The genius of Naruto is a bit ordinary.

In an unknown valley.

Suddenly, the space began to distort, and a masked man wearing a black robe with red clouds appeared here.

The masked man felt very bad at this moment. This time he just wanted to experiment with the power of Infinite Tsukuyomi. If this ability had to be given a name, it would be called Restricted Tsukuyomi.

In fact, the masked man would not have acted like this if he had simply failed to catch the Nine-Tailed Fox.

After all, Konoha had that existence, and he had never thought of really catching the Nine-Tails from under the other's nose.

Therefore, this operation was an operation in which if the Nine-Tailed Fox was caught, it would be a huge profit, but if it was not caught, it would definitely not be a loss.

however……

The masked man recalled everything in the Tsukuyomi world. Naruto's strength was beyond his expectations. Even Nagato before him didn't shock him so much.

So, who can tell him why Naruto is already able to use the power of the Nine-Tails, and more importantly, why the other party's power after using the Nine-Tails is so strong?

That strength is not even on the same level as the Eight-Tails, which is also a perfect Jinchūriki.

However, the masked man took a deep breath. It seemed that the next action would not be so easy. The power of Konoha was not only the Nine-Tailed Fox, but also Xia Li.

Be prepared for the worst and assume that Xia Li is stronger than Naruto.

So, what does Konoha want to do with such power and how deeply it hides it?

The masked man was thinking, as for the achievement of Xia Li in the Tsukuyomi world in unifying the ninja world, he actually didn't care too much, because the personalities of most people in the Tsukuyomi world are the opposite.

So, since Xia Li in the Tsukuyomi world has that kind of personality, then Xia Li on his side probably doesn't have that kind of personality.

However, the masked man did not feel discouraged because of this. After all...

A perfect Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is so powerful, so how powerful will he be after becoming a true Ten-Tails Jinchuriki?

The masked man felt that by that time, even Xia Li would definitely not be his opponent, right?

Just as the masked man was thinking, a black and white figure emerged from the ground next to him. It was Jue.

"A guest is coming." Jue said in his unique double voice.

"Hmm?" The masked man was a little surprised, and then he saw... Orochimaru sitting there leisurely sipping tea?

"Why are you here?" The masked man's eyes narrowed when he saw Orochimaru.

"Haha, don't be so hostile towards me. I'm here to talk to you about cooperation." Orochimaru said with a smile, showing no fear at all about the appearance of the masked man.

"I don't think there is anything we can cooperate on." The masked man frowned. Although the strength of Orochimaru in front of him might not be worth mentioning, he also knew that the other party was definitely not a good person. As for cooperation, he still didn't know what the other party's plan was.

"The Fourth Ninja World War, I think you might need my help." Orochimaru looked at the masked man and smiled, "If I'm not mistaken, you should have gone to Konoha to capture the Nine-Tails just now? How was it? Did you feel the power of Konoha?"

Suddenly, the masked man fell silent and glanced at Orochimaru dimly.

Seeing the masked man remain silent, Orochimaru smiled even more deeply. In this case, cooperation was probably inevitable.

However, there was a misunderstanding between them. Orochimaru naturally thought that the masked man had seen Xia Li's power, but the masked man thought that Orochimaru knew the terrifying power of the Nine-Tails...

"So, how can you help me? I don't think you are qualified to cooperate with me." The masked man finally decided to listen to what Orochimaru said first.

Orochimaru looked at the masked man and without hesitation, he began to make seals with his hands. Suddenly, several coffins appeared in front of them. When the coffin lids fell, former members of the Akatsuki were revealed.

It's just a pity that a few people are missing, such as Nagato, who is still living well in Konoha. There is also no Uchiha Itachi, whose body was taken away by Sasuke at that time. Orochimaru actually felt a little sorry about this.

When he was alive, he longed for Uchiha Itachi's power, but he never got it...

"The forbidden ninjutsu of the Second Hokage, Impure World Reincarnation?" the masked man asked with a serious tone after seeing this scene.

"Of course." Orochimaru stared at the masked man and licked his face.

"If that's all, you're not qualified." The masked man said. After all, most of the members of Akatsuki are at the level of Kage and can't actually have much impact on the battle situation.

