Even without looking, Shino knew it was Takumi, so he immediately relaxed, standing on the branch and saying, "Even if I won, there would be no sense of accomplishment."
"If you had really faced her original body itself, the question would have been whether you two could hold out until I arrived."
Takumi smiled. "Her original body's strength is very formidable."
"How are the others?"
Shino didn't continue the topic; he had already seen that the enemy's clone had disappeared.
Meaning Takumi had already dealt with it.
"Hinata is fine. Kiba and Akamaru suffered minor injuries, which I've already treated."
Takumi said. "Let's regroup with them first, then rest a bit before continuing forward."
"Okay."
Shino nodded silently, and the two quickly left the spot.
At some roadside food stall by an unknown lake,
Obito and Deidara, wearing their cloud-patterned uniforms, were sitting here.
At this moment, Deidara's face was full of seriousness, one could even say coldness, as he looked at Obito.
Because he had been suffering from Obito's torment for several hours.
Obito seemed to have a mouth that never closed, constantly talking on and on.
Of course, Obito himself wouldn't talk that much.
Although he disguised his voice and personality as Tobi when in disguise,
He simply couldn't talk as much as Tobi.
So, at this moment, the situation was that Tobi had controlled Obito.
Naturally, everything being said was Tobi.
Obito was just silently acting as a mobile tool man.
As one of the White Zetsu, Tobi perfectly inherited a flaw of the White Zetsu.
That was being a chatterbox.
In the short time since leaving the base, Deidara had suffered endless sonic attacks.
Tobi seemed tireless, endlessly talking and talking.
He was about to drive Deidara crazy.
"By the way, Senpai, which Tailed Beast are we capturing this time?"
Obito suddenly asked.
"The Three-Tails."
Deidara answered with a gloomy face.
"One-Tail, Two-Tails..."
Obito counted on his fingers, then pointed at himself. "And I'm Tobi. Just kidding, ahaha."
Tobi, possessing Obito, laughed and turned to look at Deidara's completely unsmiling face, showing no sign of embarrassment at all.
"Here, the skewers you ordered."
Just then, the shop owner lady placed two sticks of dango beside them.
"Oh, nice!"
Tobi clapped his hands and eagerly picked up a stick of dango.
At this moment, Deidara's attention was also drawn by Tobi's action.
To eat the dango, Tobi would have to take off his mask.
Deidara had never seen Tobi's true face before.
Thinking he might see Tobi's real appearance, his spirits rarely focused.
Mainly, if he didn't focus on something else, he felt like he was going crazy.
He concentrated, watching Tobi bring the dango to his mouth, watching Tobi's hand grip the bottom of his mask.
The mask slowly lifted, and Tobi's true face was about to appear before his eyes.
Just then,
Tobi suddenly turned around, turning his back to Deidara, then lifted his mask and happily started eating.
"Oh, delicious, delicious! This sauce is absolutely wonderful!"
Tobi praised the deliciousness of the dango, completely unaware of the completely darkened expression on Deidara's face behind him.
Deidara barely restrained the urge to step forward and pull off Tobi's mask.
The appearance of Obito and Deidara meant the Akatsuki had already begun their operation.
This showed they had obtained some concrete intelligence.
At the very least, they had figured out the specific location of the Three-Tails.
Takumi was still unaware of this.
However, he had mentally prepared for any possibility.
He had thought about any possible scenarios.
As for why he didn't use the system to simulate, mainly because he hadn't found the time.
His main task now was to intercept Guren and Yukimaru, keeping them away from Orochimaru.
Of course, for now, he couldn't make Guren, who was his enemy, trust him to that extent.
After all, Orochimaru was deeply skilled in brainwashing.
At this time, Guren was still very loyal to him.
So now was not the time.
At least, until Guren herself wavered in her loyalty to Orochimaru because of this incident, anything Takumi did would be futile.
But it's not like he couldn't do nothing.
Because of his appearance, the future of this world had already deviated significantly.
Sasuke hadn't been taken away by Orochimaru because of him.
The Akatsuki, also because of his existence, had started their Tailed Beast Capture Plan in advance.
There was even a member of the Akatsuki, the renowned Sasori of the Red Sand, who had ended up in Konoha working as a barber.
It could be said that Takumi had already maxed out the hatred from the current antagonists, namely Orochimaru and the Akatsuki.
If the Akatsuki detected his movements, who knows what unexpected situations might arise.
He neither wanted Guren and Yukimaru to die here, nor did he want Orochimaru's plan to succeed.
So, he had to keep the situation under his control.
"Found their position."
Shino received a report from his insects and immediately said.
"I'm really sorry, but they're still hiding their scent."
Kiba's expression was a bit dejected.
This enemy's ability was simply too counter to him.
"Don't blame yourself. This time we just encountered an opponent that's too counter to you."
Takumi comforted him, then turned to look at Hinata. "How is it?"
"I, I'm fine now."
Hinata quickly replied. "All his Chakra Points have been sealed. He won't be able to use Chakra for at least six hours."
"Good job."
Takumi nodded, then quickly formed hand seals.
"Sealing Technique!"
He slapped the ground hard, and the earth rose up, enveloping the immobilized Nurari.
The ground quickly formed a strange protrusion like a coffin, its surface covered with sealing tags.
"This should do it. The enemy won't have time to come rescue this guy."
Takumi clapped his hands. "Kiba, send a message back to the village and have them send someone to take him away."
"Although I don't think he knows much about Orochimaru, at least he might know something."