The white light dissipated.
The world returned to silence, leaving only the monotonous sound of waves crashing against ice floes and wreckage.
The bloated and ferocious monster that merged all the Hunter was standing motionless. The Rasengan that merged the will of ten thousand people left a bottomless hole in its chest.
There are no scorch marks or flesh and blood on the edge of the hole, but it is slowly decomposing, turning into countless tiny data particles that shine with purple light, rising into the air like Fire Fly insects.
Immediately afterwards, the entire huge body began to "dissolve".
It didn't fall down or explode, it just decomposed and dissipated in an unusually calm way.
Dead silence lasted for several seconds.
"... Is it over?" A Sunagakure ninja broke the silence with a trembling voice.
"We... won?"
This question was like a spark, igniting the last emotions in the hearts of the surviving ninjas.
"Won--!"
I don't know who shouted first.
The next moment, thundering cheers broke through the sky.
The ninjas threw away the kunai in their hands, collapsed on the ground, or hugged each other and cried, or looked up to the sky and screamed. The Iwagakure ninja patted the shoulders of the Leaf ninja next to him. The Cloud Village and Mist Village ninjas showed tired but sincere smiles to each other for the first time.
Raikage A punched the sand at his feet, making a muffled sound. He looked at his scarred arms, and the tight muscles finally relaxed.
Ōnoki rubbed his waist, took a deep breath, and muttered to Mei Terumi next to him, "This time, I'm afraid my waist is really going to break."
"Being able to live and complain is already the greatest luck, Lord Tsuchikage." Mei Terumi wiped the blood on his face and showed a relieved smile.
Naruto was half-kneeling on the ground, the golden Chakra Cloak had long faded away. He was breathing heavily, looking at the dissipating Giant Soldier, and grinned widely.
"Hey, uncle," he shouted to Raikage not far away, "I shouldn't be holding you back this time, right?"
Raikage glanced at him and snorted from his nose, "It's just that he's not dead, kid."
Although his tone was still strong, he couldn't hide the recognition in his eyes.
The battlefield was filled with an almost unreal joy.
Only Sasuke, standing on a piece of ice floe, the scarlet Rinnegan did not relax at all. He looked at the purple Light Spot rising into the sky. They did not drift away with the wind, but gathered at high altitude into a stream that was imperceptible to the naked eye, flowing straight... towards the sky.
Flow towards the pale moon that is still visible during the day.
"Nagato," Sasuke's voice sounded in Mental Link, so cold that there was no trace of warmth, "That's not decomposition, it's uploading."
Nagato's pupils suddenly contracted.
At this moment, a sudden change occurred.
Over the wreckage of Giant Soldier, which was about to be completely decomposed, the space was distorted, and a huge screen made of pure energy appeared out of thin air. Snowflake-like noise flashed on the screen, and then, a blurry figure appeared.
It was a shadow sitting on a throne. His face could not be seen clearly, and he could only feel a kind of arrogance overlooking all living beings.
"Wonderful performance."
A processed, gender-neutral voice passed through the screen and spread clearly throughout the battlefield.
The noisy cheers suddenly stopped.
Everyone stared blankly at the figure in the sky, a chill rising from the soles of their feet to the sky.
"Earth Release, Fire Style, Lightning Release, Wind Release, Water Release... and Lava Release, Boil Release, Magnet Release... Every ninjutsu, every cooperation, every struggle of yours has provided incomparable valuable data."
There was a kind of admiration in Ying's voice, like appreciating a work of art.
"I must admit that you have exceeded my expectations. Especially the last "Alliance Rasengan", which forcibly combines tens of thousands of different Chakras while maintaining a delicate balance... It is an amazing creation. It will become the most perfect collection in my database."
Raikage A's face turned livid. "What are you talking about?"
"What did you say?" Ying chuckled, "I'm thanking you. Thank you for helping me complete the final stage of the stress test of "Gatekeeper"."
Stress test?
These two words are like a heavy hammer, hitting everyone's heart hard.
"You think this is a war?" Shadow's voice was full of mockery, "No, this is just a data collection. You tried your best, exhausted Chakra, and sacrificed countless companions, just to help me perfect my weapons."
"And now..."
He seemed to raise his hand.
"The data upload is completed. These data, which incorporate all your wisdom, strength, and even will, will be used to create the truly perfect "Divine Guard" on the moon."
Sasuke's fists clenched instantly.
"Divine Guard?"
"That's right." Ying's gaze seemed to penetrate the screen and landed precisely on Sasuke and Nagato. "A final solution that exists specifically to solve the small flaw of "Rinnegan"."
After the words fell, he no longer gave the coalition forces any time to react.
"Then, as a reward for your selfless dedication, please enjoy the final curtain call fireworks."
As soon as Ying's voice fell, the Giant Soldier wreckage, which had been decomposed to only the core skeleton, suddenly lit up at the center of it, the Rinnegan core that was crushed by Naruto with Wind Style: Rasenshuriken.
It's not purple light, but a devastating red light that collapses to the extreme.
"He's going to detonate the core!" Nagato issued the final warning.
Boom--!!!
There was no huge mushroom cloud as expected.
The energy of the explosion was compressed to the extreme, forming a shock wave that swept across the sea level.
The exhausted and Chakra Shinobi Alliance was like a fallen leaf in the strong wind in the face of this sudden and devastating impact. The sand wall raised by Gaara with the last of its strength could not hold on for even a second before the shock wave, and turned into powder.
Screams, bones shattering, and wails torn apart by energy resounded through the sky.
The battlefield that was filled with the joy of victory just now turned into a hell on earth in an instant.
Countless ninjas were thrown into the air, and their bodies were decomposed by the violent energy halfway. The seawater in the offshore was instantly evaporated, revealing a dry and cracked seabed, and was submerged by the incoming seawater in the next second.
The projection in the sky slowly disappeared in the destructive light, leaving only the last whisper of the shadow, clearly echoing in the minds of the survivors.
"On the moon, the real Gatekeeper has begun to wake up."
"The time left for you is running out."
I don't know how long it took.
The chaos subsided.
Countless corpses and wreckage of warships were floating on the sea.
On a huge ice floe, Sasuke knelt down on one knee, using Susanoo's remaining ribs to barely protect the unconscious Naruto behind him. He coughed up a mouthful of blood, and the blood dripped on the ice, which was shocking.