With war imminent, almost everyone in Konoha had been mobilized. Classes at the Ninja Academy were suspended, and ninja tools were sorted by type before being shipped to the front lines along with vast quantities of supplies.
Reconnaissance had confirmed the Akatsuki's intelligence and locations. Unlike Uchiha Shunichi's recollection of their headquarters being in Amegakure, the actual battlefield had been divided into multiple regions.
What surprised Uchiha Shunichi somewhat was that Konoha's ninja had discovered shinobi revived through Impure World Reincarnation during their reconnaissance.
Of course, the reports described them as puppets that looked like dead people.
After all, at this point, knowledge of Impure World Reincarnation had yet to spread. Many people knew nothing of this ninjutsu developed by the Second Hokage.
Intelligence was crucial to a ninja. Even though Orochimaru had used Impure World Reincarnation during the Konoha Crush Plan, most Konoha ninja still did not understand its effects.
The appearance of Impure World Reincarnation put Uchiha Shunichi on his guard. His presence had changed many things, but some aspects of the broader situation remained unchanged.
This was not merely a matter of the so-called plot. Someone was clearly pushing these events into motion.
Black Zetsu... a malformed being born before Kaguya was sealed away, with an unimaginably long lifespan. He had remained hidden in the shinobi world, waiting for a chance to rescue his mother, who was trapped on the moon.
Honestly, if he had been a beautiful girl or something, one might actually have felt some sympathy. But as a lump of black sludge, he was rather disgusting to look at.
Uchiha Shunichi did not really mind Kaguya Ōtsutsuki appearing, but that woman would start causing trouble the moment she showed up. That was annoying.
Was there any way to...
While Uchiha Shunichi was thinking, Karin