Uchiha Chuan put on his communicator and said, "I am the commander-in-chief, Uchiha Chuan. Everyone, follow my orders."
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!" The three thousand Akatsuki ninjas immediately responded in unison.
"First and Eighteenth Squads, advance three kilometers toward each other," Uchiha Chuan said.
"Yes." The First and Eighteenth Squads immediately leaped forward, advancing three kilometers.
"Second and Seventeenth Squads, advance two kilometers to the right," Uchiha Chuan continued.
"Third and Sixteenth Squads, retreat three kilometers."
"The..."
"The entire formation has changed!" Nagato and Minato exclaimed as they listened to Uchiha Chuan's commands and studied the formation diagram.
"Alright, now activate the formation as before," Uchiha Chuan said.
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!" The three thousand people answered in unison once more.
"Little Chuan, what effect does this formation have?" Namikaze and Nagato immediately asked.
"You'll find out soon enough." Uchiha Chuan smiled faintly.
At the same time, he secretly formed hand seals, sending a stream of chakra into the ground.
As Uchiha Chuan's chakra flowed underground—
An invisible sense of oppression and suffocation instantly spread outward from the Iwagakure encampment as its core was stripped away.
At that moment, Ōnoki, flying in the sky, also spotted Uchiha Chuan and the others standing atop the mountain.
"They're over there. Hmph, the Rinnegan has appeared openly." Ōnoki stared at Nagato's Rinnegan in shock, then said to Kitsuchi, "Kitsuchi, hold the troops here and don't act rashly. I'll go negotiate and see whether there's an ambush."
"Yes," Kitsuchi answered.
Ōnoki then flew toward Uchiha Chuan and the others.
"Brat, so you're the one with the Rinnegan?" Ōnoki stopped in midair and stared straight at Nagato's eyes.
"Hey, old man, I'm the commander-in-chief. Where are you looking?" Uchiha Chuan's calm voice rang out.
"It's you, Uchiha Chuan. You really aren't dead." Ōnoki was immediately astonished upon seeing him.