Crash...
Crack.
Amid the smoke and dust, Sasuke emerged from the ruins.
"You two little ones... are you all right...?"
Hatake Sakumo grabbed Sasuke and Naruko by the backs of their collars.
Hatake Sakumo, who had been extremely amiable moments ago, now wore a rarely seen stern expression.
"What exactly...?"
Before Naruko could even enter Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Hatake Sakumo whisked her away with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
The same went for Sasuke.
Before he could use the Summoning Technique to summon part of the Giant Toad of Mount Myōboku's body, he was taken away as well.
Naruko and Sasuke stared blankly at the scene before them.
Using the Flying Thunder God formula he had set up, Hatake Sakumo flew directly to Kage Rock.
Therefore...
From Kage Rock, the entire scene of Konoha lay before their eyes.
"What... is this?! Why did it become like this?!"
Naruko shouted furiously.
Before them.
All of Konoha had been flattened.
A huge crater had formed with Konoha at its center.
The earth plowed by the shock wave exposed the soil beneath.
Every building... had been utterly destroyed!
Looking closely.
Apart from the Uchiha Clan's settlement, which had originally been exiled to the outskirts,
none of the other settlements had escaped the disaster.
--Not even the Senju Clan's settlement.
Who knew whether Tobirama Senju would laugh himself awake if he learned of this now.
The only other place left undamaged was the mountain range where Hatake Sakumo stood... Kage Rock.
"This is... Pain's power."
Hatake Sakumo looked toward the figure in the sky.
Deva Path Pain was slowly descending.
"What about the Hokage and the others...?"
The next second, Hatake Sakumo looked down.
The Hokage Building...
It had already become a ruin.
Crack!
A black fist thrust out, sending a chunk of