Tear Off Obito's Mask, Set Rules to Intimidate the Five Kage!

A fierce wind, carrying ice and snow, rushed in through the hole in the dome.

Wearing a tiger-skin mask, Obito Uchiha casually placed his right foot in the very center of the Shinobi World map, his crimson Sharingan surveying the entire scene.

"Let's declare the Fourth Shinobi World War open right here."

Before he could finish speaking, the air in the entire hall exploded with a deafening roar.

Without any unnecessary pleasantries or probing confrontation, Naruto stomped his right foot back, instantly turning the hard bluestone slab beneath his feet into dust. The blinding Golden Yang Release Chakra erupted like a volcano, instantly evaporating the surrounding ice and snow into white mist.

Flying Thunder God Technique activated.

Without even leaving an afterimage, Naruto had already appeared above the round table. He twisted his waist, using the momentum of the spatial jump, and his right fist, wrapped in materialized Supreme Yang Chakra, slammed straight towards Obito's face.

The violent force of the punch even created a sonic boom in the hall.

Obito's pupils contracted. It was too fast! This kind of extreme violence that didn't follow any rules left him no time to Hand Seals, and he could only instinctively activate his right eye.

Kamui becomes ethereal.

Naruto's powerful punch pierced through Obito's skull without any resistance, slamming into the air behind him.

"Physical attacks against me..." Obito was about to taunt.

"Gotcha." Naruto's lips curled into a cold smile as five golden Chakra Chains unexpectedly rolled out from Obito's right arm, piercing through his Obito.

Yin–Yang Release Five Elements Body, specifically designed to counter spatial stripping!

The Yang Release Chakra attached to the chains forcefully disrupted Kamui's spatial distortion. Obito's ethereal head suddenly froze, and a crack was forcibly torn open in the originally intangible spatial passage.

Laugh!

A golden chain grazed Obito's cheek.

A crisp cracking sound rang out as a long, narrow rip was torn open from Obito's tiger-skin mask. Blood spurted out from the gap in the mask, splattering onto the charred tabletop.

Obito grunted and retreated rapidly, falling into the depths of the newly opened Kamui Uzumaki.

The moment the Uzumaki closed, his chilling voice came from beneath the mask. "One hundred thousand White Zetsu are in position. I look forward to your struggle in despair."

The hall fell silent again, with only the howling of the wind and snow.

Mifune's hand, which had been drawing his sword, froze in mid-air, and the raging lightning around the Raikage dimmed involuntarily by a third. The five people standing at the pinnacle of power in the Shinobi World all turned their gazes to the blond boy standing in the center of the broken round table.

In a single exchange, he forcibly disrupted Space-Time Ninjutsu, drawing blood and forcing the Akatsuki leader to retreat.

This suffocating sense of oppression felt far more real than Obito's verbal declaration of war.

Naruto flicked the blood off his wrist, not retreating to his Hidden Leaf seat behind Tsunade. He casually kicked aside a piece of broken wood blocking his way and stood boldly in the center of the hall, his gaze sweeping over the Five Kage.

"Are you clear-headed now?"

Naruto's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an undeniable air of authority.

The Raikage wiped the ice shards from his face, his expression extremely grim. "Space-Time Ninjutsu, plus an army of 100,000... that guy isn't joking. This is no disaster that any single village can withstand alone."

"So, put away your shady schemes and talk according to my rules." Naruto raised his first finger. "First, from this day forward, no ninja village may, under any pretext, secretly capture, trade, or modify Jinchūriki or Kekkei Genkai ninja."

The Raikage immediately took a step to the side, waving his thick arm. "This is a time of total war! Since the Akatsuki is going to fight, we need strategic forces even more. The Jinchūriki must be deployed to the battlefield immediately and placed under the absolute control of the Allied Shinobi Forces!"

Naruto stared coldly at him and retorted directly, "Strategic forces are people, not Kunai sealed in scrolls. You treat them like monsters, locking them up in prison, and then discarding them as weapons. When the Akatsuki comes to take them, why should they risk their lives for you? Raikage, do you think Yugito the Two-Tails was forced to go berserk?"

Upon hearing the tragedy at Lightning Cloud Gorge, Raikage was speechless, gritting his teeth but unable to utter a single word in rebuttal.

Gaara crossed his arms, fine sand swirling around him, his voice clear and firm. "Sunagakure fully agrees. Jinchūriki are not bargaining chips. I was once the One-Tail Jinchuriki, and I know best the consequences of treating people like monsters."

Terumi Mei brushed a strand of red hair behind her ear, her red lips parting slightly. "The lessons of the Blood Mist Era are enough. The Water Country seconds this."

Naruto ignored the Raikage's ashen face and then raised his second finger.

"Secondly, all villages must unconditionally share all intelligence regarding Tailed Beast attacks and Akatsuki incursions, establishing a unified early warning network."

Ōnoki snorted coldly, his body slowly floating into the air. "Intelligence sharing? You mean Iwagakure's border defenses and personnel deployments are also to be completely handed over to Hidden Leaf? This battle hasn't even started yet, and you've already seen right through me!"

