Shinji, who had joined the elite shinobi unit, pretended to survey the battlefield while watching the Five Kage converse in the distance.
There was no doubt about it: he had staged the Akatsuki Organization's infighting himself.
The unnamed woman played "B." She happened to have red Susanoo, just like the one conjured by Karin's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan earlier, making her a convincing fake.
"H," "D," and "E," who had surrounded her, were played by Haku, Karin, and one of Shinji's Shadow Clones.
There were two reasons for arranging things this way. First, Karin, who had played "B," no longer had the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and couldn't use Susanoo. Putting on this act would have revealed too much about her Rinnegan.
And Yakumo was always by Tsunade's side, making it difficult to fool anyone with a Shadow Clone.
So Shinji had the unnamed woman stand in as "B," while Karin fought with Wood Release under the name "D."
That meant the three currently beside Shinji—the unnamed woman, Haku, and Karin—were all Shadow Clones.
He drew his gaze away from the Five Kage and let the corner of his mouth lift.
Judging by their reactions so far, it seemed the act had worked.
That was only natural. Haku's Ice Release and Karin's Wood Release were both powerful bloodline techniques capable of holding their own against Susanoo.
And to make the scene more convincing, they had all fought at full strength, sparing no Chakra. The battlefield had looked extraordinarily intense, with a world-ending air that seemed to shake mountains and flood the land.
In those circumstances, the people of Kirigakure would never have guessed that Shinji had arranged this great battle just to make them believe the Akatsuki Organization was tearing itself apart. Not one of them—including Acting Mizukage Mei Terumi—had spotted the