Madara moved with incredible speed, vanishing from before their eyes in the blink of an eye. The series of changes had come far too suddenly, leaving Ōnoki and the others rooted to the spot without time to react. It was only after Madara had disappeared that Ōnoki remembered they were supposed to stop him.
But it was clearly too late now. Ōnoki hovered in midair and turned to look at Hyuga Tamamo. He did not dare lower his guard in the slightest against this newly emerged mysterious woman.
"Who are you? What exactly do you want?"
Tenseigan Mode slowly faded away as Hyuga Tamamo replied calmly, "I don't want to do anything. You can act as you please now, even go directly to Uzumaki Naruto's battlefield if you wish. As for who I am, there is no need for you to know. You only need to know that great changes are about to begin. Prepare to make your choice."
Before she had even finished speaking, a breeze swept up the yellow sand across the battlefield. Her figure silently vanished before everyone's eyes. Even the Five Kage had failed to notice how she had left.
On the empty battlefield, only the Five Kage remained, staring at one another. Mei Terumi and Tsunade exchanged a glance, their eyes flickering as though they were silently trading brief opinions.
The Fourth Raikage asked in a deep voice, "Tsuchikage, what should we do now?"
The situation had changed too quickly. At a time like this, he instinctively chose to ask Ōnoki. Though he was nominally the leader of the Shinobi Allied Forces, Ōnoki had been the one encouraging everyone throughout the recent battle and had taken on the main role in fighting Uchiha Madara. At a moment like this, the Raikage instinctively wanted to hear