Snap! Jin snapped his fingers. Nine solid clones appeared around him.
"B-rank ninjutsu, activate all at once! I'll hold off the other teams' attacks!" As soon as Jin finished speaking, Konoha's group began unleashing attack ninjutsu of their own. The scene immediately became spectacular.
Momochi Zabuza commanded the team to Jin's right. Knowing that his side was not particularly strong, and seeing that neither Jin nor Akatsuki paid them any attention, he immediately kept silent and watched the situation unfold. Akatsuki's attacks were exceptionally sharp; in just one exchange, they wiped out the team on their left. After all, they had fifteen Shadow-level ninja. Konoha's side was no weaker. Though they had only eight ninja, six were Shadow-level, one was Kimimaro, a quasi-Shadow-level ninja, and one was Gaara, a Chunin. Yet after two rounds of ordinary attacks, they had also eliminated the team on their left.
Caught between two powerful teams, Momochi Zabuza could only groan inwardly. His friend Raiga Kurosuki looked at the ninja on both sides before saying to him, "No matter which side we attack, we'll make a powerful enemy. Besides, the twenty of us are no match for either of them. I think we should withdraw!"
Momochi Zabuza looked at Jin's side. Although they had fewer Shadow-level ninja, Jin's strength was known to ninja throughout the world. The three great nations had besieged Konoha and still lost to Jin. One could imagine just how terrifying his strength was. Then he looked at Akatsuki's side. Kisame, one of their officers, was far stronger than him. Momochi Zabuza sighed helplessly. It seemed they had no choice.
Just then, Jin's voice sounded beside Zabuza's ear. "We still have twelve openings on our side. You won't gain anything by facing either of us alone. You can choose your strongest ninja