Who was stronger: Madara Uchiha, the former Asura of the Ninja World, or Shihōin Naraku, the current God of the Shinobi World?
That question might have left the people of the shinobi world a little confused.
For most people, however, Madara Uchiha already belonged to the past.
He might have been powerful, but he was only a figure in history now.
Apart from a handful of people who still had vivid impressions of Madara Uchiha, the others, though aware of his strength, instead felt thoroughly confident because of Shihōin Naraku's presence.
So what if Akatsuki had Madara Uchiha? We had Shihōin Naraku on our side.
As Supreme Commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces, Shihōin Naraku's first contribution was to steady everyone's nerves.
The prestige he had built in the shinobi world also indirectly brought the other powers into line.
Just as the Five Great Nations began organizing their military supplies and gathering their ninja, the other small nations and factions also began voluntarily contributing their own strength.
Those with manpower supplied manpower, and those able to help did what they could.
Some small nations and factions had little military strength to begin with, perhaps only a few dozen ninja in total, so naturally, they could not commit all their fighting strength to the Allied Shinobi Forces.
Under those circumstances, all they could do was contribute materials and supplies.
The contribution of a single faction or small nation might not have seemed worth much attention.
But when multiple factions joined together, their contribution was by no means small.
Vast numbers of personnel and quantities of supplies flowed in from every direction like streams, finally gathering into an ocean at Konohagakure.
The spirit of the entire shinobi world was fully roused, its mountainlike, oceanlike momentum completely scattering the clouds overhead.
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