While Naruto and Sasuke were absorbing Yin-Yang Release through the Nine-Tails, the war broke out.
Yahiko and Konan led every member of the Akatsuki Organization and one hundred thousand White Zetsu into action, striking directly at the borders of the Land of Earth, the Land of Fire, and the Land of Lightning. They smashed through the three nations' border defenses, then split their forces into three armies, hoping to wipe out all three nations before they could react and catch the three great nations off guard.
Upon receiving reports from the borders, the Five Great Nations immediately held a video conference and formed an alliance. Fortunately, they had already made preparations, so their response was swift. All five nations deployed their troops at once, and the various clans cooperated fully. They managed to react in time and drive back the three invading armies.
Seeing that his plan would not work, Yahiko had no choice but to pull his forces back for the time being and concentrate his attacks on the Land of Fire. The pressure on the Land of Fire surged. The other four nations hastily sent reinforcements, and only then did they barely manage to hold back Yahiko's army of one hundred thousand White Zetsu.
Afterward, the Five Great Nations hurriedly convened a meeting to discuss their deployments for the coming battles. During the meeting, Shikaku Nara was nominated as the alliance's chief strategist, while Gaara became supreme commander of the five-nation alliance. Even the forehead protectors of the Allied Shinobi Forces were no different from what Naruto remembered from his previous life.
The only difference was that their opponent this time was no longer Obito, but Yahiko. The one casting the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu was no longer Kabuto Yakushi either, but Nagato, who had obtained part of