The problems within the Akatsuki organization are definitely more complicated than outsiders imagine. Just like the current Uchiha Obito, he has not actually been exposed to other members of the Akatsuki organization. Nagato thought he was Uchiha Madara, and most of the other members had never seen him. The few who had seen him thought he was just a newcomer who talked a lot and had some personality problems. Only Zetsu knew Obito's true identity. Even Uchiha Itachi had never seen Obito's true face. He only knew that this person who claimed to be Uchiha Madara was indeed one of the few Uchiha family members in the ninja world.

This time, the Akatsuki organization finally started the formal operation, but unexpectedly, it started off badly, and a series of accidents happened. The operation to capture the Nine-Tails is the best test of the Akatsuki organization's arrangements over the years.

"Itachi, I need you to deal with Jiraiya here for the time being." Uchiha Obito was still confident in Itachi's strength. If he really wanted to exert all his combat power, even he himself might not be sure that he could defeat him. Only Pein's Samsara Eye could surely defeat him. However, Uchiha Itachi had too many concerns. The safety of Konoha Village was a weakness, and his younger brother Uchiha Sasuke, who he had saved at a huge price, was also a guarantee that forced the powerful Uchiha Itachi to accept the constraints of the organization.

"Okay." Uchiha Itachi nodded without saying any extra words.

"Have you resolved everything over there?" Zetsu asked with some confusion, "Where's Hoshigaki Kisame? Isn't he with you?"

"You finally remembered me?" Hoshigaki Kisame's voice came from behind, and then a terrifying face appeared in front of everyone. Even though he had ended his half-human, half-fish state, Hoshigaki Kisame still had that unpleasant shark face.

"Is it solved?" Uchiha Itachi asked.

"Almost, but they ran away..."

"Why didn't you kill him?" Jue complained a little dissatisfied.

"As long as we can get the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, it will be enough. And the opponent is not that easy to deal with." Obito was quite familiar with the strength of Hatake Kakashi and Might Guy. As for the other character with a weak presence, he didn't take him seriously.

"Are we just going to let them go like this? What if they interfere with Ah Fei's actions?"

"It's been so long, and there's still no news of success. Let Itachi hold on for a while longer. If there's still no news, we'll retreat when the opportunity arises."

Although I am reluctant to accept this, the possibility of failure of the operation is becoming increasingly greater.

The current situation is that it is probably difficult to force your way in. With Jiraiya here, there may be some hidden masters. Konoha's strength cannot be underestimated. Without full preparation, it is unwise to directly confront Konoha Village. Unless it is the last step, forcing Konoha is not the first choice.

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At Konoha Hospital, Mizuki led Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke all the way to the rooftop. No one stopped them or asked them questions. Even if Mizuki was an acquaintance, the alertness was too weak. With White Zetsu's ability to change things, it was too easy to impersonate someone. With Uzumaki Naruto's emotional intelligence, after gaining his trust, he could take him out of Konoha without even having to do anything.

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Earlier, when Hoshigaki Kisame had almost cleared out Mizuki's summoned beasts, Mizuki knew that the situation was not good. With the illusion barrier interfering with his perception, coupled with the powerful stealth effect of the Breath-Retaining Technique, Mizuki was still quite confident of hiding in such a complex environment with his strength.

However, the plan could not keep up with the changes. In front of the destructive Hoshigaki Kisame, Mizuki, who was playing delicate work, had no good way to resist. Moreover, Hoshigaki Kisame, who had merged with Samehada into a half-man, half-fish state, became extremely sensitive to chakra. Mizuki's fake Jinchūriki, who had been hiding safely underwater, could no longer manipulate the illusion barrier recklessly.

And now, his hiding place was discovered by Hoshigaki Kisame. If he stayed underwater and entangled with Hoshigaki Kisame, Mizuki felt that he would be torn to pieces in a few rounds. As a last resort, Mizuki had to give up the idea of ​​hiding. Seeing Hoshigaki Kisame casually use the water escape technique - the five-eating shark, a powerful weapon to deal with underwater enemies, before the shark-shaped water bullet approached, Mizuki quickly floated up, rushed out of the water and flew up, and then landed around the vigilant Might Guy.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?" Might Guy also saw the changes on the water surface just now. The power of the barrier quickly faded, and it was obvious that their side was in trouble.

