"What a reckless move…
To have such nerve — I must admit, it's beyond what I expected."
Inside a mysterious base in the Land of Snow.
Looking at the intelligence in his hand, Jigen couldn't help but be a little surprised. He knew that after Obito completed the Chimera ritual, he would definitely continue to fight Yuki Yuro, but he didn't expect Obito to be so reckless.
To declare war alone against everyone — including Yuki Yoru and all major factions…
Even Jigen had to admire the sheer audacity.
"But even with your White Zetsu army, no matter how many you have —
you alone will never be a match for Yuki Yoru."
"Danzo."
A shadowy figure appeared before Jigen.
He looked surprisingly young and sharp — neatly combed brown hair, a clean face, and narrow eyes that glinted with blood-red light. A cross-shaped scar under his chin added a sense of menace to his otherwise composed demeanor.
But if Jigen hadn't said his name, no one would ever connect this man to the infamous, bandage-wrapped, paranoid, conniving 'The Darkness of the Shinobi' — Danzo Shimura.
"You want me to help that masked man?"
Having undergone transformation through the ritual's power, Danzo gave a cold snort.
"That guy declared war on the entire shinobi world and caused tremendous losses to Konoha. I've no reason to help him."
"The enemy of your enemy is your friend."
Jigen replied coolly,
"And for someone like you — who also wields chakra — Yuki Yoru is the greater threat."
"Besides, I'm not asking you to help Obito."
"I'm simply suggesting: while those two giants clash, you could take the chance to seize Konoha back from Uchiha Fugaku."
"That position… you've waited long enough, haven't you?"
"Tch."
Danzo sneered, glaring at Jigen — but this time, he didn't refuse.
The title of Hokage had always been his deepest desire — the goal he'd devoted his life to.
But no matter how hard he fought for it… he had always fallen short.
The Third Hokage?
Taken by his "brother," Hiruzen Sarutobi.
He accepted that.
The Fourth Hokage?
Snatched by the rising star, Minato Namikaze.
He accepted that too.
And now… even the Fifth Hokage had slipped through his fingers —
Claimed by the one person he loathed most: an Uchiha.
But now, with the power granted by the ritual — having transcended into the ultimate shinobi — Danzo could no longer suppress the ambition in his heart.
And with Jigen practically handing him the opportunity as a "mission," how could he refuse?
"As for Hiruzen…"
Jigen's gaze turned to the side,
where a younger, silent Hiruzen Sarutobi stood. He, too, had regained decades of youth.
"With this war about to erupt, the Ten-Tails will have a feast."
"You understand what I mean."
Hiruzen's eyes flickered.
He wanted to respond… but in the end, he simply nodded.
He was not like Danzō. The desire for power in the Hokage position was long gone. In addition, his reputation in Konoha had been completely ruined.
Besides his obsession with protecting the village, the thing he desired most at this moment had gradually become what Jigen had said.
To become a god!
Jigen had hidden nothing from them—
The Chakra Fruit, the Ōtsutsuki Clan, the secrets of ascension —
All of it was laid bare.
And the temptation to reach a level equal to the Sage of Six Paths had already taken hold of Hiruzen's heart.
He also understood that since he had already gotten on Jigen's pirate ship, he had no other choice but to follow this path to the end!
"Don't worry. Considering the scale of this war, I won't let you two act alone."
Jigen said softly and clapped his hands.
In the next moment, multiple figures wearing black cloaks appeared outside the great hall.
Reinforcements?
Danzo let out a cold snort, a hint of contempt flashing in his eyes —
But the moment he saw the faces of the newcomers, both his and Hiruzen's expressions changed dramatically.
Especially Sarutobi Hiruzen.
His eyes locked onto one figure among the group, staring in shock.
"This… This can't be!
He's supposed to be dead — even his soul was gone!"
"Merely clone bodies, created through the power of the Ten-Tails."
Jigen explained calmly.
"They don't possess the original's memories,
but their thinking patterns and combat instincts are nearly identical.
With a portion of the Ten-Tails' chakra inside them, their strength now far exceeds what it once was."
"Clones…"
Hiruzen's gaze lost focus. He kept staring at one of them…
And only after a long silence did he finally snap out of it.
...
Meanwhile...
No one had expected that — in a time when Yuki Yoru had demonstrated godlike power and complete dominance over the shinobi world — someone would actually dare to challenge him…
And not just challenge him — but publicly declare war.
