Inside the shelter, waves of shaking came down from above, and dust fell.
Uzumaki Aoi, with her daughter Karin and little Naruto, hid in a corner, surrounded by a team of Anbu elite ninja.
As the vessel for the Nine Tails, Naruto's safety was the most important thing, especially since Orochimaru knew Obito's final goal very well, so he wouldn't give them the chance to take Naruto away.
Seeing the worried look on Uzumaki Aoi's face, Uchiha Jinsuke comforted her, "Don't worry, Orochimaru-sama is here, the Akatsuki organization will definitely be taken care of."
Actually, as an elite ninja of the Uchiha, Uchiha Jinsuke wanted to fight on the ground more, but on the other hand, he knew how important the mission to protect the Jinchuriki was, so even though he was a little annoyed, he didn't dare to complain.
Uzumaki Aoi smiled slightly in response to Uchiha Jinsuke's comfort, but her worries didn't lessen at all.
The Uzumaki Clan had a special body, and she and her daughter Karin were even more unique, possessing not only extremely strong life force but also perception far beyond ordinary ninja, even surpassing the Hyuga clan. However, they usually followed Orochimaru's advice to hide their abilities, so they never showed anything.
Now, according to her perception, within a radius of several miles, there were many of those creatures called White Zetsu gathered around this shelter, obviously with bad intentions.
However, since most of them stayed outside the field of vision of the Hyuga ninja in the team, they hadn't noticed anything until now.
Uzumaki Aoi knew she wasn't important, and besides her job of taking care of Naruto on the surface, she wasn't worth mentioning. If she spoke rashly, she might not be believed. Just as she was hesitating whether to remind this team of Anbu ninja, she suddenly noticed a Chakra reaction flash in her perception, and it was clearly not an ally.
"Who's there? Someone's there!"
Uzumaki Aoi stood up, pulling Karin and Naruto behind her, looking warily in a direction in the darkness.
The Anbu ninja were shocked by Uzumaki Aoi's expression. The Hyuga clan member in the team immediately activated his Byakugan, scanning the direction Uzumaki Aoi was pointing.
As expected, he found nothing.
The Hyuga ninja shook his head almost imperceptibly at Uchiha Jinsuke. After all, these three were objects of protection, and they were indeed under some real threat, so it was understandable that they were a bit sensitive. There was no need to blame them at this time; they should be comforted more.
The Anbu ninja, who had truly experienced many battles and performed many missions, naturally knew this very well.
Uchiha Jinsuke then said, "Please don't worry, we are under the orders of Hokage-sama to protect you, and we have deployed sufficient forces. Once the enemy appears, we will definitely repel them, and we will never let..."
Before the comforting words were completely finished, a ghostly figure appeared out of nowhere. In the darkness, that eerie red eye was very obvious.
Gouyu revolved in Uchiha Jinsuke's eyes, and he recognized the other person's identity at a glance, angrily saying, "It's you?"
The guy who had ambushed him and Yakushi Kabuto during their duel, but ended up taking Yakushi Kabuto away.
Along with the past images, rage flooded into his mind, and his emotions were ignited almost instantly. The red light of the Sharingan shone brightly, even rivaling his opponent.
"So this is that so-called Blood Wheel Eye?"
Obito glanced at Uchiha Jinsuke a few more times, but didn't take him seriously, heading straight for Naruto.
After destroying Konoha's sealing points, and receiving a message from White Zetsu that the most troublesome Orochimaru had left Konoha with Tendo Pain, this village was no threat to him at all.
Anyway, since he was free, he might as well bring the Nine Tails' vessel to the Akatsuki organization ahead of time.
Since Nagato had already started using the Ten-Tails to seal the tailed beasts, he would never let him stop. The One-Tail was just the beginning, and the Seven-Tail had already been captured. If he could bring the most troublesome Nine Tails back to Amegakure now, it would be much easier to operate later.
After all, if the Nine Tails went berserk, the consequences would be unimaginable. Konoha was a lesson, and using this as pressure would force Nagato to speed up the tailed beast progress. It was a feasible method.
And today's opportunity was very good.
"Stop right there!"
Uchiha Jinsuke shouted angrily, his fingers flying, and he shot out more than ten kunai in the blink of an eye.
Clang, clang, clang...
These kunai, whether in front or behind, didn't have a fixed force. Under the control of thin wires, two collided, changing their respective flight paths, like a big net, constantly covering the masked man's figure. Whenever he left his state of becoming not solid, he would be attacked immediately.
