The deafening speech echoed throughout the Training Ground and beyond, drawing countless eyes to Shihōin Naraku and stirring waves in their hearts.
None of them noticed that their heartbeats had begun to pulse in rhythm with Naraku's words.
This was a rudimentary use of the Drums of Liberation, the reward Naraku had obtained in a recent lottery draw.
Honestly, trying to persuade the hundred thousand members of the Allied Shinobi Forces before him with a single speech was pure fantasy.
In the original story, Gaara had managed to make everyone in the Allied Shinobi Forces set aside their hatred and unite against the enemy with one heartfelt speech. It was simply unbelievable.
It could only be called a necessity of the plot. It was not convincing in the slightest.
But now Shihōin Naraku faced a real world, and the hundred thousand allied troops below the platform were living, breathing people.
There was no way they would easily abandon the hatred and loathing in their hearts, then turn around and unite to fight the enemy.
This had been an enormous problem to begin with.
No one other than Shihōin Naraku dared claim they could resolve it easily.
Fortunately, Shihōin Naraku had plenty of methods at his disposal.
Since he could not eliminate the disputes and conflicts within the Allied Shinobi Forces in a short time, he would use the Drums of Liberation to stir every ninja's sense of the greater good and hatred of the enemy as much as possible.
That would get them through this crisis for now.
Shihōin Naraku's speech continued, his ringing voice echoing through the air and stirring ripples ordinary people could not see clearly.
"The reason we have united this time is to face an enemy unlike any we have faced before!"
"The enemy wants us