Chapter 415
The only exception was the Iwagakure Village.
According to Obito's arrangement, Zetsu was to hold back the Five-Tails, and then let Kisame deal with the Four-Tails, Old Purple.
Originally, everything went smoothly, and even after Kisame dealt with the Four-Tails, he might be able to take down the Five-Tails as well. However, all this was a trap set by Ohnoki.
Not only the enemy could use the tactic of dispersing the enemy, but the Iwagakure Village also made similar tactical arrangements, so the situation was reversed in an instant.
The two Akatsuki were surrounded in reverse, and Zetsu's frontal combat power was insufficient. Fortunately, he was the best in the ninja world in terms of escaping skills. When he saw that the situation was not good, he directly merged into the ground and left the encirclement.
Kisame, on the other hand, transformed by fusing with Samehada and performing a large-scale water explosion wave to delay for a while, and then with the cooperation of Zetsu, he successfully left the Iwagakure Village by disguising himself as a white Zetsu.
In fact, Kirigakure and Kumogakure also made counterattack arrangements, but Deidara, who was in charge of Kirigakure, had such a huge advantage in the air that most of the attacks from the Kirigakure ninjas could not even touch him, so naturally, it was impossible for him to pose any substantial threat.
As for Kumogakure, haha.
Let's put it this way, if the sky curtain had not happened to reveal some of Pain's information, causing Nagato to change some of his ideas in the middle of the process, he would have been able to directly defeat Kumogakure.
For this reason, the so-called counterattack preparations naturally could not have any effect on him, even if Pain's information had been basically exposed.
Nagato, who returned to the Hidden Rain Village on the giant summoning bird with the two unconscious Killer Bees disguised by wooden men and octopus legs, cast a sealing technique on the two and said to Konan.
"Konan, we will pass by Spring Country next. There is a gold exchange place that I secretly occupied. I have made arrangements there, which should be able to hide from Zetsu's detection."
"For a period of time, I will trouble you to guard these two guys there. Before we decide the outcome with Afei and find the true path to peace, these two Jinchūriki are our key bargaining chips. Moreover... there seems to be some secret hidden in my Samsara Eye. Before we figure it out, we must be cautious with the Outer Path Demon Statue."
"I know."
Konan nodded and accepted the job. She has always unconditionally supported Nagato's actions.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Nagato's expression moved slightly, and his eyes stared at Killer Bee who was sealed by him. I don't know what he did. Killer Bee, who was originally lying on the bird's back motionless, exploded with a burst of smoke and turned into an octopus leg.
"I was tricked." Nagato said in a flat tone.
"Are you going back to hunt down the Eight-Tails again?"
"No, even if he's lucky this time, we don't plan to do anything with the Eight-Tails in his body for the time being, so let him stay in Kumogakure."
Nagato answered, then took out a scroll to put away the octopus' legs, and pointed at the two wooden men and said.
"This way, you only have one person left to guard, which is more convenient. I have already cast a sealing technique on her, suppressing her and the tailed beast chakra in her body. As long as there is no external force, the seal will remain effective."
Konan said she understood.
In this way, Akatsuki's capture operation was completed, and a total of four tailed beasts fell into their hands. The news did not reach Konoha until three days later, so the meeting was held urgently again.
"We can't let Akatsuki continue to act recklessly! We must fight back! I will immediately go back to the village to form an army and flatten the Hidden Rain Village!"
The Raikage slammed the table hard, roaring with veins bulging on his face.
"Please be patient, Lord Raikage. We can't let Akatsuki go, but it's not realistic to mobilize all the troops to attack the Hidden Rain Village, because besides Akatsuki, there are many other things that are as important as this one, and we must make proper arrangements." Ohnoki said calmly.
"That's because the Jinchūriki of your village was not captured by Akatsuki, so you can say these words here with great righteousness now!"
The grumpy old man is so angry now that he wants to confront people as soon as he finds a chance.
Hearing this, Ōnoki was about to retort with a few sarcastic remarks, but at this time, Terumi Mei interrupted and said, "Please calm down, Raikage-sama. Although our village's Jinchūriki has also fallen into the hands of Akatsuki, I agree with Tsuchikage-sama. There are many things that need to be dealt with urgently, and we simply cannot concentrate our forces to deal with Akatsuki."
"... Let's not talk about anything else. Now the Loulan ruins in our Wind Country are the top priority. I think no one here wants people to wantonly change the past history and affect the current ninja world."
Rosa said in a calm tone. To be honest, if possible, he actually wanted toLet the Sand Village take the Dragon Vein, a killer weapon, for itself, but the current conditions obviously do not support his idea. He took the initiative to propose it here, which made him appear fair and generous, laying the groundwork for gaining a dominant position later.
"Not only the Dragon Vein, didn't we agree before that during the rest period before the third exam, we should discuss a disposal plan that is in everyone's interest for the various people and things exposed by the Sky Curtain in the past few months? These things will inevitably involve a large amount of combat power in each village, so it should be impossible to solve Akatsuki in a short time." Tsunade gave her own opinion.
Ohnoki no longer had the idea of confronting the Raikage, and said calmly: "In fact, there is a slight mistake in the direction of your thinking. Yes, I admit that the combat power of the top of Akatsuki has exceeded that of any of our five major ninja villages, but because of this, the number of people we really need to deal with is quite small. In this case, what we should do is not to arrange a large force to attack the Hidden Rain Village, but to form an elite team to implement the decapitation tactic."
"It's easy to say. Each member of Akatsuki is equivalent to the combat power of several teams, and the combat power of the leader Pain is even more comparable to that of a large team. In this case, forming an elite team to attack will not only involve a large amount of combat power, but also it is better for the five major countries to work together to solve the Hidden Rain Village once and for all!" The Raikage still maintained his original opinion.
"Please listen to me first, Lord Raikage." Ohnoki said expressionlessly: "The members of Akatsuki are very strong, but we don't need to deal with all of them at once. We just need to slowly reduce their combat effectiveness. Through this dismemberment action, we won't be involved in too much combat effectiveness."
"And I have another suggestion, that is, each village should deal with its own rebel ninja, so that while understanding the enemy's fighting style, it can also save some combat effectiveness. After dealing with this part of people, the remaining members of Akatsuki who do not belong to the five major ninja villages will form a joint force to attack."
(To be continued)