"Nothing we can do about that."
Hikari was helpless on that front, too.
Much of her strength came from taijutsu and techniques centered on her Mangekyō Sharingan.
Come to think of it, Yachihoko, her most practical ability, was the one she had never managed to use.
Given the current situation, the top-priority targets for Yachihoko's control were definitely the tailed beasts' jinchūriki.
Naruto was the best of the best among those candidates.
But...
If it was Naruto, she had no need for Yachihoko at all. He would give her chakra whenever she needed it, and he made all sorts of delicious food, too.
As she thought about that, a deafening crash came from Iwagakure's main gate, instantly drawing Hikari's and Kurotsuchi's attention.
Both women leaped onto a building near the Training Ground and looked toward the gate.
Near the gate, Naruto and Ōnoki stood on a cloud of gold dust, watching the entrance.
The Animal Path formed hand seals.
"Summoning Technique!"
Poof!
Smoke billowed out.
When it cleared, six orange-haired figures stood atop the gate. Black rods pierced their bodies, and their eyes were all purple with concentric rings.
Cold. Powerful.
"The Six Paths of Pain have arrived!"
"Those clothes... the Akatsuki?"
Ōnoki was a little stunned by the sight. He could tell that the people below were no ordinary jonin. Even in Iwagakure, few could match them.
Moreover, their eyes looked somewhat like the legendary Rinnegan, one of the three great dōjutsu.
Were they all from the same clan?
"All right, old man. Go keep evacuating the civilians."
Naruto looked at the newly summoned Six Paths of Pain as he spoke to Ōnoki.
"This guy isn't someone to mess with. His eyes are the legendary Sage of Six Paths' Rinnegan."
"What? The Rinnegan?"
Ōnoki stared down at the Six