"Are those the two strange ones?" The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, studied the two opponents—the Asura Path and Preta Path, both with Black Receivers embedded in their faces—and sized up their combat abilities.
"Yes, Lord Hokage. Besides them, there are four others scattered across different parts of the village. I've already sent people with your specially made kunai to deal with them," the Anbu Captain replied quickly. Unlike ordinary Anbu members, who wore black combat uniforms, the Anbu Captain wore a milky-white cloak to distinguish his rank within the Anbu.
"One enemy specializes in long-range attacks using all kinds of machinery, while the other seems to have the ability to absorb ninjutsu?" To Minato, the Asura Path and Preta Path had displayed simple but highly practical abilities.
"And their eyes... Those mysterious, rippling pupils. Could they be the Rinnegan, the eyes of the legendary Sage of Six Paths?" As Hokage, Minato was well-informed enough to recognize them.
"According to the records on the Rinnegan that I found in the archives, those do appear to be the eyes in question. But all six known enemies have identical Rinnegan," the Anbu Captain said, readily picking up the conversation. He had already done his homework.
"Six pairs of Rinnegan... When did the Sage of Six Paths' eyes become so common?" A legendary eye that hadn't appeared for over a thousand years—and now there were six pairs. Anyone could tell there was something highly unusual about that.
Minato noticed that the enemy attacking them kept firing various mechanical weapons, but had never absorbed even a single ninjutsu. The other enemy could easily absorb any ninjutsu, yet hadn't made a single attack.
"Could it be that different enemies have different abilities in their eyes?" Minato's analytical skills were astonishing. In just a short time, he