Being a rogue ninja is worse than being Hokage.

Naruto's words did not stop because of Nara Shikaku's silence.

"Therefore, the ninja world today needs one last war to change everything and completely shatter the rigid class system."

"The forces that are waging this war are Sasuke and me, and the other side of the war is the Five Great Nations... no, it should be said that it is the entire ninja world!"

Nara Shikaku listened to Naruto's astonishing words.

Do they really think they can fight the entire ninja world with just the two of them?

But for some reason, the fate of the five Kage before him left Nara Shikaku speechless.

Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha...

Judging solely by their strength, they might indeed be comparable to the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and Madara Uchiha.

Decades ago, it was the combined strength of these two that brought the entire Warring States period to an end.

"Is this why you hacked into this Five Kage Summit?"

At this moment, Nara Shikaku's previous guesses finally became clear through Naruto's stated purpose.

He and Sasuke came to start a war.

"How about you convey this intelligence to the five great powers?"

Naruto said, "Whether we fight individually or form an alliance, the war will be waged by Sasuke and me from now on."

launch……

The Fourth Shinobi World War.

【THAN】

Chapter 96 Limited Tsukuyomi: Kotoamatsukami [Interlude: Ninja War Arc]

In a treacherous land surrounded by the borders of the Land of Waterfalls, the Land of Rice Fields, and the Land of Fire, there lies a remote place.

Because it is surrounded by rolling mountains, it is known as the "mountain tomb".

This land, far from Amegakure in the Land of Rain where Pain was based, was the true base of the Akatsuki organization.

The Gedo Mazo used by Akatsuki to seal the captured Tailed Beasts is hidden underground in this land.

After the destruction of Akatsuki, the Gedo Mazo became one of the Akatsuki's legacies that Naruto inherited.

At this moment, Sasuke was standing in front of the Gedo Mazo, calmly gazing at the huge, strangely shaped mazo that was bound.

Of the nine-eyed demonic statue, seven eyes are open, revealing their pupils, while the other two remain closed.

After his battle with Itachi, Sasuke, who had obtained the Mangekyou Sharingan, discovered new information about the Uchiha Stone Tablet. Now, Sasuke clearly understands the meaning behind the nine eyes of the Gedo Mazo.

Each eye of the Gedo Mazo with a pupil represents a tailed beast sealed within it.

While it's called a "seal," that's not entirely accurate.

The nine tailed beasts, which have existed in the ninja world since ancient times, were originally chakra that the Sage of Six Paths extracted from the Gedo Mazo. It might be more appropriate to describe the "sealing" as a "return".

However, under the power of the Sage of Six Paths, the original nine chakra of the Gedo Mazo—the nine tailed beasts—had already gained self-awareness. In their view, returning to the Gedo Mazo was merely a change of sealing location from being sealed in the Jinchuriki's body.

However, the Akatsuki organization should have only captured six tailed beasts, but at this moment the Gedo Mazo has mysteriously opened its seventh eye.

"The chakra of six and a half tailed beasts is exactly the minimum amount of chakra required to use that technique."

Naruto appeared behind Sasuke and said these words.

This also indicates that the Gedo Mazo now contains, in addition to the six tailed beasts captured and sealed by the Akatsuki organization—the Two-Tailed, Three-Tailed, Four-Tailed, Five-Tailed, Six-Tailed, and Seven-Tailed.

After Naruto obtained the Gedo Mazo, he sealed the Nine-Tails inside it.

"However, the statement that it is the chakra of 'six and a half tailed beasts' is not accurate. Even if it is only half a tailed beast, the amount of chakra of the Nine-Tails far exceeds that of the other tailed beasts."

While Sasuke remained silent, Naruto continued talking to himself.

The actual situation was exactly as Naruto had said.

Only half of the Nine-Tails was sealed inside the Gedo Mazo.

Sixteen years ago, on the night of the Nine-Tails' rampage in Konoha, the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, noticed Obito's unusual obsession with the Tailed Beasts after he invaded Konoha as a mysterious masked man. Before his death, he split the complete Nine-Tails chakra in two, creating the Yin Nine-Tails and the Yang Nine-Tails.

He sealed the Yang Nine-Tails inside Naruto's body, while the other half of the Yin Nine-Tails was sealed inside Minato Namikaze's body, and imprisoned by the Shinigami along with his soul.

The half of the Nine-Tails currently inside the Gedo Mazo is the Yin Nine-Tails possessed by Minato Namikaze.

"Can your eye power support your control over the Gedo Mazo, which possesses the power of six and a half tailed beasts?"

Naruto suddenly asked again.

Although Sasuke's eye power is now far greater than before, the amount of chakra required to control the Gedo Mazo is terrifyingly large.

Naruto, somewhat worried, suggested, "If you find it difficult, I'll take over controlling the Gedo Mazo..."

"I have no problem."

Sasuke finally turned around, interrupting Naruto.

Sasuke's eyes revealed the unique markings of his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan as he met Naruto's gaze.

However, at this moment, Sasuke only has one Mangekyou Sharingan in his eye, while the other is Pain's Rinnegan.

The Rinnegan is essential to control the Gedo Mazo.

With the Rinnegan, even if one only has one eye, one can use its abilities after a little adaptation.

Sasuke at this moment can be said to be the strongest being in the ninja world.

