Informed of the Three Great Sage Regions' Spatial Coordinates!

"Jiraiya?"

"Naruto!"

"Pain!!"

In the span of a single breath, Tsunade's voice went through several shifts—from surprise, to hope, and finally, utter hatred!

Those bastards in black cloaks with red clouds had reduced Konoha to this miserable state!!

Unforgivable.

Absolutely unforgivable!

In an instant, Tsunade rushed to the very front of the battle line and hurled her fist at Deva Path Pain, who had reappeared before her eyes!

She was the village's current Hokage, yet she had watched helplessly as invaders ravaged Konoha into such a state.

How could she let go of such a deep hatred?

How could she vent the fury building in her chest?

Yet this vengeance-fueled punch, which gathered all the strength in her body, failed to erupt with any impact.

Blinded by rage, the little princess of the Senju clan forgot the information they had barely managed to gather about their opponent. Just as Tsunade drew close, an invisible force silently erupted and blasted her away!

[Secret Technique: Shinra Tensei!]

"Boom!!"

This exchange lasted no more than a flash of lightning.

When everyone focused again, Tsunade had already slammed backward into a jagged boulder. The tremendous impact made her spit out a mouthful of blood as her life force rapidly drained away.

It had all happened far too suddenly.

So suddenly that Naruto Uzumaki and Jiraiya had not even figured out what had happened!

The only message they had received earlier was that the contact frog Mount Myoboku had stationed in Konoha had suddenly died.

After hastily transferring over, they had assumed Arata Uchiha was responsible for this disaster. But now, it seemed things were not that simple.

"What exactly is this...?"

Jiraiya's expression twisted violently. On one side stood his former student; on the other, his most important friend. Yet between them now seemed