Kumogakure.
During the brief time the Raikage and the others had been fighting Obito,
Kumogakure's experts had arrived one after another. Squads of Anbu were gathering as well, but they only dared to form a perimeter around the outskirts.
After all, Obito held the Rinnegan. Every Kumogakure ninja had infused Chakra into their feet,
to keep themselves from being pulled in or blasted away by Shinra Tensei.
Against an enemy like Obito, numbers meant nothing before they found a way to attack him.
After analyzing the situation, Kumogakure believed that Obito could be attacked while using the Rinnegan.
But Obito seemed to have other plans.
"Obito, I don't know where you got the confidence to come cause trouble in Kumogakure by yourself."
"But since you came, don't even think about leaving!"
After the Raikage's previous strike missed, someone beside him handed him two metal gauntlets.
The Raikage also removed the two metal rings from his hands.
He believed that as long as Obito used the Rinnegan again, he would find an opening to strike.
"I can come and go from this place whenever I please."
As Obito watched Kumogakure's encirclement grow larger, he became even more composed.
Obito raised his index and middle fingers, his voice cold.
"Summoning Technique."
Rumble! Rumble!
The entire Kumogakure shook as though an earthquake had struck.
The ground began to churn.
Many Kumogakure ninja lost their footing and were thrown to the ground.
The earth split apart, and a colossal creature crawled up from beneath it.
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had originally stood less than a hundred meters tall. But after absorbing Shukaku, Isobu, Son Goku, Kokuō, and Chomei—the One-Tail, Three-Tails, Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and Seven-Tails—
its entire body had undergone tremendous changes.
Though it had yet to take on its long-limbed form,