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At this moment, as the dust settled, Obito instantly moved to Rin and Kakashi's side.
"It's settled?"
Rin looked at Obito and nodded.
This was the first time she had killed such a powerful enemy, and she was extremely excited and thrilled.
"Mm, it's settled."
Obito noticed that Rin's face was still splattered with quite a bit of the enemy's blood. He quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped it off for her.
Rin's face immediately turned a little red, but then she became curious, 'Is Obito really that meticulous? He actually carries a handkerchief with him?'
Taking a closer look at the handkerchief, Rin's face turned even redder.
'Isn't this the one I used to wipe Obito's tears of blood when he first awakened his MangekyĆ?'
Later, knowing that Obito would bleed from his eyes every time he used his MangekyĆ, she had given it to him to carry around.
She hadn't expected Obito to keep it safe until now.
At this moment, Minato also walked over and smiled, "Looks like you've perfectly completed the mission."
Kakashi sheathed his blade and sighed, "This is the first time I've seen Minato-sensei go all out. Minato-sensei is indeed very strong."
Kakashi then glanced at Rin and couldn't help but compare. He realized that if he had been the one facing the enemy just now, he might not have been able to deal with them so easily.
He might not have even been able to deal with them at all.
The opponent was a JĆnin, and an experienced one at that. Although Kakashi was confident that he had already reached JĆnin-level strength.
Unknowingly, he had already become the weakest in the team.
'Is this what Obito meant when he said that bloodline limits determine the future development of a ninja?'
However, Kakashi was not discouraged.
Obito had also said before that abilities like the MangekyĆ Sharingan or JinchĆ«riki powers had explosive growth, allowing one to gain immense power in a short time.
But after that, progress would slow down.
They were still young now, and he still had plenty of time to catch up.
At this moment, Minato spoke seriously, "Now is not the time to relax. When the enemy fled, they already fired a signal flare. We're very close to the battlefield, and a large Kumo force may arrive at any moment."
Kakashi and Rin immediately became serious again. Minato-sensei was right. The matter was not completely resolved yet.
Minato continued, "So now we have two choices before us."
"One, we leave immediately and move to another location, or we hide in Obito's Kamui space."
"With our mobility or the concealment of Kamui space, the enemy won't be able to find us."
After a brief pause, Minato went on, "The second choiceâwe don't run. We stay and continue dealing with the enemy."
Obito smiled, "Minato-sensei, you're leaning toward the second choice, aren't you?"
Minato nodded, "Because I'm not sure if Kumo will send another wave to capture the Nine-Tails. So I want to use killing as a deterrent to make them completely abandon this mission."
"But there's a drawback to this. In wartime, what we'll face is a large force of Kumo troops, which is completely different from encountering just a few people on a regular squad mission."
"If there are too many enemies and we get surrounded, we might be in real danger. So, rationally speaking, we should actually choose the first option."
Obito, however, didn't hesitate at all, "Let's go with the second one. Kumo actually dared to try and ambush Big Sister Kushina. That's unforgivable."
Kakashi and Rin also nodded. They didn't want their teacher's wife to be disturbed either.
Minato's gaze became firm, "Then we'll stop the enemy here. I've already sensed a large number of chakras approaching from the distance. At least thirty... No, between fifty people."
"That many?", Rin and Kakashi couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
So this was war? The enemy didn't come in twos or threes but in dozens, even hundreds at a time.
Ordinary ninjas were extremely easy to die in such a battlefield.
At this moment, Obito laughed, "Fifty or so people? Leave them to me."
Minato hesitated, "That many? Obito, are you sure? Even though your abilities are indeed strange, if the numbers are too high..."
Obito confidently said, "Minato-sensei, I also have group attack techniques."
Minato naturally trusted Obito, so he reminded him, "Then, Obito, you'll take on the frontal assault, and we'll handle any that slip through."
"Konoha hasn't officially joined this war. We must conceal our identities. We can't let a single one escape, or else Konoha might get dragged into the war as well."
After saying that, Minato removed his forehead protector.
The other three nodded and followed suit, taking off their forehead protectors.
After finishing these preparations, Minato's gaze sharpened.
"You should have sensed it too. A large number of enemies are approaching rapidly."
Obito grinned, "Yeah, I sensed it. Alright, I'm going."
With that, he dashed forward at extreme speed.
Meanwhile, Minato led Rin and Kakashi into hiding...
Soon, a Kumo force of about fifty men appeared in the forest.
At this moment, their faces were filled with confusion.
Some lower-ranking ninjas didn't know what had happened.
Even the higher-ranking ninjas were very surprised. That elite squad, entirely composed of their best fighters, had actually sent a distress signal?
And after so long, they still hadn't regrouped with the main force.
They were probably all dead.
Instantly, their hearts ached.
Even in the entire Kumo Village, they couldn't put together many such teams, and now one was just... gone.
The highest-ranking ninja among them said, "It should be around here. Everyone, search carefully to see if we can find any useful clues."
Just as they were about to spread out to search, Obito, now disguised as a masked man, instantly appeared on a tree in front of them.
This time, he was wearing a tiger-patterned mask.
He said indifferently, "You don't need to look. You won't find anything. I've already taken care of them all."
The group was shocked, staring at this mysterious masked man exuding an ominous, chilling aura.
The Kumo leader stepped forward, looking at Obito with a serious expression, "Who are you? Why are you provoking us? Do you want to start a war with us?"
Obito spread his hands, "Who I am doesn't matter. What matters is, I was just passing through, and it was your Kumo that made the first move. Since you made a move, you should be prepared to die."
The leader didn't believe Obito's words at all.
Their elite squad had been sent to secretly capture the Nine-Tails. How could they have engaged in some irrelevant fight?
Moreover, if there really had been a fight, it was most likely because this mysterious masked man looked highly suspicious. Even he found him suspicious.
So, his expression twisted into a snarl, "Then it doesn't matter who you are. You killed our peopleâso go to hell!"
"Everyone, unleash your jutsu on him together!"
As he spoke, he began forming hand seals.
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