"Commander, the situation with the Fifth Unit is looking a bit grim."
Inside the headquarters of the Ninja World Allied Forces, Yu was reporting the battle conditions from various locations to Makoto, Tsunade, and the others.
"The other units are basically still able to fight the enemy to a standstill, but the Fifth Unit, led by Gaara, is clearly starting to fall behind."
Tsunade stood beside Makoto, arms crossed, her brow furrowed deeply.
Yu continued his report, "In the battle between Naruto and Sasuke, Sasuke currently has a slight upper hand. For Sasuke, this is already his final battle, and he won't be stingy with his Ocular Power consumption. Susanoo has remained activated from start to finish, and he alternates between using Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi, not considering the burden on his eyes at all."
This situation wasn't unexpected.
Although Naruto had mastered Sage Mode and was much more skilled at using Nine-Tails' Chakra than two years ago, he lacked guidance from B and still hadn't truly mastered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
Furthermore, compared to Sasuke, who was going all in, Naruto still lacked a certain ferocity.
His goal wasn't to defeat Sasuke, but to bring Sasuke back.
Sasuke, on the other hand, truly didn't care about anything anymore.
Tsunade's brow furrowed even tighter.
Yu continued his report, "The situation with the others isn't optimistic either. Although Beam defeated Kisame, Reze-sama is being held back by the Third Raikage and the Second and Third Tsuchikage."
"It's fine."
Makoto chuckled softly, "This war was originally prepared for the purpose of handing over the Tailed Beasts to the other side."
Makoto had accepted this Fifth Great Ninja War for two main purposes.
The secondary reason was to let his wives gain experience.
A war of this scale wasn't something you could encounter just anytime.
The main reason was to fool Obito and Madara into handing over the Tailed Beasts and reviving the Ten-Tails.
But if he handed over the Tailed Beasts directly, it would definitely arouse the suspicions of these two crazy Uchiha.
Although Obito wasn't particularly smart, he wasn't an idiot either.
Not to mention Madara, an old fox who had lived for nearly a hundred years, having seen all kinds of schemes and tricks.
So the first half of this war was originally intended to be lost.
But it had to be lost in a way that made Obito feel that he had won by his own strength.
"Continue monitoring."
Makoto said.
"Yes." Yu nodded.
The war continued.
Through Yu's verbal reports, Makoto, Tsunade, and the others were able to understand the dynamics of the various battlefields in real time.
On the first day, the battle lines of the First and Second Units remained stable, with both sides suffering casualties but no breakthroughs.
On the second day, the Third Unit suffered heavy losses but ultimately achieved victory. Shinku, Duy, and others were successively sealed. Kakashi ordered a retreat to reorganize the defense line.
On the third day—
"Commander, Gaara has been defeated."
On the new day, Makoto had just finished brushing his teeth and was coming out of the bathroom, with Yu already waiting in the hallway.
After two days and two nights of war, Gaara, the captain of the Fifth Unit, had finally been unable to hold on.
"Shukaku has been extracted."
Makoto wiped his face with a towel, hung the towel on the rack, and turned to ask:
"How's the panda kid doing?"
Yu reported truthfully, "As planned, Shukaku left a portion of his Chakra inside Gaara's body. He should be able to hold on for about two days."
Two days were enough for them to finish the rest of the act.
"What about Naruto?" Makoto asked again.
Hearing this question, a slight change appeared on Yu's face, looking somewhat unpleasant as he said:
"He's had a little situation."
"Hmm?"
Makoto raised an eyebrow, walked out of the bathroom, and sat down on the sofa in the living room.
Yu followed him and reported:
"The battle between those two kids ultimately ended in Sasuke's victory."
Makoto nodded. This result was within his expectations.
"But at the very end—"
Yu's voice lowered a bit.
"That Sasuke kid went soft. He didn't deliver the final blow to Naruto."
Makoto slapped his own forehead.
'Great. I forgot to tell Sasuke the full plan.'
He had discussed the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan with Sasuke before, but hadn't explained all the details.
Sasuke didn't know that Makoto had made two preparations in advance to prevent Naruto from being killed.
He probably thought that a Jinchuriki would inevitably die after the Tailed Beast was extracted, so he chose to spare his best friend.
Makoto rubbed his temples.
"Whatever, it's not too serious a mistake."
Makoto said, "Next, let's just wait for the Ten-Tails to be revived."
The third day of the official start of the Fifth Great Ninja War.
At this time, in a cave located a hundred miles away from the main battlefield, on the border of the Land of Lightning.
Deep inside the cave, the massive Gedo Statue crouched there.
Obito, wearing a new white mask with two Rinnegan visible through the eye holes, stood on top of the Gedo Statue.
His expression beneath the mask was unclear, but those Rinnegan reflected the several Tailed Beasts bound below him.
Around the Gedo Statue, Chakra Chains extended from the statue's mouth, tightly binding the Three-Tails, Four-Tails, Six-Tails, and Seven-Tails.
Currently, they had not yet been sealed inside the statue.
Unfortunately, to revive the Ten-Tails, the sealing order had to proceed sequentially from the One-Tail to the Nine-Tails.
The sealing ritual couldn't begin without gathering all nine Tailed Beasts.
So these four Tailed Beasts could only wait here.
And at this moment, besides Obito and the Tailed Beasts, there were also six figures standing beside the statue.
If any Konoha's Ninja were here right now, they would be too shocked to speak.
Because among those six figures, four were surprisingly—
Senju Hashirama.
Senju Tobirama.
Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Namikaze Minato.
The first four Hokage of Konoha.
And the other two were also Konoha's Ninjas, famous geniuses in Konoha's history.
Hatake Sakumo… Konoha's White Fang, Kakashi's father, once made Ninjas from all nations fear him with just a short blade.
Uchiha Shisui… Konoha's strongest Uchiha Genjutsu user, possessor of [Kotoamatsukami], known as [Shisui the Body Flicker].
Their bodies were clearly reanimated bodies, with greyish-white skin covered in dust and cracks like shattered pottery.
From forehead to cheek, from arm to chest, the cracks were densely packed like a spiderweb.
But their eyes, every single pair, were Rinnegan!
After obtaining Nagato's pair of Rinnegan, Obito couldn't turn those Jinchuriki into new Six Paths of Pain like in the original work.
After all, he only had four Tailed Beasts, which is not enough.
So he chose another approach.
Using the reanimated bodies of these top Konoha's powerhouses from history, he made a brand new [Six Paths of Konoha].
However, compared to the original Six Paths of Pain made from Jinchuriki who had no self-awareness, the Six Paths of Konoha were a bit special.
"Tobirama, I've told you, that technique of yours isn't anything good."
Hashirama stood beside the statue, gesturing with his hands, endlessly scolding his younger brother.
"You still haven't destroyed it! Do you know how much trouble this thing has caused for future generations?"
Although his body was being controlled by Obito, his mind wasn't.
Tobirama turned his face away and said nothing.
There was no way around it... this matter was indeed his fault.
It was already embarrassing enough that he had been used by Orochimaru with this technique last time, summoning the two brothers and killing his student Hiruzen.
And now, he was being exploited by Obito again.
"It seems your younger brother isn't as pure and innocent as you imagined, Hashirama."
Just then, a teasing voice came from the shadows.
Everyone turned to look.
Sitting on a rock in the corner of the cave was a figure wearing the same style of red armor as Hashirama—
Uchiha Madara!