"Don't give up hope... Do you really want to leave all of this to one young man? Are you abandoning your duties as Kage just like that?" The battered Ōnoki appeared. Gazing at the Ten-Tails rampaging across the battlefield, he gathered the light of Dust Release in his hands once more.
Unfortunately, he lacked the chakra to sustain it. The Dust Release dissipated halfway through.
As though Ōnoki's actions had stirred their own unwillingness to give up, the Five Kage rose again, ready to keep fighting...
By then, however, Uchiha Madara no longer cared about these so-called Kage.
Dispelling his Susanoo, Uchiha Madara stood atop the Ten-Tails' head alongside Uchiha Obito, looking down on the Allied Shinobi Forces.
By this point, the White Zetsu had been all but wiped out, and the powerful fighters summoned through Impure World Reincarnation had vanished. The only enemies left on the battlefield were Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito!
As for Kisame... he was dead! Because of Yakumo Kurama's earlier Genjutsu, he had died at the hands of a perfectly ordinary Chunin.
That was the limitation of ordinary shinobi. Even someone as powerful as Kisame could easily lose his head over a single mistake.
"Tsunade, don't worry. I'm here..." Jiraiya arrived with reinforcements and immediately went to Tsunade's side. He looked at her with great concern, striking a pose he thought was very handsome.
Konan, who had arrived alongside Jiraiya, finally saw the enemies she had pursued for so long-and there were two of them!
After learning the truth from Uchiha Shunichi, Konan had conducted her own investigation. Taking the Akatsuki's history into account, she had ultimately chosen to believe Uchiha Shunichi!
Although Uchiha Shunichi was the one who had actually killed Nagato, in Konan's heart, the mastermind behind all these tragedies was her greatest