The battle line collapsed completely.
A communications ninja from the Allied Shinobi Forces rushed over in a panic:
"Lord Raikage! We've lost... contact with the Land of Water's Third Column!"
"There's no response from the Land of Earth's Fifth Squad either! They may have been wiped out!"
"Lord Raikage, they have members of the Hyuga Clan on their side! They've scouted practically the entire battlefield, while we're fighting blind!!"
The Fourth Raikage gritted his teeth, his clenched fists cracking.
"Darui, how do you think we can keep fighting now?"
Faced with the Fourth Raikage's demand,
Darui's expression was grim as he answered quietly, "Lord Raikage... our ninja are fleeing..."
"Damn it-!!!"
"This is a fucking allied army?! These are the great nations of the Shinobi World?! One Yemu has them scurrying back like fucking cowards!!"
The Raikage smashed the rock before him with a punch, his voice thundering with fury.
He let the rain soak him.
All he felt was an overwhelming helplessness rising in his heart.
The Cloud Ninja troops he had taken such pride in were now nothing but a joke before Yemu.
"Ōnoki!! Mei Terumi!! Don't just stand there!! Say something!!"
Under the Fourth Raikage's pressure,
Ōnoki's expression darkened.
"Forgive me for being blunt, but that Meteorite move of Yemu's... unless I'm mistaken, that sort of power probably surpasses an ordinary Kage."
"We're no longer on the same level as him."
Mei Terumi simply waved a hand, her expression weary and helpless.
"So can we defeat Yemu?"
"I feel like our Allied Shinobi Forces are nothing but a joke."
As Mei Terumi's words faded,
silence instantly spread through the air.
The fifty-thousand-strong allied army was like a stalled machine, sliding toward defeat as its convictions crumbled.
Just then-
"Heh heh heh heh..."
A soft laugh rang out