"It doesn't matter." Shuimu shook his head and said, "The underwater area is the enemy's battlefield. We can't compete with him underwater..."

Although this battlefield choice is conducive to the use of Mizuki's back-row control tactics, it is actually quite beneficial to Hoshigaki Kisame's strength. If it is in a jungle environment, Mizuki will be more like a fish in water. Unfortunately, there are not many such places in the village, and we can't ask the opponent not to take the main road and go to the deep mountains and old forests. This is already a rare and remote battlefield in the village. In the actual competition, Mizuki is undoubtedly not an opponent. Mizuki has no intention of confronting the opponent head-on in the aspect that the opponent is best at.

"I see. Now that the other party has started to show his true strength, I can't waste time like this any longer. Otherwise, it would be too rude to the other party. The gate of life - open."

Might Guy, who only uses his Renge, can only rely on his speed to dodge and deal with Hoshigaki Kisame's attacks. If it weren't for Mizuki's help, he wouldn't be able to hold on for long in his current state. Without Mizuki's help, Might Guy will have to face Hoshigaki Kisame alone.

However, Mizuki was actually a little worried about Might Guy's physical condition. He had used the Eight Gates of the Ninjutsu when facing Kaguya Kimimaro a few days ago, and had opened up to the sixth gate, the Jingmen, and even used it on Asako. And then there were a series of battles, and soon he went to rescue Hyuga Hiashi and his group, and then he simply faced off against a master like Scorpion. With such a high-intensity battle, Might Guy's physical recovery is actually not optimistic. Now he is about to deal with a strong man like Hoshigaki Kisame, who may not be able to guarantee victory even if he goes all out. It is really a bit difficult for Might Guy.

"Injury gate - open." After the fourth gate was opened, Might Guy's body was already damaged and he began to enter the dangerous area of ​​the Eight Gates.

"Dumen..." Just as Might Guy was about to open the fifth gate of the Eight Gates, as the fog gradually dissipated, Mizuki couldn't help but glance at the battle between Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi, but unexpectedly discovered that Uchiha Itachi also took the opportunity of better vision to cast his gaze over here.

"Oh no, get out of the way..." Mizuki watched as Uchiha Itachi's three-magatama Sharingan turned into a windmill-shaped Mangekyō Sharingan, and his sights were fixed on Might Guy.

"Asshole, it's just a play, why are you taking it so seriously?"

It seemed to be an unexpected change, especially the outbreak of battle on Jiraiya's side and the signal flare for help just now disturbed Uchiha Itachi's mind, making him, who was usually calm, become a little impatient.

"What's wrong?" Might Guy, who was in the middle of the sudden increase in chakra from the Eight Gates, had no time to react. It seemed that he couldn't avoid it. As a last resort, Mizuki had to step forward quickly, blocking Uchiha Itachi's sight on Might Guy, and then quickly gathered a large amount of chakra to erect a chakra shield to cover his vitals.

Before Mizuki could prepare his defense and his chakra shield was not fully formed, a large ball of dark flame suddenly ignited in front of Mizuki and quickly spread.

"What an asshole! Don't you have to get ready and prepare your moves before you attack? You even have to shout out the names of your moves like a chuunibaku? You just use your ultimate move without making any noise. You're just cheating! It's ok that you didn't wait for the Eight Gates to be ready when dealing with Might Guy, but you don't follow the rules for a small minion like me? You didn't even hide your head to defend yourself before you attacked..."

However, Mizuki's chakra shield with many loopholes did play a role at least. It at least blocked the Amaterasu flames that directly burned the chest, abdomen and head. But the legs and right hand were not so lucky. The horrible black flames began to spread rapidly along the limbs.

"What's wrong with you, Mizuki?" Might Guy, who was behind him, saw that Mizuki was hurt and wanted to come over to help.

"Don't get close to me..." Mizuki said hurriedly. Although it was painful to lose a fake Jinchūriki clone, at least the main body was intact. If Might Guy was accidentally contaminated by the Amaterasu flame, it would be troublesome to lose arms and legs. However, Mizuki's words were still a step too late, and a spark flew onto his arm with protective gear.

