The next moment.
The entire mountain began to shake.
It seemed that the accumulated force from everyone's earlier clash had been overwhelmed by the final straw.
And thus, an avalanche was triggered.
Rocks, mud, sand, and massive amounts of snow.
They began rolling down the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain...
Konan and Hiruko could only unwillingly glance at the mountaintop.
Then they chose to temporarily retreat.
A moment later.
Konan dispelled the Paper Person of God Technique, returning from her paper-person state to normal.
The next moment.
A vortex appeared, and a figure came from far away.
It was Uchiha Obito.
Uchiha Obito looked around at the members of the Akatsuki Organization.
He asked, "Where's Sasori?"
The moment he asked this, he sensed that something was wrong.
Because...
The few people who had once been so high-spirited were now all wearing gloomy expressions, their former pride nowhere to be seen.
Uchiha Obito had originally planned to assess the combat strength of the new member, Hiruko. He immediately narrowed his eyes, instinctively realizing that things might have gone badly.
Hiruko's outer robe was twisted out of shape.
His cheeks seemed to have been deformed.
Naturally, that was the result of Hyuga Sho kicking him and then throwing a punch.
As for Jurozaemon Biwa, he was staring pensively at the Kubikiribōchō in his hands... or rather, its broken blade.
The once 2.1-meter-long sword was now less than a meter long. It looked as though Jurozaemon Biwa were holding a huge kitchen knife, making him look extremely ridiculous.
Konan was uninjured, but her expression was ugly.
There was no need to mention Hiruko's three subordinates. They wore bewildered expressions and looked utterly terrified.
Clearly... they had encountered something extremely unpleasant.
"Konan, what exactly happened? Is Sasori alive or dead?"
When Uchiha