Naruto: Extreme Bloodline Limit

"Get some rest first. Reorganize your forces. Before absolute strength, any scheme is nothing but a blank sheet of paper."

Ōnoki frowned. As the Commander-in-Chief, he had very little intelligence on the enemy, which made him seem highly negligent.

In truth, Ōnoki had never given up on gathering more intelligence about the enemy forces. What frustrated him was that the enemy seemed to know whenever he sent people to collect information. Their defenses were airtight; even his men would be discovered the moment they arrived. This had never happened before. Not even Konoha possessed such powerful counterintelligence capabilities.

Yet this Small Nations Alliance had managed it!!!

This left Ōnoki feeling somewhat uneasy, but that feeling quickly vanished as the armies from the various villages arrived. Since they could not gather any valuable intelligence, they might as well slaughter their way through. Before absolute strength, all schemes were empty.

Something had gone wrong with the Intelligence Department. Ronglin immediately realized that Akatsuki had made a move. Other than Akatsuki's Black Zetsu, who else could possess such ability?

Black Zetsu was known as the ultimate scout. No one would suspect those plant spores, much less believe they were the enemy's eyes and ears.

Ronglin had originally planned to have Konoha's people investigate, but after learning this, he simply pretended not to know. With Black Zetsu around, sending more people would be pointless. That guy was absurdly formidable.

But Akatsuki's involvement—did they truly intend to swallow all of Kirigakure? If so, they were far too bold.

Kirigakure was not so easy to digest.

"Mm."

Ay clearly agreed with Ōnoki. Charging straight through and seeing who could stop the alliance of the Four Great Ninja Villages was better than sitting here making wild guesses.

Rasa nodded. "But before that, we need to rest and