The kunai Minato Namikaze had thrown began to fall slowly. Gravity pulled it faster and faster until, at last, it became a streak of light, plunging straight down.
"Is that Sage Art?!"
Hashirama Senju stood beside Orochimaru. Though he couldn't control his own body, his senses were still under his command. He seemed to have noticed something; his eyebrows lifted, and surprise flickered in his eyes.
But Hashirama didn't remind Tobirama or Orochimaru. During the brief exchange between Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze, he had caught sight of the red lettering embroidered on the back of Minato's white God Robe. The large words "Fifth Hokage" had told Hashirama who he was.
Now that he knew Minato was the Fifth Hokage, how could Hashirama possibly warn Orochimaru?
Directly below the streak of light, Tobirama narrowed his eyes slightly. He casually threw the Kunai in his hand into the distance as a fallback, then began forming Hand Seals at speed. He didn't know what attack Minato was about to use, but he had no intention of dodging. Or rather, Orochimaru had no intention of letting Tobirama dodge.
At that moment, pinpricks of light began to appear in the sky.
Orochimaru stared intently and realized the bright spots weren't stars at all, but specially made Kunai of unusual shapes. One moment, a streak of light was falling; the next, the entire sky was covered in them.
Even the area where Orochimaru and Hashirama stood was engulfed by the streaks of light. The attack covered hundreds of square meters, and the falling Kunai suddenly accelerated, leaving Orochimaru no time to form Hand Seals and defend himself.
"Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique? Even the Old Man couldn't cover an area this vast!"
"How did he pull that off?!"
Orochimaru hadn't even realized that a bead of