Surprise Attack on Sunagakure!

Outside Iwagakure, Sasori stood with the Six Paths of Pain, watching the heavily guarded entrance to Sunagakure.

Unlike Konoha, Sunagakure had a natural barrier. It was not easy to sneak into the village, and a large number of Sunagakure ninja guarded the entrance through the barrier.

In the original story, Sasori had used the spy he left behind to easily bring Deidara into Sunagakure, but this time, Sasori did not use his spy.

"Do we need to wait for an opportunity?"

Sasori said calmly.

"No." Yahiko's body among the Six Paths of Pain vanished directly, and the other five followed. The six of them charged straight toward Sunagakure's entrance without any attempt at concealment.

"Who goes there?!"

With the Six Paths of Pain's speed, they could have approached discreetly and caught Sunagakure off guard with a sudden attack. But Nagato had no such intention and controlled the Six Paths of Pain to rush forward.

If they had gone unnoticed like this, it would have been nothing short of a miracle.

The Six Paths of Pain had set out, while Sasori stood unsteadily atop a sand dune and watched. He had no intention of helping or entering Sunagakure himself, as though he were merely a spectator quietly observing the scene.

As the Six Paths of Pain boldly approached the village entrance, the Sunagakure ninja guarding it spotted them immediately.

Do not think that Sunagakure's defenses would grow lax just because, during wartime, its attention was focused mainly on its war with Konoha. In truth, their defenses had become even tighter. Konoha feared that Sunagakure and Iwagakure ninja might circle around and enter the Land of Fire from another direction to attack Konoha, or cause trouble within the Land of Fire.

Likewise, Sunagakure and Iwagakure worried about the same thing, and they