Sakon and Ukon's horror knew no bounds.
He had summoned his strongest means of survival without holding anything back.
Yet he had never expected a single attack from the person overhead to destroy it outright.
As the summoning's caster, Sakon and Ukon suffered a backlash.
"Pfft!"
Two mouthfuls of blood sprayed out at the same time.
And the two separate bodies could no longer remain that way.
Sakon and Ukon merged back into one, his deathly pale face filled with terror, but even more with despair.
He had been at Orochimaru's side for quite some time.
He had experienced countless major battles.
Even during the earlier battle to overthrow Konoha, Sakon and Ukon had never felt this desperate.
For the first time in his life, Sakon and Ukon clearly sensed the breath of death.
Sakon and Ukon even judged the person overhead to be at Kage Level.
He knew their intelligence was wrong and had to report it to Orochimaru immediately.
But right now, he had no opportunity to pass on any information.
Little did he know that Raijin above him was only a Jonin.
One reason for this overwhelming disparity was that Raijin held the high-ground advantage.
The other was that Raijin possessed terrifyingly destructive Ninjutsu.
What made Sakon and Ukon most troublesome was his "absurd" ability to recover.
Now, facing Raijin and his immensely destructive Ninjutsu, he had met an opponent who countered him.
Sakon and Ukon wanted to flee, but the backlash from his Summoning Technique temporarily prevented him from maintaining his full strength.
Kankuro's two puppets seized the opportunity to entangle him again.
And overhead, a terrifying "Kage Level" enemy watched him hungrily.
Sakon and Ukon truly tasted the despair of crying out to heaven and earth without an answer.
Despair could break a person, or