Chapter 140 Closing
The battle report received by Konoha was that the Akatsuki organization was unstoppable and the quality of their ninjas was no weaker than that of Konoha!
But when he was actually on the battlefield, Shiba Kiyokawa was very clear that the gap between the two sides still existed objectively.
"In the first wave of attack, Pain led the charge, and our casualty ratio was only slightly better. This result is much worse than when we fought against the Rain Ninja.
The average quality of Konoha ninjas is still a step ahead of us."
When they first swept across the Rain Country, the only tough battle they encountered on the frontal battlefield was the one in which they encircled and suppressed Hanzo of the Salamander.
At other times, the Akatsuki organization, with its high fighting spirit, basically swept away everything like a whirlwind!
Even if we face the roots, it will be a crushing battle due to the combined advantages of fighting spirit, numbers, terrain, etc.!
But things are different now.
The newly born Akatsuki organization finally faced a truly difficult test!
This time they will leave the Rain Country Novice Room and officially step into the exciting battlefield of the Ninja World War.
For now, the gap still needs to be faced.
But Nagato didn't seem very worried when he heard this.
Because they have been together for a long time, he has long been accustomed to Shiba Kiyokawa's style of doing things.
"You said that, which means you have already made up your mind, right?"
Shiba Qinghe tilted his head in surprise, "Why do you say that too?"
"Because if there is really no chance of winning, you should be planning a new strategy based on the map, instead of just lamenting the enemy's strength."
Nagato smiled and said something that was not exactly the same as what Konan said when she just came.
Shiba Qinghe couldn't help but laugh and joked, "It seems that it will be more and more difficult to fool you in the future. You all see through me."
Nagato squinted at him, "So you finally admit that you fooled us before?"
"Ahem, look at the map, look at the map, Konoha's reinforcements are coming early."
"..."
The time for joking was over, and then Shiba Kiyokawa put away all his smiles and spoke seriously.
"I do have some ideas, but I also need you to work together and entrust your lives to me!"
At this moment, all the members of the Akatsuki organization present, including Nagato, clenched their fists firmly on their chests and looked back at him with burning eyes.
"At your command, Chief!"
At this moment on the long and narrow border front, as far as the eye can see, the number of people fighting at the same time is actually not that large.
Due to their extreme mobility, ninjas are often not crowded in the same area during war.
Along the long battle line, both sides will set up a large number of outposts and observation points, and then send out a large number of line-filling ninjas and summoned beasts to keep watch at all times.
Only when the battle actually begins will the elite troops arrive quickly to provide support.
This is an art of war that only ninjas can perform. In Shiba Kiyokawa's previous life, no army would be able to assemble and respond with such speed.
But after actually coming into contact with this warfare mode, Shiba Kiyokawa quickly realized that this response mode was entirely possible to be deceived!
And their Akatsuki organization happens to have an advantage that is very helpful in deceiving opponents.
"Our number one advantage is Payne!"
Shiba Kiyokawa was in the tent, twisting a marker in his hand, and then placed it on the map, just like placing a piece on a chessboard.
At the same time, on the second Konoha defense line that they were about to attack, multiple outposts sent out distress signals at the same time!
A large number of Genin who filled the line were killed, but unfortunately no one cared about their disappearance.
The Konoha ninja in the back was analyzing.
"Where is the enemy's main target?"
The Hyuga clan ninja with the Byakugan widened his eyes and quickly made a judgment, "The chakra reaction at the 3 o'clock direction is the most intense, that should be the enemy's main attack direction!"
Then a higher-ranking jonin gave the order.
"Classes 3 to will go to support the o'clock direction. I will lead the team to support the other location!"
Until this moment, they all felt that this was still just an ordinary battle, no different from the countless battles they had experienced during the Ninja World War.
The Hyuga branch ninja with the Byakugan led the team, and the Konoha Jonin who had just given the order quickly led the team to the nearest gap in the defense line. At this moment, he judged that the location he was coming to should not be the direction of the enemy's main attack, and the pressure should not be that great. He even brought his disciples, several young Genin and Chunin.
However, just before the two sides came into contact——
The Hyuga branch ninja who led the team suddenly screamed in fear!
"No! This is not right! There is a high-energy reaction ahead! The amount of chakra is wrong!"
