Boom! Boom! Boom!
Several explosions rang out from the village, and flames shot into the sky. Blasts erupted along the shopping street, sending clouds of orange-red fire billowing upward with thick smoke.
Inside the wooden cabin, Tsunade watched the distant flames with a slight frown, but she did not move. Minato rested his hand on his kunai, his gaze sharpening, yet he did not take a single step.
Their task was to stay here and wait for the fish to take the bait.
Somewhere in the village, Kakuzu and Sasori had already made their move. Kakuzu's fire release and Earth Release erupted across the neighborhood, while Sasori's puppets rampaged through the streets, drawing large numbers of ANBU and the Military Police Force.
But they did not linger to fight. They merely sowed chaos wherever they went, keeping the village's remaining forces occupied.
Outside the village, around the cabin, the Anbu Captain heard the explosions and furrowed his brow, raising a hand to give a signal.
Every ANBU operative went on alert. Just then, the ground bulged slightly.
Dozens of white figures silently broke through the soil, like ghosts crawling out of hell.
"What-" Before one ANBU operative could shout, a white figure enveloped his entire body.
The White Zetsus' bodies were like putty, wrapping tightly around the ANBU operatives, immobilizing them and sealing their mouths.
One, two, three... Within mere seconds, every ANBU operative around the cabin had been restrained by White Zetsu.
Then space warped.
A spiraling black vortex appeared out of thin air before the cabin door, without a sound.
Obito stepped out of the vortex, his black cloak fluttering gently in the night breeze. An orange Spiral Mask concealed his expression, leaving only his scarlet Sharingan gleaming with a cold light through its opening.
He looked up