How to Properly Make a Token Appearance!

Actually, Akatsuki had nothing much to prepare. Aside from Amegakure's shinobi, they did not have much external support. Amegakure's strength alone could not contend with the Five Great Shinobi Villages.

But if Akatsuki was added to the equation, that became a question mark.

What a spectacle. Had they dragged out all their reserves?

Looking at the people the other four villages had brought, then at the people from his own village, Hikaru could only marvel: What a difference in resources!!!

They had casually assembled such formidable forces, and even Sunagakure was no exception. It was clear that they had truly gone all out against Akatsuki. Among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, aside from Konoha's transport force made up almost entirely of Genin, the weakest members of the other four villages' thousand-man units were Chunin. Most were elite Chunin and Special Jonin. Such a lineup counted as battlefield elite troops.

It was obvious just how much Sunagakure, Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure had invested.

With the four villages fielding such fierce forces, Konoha looked rather strange mixed in among them. In fact, they could hardly believe their eyes. Konoha had actually sent such a batch of old, weak, sick, and crippled people!!!!

Calling them old, weak, sick, and crippled was a slight exaggeration, but at a glance, they were all freaking Genin. Most were even the type who had gradually grown older, lacked the strength to keep advancing, and could not be promoted any further. The formation was painful to look at.

Konoha's shinobi felt unbelievably awkward mixed in with the shinobi of the Four Great Shinobi Villages. The others could casually pick out a few people who were stronger than anyone on Konoha's side.

That left Konoha's shinobi somewhat embarrassed, while the shinobi from the other villages looked at them with