"Die, you brat from Sunagakure!!!"

Raikage, now completely enraged, had only one target in mind: Sasori.

No puppet that stood in his way could escape being destroyed. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

At this moment, Sasori’s frustration was something only his grandmother Chiyo might understand.

Because just as Chiyo had been powerless against Tsunade, Sasori now found himself powerless against Raikage.

The various attacks from the puppets were useless against Raikage.

Either they couldn’t keep up, or they couldn’t even break through his defense.

Meanwhile, Raikage’s Taijutsu was so strong that any contact with the puppets reduced them to scrap.

If Raikage kept chasing Sasori, it wouldn’t be long before Sasori was left completely alone.

"Shinra Tensei!!!"

With a powerful punch, Raikage felt as though his fist was being pushed back by a strong repulsive force, throwing him and others back.

At a critical moment, the Six Paths of Pain and other members of the organization arrived.

When the Six Paths of Pain appeared, everyone looked uncertainly into their eyes.

The legendary Sage’s eyes, Konohagakure’s intelligence had not been wrong.

But why did all six of them have the Sage’s eyes?

"Madara!!!"

The Third Hokage’s attention was not on the Six Paths of Pain, but fixed on Obito, the one who caused the Nine-Tails disaster on his own.

At this moment, Obito stood beside the Six Paths of Pain, his mask still on.

Noticing someone staring at him, the Three-Tomoe Sharingan under his mask looked directly at the Third Hokage.

"It seems like it’s going to be a tough battle."

The battle paused briefly, and most of the people’s eyes were on the Six Paths of Pain.

The Third Hokage was one of the few exceptions.

Compared to the Six Paths of Pain and the Sage’s eyes, he was more concerned with Obito, who was disguised as Uchiha Madara.

In the original story, the Six Paths of Pain invaded Konohagakure, and with their power alone, they destroyed the entire village.

However, at that time, Konohagakure did not have any strong figures, which is why it was devastated so badly.

Now, the Akatsuki was facing the strongest members of the five great ninja villages, especially the Five Kage. Even if the Six Paths of Pain were strong, they could not match the strength they had in Konohagakure.

Although Pain’s abilities were powerful, his most frequently used Shinra Tensei and Bansho Ten’in had a fatal flaw: the interval between using Ninjutsu.

With someone as fast as Raikage, once he found Pain’s weakness, he could take full advantage of it.

Unfortunately, among the Six Paths of Pain, only the Deva Path was strong in direct combat.

The most difficult one to handle was the Animal Path.

But luckily, the Allied Forces had Oonoki.

The Dust Release’s disintegration ability was no joke, and the summoned beasts wouldn’t be much of a challenge for Oonoki.

Along with the Third Hokage, Rasa, and the unaffected Yagura, the Allied Forces had plenty of reinforcements.

In terms of visible strength, the Akatsuki had little advantage.

As expected, when the Six Paths of Pain appeared, the first to act was the Animal Path.

With the Animal Path’s summoning technique, various summoned beasts such as the split dog, hell crab, Hell bird, chameleon, bull, rhino, panda, and centipede appeared on the battlefield, ready to fight alongside Sasori’s puppets.

"Did their technique push you back?"

Facing the luxurious lineup of the Akatsuki, the Allied Forces showed no signs of retreating.

Oonoki and Rasa landed beside Raikage, and Oonoki asked him.

Raikage rubbed his fist and responded calmly:

"Yeah, a strange repelling ability, probably a technique of the Sage’s eyes."

"The Sage’s eyes are powerful, but I believe there’s a downside to such techniques."

Every Ninjutsu has its flaws, and the eye techniques of the Rinnegan are no exception.

The interval between uses is the flaw of Shinra Tensei.

If the Rinnegan’s true owner used these eyes, there wouldn’t be such a problem.

Unfortunately, the Rinnegan doesn’t belong to Nagato.

Even though he uses Shinra Tensei and Banshō Ten’in with such ease, when Uchiha Madara gets his hands on the eyes, he has no interest in messing with them.

"I’ll take care of this strange guy. You all handle the others."

Raikagedirectly named who would deal with the Deva Path.

Oonoki frowned slightly, seemingly not fond of Raikage’s decisiveness, but it was good that the other side was willing to take on more work:

"Then I’ll help control the battlefield, providing support and taking care of these big creatures."

With so many summoned beasts on the battlefield, does he really think Oonoki will just stand by?

"I’ll eliminate the traitor for the village first. Magnet Release can deal with puppets."

Rasa looked at Sasori, ignoring the others. He had to deal with Sasori first.

Magnet Release is particularly deadly against puppets.

"He turned the third Kazekage into a puppet, be careful."

The third Kazekage was Rasa’s teacher. Both of them can use Magnet Release—one with iron sand, the other with gold sand.

"I can handle this."

Without looking back, Rasa walked toward Sasori.

"I’ll provide support."

Yagura shrugged and took the weapons off his back.

The Third Hokage silently glanced at Obito.

Everyone understood. The old man was out for revenge, revenge for the Night of the Nine Tails.

"It looks like I’m the target."

The Third Hokage locked onto him, but Obito wasn’t the slightest bit flustered.

His appearance wasn’t to assist Nagato; it was simply to protect the organization’s reputation.

As for the Third Hokage... What could he do by just locking eyes with him?

As long as there’s no way to counter him, as long as Obito doesn’t want to fight, the Third Hokage couldn’t hold him back.

Indirectly dragging down a strong member of the Allied Forces also helped relieve pressure on Nagato and the organization.

The rest depended on Nagato.

"Madara, why did you plan the Night of the Nine Tails? Why did you do such harm to Konohagakure?!"

After several years, seeing Obito—the mastermind behind it all—again, the Third Hokage couldn’t control his emotions.

The Night of the Nine Tails was a memory he still couldn’t face.

"To make Konohagakure feel pain."

Obito’s answer was direct and decisive, striking the Third Hokage’s ribs with brutal honesty.

Why?

Just to make you all feel pain. Nothing more.

In short, it was pure obsession.

Obito focused on Konohagakure, on Kushina, on Minato, and Konohagakure—simply because of Nohara Rin.

As for weakening the Five Great Shinobi Countries’ strength, that was just an excuse.

And with Kakashi unable to keep his mouth shut, revealing Kushina’s due date, Obito got the chance to act.

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