Rumble!
Crash!
Bang!
The violent roars, the surging waves bursting forth, and the buildings completely blasted apart—everything happening in the central area of Amegakure naturally drew the attention of many nearby civilians and shinobi.
Yet after showing only a hint of surprise, everyone lowered their heads and returned to their own affairs. Not a single person approached that area out of curiosity. This was not merely because the roaring and tremors had lasted only a short while.
More importantly, "Lady Angel" had issued clear orders: no matter what happened in the high tower area, no one was allowed to investigate without relevant orders!
Thus, it was impossible for the people of Amegakure to enter that area without receiving any orders.
Naturally, they had no way of realizing that Amegakure had once again undergone a tremendous upheaval!
At the foot of the high tower.
The buildings had already been utterly shattered and destroyed, while the Six Paths of Pain puppets created by Nagato had been broken into pieces and scattered throughout the area.
Nagato himself had also been easily captured by Uchiha Madara. Madara's left hand clamped tightly around Nagato's neck seemed to exert no force at all, yet Nagato had completely lost any strength to resist.
Five minutes. In less than five minutes.
Every fighting force, including the Six Paths of Pain, had been effortlessly defeated by Uchiha Madara. That was only because Madara had been "kind-hearted" enough to let Nagato display his abilities a little longer.
The nakedly obvious gap in strength.
And the sight of Konan's cold corpse lying in a pool of blood—Konan, who had come to support him only to be mercilessly killed by Uchiha Madara—left Nagato with no one left at all.
"Bastard! Bastard! Bastard!"
An extreme madness had already appeared on Nagato's face.
His