Pain gripped the black receiver tightly and drove it down, about to pierce Yūhi Shinku's forehead!
Just then, a yellow flash streaked past, and a specially made Trident Kunai blocked Pain's black receiver!
Clang!
Weapons collided!
Minato Namikaze appeared before Pain in an instant. His handsome face was silent and still, like a volcano about to erupt, but his blue eyes blazed with boundless fury as he stared straight at Pain.
None of these people who hurt the village could be forgiven!
Especially this man, who had committed that unforgivable crime with Obito Uchiha over a decade ago!
"Pain! If your ideal is to bring others suffering, then... this world would be better off without you!"
"The Yellow Flash? You really are fast, far faster even than Hanzo of the Salamander was!"
Pain swung his black receiver, the sleeves of his Red Cloud Black Robes fluttering through the air. He raised his right leg, gathered his strength, and kicked hard at Minato Namikaze.
In a flash, Minato Namikaze evaded with Flying Thunder God, then scattered countless Trident Kunai through the air around him, trying to turn this place into his own battlefield.
With Flying Thunder God, he certainly had the ability to hold Pain off.
After all, Orochimaru considered him the man closest to reaching Super Kage level in the current shinobi world.
Besides, with a cheat-like technique such as Flying Thunder God at his disposal, he was like his student Kakashi: whoever he fought, he could at least force an even match for a while.
Earlier, he, Fugaku, and Itachi Uchiha had learned from other nearby Konoha ninja that Yūhi Shinku, Uchiha Inabi, and the others had already led a group of jōnin out to stop Pain. As the fastest of the three, he had gone ahead to reinforce