With Granny's caress, Akatsuki was invincible.
Wuye did not sing for long, because Konan folded her arms and shuddered...
"Nagato and his Pain group aren't far away. If he flies, he'll probably arrive soon..."
Before Wuye could finish, a figure suddenly appeared high in the sky.
"He's here!"
His spirits lifted.
Kushina and the others followed his gaze upward.
The figure was backlit by the sun, making his features impossible to discern. Only a pair of Rinnegan glowing purple could be seen, eerie and powerful.
"They're not as pretty as Wuye's eyes," Kushina suddenly remarked.
Mikoto nodded repeatedly. "Sharingan need tomoe to look cool!"
"Indeed," Tsunade said as if it were only natural.
Even Konan nodded slightly.
Kaguya did not look at Nagato at all.
Wuye spread his hands.
The next moment, every Konoha villager came to understand what the "rice-carrying" chant was like.
It was so brainwashing—no wonder the Hokage had recommended memorizing the whole thing...
"How many floors does a sack of rice have to be carried..."
("Feel pain...")
"A sack of rice has to be carried to the second floor..."
("Consider pain...")
"A sack of rice, I wash it so hard..."
("Understand pain...")
"A sack of rice, I have to wash it..."
("Accept pain...")
Before the chant had even finished, all the Konoha villagers seemed to have received an order and evacuated at top speed.
They first scattered in every direction, then headed for the air-raid shelters behind Hokage Rock in an orderly fashion.
All of Konoha's valuables had long since been moved away. In truth, it was nothing more than an empty shell.
But because no spies had been able to infiltrate the village, and Kushina had screened the villagers over and over again, the situation here had not yet leaked out.
"A sack of rice,