In that tense atmosphere, time flew by, and soon it was the day Kushina was to give birth.
Boom!
The moment Kushina was sent into the delivery room, a deafening crash came from outside the village. Immediately afterward, countless black shadows rushed toward Konoha from every direction!
"...Whoosh—pfft!"
The Police Force and Anbu ninja, who had long since been notified, wasted no words. They charged straight in according to the plan, cutting down the attackers and stopping them all outside the village to prevent them from causing excessive damage.
However, these were only ordinary ninja, most of them "rogue ninja" from the other four nations, along with some foolish wandering ninja. The Anbu and Police Force ninja could deal with them fairly easily.
The truly difficult ones were the other powerful fighters.
First and foremost was Akatsuki. Its ten core members split into pairs and launched attacks from five directions!
Following Nagato's instructions, none of them concealed their Chakra fluctuations. White Zetsu even began using human-wave tactics!
And their brazen actions also drew out the Konoha elites Minato had brought back. From hidden corners one after another, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Duy, Taichi, Shisui, Ayue...
One by one, they walked out with deep, shadowed gazes, then hurried toward their designated opponents according to Azu's intelligence and the plan.
Group One: Sasori, White Zetsu.
The one responsible for this direction was Tsunade. Unlike the other directions, a fierce battle had already broken out here before Tsunade even arrived.
Unlike the other Akatsuki members, this side was executing human-wave tactics. Whether it was White Zetsu or Sasori, both were masters at mass-producing soldiers.
Although Sasori had far fewer puppets, their quality was high enough to greatly make up for White Zetsu's flaw of having numbers but lacking high-end combat power.
And on Konoha's side,