Kakashi stared at Ōtsutsuki Aoto, frowning as he asked.
"Just an old man nearing death, no need to care about my identity."
Though close to death, Aoto remained very cautious, not having the habit of revealing his identity or any information carelessly.
"Actually, what kind of force are you? Why attack us? And what is this place?" Shisui asked emotionally.
At his young age of nine, he was still far from the calmness he would possess in the future.
"No use for you to know. No rush, eat first. Toneri."
Aoto patted the little boy beside him, signaling him to move.
The young Toneri, not yet skilled in controlling the puppet behind him, stumbled to open the prison door and delivered two portions of food into the cell.
Seeing this, a great opportunity arose.
Shisui, whose hands and feet were bound, immediately tried to resist, moving towards Toneri.
Unfortunately, he underestimated Toneri's talent and was quickly controlled by the puppet commanded by Toneri, pressing him down firmly.
If his hands weren't bound and his chakra wasn't sealed, Shisui might have had a chance, but sadly now he couldn't resist at all.
"Toneri, slowly, don't press him to death."
"But, Father, didn't you say all ninjas from Earth deserve to die?" Toneri asked innocently, having been indoctrinated with deviant thoughts since childhood.
"Ah... they are still useful, can't die now. Release him."
Toneri immediately commanded his puppet to release Shisui, clearly showing blind respect and obedience to his father.
Meanwhile, Kakashi inside the cell couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
A puppet technique completely different from Sunagakure, not requiring chakra threads to control, and its strength was surprisingly formidable!
A child of four or five years old, already able to control such a powerful puppet.
What kind of technology is this?
What kind of place is this?
"You're not ninjas?!!!" Kakashi stared at Aoto, asking loudly.
Aoto nodded slightly with praise: "No wonder the Fourth Hokage's student... indeed quite smart."
"You captured us to threaten sensei? Threaten Konoha?"
"You don't need to know too much, eat quietly, stay alive until that day, and you'll know."
Kakashi frowned, this enemy was far more cunning than he imagined!
Apart from the child's words, he got no useful information.
Kakashi hadn't opened his mouth, but Shisui beside him immediately kicked the food delivered by the puppet, his eyes showing rejection.
How could he accept food from the enemy?
He'd rather starve to death than become a burden to the village!
Seeing this, Aoto wasn't angry, instead calmly threatened:
"You can choose not to eat. But if you starve to death, I'll just capture a few more Konoha ninjas."
"You also don't want to endanger your comrades, right?"
Aoto was very experienced, directly hitting the ninjas' weakness, easily suppressing Kakashi and Shisui.
Both of them, who valued comrades more than themselves, naturally didn't want other Konoha comrades to be captured.
Shisui was furious, almost activating his three-tomoe Sharingan, but sadly his eye power was sealed, forcing him to hold back.
Kakashi, who could endure and concede, honestly admitted defeat. Humans under the butcher's knife, fish on the chopping board, he could only concede.
The enemy cleverly captured Konoha ninjas' weakness.
Even if it's not normal food, if they were threatened to eat feces, they'd have no choice but to comply!
Soon, another small servant puppet entered, helping to feed the bound Kakashi and Shisui.
Seeing the two so cooperative, Aoto was also very satisfied.
He just needed these two to stay alive, other things he didn't care about.
After a while, Aoto immediately left with Toneri, the prison door locked again, leaving Kakashi and Shisui alone, staring at each other in silence.
Kakashi stared at the departing enemy, his face very gloomy.
That opponent was most likely the enemy leader, but clearly gave him pressure far exceeding other enemies.
"Really hard to deal with!"
Kakashi murmured, but then heard Shisui beside him deliberately starting to vomit.
Seems like trying to vomit out the food he just ate.
"Already eaten is eaten, no need to vomit it out."
"Senpai not afraid there's poison?"
"Even if there's poison, it's fine, at least not poison that will kill us instantly, the enemy still needs us alive."
"But what if it's slow-acting poison..."
"Even less of a problem. If we can't escape, we'll still die; if we can return, isn't there Orochimaru-sama? Do we need to fear slow poison?"
Now, remembering the very scary and cold Orochimaru, somehow made Kakashi feel warm.
Shisui nodded in understanding, indeed senior Kakashi always thinks more thoroughly.
"Alright, rest. Consider it gathering strength for later resistance."
"That can't be, I won't stay idle waiting for death!" Shisui stubbornly objected.
Kakashi shook his head in resignation, just let Shisui do whatever.
When he's tired, he'll know when to rest.
But soon, he heard the subtle sound of metal scraping from Shisui's body, and some bone twisting and shifting sounds that made his scalp tingle.
When looking towards the sound, he found Shisui struggling hard to remove the metal shackles on his hands.
Kakashi was shocked, immediately wanting to stop him.
Shisui gritted his teeth, finally managing to pull his bleeding right hand out of the shackle, forcibly extracting it!
This left Kakashi speechless.
'You're more cruel to yourself than the enemy!'
But, these shackles are very cleverly designed, unless the hand is completely ruined, it's impossible to fully remove.
And a completely ruined hand can't be used to exert strength, nor can it form hand seals.
But upon closer inspection, Shisui's right hand was only injured and bleeding, without damaging bones and muscles, still able to move normally.
The hard metal shackle seemed to have deformed and cracked.
"You... just now... so that's how it is!"
Kakashi suddenly understood.
Shisui certainly wouldn't get angry without reason, earlier he deliberately attacked, making the puppet press him down.
And with a clever position, made the puppet hit the shackle, deforming it, creating a chance to escape.
That child named Toneri is clearly the enemy leader's favorite, the puppet he controls must be the best; utilizing the puppet's strength, allowing the shackle to be damaged!
Otherwise, has Shisui gone mad, thinking he could resist when his hands and feet are bound?
"Ah... this thing is too hard!"
Shisui moved his numb and bleeding right hand, completely ignoring the intense pain, just happy to have freed both his hands.
Now both hands can move, finally having the means to escape.
"Senpai, I succeeded!"
"You really... are ruthless!"
Kakashi didn't know what else to say, only able to admire this Uchiha junior's toughness.
If he can survive and grow, the Uchiha Clan might prosper for several more decades!
"Senpai, wait a moment!"
Shisui endured the pain, using the damaged metal shackle, immediately cutting the shackles on his feet.
Once free, Shisui immediately approached Kakashi, preparing to release his bindings, and then escape together!