The smile gradually faded from Ye Feng's face. He turned back to his seat in heavy silence, his mind filled with images of forty thousand families torn apart.
Although he had long known this would be the result, he always subconsciously kept himself from thinking about it. He had even left balancing the two sides' fighting strength to Orochimaru. Perhaps that, too, had been a subconscious decision, an unwillingness to stain his own hands with so many people's blood.
But before long, Ye Feng suddenly raised his head, a trace of resolve showing in his eyes, and said in a low voice:
"I'm sorry, Minato, but this is something I had to do. Even if I could do it all over again, I would make the same choice, because we don't have much time. I need great strength, and I also need to bring the entire Shinobi World together as quickly as possible!"
Hearing not the slightest remorse in Ye Feng's words, Minato Namikaze's eyes widened. He seemed not to have expected such an answer from Ye Feng.
Ye Feng continued:
"You think you're powerful, but you have no idea that you're among the most insignificant beings in this universe. In fact, any creature capable of setting foot here could stand at the very pinnacle of this world. The Ōtsutsuki Clan are beings like that, but they aren't the only ones. You should know that there are even stronger beings behind them. Ōtsutsuki Ryūshiki, who hasn't appeared yet, could probably kill all of you in an instant, let alone their supreme leader-the God of Ōtsutsuki. That is a being of boundless power. Killing me probably wouldn't take much more effort than crushing an ant."
This was the first time Minato Namikaze had heard about matters beyond their world. He knew