Unexpectedly, their opponents were three unfamiliar Konoha ninjas. None wore armor, and all three had the Uchiha clan's fan crest on their clothes.
"Big bro, watch out. Even Toroi went down. These guys are no joke, yo~ fools, idiots!" Killer B said under his breath.
His gaze lingered a few seconds longer on Pakura in particular. Her presence was steady and composed, yet she gave off an inexplicable sense of danger.
A nodded. He had sensed it too.
That green-haired Uchiha kunoichi had an abnormally vast amount of chakra.
But things had come this far. Whether Minato Namikaze was here or not, they had to eliminate their opponents, rescue Toroi, and test out their newly acquired "treasure."
"Move!" A hesitated no longer and gave a low command.
Yet, unexpectedly, the A-B Combo and the five elite ninjas did not charge forward at once. Instead, one of the Kumogakure jonin, an older-looking man with a sinister face, carefully took something out of his robes.
It was a dark-gold metal circlet of archaic design, covered in strange spiral patterns.
Rather than reflecting a dazzling gleam in the sunlight, it had a dull finish that seemed to absorb light.
Uchiha Makoto's pupils abruptly contracted. He immediately recognized the peculiar chakra on the Ninja Tools! A Six Paths Ninja Tool I've never seen before?! How does Kumogakure have something like this?! An intensely ominous premonition instantly gripped his heart!
The sinister-looking jonin held the Golden Circlet in both hands and began pouring his chakra into it frantically.
As the chakra flowed in, the spiral patterns on the Golden Circlet began glowing a faint, dark gold. Meanwhile, the jonin's face visibly aged and grew haggard, and his hair began turning gray!
*He's burning his life force in place of Six Paths chakra to force it