The wandering ninja and rogue ninja were naturally no match for the members of the Akatsuki. They barely even qualified as opponents.
The gap in strength was immense. Any one of them could have stepped forward and swept away all those wandering ninja.
Even the relatively stronger wandering ninja were easily crushed.
They were on completely different levels!
One could say the Akatsuki had dealt with this large, disorganized mob as though they were playing around.
But precisely because there were so many of them, it had still taken the Akatsuki some time.
Before dealing with Orochimaru, they had to drive away these annoying flies.
The Akatsuki was not worried about their strength, but with these people present, Orochimaru might cause something unexpected to happen.
To be safe, it was better to send these people packing.
That had held them up here for the time being, but the battle was now over. After most of the wandering ninja had been killed, the survivors had completely lost their will to fight and fled in a hurry.
Rumble...
The reverberations of battle reached them from afar!
The members of the Akatsuki took their eyes off the fleeing wandering ninja and looked into the distance.
"That location-is Kakuzu fighting Orochimaru?"
"Yes, that's Kakuzu. I've seen his Fire Release and Lightning Release. That's what they look like after they explode."
"No, haven't you noticed that Kakuzu's Ninjutsu doesn't seem to have the upper hand?"
"How is that possible? Orochimaru is definitely no match for Kakuzu. Besides, Hidan is there too. Defeating Orochimaru would be far too easy for those two."
"I'll go take a look. Hmm!"
An excited Deidara made a large bird out of explosive clay and jumped straight onto it. "Hurry up and follow me, hmm!"
Before he had finished speaking, the