The reason why he screamed was very simple.
Because after the Akatsuki ninja in front confirmed that he had successfully deceived the enemy, he immediately took out a scroll and unfolded it.
Then there was a loud "bang"!
They channeled a corpse with a black rod stuck in it.
But the next moment, the corpse connected to Nagato's spirit. He opened his eyes, then opened his hands, and summoned more black stick shells in front of him!
This is the first advantage of the Akatsuki organization as stated by Shiba Kiyokawa: Pain!
Pain is essentially a dead man, so he can use scrolls to transfer quickly.
And during this period, no chakra aura will be emitted, which is enough to deceive any sensing ninjutsu!
In the original work, Pain, who called himself God, disdains to use this tactic, but Nagato, under the training of Shiba Kiyokawa, enjoys it.
This battle was the first battle between Akatsuki and Konoha, and it was also the first time that Pain, created by Nagato, appeared in the Ninja World War.
Konoha had not received any relevant information before this!
If everything were the same as when we first met, then all that would be left would be the autumn wind and sadness.
"All things are attracted by heaven!"
The Hyuga branch ninja who had already noticed something was wrong was about to remind the captain to escape quickly, but the next moment, an unreasonable traction force came, causing all of them to fly uncontrollably towards hell!
At the same time, in the direction of the Akatsuki organization's "main attack" as judged by Konoha, Hydrangea's summoning bird had already discovered the approach of Konoha's elite troops.
"The plan to lure the enemy is complete, seal and retreat!"
The next moment, dozens of Akatsuki ninjas present formed hand seals in unison. That scene deeply shocked the people from Konoha who were chasing after them.
At this time, inside the tent, Shiba Kiyokawa slowly put down the second marker in his hand.
Like the second piece dropped on the chessboard.
"Our second greatest advantage is unity!"
The moment the words fell, dozens of Akatsuki ninjas at the front line several kilometers away just completed hand seals in unison.
"Water Escape·Water Blinking Technique!"
At this moment, everyone turned into water and escaped, leaving no one behind!
This stunned the pursuing Konoha elite troops.
As the elite of Konohagakure, the number one ninja village in the ninja world, there are many jonin here who also know the "Water Style: Water Flash Body" technique, and they are even confident that they can use it better than the people in the Akatsuki organization.
However, they had never seen dozens or hundreds of ninjas using the same ninjutsu in unison.
In any ninja village, ninjutsu is strictly controlled, and the ninjutsu that each person can learn depends very much on fate.
Not to mention that except for the Rain Country, there are ninja clans in every ninja village, and the ninja clans have their own family-inherited ninjutsu.
These have meant that the ninjutsu and techniques used by everyone are different, and there is no way to achieve complete unification.
So now the question arises -
"Should we chase them?" An elite jonin from the Inuzuka family turned his head to look at his teammates and asked.
Of course he had a way to catch up with the fleeing members of Akatsuki. He had a ninja dog, his sense of smell was sharp enough, and speed was also his strong point.
But the problem is: in the Konoha Village where everyone is unable to coordinate their steps, his pursuit ability cannot be fully synchronized with his teammates.
Right now, the speed of the enemies they are facing is quite uniform!
He was asked to leave and chase alone? He wouldn't do it!
Behind the Inuzuka clan jonin was a Yamanaka clan jonin who was not very good at speed.
When the question was raised, the Yamanaka clan jonin could only bite the bullet and answer, "I only know the body-flickering technique, not the water body-flickering technique. I may not be able to catch up with those people in this environment."
What I mean is that if I want to chase you, run faster, because I won’t be part of this battle.
This situation was actually very common in the past Ninja World Wars. Everyone had long been accustomed to coordinating, accommodating, and compromising with each other, and complementing each other as much as possible in battle.
But it was not until today when they encountered the Akatsuki organization that these people were forced to reflect for the first time.
Can the so-called team complementarity really be as good as adopting unified standards for standardization and training from the beginning?
The Ninja World War has been fought in this muddled way for many, many years, so much so that in the Ninja World, no village has ever really thought about the importance of strict discipline and unified dispatch for a military combat group!
And today, Shiba Kiyokawa closed the shop for them for the first time.
(End of this chapter)
