Naruto's words sent an uproar through the Rain Ninja.
"All at once? Is he serious!?"
"Even if he really is Lord Pain, that's a bit..."
"What, didn't you hear me?"
Naruto quickened his pace and closed in on the Rain Ninja!
One Rain Ninja shouted, "Scatter!"
Whoosh!
Their formation dispersed. At the same time, kunai and shuriken flew toward him, accompanied by explosive tags.
Boom, boom, boom...!
The explosions threw up a towering curtain of water. Naruto broke through unscathed!
The Amegakure ninja were stunned.
"What? Not a scratch??"
"Could it be that layer of chakra around his body??"
Naruto said sternly, "With the missions you'll be undertaking and the enemies you'll face, teamwork is what will keep you alive and make your missions succeed! Can you manage that? If not, I'll throw you into the sea to feed the crabs!"
"He's really underestimating us!!"
"Is he really Lord Pain? His voice sounds far too young!"
"Then let's find out for ourselves!!"
More than a dozen Rain Ninja stepped forward and formed hand seals together.
Water Release: Water Shockwave!
Great waterfall-like columns of water spewed from their mouths, merging into a torrent that engulfed Naruto!
An Amegakure sensory ninja called out, "I can sense his chakra. He's definitely in that water!"
"Raaaaah... watch this!!!"
A burly Rain Ninja formed hand seals, then slammed both hands onto the ground!
Earth Release: Earth Style: Earth Dome!!
He strengthened himself with earth-nature chakra, dug out an enormous boulder, and lifted it high before hurling it straight into the water!
Boom, boom, boom!
The boulder crashed down with a thunderous splash!
Whoosh!
Six oil-paper umbrellas spun through the air directly above the boulder. This was one of Amegakure's signature hidden-weapon ninjutsu!
The masked Rain Ninja controlling the umbrellas formed hand seals.
**Ninja Art: Rain