In the spacious room where the Intelligence Department and Staff Department members gathered, the Intelligence Department ninjas, led by Konoha Jonin Yamanaka Kaiichi and Kirigakure Jonin Ao, were working tirelessly to communicate with the troops from all sides, basically every fifteen minutes or so.

Information will be exchanged every half an hour to ensure that there are no problems with each unit.

Even if the enemy launches an attack, the Intelligence Department can receive information immediately and allow staff members to make strategic arrangements.

In addition, the headquarters has been built like an iron barrel by tens of thousands of Alliance ninjas. There are also tens of thousands of Alliance troops to the north and west. The Intelligence Department and Staff Department located in the rear can be said to be impregnable.

But in this way, the tasks that fall on them are equally arduous. It has become normal to stay awake all day and all night.

In the most serious cases, you need to work overtime for two consecutive days and nights, and you are still consuming chakra all the time. If it is not replenished, even a ninja will die of exhaustion.

In addition, the elite troops headed by the Five Shadows on the front line are carrying out beheading operations. Under such circumstances, no matter how reluctant the Intelligence Department and the General Staff are, they must persevere at this time.

Thinking on the bright side, all the results will be answered before dawn tomorrow. No matter which side wins in the end, the war will not drag on for too long.

However, according to a war prediction report prepared by the General Staff based on the combat effectiveness of all parties, the Alliance's current victory rate seems to be greater.

Although the Kingdom of Demons has a strong fighting force, the strongest power is mainly concentrated in a very small number of ninjas. The same goes for Akatsuki. In addition to Nagato, there is also the unknown body of the Ten-Tails, something called the Golem of the Heretic.

There is no fighting force that can withstand the Union Army.

If it had been the Alliance Army that had not adopted the Reincarnation Tactics, the situation would have been very bad, with little chance of winning. However, with the addition of the Reincarnation Ninjas, this was a double-edged sword that could reverse all disadvantages.

Because of the double-edged sword, Shikaku was still a little worried that Danzo would make unpredictable actions at critical moments. After all, this root leader had many criminal records during the Third Hokage's reign.

"Are Shikakujounin worried about the situation ahead?"

Mabuyi saw that Shikaku's face was dull, and he had been worried since he had eaten sloppy dinner, making people wonder what he was thinking. "Aren't you worried, Mabuyi jounin?"

Lu Jiu came back to his senses, did not answer the question, and looked at Yunyin, the think tank.

To be honest, with the opponent's mind and the ability to send supplies anytime and anywhere, in the past ninja wars, they can produce a powerful deterrent and effect that is not weaker than that of the Five Kages.

Unfortunately, in this war, in addition to conventional battles between middle and lower-class ninjas, there are also high-tech battles. Monster-level ninjas are even more powerful. When they gather together, Mabuyi's originally outstanding abilities become powerless.

Shikaku has experienced this feeling more than once.

The last time I experienced it was during the Fourth Ninja War, when I faced off against the Kingdom of Demons.

The tactics he had exhausted his brains to come up with were all dismantled simply and crudely by the opponent with violence. The terrifying military power that crushed all strategies and countermeasures with an upright division made Shikaku feel that his Konoha brain was useless.

From that moment on, Shikaku understood that no matter how useful his brain was, it was not as useful as the enemy's steel cannon, let alone the ninjas who were like moving natural disasters.

This era is changing rapidly, whether it is the form of ninja warfare, the national system, or everyone's self-awakening, it is changing every moment.

Even though the Alliance Army has gathered such a huge force, Shikaku still has an uneasy feeling. There is no reason for this feeling, it is just a simple intuition.

Lu Jiu knew that this was the fear that naturally arose from him facing the drastic changes of the times, but he could only watch and be unable to participate in them. Until the Five Shadows left, this worry still could not be eliminated from Lu Jiu's heart.

