Choza Akimichi's face creased into a scowl.
"Someone just had to ruin the Summer Festival. What a pain."
The Ino-Shika-Cho trio stood on Konoha's eastern side, keeping the barrier running.
"Heh, at least we can catch them all in one sweep."
Shikaku was seething too.
He had just returned from the battlefield... though it had really been more like a business trip. The tigress back home had finally started treating him a little better, and he hadn't enjoyed nearly enough of it yet. He had been dragged out right in the middle of his late-night snack.
Couldn't these enemies just drop dead already?
"Huh? Kakashi, when did you get back?"
Guy gaped at Kakashi in his green yukata. How had he not heard that Kakashi was back?
"Ah, Naruto brought us back. Honestly, I'd quite like to go down there and help him, but someone has to help maintain the barrier."
Kakashi gazed at the bustling village with his listless eyes.
Obito... is that you?
Standing beside Kakashi, Hanare smiled at Guy and Dai while maintaining her chakra output.
After stuffing several dozen more Shadow Clones into the Kamui Dimension, Naruto used Mind's Eye of the Kagura to search for Obito.
Nagato wasn't the priority. Obito was.
Nagato's destructive power was immense, but with Konan in Konoha, he would hesitate to act recklessly. He cared far more about his bonds with others than Obito did.
Obito, however, was completely insane. Now that Konoha had lost its ability to resurrect the dead, Naruto had to be far more careful.
With Orochimaru stalling Nagato, Naruto had nothing to worry about on that front.
Orochimaru was exceptionally good at brainwashing people, and his ability to escape was the best in the Shinobi World.
The perception of Mind's Eye of the Kagura spread outward,