The great battle was almost on the verge of erupting. In the end, the world would belong to the Immortal Empire.
People from all the countries and shinobi villages could sense the Immortal Empire's might. Some pessimists had already begun secretly contacting the Immortal Empire, preparing to earn merit by surrendering.
The secret surrender letters Uchiha Shisui had received alone already numbered more than ten thousand.
Among them were wealthy nobles from various countries and villages, as well as some shinobi clans, Onmyoji clans, samurai clans, and others.
Most of those who surrendered brought their entire families, afraid that their own problems would implicate their relatives.
People, huh!
Once they had attachments, they lost much of their courage when facing life and death.
That was human nature.
In this world, there was no such thing as national consciousness. Moreover, individual power surpassed the power of nations—something that could not be overcome simply through strength of will.
If you could not win, you could not win. There was no sudden burst of power, nor any power of persuasion.
Not everyone was Naruto. For a powerful persuader like Naruto Uzumaki to appear only once in a thousand years could only be attributed to the needs of the plot. Otherwise, with Naruto Uzumaki's own strength, he could never have defeated such powerful enemies as Madara Uchiha and Kaguya Otsutsuki.
Once these people were accepted as defectors, at least several hundred thousand people would turn to the Immortal Empire.
Uchiha Shisui handed all those letters to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Hyuga Hiashi, and left the decision to them.
Uchiha Kyu did not concern himself with these minor matters at all.
In his heart, this world already belonged to him. How the process unfolded was something Hyuga Hiashi and the other ministers had to