Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

"I've come here to tell you something."

"The era of ninjas has ended."

"A new order is about to arrive."

"A new order?" Onoki narrowed his eyes, his floating figure leaning slightly forward. "Kid, what nonsense are you spouting?"

"The Akatsuki organization collects the Tailed Beasts in order to create weapons of war and rule the world through fear."

"And you, having stolen the Tailed Beast, are now spouting nonsense here..."

Onoki sneered, "Is your goal the same—to use power to dominate this ninja world?"

"Don't confuse me with those low-level ambitions."

Sasuke shook his head, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes. He raised his hand and lightly tapped the air with his fingertips.

A colossal illusion unfolded above the conference room.

It was a despairing scene.

A colossal divine tree rose from the ground, piercing the clouds.

Countless humans were bound by the branches of the divine tree, hanging from it like silkworms in cocoons, and fell into an eternal slumber.

At the top of that divine tree, a scarlet moon hung high, reflecting the pattern of the Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan.

The scene was too bizarre and too grand.

A colossal divine tree, humans shrouded in mist, a crimson moon...

The shadows and guards present looked at this illusion with fear in their eyes, but more than that, they were bewildered and confused.

"what is this?"

The group frowned, their voices tinged with uncertainty. "Is it some kind of special illusion? Or is it an attack you're planning to launch against us?"

They simply didn't understand what the image represented.

“The Ten-Tails,” Sasuke’s voice rang out calmly.

"Ten-Tails?!" Onoki was shocked. "I've only ever heard of the One-Tail to the Nine-Tail, where did this Ten-Tails come from?!"

"The One to Nine Tails are merely dispersed forms of the Ten Tails' chakra."

Sasuke explained calmly, "The Akatsuki collected the Tailed Beasts in order to reunite them and revive the progenitor of this chakra."

"And that moon hanging on the tree is Infinite Tsukuyomi."

"A massive genjutsu that uses the power of the Ten-Tails to cast a spell on the entire world."

"It will pull all of humanity into an eternal dream, a dream in which there is no war, no pain, only the beauty that everyone longs for most in their hearts."

"It was also the future that Obito Uchiha, who called himself Madara, wanted to impose on this world."

"What...what a joke!" Ai was still furious. "To let all of humanity live in a dream?!"

"Are they treating humans like livestock?!" Onoki realized the gravity of the situation, his face turning incredibly grim. "How could such an absurd thing be possible..."

"Is it really absurd?"

Sasuke interrupted him, "But in the eyes of that guy named Uchiha Obito, this is the only salvation."

"But do you really think that the peace the ninja world has now is much better than this?"

He looked at the five shadows, his eyes sharpening.

"The five major powers check and balance each other, while smaller countries struggle to survive in the cracks."

"For their own interests, they have continuously launched wars, sacrificing countless lives."

"The peace you speak of is nothing but a brief respite built upon the bones of the weak!"

"As long as this divided order exists, as long as this narrow interest based on villages persists..."

"War will never end!"

"so......"

Sasuke spread his arms, and his divine robes fluttered behind him without wind.

"What I want to do is to completely shatter this old, corrupt order!"

"Eliminate all national borders, abolish all ninja villages, and concentrate all power under the one and only absolute principle!"

"This is what I want to give to this world..."

"A real change!"

"change?"

Onoki floated in mid-air, his brows furrowed and his eyes full of doubt.

"What talk of 'reason,' what talk of 'the only order'...?"

He sneered, his tone laced with sarcasm.

"All you want is dictatorship and world domination! You and the Akatsuki are no different in essence!"

Sasuke sighed softly upon hearing this.

"Indeed, it's pointless to explain to people like you who are bound by the old era."

"The difference between me and Xiao is that I can see a more distant future, while you can only see the immediate interests and struggles."

"But it doesn't matter."

Sasuke said calmly, "You'll understand in the future."

"Stop spouting this high-sounding nonsense!"

Unable to contain his anger any longer, Ai took a step forward, pointed at Sasuke, and his eyes turned bloodshot.

"Uchiha Sasuke, I'll ask you just one question!"

"The so-called elimination of national borders, the abolition of ninja villages..."

"You mean, if we don't obey your will, you'll wage war against us, against the entire ninja world?!"

Despite the Raikage's aggressive questioning, Sasuke's expression remained completely unchanged.

"If the world cannot understand my 'reasoning' and cannot accept this necessary change..."

"So, for that future without strife..."

"War will also be a necessary means."

"You really are a madman!" Ai's anger finally erupted.

At the same time, Onoki's eyes turned cold in mid-air, and extremely subtle chakra gradually gathered in his hand behind him.

I still have a chance; the distance is just a moment away...

At this moment, Sasuke seemed to sense something, and his eyes flickered slightly.

A heavy spiritual pressure descended upon Onoki.

"Varied......?!"

Onoki's body stiffened abruptly, and the chakra in his palm was instantly dissipated by the pressure.

"What... what kind of power is this?!" Onoki stared at Sasuke in horror, cold sweat instantly soaking his back.

Just a glance...

You interrupted my Dust Escape?!

Sasuke withdrew his gaze, and the space behind him began to distort like the surface of water, with a dark vortex quietly emerging.

"It seems that you are not yet ready to accept all of this."

As Sasuke spoke, he backed away.

"Then I will give you time to accept this, and I will also give you a chance to organize your forces and make a final struggle."

"If you still choose to refuse then," he said with a cold smile, "then you can accept the Fourth Shinobi World War..."

"It's officially started."

"But don't worry, I won't waste too much of your time then."

"Trying to run? Stay here!" Ai transformed into a blinding bolt of lightning, instantly traversing the short distance.

"Heavy Storm!"

This punch, imbued with all his rage, slammed fiercely towards Sasuke's back!

With a bang, Ai felt as if she had crashed into an invisible wall, and was so shaken that she took several steps back.

"what?!"

Raikage's eyes widened as a transparent wall of light appeared before him.

Behind the barrier of light, Sasuke's figure completely disappeared into the darkness, and the crack also vanished completely.

The only sound in the entire conference hall was Raikage's heavy breathing.

"Damn it, Uchiha Sasuke..."

"I absolutely, absolutely will kill you!"

.........

The Land of Fire, Daimyo Prefecture.

In the bustling city center, the atmosphere in that lavishly decorated council chamber was oppressive.

"...Openly declared war at the Five Kage Summit, and even threatened to abolish all ninja villages and countries?"

The daimyo of the Land of Fire, a bloated man with a face covered in makeup, was slumped on a soft couch covered with expensive animal hides.

His large, fleshy fingers held the newly delivered gold-embossed scroll.

"Absurd! Utterly absurd!"

The daimyo slammed the scroll heavily onto the table in front of him, letting out an angry roar.

"Uchiha Sasuke, that brat from Konoha, who does he think he is?!"