A presence that radiated immense pressure.
Most importantly, that powerful attack just moments ago.
As the dust finally settled.
Two figures stood facing the others.
The familiar black cloaks patterned with red clouds, their straight-backed postures, and, most importantly, those eyes: one pair ringed with mysterious ripples, and another showing an eerie, crimson Tomoe. The moment they saw those three eyes—
Below them,
the Kage, who had each climbed out of the rubble,
all changed expression dramatically.
"The Rinnegan!? The Sharingan?"
"The legendary eyes?"
"Could that man be the leader of the Akatsuki!?"
The words burst out before they could stop themselves.
Even the most seasoned of them, the Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, wore an utterly grave expression.
The same was true of Tsunade, who had just agreed with Naruto.
Their eyes widened as they stared at the two figures above. They had only just mentioned the Akatsuki leader—
and now he had appeared!?
Seeing the mysterious ripples reflected in those eyes and feeling the terrifying pressure they gave off, Tsunade's body tensed instinctively. Beside her, Kakashi lifted his headband in an instant and took up a guarding position at her side, his gaze fixed on the two figures above. His attention lingered especially on the one wearing an orange spiral mask and revealing only a single Sharingan. For some reason,
the moment Kakashi saw that figure,
a strange emotion stirred deep within him.
But it vanished a second later.
Kakashi had no time to investigate further.
The situation was no place for it.
"Who are you!? Are you the leader of the Akatsuki!?"
With a powerful aura and lightning blazing around him, a figure burst up from the rubble with a thunderous crash. The Fourth Raikage A landed at the very front. He glanced over the castle, nearly half of