"An intruder!"
Konoha's Barrier Team detected the explosives Deidara had dropped.
Next came the Animal Path, which had been sent into Konoha's barrier.
This method naturally led the Barrier Team to believe there was only one intruder.
The Barrier Team was located in Konoha's underground buildings.
It was absolutely safe here.
A ball of water appeared in the center of the hall.
A specialized member of the Barrier Team was responsible for reconnaissance.
Konoha's spherical barrier was called the "Perception Barrier."
It had been in use since the era of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and had a history of more than half a century.
The barrier had been personally established by the Hokage's wife, Mito Uzumaki.
It had not changed in half a century.
It wasn't that they didn't want to change it.
They simply couldn't.
Ever since the Land of Whirlpools was destroyed, the Shinobi World's Sealing Jutsu, barrier techniques, and sensory technology had stagnated to some degree.
That was because there was no longer anyone capable of researching these techniques.
"The target is only one person... at Point B-1 at the western entrance!"
"!"
The others, who had been playing poker to pass the time, immediately became alert.
They all stood up and charged toward the surface, and if one looked closely, one would notice that
there were also ninjas from the Hyuga Clan and Inuzuka Clan among them.
"Summoning Jutsu!!"
The Animal Path slammed both hands against the ground.
As a massive cloud of smoke rose,
the Six Paths of Pain... assembled!
Appearing alongside them
were eight enormous Summoned Beasts.
These Summoned Beasts opened their mouths
and released Kisame, Hidan, and the others who had been hiding inside them.
"Spread out!"
At Deva Path Pain—Utakata's command,
everyone vanished from their original positions in an instant.