Naruto glanced at him, his tone mocking, "Old man, are you getting old and hard of hearing? I told you, we're sharing information about the Akatsuki and the Tailed Beast. Who cares about your Iwagakure border defenses? Should I send Team 7 to help you dig up rocks?"

Ōnoki was so angry that his beard bristled and his cane whistled as he waved it in the air.

Standing behind Ōnoki, Kurotsuchi pursed her lips, barely suppressing a laugh. She secretly glanced at the arrogant blond-haired boy in the center of the field, thinking that this guy really had a bad temper, but the way he cursed her grandfather... he was actually kind of handsome.

Naruto didn't give Ōnoki a chance to continue entangled and directly raised his third finger.

"Article Three: During the war, anyone who attempts to take advantage of the situation to annex smaller countries, profit from the war, or use the Allied Shinobi Forces to eliminate dissidents will be subject to joint sanctions by the other four countries without exception!"

The moment these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the hall instantly plummeted to freezing point.

The Raikage slammed his hand on the back of the only remaining chair beside him, his eyes wide with fury. "Naruto Uzumaki! What kind of alliance is this? You're not protecting the Shinobi World, you're trying to create a net to bind all Five Great Nations together, so you can decide their fates at will!"

"Yes, that means tying you all together."

Naruto suddenly raised his head and looked directly into the Raikage's eyes.

In an instant, a faint purple halo appeared deep within Naruto's azure eyes. The Great Evolution Divine Soul Art was activated frantically, and the extremely dangerous "Six Paths Observation State" was forcibly activated.

It lasted only a moment.

But in that instant, a terrifying pressure from a higher-dimensional life form, like a materialized mountain, slammed into the hearts of everyone present.

The Raikage's breath hitched, and his muscles convulsed instinctively; Ōnoki's body, which had been floating in mid-air, suddenly sank, almost falling to the ground; even the usually composed Terumi Mei instantly gripped her ninja tool pouch, a layer of cold sweat seeping from her back.

That's not the kind of aura a human should have!

Naruto immediately severed his eye power, the purple light in his eyes fading. He looked at the several pale-faced figures, his tone chilling, each word like a knife.

"Before, you all fought your own battles, and the Akatsuki harvested you one by one like weeds. Today the Kazekage was kidnapped, tomorrow the Two-Tails was whipped. Now they have an army of 100,000 at your throats, and you're still thinking about fighting your own battles, still thinking about scheming against others?"

Naruto, hands in his pockets, swept his gaze across the room. "That's not toughness, that's brainlessness."

The hall was deathly silent.

A long time.

Tsunade on her hands and broke the silence at the opportune moment. "Hidden Leaf unconditionally supports these three bottom lines. Everyone, times have changed; it's time to discard the old ways."

Terumi Mei sighed, shaking her head with a wry smile, "The Water Country agrees. If we're defeated one by one, we won't even have the chance to sit here and argue anymore."

Ōnoki landed back on the ground, his cane slamming heavily on the stone slab. He spoke in a muffled voice, "Iwagakure... agrees."

The Raikage snorted coldly and turned his head away. Although he didn't speak, he withdrew the lightning Chakra around him, which was considered tacit agreement.

Mifune secretly breathed a sigh of relief and immediately stepped forward, "Since the Five Kage have reached a consensus, then the Land of Iron is willing to bear witness. The Allied Shinobi Forces officially..."

"Wait a moment!"

Hinata had been standing to Naruto's right with her Byakugan activated, suddenly stepped forward and interrupted Mifune.

The veins around her eyes bulged, her pure white pupils fixed on the ground beneath her feet, and her voice was filled with undisguised anxiety. "Naruto-kun! Something's wrong!"

Everyone turned to look at her.

"The tree roots underground!" Hinata looked up, her face pale. "Obito's appearance just now wasn't to declare war; he was buying time!"

Kakashi reacted extremely quickly, immediately pressing his earpiece. "Is this a feint?"

"Three hundred meters underground, those massive living tree roots didn't attack the main city's defenses." Hinata's gaze pierced through layers of rock, tracing the Leyline northward. "They bypassed the venue and wove a vast net underground, completely sealing off the northern exit of the Land of Iron!"

Sasuke drew his Kusanagi Sword from his waist, his Mangekyō Sharingan spinning wildly. "The northern exit... that's the only route for the Land of Iron's caravans and civilians to evacuate."

The temperature in the hall plummeted.

Naruto narrowed his eyes. This mad dog Obito, seeing that his raid on the granary had failed, planned to directly slaughter the civilians of the Land of Iron, using the lives of tens of thousands of ordinary people to serve as a sacrifice for the 100,000- White Zetsu army and establish their authority!

Once these civilians are slaughtered right under the noses of the Five Kage, the fragile alliance that has just been established will be instantly torn apart by a crisis of trust.

"Let's get to work after we've finished talking."

Naruto's body erupted with dazzling golden energy once again. He ripped off his tattered cloak and threw it on the ground, his eyes blazing.

"If the Five Kage Alliance can't even save the lives of these tens of thousands in their first battle, then no one can sit at this table again!"