results.
After Xia Yan severed his right arm, Obito had ultimately lost all desire to keep fighting.
He had simply stared at Xia Yan in fury before his entire body warped and vanished from the spot.
Only after carefully, painstakingly probing his surroundings with his sensory perception for quite some time had Xia Yan sealed away Black Zetsu's half of a White Zetsu body.
He had also taken along the other right hand Obito had left behind before swiftly departing Kirigakure.
Honestly, Xia Yan had truly offended that kid Obito terribly this time.
And it was not just Obito; he had also inflicted unimaginable destruction on Kirigakure.
Although he lacked complete intelligence, Xia Yan could still make an estimate.
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