Chapter 97: The Storm Before the God
The Land of Rain — atop the tallest tower in the heart of Amegakure.
"The Four Great Ninja Alliances have been defeated..."
A woman in a black cloak adorned with red clouds stood facing the window. Her light violet-blue hair was neatly styled, and her orange eyes flickered with disbelief.
Boom—!!
At that moment, the air rippled.
With a terrifying surge of ocular power, the eyes of the Heavenly Path—Pain—snapped open, revealing the legendary Rinnegan.
"Hmph, defeated? What a bunch of worthless trash," he sneered coldly.
"Indeed..."
Konan nodded as she held an intelligence scroll, her tone equally frigid. "The Three-Tails, Five-Tails, and Eight-Tails Jinchūriki have all been captured. Along with the Nine-Tails, that means Konoha now controls four tailed beasts."
"Four tailed beasts..."
Pain's expression darkened as he fell silent, clearly lost in thought.
"Have we gathered any intel on Uchiha Yuta?" he finally asked, his voice heavy.
"Not much..."
Konan shook her head, eyes filled with concern. "Before the Konoha elders initiated the Uchiha clan's extermination, he rarely left the village. He kept an extremely low profile—there's almost no usable information on him."
"I see..."
Pain's voice dropped as a long pause stretched between them.
"When should we start the next phase of our plan?" Konan finally asked cautiously.
"...Not yet," Pain replied calmly. "The time isn't ripe. But when it is—when the moment comes—I'll use the Rinnegan to crush even the gods of this world. I'll make Konoha understand true pain."
"Understood."
Konan nodded coolly.
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Meanwhile—inside a cold, dark cave...
"How is it possible?"
Uchiha Obito, wearing his twisted mask, frowned as he asked grimly, "How has this Uchiha grown so strong in just a single year?"
"I don't know..."
White Zetsu, fused with Black Zetsu, answered with a hint of dread. "Uchiha Yuta's abilities are bizarre and terrifying beyond measure. The defeat of the Four Great Ninja Alliances wasn't unjustified."
"Ignore him for now. We'll proceed with our own plans in the shadows," Black Zetsu said after a long silence. "Once we achieve our goal—when we wield the ultimate power—even if Uchiha Yuta calls himself a god, we'll suppress him."
"Fine."
Obito responded expressionlessly, but a closer look revealed a storm in his spinning Sharingan.
The humiliating defeat on the night of the Uchiha massacre still haunted him. Despite inheriting everything from Madara Uchiha, he had been utterly crushed by Uchiha Yuta.
It was unbearable.
Since then, Obito's heart had been consumed by envy and hatred. All he could do now was move forward with the Eye of the Moon Plan, hoping one day to bring Yuta down completely.
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Kumogakure — Office of the Fourth Raikage.
"Damn it—what now?!"
Bang!!
The Fourth Raikage—A—slammed his fist onto the desk with thunderous force. His face was twisted with rage and pain.
He knew the truth:
If the Eight-Tails were extracted, Killer Bee would die.
And yet, against the current Konoha—against Uchiha Yuta, the so-called god of the ninja world—he was powerless.
"Lord Raikage..."
At that moment, Mabui entered with a grim expression.
"Any news?"
A sliver of hope flickered in A's eyes.
"Konoha has refused all negotiations. They won't release Lord Killer Bee..."
Mabui hesitated, then delivered the blow. "According to our latest intel... Killer Bee is dead. The Eight-Tails has already been extracted by Uchiha Yuta."
"What?!"
Crash!!
The Raikage collapsed to his knees.
He couldn't believe it.
Killer Bee... is dead?
For a long time, A knelt in shock. His powerful frame trembled as anguish overtook him.
How could it have come to this?
When the Third Hokage, Hiruzen, was in power, Konoha had been soft-spoken, cautious, sometimes even cowardly.
But now?
Under Uchiha Yuta, Konoha showed no mercy.
"...Sigh."
Seeing this, Mabui could only sigh in resignation.
What else could she say?
In front of a godlike force, even pride had to kneel.
And the looming war reparations only made things worse...
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The ninja world was in turmoil.
All factions trembled in fear at the overwhelming might of Uchiha Yuta.
Meanwhile, Konoha—victorious and reborn—entered a golden age of growth and unity.
Of course, the ones who regretted it most were those who had fled Konoha before the war. They believed the village would fall to the Four Great Alliances.
But instead... Konoha had triumphed.
All they could do now was envy, resent, and gnash their teeth in shame.
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To ease the lingering fear of tailed beasts among Konoha's people, Uchiha Yuta took unprecedented action.
After extracting the Three-Tails from Yagura, the Five-Tails from Han, and the Eight-Tails from Killer Bee, he placed the tailed beasts on guard duty around Konoha—at the eastern, western, and northern borders.
At first, both civilians and shinobi were terrified.
But soon they realized...
The tailed beasts weren't attacking.
They were protecting the village.
Eventually, the people grew accustomed to their presence. Some even visited to catch a glimpse of the legendary beasts.
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Meanwhile, Konoha's clans took another dramatic step—
They abolished the "Will of Fire" propaganda pushed by the Third Hokage.
In its place, new books were written.
One became an instant bestseller:
"The Untold Tale of the First Hokage and the Uchiha King of Dance."
The tale of Senju Hashirama and Madara Uchiha—of love, rivalry, and bloodshed—spread like wildfire across the village.
And with it, so did legendary one-liners:
"Want to dance?"
"Tailed beasts can kill people?"
"I'd still call you the strongest!"
"You can have two hands—I've still got 998 more!"
And so, as Konoha stood atop the world, the legend of Uchiha Yuta only grew stronger.
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