The office walls exploded along with the Wood Release barrier outside.
The Six Paths of Pain appeared.
Kakashi stared at the concentric rings in their eyes, his heart tightening. "Is that... the Rinnegan wielder Uncle mentioned before?"
Rin Nohara called out urgently, "Where's Konan?"
Deva Path Pain frowned slightly.
It wasn't that he had any particular opinion of Rin Nohara.
He simply disliked all Konoha ninja.
His parents had died at the hands of Konoha ninja.
"She passed out. You can take her away, or-"
Deva Path Pain's gaze turned icy.
"I can kill you all right here."
The Akatsuki needed to keep a low profile for now.
After Amegakure, their new base in Kirigakure had been exposed too. That was no small problem.
If they could eliminate the threat at its root, all the better.
Minato Namikaze gritted his teeth. "This is going to be difficult. Obito with his Space-Time Ninjutsu, plus the Rinnegan wielder... I thought we had enough people. I didn't expect them to be even stronger."
No matter how he looked at it, he wasn't confident he could protect everyone from those two.
Shisui drew his wakizashi, pointing its tip straight at Obito. "Forget it."
His voice sank.
"No matter what, we're taking this man back to prove the Uchiha's innocence-whatever the cost!"
Itachi drew his sword too and stood beside Shisui. "Lord Minato, we'll leave those six with the Rinnegan to you. We'll handle Obito Uchiha."
He paused, then added, "Even if we have to stake our lives on it, we'll get it done."
"...Don't die."
Minato Namikaze knew there was no other choice.
He gave a loud order.
"Everyone but me, go after Obito!"
As the words left his mouth, he formed a cross seal with both hands, creating two shadow clones.
He hurled