Pain stopped even calling him his teacher and launched straight into an attack.
The battle between the two immediately cleared the area around them as a side effect.
The people nearby could barely intervene.
After all, the Six Paths of Pain consisted of six people. With Jiraiya, the Hokage, taking on the Deva Path, someone naturally had to deal with the other Pains.
Kakashi, Guy, and the others had gone to intercept them.
Just then, a group of people crept up near the Hokage Building.
Pain Deva Path was locked in fierce combat with Jiraiya at the main entrance, so no one was watching the back of the Hokage Building.
That allowed Shinji and the others to slip easily in through a window.
Even amid such chaos, however, many guards remained inside the Hokage Building. After all, many of Konoha's secrets were stored here, and there had been no time to move them.
"Who's there?!"
The guards spotted Shinji and the others as soon as they entered.
Seeing that they were about to cause a bigger commotion, Shinji immediately concentrated cursed energy in his throat.
"!"
The guards discovered to their horror that no matter how wide they opened their mouths, they could not make a sound.
"!"
Thud.
The guards collapsed to the floor.
Hidan, who had just taken the Bloody Triple-Bladed Scythe in hand to cut them down, froze with excitement still on his face.
"Don't rush. You'll have plenty of chances to fight later. Right now, our priority is not to alert anyone, and the smell of blood would bring unnecessary trouble."
Hidan smacked his lips a couple of times. Although he was still unhappy, he would listen to Shinji.
"Move!"
Shinji took the lead.
Whenever they encountered several people at once, he immediately used [Cursed Speech]