"If we kill each other here because of past hatred, then how are we any different from 'him' who wants to destroy everything?"
Gaara's words, like heavy drumbeats, struck the hearts of every Ninja.
Everyone's gaze was fixed on the excessively young Kazekage on the high platform, seeing the immense power and resilient conviction beneath his calm exterior.
This young man, through his own experience of crawling back to the human world from hell, was demonstrating to them what redemption meant and the possibility of transcending hatred.
The camp of a hundred thousand people was dead silent.
The previous commotion and hostility were temporarily replaced by deeper contemplation under Gaara's soul-searching question.
The cracks still existed, but a faint dawn called "understanding" and "common goal" seemed to struggle through the thick clouds of hatred.
In the real Ninja World, countless people fell silent because of Gaara's speech.
Fourth Kazekage Rasa's face was ashen, while Temari and Kankuro looked at their reborn younger brother on the heavenly screen, their eyes filled with pride and heartache.
Gaara stared blankly at himself in the sky, his eyes revealing envy and longing.
Can it really be done?
Kazekage's Office.
Rasa looked at his son on the heavenly screen, who was composed and speaking passionately, even winning the recognition of the hundred thousand Allied Forces; his feelings were complicated beyond words.
He confirmed that he did not die at Gaara's hands, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.
But another more pressing question followed: "Then... just whose hands did I die at?"
He was in his prime, ambitious, and the Sunagakure could not do without him; he was by no means willing to be sacrificed so inexplicably.
Rasa stared intently at the heavenly screen, trying to find any clues about his own end.
At the same time, not just Rasa, but the Kage of other Villages, including Ōnoki, Ay, and the silent Hidden Mist high-level officials, all had a massive doubt rising in their hearts.
"Uzumaki Naruto is very strong, requiring Uchiha Sasuke and the Five Kage to join forces to deal with him—this we can understand. But... is it necessary to form a Ninja Allied Force of exactly one hundred thousand people?"
"Against a powerhouse of that level, numbers have lost their meaning; an elite squad model is the optimal solution. What exactly is this army of a hundred thousand for?"
They couldn't understand and could only hold their breath, hoping to obtain more key information about the future battle from the heavenly screen.
On the heavenly screen, the Allied Force camp.
Gaara's speech, which blended his own pain and redemption, produced significant results.
While it was impossible to instantly dissolve the long-standing grudges between the parties, at least a sense of "identity" based on a common threat and the desire for survival temporarily outweighed internal hatred.
The hundred thousand Ninjas, for the first time in a true sense, viewed themselves as part of the "Allied Forces."
Immediately after, combat deployments were swiftly issued.
Gaara appointed Kakashi Hatake, Kitsuchi, Darui, and other experienced and powerful Jonin as commanders of various units, leading tens of thousands of Ninjas to advance toward the designated battlefield from different directions to execute splitting and surprise attack tactics.
The Ninja army took their orders and dispersed like a torrent, a scene both grand and solemn.
Only the Five Kage, Uchiha Sasuke, and a few core support personnel remained on site.
Tsunade watched the departing troops, her brow furrowed with lingering worry as she sighed softly: "I hope they... can successfully eliminate the White Zetsu unit."
Fourth Raikage A immediately responded loudly, filled with his characteristic confidence: "We won't lose! How could the Ninja Allied Force lose to a mere hundred thousand monsters?!"
"One hundred thousand White Zetsu army?"
These words were like a thunderclap, exploding in the ears of everyone in the real Ninja World once again!
"So that's it!"
"Besides the ultimate threat of Uzumaki Naruto, there's also an army of a hundred thousand monsters!"
"No wonder a hundred thousand Allied Forces were needed! This isn't to besiege one person, but to deal with a war of unprecedented scale!"
All previous doubts were instantly resolved, replaced by even deeper horror.
One Uzumaki Naruto was already terrifying enough, and now there were a hundred thousand monsters called White Zetsu... Just what kind of desperate situation has the future Ninja World fallen into?
The heavenly screen's scene shifted to the battlefield.
The unit led by Kakashi arrived at a vast plain.
At the end of the horizon, a boundless "white wave" came surging!
It was a terrifying army composed of countless "White Zetsu" with identical faces and pure white bodies!
Kakashi pulled up his forehead protector, revealing that Sharingan, his voice as calm as ice: "Prepare for battle! The enemy is White Zetsu; don't be fooled by their appearance. Every single one... has at least Chunin-level combat power!"
Without unnecessary words, the moment the white wave collided with the Allied Force's line, a brutal battle broke out!
The light of Ninjutsu flashed wildly, the roar of Explosive Tags was continuous, and Kunai and flesh flew everywhere!
The same scene was playing out simultaneously in the Allied Force units in several other directions!
This was no longer a mysterious duel between Ninjas flying high and low, but the most primitive and cruelest legion slaughter!
Life was fading every second; the cruelty of war was displayed nakedly before all the observers through the heavenly screen.
The real Ninja World was silent.
Everyone was shocked by this grand war scene and the tragic price it represented.
The grand and tragic war scenes shown on the heavenly screen left the various factions of the real Ninja World with mixed emotions.
The Kage of the major Ninja Villages watched as figures wearing their own Village's Ninja uniforms fell continuously in the wave of White Zetsu, even seeing some familiar faces die tragically; their hearts were filled with uncontrollable anger and pain.
Compared to the shock of the Ninja World, Zetsu outside the Akatsuki Organization base almost had his half-black, half-white face twist; he could hardly resist cursing.
"White Zetsu... the White Zetsu army is exposed just like that? What on earth is going on?"
The military force he had hidden for so many years was actually being displayed as clearly as cannon fodder on the heavenly screen!
This completely disrupted his plans.
And Obito, disguised as "Uchiha Madara," also had a expression behind his mask so dark it could drip water.
He had always been hidden behind the scenes; why was there seemingly no sign of him at all in the future revealed by the heavenly screen?
Could it be... something happened to him before the plan was completed?
A sense of unease spread in his heart.
Inside the tower of the Land of Rain, Nagato and Konan's moods were even more complex.
Nagato was originally certain that the "world destroyer" who terrified the Ninja World was himself, but now it seemed his future self was likely also in grave danger.
But, what exactly happened?
He was a god who possessed the Eyes of the Sage!
Soon, the heavenly screen gave part of the answer.
The scene moved away from the chaotic front-line battlefield and switched to the command core area where the Five Kage were located.