Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 434 The Akatsuki Organization's Laying Out Plans
boom!
A figure burst out from the dust and smoke, delivering a solid punch to "Hyuga Aoi".

Hinata Aoi was sent flying by the impact, crashing heavily into a pile of rubble a few meters away. She twitched twice and then lay still, her body revealing the true form of a White Zetsu.

“…Aoi-neechan?” Still shaken, Hinata Hyuga looked at that equally familiar face and for a moment dared not recognize it, instinctively adopting a Gentle Fist stance.

"it's me."

The real Hyuga Aoi stood in front of her, withdrew her hand, glanced at the White Zetsu's corpse, and then looked at the Allied Shinobi Forces ninjas fighting each other in the surrounding smoke and dust.

"It's actually White Zetsu. When did these things sneak in?" A serious expression appeared on Hyuga Aoi's face.

These White Zetsu can perfectly disguise themselves as anyone, and now it's impossible to tell who is an ally and who is an enemy; even the Byakugan can't distinguish them.

"Stop it all!"

A roar suddenly exploded, instantly drowning out all the noise and screams.

The Fourth Raikage stood on a pile of rubble, holding the corpse of a White Zetsu in his hand, and said, "Calm down, don't move!"

"A White Zetsu has used a transformation technique to blend in with us. Everyone stay put and do not move. Anyone who dares to act without authorization or approach their companions will be punished..."

"Treat them the same as White Zetsu!"

The Fourth Raikage's imposing presence brought a moment of calm to the previously chaotic scene.

Many ninjas who had already raised their weapons or were preparing to attack any "suspicious individuals" around them froze in their tracks.

"Help...help me...medical team..."

Not far away, a Cloud Village ninja lay in a pool of blood, unable to move, groaning in pain. Another Cloud Village ninja he knew instinctively stepped forward to check on him.

"Watch out!" another Jonin shouted, but it was too late.

Just as the Cloud Village ninja approached, a murderous intent suddenly flashed in the eyes of the "dying" Cloud Village ninja. He reached out with his hand hidden under his body and thrust a kunai at the Cloud Village ninja's neck!
Sizzle! Bang!

A flash of blue and white lightning disappeared in an instant, and the Fourth Raikage appeared between the two, his hand slash covered in lightning chakra striking first.

With even greater speed and more ferocious power, it directly cleaved the "dying" Cloud Village ninja in two, and the corpse quickly turned into White Zetsu.

However, the Cloud Village ninja who instinctively approached still had a deep gash cut open on his neck, from which blood gushed out.

"Heh heh..." He clutched his neck, his eyes wide with disbelief as he watched his "comrade," who had been split in two by Raikage, turn into a monster. He collapsed to his knees, utterly helpless.

"Medical team! Quick!" someone shouted.

But the nearby ninjas, seeing the corpse turning into a White Zetsu and the countless pairs of terrified and suspicious eyes around them, dared not approach.

Everyone stood frozen in place, watching helplessly as the wounded around them wailed in pools of blood, their lives slowly slipping away, yet they dared not make a move because of orders and suspicion.

They dared not move him, dared not help him, dared not offer any assistance.

Now, any movement he makes will be seen as a White Zetsu, and he will be attacked by the surrounding crowd.

Undoubtedly, this is a clumsy method, but it is also the only way.

White Zetsu's disguise technique differs from ordinary transformation techniques; after absorbing another person's chakra, it can transform into the same chakra.

Even the most familiar people and sensory ninjas cannot recognize it.

In the original work, when faced with a large number of White Zetsu disguises, the Allied Shinobi Forces chose the same approach: everyone stood still, which at least ensured that they would not fall into internal strife.

In the end, Naruto created countless shadow clones and used Kurama's ability to sense malice to go to various places to identify and eliminate all the White Zetsu.

No one else could recognize him, and even Nara Shikaku and Shikamaru couldn't figure out a way to do it.

But now, Naruto isn't there to help them, and Orochimaru has already collected a lot of ninja chakra to feed to these White Zetsu.

During the battle between the five great nations and the Akatsuki, the White Zetsu, who had originally disguised himself as a Sand Village ninja and infiltrated the Allied Forces, had long since become a ninja from another village.

"Damn it!" The Fourth Raikage was also at a loss for what to do.

"Raikage, we're in big trouble." An old voice came from behind.

The Fourth Raikage looked up and saw Hiruzen Sarutobi staring intently in another direction from a high point in the ruins not far away, his expression more solemn than ever before.

The Fourth Raikage followed his gaze and his pupils suddenly contracted.

The four figures had completely emerged from the dust and mist, and were walking unhurriedly toward the allied forces.