Sasuke's unusual red and purple eyes had an indescribable allure, but the boy was not immersed in the so-called power of the "Sage of Six Paths".

His gaze towards Naruto remained unchanged.

In Sasuke's eyes, Naruto's eyes had already been completely transplanted with Sharingan.

Sasuke stared at the two three-tomoe Sharingan eyes in Naruto's eyes and asked, "The Mangekyou Sharingan needs two complete eyes to fully unleash its power. I alone am enough to transplant the Rinnegan and control the Gedo Mazo. On the contrary, you, Naruto, that technique is the key to this war. How are your preparations?"

Sasuke and Naruto's recent invasion of Konoha was not only for revenge, but also to reclaim Uchiha Shisui's right eye, which had been stolen by Shimura Danzo.

It is now, under Karin's surgery, that the complete Mangekyou Sharingan—Kotoamatsukami—has been transplanted into Naruto's eyes.

"As long as the Allied Shinobi Forces are gathered together, I can immediately cooperate with you to cast the Limited Tsukuyomi."

This is Naruto's promise to Sasuke.

Following the Fourth Shinobi World War initiated by Naruto and Sasuke, under the complete control of Kotoamatsukami's will within the limited Tsukuyomi, the current main force of the shinobi world—the Five Kage and all shinobi—will work together to realize Sasuke's vision for reforming the current shinobi world.

The ninja world, which has been divided since the Warring States period, will usher in an era of unification.

It was not as depicted in the original work, but rather a situation where the five great nations were wary of the existence of yet another Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha—the power of Naruto and Sasuke—and thus forged an alliance that would inevitably split again after Naruto and Sasuke's passing.

The cycle of history will be broken here.

"Naruto! The Allied Shinobi Forces have begun their operation!"

At this moment, Karin came to Naruto and Sasuke's side. Her Kagura Mind Eye sensed a large amount of chakra movement and immediately informed the two of the information.

Karin was accompanied by the Sound Four, who had followed Sasuke, as well as Suigetsu Hozuki and Jugo.

Naruto and Sasuke exchanged glances. The instant Karin revealed the Allied Shinobi Forces' movements, the 100,000 White Zetsu, who had been motionless deep underground, transformed into a surging white wave and began to move, even more so than the location where the Gedo Mazo was hidden.

The Fourth Shinobi World War has officially begun.

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The battlefield of the Fourth Shinobi World War.

After a long battle, the situation has reached a fever pitch.

The great war that will determine the future of the ninja world is drawing ever closer to its end.

In the brutal battlefield, the surviving ninjas were in turmoil.

This allied ninja force, comprised of the five great ninja nations, the Land of Iron (a land of samurai), and other smaller nations with ninja capabilities, numbered in the hundreds of thousands. Yet, they were destined to be the losers in this war.

The reason for this situation is not the strange white creatures of the enemy, whose numbers are almost equal to those of the Allied Shinobi Forces.

Those White Zetsu do not pose a real threat to the Allied Shinobi Forces.

There were only two people who plunged the hundreds of thousands of ninja allied forces into despair.

boom--

Explosions rang out again at the edge of the battlefield, their powerful force even allowing the main force of the Allied Shinobi Forces in the center of the battlefield to clearly feel the impact of the explosions.

"This time it's in the north!? Wasn't the previous explosion in the south?! Sensor Unit—what on earth happened?"

From the moment they penetrated deep into enemy territory, the edge of the battlefield where the Allied forces were located was trapped by a constant barrage of explosions.

"It was Deidara of Akatsuki who caused the explosion!"

The sensor unit, which was supposed to help coordinate the coalition forces, was now completely flustered.

"Naruto's shadow clones, scattered throughout the battlefield, repeatedly summoned the reanimated Deidara using the Summoning Jutsu, repeatedly employing Deidara's explosive secret technique thanks to the 'immortality' of the reanimated form!"

Previously, it was Naruto's shadow clone, located in the north of the battlefield, who controlled Deidara to use an explosive technique, causing heavy casualties to the northern troops. However, the aftershocks of the northern explosion were still present, and the support troops preparing to go north to provide assistance did not even have time to act before another explosion occurred in the south!

"Does that guy really need those strangely shaped white creatures to fight us?" someone in the allied forces questioned in despair. "His shadow clones alone are enough to deal with most of the allied forces, aren't they?"

“I can also use the Shadow Clone Technique, so I know very well the characteristic of the Shadow Clone Technique: it divides the original body’s chakra equally. The more Shadow Clone Techniques there are, the less chakra each Shadow Clone possesses. But why does Naruto Uzumaki create so many Shadow Clone Techniques, and why can each of them still use ninjutsu so freely!”

Naruto's Shadow Clone Technique, which defies common sense, makes it impossible for the Sensor Unit to accurately share intelligence with the entire Allied Forces.

Naruto Uzumaki is in every corner of the battlefield!

And each of them is just as difficult to deal with!

The bad news for the Allied Shinobi Forces continues.

"The medical unit has been attacked by the enemy! The attackers—it's Akatsuki again!"

"The intelligence unit... the intelligence unit has suddenly lost contact!"

"The 1st Combat Unit, the 2nd Combat Unit... all five Allied combat units have suffered heavy losses!"

Naruto Uzumaki, even as a single person, is able to arbitrarily influence the course of battle.

He alone instilled despair in the hundreds of thousands of ninja allies.