"Defeat Seiki Shimaseki? You're serious?" Ruiga couldn't help but question. "His Senju Daibutsu can grab a Bijuu with just one arm! Even if the Nine-Tails is stronger and counts as ten of those arms, the Senju Daibutsu still has over nine hundred arms left!"
"That's not how it works! Ten—uhm—" Black Zetsu quickly corrected himself. "The Complete Form Statue undergoes a qualitative change. It's not addition, it's multiplication!"
"Fine, even if the Complete Form Statue is as strong as you say, how do we capture them?" Ruiga calculated. "We can't afford to tip our hand, which means we have to capture the remaining eight Tailed Beasts all at once. Yet we only have ten people here. Even counting that undercover Konoha spy Aizen has recruited, we only have eleven!"
"Even if we add Sasori's and Nagato's powerful Puppets, the number of Kage-level fighters won't exceed twenty! And the Five Great Hidden Villages? They already have eight Jinchuriki alone, not to mention other powerful individuals and all those Chunin and Jonin in the villages! That kind of power gap can't be compensated by just one or two extra Puppets!"
"Actually, this isn't that difficult!" Before Black Zetsu could speak, Aizen began analyzing. "We can weaken the enemy before we reveal our plan to capture the Tailed Beasts—like concentrating our forces to strike Iwagakure!"
Kakuzu hesitated. "Concentrate our forces? Doesn't that give Seiki Shimaseki the chance to wipe us all out at once?"
Nagato calmly replied, "I'll leave the Animal Path in Amegakure. If danger arises, the Animal Path will summon you all back!"
Sasori asked in surprise, "Can your clone actually summon all of us?"
Nagato answered concisely, "Yes!"
At this, everyone's expression lightened.
Without worries about retreat, it meant they could act recklessly!
"If we can be summoned back anytime, what do we have to fear?"
"I'd even dare to provoke Konoha—not just Iwagakure!"
"I'd even face Seiki Shimaseki himself—"
Seeing them get carried away, Nagato quickly added, "But there's a reaction time needed for me to summon you. If I haven't realized what's happening and you're killed, there's nothing I can do!"
"Can I survive even one second?" Realizing this, Ruiga—the loudest just now—immediately fell silent with an awkward expression.
As the atmosphere quieted down, Aizen smiled and said, "With Nagato's summoning ability, we don't need to worry about retreating early. Before Seiki arrives, we should be able to seriously injure all of Iwagakure's top fighters, right?"
Kisame licked his lips, "Not kill them?"
"Better to leave them some hope!" Aizen explained. "Injuring them will make everyone in the Five Great Villages feel vulnerable, but killing them would unite them all in hatred against us!"
"That makes sense," Kisame nodded and asked, "But why Iwagakure specifically?"
"Sunagakure and Mist are currently ruled by leaders close to Seiki Shimaseki. Who knows if he left any [Flying Thunder God Technique Forms] with them?"
Aizen shook his head slightly. "As for the remaining Kumogakure and Iwagakure, considering our limited time and Kumogakure's relatively stronger position, it's better we target Iwagakure!"
"I see," Kisame nodded. "However, this method can probably only be used once. With Iwagakure as a warning example, the other villages will definitely demand Seiki Shimaseki leave behind Flying Thunder God Technique Forms, no matter how much face they have to swallow!"
"Eliminating Iwagakure is enough!" Black Zetsu laughed while looking at Yahiko. "Leader, you should have contact with that Hokage in Konoha, right?"
Yahiko nodded slightly. "That's right."
This came as no surprise to anyone.
They had discussed cooperating with Danzo when they sent him back to Konoha.
"That makes things easier!" Black Zetsu said. "Have that Hokage summon another Kage Summit, saying it's to discuss solutions regarding Iwagakure's recent heavy losses. During the meeting when their defenses are weak, we'll seize this opportunity to capture the Jinchuriki!"
"Wait, won't this be impossible to achieve?" Konan hesitated. "With all villages being anxious and sensitive after Iwagakure's attack, how could they possibly weaken their village defenses for just a Kage Summit?"
"No, it's possible!" Black Zetsu grinned sinisterly. "All we need to do is betray that Hokage from Konoha!"
Konan's eyes lit up. "How are you planning to do this?"
Black Zetsu calmly explained, "Isn't that Hokage trying to have us fight against Seiki Shimaseki so he can benefit from the aftermath? Then we'll trick him into believing that we're planning to set a trap at the Kage Summit to capture Seiki Shimaseki and the other four Kage all at once!"
"After he sends out the invitations, we'll 'accidentally' reveal this trap to the Raikage, letting them counterattack our ambush. At that time, we can take advantage to attack the Five Great Hidden Villages and capture the Jinchuriki!"
Everyone felt energized listening to this plan. Though the process still seemed somewhat rough, overall it should be feasible with some careful refinement and more reasonable design of the details!
Ruiga's eyes lit up. "If we do this, we might actually have a real chance of success!"
Kakuzu calmly said, "Besides, with Animal Path on our side, at worst it's just a failure!"
Kisame laughed, "Am I the only one who feels Hokage-sama's a bit pitiful? Imagine him smashing his cup as a signal, only to find no one waiting... Well, actually, everyone waiting will be against him!"
Hearing Kisame's words, everyone couldn't help but sigh in regret.
It wasn't out of sympathy for Danzo, but rather regret at not witnessing such a hilarious spectacle!
Yahiko nodded and said, "Then that's decided. Everyone gather in Grass Country and prepare to attack Iwagakure!"
...
Those monsters only knew how to kill and destroy. After conquering territory, they wouldn't settle in, just roam around, and with their ability to conceal their presence, the Five Great Hidden Villages struggled to eliminate the demon disaster.
As a result, in just a few days, nearly seventy percent of the shinobi no sekai had fallen. The world had entered a doomsday state, where the Five Great Hidden Villages became fortified city bases and everything outside those bases became dangerous zones!
Of course, it's not like people only gathered in the Five Great Hidden Villages either. Relatively strong smaller nations like the Land of Iron and the Rain Country were still able to maintain their independence.
After all, the Five Great Hidden Villages couldn't take in everyone, and in comparison, they prioritized accepting refugees from their own countries first.
At this moment, the mass ninja movement (Quanmin Ninja Movement — a nationwide initiative to train civilians as ninja) of the past four years came into play.
The greatly increased number of ninja significantly improved the survival rate of ordinary civilians during this demonic disaster.
Because of this sudden external calamity, people's attitudes toward those previously disrespected and unorthodox ninja began to shift, and the integration between civilian and ninja communities also accelerated.
In short, the previously steadily developing age of ninja villages has suddenly taken a sharp turn, and nobody knows what kind of future is waiting out there!
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