Flags!
Rows of Blazing Sun Flags were raised along the side of the battlefield.
Though it was already night, the full moon was exceptionally bright. Combined with the sharp eyesight of ninja, it did not affect the battle in the slightest, nor did it prevent them from noticing this scene.
"Blazing Sun Flags!!"
"It's the Blazing Sun Army!"
"Fake, it has to be fake!!"
"That's right, this is the Land of Lightning, not the Tenshukaku. The Blazing Sun Army can't possibly be here!"
A measure of chaos broke out among the Allied Forces.
A man's reputation was like a tree's shadow!
Blazing Sun Country's reputation had not been exaggerated; it had been forged through battle after battle.
Now that they had suddenly arrived, the reaction was naturally considerable.
It should be noted that the Allied Forces had indeed known that the Blazing Sun Army had landed, but only the upper ranks knew this information. It had not been announced to everyone in the Allied Forces.
Because the higher-ups knew very well that revealing this would bring no benefit at all and would instead easily cause chaos.
That was why the lower-ranking ninja of the Allied Forces reacted so intensely upon seeing the Blazing Sun Flags.
"They've come?"
Ōnoki, who had just escaped Madara's Yasaka Magatama attack and was treating his injuries and lingering effects, spoke calmly, as though he had known all along.
Yes, he had indeed anticipated this.
Knowing that Tang Ping, the Lord of the Blazing Sun, was extremely trustworthy did not mean he would not prepare for the worst.
And this was the worst-case scenario.
"...Did we fail?"
Jiraiya looked at those Blazing Sun Flags with a bitter smile.
Now that the Wood Beasts no longer appeared after the God Tree reverted into the Ten-Tails, the