B was struck by his own Tailed Beast Ball, and his massive transformed body as Eight-Tails crashed to the ground.
Cloud ninjas launched various Ninjutsu attacks toward Uchiha Madara.
However, Madara didn't move at all. He simply stood still while a transparent, spherical protective barrier formed around his body, absorbing all incoming techniques.
This was one of the abilities granted by Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan—an energy shield formed using Seal techniques that could absorb Ninjutsu.
The recently revived B watched as Madara remained invincible while his comrades continued to fall. He decided his next move.
B turned and ran—not out of fear or retreat. Since Madara's target was him, he would draw Madara away to protect Kumogakure.
Seeing that B was still fully transformed into Eight-Tails while fleeing, Madara abandoned the other Cloud ninjas and gave chase.
Raikage A muttered "Reckless…" under his breath when he saw B drawing Madara away alone, then chased after them.
After chasing for some distance, Madara finally caught up with B.
"You cannot escape. Then I will capture you directly."
[Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!]
Madara summoned a giant wooden dragon. Eight-Tails tried to crush it, but the dragon coiled tightly around the beast's colossal form and began draining its Chakra.
Soon, B reverted from his complete transformation and collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
Madara Uchiha, Setsuna Uchiha, and Zetsu stood beside B.
Madara spoke, "Ninjas in this ninja world have no extraordinary abilities. How boring. Anyway, let's take him. Once the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path absorbs Eight-Tails, we shall proceed to capture Nine-Tails."
Setsuna Uchiha picked up B, slashed open a spatial and temporal rift, and vanished through it with Madara and Zetsu.
Raikage A arrived at the scene, desperately calling out B's name.
Just as despair gripped A, a weak voice broke the silence.
"Aniki."
B leaned against a tree, panting heavily.
"B!" A rushed forward to support him. "Are you alright?!"
B exhaled deeply before replying, "I'm fine. I used one of Eight-Tails' tentacles to create a clone to escape. They only took my clone."
A sighed in relief. "We must immediately report this to the Hokage and act quickly. Uchiha Madara's power is completely beyond our imagination! Also, you should prepare another hiding place in case Madara realizes that was only a clone and comes looking again!"
After returning to Kumogakure, Raikage A informed Minato Namikaze about Uchiha Madara's attack.
Minato Namikaze was utterly astonished. He never expected Madara Uchiha to appear—and this was truly Madara Uchiha. That masked man must have been an impostor all along.
After extracting Tailed Beast Chakra from Killer B through the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Madara Uchiha transformed Killer B into a form resembling an octopus.
"Hmph. Always scheming with cheap tricks!"
Madara Uchiha immediately deployed one hundred thousand White Zetsu soldiers and launched a direct confrontation against the Allied Ninja Forces.
The sudden appearance of one hundred thousand White Zetsu caught the Allied Ninja Forces completely off guard, resulting in significant losses.
Minato Namikaze quickly took command, dispatching various combat units to counterattack the White Zetsu army.
Meanwhile, Shindou, Pakura, and Hikaku Uchiha joined the battle alongside their fighting units, engaging directly with the White Zetsu.
At the same time, the gathering of all five Kage convened in the War Council meeting room to discuss strategies.
"Raikage," Minato asked, "how is Killer B doing now?"
Raikage A replied, "Killer B is fine. I've already hidden him again."
Onoki suggested seriously, "Even before we kept hiding him, they still managed to find him eventually. I don't think continuing to hide will keep them from finding us again. I believe we should recall the Jinchuriki and keep them under our protection instead. Otherwise, if Madara Uchiha finds them again, given his strength, it would be extremely difficult to escape."
Mei Terumi agreed, "I share the same concern. This time we were just lucky. There's no guarantee we'll be so fortunate next time."
Minato looked at Raikage and asked, "What do you think, Raikage?"
After thinking for a moment, Raikage responded, "I also believe it's better to keep them close by. This way, if anything happens, we can react promptly without being caught completely off guard."
Minato decided firmly, "If that's settled, then we shall recall the Jinchuriki. Let them join as fighters in this war! Everyone move out—first priority is eliminating the White Zetsu army. At the same time, deploy the Sensor Division to locate Madara Uchiha's position. Once Madara is located, fall back while maintaining defensive positions until reinforcements arrive, then launch a counterattack!"
"Yes sir!"
Under the command of the Five Kage, the Allied Ninja Forces sprang into full action.
Minato summoned Fukasaku and Gamashiro from Mount Myoboku, asking them to use the Reverse Summoning Jutsu to summon Naruto, Kushina Uzumaki, and Jiraiya.
Minato informed the three of the current situation.
Hearing about the state of the ninja world, Naruto, Kushina Uzumaki, and Jiraiya were deeply shocked.
They hadn't anticipated the situation escalating to such an intense level.
Naruto was especially excited, eager to jump into the battle right away.
Currently, with help from Jiraiya and the frogs of Mount Myoboku, Naruto had mastered [Sage Mode].
With Kushina Uzumaki's assistance, Naruto successfully subdued the Nine-Tails and gained full control over its Tailed Beast Chakra. He was now capable of entering [Nine-Tails Chakra Mode].
Meanwhile, Naruto's Ninjutsu has now reached full mastery.
Naruto's current fighting power is far beyond what it once was.
B had also been recalled by Raikage A, and now both Naruto and B were acting alongside the Five Kage.
However, Naruto activated the Shadow Clone Jutsu, sending dozens of shadow clones onto the battlefield to aid in the battle.
Although the tens of thousands of White Zetsu appeared to be a formidable force, their actual abilities were quite weak. Thanks to the resistance mounted by the Allied Ninja Forces, the advantage was steadily being secured and expanded.
Just as things were looking up, a chaos-bringer made his appearance. Danzo believed the timing was right and dispatched all the modified ninja from his Root organization to the battlefield, launching surprise attacks from behind the Allied Ninja Forces. Their target—the Medical Team—was a decisive factor in determining the outcome of the war.
Additionally, several ninja marked with Gyuuten no Aka infiltrated the Allied Ninja Forces, awakened Nue, and then set it into a rampaging state before initiating Self-Destruction, inflicting heavy casualties on the Allied Ninja Forces.
As an external force, Danzo viewed this chaotic situation as his greatest opportunity.
As the saying goes, heroes rise in times of chaos. In such turmoil, the Ninja World's order would be reshaped once the dust settled.
Danzo aimed to secure a foothold amidst this chaos and build a Konoha that would be his alone in the future.
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