Kurotsuchi said, "Old man, what exactly is that thing? A Summoning Beast?"
Ōnoki said, "It should be..."
The Raikage spat and snapped, "One after another. What a pain! Stay here. I'll go take it down!"
Rasa raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure? Something that big isn't going down through brute force alone."
"Hmph! I don't think anything of it!" The Raikage had barely finished speaking when a tremendous crash suddenly came from the center of the battlefield.
In that single instant, most of the allied shinobi caught within it were struck down without exception, their injured bodies scattering and falling.
It was as though some mysterious force had flung them away.
As the thick smoke cleared, six shinobi wearing Red Cloud Black Cloaks dimly came into view.
"Are these people... new members of the Akatsuki?"
"Wait, look at their eyes...!"
Ōnoki took a close look, and his usually composed gaze finally lost its composure.
Purple eyes, with ominous patterns of concentric circles...
"Those eyes, c-could they be...!"
"The Rinnegan!"
"!!!"
The Five Kage were stunned. They had never imagined that the Akatsuki would actually possess the legendary eyes, the Rinnegan!
While they were still reeling, a swirling distortion slowly appeared before the Five Kage.
"Five Kage, don't waste your strength. You've already lost..." The masked Obito emerged from the vortex, his words ice-cold.
As he spoke, Obito pointed at the nearly frenzied Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in the distance. "The chakra of all the Tailed Beasts has already been sealed into the vessel. This world... can finally welcome true peace..."
Rasa shouted, "Vessel? What exactly is that thing? And who are you?"
The Sharingan in Obito's right eye was in plain sight. The Five Kage understood that he had to be a member of the Uchiha Clan.
And