Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 259 The Old Man

A long time passed.

cough!cough!cough!

A heart-wrenching cough followed.

A figure in tattered clothes emerged halfway from the ground and lay down, coughing violently.

To avoid the enemy's explosive tags, he burrowed underground, which was the best way he could think of to avoid the aftershocks of the explosive tags.

"Damn it! Orochimaru really screwed me over this time, I'm badly hurt..."

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth and feeling the burning sensation in his chest, Toshiro struggled to pull himself out of the ground and found a place nearby to rest.

Thinking about it now, he still gets chills!

If it weren't for my exceptional genjutsu skills, which allowed me to give the leader of the Mist Ninja a 'hint' beforehand, the other party might not have been able to recognize my earth clone.

It's all Orochimaru's fault. He didn't want to come and save Minato Namikaze's disciple himself, so he pushed him out to deal with the Third Hokage.

Damn it!

Looking at the ninja sword broken into three pieces in his hand, Toshiro was on the verge of tears. This ancestral chakra weapon, which had been with him for nearly six years, had finally reached the end of its life.

But there's no time to worry about that now. He hastily put away the shattered ninja sword, not even bothering with the much-anticipated looting of the corpse.

With slightly heavy steps, Toshiro walked towards the direction where Kakashi had disappeared.

He doesn't have enough chakra to draw a bird to carry him around.

When Toshiro found Kakashi, there was already another figure beside him.

"Uh... Obito, you're still alive? Did you come back from the dead?"

Looking at the figure clad in a black robe and wearing white Zetsu, Toshiro spoke with a slightly teasing tone.

"No, I was called by someone who claimed to be..."

Obito opened his mouth, but found that he couldn't say a word.

Just as he was about to tell the truth, he suddenly realized that he couldn't make a sound at all.

Before he could figure out the reason, Rin interjected, "Toshiro-senpai, are you alright? Let me check on you!"

Toshiro's clothes were tattered, and his face was extremely pale.

Rin, a medical ninja, noticed Toshiro's unusual condition and rushed to his side to examine his injuries.

"How could it be so serious?"

After a thorough examination, Lin found that the other person was in very bad condition. His lungs and eardrums had suffered severe trauma, and even his internal organs had some minor damage.

If it were an ordinary ninja, he would have already fallen by now.

"Thank you so much, Lin..."

Enveloped in green medical ninjutsu, Toshiro let out a long breath. With Rin's treatment, he felt much better.

He was already a medical ninja, but spending a lot of chakra on healing at this time was not a wise choice.

"I should be the one saying thank you. If it weren't for saving me, you wouldn't have..."

"So, what's the deal with Obito?"

Seeing Rin Nohara's guilty expression, Toshiro couldn't stand it and immediately changed the subject.

Although he knew why, he pretended not to understand. The White Zetsu was right there on the other person's body; he had to keep up the act.

Not only Rin, who was treating Toshiro, but even Kakashi turned his gaze to Obito, who was standing to the side.

They were both so excited that they forgot to ask Obito about the specifics.

"I...I..."

After trying several times, his face turned bright red, and Obito realized that he couldn't get the information about Madara out of his mouth!

"I was saved by a strange old man!"

Not knowing how to broach the subject, Obito could only offer this vague answer, hoping to gloss over the matter.

At the same time, he knew in his heart that this was all Madara's doing, probably to prevent him from revealing his information.

However, being born wise, he didn't think much of it.

"ha……"

Upon hearing Obito's answer, Toshiro was alright, but Kakashi and Rin were both completely bewildered!

What does "strange old man" mean?

Even a kid at the ninja academy wouldn't believe such a flimsy answer!

You should know how badly you were injured last time! Where did this strange old man come from who could save you?

"Anyway! That's how it is~"

Seeing that his companions didn't believe him, Obito felt helpless! He wanted to say something, but he couldn't bring himself to say it!

"Then! What is that white stuff on your body?"

As he spoke, Toshiro reached out and tapped the other person on the head, looking puzzled.

Taking advantage of Obito's unpreparedness, he flicked his finger, and a wisp of wind blade attached itself to his fingertip, grazing Obito's forehead as it flew past.

"Brother Toshiro..."

When Obito saw Toshiro attacking the White Zetsu on his body, he originally wanted to stop him. He would have been miserable if he hadn't had Toshiro's company during this time!

Moreover, the other party took good care of him, and this time it possessed him to help him.

However, seeing that the other party didn't react much after Toshiro cut off a piece of his body, he didn't take it to heart.

"It looks like some kind of plant or something!"

Ignore Kakashi and Rin's strange looks.

He casually held the white tissue he had cut off in his hand and examined it carefully, pretending to be serious.

"Obito! What... what is this? Why are you wearing it?"

In order to cover up his strange behavior, Toshiro even turned the tables and started asking Obito what this thing was.

"This is...this is..."

Faced with Toshiro's burning gaze, Obito hadn't expected that he hadn't even asked his older brother Toshiro why he had suddenly cut off a piece of the White Zetsu from his body.

He was speechless when Toshiro asked him a question.

"Speaking of which, this thing looks somewhat like bamboo armor or something similar~"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!"

"Just like Brother Toshiro said, it's something like bamboo armor!"

Not knowing how to answer, Obito was scratching his head in frustration when Toshiro suddenly came up with the answer in his mind, and Obito hurriedly nodded in agreement.

"Um!"

Seeing the three people staring at him, Obito broke out in a cold sweat. Whether it was Toshiro, Kakashi, or Rin, they were all looking at him with strange expressions.

The meaning conveyed in their eyes was clearly: Are we three-year-old children?

"Ha! Ha! Things... are probably..."

Just as Obito was racking his brains trying to figure out how to deal with the situation, it was his good older brother who came to his rescue.

"Could it be that it was done by your weird old man again?"

……

Thank you all for your support. To be honest, writing that part was a real struggle. Around chapter 80, I ran out of ideas and even took a break… Then I decided I absolutely had to write a book, to fulfill my own dream! That's why I started again.

(End of this chapter)