Epilogue

Afterwards, Kakashi, carrying Might Guy on his back, led Naruto, Sakura, Sai, and the others to Neji, Rock Lee, and Tenten.

Neji, Rock Lee, and Tenten were shocked to see Might Guy unconscious, and then became worried. After all, given Might Guy's freakish physique, it was truly rare to see him suffer such serious injuries.

"Kai, he just fainted, he's fine. Let's go and meet up with Yamato and the others," Kakashi reassured Neji, Rock Lee, and Tenten.

"Kakashi-sensei," Naruto stepped forward and said to Kakashi, "Weren't we supposed to be looking for the Three-Tails? Why aren't we going?"

"It's alright, let's go meet up with Yamato and the others first," Kakashi said in a deep voice. Kakashi didn't intend to mention that the Three-Tails might have been captured by Tobi, since it was already too late. Moreover, Uzumaki Hane had gone to look for Tobi, but while Tobi appeared here, Uzumaki Hane had disappeared without a trace, which made him somewhat worried.

Since Kakashi had said so, no one objected. So, led by Kakashi, the group began searching for Yamato and the others.

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On the other side, Yamato, along with Kiba, Shino, and Hinata, surrounded Rinji.

"Damn it," Rinji said, looking at Yamato and the other three with extreme anger.

Yamato scrutinized Rinji and asked, "Where are Orochimaru's other subordinates?"

"You think I'd say that?" Rinji looked at the four of them, his eyes flashing with cold light, "Since we've run into each other, you can all die now, hah..." Rinji let out a loud shout, and countless bats emerged from behind him, densely packed, flying towards the four of them and quickly surrounding them.

Rinji, however, did not linger in the fight. In a flash, he tried to leave the encirclement of the four.

Suddenly, Rinji's movements froze; it turned out that his feet had been caught by several strips of grass.

"What... when... how is this possible?" Rinji was at a loss after his escape plan failed.

By this time, Yamato, Kiba, Shino, and Hinata had already killed the bats, since the bats summoned by Rinji weren't very strong. All four were watching Rinji, and the pressure on Rinji was immense.

Yamato didn't want to delay any longer. He quickly Hand Seals and pressed them to the ground. Countless wooden strips emerged from the ground and bound Rinji tightly, like a rice dumpling wrapped in wooden strips. The wooden strips suddenly tightened, and the four of them could almost hear the cracking sound of Rinji's bones breaking.

Yamato did not take Rinji's life; he merely knocked Rinji unconscious.

"Alright, although we've caught one, we still don't know where Orochimaru's other subordinates are. Let's continue searching for them," Orochimaru said in a deep voice Yamato, looking at Kiba, Shino, and Hinata.

"Yes, Yamato-sensei," Kiba, Shino, and Hinata.

Next, Yamato created a Wood Clone to stay behind and guard the interrogation of Rinji.

Then, Yamato led Kiba, Shino, and Hinata away to continue searching for Orochimaru's other subordinates.

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On the other side, Tobi emerged from the sea, stepping on the surface and walking towards the shore.

At that moment, White Zetsu suddenly appeared beside Tobi and said to Tobi, "Is it over, Three-Tails?"

Tobi's voice remained completely flat as he said, "We've successfully captured the Three-Tails -Three-Tails. Now let's find a safe place to seal it away."

"That's good, let's go." After saying that, the two walked towards the shore together.

"Hmm..." White Zetsu seemed to have noticed something interesting and made a sound.

Upon hearing this, Tobi followed White Zetsu's gaze and saw two figures, one large and one small, watching them from the shore.

Tobi immediately recognized the two men and said to White Zetsu, "So they are Orochimaru's two subordinates, Guren, who possesses the Crystal Release Kekkei Genkai, and Yukimaru, who can suppress the Three-Tails. If it weren't for the interference from the Konoha Ninja, we might have actually been able to capture the Three-Tails. If Yukimaru becomes the Three-Tails 'Jinchūriki, he might cause us quite a bit of trouble."

"Then what should we do?" White Zetsu glanced at Yukimaru, then looked at Guren beside him.

"Forget it, our main task right now is to seal the Three-Tails. There's no need to create unnecessary trouble," Tobi said directly, then led White Zetsu away in another direction.

At this moment, Yukimaru and Guren on the shore were also watching Tobi and White Zetsu.

"Sister Guren, that masked person has the aura of the Three-Tails. The Three-Tails should be on him, but we don't know where it's hidden," Yukimaru said to Guren, but his eyes flickered as he spoke, as if he was afraid of something.

"He captured the Three-Tails?" Guren was somewhat surprised and uncertain. After all, she had witnessed the Three-Tails' strength with her own eyes, and it was hard to imagine that the other party could successfully capture the Three-Tails.

"Sister Guren, are we going to steal the Three-Tails?" Yukimaru asked cautiously.

Seemingly sensing Yukimaru's worry, Guren shook her head and said with a smile, "No need, we agreed to leave here together."

"Yes, Sister Guren." The two disappeared together into the forest.

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Sasuke arrived at one of Orochimaru's laboratories, skillfully Earth Flow to the last experimental glass column, and then, with a flash of his sword, the glass column broke in two, and the unknown liquid inside flowed out rapidly.

Then, a man emerged from the liquid.

"Finally free, thank you, Sasuke." The man looked up at Sasuke and said.

Sasuke turned his back to the man and said, "Suigetsu, it's you first. Let's go."

"First is me, and then who else, Sasuke?" he said in a deep voice, standing on the liquid.

Sasuke, still with his back to Suigetsu, said in a flat voice, "There are two more people after that, Jūgo and Karin. What's wrong?"

"You probably find them difficult to get along with, Sasuke," Suigetsu said with a smile. "But both of them are very strong, Sasuke. What exactly do you want?"

Sasuke didn't answer Suigetsu directly, but said in a deep voice, "Put on your clothes and let's go." Without waiting for Suigetsu to reply, he left.

As Suigetsu watched Sasuke's departing figure, perhaps annoyed by Sasuke's lack of explanation, she flashed behind Sasuke and pointed her right index finger at Sasuke's temple.

Sasuke noticed Suigetsu's movements and stopped. His Three-Tomoe Sharingan stared at Suigetsu, as if he could see through everything about Suigetsu.

Suigetsu seemed unable to withstand Sasuke's unfathomable gaze and said with a laugh, "I was just kidding, just kidding." After saying that, she withdrew her finger.

Sasuke didn't say much, only stating, "Let's go." With that, Sasuke continued walking forward, Suigetsu, this time without making any unnecessary movements, simply followed behind Sasuke.