Chapter 111
"I, Uchiha Madara, hereby announce that Akatsuki will launch the Fourth Great Ninja War against the five great ninja villages!"
The arrogant and indifferent voice gradually echoed through the entire meeting hall. The masked man's scarlet Sharingan spun slowly, his blood-red eyes scanning everyone as if he wanted to see their reactions.
After hearing what the masked man said, the Kage of the five great ninja villages were momentarily stunned. Then they looked at each other with astonished faces.
They couldn't believe it.
Uchiha Madara?
Wasn't that the legendary figure who shook the ninja world a hundred years ago?
How could he be here?
And after so many years, Uchiha Madara should have died long ago!
How could he appear now?
Also, the Fourth Great Ninja War that the masked man mentioned—
That was even more shocking!
A Ninja World War was a war that would shake the entire ninja world!
It was a battle that would reshape the ninja world!
Every great ninja war represented a redrawing of the political map and brought massive changes to the ninja world.
The masked man actually said Akatsuki was going to launch a ninja war. That seemed impossible!
No ninja village could endure the drastic changes of a world war, and no single organization could start one.
A ninja world war would affect the entire ninja world! It would plunge everyone into suffering!
None of the five great countries would be spared. They would all have to participate.
This was an extremely tragic but also incredibly powerful war!
How could the masked man claim Akatsuki could launch one?
They didn't believe it at all.
In their eyes, no matter how strong the Akatsuki organization was, it was only a dozen people. How could they launch such a large-scale war?
How could just a dozen people fight against the entire ninja world and become enemies of the five great nations?
First there was Uzumaki Naruto, and now there was Uchiha Madara and Akatsuki.
They kept challenging authority and declaring themselves enemies.
This sparked anger in the hearts of the proud Kage. They all glared at the masked man.
Fourth Raikage Ai even erupted with powerful lightning chakra that splashed around him. The floor of the meeting hall cracked from the force of his rage.
Then Fourth Raikage yelled at the masked man:
"Where did you come from claiming to be Uchiha Madara? Uchiha Madara died decades ago! Don't lie to me here. I won't be fooled by you!"
"That's right! You brat want to pretend to be Uchiha Madara to scare us? Do you think we'd fall for that? I saw Uchiha Madara back in the day!" Third Tsuchikage Onoki also yelled in rebuttal.
Hearing that Onoki and Raikage Ai didn't believe him, Uchiha Obito smiled, completely calm.
"Whether you believe it or not, from this moment, the Fourth Great Ninja War has begun. From now on, I will lead the entire Akatsuki organization to wage war against you."
"Hmph, thinking you can be the enemy of the entire ninja world with just Akatsuki is ridiculous." Fourth Raikage sneered.
Uchiha Obito smiled faintly, his Sharingan narrowing as he said quietly:
"Akatsuki's power is more than what you've seen."
Hearing this, Fourth Raikage paused. The others also froze, their eyes growing thoughtful.
Indeed, their understanding of the Akatsuki organization wasn't deep enough. They couldn't fully judge Akatsuki's strength.
Just as the Kage were thinking about whether Uchiha Obito was telling the truth, Obito narrowed his eyes again and said:
"If you have time to hold a boring Five Kage Summit here, why not think about which side to choose first? Akatsuki's goal is to collect the tailed beasts and use their power to achieve peace in the ninja world. If you're willing to join Akatsuki, we would be happy to work with you on this."
As soon as Uchiha Obito finished speaking, Third Tsuchikage snorted disdainfully:
"Don't dream! Iwagakure will be the first to object! Akatsuki wants to collect the tailed beasts and rule the ninja world? Impossible! The five great nations will destroy you all!"
The other Kage also rejected him one after another.
After hearing what they said, Uchiha Obito didn't mind. He didn't bother to respond. Instead, he turned his eyes to Uzumaki Naruto standing nearby. The red light of his Sharingan stared at Naruto.
Uchiha Obito asked slowly:
"What about you, Uzumaki Naruto?"
Hearing this, Naruto was momentarily surprised. He clearly hadn't expected Uchiha Obito to try recruiting him.
Naruto looked at Uchiha Obito with indifferent eyes.
Others didn't know the identity under that mask, but he knew it very well.
This wasn't Uchiha Madara at all. This was Uchiha Obito, the one pretending to be Madara. Kakashi's former friend.
Naruto didn't know what others thought, but there was no way he would cooperate with Uchiha Obito.
Because Uchiha Obito was responsible for the original Nine-Tails attack!
The Nine-Tails had been controlled by him.
His parents, the Fourth Hokage and Kushina, had died because of that attack!
And because of the Nine-Tails attack thirteen years ago, he had become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!
Naruto narrowed his eyes. Before he could speak, the Nine-Tails' voice suddenly sounded inside his body.
The Nine-Tails seemed to sense Uchiha Obito's existence and recognized him as the mastermind who had controlled him to destroy Konoha thirteen years ago!
Then the Nine-Tails' angry, hateful voice rang out:
"Naruto, kill him! He's the one who controlled me, destroyed Konoha, and hurt your parents! Don't let this guy get away!"
Naruto took a deep breath and nodded silently in his heart.
"Don't worry, Nine-Tails."
Then Naruto raised his head, fixed his eyes on Uchiha Obito, narrowed his gaze slightly, and said coldly:
"Do you really think I would agree?"
Not to mention that Akatsuki's goal was to collect tailed beasts—Naruto couldn't let him go because of this blood debt.
And after all, Uchiha Obito was just a pawn. A pitiful man being used.
Uchiha Obito thought Naruto was refusing because of his status as a Jinchuriki.
So Uchiha Obito smiled lightly and said:
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend. If you feel you can't cooperate with Akatsuki because you're the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, then don't worry. I have a way to extract the Nine-Tails without hurting you."
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