Inside the cold, damp tallest tower of Amegakure, Deva Path Pain stared expressionlessly at the endless downpour beyond the window.
A long time had passed since Itachi Uchiha infiltrated the Hidden Leaf Village.
Yet the intelligence sent back by Zetsu, who had been monitoring the mission's progress, was completely blank. It was as though the moment Itachi, that hidden piece, stepped onto Chenshu Senju's turf, some terrifying force had forcibly severed all contact.
A trace of icy killing intent flashed through Pain's Rinnegan.
He truly refused to believe it.
He did not believe that a brat named Chenshu Senju could really stand against the entire Divine Plan by himself.
Since assassination would not work, he would use the most primitive form of violence and directly crush the variable obstructing the plan along with Konoha itself.
Without hesitation, Pain issued the highest order, commanding Kisame, Kakuzu, and Hidan, who had long been waiting outside Konoha, to form an assault squad and immediately launch a full-scale raid on Konoha.
Inside the tower where Konoha's Barrier Team was stationed.
"Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!"
The piercing high-frequency alarm, like the shriek of a vengeful ghost, instantly tore apart the tranquility of the rainy night.
The shinobi responsible for monitoring the chakra barrier covering all of Konoha stared at the three enormous red dots that suddenly flared across the sensing water sphere, their faces turning deathly pale.
"What's going on? Chakra signatures of this level are practically like tailed beasts running wild!"
"Quick! Report to the Hokage immediately! Enemies above S-rank have breached the village's outer barrier!"
Inside the brightly lit, spacious office of the Hokage Building.
"What did you say?"
Tsunade shot to her feet from behind her desk. The movement was so forceful that the astonishing curve of her chest even