"The Martial Arts Tournament is over!"
As Ato vanished, the Six Crimson Yang Formation he had set up vanished with him.
The Five Kage slowly emerged from the enormous crater.
Behind the Five Kage were the heavily wounded Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Kushina, the filthy Might Guy supporting the unconscious Kakashi, and the incomparably weakened Shimura Danzō.
"Five Kage-sama, are you the only ones left?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi appeared before the Five Kage with the ninja, asking heavily.
"Other than us, everyone else... died." Minato Namikaze answered Hiruzen Sarutobi's question.
Minato Namikaze's words silenced everyone.
They looked toward where the Fighting Arena had once stood, their faces filled with grief.
A total of twenty-four ninja had participated in this Martial Arts Tournament.
But only nine of them had survived.
The other six Tailed Beast Jinchuriki, Fugaku Uchiha, Explosion Release Gari, Scorch Release Pakura, Storm Release Darui, Might Duy, and the Ino-Shika-Cho Formation had all perished.
"They were all heroes of the Ninja World."
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a puff from his pipe and spoke sorrowfully.
"Now isn't the time for that. Quickly find the contestants' bodies. We can still use the Life Transfer Technique."
Beside Hiruzen Sarutobi, the two former Hokage advisors, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, interrupted him and urgently reminded him.
"That's right. They still have a chance to be revived."
Prompted by Utatane Koharu and the others, Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly came to his senses and waved his hand.
Dozens of Anbu moved out at once. In mere moments, they had retrieved the contestants' bodies from the battlefield.
"Is this all?" Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned deeply as he looked at the bodies laid out on the ground.
"The others' bodies have... already been completely obliterated." After hesitating briefly, an Anbu still revealed the situation.
"Where is Fugaku? Where is Fugaku's body?"
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