These are the four shadows of the previous generation.

Every step they took felt like a blow to the hearts of the Allied ninjas; their terrifying aura and imposing presence were so real that it was suffocating them.

"Father...?" His eyes widened instantly, staring intently at the Third Raikage, then he roared angrily, "Was he also a White Zetsu in disguise?!"

But soon he realized something was wrong. White Zetsu needed to absorb someone's chakra in order to perfectly impersonate that person's aura.

But his father died many years ago, so where did White Zetsu absorb chakra from?

"Huh? Your arm..."

The Third Raikage also saw him, his rugged face displaying a complex expression. He said in a deep voice, "It's me. We were forcibly summoned back from the Pure Land by Danzo Shimura using a forbidden technique developed by the Second Hokage."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, the Fourth Raikage was struck dumb, his body crackling with uncontrollable lightning, veins bulging on his forehead, as he cursed, "Shimura Danzo! Bastard!"

"That rat in the gutter, how dare he use such a forbidden technique that blasphemes the dead, and turn you... into this horrible mess?!"

Hozuki Gengetsu glanced at the Allied Shinobi Forces, who were clearly on high alert but dared not make a move, and sighed, "Your situation doesn't look too good."

"If you're too scared to move by those little tricks and face us like that, you have absolutely no chance of winning. You'll die a horrible death."

The Third Kazekage said coldly, "I never imagined that the five great nations, who have always been at odds with each other, would one day join forces against an enemy."

Even more unexpectedly, there was an enemy that even the combined forces of the five major powers could not defeat.

"It's really lively."

A light laugh, tinged with a hint of mockery, suddenly came from the other side of the battlefield, in the direction from which Rainbow Fortress had fallen.

With that soft laugh, a powerful gust of air suddenly surged out from the depths, dispersing the smoke and dust that enveloped the area.

The Rain Fortress, which once floated in the air, has now lost almost its entire lower half structure, with the remaining upper half diagonally inserted into the earth.

The flames flickered in the night, still emitting wisps of black smoke.

Bathed in the firelight of the fortress behind them, several figures stood on high ground, looking down at the four reanimated Kage and the Allied Shinobi Forces below.

The one in the lead was naturally Nagato.

Beneath the black robe with red clouds was a white outer garment that clung tightly to his body, with an opening at the head like a blooming flower bud, revealing Nagato's face.

Her long red hair was loose, covering one eye and revealing only her other black eye, which looked no different from anyone else's.

Kakuzu's main body stood behind him, along with his Wind Release and Lightning Release clones. "Sasori! You really betrayed the village!" The Third Kazekage's cold face finally showed anger when he saw Sasori standing behind Nagato.

"How pitiful, the Third Kazekage." Sasori remained expressionless and calmly said, "His corpse was made into a puppet, and his soul was also driven by others."

Although the Third Kazekage's puppet was destroyed in the explosion, Sasori himself appeared to be completely unharmed.

Almost at the same time that Nagato and the others appeared, several figures instantly appeared beside Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Fourth Raikage.

The team leaders are Hirotsuchi, Kakashi Hatake, and Jiraiya, as well as Yamato and Darui who succeeded Mifune and Hayate Gekko.

They had all received news of the resurrection of the previous four Kage and had temporarily suppressed the internal chaos caused by White Zetsu, so they rushed over immediately.

“Lord Raikage,” Huang Tu said, “the chaos within the Allied Forces has been temporarily suppressed, but we cannot act rashly if we cannot find White Zetsu.”

The same applies to the Allied Forces Division led by Kakashi Hatake, Yamato, and Darui.

The Fourth Raikage's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, which meant that the main force of the Allied Forces had been crippled at the crucial moment when they really needed to fight the Akatsuki due to the infiltration of White Zetsu!
It is foreseeable that the situation along the eastern coast of the Land of Hot Springs is even worse.

At least the Rain Fortress here has been destroyed, but the eastern defense line is currently under attack by Konan and her group.

Once the White Zetsu hiding among them cause trouble, the eastern defense line will collapse in an instant due to internal and external difficulties!
as predicted.

Almost at the same time that the Fourth Raikage had this thought, large bubbles began to rise from the surface of a pool of water not far away.

A wet head cautiously peeked out.

"I... I shouldn't be too late, right?"

Kakuzu's water-style clone glanced furtively around before shrinking back under everyone's watchful eyes.

"Well, um, Lord Konan has successfully broken through the eastern defense line..." he stammered, "and... he's allowed me to withdraw for now..."

The eastern defense line has truly been breached!
"This is really bad." This thought popped into the minds of Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others at the same time.

