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The Great Toad Sage and the White Snake Sage were genuine Six Paths level powerhouses.
With the divine equipment dropped by the Golden Ranking List boosting them, their combat strength was even more terrifying.
Mount Myōboku also had another big fellow-the Iwajuku Great Toad.
He had already been a tough customer, and now he had eaten the Magma Fruit.
With a little development, even if he had yet to fully reach the threshold of the Six Paths level, catching up was not impossible.
Ryūchi Cave, meanwhile, was unfathomable.
No one dared guess how many gigantic venomous snakes lurked within.
By comparison, the Akatsuki's resources did seem rather meager.
But the corners of Obito's mouth lifted slightly.
When the day came that he assembled the Ten-Tails and became its jinchuriki...
The Akatsuki would rise so quickly that it would leave those two sacred lands in the dust.
So he did not care at all about their so-called "depth."
Elsewhere, several of Kisame's teammates were practically hopping mad.
Sixth place?
Who was this ranking trying to insult?
[Kisame Hoshigaki: What the hell! The Akatsuki only ranks sixth? Is something wrong with this list?!]
[Hidan: Exactly! They're looking down on us! We're going to conquer the world!]
[Kakuzu: I don't care. I demand an appeal! Redo the rankings!]
Itachi, who had remained silent all this time, finally spoke, throwing cold water on their outrage.
[Itachi Uchiha: Save it. The top five spots are all occupied by Six Paths level powerhouses. Making the top ten was hard enough for us. Sixth place is nothing to be ashamed of.]
No sooner had he spoken than a strange phenomenon appeared in the sky.
A deafening hum rang out.
The scene abruptly cut in.
What reached them first was not speech, but heavy breathing and