Once the message spread through both the Shinigami and Yuki Yoru himself, the world reacted with mockery and derision.
In recent years, Yoru's terrifying strength, mysterious methods, deep foundations, and vast power had completely reshaped everyone's understanding of what was possible.
At this point, calling him a "Kage" wasn't even appropriate anymore.
He was the Overlord of the Shinobi World.
The Master of Souls.
Or more simply…
A god!
So when Obito declared war, most people treated it like a joke.
Even after killing Rasa and wiping out Sunagakure, the reaction was the same.
What is Sunagakure? The last of the five great nations, with the weakest Kages. Defeating Sunagakure is like trying to extort money from Yuki Yoru?
But the development of events completely exceeded everyone's expectations.
That guy Obito not only declared war but also actively fired the first shot of this war!
Tens of thousands of pure white creatures burst out of the ground. Centered on the Land of Wind, they attacked the surrounding areas.
In just three days, they successively conquered several small nations, including the Land of Rivers, the Land of Birds, and the Land of Waterfalls.
Even the Land of Earth was declared fallen on the fifth day.
Two of the Five Great Nations had already fallen.
Only then did the remaining shinobi villages finally realize the threat —
And scramble to form an alliance to counter Obito's invasion.
Fortunately, the remaining three nations had long been on the same side, so the formation of the Allied Shinobi Forces had no pressure at all.
The Allied Forces gathered a total of 20,000 people, including 3,000 official Quincy, 8,000 'preliminary Quincy' who had basically mastered spiritual power, and 9,000 ordinary shinobi.
These 20,000 people were divided into five combat units. Each combat unit had 4,000 people. Each combat unit was also equipped with a Shinigami Captain and more than a dozen Shinigami.
They began a great war on the borders of the Land of Fire, Land of Earth, and Land of Wind!
..
On the border of the Land of Fire and Land of Wind, at Kikyo Pass.
Fourth Division Captain Senju Tsunade stood at the front of her unit.
Her gaze hardened as she looked at the enemy force before her.
"I didn't expect the enemy to be you."
In front of her, Elder Chiyo of Sunagakure was expressionless. The light purple Rinnegan in her eyes showed that she had been controlled by Obito.
And besides her, the eyes of the other shinobi around them were in the shape of a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, making them look like a large group of the Uchiha clan, which was quite intimidating.
"Genjutsu Release!"
An elite shinobi formed hand seals, trying to disrupt the chakra inside a controlled Sunagakure shinobi to break the genjutsu.
But in just an instant, the shinobi's head hurt so much that he spit out blood and collapsed.
"Has he been completely controlled..." Seeing this, Tsunade muttered and clenched her fist: "In that case, there's nothing I can do. I hope your old body can withstand my fist!"
Facing Tsunade's words, Elder Chiyo was expressionless. She just took out the scroll from the ninja pouch at her waist and opened it.
"White Secret Technique: Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu!"
...
Meanwhile…
In the Land of Grass — Kannabi Bridge.
The Second Division of the Allied Shinobi Forces, which was also the unit responsible for the front-line battle, was led by the Sixth Division Captain, the former Second Mizukage of Kirigakure, Gengetsu Hōzuki.
With his carefree grin and small mustache, his demeanor was completely unlike the strict, textbook image of the Second Mizukage — making many among the Allied Forces eye him curiously.
Oddly enough, it also helped relieve some of the tension on the battlefield.
But that relaxed expression slowly faded from his face…
As a floating shadow appeared in the sky.
"To think a Tsuchikage could be mind-controlled… reduced to a puppet — what a shame.
If only the Fourth had summoned more of these old fogeys… The look on Bandage Man's face would've been priceless."
"A shinobi… who can fly?!"
"That's the Third Tsuchikage — Ōnoki of Both Scales!"
"Damn it, even the Tsuchikage has been controlled?!"
With Gengetsu Hōzuki's words, the Allied Forces' gazes also gathered in mid-air, and they saw the short figure floating in the sky.
The light purple Rinnegan in his eyes made countless people gasp in shock.
"If the enemy is you, who has Dust Release like that bandage man, then we can't just start fighting here randomly."
Seeing the blinding white energy forming in Ōnoki's palm,
Gengetsu raised his hand — bubbles beginning to form and drift upward toward the floating Tsuchikage.
"Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!"
"Steaming Danger Tyranny!"
The blazing white beam and the explosive bubbles collided midair —
The sheer destructive force that erupted was beyond comprehension for most shinobi.
