"The coming crisis?"
Deidara, who had been listening, suppressed his urge to cause trouble. His mind settled as he listened to the other man's plans, one link after another. Yet all those plans served only one purpose: to deal with the coming crisis.
He looked at the ninjas present. They were all among the foremost in the ninja world. What kind of crisis could even they not overcome?
"Our chakra comes from the Ōtsutsuki Clan. You may be unfamiliar with that name, but there is another name you have heard before: the Sage of Six Paths. That is not a name from legend, but a real existence. Many ninjas, myself included, carry the Sage of Six Paths' bloodline within us."
Uchiha Yū spoke calmly. His gaze turned toward the heavens beyond, and wariness filled his eyes as he said:
"The Ōtsutsuki Clan is an extremely powerful race. As far as I know, all of them have mastered Six Paths Mode—the power I displayed on the battlefield."
A ninja's so-called chakra was merely energy weakened countless times over before it could be used. It was worlds apart from Six Paths Mode.
Those words landed like heavy blows upon their hearts, weighing them down as they stared at one another in shock.
"If I had said something like this from the very beginning, most of you would have thought I was insane."
At this point, a faint smile appeared on Uchiha Yū's face. He shook his head helplessly and continued:
"Combined with the conflicts between the major villages, it would have been impossible for everyone to unite. After all, those people from beyond the heavens had yet to descend. But once they do, they will not give us the chance to choose or resist. Everything must be unified before then. Only in