"There are so many things to worry about. I wonder which one Shikakujounin is talking about?" Mabuyi replied calmly. Judging from her tone, it seemed that she was completely relieved, and there was even a trace of relief on her face. With a wry smile, "Honestly, we can participate in the next battle.

There are really too few places. As a think tank, wisdom is of no help to the core battlefield. It can only deal with some trivial matters. Anyone else would have a psychological gap."

They are all Jonin who assist the Shadow of a Village. In the village, I dare not say that one person is inferior to ten thousand people, but in terms of status, there is not much difference.

They should have been core figures in the war, but now they have been reduced to marginal figures. How can they be so depressed? "I thought Mabui Jounin never cared."

"I just don't want to lose face in front of the boss. In any case, the fact that the leaders entrusted the rear area to us is a sign of trust in our abilities."

Mabuyi has the ability to adjust her mood very quickly.

Jonin who are qualified to serve as Kage's assistants are also top-notch in terms of psychological stress resistance. In many cases, they even look at things more rationally than Kage.

As the guide of the village, Kage would inevitably have to use emotions to win over people's hearts sometimes, but they absolutely couldn't. Shikaku nodded and had no objection.

The operation of the rear area cannot be said to be unimportant, but the standard of victory is no longer based on the victory of other branch battlefields. What is important is the core battlefield, that is, the battlefield in the Kingdom of Rain.

"Moreover, if we can win on the battlefield here, even if the Kingdom of Rain fails, we will have room for maneuver in the end. After all, there are so many ninjas that we can't kill all."

Mabuyi said this.

As long as the Alliance's ninjas cannot be killed, the Kingdom of Demons will have to resort to war and give the Alliance some room to make concessions within limited regulations. Otherwise, if so many ninjas get out of control, it will turn the entire ninja world upside down.

In the same way, as long as the living forces of the Kingdom of Ghosts are not completely wiped out, even if their military leaders die fighting in the Kingdom of Rain and suffer heavy losses, the Kingdom of Ghosts is still qualified to negotiate with the Allied Forces.

"Let's forget about this. Although our side has the advantage in numbers, this is no longer an era where numbers determine the outcome of a war." Shikaku did not take Mabui's words seriously, knowing that her words were just a joke.

In Shikaku's opinion, the best way at the moment is to completely mediate the war here and just wait for the end of the war in the Kingdom of Rain. This can avoid maximum casualties.

Because he was different from the White Zetsu troops and fought head-on with the Kingdom of Demons, Shikaku already had psychological shadows. The memory of being imprisoned by the Kingdom of Demons in the Kingdom of Birds and unable to move is still vivid in his mind.

He didn't think that he could defeat the Kingdom of Ghosts with the advantage of large numbers.

Mabuyi didn't argue. What Shikaku said was true. In the previous battle, the air force of the Kingdom of Demons showed terrible destructive power. It only took one night to blow up a quarter of the land of the Kingdom of Birds.

Shen, in less than two days, annihilated tens of thousands of White Zetsu whose average strength reached the level of Chuunin.

Such an extravagant and wasteful saturation strike seemed to Mabuyi to be absolutely insane. But at the same time, he was also panicked by the exaggerated military logistics of Oni's side.

Cannonballs can be shot out like this. It is hard to imagine how much military supplies have been specially reserved and mobilized for this war.

It is obvious that their side is the alliance of the great powers.

"Next, let's wait for news from the Kingdom of Rain while paying attention to the news on other battlefields. Although the war will end after this night, I don't think the Kingdom of Ghosts will be so obedient and wait for the war to end.

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Shikaku sighed.

In other words, the stage of mutual confrontation is over, and when the covenant is dissolved, it will be a real fight.

Even if there is no news coming from the front, Shikaku can guess that the main force of the Kingdom of Ghosts has begun to assemble and launch an attack on the Alliance Army at any time. It is even... already on the way.

Mabuyi nodded and was about to speak—

"He is indeed one of the two think tanks of the Alliance Army, but even if he guessed this, it would be meaningless."

