Two hundred meters beneath the sea.
Mei Terumi's expression darkened. "I don't know which force it is, but we must activate the formation immediately."
Ao said reluctantly, "Mizukage-sama, activating Tidal Surge now won't completely destroy the Cloud Village fleet."
Mei Terumi shook her head. "We can't take the risk. If they're Cloud Village scouts and they become wary, all our preparations will have been for nothing."
Ao nodded bitterly. "I'll go make the arrangements."
Mei Terumi looked into the distance, in the direction Cloud Village would be coming from.
Cloud Village, consider yourselves lucky.
Having made her decision, Mei Terumi immediately summoned the members of the sensing unit.
"How long until the Cloud Village fleet reaches this location?"
The sensing unit's leader was named Bito, an Elite Jonin.
He swam over. "Reporting to Mizukage-sama, they are still a hundred li from the optimal position."
Mei Terumi furrowed her brow. "Prepare to go down and activate Tidal Surge ahead of schedule."
Bito's face changed drastically. "Mizukage-sama, Cloud Village will suffer very little damage at this position. At most, we'll destroy some of their ships. The loss outweighs the gain."
Mei Terumi shook her head. "The information has already been leaked. Activate the formation immediately."
Bito also understood that if the intelligence had leaked, all their efforts over this period would have been wasted.
Bito nodded resentfully. "Yes!"
Before long, the order had been passed down.
Every Hidden Mist Village ninja in the deep sea received the command and moved to safe positions.
A small number of elites began pouring Chakra into the gigantic formation.
The fish in the surrounding waters began fleeing frantically.
Silt slowly churned across the seabed, and the waters beneath the entire surface became completely obscured.
Mei Terumi swam up to the surface and stood atop the water,