"Haha, is that so?" Orochimaru suddenly laughed strangely, and then another coffin appeared in front of them, and the coffin lid was opened.

"So, what if we add him?"

At this moment, Orochimaru looked at the masked man and Zetsu with their eyes wide open, and smiled triumphantly. This was the right expression.

When Xia Li showed it to him before, he was surprised but not shocked, as if he had expected it. But now the expressions of the masked man and Jue were exactly what he wanted to see!

…………

Xia Li naturally didn't know that Orochimaru had already started negotiations with the masked man.

He only knew that the Five Kage meetings had been held one after another recently, and they had been discussing what to do next, and Xia Li, as the commander-in-chief, could not be absent.

In fact, these meetings are not very useful except for confirming the general direction at the beginning. After all, even the opponent's base camp has not been determined yet.

Although Xia Li knew it, he didn't intend to say it out at this time.

What the joint forces are actually doing now is that the reconnaissance ninjas from the five major ninja villages are searching for the base of the masked man in various areas.

Following this trend, it is only a matter of time before we find Akatsuki's base.

Of course, although it has no nutritional value, it still has some content.

For example, the total number of the ninja coalition forces this time has been determined. The five major ninja villages plus the samurai of the Iron Kingdom total about 80,000.

When Xia Li looked at the list, he found that there was actually a lot of water in the 80,000 names.

Because, there are not that many ninjas. For example, Xia Li’s number is only over 10,000, so how many ninjas are there in Konoha?

You know, Xia Li is only seventeen years old now. Ninjas younger than Xia Li are basically the future of the ninja village. This part of the force cannot be put on the battlefield.

Most of these ten thousand ninjas had already died. Even if each family could gather some, the number of ninjas that Konoha could gather would not exceed ten thousand.

This is the case with Konoha, which has the most advantageous geographical location. The number of people in the other four ninja villages will only be worse than that of Konoha.

Therefore, most of the 80,000 ninja coalition forces are actually samurai.

Although there are some strong samurai among the warriors, most of them are just ordinary soldiers. If they really want to fight, they still have to rely on the strength of the ninja.

In addition, of course, there is the forehead protector of the United Ninja Army. As an unprecedented union of great ninja villages, in order to unite the people's hearts, the power of the five major ninja villages was twisted into one rope, so the forehead protectors of each ninja village are no longer worn.

They all wore a new forehead protector instead. It did not have the emblems of the five major ninja villages but a single word "Ninja", representing the United Ninja Army.

The work of forging was uniformly handed over to the Sand Village, which was the most proficient in it. Although the Kirikage was best at making weapons, small parts such as forehead protectors were most suitable for the Sand Village. After all, they had made so many puppets and were able to mass-produce such small things that required no technical content at all.

Of course, the most important point is to confirm the overall structure of the coalition. For this reason, the five Kage had a big argument at the meeting.

In the end, of course, it was Xia Li who finalized the final plan. If not, Xia Li felt that these people would probably continue fighting.

First of all, there is no doubt that the leader is the Five Kage, and Xia Li is the supreme commander, while the other four Kage serve as the heads of the alliance.

Since Xia Li was the supreme commander, he naturally had to give up the position of chief of staff. Although it was impossible for Xia Li to give it to Nara Shikaku, it was finally handed over to the Fourth Raikage.

After all, apart from Konoha, the strongest ninja village is the Cloud Ninja. Although the Fourth Raikage is not suitable to be a staff officer, everyone knows that the Fourth Raikage is only sitting in this position.

The staff who really make suggestions are actually the members below, and the final results of their suggestions have to be submitted to Xia Li for approval before they can be implemented, so this position is just a reflection of status.

The other three shadows didn't fight for anything too much.

As for the position of staff officer, it was not surprising that it fell to Nara Shikaku and Sackboy of Kumo Ninja, both of whom were intelligent computers trusted by the Five Kage.

There is no need to mention Nara Shikaku. As the deer among the Ino, Deer and Chow, his reputation on the battlefield is not bad. As for Sackcloth, the fact that he was able to help the Fourth Raikage manage the Cloud Village into what it was like is evident.

