Ninja Village Alliance Headquarters.
Under the efforts of the Communications Division, the battle situation from the Land of Grass camp was continuously sent to the Five Kage located in the headquarters.
Because preparations had been made beforehand that the battle at the Land of Grass camp was a trap by the Akatsuki organization, the Five Kage, although heavy-hearted upon learning that eight formal members of the Akatsuki organization appeared together, did not show excessive astonishment.
While looking at the battle report, Tsunade urged loudly: "Tell the support troops to speed up!"
"Yes!"
The Intelligence Division ninja guarding the conference room immediately turned to convey Tsunade's order.
Terumi Mei said: "Should still be in time!"
The Land of Rain, where the Ninja Village Alliance headquarters was located, was adjacent to the Land of Grass, so as long as support troops were sent in time, the problem wouldn't be big.
Soon, another Intelligence Division ninja brought new intelligence to the conference room.
Taking the intelligence and looking at it, the Third Tsuchikage frowned: "What's with this 'Upper Rank One'? Why did he appear on the battlefield?"
After circulating the intelligence, the Fifth Kazekage Pakura said: "Did the remnant 'Upper Rank Demons' defect to the Akatsuki organization?"
The Fourth Raikage snorted coldly: "Count themselves lucky for not being found before! Daring to jump out now, then we'll catch them all in one net taking advantage of this Ninja War!"
The current Ninja World was not the period when they first encountered 'Upper Rank Demons'.
Even 'Upper Rank One', in the eyes of the Five Kage, was just a slightly troublesome enemy, unqualified to influence the entire battle situation!
Not long after, the Intelligence Division ninja reported new situations again.
Tsunade's face sank: "'Infinity Castle' appeared?"
Terumi Mei asked: "Need to send more reinforcements?"
Pakura voiced her concern: "Sending more reinforcements, will the headquarters here be..."
Currently, there were quite a few battle lines needing support. If they continued sending reinforcements out like this, the combat power of the headquarters would continue to decline.
Tsunade said: "The Akatsuki organization sent out eight formal members at once. The Land of Grass side is now the most important battle line. We can't afford to lose!"
The Third Tsuchikage said: "Now is not the time to argue, let's vote directly!"
Soon, after the Five Kage's vote, the Ninja Village Alliance headquarters sent out reinforcements again, marching mightily towards the direction of the Land of Grass camp.
And in a puddle not far from the headquarters, Zetsu poked half of his body out of the ground, looking from afar at the teams of support ninjas leaving the Ninja Village Alliance headquarters.
After smiling, Zetsu retracted into the ground.
A moment later, Zetsu reappeared in a hidden forest and met up with Obito waiting there.
Obito asked: "How's the situation?"
Zetsu smiled: "The Ninja Village Alliance headquarters is still sending reinforcements to the Land of Grass. It seems Sasori's plan succeeded!"
Obito nodded, then asked: "How much combat power is left in the headquarters now?"
Zetsu looked troubled: "The Ninja Village Alliance headquarters is fully covered by barriers, so even I can't get too close. However, there shouldn't be many ninjas left in the headquarters, the number is about ten thousand to fifteen thousand."
Pausing, Zetsu continued: "In terms of high-end combat power, the Five Kage should all be in the headquarters. The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Killer B and the Nine-Tails brat should also be in the camp."
Obito shook his head: "Still too many!"
Zetsu asked: "Any movement from Nagato's side?"
Obito's face sank, shaking his head again: "Nagato's recent behavior is a bit too abnormal. I'm worried he will break away from our control!"
Zetsu enticed: "It seems we need to use that person's power!"
Obito knew who 'that person' Zetsu referred to was, but he was still somewhat conflicted. After all, the shadow that person cast on him was too great. If not necessary, he didn't want that person to be resurrected in the Ninja World in any form!
Obito changed the subject: "By the way, how is the situation in the Land of Grass now?"
Zetsu put away his smile, his expression somewhat strange: "There seems to be a little hitch over there."
Obito frowned: "What hitch?"
Zetsu replied: "'Upper Rank One' suddenly appeared and attacked Muku of the Grass Ninja Village controlled by Kakuzu and Hidan. So the situation there is very chaotic now. Even 'Infinity Castle' appeared. Other organization members have all entered 'Infinity Castle'."
"What do those Demons want to do?" Stunned for a moment, Obito remembered something and asked: "What about Itachi?"
Zetsu said: "He also entered 'Infinity Castle'!"
Tens of thousands of White Zetsu clones not only caused huge pressure on various battle lines of the Ninja Village Alliance but also spread throughout various countries in the Ninja World, forming a huge intelligence network. So Zetsu knew no less about the intelligence of the Land of Grass battlefield than the Ninja Village Alliance.
Inside Infinity Castle.
The entire 'Infinity Castle' had turned into a huge ruin. In this ruin where space was severely fragmented, not a single intact house or tidy street could be found anymore.
And in the center of the battlefield, Tanjiro, missing an arm, was panting heavily.
Even utilizing the Hegemon's power to burn his entire body's chakra and flesh and blood power, pushing his strength to an unimaginable peak in a short time, he still suffered severe trauma. As 'Upper Rank One', the wounds all over his body were slow to recover.
Not only that, the chakra lingering around him also declined a lot, falling back to the level of an ordinary Jinchuriki.
Obviously.
As burning fuel, the chakra and flesh and blood power in his body could no longer support being continuously ignited by the Hegemon's power!
So as time went on, his power would continue to decline!
However, the ninja side's situation was even worse.
Facing 'Upper Rank One' who burned his entire body's chakra and flesh and blood power regardless of everything, the casualties on the ninja side were astounding.
On the messy battlefield, various bloody charred corpses were scattered everywhere, numbering in the hundreds and thousands.
The reason why charred corpses were everywhere was that the ninjas worried their companions' corpses would become nutrient supplies for 'Upper Rank One'. So whenever a companion died in battle or was heavily injured, they would decisively use Fire Release to process the corpse.
And among these corpses everywhere, survivors were scattered sporadically.
On the Akatsuki organization side, Hidan's body was broken into several pieces, too late to piece together. Kakuzu, who had replenished his hearts, was once again left with only one heart, lingering on.
Juzo Biwa was heavily injured and unconscious. If not for the protection of Itachi's 'Susanoo', he would have died long ago.
Sasori changed a total of seventeen puppet bodies. Deidara had both arms cut off; let alone forming seals, he could only use his mouth to mold explosive clay.
Because of 'Susanoo', Hiruko's situation was slightly better, but his chakra consumption was also very severe, looking very exhausted.