Kalifa looked at everyone's grave expressions, then suddenly smiled and made a proposal that caught everyone present off guard.
"My objective is simple."
"Your Shinobi World wants stability, and we want to eradicate the Knights."
"Since we have a common enemy, would you be interested in joining forces with us?"
"We can find the pocket world where the Knights are hiding and eliminate this threat once and for all."
"You can have that pocket world!"
The moment she said that, the atmosphere turned strange and exceedingly delicate.
A second earlier, the two sides had been mortal enemies. The Celestial Dragons regarded the Shinobi World as a breeding farm, while the Shinobi World saw them as hostile invaders, ready to fight at any moment.
Yet a second later, the invading Celestial Dragons had actually proposed joining forces with the Allied Shinobi Forces against another faction-the Knights!
Silence fell instantly. Everyone exchanged looks, their expressions unbearably complicated.
Sasuke's brows knitted tightly, his Sharingan fixed on Kalifa as wariness filled his heart.
He refused to believe the Celestial Dragons could be so kind. This supposed alliance had to be a scheme with sinister intentions.
Lucci stood to one side, tacitly accepting Kalifa's proposal without a word of objection.
Naruto stood in silence, his eyes flickering slightly as he rapidly weighed the benefits and risks.
He knew the Knights were not necessarily evil. Every time Langwei had intervened, it had been to protect Sarada. He had never deliberately started a conflict or harmed the innocent.
The Celestial Dragons, by contrast, treated the Shinobi World's inhabitants as expendable resources and the world itself as a breeding farm. Arrogant, domineering, and bloodthirsty, they were the true threat to its survival.
Joining forces with the Celestial Dragons would be like inviting a wolf into their home. All