The video in the Heavenly Screen...
Edo Madara's figure appeared exceptionally cold in the moonlight.
He slowly raised his hand, and deep blue Chakra surged like a tide. Susanoo rose up from the ground once more, the blue giant gleaming with a chilling light in the night.
"The game is over."
His voice was eerily calm, as if he were merely announcing a given fact.
The Five Kage stood amidst the ruins, their bodies covered in blood.
Raikage A's Lightning Release Armor had long since faded, and his bronze skin was covered with deep, bone-revealing scars; Mei Terumi's Chakra was exhausted, and blood trickled from her red lips; Gaara's sand grains were scattered all over the ground; Ōnoki's levitation height was getting lower and lower, and the light of his Dust Release had also dissipated.
Only Tsunade, thanks to the Chakra given to her by the chakra, could barely stand. But the patterns of her Strength of a Hundred Technique had completely disappeared, and her breathing was heavy like a broken bellows.
"The Five Kage..." Edo Madara looked down at them, his Rinnegan showing no pity, only an almost godlike indifference. "Your farce ends here."
Whoosh--!
The Susanoo's Chakra sword swept out, so fast that even its afterimages couldn't be caught!
"Bang!"
Raikage was the first to fall, his chest torn open by sword energy, blood gushing out like a fountain, staining the scorched earth red.
"Raikage!" Mei Terumi to rush over, but her legs could no longer support her, and she collapsed to her knees after taking just one step.
"The Mizukage... Ōnoki wanted to use Dust Release, but his depleted Chakra made even his hand seals slow down."
The next second--
"Pfft!"
Susanoo swung its four arms simultaneously, piercing through Mei Terumi's abdomen. She coughed up blood and slowly collapsed.
"Cough... This is truly... a sorry sight..." She smiled bitterly, the light in her eyes gradually fading.
Gaara's sand instinctively tried to defend itself, but Susanoo's sword sliced through the sand wall like tofu, striking him directly on the shoulder and almost cleaving him in two!
"Kazekage!" Tsunade's eyes widened in horror as she tried to rush to her aid, but the figure of Edo Madara appeared before her like a ghost.
"Your opponent is me."
Swish!
One cut.
Just one cut.
Tsunade froze on the spot, her pupils suddenly contracting.
Her gaze slowly moved downwards--
A thin line of blood appeared on my waist.
"... What..."
The next second, her upper body slowly slid down, and blood gushed out like a waterfall!
"Hokage!!" Ōnoki's roar echoed through the night sky, but the next attack sent the Tsuchikage flying.
Edo Madara didn't turn around; he simply indifferently retracted Susanoo and turned to leave.
"A pointless struggle."
His figure gradually disappeared into the night, leaving only five mangled bodies lying in pools of blood.
The real Shinobi World...
The image on the Heavenly Screen finally froze on the blood-red battlefield where the Five Kage had fallen, with Edo Madara's figure gradually disappearing into the darkness.
Beneath the Heavenly Screen, the entire Shinobi World fell into a brief, deathly silence.
No one spoke.
No one dared to breathe. How long had passed...
Kumogakure
"Lord Raikage..." The young Cloud Ninja looked at A lying in a pool of blood in the Heavenly Screen, their voices trembling.
"Bang!" The Fourth Raikage smashed a boulder beside him with a single punch, veins bulging on his bronze muscles. "Not enough... I'm not strong enough!" His eyes burned with unprecedented fighting spirit. "Pass down the order: from today onwards, all Jonin training at three times the intensity!"
Iwagakure
Kurotsuchi supported the trembling Ōnoki, Ōnoki, gazing at the image of himself collapsing in the Heavenly Screen, shook his head with a wry smile, "Madara Uchiha... truly inhumanly strong."
"Old man, you actually admitted defeat?" Kurotsuchi said in a deliberately lighthearted tone, but his eyes were already red-rimmed.
"Admit defeat?" Ōnoki suddenly straightened his hunched back. "I was the last one standing inside the Heavenly Screen!"
Kirigakure- Hidden Ship
Mei Terumi stood alone by the cabin window, her fingertips digging deeply into her palms. The image of her being the first to say "This is the end" in the Heavenly Screen kept flashing through her mind.
"How embarrassing..." She pressed her forehead against the cold glass, "As the Mizukage, I was the first to lose my will to fight..."
On the deck, Chōjūrō, holding Hiramekarei, looked towards the closed hatch. "Lady Mei Terumi..."
