Nine-Tails Chakra

Inside a certain tower in Hidden Rain Village.

As the Akatsuki Organization's base, it had become somewhat quiet lately.

The reason was simple. After the previous attack plan, some members had defected, others had been captured. In the end, only Fugaku, Nagato, Konan, and Zetsu remained.

After the Five Kage Summit, the Five Great Nations declared war on the Land of Rain. As the true rulers of this country, they naturally received this information.

So Nagato and Konan had gone to hold back the Allied Shinobi Forces as combat power. Now, only Fugaku and Black Zetsu, those two old schemers, remained in Hidden Rain Village.

Neither of them had joined the battle. Instead, they were waiting for the White Zetsu Army to clash with the Allied Shinobi Forces.

The Allied Shinobi Forces... To be honest, when he first heard this intelligence, even Fugaku, the mastermind behind it all, was somewhat dumbfounded, let alone Nagato.

But after his initial daze, Fugaku immediately began preparing for battle.

After all, they had waited a long time for this day.

A war was nothing more than intelligence and military strength.

Although White Zetsu had not obtained the most critical intelligence regarding the Allied Shinobi Forces, its exceptional infiltration abilities allowed the Akatsuki Organization to grasp the situation within a fixed range.

For example, the Allied Shinobi Forces' troop strength...

The Allied Shinobi Forces naturally had many people, but Fugaku remained unflustered.

Over the years, to prepare for any eventuality, he had cultivated a large number of White Zetsu clones inside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

All of these clones were hidden beneath the Land of Rain. There were nearly sixty thousand of them—more than twice the current number of Allied Shinobi Forces!

If he continued cultivating them, their numbers could exceed one