Beneath the beacon tower in Feather Emperor City, all 600,000 troops of the Ninja Kingdom and Samurai Kingdom had assembled. They stretched north, south, east, and west in a dark mass with no end in sight, with still more floating in the sky.
Only a few months had passed since the last full mobilization, yet the army's morale and bearing were now incomparably greater. War truly was the finest crucible!
On the high platform, the Ninja Kingdom's greatest fighters gathered behind Yu!
Uzuki Yangyan, Ōtsutsuki Wansheng, Uchiha Madara, Hashirama Senju, Uzumaki Mito, Uchiha Jiri, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Uchiha Xue, Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Izuna, Kisame Hoshigaki, Tobi, Zatoichi, Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru, Kamiza Tento, Might Guy, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Ōnoki of Both Scales, Yamashiro Ryūfū, Mirojin, Yumiru, Nadeshiko Saori, Amamiya Shinki, Monzaemon, Sasori of the Red Sands, Reto, Granny Chiyo, Kakashi Hatake, Mei Terumi, Neji Hyuga, Hinata Hyuga, Nohara Rin, and Mifune!
Thirty-nine fighters, both veterans and rising stars. Including Yu... they had forty core fighters in total!
Of the 600,000 below the platform, just over 400,000 remained after excluding White Zetsu and the samurai army. Yet only forty served as the main fighting force. They truly were one in ten thousand!
The night before, Madara had asked Yu, "Obito, when the war starts tomorrow, how do you plan to move the entire army to Jianzhou Country? Surely you aren't going to open Yomotsu Hirasaka and have them jump through one by one?"
Yu had replied mysteriously, "You'll find out tomorrow."
Now, the corners of Yu's mouth lifted slightly. He raised two fingers before his chest, concentrating his powerful chakra, and the Six-Tomoe Rinnegan on his forehead opened!
Kamui!
Whoosh! A Kamui Vortex of unprecedented scale enveloped the sea of people.
The crowd streamed into separate