He had squandered every scrap of prestige Zabuza and Kisame had just built up for the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
Although he had not dodged it completely, he had at least sensed his demon fire.
Xuan Zhe almost wanted to applaud him.
"Mm..."
Rin Nohara gave a muffled groan in his arms and slowly opened her eyes, seeing the dirt-covered Raiga Kurosuki before her and Xuan Zhe beside her, holding her with one arm.
"L-Lord Xuan Zhe, wh... what happened?"
She only remembered losing to a Kirigakure girl around her age with long, wine-red hair. Then... she seemed to have passed out.
"Someone managed to slip in and capture you in that tiny window. At this rate, we'll have to go to the bathroom together."
Xuan Zhe looked down at the girl, feeling rather helpless himself.
No wonder she barely ever survived the Third Shinobi World War in any Naruto fan fiction.
Keeping her alive really was far too difficult.
Rin Nohara blushed. She did not quite understand what Xuan Zhe meant.
But the part about "going to the bathroom together" was a bit too much for her.
What was this man even saying?!
She was a girl!
"Sorry, but I can't stay holed up in this damn place forever. I have to get out. I have to go back to Konoha... back to Kakashi and Rin."
Inside the underground cavern.
Although the old man before him had startled him by claiming to be "Madara Uchiha,"
Obito quickly recovered his cheerful nature and declared this firmly.
"..."
The elderly Madara said nothing. Using his scythe as a walking stick, he sat back down in the deadwood chair.
With his methods, how hard could it be to make this brat obediently do his bidding?
He simply had not