Whoosh!
Yomotsu Hirasaka opened, and familiar figures streamed through one after another.
Uchiha Madara, Hashirama Senju, Uzumaki Mito, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Ōnoki of Both Scales, Naruto Uzumaki, Hinata Hyuga, Neji Hyuga, Sasuke Uchiha, Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Izuna, Uchiha Xue, Yamashiro Ryūfū, Yumiru, and Mirojin.
Ōtsutsuki Wansheng, Tsunade, Hidan, Kakashi Hatake, Might Guy, Kamiza Tento, Nohara Rin, Nadeshiko Saori, Amamiya Shinki, Zatoichi, Tobi, Sasori of the Red Sands, Kisame Hoshigaki, Orochimaru... and Uchiha Jiri, brought back through Impure World Reincarnation!
All thirty had defeated their respective opponents and regrouped on the outskirts. Once the great explosion subsided, they rushed straight to Yu... Seeing him safe and sound, every one of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Uchiha Madara stood with his arms folded across his chest, looking down at Yu lying on his back. "How pathetic. Look at the state you're in."
Yu opened his eyes. "You're one to talk, Uncle Madara. Have you looked at yourself?"
Madara was bare-chested, wearing nothing but a pair of long, sexy, skintight pants.
"Pfft." Chiri covered her mouth and giggled.
Madara blushed and scratched his nose, changing the subject. "More importantly, how did Hun Shi die?"
Everyone had already heard the details from Orochimaru. They knew Hun Shi had absorbed the Incense Power of Jianzhou Country that Shinshiki had gathered, taking on the form of the Great Lord God. He had been a formidable threat indeed.
Yu said, "He blew himself up..."
Madara's gaze sharpened. "So he caused that explosion earlier? How did you survive?"
Everyone else wanted to know that too.
"Well... that's a long story."
Yu sat up and looked everyone over. Almost all of them were wounded, their faces weary from the fierce fighting.
Clearly... they had each endured a hard battle.
"Hmm?"
Seeing Tobi, Kisame, and Sasori completely unscathed, Yu asked,