Shindai sternly scolded Obito for trying to buy him off with money.
Obito pointed at his own head confidently and said, "Shindai, your lies can't hide from my smarts. You're just trying to slack off!"
Now Shindai gave him the dead-fish stare. "Smarts? Are you sure there's not just water inside your skull?"
Obito, being his usual self, turned red in the face again. "It's your skull filled with water!"
Shindai turned toward Rin Nohara. "Rin, let me tell you something. The reason Obito wears sunglasses, sports a pompadour hairstyle, and speaks in short bursts of six words max is simply to impress you—"
Before Shindai could finish speaking, Obito let out a startled scream, cutting him off mid-sentence.
Obito immediately tackled Shindai to the ground, covering Shindai's mouth tightly with both hands. "You can't do this! You're being completely unreasonable!"
Shindai rolled his eyes.
To Obito, this eye-rolling seemed like mockery.
After all, Shindai always rolled his eyes at either him or Kakashi.
Obito angrily shouted, "You dare roll your eyes at me?! Don't say it! Or I'll fight you for real!"
Watching Shindai rolling his eyes, Rin's heart skipped a beat. "Hey, Obito, you've covered Shindai's mouth and nose! His eyes are rolling back because he's suffocating!"
Hearing Rin's words and seeing Shindai's face turning blue, Obito quickly removed his hands.
After coughing twice, Shindai gasped for air desperately.
Feeling uneasy, Obito started slowly backing away.
He hadn't gotten far before he heard Shindai's furious roar.
"Obito! You idiot! I'm gonna get you back for this!"
Shindai launched himself like a ferocious tiger, knocking Obito down. Then the two started brawling.
Kakashi glanced up at the sky, then looked at Shindai and Obito who were still engaged in their heated interaction. "We have three minutes left of rest time. We need to move once that's over."
Black-eyed and swollen-faced, Obito asked, "Kakashi, how much further is our destination?"
Kakashi checked the map. "At this rate, we probably still have more than a day's travel ahead."
With his left cheek swollen, Shindai muttered in confusion, "Why is the supply delivery location getting farther and farther these days?"
Since Obito awakened his Sharingan, his power had been growing rapidly.
Shindai's Magnet Release ninjutsu and puppet techniques were quite impressive, but Taijutsu wasn't his forte.
Now that Obito could fight effectively, Shindai might actually lose in a direct hand-to-hand confrontation.
Obito's growth rate after awakening the Sharingan had truly become way too fast to keep up with.
Kakashi put away the map and said, "Right now, our battles with the Rock ninja aren't as fierce as they were at first. The nearby frontline has enough supplies, so the destination we're delivering to is somewhat far away."
Shindai complained, "Why can't each village just select one fighter? Let the winner decide the war? All this endless back-and-forth combat is exhausting."
Kakashi replied sternly, "Enough complaining. Stay alert. The frontline we're heading to is very close to the Rock ninja positions, so we must be even more careful. Proceed forward using our usual formation!"
Rin Nohara walked in the middle position while Kakashi and Obito walked in front, with Shindai bringing up the rear, scanning the surroundings with his third eye.
At the same time Shindai and the others were heading there on a supply delivery mission...
Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya were taking cover at a hidden vantage point.
Minato was carefully studying a map and explained to Jiraiya, "Master Jiraiya, the latest intelligence report obtained from captured Rock ninja indicates they plan to seize this location and set up an ambush to strike our supply teams.
This is a crossroads area—ninja transporting supplies from three different supply stations all pass through here. If the Rock ninja occupy this place, our comrades near their positions on the frontline will be cut off from supplies, and our provisions will also be intercepted by them. Therefore, we absolutely must eliminate the Rock ninja occupying this location!"
Jiraiya looked solemnly at the spot Minato had marked on the map.
Nodding in agreement, Jiraiya said, "If that's the case, then let's depart immediately. An army marches on its stomach—our supply lines are the lifeblood of our comrades on the frontline. We absolutely cannot allow the Rock ninja to seize the necessary passage for our supply escorts!"
Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya immediately set out toward the location marked on the map. After continuously traveling for half a day, they reached their target point.
However, as soon as they arrived, both Minato and Jiraiya furrowed their brows deeply.
According to the Rock ninja's plan, numerous enemy ninja should already have been hiding here, but surprisingly, there wasn't a single Rock ninja visible.
Suddenly,
two massive fireballs—like molten lava—shot toward them. Minato and Jiraiya barely dodged in time, the blasts crashing into the spot where they had just stood.
The fireballs exploded on impact, splattering lava everywhere and igniting the surrounding trees.
At the same time, five figures appeared, encircling Minato and Jiraiya.
When Jiraiya saw two among them, his face turned pale with shock: "It's you two—the Third Tsuchikage actually sent you?!"
Minato asked in confusion, "Who are they?"
Jiraiya's tone grew heavy, "The Four-Tails jinchuriki from Iwagakure—Roshi—and Han, the Five-Tails jinchuriki!"
"What?!"
Minato's expression changed as he looked at Roshi and Han.
So these were other jinchuriki, just like Kushina Uzumaki.
Roshi let out a cold snort. "I originally thought sending both of us would mean facing Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, but we didn't expect it to be only the two of you."
Jiraiya's face turned grim. "Looks like we've been tricked. The intelligence report we received from the Rock ninja must have been fake."
Han mocked, "Of course! Jiraiya, you and your apprentice sure know how to stir up trouble. Tracking you down isn't easy at all, so rather than chasing after you, it's better to let you come find us."
Minato Namikaze kept his eyes locked on Roshi and Han, then suggested to Jiraiya, "Master Jiraiya, let's give it a try!"
Jiraiya looked at Minato beside him in surprise.
You want to fight two Jinchūriki? Are you serious?
Minato continued with determined eyes, "If Jinchūriki join the war, it'll be a disaster for our comrades. I want to try—try to stop them right here!"
Jiraiya thought Minato's idea was completely out of his mind.
However, as Minato said, if Iwagakure's two Jinchūriki entered the battlefield, they would unleash catastrophic devastation on Konoha's forces.
Jiraiya took a deep breath as well, his expression hardening. "Then... let's do it!"
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