Kushina and the others had been ready. They had already moved to another position and buried Explosive Tags beneath the old Border Defense Camp!
Sunagakure had tried to gain an advantage, only to suffer a loss instead. Kushina and the others had played them for fools.
"Kill them! Kill those shameless Konoha scum!"
"Avenge our brothers and sisters!"
Shouting slogans louder and fiercer than the last, Sunagakure's red-eyed ninja surged forward, one wave after another, invading Konoha's border!
The war had officially begun!
As soon as Kumogakure, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure received word of Sunagakure's attack, they opened fronts against Konoha.
At the same time, Kumogakure and Iwagakure faced off, as did Kirigakure and Sunagakure.
The smaller Ninja Villages also chose sides at once.
Fighting broke out on every front, and new battles kept erupting.
Unlike in the original story, where Kirigakure had joined only after the war reached its fiercest point, it had entered the conflict from the very beginning this time.
"Lord Madara, Nagato's Rinnegan in Amegakure is growing ever more mature."
"And in Konoha, I've found a pawn who can take your place for a short time."
Kneeling on the ground, Black Zetsu handed the aging Madara Uchiha a dossier on Obito.
Uchiha Yin could not keep his Mind's Eye of the Kagura active every moment. With Black Zetsu's methods, gathering information from Konoha was still possible.
Black Zetsu simply had to be more careful than before.
Kaguya looked exactly like his "mother," and Black Zetsu was deeply wary of her.
"Is that so? Obito Uchiha?" Madara Uchiha leafed through the dossier in his hands. A keen light flashed in his eyes, utterly at odds with his age.
Madara Uchiha was old now, far older than he had been during the Second Shinobi World War.
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