Obito sneered: "Hiding important combat power that could be deployed on the battlefield at a time like this, the Five Kage are a bit too arrogant!"
Zetsu said: "Maybe they want to keep him as a secret weapon! It's said that the Nine-Tails brat's strength has grown rapidly, and geniuses from other villages are no longer his match!"
"Secret weapon?" Snorting lightly, Obito laughed: "If the Five Kage pin all their hopes on a brat, that would be too pathetic!"
"Who knows?"
Zetsu shrugged.
Suddenly thinking of something, Obito asked: "Any news of Shinji Uchiha?"
Zetsu's expression also became a bit more solemn instantly, shaking his head: "No. According to intelligence, Shinji Uchiha secretly left Konoha with a few members of the Military Police Force under his command two weeks ago, with the reason of hunting down Orochimaru. After that, no more news came out!"
Obito frowned: "Did he also hide? Is the identity of that Mangekyo Uchiha beside him investigated clearly?"
Zetsu shook his head helplessly again: "Only know she is called Mumei. It's said even Konoha higher-ups are not clear about the specific identity of that Mangekyo Uchiha."
Obviously.
Obito and Zetsu suddenly caring about Shinji was not only because of Shinji's identity as a Mangekyo Uchiha, but also because Mumei revealed Mangekyo Sharingan when confronting Orochimaru's gang in front of the Konoha Military Police Force building before.
Two Mangekyo Uchiha disappearing at the same time was not a small matter, but a very big hidden worry!
Besides, Mumei's identity was mysterious, making it hard not to associate with mysterious Mangekyo Uchiha like 'B' and 'E' in the other Akatsuki organization.
"Eh!"
Zetsu suddenly let out a light sound of surprise.
Obito's attention also followed.
Outside the distant Ninja Village Alliance headquarters, Six-Tails Saiken just sprayed acid mist, clearing a large area of Ninja Village ninjas besieging it.
But just as Six-Tails prepared to re-enter the interior of the headquarters, a fierce Wind Release blew past, blowing away all the acid mist it released. Subsequently, a Konoha ninja flashed in front of Six-Tails, completing hand seals, then fell to the ground.
With that Konoha ninja falling to the ground, Six-Tails was stunned for a moment. Then, it stopped the pace of attacking the headquarters, turned around, rushing towards the battlefield on Eight-Tails' side, and directly sprayed concentrated acid at Two-Tails who should belong to 'own side' indiscriminately!
Obito glanced at the Konoha ninja lying on the ground, saying: "That is a ninja from Konoha's Yamanaka clan. I remember he seems to be a guy in Danzo's Root. He should have used their clan's secret technique 'Mind Body Switch Technique' on Six-Tails."
Zetsu nodded, then said: "It seems controlling five Tailed Beasts is already a bit forced for Nagato."
Although Fu Yamanaka served as Danzo's guard in the original timeline and was a top ninja in Danzo's Root, under normal circumstances, 'Mind Body Switch Technique' couldn't manipulate 'Pain Six Paths' under the control of Rinnegan.
That's why Zetsu concluded that five complete Tailed Beasts were somewhat beyond Nagato's control.
Boom...
At this time, another roar came from inside the headquarters.
Obito and Zetsu looked towards the sound, finding Five-Tails Kokuo wrestling with Tsunade entangled by 'Wood Release', falling to the ground.
Subsequently, a Konoha ninja stepped forward, punching Five-Tails on the body.
Seeing Five-Tails' white body hit by that seemingly tiny punch, with the hit point as the center, a dark purple trace spread rapidly, soon spreading over a large area.
And with the spread of dark purple traces, Five-Tails roared in pain.
Obito's face darkened.
He instantly recognized that the ones cooperating with Tsunade to subdue Five-Tails were Konoha's 'Wood Release' ninja Yamato, and Torune Aburame, also a member of Danzo's Root like Fu Yamanaka.
Tsunade was responsible for frontal confrontation, Yamato for binding and suppressing with 'Wood Release', and Torune Aburame mastering nano-sized poisonous insects took action at the right time, attacking Five-Tails with special insects in his body.
Even as a Tailed Beast, after being attacked by nano-sized poisonous insects, it was also unbearably painful for a while.
Rumble...
Before Obito could react, Seven-Tails, who should be in the air, suddenly fell to the ground, raising a burst of fierce dust.
Then, huge earth spikes rose from the ground, piercing through Seven-Tails' body.
This was Third Tsuchikage Onoki using 'Super-Added-Weight Rock Technique' on Seven-Tails, instantly increasing Seven-Tails' own weight.
Caught off guard, Seven-Tails flying in the air fell straight down.
And on the ground, a large number of Earth Release ninjas led by Kitsuchi from Iwagakure were already ready, directly using combined Earth Release ninjutsu, stimulating huge earth spikes at Seven-Tails' landing spot. While injuring and piercing Seven-Tails, they also bound Seven-Tails.
Zetsu lamented: "The Five Kage are really tricky!"
Obito didn't make a sound, his face somewhat ugly.
Actually not only Pain Six Paths under Nagato's control, other Akatsuki members also got into trouble.
For example, Sasori on the periphery of the headquarters was pinned down by Sand ninjas led by Gaara.
Juzo Biwa was besieged by the Mist assassination squad led by Zabuza.
Kakuzu and Hidan misjudged the recovery progress of Ryuzetsu and Chino. Not only failing to take down the two, they also fell into the siege of many ninjas.
Deidara wandered in the air, dropping a few clay bombs from time to time. Although pinning down a large number of Alliance ninjas, he couldn't cause fatal blows to the Alliance.
Situations were slightly better only for Ranmaru and Hiruko. But one was pinned down by the combination of Ameyuri Ringo, Chojuro, Suigetsu plus Tokuma Hyuga, and one was dragged by Sasuke.
The Ninja Village Alliance was indeed caught off guard by Akatsuki's surprise attack, but after all, tens of thousands of ninja troops gathered in the headquarters. Distributed to each Akatsuki member, there were at least a thousand people.
In other words, Pain Six Paths and seven formal Akatsuki members on average, each had to deal with at least a thousand ninjas.
Not to mention among them were the Five Kage, and various Jonin possessing Forbidden Jutsu and secret techniques.
And Akatsuki members, although each was an S-rank wanted criminal terrifying the Ninja World, after all, they hadn't broken away from the scope of ninjas. Every strike consumed chakra. So facing the siege of a thousand ninjas, even they were quite embarrassed!
Therefore, when the Ninja Village Alliance gradually reacted, although the scene was still chaotic, at least the war situation was no longer one-sided.
On the other side.
Nagato and Konan also stood on a high slope, gazing at the battlefield.
Seeing the situation developing in an unfavorable direction, Konan was somewhat worried: "Nagato, let me take action. I'll go solve Eight-Tails!"
Nagato shook his head: "No need!"
Konan was somewhat puzzled: "But..."
Nagato said: "Don't forget, they are not only Jinchuriki but also my Pain Six Paths!"