As long as Might Guy had a true strategist-type teammate, his taijutsu could display its maximum power.
After revealing his identity.
Rin Setsu'a easily gained Might Guy's trust.
"How are things now?"
Standing on the rooftop, Might Guy gazed at Konoha, where flames of war were raging everywhere, and asked.
"Lord Third Hokage, Lord Jiraiya, and the others have all taken their positions. We only need to quietly wait for the leader of the Akatsuki Organization to appear."
Might Guy was the trump card.
Now, it was soldier against soldier and horse against horse.
The important chariot had to be played last.
Hidan was darting through the streets.
The sound of something tearing through the air rang out.
Hidan noticed it and swung his scythe, knocking the shuriken away.
"Hm?"
Hidan looked toward the direction from which the shuriken had been thrown.
The next moment.
A figure leaped out.
"Who are you?"
Hidan looked at the bearded man, a fellow built like an ape.
The next moment.
A stretch of bushes suddenly grew out of thin air, wrapping around Hidan's body.
At the same time.
The ape-like man before him transformed into a red-eyed, red-lipped woman with long, wavy hair and bandages wrapped around both hands.
Meanwhile, the real man appeared behind Hidan.
"Genjutsu?!"
Hidan realized in an instant that he had been hit by the enemy's genjutsu attack.
The shuriken had merely been bait to draw his attention.
The moment he first saw the leaping figure and the direction it came from, he had fallen into the trap.
"Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death!"
Maintaining her hand seal, Kurenai pinned Hidan in place.
"Asuma!"
"Got it!"
Asuma held the twin blades of Chakra Conductive Metal—Flying Swallow.
Sharp Chakra flared along the weapons.
Even the air trembled and quivered because