"Lord Raikage, leave Kisame Hoshigaki to Kirigakure!" Seeing the Raikage's furious yet hesitant expression, the Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi, thoughtfully took on the task of dealing with Kisame Hoshigaki.
After all, Kisame Hoshigaki's fighting style heavily countered the Raikage. His Water Release ninjutsu created favorable terrain and restricted the Raikage's high-speed taijutsu, while Samehada in his hand countered the defensive power of the Raikage's Lightning Release Armor.
So, even though the Raikage was stronger than Kisame Hoshigaki, he would still find it difficult to gain the upper hand in a real fight.
"Then I'll leave him to you." The Fourth Raikage hesitated slightly. Though he was a brute, he knew what was what. He understood that facing Kisame Hoshigaki himself would be too much of a struggle, so he immediately handed the task over to Kirigakure.
"Oh? The new Mizukage?" A savage expression appeared on Kisame Hoshigaki's face. "Let me see what you're made of!"
As Kisame Hoshigaki made his move, the entire Akatsuki Organization and the five... four Kage also began their respective battles.
Uchiha Obito faced Namikaze Minato, while Uzumaki Nagato faced Jiraiya—a battle between two pairs of master and disciple.
After Kakashi exposed his identity as the son of the Konoha White Fang, Sasori of the Red Sands chased him all over the place. Against Sasori of the Red Sands fighting at full strength, Kakashi was still slightly lacking in power.
Ao, whose Byakugan allowed him to see through things, joined forces with Zabuza Momochi, who had yet to defect, against Kakuzu and his five hearts.
Konan and Pakura faced Kitsuchi and Ōnoki. Meanwhile, the masses of White Zetsu emerging from the ground surrounded the remaining shinobi.
As for Sarutobi Toru, his opponent was Mifune, the general of the Land of Iron.
Naturally, Mifune was no match