What happened next was supposed to go just like before—or so Li had thought. Yet after Li had exchanged only a few words with the Third Hokage, Minato Namikaze launched a sneak attack from behind. Li merely smiled, directly killing the Fourth Hokage before injecting his consciousness into Minato's body.
He had already given Minato a chance. Since Minato had refused to seize it, Li had no need to hold back.
With that, the matter of the Five Great Shinobi Nations had been completely resolved. At the very least, all five Kage were now his people.
Meanwhile, another of Li's Shadow Clones had appeared before Obito. Obito's expression was desolate. Only after hearing Li's explanation and Chomei's "testimony" did he realize that everything he had done all this time had been futile.
Afterward, he returned to Konoha. Of course, Li understood that Obito remained unwilling to accept it, but there was nothing to be done about that.
Then Li's true body slowly opened his eyes within the palace. "All right. I've completely dealt with the matters of the Shinobi World."
At Li's words, surprise appeared on the face of the girl who was still kneeling before him. She had known Li was powerful, but she had never imagined he was powerful to this extent.
Li coughed softly. "Gesslia, what comes next is your task."
As he spoke, Li vanished from where he stood, and Gesslia disappeared with him.
When the two reappeared, they were already outside an enormous city. Li lightly snapped his fingers. With that snap, the entire world seemed to rumble, and then the gates of the city before them slowly opened.
Gesslia gazed at the city before her and could not help taking a deep breath. "Falconia."
Falconia was the city-state founded by Griffith. It was the