Who could have imagined that the terrifying force that had just sliced through the entire industrial district had come from this timid-looking boy in glasses, who blushed so easily?
As the Raikage appeared, the other members of the Samui Squad gathered around as well.
Compared with the exhausted, dirt-covered faces of the Kumogakure ninja,
the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist on Kirigakure's side all looked invigorated, as though their warm-up had only just begun.
"Kirigakure and Kumogakure actually joined forces?"
"Two great ninja villages surrounding the Akatsuki. Quite the spectacle."
"It seems you won't rest until you've wiped us out today."
Nagato spoke expressionlessly, but his gaze passed over the crowd and settled on a particular spot.
There, Gekkō Raito walked out unhurriedly with his hands in his pockets. Like a dutiful bodyguard, Sasuke silently followed half a step behind him.
Gekkō Raito stopped and studied Nagato with interest.
Seeing Nagato moving freely in his own body, Gekkō Raito was briefly taken aback. Then he sensed the violent octopus chakra inside him, and understanding dawned.
"So that's it. You actually turned yourself into a jinchūriki. Hoping to turn things around with a tailed beast's power?"
As Gekkō Raito approached, Zabuza and the others immediately reined in their swagger. With their enormous Ninja Blades on their backs, they gathered behind him like stars surrounding the moon.
The scene made it perfectly clear who held absolute authority here.
Just then, Haku appeared at Gekkō Raito's side like a phantom.
"I searched everywhere below, but found no sign of the Orochimaru you mentioned, Lord Gekkō Raito."
Haku had suddenly disappeared earlier because he had been ordered to search for Orochimaru. After all, killing the caster was the only way to deal with the Impure World Reincarnation army at its source.
Otherwise, even