"Let her have some peace and quiet." A flicker of pain flashed in Qing's Byakugan. "This is the real Shadow."
Sunagakure
Temari and Kankuro stood on the rooftop, watching their younger brother fall silently into a pool of blood.
Konoha
"That bastard--!" Naruto punched a telephone pole. "I'll beat him to a pulp someday! How dare he hurt Tsunade like that!"
"Calm down, you bottom-of-the-barrel guy!" Sasuke's Sharingan spun violently.
Sakura bit her lip hard, her medical notebook crumpled in her hand. "The Strength of a Hundred Technique is all..."
Karin's glasses reflected the cold light of the Heavenly Screen: "So this is the legendary ninja...?"
Hokage's Office
Tsunade stared at the image of herself being cut in half at the waist, the teacup in her hand shattering silently. Shizune hurriedly grabbed a towel, but was stopped by a wave of her hand.
"Will we have to fight this monster in the future...?" She looked at the Memorial Stone outside the window. "Broken, you really are something this time..." Suddenly she narrowed her eyes. "Wait, I seem to still be conscious after being severed?"
Hot Spring House
Jiraiya took a swig of sake, gazing bitterly at the scene in the Heavenly Screen where Dan Katō his soul to save the day. "We lost... The living can never beat the dead." Suddenly, his eyes sharpened. "But the caster was Kabuto? Just who is Orochimaru...?"
Otogakure Base
"Hehehe..." Orochimaru's golden vertical pupils gleamed with excitement. "That Kabuto guy actually found Madara's remains?" He licked his lips. "This is getting more and more interesting."
Amegakure Outer Base
"Hey, hey, that Madara Uchiha is way too overpowered!" Hidan yelled, carrying the Bloodstained Triple-Bladed Scythe.
"Even if the Five Kage joined forces..." Kisame's shark-like face showed a rare solemnity.
"Kakuzu," Deidara suddenly turned around, "You said the other day that the village sent you to kill the First Hokage. Did you really assassinate the First Hokage back then?"
Kakuzu snorted coldly, "Otherwise, where do you think my heart came from?" He touched the stitches on his chest, "Although I only withstood three moves... hmm."
Land of Iron
Mifune's hand on the hilt of his sword trembled slightly. "He was terrifyingly strong. The age of the samurai... has it truly come to an end?"
The Daimyo of the Land of Fire...
The Daimyo of the Land of Fire, fanning himself with a folding fan, frowned deeply. "The Five Kage have all been defeated... This Madara Uchiha is incredibly powerful."
The aide beside him whispered, "This man co-founded Konoha with Hashirama Senju. He's a legendary ninja on par with the First Hokage, his strength enough to destroy a country."
The daimyo snapped his folding fan shut, his face turning grim.
The Daimyo of the Land of Wind...
The elderly daimyo coughed and asked, "Has the background of that sorcerer named Kabuto been investigated?"
"According to intelligence, this person was originally Konoha Ninja who later followed the missing-nin Orochimaru." A samurai-dressed staff officer knelt on one knee, "But his current whereabouts are unknown."
"Missing-nin from Konoha?" A flash of anger crossed the daimyo's murky eyes. "Konoha again! First Orochimaru, and now Kabuto! How many more disasters will they bring to the Shinobi World?"
Land of Lightning...
The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning slammed his fist on the table and roared, "Immediately issue the order to the Raikage! No matter what method you use, you must train ninjas capable of fighting this monster!"
Street life...
"Hey, did you see that? All Five Kage are..." A merchant-looking man's voice trembled in the tavern.
"Those are the Five Kage! The five strongest Shinobi World!" The blacksmith wiped the cold sweat from his brow. "They couldn't even beat that Madara Uchiha..."
At the market, an old woman, holding her grandson, muttered to herself, "And that battle that was shown on the Heavenly Screen a while ago... that Madara Uchiha and the First Hokage, they were simply inhuman..."
"Is war about to break out again?" The young farmer looked pale. "The adults don't seem to have changed much; perhaps in a few years..."
"How are we ordinary people supposed to survive...?" The bowl in the noodle stall owner's hand fell to the ground with a "crack" and shattered into pieces.
Border town...
"Have you heard? That sorcerer named Kabuto..."
"He's said to be missing-nin from Konoha, skilled in forbidden techniques!"
"My cousin works in Iwagakure, and he said that Kabuto used to be a spy for Konoha!"
Among the people drinking in the tavern, an elderly man said, "To talk about Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, we have to go back to the Warring States period--"