Dull

[Almighty Push (Shinra Tensei)] 

A is flung a considerable distance from Pain.

"What is this Jutsu?" He crashes on a rocky landscape. He gets up unscathed but he's more glad the flight is over. Upon getting up, he doesn't have time to process the situation properly. Children, men, women, elderly are getting crushed under the rubble in this mayhem. He issues one more order in the means of war cry before rushing back into the fight :

"MOBILIZE ALL BATTALIONS! TEND TO THE WOUNDED AND EVACUATE THOSE WHO CANT FIGHT! THIS IS WAR! WAR!"

On a slightly hidden side of the village, Shuradō opens his body up. Arms, back and head all blooming into violent flowers. Their scent is carnage and destruction. Their pollen spilling blood. One missile splitting into six. Six missiles exploding on six houses. Six demolished houses, damaging a dozen other houses with their fallen rubble and collateral damage. A dozen houses crashing on a hundred people, killing a third, maiming the second third and orphaning and widowing the last third. As another giant wall threatened to crush a child, a saving light was heard along his cries for help :

[Lava release : Rubber Defence]

Dodai - an attendant of the Raikage - joins the fray, saving the kid in the process.

"Th... Thank you."

"Where is your family, child ?"

"Under the house..." He says, holding back scared and thankful tears.

"I see... Amai, join the rest in the hospital and tend to the wounded. And you two..." Dodai hints at the two bulky Kumo shinobis in their flak jacket to unearth the child's relatives under the rubble.

But that was far from being the last of the village's worries, as Ningendō was choking the life out of its residents one by one. One touch, absorbing the life out, in the shadows where it could easily single out an unfortunate passerby.

"This one doesn't know either." The victim's body, hollow and drooling, is left to die after its most important part is extracted. 

Jigokudō is raising hell on his side of the village. Coupled with his speed, he easily holds up one or two persons that were already injured by the assaults, asking them the same question.

"Where is the Eight-tails?"

"Get lost, terrorist." 

"As if anyone would ever answer you."

"I'd suggest you answer, or else your life is lost."  He summons the King on hell, elongating and dragging their tongues, then letting go after holding them for a short time.

"So you two didn't know, either."

Konan gathers herself as a flock of paper next to Chikushōdō. 

"Pain. It seems none of the villagers know where he is."

"Tightly shut military secret. We'll have to target their top brass then." 

"So... The Raikage."

"Tendō is already there. Join it along with Gakidō in advance. I'll catch up and summon the rest when I'm done."

"Alright." Konan dissolves herself.

[Summoning Jutsu : Giant Drill-Beaked Bird ]

Chikushōdō summons the monstrous bird to his side, flying him high up to witness the scenery. A couple glances around later, he decides to join one of his paths, where his shared vision is most needed.

In the meantime, Ningendo was caught by Dodai, trapped in his Rubber Prison.

"I was right. With all this diversion, someone was bound to investigate in the shadows. Looks like this one can't do much more than sucking the life out with a touch. Intel, most likely." 

Meanwhile, Kumo Shinobis are struggling to fend off the path of hungry ghosts, Gakidō. All of their jutsus being absorbed, they remain powerless as their chakra is drained with no result.  Jigokudō then makes his move, easily holding them again, by ones or twos to ask again, and again and again. But it seems futile as no one is informed of the Raikage's brother's location. 

[Lightning Style : Thunderbolt] 

Samui's cell enters combat, engaging the two Akatsuki clad figures in the middle of their village's ruins. But Gakidō intercepts, absorbing the attack once again.

[Cloud Style : Crescent Moon Beheading]

Omoi immediately follows it up with an attack with his fairly long sword, slicing Gakidō to bits.

"One down."

Karui then prompts a surprise attack behind Jigokudō, but the latter dodges it as if he had eyes behind his back.

"WHA-"

"That was totally a blind spot, back to the wall and from above, there is no way he could have seen that one coming. Unless God was watching him. Is God watching over him ? Is that so ? Are we getting smitten ? Did we sin ? Is that why the village is being targeted like that ?" Omoi dwells and goes down his usual rabbit hole of overthinking before being interrupted by Samui.

"Look up. There's his 'God'." She points at the gigantic bird that flew overhead.

[Reverse Summoning Jutsu]

Chikushōdō recalls Jigokudō and Gakidō.

"Ningendō got caught and sealed, but that was the risk of investigating in the shadows alone... Shuradō is only destroyed. I'll head there first." The giant bird changes direction.

"Lord Darui, reporting" J and K arrive at Darui's location, who was seemingly just done dismantling Shuradō.

"The reported enemies are seven. The lord Raikage is currently fighting one in the plaza under his office.  One was captured by Lord Dodai. Four are currently missing."

"And this is the last one, huh. Let's hurry to the Raikage's location." says Darui, while stepping on Shuradō's remaings.

[Summoning Jutsu : Giant Rhino]

Darui, J and K barely avoid the charging mad beast's frontal assault that would have definitely been fatal. But they left Shuradō's remains under the Chikushōdō, which the latter gathered and...

[Summoning Jutsu : King of Hell]

... fed to the sizable creature with a mouth spanning almost his entire stature.

"What are these creepy summons, they're unbelievably strong as well. This is not normal."

  Darui calmly questions the absurdity of the situation then, utters an order.

"J, keep gathering intel and relay it to Dodai for everyone to hear. K, you'll join the Raikage. And bring C and Atsui with you. Moroi, you too."

"I can't do that. The enemy is too strong, Lord Darui."

"Trust in the Raikage's right hand and go. These small fry are Dull (Daru). Their goal is B's info, and the Raikage might get ambushed by the missing four. And your barriers are needed to protect the villagers."

"... Roger." Moroi joins the Raikage, not knowing whether Darui's brave front is warranted or a sacrificial façade.

"I wanted Gakidō to be hunting the Raikage with Konan but this guy already beat Shuradō. Time to stir things up a bit." Pain thinks.

Darui readies himself to fight against the trio, but Jigokudō withdraws. It's fixing Shuradō and is heading towards the Raikage and Tendō's location.

"Now, then... It's you and me, freaks." 

Darui faces Chikushōdō and Gakidō.

------------Outcome---------------------

Ningendo : Captured and sealed.

Casualties : 300 dead, 1500+ injured, 200+ whereabouts unknown.

Damage : Half the buildings destroyed.

--------- Chapter 17 : End ----------------