Figures clad in black robes patterned with red clouds descended one after another. Seizing the moment, the Third Hokage quickly leaped backward.
Sasori glanced at him but made no move to stop him. Even if he escaped, there was a high chance he would still die, so why waste time? His poison was not something that could be avoided merely by having no wounds.
Manipulating his puppets, he leaped back in a single step. Deva Path, Kakuzu, Deidara, Obito Uchiha, and the others had already gathered there.
"Sasori, where's Orochimaru?" Deva Path asked directly.
As he spoke, Jiraiya, Shisui Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Itachi, the Third Hokage, and the others also gathered beside Minato Namikaze.
"Orochimaru? He was probably taken out," Sasori said calmly, his gaze turning toward a collapsed building in the distance. Reanimation dust swirled through the air as the First and Second Hokage reappeared.
"Hmph, that disgusting bastard. I always knew he'd die at someone else's hands," Kakuzu snorted mockingly.
Deva Path raised a hand to stop him. "They're comrades. Say less at a time like this. Our situation doesn't look good. Konoha's strength is far beyond our expectations. Find a way to break out. The capture of the Nine-Tails is temporarily abandoned."
Obito Uchiha glanced toward the First and Second Hokage and said in a low voice, "Can we use those two Reanimated Hokage to create an opening?"
"It's a good idea, but can you control them?" Deva Path asked calmly. No matter what he said, his tone remained the same.
"Dad..." Naruto called out from the other side.
Minato Namikaze lightly raised a hand. "Whatever you have to say can wait until after the battle. The losses this time have already caught up to those of the Nine-Tails Attack. We absolutely cannot let