Starting with the usurpation of Akatsuki, the ninja world was overthrown.

Chapter 140 Closing the Shop

Chapter 140 Closing the Shop

The battle report received by Konoha indicated that the Akatsuki organization was making rapid advances, and that their ninjas were no less skilled than those of Konoha!

However, being on the battlefield, Shiba Kiyokawa was well aware that the gap between the two sides still objectively existed.

"With Pain leading the charge in the first wave of attacks, our casualty ratio was only slightly better. This result was much worse than when we fought against the Rain Ninja."

The average skill level of Konoha ninjas is still a cut above ours.

Back then, the only real hard battle they encountered on the main battlefield was the one where they besieged Hanzo the Salamander.

At other times, the Akatsuki organization, full of fighting spirit, basically swept everything away with the force of a whirlwind!

Even against the root clan, it would be an overwhelming battle due to the combined advantages of fighting spirit, numbers, and terrain!

But things are different now.

The newly formed Akatsuki organization has finally faced a truly difficult test!

This time, they will leave the starting room in the Land of Rain and officially enter the exciting battlefield of the Ninja World War.

As things stand, the gap still needs to be acknowledged.

But Nagato didn't seem very worried when she heard this.

Having spent so much time together, he had long been accustomed to Shiba Kiyokawa's way of doing things.

"The fact that you said that means you already have a plan in mind, right?"

Shiba Kiyokawa tilted his head in surprise. "Why do you say that too?"

"Because if there's really no chance of winning, you should be looking at the map and devising a new plan, instead of wasting time lamenting the enemy's strength."

Nagato smiled and said something that was not exactly the same as what Konan had just said, but rather strikingly similar.

Shiba Kiyokawa couldn't help but chuckle, jokingly saying, "Looks like it'll be harder and harder to fool you guys from now on; you've all seen right through me."

Nagato glanced at him sideways. "So you finally admit you fooled us before?"

"Cough, look at the map, look at the map, Konoha's reinforcements arrived early this time."

"..."

The joke was over, and Shiba Kiyokawa immediately stopped laughing and said seriously.

"I do have some ideas, but I also need everyone's concerted efforts and your lives to be entrusted to me!"

At that moment, all the Akatsuki members present, including Nagato, clenched their fists firmly against their chests, staring intently back at him.

"As you command, Chief!"

At this moment, along the narrow border front, the number of people fighting at the same time is not actually that many.

Due to their exaggerated mobility, ninjas are unlikely to crowd together in the same area during war.

Along the long battlefront, both sides will establish numerous outposts and observation points, and then send out a large number of ninja and summoning beasts to keep a constant watch.

Only after the battle has truly begun will the elite main force arrive quickly to provide support.

This is a war art that only ninjas can master. In Shiba Kiyokawa's previous life, no army could have assembled and responded at such a speed.

But after actually experiencing this mode of warfare, Shiba Kiyokawa quickly realized that this response model was entirely susceptible to being deceived!

Their Akatsuki organization happens to possess an advantage that is very effective in deceiving their opponents.

"Our biggest advantage is Payne!"

In his tent, Shiba Kiyokawa twirled a marker in his hand and then placed it on the map, as if placing a piece on a chessboard.

At the same time, on the second Konoha defense line they were about to attack, multiple sentry posts sent out distress signals!

Many of the low-ranking ninja who filled in the lines perished, but unfortunately, no one cared about their deaths.

The Konoha ninjas behind are analyzing the situation.

Where is the enemy's main target?

The Hyuga clan ninja with Byakugan widened his eyes and quickly made a judgment: "The chakra reaction is most intense at the 3 o'clock position; that should be the enemy's main attack direction!"

Therefore, a high-ranking ninja issued an order.

"Squads 13 through 36 will proceed to support the 3 o'clock position. I'll lead the team to support another location!"

Up until this moment, they still felt that this was just an ordinary battle, no different from the countless battles they had experienced during the Ninja World War.

Led by a Hyuga branch family ninja with the Byakugan, a Konoha Jonin who had just given the order quickly led his team to the nearest gap in the defensive line.

Based on his current assessment, the location he had come from was not in the direction of the enemy's main attack, so the pressure should not be that great. He even brought his disciples, several young genin and chunin with him.

However, just a moment before the two sides made contact—

The Hyuga branch family ninja leading the group suddenly screamed in terror!

