The Advantage Is Mine, Nagato

In fact, that man already had a terrifying record: he had stormed a major ninja village alone and broken through its defenses head-on.

Their leader's eyes were said to be the eyes of a sage, but he had only beaten them into submission. He had never displayed power on that scale.

And worst of all, for someone already so cunning, Uchiha Genya apparently possessed an eye technique that could see into the future.

Didn't that mean Uchiha Genya might already know the Akatsuki Organization was about to attack Konoha?

How were they supposed to fight him?

Kisame Hoshigaki and Biwa Juzo had both been there for the battle at Kirigakure. As they listened to Obito's account, they seemed to recall its horrors and fell even quieter.

That thing could hardly be called human!

They had charged in full of confidence. Some were electrocuted into charcoal; others were punched into unrecognizable heaps, one after another.

Even a war of attrition, the most conventional approach, had been useless. Uchiha Genya's chakra seemed bottomless. He could casually unleash a massive technique like Ten Thousand Lightning Burial, then carry on as though nothing had happened, ruthlessly hunting down anyone who had escaped.

How could a monster so far beyond the norm exist in the Ninja World?

He had suppressed an entire ninja village on his own, and throughout it all, he had never used Susanoo. He had subdued all of Kirigakure without needing it.

That meant he likely still had strength to spare.

They had seen no hope of winning. Coupled with their deep resentment of Kirigakure's Bloody Mist, that was why they had defected and joined the Akatsuki Organization.

Against an enemy like that, they truly could not see the slightest hope of victory.

After Obito finished telling them what he knew about