Assistance

To Uchiha Obito, the rest of the intelligence was irrelevant. In the end, cannon fodder like the White Zetsu Army and the Impure World Reincarnation army would sweep forward to draw the Shinobi Allied Forces' attention, while the main fighting force captured the jinchuriki and seized the tailed beasts.

However, the previous situation, where the enemy was in the open and they were in the shadows, had changed somewhat. Akatsuki, which had once known the shinobi world's intelligence inside out, now found it much harder than before to gather information, since the Five Great Shinobi Villages had all begun to stay on guard.

That was why Uchiha Obito had made demands of his only two remaining subordinates. This sort of mission was extremely troublesome. Infiltrating the Shinobi Allied Forces was not too difficult; the real challenge was infiltrating the upper echelons of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, gaining access to important combat meetings, and obtaining top-secret intelligence.

Such a thing was easier said than done. If it had truly been that simple, White Zetsu and Uchiha Obito himself would have done it already. There would have been no need to summon the last two official members for a strategy meeting and pool their ideas.

"Then Kisame Hoshigaki, you should be able to do it, right?"

"As you wish!"

Having once impersonated the Mizukage for a long time, "Madara Uchiha" naturally knew the characteristics of Samehada, one of the Seven Ninja Swords of the Mist. As long as he found the right opportunity, he could carry out perfectly concealed reconnaissance. As for the other taciturn subordinate...

"Kakuzu, what do you plan to do?"

Kakuzu calmly shook his head.

"Gathering intelligence isn't my specialty. Even charging into battle would be easier than this!"

"Is that so?"

Kakuzu's answer did not surprise Uchiha