Deva Path, Konan, and Sasori launched their attack.
Sasori used Hiruko's mechanical arm to unleash a barrage of poison senbon needles in all directions.
It happened so suddenly that most Anbu ninjas guarding the area were struck by the poisoned needles and quickly paralyzed from the toxin.
At the very moment Sasori attacked, Shindai summoned Kannazuki. Utilizing its Magnetic Stability, all the incoming poisoned needles were absorbed onto Kannazuki's body.
Therefore, the Hokage's personal guards stationed at the doorstep—including Shindai—weren't hit by the needles.
Shindai looked seriously at the three newcomers. He hadn't expected that, even without Obito going rogue, these three troublesome individuals had come straight here now.
Seeing Kannazuki, Sasori looked at Shindai with surprise, "Oh? So it's you."
"Fucking bastard, you dirty little punk who only uses sneaky moves! How dare you show yourself to me again? I remember knocking out one of your teeth last time. Perfect! I'll finish you off today!"
Shindai immediately started cursing at Sasori, leaving even Obito and the others momentarily stunned by his language.
Obito quietly asked, "You know each other?"
Shindai answered, "Yeah. Rogue ninja from Sunagakure, Chiyo's grandson—Sasori of the Red Sand!"
Sasori's face turned dark. He'd barely said a word before getting verbally assaulted by Shindai.
Seeing Sasori's expression, Shindai guessed that the Red Sand Sasori probably hadn't transformed himself into a human puppet yet.
After all, human puppets wouldn't have expressions.
Shisui Uchiha drew his wakizashi from his back and activated his Spinning Three-Tomoe Sharingan. "Prepare for battle! Don't let them take a single step closer!"
The remaining Anbu ninjas and members of the Hokage's guard unit charged forward, launching a hail of Ninjutsu techniques, shuriken, and kunai toward Deva Path, Konan, and Sasori.
[Shinra Tensei!]
A powerful repulsive force surged outward, deflecting all incoming attacks—including jutsu, shuriken, and kunai.
[Universal Pull!]
Deva Path attracted an Anbu ninja toward him, then grasped a Black Receiver and drove it into the chest of the fallen ninja.
[Dance of the Shikigami]
Konan transformed her body into countless sheets of paper. Her lower body detached and reformed into a pair of paper wings, lifting her into the air.
Then Konan manipulated the sheets of paper, shaping them into spears that rained down upon the Anbu ninjas and the guard unit below.
Sasori also launched attacks through the mechanisms and traps embedded in Hiruko.
In an instant, the casualties among the Anbu and Hokage's guard unit became severe.
Shisui Uchiha performed Hand Seals and, using his Sharingan, created multiple Shadow Clones. The clones joined his true form in attacking Deva Path and Sasori together. However, a single Shinra Tensei from Deva Path sent Shisui flying from among his Shadow Clones.
The three enemies were extremely powerful, and the enemies' abilities remained unknown. Therefore, Shisui Uchiha decided to adopt a defensive strategy first, in order to assess the enemies' strength and skills.
Shisui then directed the still-capable ninja into setting up a defensive counterattack formation.
Shindai, Obito, and Kakashi Hatake had already joined the battle.
Currently, the biggest threat wasn't Deva Path or Sasori, but Konan, who was flying.
Control the sky, control the advantage.
Thus, Shindai, who could also fly, confronted Konan directly.
Through his research on magnetic fields, Shindai no longer needed Iron Sand Wings to fly.
Shindai lifted off from the ground, completing hand seals and immediately activating a powerful technique to restrict Konan's movements.
Magnet Release: Iron Sand World Method!
Using iron sand, Shindai created a massive spiked dome in the air. Konan flapped her wings frantically, dodging the sharp iron sand spikes aimed at her.
At the same time, Shindai controlled Kannazuki within the barrier, launching it at Konan.
Deva Path turned his gaze toward Konan, who was now trapped midair, and pointed his palm in her direction.
Shinra Tensei!
An explosive repulsion blast shattered countless iron sand spikes, rescuing Konan from the deadly trap.
After helping Konan escape, Deva Path redirected his palm toward Shindai.
Universal Pull!
An immense pulling force yanked Shindai straight toward Deva Path.
Magnet Release! Iron Sand Spear!
Shindai compressed the iron sand into an ultra-dense, razor-sharp spear shape and hurled it at Deva Path.
If Deva Path continued absorbing, the iron sand spear would pierce through his body first.
Sure enough, Deva Path immediately ceased Universal Pull.
Shindai grabbed the radio: "Asu Natsuka, channel chakra to Obito and enhance his dojutsu!"
At home, Pakura and Hikaku Uchiha's eyes narrowed—something must've gone wrong?
Hikaku instantly activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and began transferring chakra to Obito.
Obito, who had been fighting defensively with Kakashi Hatake on the battlefield, suddenly felt a surge of chakra surge through his chakra network.
Inside Obito's earpiece, Shindai's voice came through: "Obito, your dojutsu is ready now! Rip that guy's masked face off!"
Upon hearing he could finally use his dojutsu, Obito became ecstatic: "Got it!"
Obito activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and locked his vision onto Deva Path's head.
Kamui!
Deva Path's head distorted. Just as his skull was about to be severed and pulled into the Kamui dimension, Deva Path unleashed Shinra Tensei once again, applying the repulsive force upon himself and forcibly shifting his position.
Obito's Kamui missed Deva Path.
The Deva Path of Pain's gaze fell upon Obito's eyes. "Another Mangekyo Sharingan?"
The Mangekyo Sharingan of Shisui Uchiha... and now another one from Obito. A Magnet Release kekkei Genkai user was also present, along with a group of elite Konoha ninja who had finally regrouped.
Deva Path judged that they couldn't handle this situation with just the three of them.
At this time, the Six Paths of Pain hadn't been fully assembled yet. Only three of the Six Paths had been created, with the other two guarding Amegakure.
However, their only purpose was to serve as distractions.
The Deva Path looked toward Konan hovering in midair. "Konan, come fight by our side."
Now the situation had reversed, with Deva Path, Konan, and Sasori switching to a defensive counterattack stance.
Shindai focused entirely on attacking Sasori, manipulating Kannazuki while launching Magnet Release techniques at him, all while hurling insults: "A genius puppet artist? Seems like anyone can claim to be a genius these days. In my eyes, your Human Puppets are nothing but trash!
What's wrong? Too afraid to fight on your own and hiding behind those two weaklings? Where's your Third Kazekage Human Puppet? Scared to face me alone? Brat! If you've got any courage, fight me directly!"
Sasori grew extremely irritated from Shindai's verbal abuse—how dare he look down upon his art?
But what puzzled Sasori was that since he'd transformed the Third Kazekage into a Human Puppet, he'd never actually used it in battle before. How did Shindai know about it?
Sasori unfurledled a scroll and released the Third Kazekage.
"Fine then—have it your way!"
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