"Heh... Uchiha throwing skill."
This throwing of ninja tools made Obito's eyes move slightly, but as a member of the Uchiha himself, he knew the weaknesses of this move very well.
Too ingenious, too flashy, consuming a lot of mental energy and effort, and it couldn't last at all, and it was useless to him.
Obito acted as if these kunai didn't exist, passing through the Konoha ninjas like a phantom. More than a dozen kunai stopped in front of the team, sticking into the ground.
Whether it was the Hyuga ninja who had taken a defensive stance, or the other elite ninjas, none of them could touch Obito. They could only watch as he passed through them and reached out to Naruto.
"Gentle Fist!"
In desperation, the Hyuga ninja threw continuous punches at Obito, each blow hitting the phantom, trying to force him to give up.
The method was clumsy but effective. He did briefly stop Obito's actions, but soon, his fists had to stop because Uzumaki Aoi and the other two were in front of him.
"What an idiot."
After a sneer, the next moment, Obito's figure passed by the three figures, one big and two small, and began to solidify, turning to reach for Naruto.
But Naruto was too late, and Uzumaki Aoi was surrounded by the Hyuga ninja and Obito, with no room to dodge. She could only watch as Obito grabbed Naruto's shoulder.
"It's over!"
Unlike his father, this little guy didn't know any space-time ninjutsu or Rasengan. Obito had already announced his fate in his heart.
However, when he actually touched Naruto's body, Obito frowned. This feeling was definitely not a human body.
Almost instantly, the surface of Naruto's body showed up tiny golden needles like a hedgehog, shooting out towards Obito.
Obito immediately activated Kamui, and his body successfully became not solid, but the hand that first touched Naruto wasn't so lucky and was instantly riddled with holes.
Watching Obito retreat back to the corner, Uchiha Jinsuke comforted the surprised and uncertain Uzumaki Aoi, continuing the sentence he hadn't finished earlier, "We will never let him hurt you."
Obito ignored the two of them, and his eyes fell on a person in the corner, "Fourth Kazekage?"
...
The sound of the wind roared in his ears, and Konoha Village quickly became smaller.
While everyone was fighting, Orochimaru was having a friendly ball game with Tendo Pain.
Unfortunately, this exchange between the Akatsuki organization and Konoha didn't last long.
Perhaps Orochimaru's skill, which he had practiced for two and a half days, was too bad, or perhaps Tendo Pain found an opening as the 'ball.' He just shouted, "Shinra Tensei!"
A huge pushing force acted on both of them at the same time, pushing them back a considerable distance.
And an inch has its strengths, and a snake tail has its weaknesses. Such a distance was now beyond Orochimaru's ball control range, so he simply stopped and stayed where he was to catch his breath and rest.
Although he mostly relied on Manda's size to attack during their fight, just keeping it floating in the air consumed his Chakra.
Physical exhaustion was secondary. Using his mind in two places at once was very exhausting. If he hadn't been using clones a lot lately, he wouldn't have been able to do this.
However, Orochimaru was very satisfied with the effort he had put in. He didn't have the bad habit of deliberately humiliating Tendo Pain in different ways.
Looking back at Konoha, Orochimaru turned his gaze to the two huge statues on the ground, and a smile appeared on his face,
"Valley of the End…"
The place where First Hokage Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara fought. In this area, it didn't matter what level the battle reached.
From the beginning, Orochimaru's primary goal was to reduce losses, not to defeat the Six Paths of Pain.
The latter wasn't without benefits, but for now, his base was Konoha. Solving the Akatsuki organization would only arouse Iwagakure and Kumogakure's hostility towards Konoha and start a new round of fighting.
What was most needed right now was to repel Nagato, temporarily dispel his determination to attack Konoha, and buy enough time to perform the First Hokage cell transplant surgery.
As long as he had the Sage's eye and the Sage's body, and went a step further, the Akatsuki organization and Obito's people wouldn't be much.
Constantly growing and strengthening one's own strength was the only way to win.
Many thoughts flashed through Orochimaru's mind, and Tendo Pain, after getting out of Orochimaru's attack range and no longer needing to use 'Shinra Tensei' again, immediately formed hand signs, "Summoning Technique!"
In an instant, a series of smoke billowed up, and except for Kido, the other Six Paths of Pain appeared next to Tendo Pain, their five pairs of strange eyes staring intently at the enemy in front of them.
