"Plan? What plan?"
Tobi stared at Renya, who was walking toward the camp without any attempt to hide himself, and froze on the spot for a moment.
So it turned out that Renya-sama didn't have any plan at all.
Or rather, his plan was to launch a direct assault on the Allied Shinobi Forces' camp and then take the Six-Tails jinchūriki right in front of all the shinobi.
But with even the slightest bit of thinking, it was obvious that there was absolutely no chance of success.
In other words, tonight's mission was going to fail.
Tobi was already thinking about how he would explain this to Madara-sama later. It really wasn't that he hadn't tried—there were simply too many shinobi in the Allied Forces.
Renya-sama alone was no match for them…
"Stop! Who goes there?!"
The moment Renya jumped down from the tree, he was spotted by the patrolling shinobi.
As soon as the shout rang out, countless shinobi turned their gazes toward Renya's position. This was a critical period for protecting the tailed beasts—no one was allowed to approach the camp.
Especially with Renya's appearance, he quickly drew the attention of the Five Kage, who all appeared at the camp entrance.
"So this guy is the mysterious person who's been secretly capturing tailed beasts?"
The Second Kazekage, Shamon, glanced at the mysterious man wearing a white spiral mask, then discreetly observed Senju Tobirama's reaction.
Unfortunately, there was no expression on Tobirama's face at all, as if he didn't recognize the mysterious figure whatsoever.
At that, Shamon could only think: worthy of an old man.
But sometimes, having no reaction was the biggest reaction of all.
If that was the case, then this mysterious man was either Uchiha Renya—or Uchiha Kagami.
Once the fighting started, he planned to have the Sunagakure shinobi stay behind Konoha's forces and slack off.
He believed the mysterious man wouldn't take the initiative to attack Konoha's shinobi, and as a result, their Sunagakure shinobi could avoid disaster as well.
The Second Shinobi World War had made Shamon keenly aware of Konoha's strength.
He knew that opposing Konoha brought no benefits. It would be better to let the mysterious man take the Six-Tails jinchūriki away.
After all, Kirigakure had two tailed beasts and was still no match for Konoha.
To put it bluntly, Uchiha Renya killing jinchūriki was practically child's play.
Whether they existed or not made no real difference.
If it weren't for the fact that the other villages were all involved in protecting the jinchūriki, he wouldn't even bother participating.
Shukaku was long gone anyway.
For all he knew, this could be Konoha's scheme to wipe them all out in one go.
In short—don't provoke Konoha.
"Tsk tsk, so many people."
Renya's low voice passed through the mask, carrying not the slightest hint of panic.
It was as if he hadn't taken the Allied Shinobi Forces seriously at all.
The moment they saw the mysterious man, Shimura Danzō and the others recognized his identity.
That hair, that build—if it wasn't Renya, who else could it be?
But none of them spoke up, all pretending not to know him.
"Who the hell are you?!"
The newly appointed Fourth Mizukage was the first to step forward and question him, staring at the mysterious man with an ashen face.
"What is your purpose in secretly capturing the tailed beasts?!"
Most of the tailed beasts in the shinobi world had already been taken—only the Six-Tails and the Nine-Tails remained.
As the Mizukage of his village, he absolutely could not allow Konoha's scheme to succeed!
If it were only him alone, he would never dare speak to the mysterious man like this.
But the Allied Shinobi Forces behind him gave him immense courage.
"Haha, who I am isn't important. As for why I'm capturing the tailed beasts…"
The only visible part of Renya's face—his eyes—turned scarlet.
"Of course, it's to bring true peace to the shinobi world!"
"Peace in the shinobi world?"
The crowd clearly didn't understand what he was talking about.
What did capturing tailed beasts have to do with bringing peace?
"Foolish people. As long as I collect all the tailed beasts, I can carry out the Eye of the Moon Plan, pulling you all into a genjutsu world where you'll live out your entire lives in happiness!"
Taking this opportunity, Renya laid out all the concrete details.
There was only one reason—he wanted to raise the difficulty of the game.
"The Eye of the Moon Plan!"
Everyone instantly recalled the news Konoha had released years ago—that Uchiha Madara was still alive.
And that he was secretly plotting the Eye of the Moon Plan.
When they first heard it, they had all been deeply worried, but later there was never any further news of Madara.
Gradually, they had forgotten about it.
Now that the mysterious man brought it up again, realization dawned on them all.
"Uchiha Madara—you're Uchiha Madara!"
"No, that's not right. Uchiha Madara wouldn't be this young!"
Although the mysterious man hadn't shown his face, his figure clearly didn't belong to an elderly man.
"So the prerequisite for carrying out the Eye of the Moon Plan is collecting all the tailed beasts?"
Senju Tobirama murmured softly, deep in thought.
That explained why Uchiha Madara had Renya secretly capturing tailed beasts.
So the condition for realizing the Eye of the Moon Plan was to gather all the tailed beasts!
In other words, as long as they protected the remaining tailed beasts…
Uchiha Madara's plan would never succeed!
The Kage present suddenly understood and immediately stared at the mysterious man with heightened vigilance.
Seeing their reactions, Renya knew his words had had the intended effect.
He needed them to understand the importance of the tailed beasts and then strengthen their guard twenty-four hours a day.
That would push his difficulty infinitely higher.
If he hadn't said any of this, he might only have been able to delay things for half a year.
But by saying it, he could delay it by at least a year.
Unless Madara decided to personally enter the fray, this wouldn't be resolved in a short time.
Or unless they directly started the Third Shinobi World War.
The two of them versus the entire shinobi world!
"Capture him! We can't let him leave!"
The Fourth Mizukage immediately issued the order. The Kirigakure shinobi swarmed out in full force, intending to overwhelm the mysterious man with sheer numbers.
Seeing this, the Fourth Tsuchikage and the Third Raikage hurriedly ordered their own shinobi to go provide support.
Only Konoha and Sunagakure remained motionless.
Seeing this scene, the Second Kazekage Shamon knew his suspicions had been correct.
The mysterious man was from Konoha.
As for the so-called Eye of the Moon Plan, it was nothing more than Konoha's rhetoric.
If they didn't say it like that, how else would they justify capturing the tailed beasts?
Konoha really was calculating—good thing he had noticed something was off early on.
He hadn't foolishly sent anyone in.
If nothing unexpected happened, those charging at the front would all meet only one end—death.
His gaze fell upon the battlefield, and it was quickly proven true.
"Meet your death!"
Facing the shinobi surging toward him like a tide from all directions, Renya not only didn't retreat—he took the initiative and charged forward.
Like a phantom, he plunged straight into the crowd, his movements lightning-fast.
Kunai, shuriken, long blades… countless attacks came at him, yet none of them even brushed the corner of his clothes.
His Sharingan had already seen through every attack trajectory, allowing him to evade each one with perfect precision.
His movements were smooth and natural, like dancing on the edge of a blade.
While dodging a powerful overhead slash, he flicked his wrist, seized his opponent's wrist, and with a slight exertion of force, snatched away the long blade.
A flash of steel—one reverse swing!
"Pshhk"
The shinobi stared in disbelief at the blood erupting from his chest before collapsing to the ground.