Uchiha Madara's death was like a tide beneath the deep sea. For those living under the sunlight of the shinobi world, no one noticed it had happened.
To them, the name Uchiha Madara had long since become dust swept into some forgotten corner of history—far too distant.
They were all busy with their own affairs.
Although the Fourth Shinobi World War had come to an end, that did not mean fighting had ceased elsewhere. The war between Iwagakure and Kumogakure continued. Both were powerful major villages, and once the flames of war were lit, they could not easily be extinguished.
Kumogakure paid dearly for its arrogance. Although Iwagakure had agreed to a truce with Konoha, that was because Kannabi Bridge had been cut off. In terms of strength, Iwagakure could actually have held out for another two or three years. In other words, Iwagakure's elite forces advocating war had remained intact.
The Third Raikage and the Third Tsuchikage faced each other on the battlefield, and the two sides launched a decisive battle. In the end, Kumogakure was forced into retreat because it was simply too far from home.
Iwagakure, pressing its advantage, showed no mercy and seemed determined to swallow Kumogakure's elite forces in one gulp. Left with no choice, the Third Raikage stayed behind alone to cover the retreat, staging a feat that shocked the shinobi world: one man against ten thousand!
In the end, the Third Raikage died of exhaustion. Yet such a record still made people gasp. Aside from the Three Gods at the end of the Warring States Period, this was the first time in the long history of shinobi that someone had faced ten thousand enemies alone on a battlefield, even if he had ultimately failed.
Still, the Third Raikage's sheer presence shocked Iwagakure. They