"You seem to think highly of Nagato!" Black Zetsu stood beside Tōka, watching the battlefield. Nagato had deployed only three Paths of Pain, yet he had already suppressed all the Amegakure ninja.
Although Hanzo of the Salamander had yet to make a move, Deva Path Pain was the strongest of the Six Paths.
At present, Nagato had only deployed the Animal Path, Preta Path, and Human Path.
"After all, he has the Rinnegan, and Hanzo really is old." Tōka spoke quietly.
"Oh..."
The two focused their attention on the battlefield. The Animal Path hid directly inside the chameleon's mouth, and a single Hell Hound alone had inflicted grievous casualties upon the Amegakure ninja.
Meanwhile, the Human Path and Preta Path stood together, responsible for defense.
"Summoning Technique? I can do that too!"
Boar, Dog, Rooster, Monkey, Ram!
Hanzo dropped to one knee and slammed a palm onto a boulder.
Bang!
A massive cloud of white smoke erupted. An Ibuse as large as a small mountain appeared beneath Hanzo's feet. Before anyone could react, Ibuse opened its enormous mouth and spewed out a huge cloud of poisonous mist.
Then Ibuse carried Hanzo and burrowed into the earth.
The enormous courtyard—or perhaps plaza was a more fitting description—had long since lost the beauty a courtyard ought to possess after the Hell Hound's rampage.
Now, with one breath of poisonous mist from Ibuse, most of the courtyard was shrouded.
This included the group of Amegakure ninja who had faithfully guarded Hanzo. In almost an instant, everyone was caught within the poisonous mist.
Even the Amegakure ninja wearing gas masks were affected by Ibuse's poison after being caught off guard.
The three Paths of Pain, on the other hand, were unaffected. They were puppets made from corpses and did not need to breathe at