The intense burning continued to devour Mizuki's body. Watching helplessly was one thing, but the key was the intense pain when Amaterasu's body was burning, to the extent that it made people want to faint.

"How are you guys?" Kakashi, who was not far away, saw that the situation on Might Guy's side was not good, and hurried over.

After traveling here for several months, Shuimu has been through many battles and has suffered a lot of battle injuries. After a battle, the blood he lost may be much less than the total blood flowing in his body. His tolerance for injuries and pain is much stronger than before. Shuimu, who was enduring the pain, took out a scroll, quickly spread it on the ground, and then used the fire seal. As Shuimu moved, the Amaterasu flames that were spreading everywhere were slowly sealed.

"I originally made this just in case, but I didn't expect it to be useful. I actually took the hit from Amaterasu. Isn't this a treatment only high-class supporting actors can enjoy? However, there are many ways to block Amaterasu. Naruto can use the chakra of the tailed beast to get rid of Amaterasu, and Kankuro only needs to take off the armor and clothes that were ignited by Amaterasu. Why did I work so hard and get burned so badly?"

Mizuki was fully aware of the amount of chakra consumed by the chakra shield to block Amaterasu. If it burned for a little longer, the fake Jinchūriki would collapse without him even having to do anything.

"Mizuki, Kai, are you okay?"

Seeing Mizuki clean up the strange black flames on his body, Kakashi, who came to rescue, asked hurriedly.

"I'm fine. Mizuki just blocked the attack." Might Guy replied: "But..."

Might Guy and Kakashi both looked at the miserable state of the fake Jinchūriki.

"It seems that I can't help you anymore. It all depends on you now..."

At this moment, the frightened people had not yet figured out the enemy's attack method. The fake Jinchūriki, who was almost unable to hold on, suddenly changed his expression.

"careful."

The few remaining surviving spirit beasts were still faithfully monitoring the underwater movements, and just when Shuimu felt something was wrong, a super-huge shark-shaped water bullet broke through the water and rushed directly from under the few people. In a mess of splashing water, three people were seen being blown away by the water bullet. The huge attack wave pushed forward all the way, penetrating half of the lake, and only stopped after hitting the three people heavily on the shore.

When the tide receded, Might Guy, who maintained the Eight Gates, was in pretty good shape. He was the fastest and dodged the direct impact of the water bullet, but was affected by the huge water wave that followed. Hatake Kakashi and Mizuki were not in such good shape. Although they dodged the shark's giant mouth, they were hit by its huge body and were slammed onto the shore.

"Kakashi," Mizuki said to the embarrassed Hatake Kakashi who was getting up, "Why are you so concerned about my clone who is about to die?"

If Kakashi Hatake hadn't grabbed a handful of Mizuki and dodged it just now, he wouldn't have been injured so badly.

"Well, ahem..." Kakashi spat out the dirty water in his mouth, and then said awkwardly: "It's an instinctive reaction. Your clone is really too realistic. And I really didn't expect the opponent's water jutsu to be so powerful and have such a wide range..."

"Okay, Kakashi." Mizuki looked at Hoshigaki Kisame who was rushing over with a huge tide again, and then handed the scroll to Kakashi, "Give this to my original body later."

After a pause, Mizuki continued, "Although it's not appropriate for me to say this, I still suggest that you go to Naruto as soon as possible. If you linger here, you will only be led by others by the nose. The most important thing is to keep an eye on Naruto. Please note that Uchiha Itachi is not here and just left. Finally, let me, the clone, make the last contribution..."

Watching Might Guy helping Kakashi to avoid the attack, Mizuki went against the tide and dived into the water, then with the help of the summoned beast, he quickly identified the direction. When Hoshigaki Kisame approached, there was an explosion, and the huge water column with a strong impact force directly threw Hoshigaki Kisame, who was wrapped in water, away, making Hoshigaki Kisame's attack ineffective, and also making Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy leave the battle.

Looking at the two Konoha jonin gradually going away, Hoshigaki Kisame thought for a moment and finally did not chase them, but went in the direction Uchiha Itachi left.