"Hey, hey! Is the Third Tsuchikage really that weak? Why is he having such a hard time dealing with just one of Uchiha Yue's Shadow Clones?"
"The Third Tsuchikage isn't weak. Uchiha Yue is just too strong! He's really, really strong!"
Though these were only the words of two Iwagakure shinobi, they reflected what all the Iwagakure shinobi were thinking. And as the two young shinobi discussed Uchiha Yue and the Third Tsuchikage, an older Iwagakure shinobi finally drew a deep breath and sighed to them:
"That's right. The Asura of the Shinobi World truly lives up to his name. He's unbelievably strong! Uchiha Yue's strength is practically on par with Asura Uchiha Madara during the First Shinobi World War. No, I feel like the Asura Uchiha Yue is even stronger than his ancestor, Uchiha Madara! We can't go on like this. The Third Tsuchikage is bound to fall to Uchiha Yue sooner or later!"
"We have to think of something!"
"Right!"
Almost as soon as the older Iwagakure shinobi finished speaking, all the shinobi who had heard him nodded firmly in agreement. The same thing happened, quite coincidentally, among the Konoha shinobi. In particular, when they saw that the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen—the hero of the Shinobi World—was about to die at Uchiha Yue's hands, the resolve in every Konoha shinobi's eyes hardened in an instant.
In that moment, their targets changed, and so did their allegiance.
The shinobi of Iwagakure and Konoha had forgotten that they were fighting in the Third Shinobi World War. Instead, they were preparing to turn on their common enemy, Uchiha Yue!
However, Uchiha Yue, who was fighting the Third Tsuchikage and the Third Hokage, didn't notice the Konoha and Iwagakure shinobi around him growing resolute and shifting their attention toward him. It wasn't