At close range, the mysterious Purple Blaze swirling around Flame Demon filled everyone on the Advisory Elder Council with an inexplicable sense of wariness.
The clusters of Purple Blaze swaying beneath the moonlight looked dreamlike and illusory, more like unreal shadows of light than actual flames.
Bathed in fire, the God Organization's Flame Demon also seemed hazy and unreal against this backdrop, as though she truly existed, yet somehow did not seem entirely real upon closer inspection.
"Genjutsu!?"
For a moment, the thought appeared in the minds of everyone on the Advisory Elder Council, including even the experienced Third Hokage.
Before long, the Third Tsuchikage, Fourth Raikage, Fourth Kazekage, who had all remained in Konoha, and the Fourth Mizukage, who had only recently arrived from the Land of Water, came together to the front of the Hokage Building.
Swish swish swish...
At the same time, Itachi, Shisui, Shinichi, and Sasuke—the four Uchiha—hurried over as well.
The attention of those who arrived was instantly drawn to Flame Demon and the mysterious Purple Blaze surrounding her.
Many of them had seen this female Flame Demon from the God Organization before, but this time, they could clearly sense that the Flame Demon before them was different from before.
Although this Flame Demon had been mysterious in the past, that was mainly due to the mystique of the God Organization itself, as well as her mask concealing her true appearance.
But now, Flame Demon merely stood there quietly, yet she gave off an inexplicable sense of dread that made her utterly unfathomable.
At the same time, the Purple Blaze swirling around Flame Demon also filled them with deep apprehension.
The Kage were all powerful ninja with both strength and experience. Just by observing and sensing it, they could tell that this unprecedented Purple Blaze