When everything came to an end, everyone wore a different expression.
Some lowered their heads in silence, unable to calm down for a long time.
Others raised their heads and looked at Xuanhui... their expressions shifting between conflicted feelings and admiration.
"Xuanhui... is all of this... really true?"
The one who spoke was Minato.
His voice seemed to tremble. Clearly, the sheer amount of information still had him reeling...
"Minato, it's true. Everyone here can corroborate what I've done for one another."
"But... if the people who started the war, Obito, Kabuto Yakushi, and the others, were all working for you!
Why did you still start the war? Couldn't you have stopped them before anything began?"
Some voiced their doubts, believing Xuanhui had ulterior motives.
"First, if the Shinobi World wants peace, we must always guard against an invasion by the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
They are our common enemy. Wars between shinobi must stop. Only by working together can we create a peaceful world.
If I hadn't started the war and simply told you all this, would you have believed me?"
Xuanhui swept his gaze over the crowd.
No matter how much prestige Xuanhui had, if he suddenly started talking about aliens... everyone would only have thought he had gone mad.
"Only when everyone has truly witnessed it with their own eyes and experienced it for themselves can shinobi open their hearts.
That is the era I seek, too-one in which people can understand and help one another."
"But... my brother..."
"Second, to atone for his sins, Madara Uchiha has already used Rinne Rebirth to resurrect everyone who died in this war."
Those words brought extraordinary joy to some faces.
Those who had lost loved ones and comrades had truly learned the value of peace during this war...
"The third point