Outside the illusionary world of Takamagahara
Maintaining his ocular technique, Shinji glanced silently at the nameless woman standing beside him.
Noticing Shinji's gaze, she didn't answer. She just winked playfully at him, looking a little pleased with herself.
She knew exactly why Shinji was looking at her.
She wasn't about to miss an opportunity like this. So once the Five Kage, along with the elites and leaders from each village, had all entered Takamagahara, she had used her Yachihoko to mark every one of them without anyone noticing.
And this time, she'd gained quite a lot.
The Five Kage were a given. Even the weakest among them, Fifth Kazekage Pakura, was a powerful Elite Jonin.
The likes of Tsunade, Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki, Fourth Raikage A, and Acting Mizukage Mei Terumi were all Kage Level powerhouses with enormous reserves of Chakra.
Besides the Five Kage, the nameless woman had taken the opportunity to mark a great many elites from the various villages.
For example, Jiraiya and Naruto, who had been constantly out on missions and hadn't had a chance to experience Takamagahara before; the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Killer B, who had come to Konoha with the Fourth Raikage; the Tail-less Tailed Beast Kisame Hoshigaki, who had accompanied Mei Terumi as her bodyguard; and Gaara of Sunagakure, who had already undergone a complete transformation despite losing the One-Tail, and whose strength was growing rapidly. All of them were shinobi with Chakra reserves no less impressive than those of the Kage.
Others, such as Kitsuchi, Akatsuchi, Zabuza, Chojuro, Suigetsu, Ao, Baki, Temari, Kankuro, and Kiba, were also Elite Jonin or gifted shinobi with the potential to become one.
Marking two Jinchuriki at once—both the Eight-Tails and the Nine-Tails, the most powerful of all the Tailed Beasts—along with so many Kage Level shinobi and dozens