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The Land of Rain, Amegakure, or more accurately, Amegakure that has become ruins.
Temporary tents were erected around the ruins. These were Amegakure who had returned from a mission only to find that not only their homes were gone, but their entire village was also destroyed.
Fortunately, the timely appearance of ' Pain's Deva Path ' stabilized the situation and immediately organized search and rescue and repair work; otherwise, half of the ninjas in Amegakure might have defected.
Even so, White Zetsu still managed to capture quite a few Amegakure who were preparing to defect, and these 'potential defectors' naturally became fertilizer for White Zetsu.
Although Amegakure was destroyed, this issue wouldn't affect the Eye of the Moon Plan, so Obito and Black Zetsu care too much. At most, they would use the Rinnegan to manipulate the nearly damaged ' Pain's Deva Path ' to make an appearance in Amegakure and stabilize morale.
What truly troubled them was the long-delayed Eye of the Moon Plan.
Kisame Hoshigaki and Uchiha Itachi were tasked with capturing the Two-Tails. Their mission was accomplished, but not entirely.
The initial infiltration and entrapment operations went very smoothly, and the Two-Tails Jinchūriki was even lured outside the village. However, perhaps because the plan was going too well, an unexpected incident occurred.
During the battle, the Two-Tails Jinchūriki, who Complete Tailed Beast Transformation, touched the warning device set up by the Kumogakure. At that time, Kisame Hoshigaki deliberately held back, so the Two-Tails Jinchūriki was still in the upper hand. In other words, touching the warning device was indeed an accident.
Kisame Hoshigaki and Uchiha Itachi were able to easily infiltrate Kumogakure because the A B Combo were captured, Kumogakure lacked sufficient high-level combat power to protect the village. However, they were discovered by Kumogakure again because Kumogakure was lacking in high-level combat power and had to deploy a large number of security devices.
Kumogakure and failure both Kumogakure.
But they didn't come back empty-handed either; to use Kisame's excuse:
"My precious shark has already torn off a tail and an arm. Just give my precious shark three more minutes, and I can bring back the Two-Tails Jinchūriki."
Before the Ten-Tails Statue, the four remaining Akatsuki members gathered together, staring at the Chakra and an arm on the ground, speechless.
" Kisame, didn't you say you were going to Jinchūriki's life was stable?"
Obito, now wearing a brand new mask and openly appearing at the Akatsuki base, rebuked them in an unfriendly tone.
"There's no other way, that cat is too fierce. I had to let Samehada have a meal first, but Samehada isn't very obedient after it's eaten."
Kisame said nonchalantly, his shark-like eyes fixed on Obito as if he had smelled blood, seemingly contemplating where to begin his Obito.
"Don't bother showing off your clumsy tricks in front of these eyes."
Obito opened his tightly closed left eye, and the purple ripples of the Rinnegan made Uchiha Itachi retreat without hesitation. However, Obito Uchiha for two days in order to familiarize himself with the Rinnegan as soon as possible, so how could he give Uchiha Itachi a chance to escape?
" Banshō Ten'in."
Nagato's physical body couldn't support the burden of the Rinnegan, but that doesn't mean Obito couldn't. Obito could already use the various abilities of the Rinnegan with ease.
Uchiha Itachi's body was uncontrollably pulled toward Obito. In response, several Shuriken shot straight at Obito's mask. Judging from the speed of the Shuriken, once Obito was hit by Shuriken, he would be done for. The mask was simply not strong enough to protect him.
However, Uchiha Itachi's precise Shuriken throwing technique missed Obito; more accurately, it passed right through Obito's body.
Kamui Intangibility.
Obito did not transplant a pair of Rinnegan, but retained his own Sharingan Mangekyō Sharingan, which played an important role at this time.
Iwagakure.
" Kitsuchi, Akatsuchi, how's the troop assembly going?"
Ōnoki stood at the highest point of Iwagakure, his feet slightly off the ground, clearly using the flying Ninjutsu — Super Light-Weight Rock Technique.
Kitsuchi and Akatsuchi used the exact same Ninjutsu to fly to Ōnoki's side and report on their work.
"The troops have basically assembled, Jonin 324 Jonin are present, and we are ready to attack Sunagakure at any time," Kitsuchi said with a serious expression.
But Akatsuki obviously did not inherit his father's seriousness and rigidity at all. He scratched his head in a naive manner and said with a smile:
"Logistics are ready, and the hired war organizations have all arrived, but the Akatsuki has yet to reply."
Akatsuki is publicly known as a war mercenary organization, an illegal mercenary group composed of missing-nin. They were chosen by Iwagakure as a partner because of their outstanding strength, but Akatsuki is not the only war mercenary organization.
There are also many mercenary organizations that are not as strong as Akatsuki, but have some unique methods. For example, there is an assassin organization in Kusagakure that specializes in infiltration and assassination.
In certain special circumstances, they can also play an extraordinary role. Iwagakure is the biggest client of these mercenary organizations and also the one who understands them best.
" Akatsuki, huh!"
The old man snorted in dissatisfaction. In his view, the Akatsuki had harbored inappropriate intentions, which was why they dared to attack Kumogakure and now refused Iwagakure's offer of employment.
Once the turmoil in Konoha is over, we'll take care of the Akatsuki!
The only thing worth worrying about is the Ninjutsu used to destroy Amegakure, and destroying Akatsuki is also a way to force the mastermind behind it all to reveal themselves.
"I will be secretly following along during this war, so remember not to expose yourselves."
" Lord Tsuchikage, this won't do, Iwagakure still needs..." Akatsuchi immediately objected, the old man already...
"Alright, Iwagakure."
"Grandfather!"
Short, light purple hair, a red robe with auspicious cloud patterns, and paper scraps fluttering with her movements...
These characteristics became a shadow in the hearts of all Taki Shinobu.
" Puppet Technique."
Although the second wave of attacks was neutralized by the suddenly appearing Chiyo, Konan's cold and beautiful face remained unchanged; this level of strength was not enough to make her take it seriously.
Before Konan could launch another attack using her aerial advantage, the battle-experienced Chiyo preemptively struck first.
" Puppet Technique: Manipulating Attack Blades."
Unlike ordinary puppeteers who use puppets to launch ninja tools for surprise attacks, Chiyo combined puppets and ninja tools in a more sophisticated way.
Several puppets are connected by extremely strong steel wires. Under the control of Chakra Threads, they surround Konan and draw a circle alternately from different directions. As long as the puppets shrink this irregular circle formed by the steel wires, they can easily tear Konan's body apart.
This is Chiyo's specialty: combining various ninja tools with puppets to constantly restrict the enemy's movement space, and finally cutting the enemy into pieces with sharp steel wire.
Unfortunately for Chiyo, her opponent this time is Konan. A blank sheet of paper doesn't care about being cut; no matter how many pieces it's cut into, it's still the same sheet of paper.