Nagato clearly sensed that the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball, created by the Collector, had caused an incomparably terrifying crushing effect on the combined Tailed Beast Ball and Tenkyo Shinsei of the Uchiha.
It had even separated some of the Ten-Tails' core will, yet the explosive energy had been precisely restrained outside.
Even from within the Ten-Tails' mouth, he felt a chill. He nearly suspected that this was the other party's deliberate act; otherwise...
Within that terrifying explosion, he had virtually no chance of survival.
What was even more shocking was that Madara's words instantly diverted everyone's attention.
The godlike power displayed by the Collector made everyone understand that, if they had been inside the Ten-Tails' mouth, they could not possibly have survived under that force.
This also naturally eliminated the possibility that he had been deliberately spared while inside the Ten-Tails' mouth, allowing him to completely merge with the Ten-Tails.
The Collector, wearing a fox mask, turned toward Nagato. He lazily yawned and waved a hand carelessly.
"No need to mind it. It was merely an accident."
The Collector sat motionlessly upon his stone throne amid the energy ripples, a low, amused laugh in his voice.
"Besides... watching him struggle desperately before breaking through adversity is quite interesting, isn't it?"
Hearing the Collector's immense confidence in both the Six Paths and himself, the surrounding atmosphere instantly erupted.
"Bastard!" The Fourth Raikage's furious roar was like thunder, echoing across the desolate sky filled with smoke and the stench of blood.
His body was wrapped in flickering blue lightning. Muscles bulged beneath his skin as he glared furiously at the lazy figure seated on the floating stone throne.
"So that damned Collection House... he did it on purpose?!"
He had known all along that Nagato was inside the Ten-Tails, and had even