Hidden Leaf Village.
Inside the underground rest area of the giant venue.
The Five Kage, as well as numerous high-level officials and elites from various ninja villages including Jiraiya, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Killer B, and Kisame Hoshigaki, were all sitting quietly cross-legged on the ground at this moment.
Undoubtedly.
After deciding to fight a decisive battle with the Akatsuki organization, the Five Kage took advantage of the last bit of time for mobilization in each village to experience Shinji's 'Takamagahara'.
To add as much chance of victory as possible for the final decisive battle!
Inside Takamagahara.
Without time to sigh about the magic of Shinji's Mangekyo Dojutsu, the Five Kage and powerhouses from various ninja villages began the simulation battle.
The Five Kage's target was Nagato, so they directly chose Nagato as the 'imaginary enemy'.
Of course, Shinji couldn't perfectly simulate Nagato's strength. Otherwise, it would expose his excessive familiarity with the 'Rinnegan'.
Moreover, he really didn't know Nagato's current state, so the realism of the simulation was very limited.
But even so, being able to fight Nagato in advance was invaluable for experienced powerhouses like the Five Kage.
As for the elites of each village, they also targeted different Akatsuki members selectively. Among them, the most chosen one was Hiruko.
Firstly, compared to some other Akatsuki members whose strength was between elite Jonin and Kage level, Hiruko, who possessed several Kekkei Genkai, was a solid Kage-level powerhouse, even ranking in the forefront among Kage-level powerhouses, extremely challenging.
Secondly, if they could defeat Hiruko, there was a probability of obtaining precious spoils like Mangekyo Sharingan and 'Chimera Technique' from him. This made Hiruko the target of almost all ninja villages, including the Hidden Leaf.
As for other powerhouses of the Akatsuki organization, such as the mysterious masked man, the demon Mōryō, Ranmaru who also possessed several Kekkei Genkai like Hiruko, etc., they were either too mysterious and difficult to deal with, had insufficient intelligence, or had no spoils to harvest, so relatively fewer people chose them.
On Platform 011.
The master and disciple pair, Jiraiya and Naruto, were joining hands to confront 'Nagato'.
Like the Five Kage on another platform, they also chose Nagato as the imaginary enemy.
But looking at the six figures wearing Akatsuki red cloud robes standing quietly in a row in front of them, Jiraiya frowned: "Where is Nagato?"
Naruto scratched his head: "Pervy Sage, why do all six people opposite have the kind of 'Eyes of the Sage' you mentioned?"
Jiraiya shook his head: "I'm not too sure either, maybe there's a problem with Shinji's dojutsu?"
Clearly, the 'Nagato' simulated in Shinji's 'Takamagahara' was not Nagato's main body, but the 'Six Paths of Pain' controlled by Nagato.
Of course.
These were just Nagato's previous set of 'Six Paths of Pain'!
Naruto asked: "Then do we continue the drill?"
Jiraiya said: "Never mind, let's try first!"
"Okay!"
Naruto responded, instantly activating 'Nine-Tails Chakra Mode', his whole body wrapped in golden Tailed Beast chakra.
On Platform 043.
Gaara stared at 'Sasori' in front of him, as well as the Third Kazekage human puppet and Fourth Kazekage human puppet controlled by the opponent, a ripple appearing in his originally calm eyes.
"Damn it!"
"Damned Sasori!"
Unlike Gaara who still maintained composure, Kankuro and Temari aside couldn't help but curse loudly upon seeing their father made into a human puppet.
In the Land of Rice Fields battle, although the Ninja Village Alliance didn't directly break out into a great battle with Sasori, by examining the battlefield where Sasori fought fiercely with Orochimaru, it wasn't hard to judge that Sasori had already made the Fourth Kazekage's corpse he took away before into a human puppet.
So based on this intelligence, Shinji added a Fourth Kazekage human puppet for Sasori in 'Takamagahara'.
As a puppet master, without overly powerful puppets, even counting being good at using poison, Sasori was just at the level of an elite Jonin.
However, with the addition of the Third Kazekage human puppet and Fourth Kazekage human puppet, two human puppets mastering powerful 'Magnet Release', Sasori's strength had firmly stepped into the Kage level, even belonging to the more difficult category among Kage levels.
Gaara said: "Temari, Kankuro, let's go!"
"Okay!"
"Understood!"
Temari and Kankuro responded respectively. Then one unfolded the ninja tool fan, and the other shook open the storage scroll sealing puppets...
On Platform 077.
Zabuza licked the long blade in his hand, his gaze looking at the Kubikiribōchō (Executioner's Blade) in the hands of the imaginary enemy 'Jūzō Biwa' opposite.
"What qualification does a rogue ninja like you have to possess a Ninja Sword? Hand it over!"
Saying this, Zabuza pounced up!
On Platform 093.
Ameyuri Ringo shouted anxiously: "Where is he now?"
"Don't know!"
"I didn't see him either!"
Suigetsu and Chojuro stood back to back, looking around vigilantly.
Ameyuri Ringo holding the twin swords Kiba shouted: "Ao, what are you doing, why haven't you found that guy yet?"
Ao possessing one Byakugan looked ferocious: "That damned guy is very fast. Give me a little more time, I'm about to find him!"
Swish!
Just then, accompanied by the sound of breaking air, a blurred figure flashed in front of Ao, directly twisting Ao's neck with one hand.
Ao struggled with all his might: "You..."
The one twisting Ao's neck was none other than Ranmaru, who possessed several Kekkei Genkai.
Crack...
Soon, with a crisp sound, Ao's neck was snapped by Ranmaru. And with the 'death in battle' of Ao, the only one who could detect Ranmaru's 'Swift Release' (should be Swift Release/Transparent Release based on context, likely Transparent Release given the blurred figure description but Swift fits speed), the other three Hidden Mist ninjas instantly fell into a hopeless situation...
On Platform 101.
Shion, entering 'Takamagahara' again, finally plucked up the courage to request challenging the demon Mōryō from Shinji.
Subsequently, Shinji simulated a fake 'Mōryō' in 'Takamagahara'.
Because Shinji had fought Mōryō, plus having Shion the Miko as a reference, the fidelity of 'Mōryō' was very high, enough to pass off as genuine.
"This..."
Looking at the demon Mōryō in front of her, who had released its main body and was waving dark purple tentacles aggressively, the courage Shion managed to muster instantly deflated quite a bit.
Just then, a hand rested on Shion's shoulder: "Is it your dark side?"
Shion turned her head abruptly, finding that the one resting a hand on her shoulder was actually Mumei: "You... why did you come to me?"
Mumei said: "Need help?"
Mumei's words provoked Shion a bit. She said stubbornly: "I don't need your help! I am the Miko protecting the Ninja World. If I can't even handle my own dark side, then how can I protect the Ninja World!"
Smiling, Mumei stepped aside: "Alright, then let me see how our Miko-sama solves this demon!"