"Maybe one careless move could create another enemy like the Second. After all, I had a hand in him showing up here." Orochimaru looked utterly resigned. "So why not show us your 'invincible' puppetry and get us out of this mess?"
"...Aside from my own body, all my useful puppets were smashed by a certain 'invincible' Uchiha woman." Sasori snorted. "The ones I just built are too fragile to withstand these explosions."
"You see? That's why we said we'd leave it to him."
Orochimaru looked at Uchiha Izumi with a squinting smile.
Uchiha Izumi listened to their comedy routine, speechless and unwilling to bother arguing.
Orochimaru's words also reached Tobirama outside.
What exactly makes these people so confident?
He stopped watching Deidara, who was being chased into explosions by his Shadow Clones or turning around to blow the clones up himself.
After looking away, Tobirama Senju kept his attention on the three people protected by Susanoo.
Their attitude bothered him greatly. Soon, he realized something. No, could I be the one they're keeping occupied?
Just as Tobirama was about to have one of his Shadow Clones leave the battlefield and use Flying Thunder God to reach the central battlefield, "Naruto" suddenly appeared inside Uchiha Izumi's Susanoo.
"What's going on?"
"Naruto" froze, then seemed to belatedly grasp the situation. He turned toward the explosion zone and shouted, "Second, stop attacking! They aren't enemies!"
"...!"
Tobirama Senju was ruthless and wasted no words. He simply created several more clones and had them start throwing Explosive Tags. With his Jutsu amplifying them, the explosions became more than three times as powerful, making even Susanoo tremble.
"...Was my acting that unconvincing?"
Seeing the Second's response, Fake Naruto shrugged helplessly. "Whatever. We've achieved our objective. I'll take you out of here."
As he spoke, red