The Death God's knife sliced down with a swish, but there was nothing there.
In the end, he could only purse his lips and swallow the soul of Hiruzen Sarutobi, whose eyes were already closed.
Although Hiruzen Sarutobi was doomed to die the moment he used the Reaper Death Seal, it was also an indisputable fact that he had ultimately died at Sasuke's hands.
All one could say was that the kill steal had been well timed.
Even Shinji couldn't help giving him a thumbs-up.
Of course, the others didn't see it that way.
For example, there was Mr. Naruto Uzumaki, who had spotted people here, run over, and witnessed the scene with his own eyes.
Naruto was dumbstruck. He hadn't expected to see Sasuke at a time like this, much less see him kill "Grandpa Hokage" from behind.
It felt as though his worldview had collapsed.
Then there was Pain Deva Path, who had inexplicably been stabbed in passing.
Even Nagato was taken aback by this turn of events.
Especially after seeing Shinji appear, he felt even more confused, unable to figure out whose side this guy was on or what he wanted to do.
Of course, Nagato had long since given up on recruiting him into the Akatsuki.
Instead, he had been constantly on guard against him poaching his members.
"Why... why on earth?"
Naruto rushed up and demanded an answer from Sasuke in utter fury.
But Sasuke merely glanced at him before retracting the lengthened Kusanagi Sword.
He couldn't even be bothered to explain any of it to Naruto, because he knew he would never get through to him.
It didn't matter anymore, anyway. He had personally killed all of Konoha's senior leadership, and Konoha had been destroyed as well. Most of the anger and hatred in