Yakumo watched everything unfold and shook her head slightly.
Putting everything else aside, the sheer force of Sasuke's attack just now was enough to rival a Five Kage-level fighter.
If that move had actually hit Nagato, it might have caused him considerable trouble.
But there were no "ifs" in reality!
Yakumo wasn't the only one who had been watching that scene.
The fierce battle between Shinji and Nagato had captured the attention of tens of thousands on the battlefield.
The Five Kage, Jiraiya, Obito, Zetsu, and all the other powerful fighters were watching the two Akatsuki leaders battle.
No one had rushed in to intervene. It wasn't that they didn't want to; they'd realized there was simply no opportunity.
Sasuke's reckless sneak attack had proved that once again.
Even an ambush on the Kage Level, like Sasuke's, could be easily erased by the shockwaves from Shinji and Nagato's clash.
That was reality!
No one could approach the area where Shinji and Nagato were fighting. Wherever they battled became a forbidden zone!
Thud.
Before long, Sasuke, flung away by the shockwave and sent arcing through the air, crashed into the mud in the distance.
He stared blankly at the sky as raindrops fell on him and trickled down his cheeks.
"Why did it turn out like this? Am I not even qualified to fight?"
He had never felt so frustrated!
In the distance.
Kurotsuchi, hiding beneath a wall of sand, curled her lip. "Has that idiot Sasuke lost his mind? He actually tried to ambush the Akatsuki leader! He's an enemy even the Five Kage couldn't handle together!"
The new generation's talented young fighters had gathered together by now. But with the battlefield in such a chaotic, volatile state, they were all hiding beneath the wall of sand Gaara had raised.