Parallel Ninja World.
Land of Rain.
Endless rain shrouded the entire Steel Town.
More than a dozen figures clad in black robes with red clouds stood in the curtain of rain.
The leader had a gaunt face and a pair of purple eyes marked with concentric rings.
Six Paths of Pain!
Beside the Six Paths of Pain.
Konan, Orochimaru, Kakuzu, Hidan, Sasori, Jūzō Biwa, Black-and-White Zetsu, and the other Akatsuki members stood in a row.
A cold killing intent spread through the air.
Opposite them.
More than a dozen figures in Imperial uniforms stood silently in the distance.
Shisui Uchiha stood at the very front.
To his left, Hizashi Hyuga stood with his arms folded, veins bulging around his Byakugan.
Neji Hyuga, along with seven Uchiha elites and eight Hyuga elites, was spread around the area.
"Visitors from a Parallel World?"
"No matter what status you held in your original world."
"On this land ravaged by suffering..."
"God will not tolerate provocation!"
The Deva Path took half a step forward.
His cold voice pierced through the rain and rang in everyone's ears.
The Akatsuki members wore varying expressions.
Kakuzu's eyes shifted slightly as he calculated the bounty value of these otherworldly ninja.
Hidan carried his triple-bladed scythe on his shoulder, a wild, bloodthirsty smile on his face.
Orochimaru extended his long tongue and licked his lips, his snake-like eyes fixed firmly on the Mangekyo in Shisui's eye sockets.
"God?"
"How arrogant."
"The Empire's order will cover all lands!"
"We'll give you one chance to surrender."
"Disarm yourselves and accept the Empire's unified administration."
Shisui Uchiha shook his head.
As the Empire's Deputy Captain of Anbu.
He naturally knew Nagato Uzumaki of the Empire.
But the Empire's Nagato Uzumaki had long since submitted to the Empire and was the head of