Next is the intelligence unit, whose captains are Yamanaka Inoichi and Ao of the Mist Ninja. Again, no one will object. Yamanaka Inoichi's reasons are the same as Nara Shikaku's.

The captain of the medical team is Tsunade, there is no doubt about this and no one will deny this decision.

After all, everyone knows that Tsunade of Konoha is the ninja with the strongest medical ninjutsu in the world, and they will probably need treatment from the medical team in the future, so the more powerful the medical ninjutsu of the medical team, the more reassured they will be, and naturally it is impossible for them to oppose Tsunade.

Captain positions of the reconnaissance team, surprise attack team, perception team, and daimyo guard team are naturally distributed among the various ninja villages.

The most important thing is the frontal combat force.

Xia Li originally planned to set up six frontal combat forces. After all, each ninja village needed a representative, and the Iron Country had contributed so many manpower, it would be unreasonable not to give the other side a captain.

However, the final result of the discussion was that there were only five troops, because Mei Terumi gave up this opportunity because she believed that after Ao became the captain of the intelligence corps and Chojuro became a member of the Daimyo Guard, the Mist Ninja could no longer come up with a suitable candidate to be the captain.

Of course, it’s not that the Mist Ninja has no capable people, but the captain naturally needs to be famous and strong enough. The Mist Ninja has been closed for so long that it is really hard to come up with a candidate at this time.

Therefore, the Ninja United Army was finally divided into five forces, which are...

The first unit, led by Konoha Hatake Kakashi, consists mainly of medium and short-range combat ninjas, who are responsible for protracted battles.

The second unit, led by Cloud Ninja Darui, consists mainly of mid-range combat ninjas who are good at concealed weapons.

The third team, led by Iwagakure Huangtu, consists mainly of close-range combat ninjas, who are responsible for killing large numbers of enemies and are the team fighting on the front lines.

The fourth team, led by the Kazekage Gaara, is mainly composed of long-range combat ninjas, responsible for supporting the front-line and rear-end troops.

The fifth unit, led by Mifune of the Land of Iron, consists mainly of samurai and ninjas who use special ninjutsu or fighting methods.

The captain-general of the five major armies is the Fifth Kazekage Gaara. Needless to say, the value of this position is self-evident. It is also the position that the Fourth Raikage wants most. Unfortunately, he first took the position of chief of staff, so it is naturally difficult for him to take the position of captain-general.

Ohnoki had no intention of competing for this position. After all, he was too old and not suitable for this position.

In fact, Xia Li also wanted this position, and he hadn't moved for a long time. Unfortunately, as the commander-in-chief, he could not take over this position.

Xia Li thought that in fact, the ones who suffered the most were the Mist Ninjas, but there was no way, the Mist Ninjas now really had the least talent, and the Mist Village was also the place where the Akatsuki organization accumulated strength, so they were bound to suffer this loss.

Fortunately, Mei Terumi didn't mind it too much. In the end, she just managed to become the captain-in-chief of the daimyo's guard. But unfortunately, as the fifth Mizukage, she was also an important fighting force of the coalition.

So in fact, this position is just a title, and the real captain is actually Chojuro.

Similarly, the captain of the Fourth Army is Gaara, and since the other party is the captain-general, the real captain naturally falls to... Shikamaru.

That's right, the other Sand Ninjas did not take this position, but gave it to Shikamaru. After all, they all knew Shikamaru's abilities and thought he was more suitable for this position than them.

At this time, handing it over to the right person might allow more people to survive, and with the current relationship between Konoha and Sand Ninja, they naturally wouldn't object. Most importantly, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the relationship between Sand Ninja's princess Temari and Shikamaru was a little abnormal, so naturally they couldn't object.

However, everything was finally divided up, and Xia Li breathed a sigh of relief. Now the meeting could be quiet for a while.

At this moment, Nara Shikaku suddenly ran over.

"What? What happened again?" Xia Li had a headache. The meeting just ended. Could it be that another meeting was needed?

"Hokage, we have found the base of Akatsuki!" said Nara Shikaku.

"Huh?" Xia Li was stunned for a moment, then his face became solemn. Without saying much, he took Nara Shikaku to the meeting room.

Finally... we have come to this point.