Hearing Aizen's words, Minato paused, as if he had suddenly thought of something. His expression turned slightly grave.
Aizen paid him no mind. A faint smile touched his lips, and his eyes gleamed with interest, as though he were looking forward to something.
Not long after Aizen finished speaking, the Rock Ninja who had been dealing with the Konoha Ninja corpses furrowed their brows.
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"...
Several sudden whistles of something cutting through the air came from among the tall trees in the distance.
"Retreat!"
One of the Rock Ninja hurriedly called out in a low voice.
The Rock Ninja who had been hiding nearby immediately dodged to the side.
"Thud!" "Thud!" "Thud!"...
A series of sharp impacts rang out from the tree trunks. Looking over, they saw several black kunai embedded firmly in the wood.
The Rock Ninja's faces tightened, and they immediately looked toward the direction the kunai had come from.
"Swish!" "Swish!" "Swish!"...
In the distance, several ninja dressed in Konoha uniforms were racing toward them. Only when they appeared before the Rock Ninja did their distinctive features become noticeable.
Each wore a unique fan emblem somewhere on their clothing—on a sleeve, a collar, or their backs.
"How did you discover our whereabouts, Konoha Ninja!?"
The Rock Ninja asked in a low voice.
Though they had been discovered and had lost their chance to ambush the Konoha Ninja, that didn't mean they would lose to this bunch.
The Rock Ninja squad leader had already decided that as soon as he got an answer from them, he would strike at once and quickly kill them all.
That way, they wouldn't interfere with Lord Tsuchikage's orders.
At his question, the group of Konoha Ninja who had arrived stared at him coldly.
"You're Rock Ninja, aren't you? You actually