Tap!
Tap!
In the heavy silence, Madara Uchiha made the first move.
He stepped toward the Six Paths of Pain, one step after another.
Faster and faster.
Faster still!
Until he broke into a full run!
The corners of his mouth lifted. His long hair streamed in the wind, his armor plates rattled, and his eyes held the obsidian-black gaze unique to Impure World Reincarnation.
They changed with a hum.
Ocular Power surged!
Three scarlet Tomoe appeared in his eyes!
Kisame Hoshigaki stared at the wild-haired figure charging toward him, fear rising in his eyes...
"Leader! That's... Madara Uchiha!"
Deva Path Pain showed no emotion. Madara Uchiha was exactly whom he had come to find. His Rinnegan widened slightly.
"Even Madara Uchiha must bow before the power of a god!" As the words left his mouth, he thrust out his palm. "Scatter!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Kisame Hoshigaki, Sasori, Deidara, the Six Paths of Pain, and the others swiftly spread out into formation.
"Shinra Tensei!"
Boom!
In an instant, invisible repulsion burst outward from him, clearing a hundred-meter-wide area!
Madara Uchiha stopped short.
Then he hurtled backward to the very edge of that hundred-meter range!
He looked up in astonishment at Deva Path Pain hovering in the air, his expression unreadable.
"God?"
Then...
As though something struck him as hilarious, he threw back his head and laughed. "God? You call yourself a god?"
Deva Path Pain frowned.
The next second...
Crack!
A faint sound rang out.
On the ground, the Asura Path suddenly lowered his head. His shoulder split open, and six small missiles tore through the air toward Madara Uchiha, dozens of meters away, trailing crimson flames!
Eee—
An eerie sound arose. High in the air, Deva Path Pain calmly extended his right hand and curled his fingers around empty