Alliance Formed

Minato Namikaze's expression was exceedingly grave.

"Though I can't be one hundred percent certain, the fundamental nature of the two powers is extremely similar.

If the Rinnegan's repulsive force is an ocular technique, then the possibility that the Collector possesses the Rinnegan... is by no means empty speculation!"

This conclusion made everyone's hearts sink.

One Pain Six Paths had already been difficult enough to handle. If another "Collector" with those same terrifying eyes appeared...

Yet everyone tacitly understood that the person controlling the Pain Six Paths Minato Namikaze had encountered was not the Collector.

Because according to the intelligence from the earlier meeting,

if it truly had been the Collector, the outcome of that sudden battle would not have been what it was now.

Most likely, the Eight-Tails would already have fallen into the Akatsuki Organization's hands, while only a handful of the Five Kage would have survived!

After all, although each of them had faced their own enemies and had no time to spare for anything else,

the traces left behind by Minato Namikaze's battle with the Pain Six Paths were right there.

They believed that, had they taken the place of either side, they likely would not have lasted long before being defeated.

Yet Minato Namikaze had forcibly held back the Pain Six Paths. Though he had been at a disadvantage, that alone was enough to demonstrate his strength.

But even someone like Minato Namikaze had failed to keep the Nine-Tails from the Collector.

The Collector's strength was easy to imagine!

Minato Namikaze did not give them much time to process it before dropping an even more explosive piece of intelligence.

"And the owner of those Rinnegan is also..."

Minato Namikaze's voice carried a trace of complexity and heaviness.

"He claims to be... Jiraiya-sensei's disciple!"

"Jiraiya's disciple?!"

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