The unexpected arrival of the four Mist Village Anbu squad captains and Hozuki Suigetsu caught everyone present off guard.
Not only Takigakure, Hidan, Hozuki Mangetsu, and Biwa Juzo, but even the four members of Kakashi's team on the other battlefield, along with Kakuzu, were rather surprised.
None of them had expected the Mist Village Anbu to intervene at such a critical moment!
The Akatsuki Organization members could not help frowning, while the four members of Kakashi's team secretly breathed a huge sigh of relief.
After all, Konoha and Kirigakure were currently bound by an offensive and defensive alliance!
In other words, the Mist Village Anbu who had arrived were allies!
With the four of them being held back by Kakuzu while Takigakure was on the brink of collapse, the sudden arrival of such powerful reinforcements naturally delighted Kakashi and the others.
If they had previously been distracted by Takigakure's situation while fighting Kakuzu, they could now focus their full attention on defeating him first!
"Mist Village Anbu?"
Seeing the group that had suddenly appeared, Hidan froze for a moment before instinctively turning to look at Hozuki Mangetsu and Biwa Juzo beside him.
His expression was strange.
He seemed to vaguely understand why the Mist Village Anbu had appeared here.
After all, his two companions were Kirigakure rogue ninja!
Wasn't it perfectly normal for the Mist Village Anbu to show up now?
In fact, the Mist Village Anbu had another name: Kirigakure's Pursuit Squad!
As for whom they pursued, that was obvious—Kirigakure rogue ninja.
As Hidan looked their way, Hozuki Mangetsu and Biwa Juzo both wore unreadable expressions.
Hozuki Mangetsu in particular could not understand Soji's intentions in arranging this.
What is Mizukage-sama trying to do? I only reported the Akatsuki Organization's movements. Why did he suddenly send the Anbu over?