A violent clash of energies:
One that disintegrated matter into molecules·
One that detonated with heat and steam pressure
What resulted was pure annihilation.
When the blinding light faded,
even the sky seemed clearer — cleansed by devastation.
"Hey, kid, I'll leave this battlefield to you. There are still many people on the other side." Gengetsu Hōzuki commanded the guy next to him. At the same time, he stepped on spiritual power, floated up, and began to fight Ōnoki in the air.
And when Gengetsu Hōzuki floated up, a rumbling sound suddenly came from the ground beneath his feet.
"Earth Style: Opening Earth Rising Excavation!"
Accompanied by the cracking of the ground, several shinobi in Iwagakure uniforms continuously poured chakra into the ground.
The entire ground cracked open like a volcanic eruption. Countless White Zetsu, like a nest of disturbed termites, rushed toward the Allied Forces with a mountainous roar and a tidal roar.
"Come on!"
The Allied Shinobi took a deep breath. Their faces were grim as they led the countless shinobi behind them to fight the White Zetsu and Iwagakure shinobi.
The Third Division was led by the Thirteenth Division Captain, Orochimaru, one of the Sannin. However, compared to the first two divisions, which encountered a combination of shinobi and White Zetsu, their enemies were all made of White Zetsu.
But what was eye-catching was that the leading White Zetsu looked quite peculiar, like a distorted, hollow shell.
"Interesting. A special White Zetsu individual, huh? When I worked with you guys back then, I didn't know you had this up your sleeve, Zetsu."
Orochimaru's long tongue licked the corner of his mouth. His pair of golden vertical pupils shimmered with greedy and curious light: "You're... a pretty good experimental subject!"
"You want to experiment on me?" Surprisingly, the spiral-faced Zetsu seemed to have heard Orochimaru's words. He bounced around and responded with a wave while shouting: "If I let you study me, can you tell me what it feels like to have an urge to poop?!"
"An u-urge to poop?"
The sudden question left Orochimaru stunned.
The expressions on the Allied Shinobi Forces behind him grew strange and awkward.
An urge to poop? Was this guy here to be funny?
"Is it not possible? I just want to know what it feels like to have an urge to poop. Don't any of you know what it feels like?!"
Spiral White Zetsu yelled loudly, his voice ringing across the battlefield — loud, ridiculous, and completely out of place amid the chaos.
After receiving no reply for some time,
Zetsu seemed to realize his "request" wasn't going to be taken seriously.
He began hopping around in frustration, his tone turning aggressive.
Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he slammed his hands together. An incomparably terrifying chakra burst forth from his body.
"Since none of you know what it feels like to have an urge to poop, then you have no reason to exist anymore!"
"Die! Wood Style: Wood Golem Technique!"
With the ground rumbling, a wooden golem with countless arms rose from the ground, its aura a chaotic roar.
The terrifying jutsu shocked the Allied Forces. However, the glint in Orochimaru's eyes became even more brilliant.
"To be able to use this level of Wood Style by himself... I can't wait to study you, Zetsu!"
"You who don't know the urge to poop, die!
...
The battle was intense, but the side with the advantage was clearly the Allied Shinobi Forces.
Although Obito had an army of nearly 100,000 White Zetsu and the shinobi of Sunagakure and Iwagakure, the number of high-end combatants was far less than the Allied Forces. Their overall strength was even inferior to the Edo Tensei army in the original story.
But this level of war was still far from the core of this war.
The Fourth Raikage stood on the coast of Kumogakure and looked into the distance. On the sea, dense White Zetsu and shinobi from Kumogakure were constantly fighting.
The combat power of the two sides did not seem to be on the same level. Although the number of White Zetsu was large, they were basically no match for the Kumogakure shinobi.
Only some sneak attacks from those hiding in the dark could cause some damage to Kumogakure.
"The Fourth Shinobi World War? What a pathetic clown."
The Fourth Raikage snorted. He would rather continue to train his spiritual power than deal with this kind of show-off.
But suddenly, a cold feeling surged into his heart. The Fourth Raikage subconsciously tried to flash away, but the distorted space around him completely sealed him.
In just an instant, the surrounding world had already changed.
"…Damn it."
"Fourth Raikage."
A cold voice attracted A's attention. Obito Uchiha, wearing a white mask, looked down at the Fourth Raikage: "Tell me, where are the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails!"