Magic Lantern Body Technique.
A phantom coalesced beside him.
It was Deva Path Pain.
"Zero, mission accomplished."
Disguised as Nameless, Xuandou spoke.
Pain's phantom nodded slightly.
"Well done."
His gaze swept over Roshi on the ground and Orochimaru standing nearby.
"Bring the Jinchūriki before the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Prepare to extract the Tailed Beast."
"Has everyone else arrived?"
Inside the cavern, phantoms began appearing one after another.
Kakuzu stood in the shadows with his arms folded, only his cold eyes visible.
He glanced at Roshi on the ground and spoke in a raspy voice.
"The Four-Tails? That fast?"
"It seems Orochimaru and Nameless really do have some skill."
Sasori sat on his puppet, expressionless.
"It seems you weren't slacking off."
Deidara's phantom hung in midair, his legs swinging back and forth, his tone full of resentment.
"Hey, Orochimaru, what's with you two?"
"Two people ganging up on one old man!"
"Shut up, Deidara."
Hidan cut Deidara off.
Deidara wanted to argue, but Pain had already raised a hand.
The cavern immediately fell silent.
"Let's begin."
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's fingers moved.
Ten fingers extended from the darkness.
The enormous statue opened its mouth, and a purple dragon formed from chakra emerged.
The dragon's body snaked forward, lunging at Roshi on the ground and clamping its jaws around his body.
Roshi remained lost in the genjutsu.
But his body began trembling instinctively as the Tailed Beast Chakra within him was forcibly stripped away by an irresistible force.
The Tailed Beast extraction had begun.
Xuandou stood nearby, watching the purple dragon drag the Four-Tails, Son Gokū, out of Roshi's body inch by inch.
The pain made Roshi's body convulse; even the genjutsu could not completely block it out.
His mouth opened, and he screamed.
The Demonic