"Hey, Tsunade, look at that woman standing at the tavern entrance. She looks a lot like you.", Arisu joked.
Tsunade followed the direction of his finger and saw a curvy woman with golden-brown hair standing at the tavern entrance holding an umbrella.
Her facial features really did resemble Tsunade's somewhat, especially her face. At first glance, it was easy to think of Tsunade.
Tsunade immediately crossed her arms over her chest and snorted arrogantly.
"Hmph, I'm way slimmer than her. What, do you like big women?"
Arisu smiled and did not answer.
Of course he knew that woman.
Her name was Tsuna. Even Jiraiya had once said she looked very similar to Tsunade.
Rain fell harder and harder.
The two of them, dressed in black robes, walked openly through the streets of Amegakure as if they did not care that they had completely exposed themselves to Akatsuki's surveillance.
At the same time, atop the central tower of Amegakure.
The Deva Path of Pain stood on the tip of the statue's tongue.
Suddenly, Deva Path Pain seemed to sense something. His Rinnegan instantly contracted.
He could not help slightly opening his mouth.
"They really came... This enormous chakra is far beyond Hatake Sakumo's."
"One of Konoha's Two Lights... and Tsunade of the Sannin. Quite a move..."
Deva Path Pain quickly suppressed his shock, and his face returned to its usual cold, emotionless expression.
"Pain, the Akatsuki members have finished preparing in the basement. Itachi, Sasori, Kakuzu, Kisame, Tobi, Zetsu... Should we have them act?", Konan stepped out from the darkness behind him and asked softly.
Deva Path Pain nodded lightly.
"The visitors are Arisu, one of Konoha's Two Lights, and Tsunade, one of Konoha's Sannin.", Pain said.
"What?"
Konan's heart shook. Her light-blue hair trembled slightly.
She had originally thought Konoha would send at most an elite ANBU squad to investigate. She never expected them to throw out such a powerful lineup directly.
"Those two... won't be easy to deal with.", Konan said quietly.
Deva Path Pain looked at the increasingly heavy rain outside the window. A trace of coldness flashed through his Rinnegan.
"Killing these two will benefit our plans to capture the tailed beasts."
"And this is a good opportunity to train the others."
Pain ordered.
Konan nodded. Her paper clone instantly scattered into countless sheets of paper and silently drifted toward the tower's basement.
———
[Akatsuki Organization: Underground Secret Base]
Konan's paper clone took shape. Suppressing the shock in her heart, she announced calmly, "We have enemies."
"The opponents are Arisu, one of Konoha's Two Lights, and Tsunade of the Konoha Sannin."
The moment those words came out, the atmosphere in the basement froze.
Aside from Kisame and Sasori, whose expressions remained unchanged, everyone else's faces shifted slightly.
Uchiha Itachi stood in a corner. His Sharingan flickered faintly as a rare trace of unease rose in his heart.
'That lord... actually came in person. Should I take this chance to report my work to him?'
'After all... he was the one who placed me inside Akatsuki as a spy...'
Out of the corner of his eye, Itachi glanced at Kakuzu beside him, only to find that Kakuzu was also deep in thought.
Stormy waves surged through Kakuzu's heart, but an excited curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.
'Old Master... is it finally time to close the net?'
'As long as the Old Master gives the order, I'll immediately take down Pain!'
He was extremely confident in his current strength.
The Hashirama cells had long since been transplanted. His heart was also a high-grade artificial heart brought from Mount Myoboku. On top of that, the Sage of Six Paths treasures that had fallen into his hands after Kinkaku and Ginkaku died...
Now, he might not necessarily be weaker than Deva Path Pain.
Tobi stood there expressionlessly.
The spiral-pattern mask perfectly hid all his emotions, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.
His face was calm, but inside he was overjoyed.
'Oh my! Oh my! Oh my!'
'The Great Sage has finally arrived. It's time to report my work to him~~'
As for the pitcher-plant Zetsu, he looked completely calm, showing no surprise at all.
After all, he was the one who personally reported the news of Hatake Sakumo's death to the "Great Sage." It was only natural that the other party would come to Amegakure.
The four of them were all thinking.
Kisame and Sasori, meanwhile, were preparing for battle.
Neither Nagato nor Obito had probably imagined it.
Half the people in the organization were spies planted by Arisu.
If they knew, Nagato and Obito probably would not be able to keep it together.
———
On the street, Arisu and Tsunade walked leisurely through the rain in black robes.
As they passed a roadside stall, Arisu casually bought several steaming meat buns. He handed two to Tsunade, kept two for himself, and continued walking while eating.
Before they knew it, the two had entered a dead-end alley made up of thick steel pipes. Tall walls surrounded them, and above them there was only a gray sky and a dense curtain of rain.
Arisu suddenly stopped and signaled to Tsunade with his eyes.
"Come out. We've already noticed you.", Arisu spoke calmly toward the seemingly empty space behind them.
While eating a bun, Tsunade casually turned to look behind her.
The next second...
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Six figures appeared from different directions almost simultaneously, silently sealing off every escape route.
Sasori of the Red Sand, Kisame Hoshigaki, Kakuzu, Uchiha Itachi, Tobi, and the pitcher-plant Zetsu stood in a line, giving off a grim presence.
———
[In A Hidden Location]
Space twisted slightly, and Uchiha Obito slowly appeared wearing his spiral mask.
Looking at the two figures in the distance, the corner of Obito's mouth curved upward beneath the mask as he sneered inwardly.
"Hehehe... One of Konoha's Two Lights and one of the Sannin... today they'll both fall here."
"It's been so many years. I hope your strength is still the same as during the Third Great Ninja War, Arisu..."
Obito folded his arms and silently watched the battle.
Arisu's gaze swept across the six people before him.
"I didn't expect six of you to come at once. Where is your leader? I want to speak directly with your leader.", Arisu asked calmly.
Tsunade unhurriedly finished the last bun, wiped the corner of her mouth, and sharply swept her gaze across the people opposite her.
She could clearly sense that, aside from the strange plant-like man, each of the other five gave off an extremely dangerous presence. Any one of them alone was a Kage-level powerhouse.
At the same time, she could vaguely sense two other powerful chakra signatures in the sky watching this place.
Tsunade's heart sank slightly. She had already secretly prepared herself to activate the Strength of a Hundred Technique and fight to the death.
But when she caught sight of Arisu's calm and composed face beside her, the uneasiness in her heart strangely eased considerably.
Just as Arisu finished speaking...
BOOM!
A figure descended from the sky and landed heavily in front of everyone.
The Animal Path of Pain, wearing the Akatsuki cloak, appeared in the center.
"I am the leader of Amegakure... I am God!"
Animal Path Pain stared at Arisu with his Rinnegan and spoke coldly.
At the same time, a powerful aura spread out from Pain.
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