Within Tianxing Fortress, Nawaki's Zero-Tails clone was digesting the negative energy absorbed from the battlefield. The intense negative emotions generated by several thousand Mist Ninja before their deaths were enough to replenish all the chakra expended in the bombardment, with some left over.
Sensing that the waters where the Kirigakure fleet had once been had become a dead zone, Nawaki was very satisfied with the results of this air raid. He had no idea, however, that this surprise attack had nearly erased Mei Terumi, the future Fifth Mizukage, and caused a massive shift in the course of events.
The air raid had succeeded so thoroughly because Nawaki had learned the Mist Ninja's exact landing site in advance through the Anbu, and had already sailed Tianxing Fortress to a nearby location to await their arrival.
Night was fair. It not only sheltered the Kirigakure fleet, but also obscured their own vision. When the Kirigakure Shinobi Army successfully landed beneath the cover of darkness, they never noticed that a massive predator had long been lurking nearby, waiting for them to walk into its jaws.
And this predator was extremely patient. In order to catch every last piece of prey in one net, Nawaki did not launch his assault the moment the Mist Ninja landed. Instead, he patiently waited until the eighty thousand Mist Ninja had pushed deep into the western region of the Land of Fire. Only after the ninja aboard the fleet had completely lowered their guard did he follow the predetermined route, swoop down on the target, and deliver a fatal blow.
This air raid plan had been Nawaki's contingency measure all along. Destroying Kirigakure's fleet cut off their retreat, turning the eighty thousand landing troops into turtles in a jar. Even if the plan to annihilate them failed, Konoha's