Although the last batch of troops stationed outside the underground palace were ninjas who had been secretly selected and rigorously vetted by the Allied Forces long ago, the possibility of them being replaced by White Zetsu was extremely low.

However, they could not possibly hold out for long against the attacks from Konan's troops and the Sky Ninja.

“Old man,” Jiraiya said in a low voice to Hiruzen Sarutobi, “After we infiltrated the fortress, we saw a huge stone statue that had absorbed the chakra of the four tailed beasts.”

“I guess that must be the ‘Tailed Beast Weapon’ that Nagato mentioned, but now it’s gone. I’m afraid Nagato hid it in some way.”

Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned, his gaze sweeping over the situation before him once more.

On one side are the four previous Kage resurrected through Edo Tensei, and on the other side is the Akatsuki organization that has just appeared, while our side is unable to move due to internal troubles...

However, the situation was actually worse than he had imagined.

Nagato looked at the previous four Kage and said, "Danzo, I know you're watching."

"As per my agreement with Orochimaru, this is your responsibility."

Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others' expressions changed drastically.

It's one thing that the Akatsuki organization colluded with Danzo, but why is Orochimaru involved as well?

Moreover, judging from Nagato's tone, Danzo doesn't seem to be the one in charge of this cooperation; Orochimaru is.
"Nagato, where is Orochimaru?" Jiraiya couldn't help but ask. "What exactly do you want?"

Nagato remained expressionless and offered no reply. His body slowly rose into the air, and after taking one last look at the battlefield below, he turned and flew towards the Land of Hot Springs.

Their goal, from beginning to end, was the underground palace.

However, only Nagato went alone, while Sasori, Kakuzu and his clones stayed behind.

In the eyes of Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others, this was to leave them behind to cooperate with the four Edo Tensei Kage, intercept their high-end combat forces and restrain the Allied Forces, thus buying time for Nagato and Konan to seize the underground palace.

but……

"Hey hey hey."

Kakuzu's lightning clone grinned, revealing a malicious smile, and held up four fingers, waving them as he said, "Guess, including our main body, there are clearly five of us."

"But why have only four appeared so far?"

It tilted its head, its smile growing increasingly malicious, and grinned, "Where did the last one go?"

"Shut up, you idiot." Kakuzu's main body glanced coldly at the lightning clone and warned, "Don't spout useless nonsense."

"Tsk, what a disappointment." The lightning clone pursed its lips and muttered under its breath, "Even if they find out now, what can they do? It's too late."

Upon hearing this, a terrifying thought instantly surfaced, and the expressions of the Fourth Raikage and the others changed.

Kakuzu has five hearts, corresponding to his main body and four clones. The water-style clone is on the eastern coast, while the main body, wind-style clone, and lightning-style clone are here.

However, there is still one Fire Release clone left, which has not appeared since the start of the battle, and Hiruko, a core member, is also absent.

They had assumed they were staying in the fortress like Shennong and Xie, but now it seems they were clearly never here from the beginning!

"Damn it!" The Fourth Raikage exclaimed in shock and anger, "Their target is Headquarters and the Jinchuriki!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others realized this as well, and their faces immediately turned ashen and grim.

No wonder Sasori and Kakuzu both stayed behind to cooperate with the Edo Tensei Four Kage.

The Allied Shinobi Forces, currently restrained by White Zetsu and unable to act, have no right to force the Akatsuki and the four Edo Tensei Kage to join forces.

Their real target is Hyuga Kumokawa, who is about to arrive on the battlefield!

No, that's not right.

This level of power might be enough to stop Hyuga Kumokawa, but it's far from sufficient to kill him.

What other arrangements does the Akatsuki have?
"It seems you still have forces on your side that these guys are wary of, requiring you to specifically divide your forces to deal with them?"

Unable to deduce this from their behavior, he said, "Listen, our bodies are controlled by magic, but we can still say some things. There must be some among you..."

Before he could finish speaking, his body suddenly paused slightly. Not only him, but also Hozuki Gengetsu, the Third Kazekage, and the Third Raikage beside him did the same.

Beneath the bone, a strange, scarlet Mangekyou Sharingan simultaneously appeared in the right eye.

"Again?" Hozuki Gengetsu said angrily, trying to resist the other's control, but his body had already adjusted its posture against its own will and entered battle mode...

Sizzle!
A blinding blue burst of lightning erupted.

The Fourth Raikage transformed into a streak of blue lightning, tearing through the night at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, and instantly appeared beside Hozuki Gengetsu, who was about to make a move.

"Thunder-torture level Chiyomai!"

With a roar, the Fourth Raikage's body crackled with lightning, and his hands, covered in Lightning Release chakra, came together like a blade and slashed out fiercely.

(End of this chapter)