Final Battle—Uchiha Madara Returns!
In Rōran, not long after Shiro had flown up, fighting broke out here. The enemy was White Zetsu—an endless tide of White Zetsu!
Ten minutes later, these ninja's comrades were White Zetsu, and their enemies were Shiro and Azu's Familiars.
Yes. The ninja had rebelled.
The moment the dead from the Underworld appeared, it took only a few words for them to turn traitor—especially those from the other villages. They already felt a deep attachment to their original nations, and with the power they had received from the Sage of Six Paths, a power that could reach straight into people's hearts, it became even easier.
After all, Shiro stood on the invaders' side. In that regard, he simply could not compare.
Originally, some of Konoha's ninja would have stood on his side too, but after the First Hokage and the Second Hokage broke free of Impure World Reincarnation's restraints, a small portion of the older ninja followed them. Those who remained on Shiro's side were only the Sannin, the Uchiha, the Hyuga, Ino-Shika-Cho, and other staunch Hokage faction members—or rather, Minato faction members.
As for the other nations, from top to bottom, every last one of them stood on the opposing side!
This was also one of the reasons Shiro had not summoned the genin and chunin. He had considered this situation before. His worst-case plan had actually been that only he, Enkidu, Minato, and a few of his own disciples would remain, while everyone else defected.
It was just that Minato's personal charisma had turned out to be even more outstanding than he had imagined.
Of course, the battlefield was not actually that chaotic. Although high-end combatants like Hashirama had defected, they did not enter the battle right away. The reason was simple: the Sage