"Boom—"
"Boom—"
Two consecutive deafening explosions rang out beside the towering structure.
The sudden blasts instantly drew everyone's attention.
Seeing clouds of dust billowing from where the tower had been struck, the faces of several Kage took on strange expressions.
The members of Las Noches, meanwhile, merely frowned slightly, their eyes flickering as they calmly looked toward the uninvited guests who had barged onto the scene.
"Crash, crash..."
Inside the tower, amid shattered stone and splintered wood, Kidomaru crawled out in a bedraggled state. His face was twisted with hatred as he stared fixedly at the person who had severely injured him.
After getting a clear look at Kidomaru, the newcomer who had punched him into the rubble furrowed her delicate brows. Her eyes narrowed as she murmured gravely.
"A member of Las Noches!?"
Hearing her words, Minato, who had been confronting Gin and the others atop the tower, could not help but darken his expression as he thought to himself.
Sure enough... these people posing as examinees are also members of Las Noches!
Yet even with this information, it only brought more worries...
After all, if they had been ninjas from other factions, it would only have meant that Las Noches was not powerful enough on its own and had merely joined forces with other forces!
But... if every one of these people posing as examinees, people capable of easily fighting the White Fang of the Leaf and the others to a standstill, belonged to Las Noches...
Then a Las Noches with such terrifying strength was truly enough to make anyone deeply wary!
As Tsunade, who had just arrived, stared blankly at Kidomaru, the white-haired Jiraiya behind her had not been idle at all!
He bit his finger sharply, his hands rapidly forming Art Seals. Then, his long hedgehog-like