The Government Allied Forces and the Ten-Tails faced each other.
The Ten-Tails' colossal body was like a moving mountain range, its ten tails slowly swaying behind it, each sweep across the ground kicking up vast clouds of dust.
Standing atop the Ten-Tails were Madara and Obito, along with the Six Paths of Konoha: Hashirama, Tobirama, Hiruzen, Minato, Sakumo, and Shisui, as well as the surviving members of the Akatsuki: Kakuzu, Hidan, Deidara, Sasori, and others.
Countless people in the Allied Forces showed expressions of disbelief, their eyes darting between those grey-white figures.
"Is that... the First Hokage?"
"The Second Hokage is there too!"
"Third Hokage! Fourth Hokage!"
"Even Uchiha Madara came out?!!"
None of them had expected that the past Hokages and even Uchiha Madara himself would be reanimated via Edo Tensei.
"Dad!"
Naruto burst out from the crowd, ran a few steps, stumbled, and nearly fell.
His old injuries hadn't healed yet, the bandages still wrapped around his wounds, but at this moment, he couldn't care about that at all, his blue eyes fixed intently on that golden-haired, grey-white figure on the Ten-Tails' back.
He had already learned the truth about his birth… Jiraiya had told him. After all, the Elder Council were all dead, so there was no point in hiding it anymore.
The fortunate thing amidst the misfortune was that Naruto hadn't turned dark because of it.
To be honest, the entire Ninja World ought to bow down to Iruka, otherwise, there would be one more person standing on the Ten-Tails' head right now.
"Naruto, you've grown up."
Minato tried hard to flash his signature brilliant smile from when he was alive, but with the battle imminent and Obito strengthening his control over them, the smile ended up looking somewhat strange.
Minato looked up and down at the blond boy standing at the very front of the Allied Forces. He was completely different from the memory of a tiny baby held in his arms.
'He had grown this tall.'
"Naruto."
Minato's voice was somewhat choked, "You must be a remarkable Ninja now."
As he spoke, Minato's lips curved into a bitter smile:
"Sorry, I can't control my body right now. Don't hold back, come on! Naruto!"
Naruto clenched his fists, the wounds under the bandages bursting open, then quickly healing under the effect of the Nine-Tails' Chakra.
Hashirama immediately noticed Tsunade in the crowd and laughed heartily, raising a hand:
"Tsuna-chan! How's the village doing now? You haven't been gambling lately, have you?"
Seeing her grandfather acting so goofy, Tsunade couldn't help but rub her temples.
She hadn't realized it when she was little, but after growing up, she found her grandfather's personality rather embarrassing.
"It's alright, I suppose."
Tsunade said weakly.
Many in the Government Allied Forces were dumbfounded seeing Hashirama like this, secretly sighing that the God of Ninja's personality was completely different from what they had imagined.
Makoto's gaze was neither on the freshly reanimated Madara nor on the pathetic Obito.
Instead, it was fixed on the Third Hokage, who had been transformed into one of the Six Paths of Konoha.
"Oh, Sensei, long time no see."
Makoto spoke with a smile, his expression full of deep affection between teacher and student.
Hiruzen, seeing this disciple who had abandoned him to die when he was alive, gritted his teeth and moved his lips a few times, wanting to say something.
"Old man, you can go in peace. Aniki is governing the Ninja World excellently right now!"
Just then, Konohamaru stood behind Makoto and shouted loudly.
His voice was filled with excitement, his eyes even carrying a manic, fanatical admiration.
Hiruzen, who had been about to say something, immediately shut up.
Although he knew while alive that his grandson worshipped Makoto fanatically…
Back then, he had thought it was a good thing. After all, Makoto had said more than once that he wanted to put Konohamaru into the position of the next Hokage.
Having someone with that kind of intention in power in Konoha was a good thing for his grandson.
However, now that he knew Makoto's true nature, Hiruzen didn't think so anymore.
After all, if Makoto's true face were revealed to the public, besides everything else, it would absolutely drive his grandson to the brink of collapse.
That child regarded Makoto as an idol, as someone he could give everything for.
If he was told now that the person he worshipped was actually the greatest villain in the Ninja World, what would happen?
"Nishikawa-sama, may we begin?"
