"Stop him—quick, stop him!"
The surrounding ninja reacted immediately. Some stayed behind to deal with White Zetsu, while the rest rushed forward and surrounded Renya in the center.
The Five Kage, having received the news, hurried over at once.
Shimura Danzō looked solemnly at the mysterious man and questioned him coldly.
"You bastard—now that we've discovered you, you're not running?!"
He remembered that Renya had been injured only a few days ago, and now he had come again to capture the Six-Tails jinchūriki.
He must have been forced by Uchiha Madara.
Danzō could already imagine the scene of Renya failing to capture his target and being scolded by Uchiha Madara.
It seemed he needed to find an opportunity to deal with Uchiha Madara.
He couldn't let him continue to harm Renya.
No one was allowed to hurt his friend—not even Uchiha Madara!
Anyone who dared to harm Renya, he would eliminate one by one!
Shimura Danzō's words were a reminder to his friend to hurry and escape while there was still time; once he was completely surrounded, it would be hard to get away.
"Pretty good tactic!" the Fourth Mizukage sneered. "But aren't you looking down on our Shinobi Allied Forces a bit too much?"
"Why waste words with him? Just take him down!" The Third Raikage crackled with lightning all over his body and charged at Renya like a bolt of blue lightning.
This time, he intended to capture the mysterious man in one decisive move.
No matter how strong the mysterious man was, he surely wouldn't be a match for the Five Kage and several thousand ninja of the allied forces!
Under the combined assault of the Five Great Nations, the mysterious man would have no choice but to surrender!
"Let's go!" the Fourth Mizukage called out, hurrying to support the Raikage.
"Keep an eye on him—don't let him find a chance to escape!" the Fourth Tsuchikage ordered the allied forces, then joined the battlefield as well.
Before leaving, he didn't forget to remind the two beside him.
"Hokage, Kazekage—come help, quickly!"
Shimura Danzō watched the three charging at Renya with a dark expression, unconsciously clenching his fists.
What a joke!
These three were actually inviting him to attack his own good friendr!
It was like rubbing salt into his wounds—there was no way he could do such a thing!
"Hokage, should we go?" the Second Kazekage, Shamon, asked tentatively.
Those three hotheads didn't know the mysterious man's identity, but how could an old fox who had been Kazekage for decades not know?
Uchiha Renya could single-handedly kill veteran Kage; dealing with these three newly appointed hotheads would be child's play for him.
Besides, since the Hokage hadn't made a move, he wouldn't either.
Otherwise, if Uchiha Renya got carried away and casually killed him too, what then?
At his age, nearly ready for retirement, it was better not to take that risk.
Those who had survived from the Warring States era to now all had some real ability.
As for those who couldn't see the situation clearly, the grass on their graves was already several meters tall.
No—some unlucky ones didn't even have a proper grave at all…
"Why are you asking me?!" Shimura Danzō snapped irritably. "If you want to go, then go!"
This Kazekage followed him around all day long—who knew what possessed him.
He even had to ask about something like this!
Didn't he know Danzō was in a foul mood right now?
"I'll follow the Hokage's decision on this matter," Shamon said with an awkward smile.
The real reason he stuck close to Danzō was self-preservation.
As long as he muddled along behind the Hokage, Uchiha Renya wouldn't make a move against him.
This was survival wisdom from the older generation—something those young upstarts simply didn't understand…
The battle in the field continued.
Renya faced the siege of three Kage alone, yet he looked completely at ease.
Compared to the previous generation of Three Kage, these three young ones were far inferior—only elite jōnin level at best.
If Renya wanted to, he could kill all three on the spot.
But he didn't do that. Killing them would bring him no benefit at all.
It was better to keep them around to increase the difficulty of the mission.
Renya subconsciously glanced toward Shimura Danzō and Kazekage Shamon standing in the distance.
These two were blatantly slacking off!
And also—since when had Danzō and the Kazekage gotten so close?
He had infiltrated the camp twice, and both times he saw the two standing shoulder to shoulder.
It gave the impression that they had a pretty good relationship.
That Danzō bastard had actually made a new friend behind his back.
"Bastard!" The Third Raikage saw that Renya still had the leisure to look elsewhere, clearly not taking them seriously at all, and was instantly furious.
"No matter who you are, I'm going to rip off your mask!" The Fourth Mizukage condensed a blade of water and slashed at Renya's mask.
"Heh. You're not worthy of knowing my identity."
Renya merely tilted his head slightly, dodging the sharp water blade, then followed up with a whip kick that sent the Mizukage flying.
"Mizukage!" The Fourth Tsuchikage saw his companion get kicked away and instinctively turned his head—only to see the two standing nearby, clearly slacking off.
"Hokage, Kazekage—what are you watching for?! Hurry up and come help!"
After a brief exchange, he realized that the three of them alone were absolutely no match for the mysterious man.
Only by joining forces as five, together with the Shinobi Allied Forces, would they have any chance of defeating him!
"All elite jōnin—come help at once!"
Elite jōnin from the Mist Village, Rock Village, and Stone Village immediately rushed toward Renya. Only the ninja of the Leaf Village and Sunagakure still showed no reaction.
"Hokage, he's urging us on," the Second Kazekage Shamon said weakly.
The subtext was clear… this act was getting a bit too obvious—we should at least go up there and show our faces.
Shimura Danzō naturally understood his meaning and gave a deep-voiced order.
"Leaf ninja, do not act rashly. I alone am sufficient!"
He didn't want the Leaf's ninja to go up there and get in Renya's way.
The Second Kazekage Shamon followed suit, giving orders to his subordinates before joining Danzō in moving up to provide support.
"That Renya fellow…" Hiruzen murmured softly.
"Danzō is really worried about Renya-kun," Koharu Utatane said with a smile.
They had been at the camp for several weeks now, and the Leaf's ninja had been openly slacking off the entire time.
You could say they weren't even pretending anymore.
Anyone with eyes could tell that the mysterious man was inseparable from the Leaf…
"But I'm very curious—why has the Kazekage been sticking by Danzō's side all these days?"
Mitokado Homura stared at Shamon's back and finally voiced the doubt that had been weighing on him.
Hiruzen and Koharu Utatane fell silent.
Right—they had never considered that question!
Renya wasn't even a ninja of Sunagakure, so why wouldn't the Kazekage attack him?
Perhaps only the Kazekage himself knew the answer.
"Tsk tsk, just a bunch of small fry."
Surrounded by dozens of elite jōnin, Renya's tone was filled with disdain.
This time, he'd kill some people first, then retreat in a sorry state at the end—
So that Lord Madara wouldn't notice anything amiss!
When it came to killing ninja from enemy nations, Renya felt no burden at all.
Of course, he wasn't strong enough to casually slaughter a whole group of elite jōnin either.
As more elite jōnin arrived, he began to feel some pressure.
Facing five people alone, he was still at ease.
Against ten, it started to get difficult.
Against fifteen, he was completely overwhelmed.