In battles between ninja, intelligence mattered most.
Precisely because intelligence was so important, deliberately leaking false information to the enemy was commonplace.
After their team was formed, Kakashi had warned Naruto not to place too much faith in intelligence.
In actual combat, even if you learned about your opponent beforehand, they could adjust and change at any moment.
Intelligence could not be trusted blindly. It had to be assessed, verified, and weighed against the situation at hand.
So far in the battle, Naruto Uzumaki had used Gold Dust, wind release chakra coating, lightning release chakra coating, Flying Thunder God, and the technique that had just turned him into a red paper crane.
He had not used the Wood Release mentioned in the intelligence.
Was it because using rinnegan chakra consumed too much energy?
But he was also the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki. He shouldn't be short on chakra.
Seeing Naruto disappear, Deva Path released the black rod in his right hand and picked up his left arm.
Naraka Path and Human Path moved in front of Deva Path, who took several steps back into the King of Hell's mouth.
Animal Path summoned all his summoning beasts.
The six summons-Multi-Headed Dog, Hell Crab, Chameleon, Yatagarasu, Bull, and Panda-had the same black rods and Rinnegan as the Six Paths of Pain.
They could share their vision as well.
At some point, Naruto had appeared inside Uchiha Hikari's Perfect Susanoo.
Using the Flying Thunder God Mark he had left on Hikari beforehand, he had teleported straight into Susanoo's protection.
Looking at the vast formation of Pain's bodies and summons sharing their vision in the distance, Naruto remarked with genuine admiration, "One person can simultaneously observe and process visual information from so many different perspectives, and precisely control so many units to fight together... That mental