"Something's wrong! This isn't right! There's a high-energy reaction ahead! This amount of chakra is abnormal!"

The reason he screams is very simple.

After confirming that the deception had succeeded, the Akatsuki ninjas in front immediately took out a scroll and unrolled it.

Then there was a loud "bang"!

They summoned a corpse with black rods stuck in it through their spirits.

But the next moment, the corpse connected with Nagato's spirit. He opened his eyes, then opened his hands and summoned more black rod shells in front of him!

This is the Akatsuki's first advantage: Pain!

Since Payne is essentially a dead man, he can be quickly moved using a scroll.

Furthermore, it will not emit any chakra aura during this period, which is enough to deceive any sensory ninjutsu!

In the original work, Pain, who called himself a god, disdained to use such tactics, but Nagato, trained by Shiba Kiyokawa, was happy to use them.

This battle was the first between Akatsuki and Konoha, and it was also the first time that Pain, created by Nagato, appeared in the Fourth Shinobi World War.

Konoha had not received any relevant information before this!

If everything were as it was at first sight, then only autumn winds and sorrow would remain.

"Universal Guidance!"

The Hyuga branch family ninjas, who had already sensed something was wrong, were about to warn their captain to run away when, in the next moment, an unreasonable pulling force came and sent them all flying uncontrollably toward hell!

Meanwhile, in the direction that Konoha had determined was Akatsuki's "main attack" direction, Hydrangea's summoning bird had already detected the approach of Konoha's elite troops.

"The plan to lure the enemy is complete. Form hand seals and retreat!"

The next moment, dozens of Akatsuki ninjas on the scene formed hand seals in perfect unison, a sight that deeply shocked the Konoha members who had been pursuing them.

At this moment, inside the tent, Shiba Kiyokawa slowly put down the second marker in his hand.

Like the second piece placed on a chessboard.

"Our second major advantage lies in unity!"

The moment the words fell, several kilometers away on the front line, dozens of Akatsuki ninjas simultaneously completed their hand seals.

"Water Release: Water Instantaneous Body Technique!"

Everyone turned into water and escaped at that moment; not a single one was left behind!

The pursuing elite Konoha troops were completely stunned.

As the elite of Konoha, the number one ninja village in the ninja world, many of the Jonin here also know the "Water Release: Water Flicker Technique," and are even confident that they can use it better than the Akatsuki members.

However, they had never seen dozens or even hundreds of ninjas using the same ninjutsu technique before.

In any ninja village, ninjutsu is strictly controlled, and the ninjutsu that each person can learn depends heavily on fate.

Not to mention that, apart from the Land of Rain, every ninja village has a ninja clan, and each ninja clan has its own family-inherited ninjutsu.

All of these factors meant that everyone used different ninjutsu and techniques, making it impossible to achieve complete uniformity.

So here's the problem—

"Should we give chase?" An elite Jonin from the Inuzuka clan turned to his teammate and asked.

He naturally had a way to catch up with the fleeing Akatsuki members. He had ninja dogs, his own keen sense of smell, and speed was also one of his strengths.

The problem is that in Konoha Village, where it's impossible to coordinate actions, his pursuit ability cannot be fully synchronized with his teammates.

Right now, the enemies they are facing are all moving at a remarkably uniform speed!

He'd rather leave his own group and chase after them alone? No way!

Behind the Inuzuka clan Jonin was a Yamanaka clan Jonin who wasn't particularly fast.

At this point, the question was raised, and the Yamanaka clan's Jonin had no choice but to answer, "I only know the Body Flicker Technique, not the Water Body Flicker Technique. In this environment, I might not be able to catch up with those people."

The implication is that if you're going to chase me, hurry up and catch up, because I won't be part of this battle anymore.

This situation was actually quite common during the Fourth Shinobi World War. Everyone was used to coordinating, accommodating, and compromising with each other, complementing each other as much as possible in battle.

But it wasn't until they encountered the Akatsuki organization today that these people were forced to start reflecting for the first time.

Can the so-called complementary team structure really compare to using a unified standard for regulation and training from the very beginning?

The Fourth Shinobi World War had been going on in such a muddled way for many, many years that no village in the shinobi world had ever truly considered the importance of strict discipline and unified command for a military combat group!

Today, Shiba Kiyokawa closed his shop for them for the first time.

(End of this chapter)