"Charge! Kill them..."
Below, ninja from different nations, dressed in different outfits, fought one another. The explosions and ninjutsu made for a dazzling spectacle. Anyone watching closely would have noticed that these fighters were the same people from Act One, merely wearing different clothes.
There was none of that exhilarating, fierce combat where every slash drew blood, either. It was all flying ninjutsu and explosions of every kind. In short, these were all "special effects."
There was no helping it. The extras were all young women. Teaching them to dance in such a short time might have been feasible, but combat was asking a little too much. Fortunately, Anyo had experience watching blockbuster movies in his previous life and understood how those spectacular scenes were created. All that mattered was making the spectacle flashy enough and letting the leads stand out.
Suddenly, a cloud of purple mist drifted out into the center of the fierce fighting. Large numbers of ninja inhaled it and collapsed, turning the once-heated battlefield quiet in an instant.
"Hahahaha..."
Wild laughter rang out as a ninja wearing a gas mask appeared on the battlefield atop the enormous Ibuse.
A ninja lying on the ground pointed at him and said, "You're Hanzo of the Salamander, the one known as the Demigod."
"That's right. It's me."
Looking down from above, Hanzō said, "Today, I will change the balance of the Shinobi World and crush you utterly."
"Dream on. Your ambitions won't succeed."
Tsunade and her two companions, now grown adults, stepped forward and stood before Hanzō.
Tsunade now had the appearance of a young adult. Having finished her cameo, Kikyo left the stage, and the real lead, Princess Koyuki... oh, she was a queen now, made her dazzling entrance.
Her styling was much more mature than Kikyo's. With