However, the battle situation had already changed. The God Tree was rapidly absorbing the chakra surrounding the Shinobi Allied Forces.
Tobirama sensed that although Madara's chakra had disappeared, a new chakra had appeared in its place. He decided to go investigate with the other three Hokage.
To find out how Madara had died, Tobirama planned to use Madara's lower half as a sacrifice for Impure World Reincarnation and question him about the situation. Hashirama rejected the idea because they lacked a living sacrifice. The four Hokage then tried another approach. When Hashirama touched Madara's failed lower half, the Sage of Six Paths appeared before them, having sensed Indra, Asura, and the Nine-Tails Chakra merging into one. He explained the current situation in detail. After Kaguya Otsutsuki was sealed, he joined forces with the other sixteen deceased Five Kage and used the Summoning Technique to bring Team 7, the Nine Tailed Beasts, and the dying Uchiha Madara back from the Beginning Ball Dimension to the Shinobi World.
Afterward, the Sage of Six Paths released them from Impure World Reincarnation, and their souls returned to the Pure Land.
The scene returned to the coast of the Land of Water, where the Kumogakure shinobi forces were camped.
Several figures sat together in front of a blazing bonfire, discussing something.
"Lord Raikage, do you think those people from Kirigakure are just too cowardly? We've openly marched into their country, and we still haven't seen a single enemy." Samui had wanted to vent some of the frustration she'd been holding in on the Kirigakure shinobi. She hadn't expected her hopes to come to nothing; she hadn't seen a single one of them.
"Maybe the enemy really hasn't noticed us," Shi said, seated beside the Raikage. Even he didn't believe what he was saying, but he