This was Pain's technique. As soon as the raindrops landed on an intruder, he could immediately sense unfamiliar chakra entering Amegakure.
It was even more obnoxious than Konoha's barrier-with Konoha's, once you slipped through using a few concealment methods, you no longer had to worry about it.
With Pain's technique, as long as you remained within Amegakure's rainfall, you could forget about escaping his eyes.
"No choice. We'll have to rely on speed."
Xuan Zhe had no particularly good answer to this technique for the moment, either. He had dumped all his skill points into the berserker path; the assassin stuff wasn't remotely his territory.
The instant he finished speaking, he charged straight toward the tallest iron tower in the village, not caring at all whether the patrolling Rain Ninja spotted him.
He didn't know whether that was Pain's lair. He only knew it had once been Hanzō's residence.
"Hey! Mr. Xuan Zhe, wait for me!"
Shisui gritted his teeth and chased after him, rain pelting his body.
He valued this operation more than his life.
Because on their journey from the Land of Fire to the Land of Rain, Xuan Zhe had told him that the culprit who had unleashed the Nine-Tails and left the Uchiha taking the blame was almost certainly hiding in Amegakure.
As long as they caught that man, they could clear the Uchiha Clan of those baseless charges.
Shisui's eyes had immediately lit up.
If he could really resolve the Uchiha's problems here, even throwing away his life here would be worth it.
On the top floor of Amegakure's tower, the wind carried damp air through the broken window openings.
What Xuan Zhe had said earlier had been meant for the boy beside him.
He hadn't come all this way for Obito at all. His