While Tetsuya was busy tinkering with the Ninja Academy in the Land of Grass, and Nagato and his companions were recruiting talent across the Land of Rain to form a new Akatsuki, unrest once again swept through the shinobi world.
The Four Great Shinobi Villages suddenly mobilized their troops and marched on the Land of Fire together.
Konoha, which had been waiting for postwar negotiations, was stunned. Hadn't the Shinobi World War already ended? Why were they suddenly sending troops again?
This time, all Four Great Shinobi Villages were attacking Konoha at once.
But Konoha wasn't full of fools. They immediately organized a counterattack.
Unfortunately, the combined offensive of the Four Great Shinobi Villages was simply too fierce. The hastily organized counterattack could only buy time; it couldn't stop their advance at all.
The army drove straight in, all the way to Kikyo Mountain.
The Battle of Kikyo Pass erupted between Konoha and the assembled shinobi army. This could be called Konoha's most humiliating battle: the enemy had fought their way to its doorstep. Beyond Kikyo Mountain lay Konoha itself.
This battle also forced Konoha to draw on all its hidden reserves. If the clans didn't bring out their true strength now, Konoha would be destroyed.
At the edge of the Kikyo Mountain battlefield, space distorted, and the masked Obito appeared.
Black Zetsu appeared beside him and asked a question.
"Obito, why did you come here? Can you still not let go of Konoha?"
Obito snorted coldly.
"How could I have any lingering attachment to such a filthy, rotten place? I only came to witness the day Konoha is destroyed."
"Witness Konoha's destruction? Can these four shinobi villages really destroy Konoha, even together?"
Black Zetsu had his doubts.
The fighting soon erupted. The Four-Village Allied Forces surged forward, and the