Chapter 305: Hanzo Returns Again
"Obito, Obito, are you okay!" Rin called out anxiously.
Obito was half-kneeling on the ground, his face covered in dense black patterns. He could hear Rin's calls but couldn't open his mouth to respond.
"Ah!"
Obito let out a loud cry, and Rin's heart tightened.
"Ah! So comfortable!"
Rin clenched her fists...
"Don't hit me, don't hit me, Rin, I'm wounded right now."
The black patterns on his face all drilled into his eyes. The pain caused by the Mangekyou Sharingan gradually subsided, and he groaned in comfort.
"I don't know what Hanzo did to me at the end, but my eyes feel a bit different."
Rin felt anxious, and Obito hurriedly shook his head. "It's fine for now. People are coming, let's take Sister Ameyuri and Big Brother Yahiko away first."
Not far away, Yahiko and Ameyuri Ringo lay side-by-side, both unconscious.
"Ah!"
Rin hesitated for a moment and was about to nod when Obito groaned again...
"Don't clench your fists, don't clench your fists, this time it really hurts! That Hanzo guy hits so viciously. My whole body aches, but fortunately, they're just superficial wounds."
Rin gave him an annoyed look but couldn't bring herself to scold him aloud. Obito was injured entirely because of her.
Every time 'Hanzo' couldn't hit Obito, he would attack what Obito was forced to defend. He would make a feint towards Rin, baiting Obito into materializing to save her, and then Obito would take a punch...
After more than a dozen times in a row, Rin was actually somewhat moved.
"Let's go!"
"Mm!"
This time the roles were reversed. Rin carried Ameyuri Ringo on her shoulder, Obito carried Yahiko on his, and they rapidly Body Flickered away.
Over ten minutes later, the other ninjas finally arrived one after another. After searching around, they came to a conclusion—Hanzo was missing again!
...
Inside Obito's dimension.
The fake Hanzo was currently examining the real Hanzo's corpse.
After giving Obito a series of 'iron fists of love', beating him until he was covered in bruises, Masahiko stopped at the right time.
It just so happened that Obito's eyes were overloaded from use, so Masahiko stamped a 'Dispel Curse' on him. He didn't expect Obito to actually struggle and use Space Ninjutsu again.
Masahiko could have broken free, of course, but he was curious about what Obito's dimension looked like, so he simply didn't resist and was sucked into his eye.
Just now, he had looked around and made a simple 'evaluation' of Obito's dimension.
Its size was comparable to his Bagua dimension, but it wasn't completely flat; there were high and low areas. Also, it didn't suppress ninjutsu, but similarly, there was no Senjutsu chakra present.
After examining the dimension, Masahiko started studying Hanzo's corpse again.
A generation's demigod, dying here so obscurely, and with these injuries...
"You can be considered a senior in the ninja world—well, not compared to me, of course—but how could you fall for Obito's foot-stomping? I don't know whether to feel gratified or sad about this..."
"Hmm?" Masahiko was startled. The area where Hanzo's corpse was located distorted slightly, and the corpse vanished from the spot.
"Moved it out? Afraid I might... desecrate the corpse?" Masahiko didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"It seems they've reached a safe location. It's time for me, the master, to go out and give them a surprise." Masahiko smiled and jumped into his own space.
"Exit."
The next second, Masahiko returned to Obito's dimension.
Masahiko tried repeatedly, his smile gradually vanishing. "I can't get out like this?"
"Then... wait?"
Four or five hours later, Masahiko finally accepted his fate. They had probably adopted the 'starve him out' tactic.
"I am truly stupid, really."
Thinking of the 256 nodes in his space, Masahiko sighed helplessly. "I will definitely be back!"
But before that, Masahiko formed a hand seal—Shadow Clone Jutsu!
...
On the vast sea, howling winds gather the dark clouds. Between the dark clouds and the sea, there is a Masahiko! He can't find his direction.
There was no cure for his bad luck. Picking a node at random, his figure appeared right in the middle of the ocean.
It was already completely dark, and he couldn't tell which direction the Land of Rain was at all.
After fumbling around for half the night, Masahiko finally found... the Land of Whirlpools.
Heading straight home, Masahiko found that Kimimaro hadn't gone to the room he arranged for him again, but was sleeping in Masahiko's bed.
"This child..." Masahiko smiled helplessly.
"Another sleepless night."
...
The next day.
Masahiko woke up to Kimimaro's calls.
Kimimaro's small face was flushed red. "God, I'm sorry, I thought..."
"Thought I wouldn't come back yesterday?" Masahiko smiled. "It's fine. When I'm not here, you can sleep here... Hmm, I have to leave again today. I probably won't be back for two or three days. You must train hard!"
"Mm! God." Kimimaro's face was full of joy, agreeing repeatedly.
Masahiko ate breakfast, but didn't rush to the Land of Rain immediately. Instead, he found Konan and had her send him some medicinal ingredients.
After concocting a batch of medicine to treat Ameyuri Ringo's physical damage, Masahiko set off again.
When he arrived in the Land of Rain, it was already noon. Masahiko transformed into... Hanzo again.
"I, Hanzo, have returned!"
Still swaggering, still parading through the streets, still continuously being discovered by reconnaissance ninjas, 'Hanzo' headed straight for the central area of the Land of Rain.
The reconnaissance ninjas were completely bewildered internally, but they still had to go back and report.
...
Rock Village camp. Onoki had caught the Fourth Raikage's temper and smashed the table in front of him with a punch.
"What the hell is this guy Hanzo playing at!"
...
Konoha Village camp.
The leading ninjas looked at each other in dismay.
Jiraiya scratched his head. "Shikaku, what do you think is... Hanzo's problem?"
Shikaku smiled bitterly. "How should I know? But this whole thing is thoroughly bizarre. I did suddenly think of someone, though."
Kagami was startled. "You mean... Elder Masahiko?"
...
In a hidden room in a hidden corner of the Land of Rain, three beds were placed side-by-side.
From left to right lay the heavily injured Yahiko, the moderately injured Ameyuri Ringo, and the lightly injured Obito.
"Brat, I'll admit you saved us this time."
Obito chuckled. "It was just good luck. At the end, Hanzo suddenly used a strange jutsu and got sucked into my dimension without resisting."
Yahiko had taken quite a hit from Masahiko's punch; his entire body felt like it was falling apart. Enduring the pain, he spoke: "This whole thing is thoroughly bizarre. According to what you said, the guy who came later was also Hanzo. Then who did we kill earlier?"
Ameyuri Ringo and Obito looked at each other in silence. How would they know?
The room door was pushed open, and Rin walked in, her expression subtle.
"Rin, what's the situation outside?"
Rin looked at the three wounded people, hesitating to speak.
Yahiko's heart sank. "What's wrong?"
Rin revealed a slightly blank expression. "Hanzo is back again."
"What?!"
Obito's expression also changed, and he hurriedly looked into his dimension. Masahiko's shadow clone was still inside.
"This Hanzo is still here!"
Rin took a few steps towards the inner room. "The corpse of the Hanzo inside is also still here."
Yahiko took a deep breath. "In other words, a third Hanzo has appeared?"
"Exactly how many Hanzos are there?! Is this kind of powerhouse mass-produced?" Ameyuri Ringo asked in surprise.
Obito didn't know what to say and looked at Yahiko.
The heavily injured Yahiko suddenly felt his heart die.
Taking control of the Land of Rain is truly difficult!
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