Hearing the sudden movement from behind, everyone present instinctively turned to look.
Behind them, at some unknown moment, Renya's sneaky figure had appeared.
"The mysterious person—it's that mysterious person! Everyone, get him!"
The ninjas from Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure immediately swarmed forward.
In no time, they completely surrounded Renya, who had "accidentally" exposed his identity.
Only the ninjas of Sunagakure and Konoha remained unmoving, as if the appearance of the mysterious person had nothing to do with them.
After all, their Kage had given no orders.
The mysterious person had appeared three times in total, yet they hadn't made a single move, always just slacking off.
And they had discovered a pattern: as long as they stayed where they were, the mysterious person would not attack them.
Or rather, the mysterious person had never taken the initiative to attack the Allied Shinobi Forces.
It was always the other villages' ninjas who rushed in to offer their lives…
The ninjas of Konoha were not fools. Seeing how calm the Hokage and the advisors were, and combined with rumors spreading from other villages, they had guessed the mysterious person's identity.
If the mysterious person really was Lord Renya, then they absolutely could not make a move.
Although they didn't know the exact reason, they trusted Lord Renya!
Seeing the Allied Shinobi Forces charging at him, Renya couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
These guys had finally noticed him.
For this mission, Renya had underestimated the number of White Zetsu, but fortunately everything was developing in a good direction.
He was surrounded by a crowd, while Hanzo simultaneously faced off against the three Kage.
Relying on these White Zetsu alone, it was simply impossible to change the outcome of the battle.
Mission failure was inevitable.
Watching from the shadows, Tobi felt as if the sky were falling.
He couldn't understand how the plan he had painstakingly devised had failed right at the very beginning.
He had thought that relying on the White Zetsu army could buy time for the two of them, but now it seemed he was wrong.
And disastrously wrong!
Damn it—exactly which step had gone wrong?!
Tobi couldn't help but fall into deep self-doubt.
With thousands of White Zetsu and Hanzo of the Salamander drawing the Allied Shinobi Forces' attention, it had been such a perfect opening.
Yet Lord Renya had still been discovered.
That shouldn't have happened, right?
With Renya's strength, it should have been impossible for him to be found so easily.
At this moment, Tobi finally began to doubt Renya.
"Renya-sama… this can't be intentional, right?!"
Once or twice might be fine, but this was already the third consecutive exposure.
Tobi felt it necessary to inform Madara later—Renya seemed to have been bought off by the Allied Shinobi Forces.
As the deadline set by Madara drew closer and closer, and Renya continued to make mistakes, Tobi finally grew suspicious.
Under normal circumstances, Renya would never make such low-level errors.
Unless… he was doing it on purpose!
Tobi began carefully observing Renya's actions, trying to detect any traces of acting.
And with this look, he really did notice something off.
Facing the Allied Shinobi Forces' encirclement, Renya appeared completely at ease, as if he wasn't using his full strength at all to deal with the enemy.
Seen this way, it seemed like he was deliberately stalling for time?
On the other side, Hanzo of the Salamander was on the verge of being beaten to death by the three Kage.
At a glance, it was obvious that he was truly giving it his all.
Unlike Renya, who was clearly just slacking off—if he had fought as hard as Hanzo, he probably would have captured the Six-Tails Jinchūriki long ago and completed the mission.
There was no way it would have dragged on for so long!
Yet Tobi couldn't help but feel puzzled. He couldn't understand why Renya would do this.
Forget it—no more thinking. He would just send White Zetsu to report his discovery to Madara.
At this moment, Renya, who was still slacking off, had no idea that Tobi had already seen through him.
"You bunch of fools—don't even think about stopping us from carrying out the 'Eye of the Moon' plan. Hand over the Six-Tails Jinchūriki obediently, or you'll only face death!"
Renya continued fighting while hurling harsh threats.
This time, Tobi had really gone all out—he had actually gathered several thousand White Zetsu.
If Renya didn't act convincingly enough, he would definitely be exposed.
Logically speaking, White Zetsu weren't very intelligent; a bit of fooling around should have been enough to get by.
But clearly, his acting was just too terrible, and Tobi immediately noticed the problem.
"Stop him—don't let him get away!"
As more and more ninjas closed in, Renya began preparing to withdraw.
The mission had already failed—he could come back in a few days…
Just as Renya was about to make his escape, he saw Hanzo of the Salamander get blasted away by the Raikage.
Unable to use his poison mist, Hanzo was ultimately defeated.
Being able to hold out for that long was already impressive.
"Cough, cough, cough…"
"I'm here to save you!"
Renya burst out of the encirclement, kicked away the Raikage who was about to finish Hanzo off, then hoisted Hanzo onto his shoulder and bolted.
He had been worrying about not having a proper excuse to retreat, and now Hanzo had been defeated.
He knew it had been the right decision to call someone over for help!
With a weak point in the team, failure was only natural.
Carrying Hanzo, Renya quickly tore open a gap in the encirclement.
"Stop them—don't let them escape?!"
Seeing this, the three Kage immediately lost their composure.
They said things shouldn't happen more than three times—there was no way they could let this guy get away again!
"Kazekage, Hokage, what are you two still standing around for?"
The Fourth Mizukage noticed the two who hadn't made any moves, along with the ninjas behind them who were clearly slacking off, and his anger flared.
These two were really going too far—they were completely just here to make up the numbers!
If they didn't capture the mysterious person, weren't they worried that Uchiha Madara would capture all the tailed beasts and carry out a brutal plan to destroy the world?
If the mysterious person truly succeeded, everyone in the shinobi world would fall into genjutsu!
In reality, Shimura Danzo wasn't afraid at all…
Because Renya had said he had a way to deal with Uchiha Madara, so there was no need to worry unnecessarily.
Coming here was just a formality.
Hadn't he never made a move from the beginning?
As for Shamon, he chose to trust Shimura Danzo—after all, the mysterious person was Uchiha Renya.
Perhaps Uchiha Madara's "Eye of the Moon" plan was just an excuse Konoha had made up.
These young people had foolishly believed it.
Konoha kept insisting that Uchiha Madara wasn't dead, but over all these years, who besides Konoha's people had actually seen him?
He felt the three were making a mountain out of a molehill.
Still, seeing how furious they were, Shamon symbolically sent out some people to pursue.
Danzo did the same.
However, the ninjas of Sunagakure and Konoha always ran at the very back of the group.
"You stay behind to protect the Jinchūriki—we'll go after them!"
The three Kage shot the two of them an annoyed look, then joined the pursuit team.
Danzo and Shamon exchanged glances, both shaking their heads helplessly.
Young people these days had no composure at all, always acting rashly…
If this had been the shinobi world of a few decades ago, they would have been chopped into minced meat long ago.
All one could say was that they were born in a good era!
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