The strange voice that came from nowhere made all the Alliance soldiers in the room look shocked. Some ninjas with quick reactions had already stood up and took action.

Unfortunately, it was still too slow. The lights went out.

A brilliant and intense lightning flashed in the darkness. "Ah!"

The screams rose and fell, followed by the sound of someone falling. "What happened?"

"Qing, you——"

When the lights were turned on again, Shikaku and the others were all wrapped in dense thunder and lightning, which completely paralyzed their bodies, making it difficult for them to even speak.

Even if he could speak, he couldn't shout too loudly.

It was as if all the nerves in his body were out of control and he fell to the ground twitching.

What made Shikaku and Mabui's eyes widen even more was that Ao, the Kirigakure jounin who was originally working with Haiichi, went crazy out of nowhere and pounced directly on Haiichi and other intelligence department ninjas, beating them unexpectedly.

faint.

Seeing such a sudden scene, Shikaku and Mabuyi's brains began to shut down. They didn't know what kind of medicine the Kirigakure jounin had taken and how he could attack one of his own.

Immediately, Shikaku looked at the figure who suddenly appeared in the room. He had silver hair and a short sword with lightning in his hand. He was smiling at him and greeted him kindly.

"Hey, Shikaku, long time no see." "...Kakashi, why are you so dumbfounded by Shikaku?"

What's going on? Why did Kakashi appear here? How did he get in? And Qing...

Suddenly, there was an explosion in my head, as if I suddenly understood something, my body froze.

Just when Shikaku was about to say something, the space beside Kakashi was distorted, spiral ripples swayed in the air, and a man and a woman walked out of the distorted air.

"Kakashi, you still move so fast."

A man about the same age as Kakashi pressed his neck, which seemed a little sore. His right eye was the Mangekyo Sharingan that was separated from the basic pattern of Magatama, and his left eye was the normal Three Magatama Sharingan. At this time, his right eye

The pupil technique is maintaining the movement of the space behind him.

"You are..." Shikaku's heart sank.

This time, the other party was not wearing a mask, so Shikaku could see the other party's appearance very clearly.

It was the mysterious Uchiha ninja who assisted Sasuke and intercepted the ninja force headed by Naruto three months ago. It was he who finally brought Uchiha Sasuke safely out of Konoha, causing Konoha to suffer huge losses.

The opponent's pupil technique is exactly the technique of time and space that makes people appear and disappear.

Nebe's guess about his identity was that he was Uchiha Obito, who disappeared during the Third Ninja War. In addition, the female Shikaku wearing a white coat next to him also looked very familiar.

Nohara Lin.

He is also a Konoha ninja who disappeared during the Third Ninja War and one of the students of the former Hokage Namikaze Minato during his jounin period.

For her sake, Konoha even went to war with Takigakure directly because of the Nanao problem. After that, her parents mysteriously disappeared from Konoha Village, and their life and death are unknown.

In this way, the meaningless speculations ended, and many doubts suddenly became clear in Lu Jiu's heart. But it seems that... it is too late to understand these now.

He saw from the twisted time and space behind Obito, a Demon Country ninja wearing chakra armor flew out, and with lightning speed, controlled the fallen Staff and Intelligence Department ninjas.

The rope tied to their bodies completely suppressed the chakra in their bodies. Moreover, the material of the rope was also very tough, and it was impossible to break free with brute force.

All of them were thrown into the corner. Due to their physical weakness, their movements were restricted, and their chakra was blocked, they could only stare at the appearance of this group of Ghost Country ninjas.

Apart from that, they can't do anything.

Of course, among them, there are two Kirigakure jounin from the staff. They are not under control, but cooperate with the work of the ninjas from the Kingdom of Demons and guard the ninjas of the Alliance Army.

Seeing this, the Alliance ninjas still didn't understand that Kirigakure had betrayed them.
To be continued...