Leave the Rest to Me, Han

On the battlefield!

"Just as expected, compared with the uncertain prospect of obtaining the Four-Tails, the readily available Five-Tails was clearly more tempting!"

Obito's intentions were obvious. Naraku easily saw that he had shifted his attention away from him and onto the Five-Tails Jinchuriki across from them.

This did not surprise Naraku in the least. In fact, this was precisely why he had lured Obito here.

At present, only the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning remained in Konoha's path toward unifying the Shinobi World.

Of the two, the Land of Earth was the key. If Konoha could take down the Land of Earth and make Ōnoki bow his head and surrender to Konoha, then only the Land of Lightning would remain. Standing alone, even with the Fourth Raikage's fierce temperament, he would have to carefully consider whether he could withstand Konoha's bombardment.

Thus, the current battle between Konoha and Iwagakure was crucial.

Led by the Third Tsuchikage, Iwagakure's overall strength was not weak, but neither was it particularly formidable.

Excluding top-tier combatants, their number of shinobi was roughly comparable to Konoha's.

Therefore, in terms of overall combat strength, Iwagakure lagged far behind Konoha. Ōnoki understood this as well. If not for Kumogakure's support, along with Akatsuki's reinforcements, Iwagakure alone would have been completely incapable of competing with Konoha.

Akatsuki's involvement had, in some sense, narrowed the gap between the two sides. However, after Kisame and Sasori's deaths, that gap had widened once more.

Within Akatsuki, aside from Obito and Deidara, only Zetsu and Orochimaru, who remained hidden in the shadows, were left.

Given the current situation, Orochimaru had yet to make a move. As long as Naraku kept Obito occupied, Konoha defeating Iwagakure was only a matter of time.

According to their plan, once the Iwagakure shinobi