Orochimaru didn't want to fight the Six Paths of Pain inside Konoha Village, and neither did Nagato want to be surrounded by a group of people like the Third Hokage.
After all, they were Konoha's elite, and if the battle became chaotic, it would be too troublesome to take the opportunity to get rid of Orochimaru. It would be easy for him to find a chance to escape.
In Nagato's eyes, even all of Konoha's elite added together were no match for Orochimaru alone.
The one who had forced him to this point, to have to start the final battle early, was Orochimaru.
"Today, I will definitely get rid of you."
Tendo Pain issued a final warning in a deep voice, and then the other Six Paths of Pain charged directly towards Orochimaru.
The Six Paths of Pain had different abilities. Apart from Tendo Pain, who was one of a kind, the other Pains were better at dealing with ninja.
Right now, it was more like being a sacrifice, temporarily keeping Orochimaru entangled.
Bang!
Manda swung its huge tail, striking the Human Path like a whip. The solid structure that Sasori had painstakingly created was useless, and it disintegrated directly in the air.
However, there was no joy on Orochimaru's face. He flicked his forked tongue, his snake-like eyes fixed on Tendo Pain not far away. He saw that a huge amount of Chakra was beginning to gather on his body, obviously preparing something.
"Don't even think about it!"
With a shout, Orochimaru lunged at Tendo Pain like a swimming dragon, but at this time, apart from the Animal Path who was still in Konoha, the other three Pains were also fighting more desperately, especially the Asura Path, who had enormous strength. Even Manda's scales, which had been nourished by natural energy, couldn't stop his fist.
By the time Orochimaru broke them down one by one, it was too late. The preparation for Tendo Pain's eye technique was obviously nearing its end.
Seeing this, Orochimaru no longer rushed forward, intending to retreat instead.
But at this moment, Tendo Pain clasped his hands together and shouted, "Chibaku Tensei!"
A black core flew out from his palm, exploding with a huge suction force to the outside. In just an instant, Orochimaru's fleeing body froze in mid-air, captured by that gravity.
"Summoning Technique Bye Bye!" Orochimaru twisted his body, and Manda's huge body suddenly turned into a cloud of white smoke, leaving only his half-human, half-snake figure behind.
With Senjutsu Chakra no longer acting on that huge body, Orochimaru actually regained partial control of his body and began to fly away.
"Hmph… useless effort!"
Tendo Pain sneered, his arms slightly raised, and continued to inject Chakra into the core of Chibaku Tensei, and the attraction force suddenly increased several times.
Even though the ninjutsu was being used high in the air, the soil and plants on the ground began to be pulled up, and even the two tall and sturdy statues were uprooted and flew into the sky.
If they were like this, not to mention Orochimaru, who was the true target of Chibaku Tensei, could only barely support himself, but was still being pulled towards the growing stone ball in the sky.
And soon, he couldn't even manage to support himself any longer.
'Chibaku Tensei' was the strongest sealing technique in the ninja world. Even Six Paths level opponents, or even Ootsuki Kaguya, the ancestor of Chakra, couldn't escape it, so how could it be easy to deal with? One of its greatest effects was to suppress the target's Chakra.
And a ninja who lost control of his own Chakra was as weak as an ordinary person.
Seeing soil and rocks gradually engulf Orochimaru, Tendo Pain finally breathed a sigh of relief.
So far, as long as Chibaku Tensei was successfully cast, no one had been able to escape from it. No matter how skilled Orochimaru was, he was useless without Chakra.
"You stay in there. If I give the ninja world a new peace, and you're not dead yet, maybe I'll let you out."
Tendo Pain stared at the stone ball for a moment, and then turned his gaze to the direction of Konoha.
Without Orochimaru, the threat of this largest ninja village was worthless. Although his current condition was not good, should he take the opportunity to destroy it?
He didn't expect to be able to get rid of Orochimaru so smoothly. In that case, those concessions he had left before were no longer necessary.
What he should be worried about was that the heavily damaged Konoha would inevitably arouse the vigilance of other ninja villages, causing a joint attack by many parties against the Akatsuki organization.
"A heavily damaged Konoha will also arouse their vigilance. In that case, let's just destroy them."
Just as he was thinking about what to do next, Tendo Pain's face suddenly changed, and he looked towards the northeast, where his main body was.
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