Shindai, who had been subjected to Jiraiya's Genjutsu: Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, was now completely blind and yelling in a panic.
After calling out a few times with no response, Shindai's expression immediately turned solemn.
Was that stranger just now an enemy?
Is this an enemy attack?
Shindai immediately pulled out the scroll containing Kannazuki, intending to summon Kannazuki.
However, before Shindai could unroll the scroll, his hand suddenly felt lighter; his scroll had been snatched away!
"Holy crap!"
Before Shindai could react, his right eye socket suddenly throbbed with pain.
Shindai clutched his eye and stumbled back a few steps.
Jiraiya was holding Shindai's scroll and blew on his left fist.
That punch felt incredibly satisfying!
Furious, Shindai formed hand signs, intending to manipulate the Sand Iron underground using magnetism.
However, before Shindai could finish forming the signs, his left and right hands were suddenly grabbed, forcibly interrupting his Ninjutsu.
And the one who grabbed Shindai's hands was Minato Namikaze.
Minato Namikaze took a rope and skillfully tied Shindai's hands tightly, preventing him from using Ninjutsu.
Shindai was utterly bewildered.
This is so dishonorable!
"Who are you! I'm Konoha's captive, not a Konoha Ninja! You've got the wrong person if you want revenge! I can bring you... Ouch!"
Shindai felt a punch land on his right cheek, abruptly cutting off what he was about to say.
Then... countless fists rained down on Shindai's body, not just fists, but feet too!
And it was definitely more than one person, at least three or more!
"Mm~ Oh~ Ah~ Eh~ Ow ow ow, no, who are you guys, what are you doing!"
Even if Shindai was slow to react, he realized that these guys weren't trying to kill him; they were purely here to beat him up.
If they wanted to kill him, with his scroll snatched and hands tied, he was completely a lamb to the slaughter; they could have killed him instantly.
However, the other party didn't speak at all, and Shindai couldn't see.
Shindai could only tentatively call out, "Obito?"
Obito, who was about to throw a punch, froze instantly, looking at Shindai in disbelief.
Just as Obito was about to ask, 'How did you know?', two figures rushed over in time and covered Obito's mouth.
These two figures were Jiraiya and Kakashi.
Jiraiya and Kakashi sternly shook their heads at Obito, signaling him not to speak.
After Shindai saw that calling out Obito's name yielded no reaction, he then called out Jiraiya, Kakashi, Rin Nohara, Tsunade, and other names.
Obito then realized that Shindai was just guessing, and he almost gave them away.
Minato Namikaze suddenly felt a little guilty.
Because Shindai had almost called out every name, but not his.
Perhaps in Shindai's heart, it was because he trusted him, believing he wouldn't do such a thing.
Although Minato Namikaze had only tied Shindai's hands and given him a big slap, he hadn't beaten Shindai since, but Minato Namikaze still felt a little embarrassed.
He felt as if he had betrayed Shindai's trust.
In fact, Minato Namikaze's guess was correct; Shindai would have died before believing Minato Namikaze would do such a thing.
After all, how good Minato Namikaze was, how gentle, how could he be so deranged as to beat him up.
Shindai was once again beaten black and blue, after the last time with Tsunade.
The second to stop was Rin Nohara; after beating him for a while, she felt a little sorry for Shindai and stopped.
The third to stop was Kakashi; he simply felt that beating Shindai when he wasn't fighting back was a bit boring.
And the fourth to stop was surprisingly Obito.
Obito's reason for stopping wasn't pity for Shindai or boredom, but that his own hands hurt from punching.
Jiraiya was the last to stop, mainly because he saw Obito and the others stop, and as one of the Leafs Sannin, continuing to beat a kid seemed a bit shameful.
Anyway, he had vented his anger, so it was fine to end it.
"Hmph."
Obito exhaled, feeling refreshed.
And this 'Hmph' allowed Shindai to pinpoint the location.
With anger burning in his heart, Shindai gritted his teeth, stood up, and fiercely headbutted towards the source of the sound.
Obito, completely unguarded, didn't react in time and was fiercely headbutted in the abdomen by Shindai.
"Cough~"
Obito, whose abdomen was severely struck, almost had his eyeballs pop out, and he rolled on the ground twice before stopping.
Meanwhile, Shindai knocked himself unconscious.
Jiraiya went over to check on Shindai, and after confirming he was unconscious, he lifted the Genjutsu: Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.
"Ow, ow, ow, that hurts so much."
Once he was sure he could speak, Obito immediately clutched his stomach and wailed.
Kakashi scoffed, "Shindai's hands were tied, and he could still hit you?"
Obito said with a livid face, "I, I just didn't notice."
Rin Nohara stopped Obito and Kakashi from arguing: "Alright, alright, stop arguing. What should we tell Shindai when he asks about this later?"
Jiraiya stroked his chin in thought: "That is a problem. That kid tentatively called out our names, which means he already suspects us. But it makes sense, after all, this is Konoha Garrison, and it was just a beating, not an attempt to kill him. It seems only we could have done this, so our suspicion will be very high."
Rin Nohara suggested, "Just say that there really was an enemy attack, and because Shindai wasn't wearing a Konoha headband, he was accidentally injured by us Konoha Ninja."
Kakashi 'tsk'ed: "That's not a good reason. After all, it was a blatant beating; how could it be an accidental injury? We were so focused on revenge earlier that we forgot about cleaning up the aftermath."
Minato Namikaze thought for a moment and then said, "How about this: we say that Cloud Ninja secretly infiltrated Konoha Garrison to capture Konoha Ninja, but because they captured the wrong person, the Cloud Ninja became enraged and beat him up. And just as the Cloud Ninja were about to kill Shindai, we arrived in time and saved him. How does that reason sound?"
Jiraiya clapped his hand: "That's a good reason, let's go with that. And say that you, Minato, saved him. We'll all say that to outsiders."
Minato Namikaze said to Kakashi and the other two, "Kakashi, you three take Shindai to the tent, and Rin, please help treat him."
Rin Nohara nodded and agreed, "Okay, I understand, Minato-sensei."
Because Obito's abdomen was severely injured by Shindai's headbutt, the task of carrying Shindai fell to Kakashi.
Watching Kakashi, the other two, and Shindai walk away, Minato Namikaze sighed.
Jiraiya nudged Minato Namikaze with his elbow and raised his eyebrows at him: "What are you sighing about? Aren't you satisfied?"
Minato Namikaze pursed his lips and replied, "Actually, I regret it a little."
Jiraiya pouted: "Regret? Regret what? That kid called you effeminate, and said you showered and went to the toilet with female Ninja. Can you tolerate that?"
As soon as he thought of this, Minato Namikaze's fists clenched tightly.
It seemed, there was nothing to regret...
No, he did regret it, he should have given Shindai one more big slap.