Land of Wind, Rōran Ruins.
Not long after Minato Namikaze vanished using the Flying Thunder God Technique, Deva Path Pain also disappeared without a word, making the atmosphere within the ruins somewhat awkward.
"Minato Namikaze and Pain have both disappeared. Where did they go? What exactly is going on?" Hiruko asked darkly. He had nearly been killed by Kakashi and Minato Namikaze working together, only for them to leave without saying a word. He had every reason to be upset.
Orochimaru glanced at Zetsu and smiled. "From the moment Minato Namikaze appeared until now, Uchiha Houka has never shown himself. Haven't you noticed?"
Hiruko narrowed his eyes at Orochimaru. "You mean Pain and Minato Namikaze both went to where Uchiha Houka is?"
Uchiha Shin said coldly, "No matter where they are, we have to find them and kill them!"
In the battle just now, Deidara had suppressed him with bombs from start to finish, leaving his internal organs shaken and injured. He could not let this grudge go unavenged!
Orochimaru smiled at Zetsu. "Zetsu, can you determine their exact location?"
"I'll need a little time," Zetsu said.
"Use your widest-range Sensory Ninjutsu!" Uchiha Shin stared at him.
Zetsu nodded. "Of course."
Over a hundred li from the Rōran Ruins.
Within the dense forest, Houka, Minato Namikaze, Guy, Obito, Kakashi, and Deidara stood in a line, facing off against the Six Paths of Pain.
Countless white paper sheets danced wildly through the air above the forest.
Farther away in the sky, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, sat expressionlessly atop the Yatagarasu as he swiftly approached.
"There's no point in tactics anymore. Everyone, get in there together!"
Houka said it outright. He had already told Minato Namikaze everything he knew about the Six Paths of Pain. With Minato's combat experience, there