Just then, the group of Uchiha Edo Tensei soldiers, led by Tekka, asked Makoto for instructions.
Their Three-Tomoe Sharingan spun in their eye sockets, their gazes crossing the distance of hundreds of meters, locked firmly on Obito atop the Ten-Tails.
Although they had killed the trio of elders led by Danzo in the previous battle…
But just as their ancestor Madara said to the reanimated Tobirama in the original work, venting anger on ten corpses that couldn't speak was utterly meaningless.
Therefore, even though they had killed Danzo and those other old bastards, they didn't feel any satisfaction.
The main target was still Obito.
That beast who had wiped out the Uchiha Clan along with the Konoha's Elder Council.
"Then let's begin." Makoto smiled slightly.
Hearing Makoto give the order, the Uchiha Edo Tensei army standing in the very front row formed hand seals in unison.
Dozens of Uchiha chanted in low voices, dozens of fire dragons spewing from their mouths, converging in mid-air into a sea of fire that blotted out the sky.
Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!
The orange-red sea of fire surged towards the Ten-Tails like a tsunami, scorching the ground around the Ten-Tails into a wasteland of scorched earth.
Madara looked at the contiguous sea of fire and said with slight surprise: "There are so many Uchiha Edo Tensei. What has happened to that decayed clan during this time?"
Madara didn't yet know about the Uchiha Clan's massacre.
But honestly, given who he was now, even if he knew, he wouldn't have much emotional reaction.
From the time he defected from Konoha and not a single clansman was willing to follow him, this clan had already become irrelevant to him.
To some extent, Madara's mindset was the same as Obito's beside him... they both thought the world was irrelevant no matter what.
It's just that in terms of sheer scumbaggery, Madara was still slightly inferior to the King of Scum, Obito.
Faced with this sea of fire comparable to an S-rank Ninjutsu, the Ten-Tails' huge Rinnegan only squinted slightly, as if stung by sunlight.
Then, it raised a front claw, spreading its five enormous talons.
Boom—!!!
The talons tore the sea of fire apart from the middle, the orange-red flames parting to the sides, turning into two fire dragons that swept past the Ten-Tails' body, scorching the ground behind it into a wasteland.
The residual force of the talons struck the Uchiha Edo Tensei soldiers, tearing their grey-white Edo Tensei bodies apart like they were made of paper.
The Uchiha Edo Tensei army collapsed in the very first exchange.
After the Uchiha Edo Tensei army collapsed, Konan, Mei, and others each made their move.
Konan's Dance of the Shikigami turned into thousands of explosive tags, flying towards Obito in a sky-blanketing swarm.
Mei spewed the corrosive mist of Boil Release from her mouth, the very air hissing and sizzling as it corroded.
The Ninja of the Kirigakure's Ninja Swordsmen Unit flanked from both sides, their swords glinting coldly in the moonlight.
They were all aiming at the same person… Uchiha Obito.
"Go atone to Nagato and the others in the next world!" Konan shouted.
Seeing these women attacking Obito as if they didn't care about their own lives, Madara couldn't help but tease:
"How many hateful things have you done during these years I was asleep? So many enemies."
It must be said, those crazy Uchiha all have a bit of dark humor.
Obito remained silent.
He formed a hand seal with one hand, slightly activating the power of the Rinnegan.
Immediately, the Six Paths of Konoha, who had been standing still, moved.
The closest was Hiruzen.
He rushed out from the Six Paths of Konoha, standing in front of Obito.
His hands quickly formed signs, spewing a Water Release from his mouth, extinguishing more than half of Konan's explosive tags.
Tobirama rushed out from the side, the two fingers of his right hand together, chanting 'Water Release: Water Severing Wave', spewing a high-pressure water blade from his mouth, slicing through Mei's Boil Release mist.
And Shisui—
From the body of the Uchiha's strongest Genjutsu user, a green giant rose.
Finally, this green giant transformed into a second-form Susanoo dozens of meters tall, enveloping Obito entirely in protection.
Susanoo raised its arm, blocking in front.
The swords of the Ninja Swordsmen Unit clanged against Susanoo's armor, not even leaving a scratch.
Seeing this move, many people's expressions changed, especially those from Konoha.
Over the years, they had all seen this move on Makoto, Sasuke, Itachi, and others.