Boom!!!
With a deafening blast, thick white smoke instantly engulfed the entire conference hall!
Bang~~~!
Six humanoid figures appeared in an instant.
Those were—?
"That is—!" Chiyo sucked in a sharp breath, her clouded old eyes filled with unbelievable horror.
Not just her—Ōnoki, the Third Raikage, and every experienced ninja present had their pupils shrink sharply upon seeing those figures clearly!
Kushimaru Kuriarare, Munashi Jinpachi, Jinin Akebino, Raiga Kurosuki, and that blue-haired ninja wielding the twin blades Hiramekarei—
And—
"Juzo Biwa!?" The young A cried out in shock. "Isn't he still alive!? He was spotted near the Land of Water's border not long ago!"
That was right. Juzo Biwa, who should have escaped alive alongside Suikazan Fuguki—
Now showed not the slightest trace of life anywhere on his body!
Six of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen—had now become the Six Paths of Pain.
Most horrifying of all, dozens of densely packed black rods emitting ominous chakra fluctuations were visibly embedded in their bodies!
Uchiha Madara had attacked!
But what shocked Hiroki most was not that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had been turned into Pain. Pain was supposed to be the name Nagato gave the six puppets he created for himself only after experiencing pain in the future, wasn't it?
It symbolized punishment and pain—
Why would Uchiha Madara at this point still call them Pain!?
Hiroki's eyes widened, completely unable to understand why Uchiha Madara had shouted those words.
Hiroki activated his Byakugan without hesitation. The next moment, Genjutsu Forced Connection also attempted to activate—
It didn't work—
Hiroki's heart sank. The Six Paths of Pain were not living beings, so not one of them could be connected to. White Zetsu could not be detected and could only be connected through physical contact, while Uchiha Madara was simply inaccessible.
As his