However, due to the suddenness, Obito and Lin could only link their fingers together.
The invisible swamp had a formidable suction, and no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't pull Lin out from it.
"Don't let go, Lin!"
Obito exerted all his strength, his face flushed red, but Lin's body continued to sink, unstoppable.
Obito, with no other choice, moved closer to the edge of the swamp, trying to grasp Lin's wrist more firmly to pull her up.
Lin, in the swamp, knew that this was the result of someone's jutsu, with very strong attraction, and it was impossible for Obito to save her with just his strength.
If this continued, it would drag Obito down too, and they would both be captured by the enemy.
Lin steeled herself and directly let go of her finger, allowing the swamp to swallow her body.
The last thing she saw was Obito's anxious and desperate expression.
Then she lost consciousness, her body sinking entirely into the swamp.
Not caring about anything, Obito followed her down, voluntarily allowing the swamp to swallow his body.
He couldn't let Lin bear it alone. That was the only thought in Obito's mind.
"Lin, wait for me!"
In the end, his body sank to his waist, and the swamp disappeared.
Along with Lin.
The entire forest had only him there.
Obito was stupefied, the lingering warmth on his fingers was left by Lin just now.
And now, Lin was gone, taken away by some unknown ninja technique.
Whether dead or alive, it was unknown.
"What happened?"
With two swift sounds, two masked Konoha Anbu Ninjas arrived rapidly using Instantaneous Body Jutsu.
Hearing the commotion here, and seeming to hear cries for help, they rushed over immediately.
Half of Obito's body was buried in the ground, but he didn't care about his situation and pleaded with the two Konoha Anbu Ninjas:
"Hurry! Hurry and save Lin! Lin was taken away!"
"What?"
The two Konoha Anbu Ninjas were confused.
Lin was taken away?
Who is Lin?
Obito's confusing answer left the Konoha Anbu unsure what to do.
"You're a member of the Uchiha Race, right? First, come with us to explain things to Lord Jiraiya. If your companion was taken by the enemy, Lord Jiraiya will handle it."
"Right, right, find Lord Jiraiya."
A new light shone in Obito's eyes.
He was Minato's disciple, and Minato was Sannin Jiraiya's disciple. Even if Minato wasn't in the camp right now, given their connection, Sannin Jiraiya would not let Lin die without trying to save her.
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Nohara Lin had been taken away.
This incident did not cause a large stir within the camp because this young girl wasn't much of an important figure on the front lines, merely an ordinary medical ninja from Konoha.
The only concerning issue was that this unknown enemy could bypass Konoha Camp's defenses, directly invading the camp to abduct a ninja, proving a high level of stealth ability.
This clearly had some connection to the Earth Style Stealth Jutsu from Hidden Rock.
The Swamp Jutsu used to abduct Nohara Lin was also very similar to 'Earth Style: Swamp of the Underworld.'
Which means, the enemy who took Nohara Lin was a Hidden Rock Ninja.
Although lacking concrete evidence, the Konoha ninja in charge of intelligence believed the likelihood of this being the work of Hidden Rock Ninjas was the highest based on the jutsu characteristics.
It's not surprising if there are one or two Hidden Rock Ninjas who have perfected the Earth Style Stealth Jutsu.
But why abduct a mere medical ninja girl, instead of Uchiha Obito who possesses the Sharingan... Whether for intelligence value or the value of the ninja himself, it's perplexing.
Could it be for her skills in Medical Ninjutsu?
But what crucial role could abducting a single medical ninja play?
If they were to abduct ten or twenty, it might make Konoha feel uneasy.
But abducting just one medical ninja... it just doesn't make sense.
Even so, Jiraiya immediately deployed a search squad to find the whereabouts of Nohara Lin.
Whether because of duty or personal feelings, Jiraiya had to try to capture that cunning enemy and rescue Nohara Lin.
"Still haven't been found? Such a pity."
Several days passed with the search squad for Nohara Lin making no progress.
Jiraiya knew this search squad had already tried their best and therefore did not blame them.
And with so many days passed without finding a trace, it's possible she died in an unknown place or was taken to a secret location... Anyway, to continue searching would require deploying at least five or more search squads.
During this critical period of warfare with Hidden Rock, Jiraiya chose to give up.
He personally wanted to help Obito, but he was responsible for the lives of thousands of Konoha Ninjas and couldn't waste more search squads on someone whose status was unknown.
After all, Lin was just a medical ninja, and even if the enemy wanted to obtain information from her, she couldn't provide anything useful.
In short, the chance of finding her was very slim.
"What? Give up?"
The order approved by Jiraiya made Obito's body stiffen on the spot.
"Yes, without any news for so many days, that girl named Lin is most likely..."
Before the Chunin responsible for delivering the message finished speaking, Obito yelled loudly at him, "Lin won't die!"
His Double-Tomoe Sharingan fixedly locked on to the Chunin.
The Chunin couldn't help but feel a pang of unease.
What terrifying eyes.
"Anyway, this matter ends here. Continuing the search is pointless. Besides, Lord Jiraiya is currently having a meeting, so looking for him is useless. Be careful next time, don't make the same mistake again."
The Chunin left with some impatience.
"Really annoying eyes. Uchiha folks probably have all had their brains stimulated. Otherwise, they wouldn't betray the village."
He muttered quietly, so Obito couldn't hear.
After the Chunin left, Obito clenched his teeth and headed outside.
"I'm going to beg Lord Jiraiya to reconsider!"
No matter what, he had to rescue Lin.
As long as he could bring Lin back, even if he had to beg on his knees, he would do it without hesitation.
"Didn't you hear what that person said? Lord Jiraiya is in a meeting, and besides, Lin isn't an important figure, it's understandable not to waste more resources. It's wartime now; deaths and disappearances are inevitable."
Kakashi, recovered physically, stood behind Obito and said.
On the battlefield, he had seen too many instances of separation by life and death.
"But Lin... is our comrade! How can we give up so easily? Even if it's just me, I have to bring Lin back!"
Obito clenched his fists, the red Sharingan showcasing an unprecedented seriousness.
If the village didn't provide assistance, he'd handle the situation himself and rescue Lin.
Alive, he had to see her; dead, her corpse had to be found.