Amegakure, the Akatsuki's base.
The ten fingers of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path were finally filled with people, each of whom was a former Kage Level powerhouse.
The Second Mizukage, the Third Kazekage, the Third Raikage, the Second Tsuchikage... A quick glance reveals that they were all once powerful figures who dominated the ninja Shinobi World, but due to the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, they could only become unpaid laborers who were at the mercy of others.
Meanwhile, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path Chakra none other than the once-renowned Shinobi World powerhouses— Kinkaku Ginkaku.
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which has already lit up six eyes, is absorbing the Nine-Tails Chakra at an increasingly faster rate. What was originally expected to take half a day can now be completed in a maximum of three hours.
But just like annoying clients, there are always people who are not satisfied with the progress of the work and want the progress bar to be instantly stretched to 100%.
" Orochimaru, where are the Chakra of the Five-Tails and the Seven-Tails?" Obito Uchiha questioned, dissatisfied.
It doesn't matter if the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path doesn't absorb all the Tailed Beast, as long as the next step of the Eye of the Moon Plan plan can proceed smoothly. However, even if one of the Nine Tailed Beasts is missing, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path cannot become complete, and the Eye of the Moon Plan will be out of the question.
But Orochimaru is no pushover either. Years ago, he squeezed the Akatsuki dry and, unable to obtain the Rinnegan and Mangekyou Akatsuki Mangekyō. Not to mention, Orochimaru now commands a powerful force, strong enough to sweep aside any of the Five Great Shinobi Villages!
"The Five-Tails -Five-Tails was supposed to be captured by the Akatsuki, but where is it now? The Seven-Tails from Takigakure has already been captured by Naoki Senju, and the previous Seven-Tails Jinchuriki died in the Third Shinobi World War, so it's impossible for him to obtain Chakra through the Impure World Reincarnation. You'll have to figure out how to get those two Tailed Beast yourself."
After saying that, Orochimaru simply turned and left. His research on the Rinnegan and Black Zetsu was progressing quite rapidly, and he had no time to participate in other plans, leaving behind only Obito Uchiha, whose anger was about to reach its breaking point.
The Four-Tails Jinchūriki has been successfully captured by Kisame Hoshigaki. Perhaps because of this, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki has completely disappeared. Obito Uchiha is at a loss as to what to do. Now, even the Seven-Tails has been captured first. It can be said that he made a mistake and lost the whole game.
But this difficulty alone wouldn't be enough to make Obito Uchiha up. Although he hadn't gathered the Tailed Beast Chakra, the Chakra of seven Tailed Beast was enough to keep this weapon of war running...
When the last drop of Nine-Tails Chakra was drained from Kinkaku Ginkaku, Obito Uchiha immediately took control of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path through his Rinnegan and issued orders to the surviving Amegakure.
Target: Iwagakure!
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's massive body slowly began to move, completely destroying the solid underground cave and exposing it to the outside world. Its target was the location of the Five-Tails Jinchuriki — Iwagakure ).
Meanwhile, the Iwagakure sent out to notify the Four-Tails Jinchūriki and Five-Tails Jinchuriki, but the ninjas of those ninjas had not returned to the village for a long time, and the village had also discovered the unexpected situation.
Generally speaking, Jinchūriki, as the ultimate weapon, do not appear on the battlefield in the early stages of a war, but only play a decisive role in the later stages. However, this time the opponent was too powerful, so Ōnoki sent someone to notify the two Jinchūriki were living in seclusion in advance.
But the result sent a chill down Iwagakure's Jinchūriki nor the ninja who went to inform them returned!
Did they suffer an accident, or did the Jinchūriki betray the village?
Both options are possible, but the Iwagakure ninja would rather believe the former than the latter. The deaths of the two Jinchūriki could be remedied, but their Jinchūriki would undoubtedly be a huge blow to Iwagakure.
Fortunately, on the third day, Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, arrived back at Iwagakure belatedly, bringing bad news.
The Four-Tails Jinchūriki has been captured by a mysterious person!
Han briefly described Kisame Hoshigaki's attire and fighting style, confirming that this was the work of the Akatsuki, but Iwagakure really didn't have the extra energy to deal with the Akatsuki at the moment.
"Hmph! The ungrateful Akatsuki: launch an immediate attack on Sunagakure! We must take Sunagakure before Konoha can react!"
Ōnoki was furious, his eyes wide open, wishing he could devour the Akatsuki alive. The Four-Tails was an asset of Iwagakure, and a suitable Jinchūriki was extremely rare. The Akatsuki had gone too far and had to pay a terrible price!
However, the most urgent task now is to resolve the trouble caused by Konoha. Although Konoha has declared war on the four great ninja villages, Ōnoki does not think that Sunagakure will be hostile to Konoha. It is more likely that Sunagakure will side with Konoha, Kirigakure should be in a similar situation.
Therefore, in order for Iwagakure to gain the upper hand, the best option is to clip Konoha's wings. Moreover, Sunagakure currently has almost no high-end combat power, making it the easiest target.
With Ōnoki's order, Iwagakure immediately sprang into action, and ninja squads began their journey towards the Land of Wind along predetermined routes. In one particular squad, Kurotsuchi, disguised, blended in unnoticed. In a war between ninja villages, a Genin went unnoticed.
However, Ōnoki has already found his missing granddaughter. Given Kurotsuchi's personality, once she sets her mind on something, she will persevere. It is clearly not in line with Kurotsuchi's character that she did not act spoiled or cause trouble for four whole hours.
Therefore, Kurotsuchi's goal must have been achieved; she is now mixed in with the expeditionary force!
"This little girl is getting more and more outrageous!" Ōnoki complained in pain, then, disregarding the intelligence data he hadn't finished organizing, he hurriedly used the Light-Weight Rock Technique to catch up with the troops.
Because he wasn't sure which team Kurotsuchi was in, Ōnoki had no choice but to ignore his back injury and chase after the leading team, trying to be the first to reach the meeting point, and then search for them one by one until he found Kurotsuchi!
Iwagakure began its operation, Sunagakure was not idle either. Temari, in particular, who had long known about Naoki Senju's plan, was prepared to fight Iwagakure to the last ninja.
Of course, this was only Temari's worst-case scenario. Iwagakure might not have the morale to fight to the death, and Sunagakure might not have the will to fight to the death.
Now it's a contest of adaptability between the two sides' leadership. Will her Sunagakure forces be able to intercept Iwagakure, or will Iwagakure act quickly enough to evade the Sunagakure forces?
However, the course of the war often does not unfold as expected. Ōnoki believed that Sunagakure would remain on the sidelines and wait until the situation became clear before siding with Konoha, thus preserving Sunagakure's strength as much as possible.
Therefore Sunagakure, he led Iwagakure to launch a surprise attack on Sunagakure, occupying this strategic point, which allowed them to either harass Konoha or rely on its natural defenses.
Temari thought that Iwagakure would take action in advance, ambushing Sunagakure or Konoha, but she never expected that Iwagakure's target would be Sunagakure!
Therefore, due to various coincidences, Sunagakure and Iwagakure met in completely unrelated locations.
The Fourth Shinobi World War began with a war between Iwagakure and Sunagakure.