Yakushi Kabuto, on behalf of Orochimaru, officially declared war on the Ninja World!
Standing atop a high table, Yakushi Kabuto announced the start of the war to the entire Ninja World, and a look of astonishment flashed across everyone's faces present.
In all these years, nothing like this has ever happened in the Ninja World!
Especially Yakushi Kabuto; to openly declare the start of the Fourth Shinobi World War right in front of the Five Kage!
Kabuto's courage is indeed immense.
No, it should be said that standing behind Kabuto, Orochimaru has incredible courage to formally declare war on the entire world in such a brazen manner!
"Orochimaru's got some guts!"
Uehara Naraku's eyes twitched, slowly suppressing his surprise as his face grew dark. "The Fourth Shinobi World War, it really does sound terrifying!"
Yakushi Kabuto's announcement of the Fourth Shinobi World War has a certain flair, not much less impactful than Uchiha Obito's...
At the very least, it's made the name Orochimaru deeply ingrained in people's hearts.
Alas, when Orochimaru resurrects from Ryuchi Cave, I hope he can accept this harsh reality!
Regardless of Orochimaru's intentions, Kabuto has set him against the entire world.
What makes Uehara Naraku curious is how Kabuto plans to convince Orochimaru in the future, or rather, how he will deceive him...
Kabuto even took on the task at the time, assuring Uehara Naraku not to worry; he said he'd handle the matter regarding Orochimaru...
Truly intriguing.
While Uehara Naraku was engaged in this curiosity, Uchiha Obito and Namikaze Minato, standing behind Yakushi Kabuto, had very subtle feelings.
Damn, shameless bastard!
Did Yakushi Kabuto and Uehara Naraku get Orochimaru's consent for this? They've just used his name to declare war on the Ninja World!
Moreover, these two are in separate camps, yet they seem to hold advantageous positions within their respective factions, capable of leading this imminent war!
Those two likely have nothing much to worry about...
The Five Great Countries and Orochimaru participating in this war are sure to suffer badly.
Every shinobi world war brings pain to the entire Ninja World; even the Five Great Countries' Ninja Villages cannot endure it, especially with the massive casualties of the Third Shinobi World War, which led to the Five Great Countries' Ninja Villages restraining themselves over these years.
They've been restraining for nearly twenty years...
But now someone has declared war on them, supposedly with the backing of a formidable force, qualified to challenge the Five Great Countries solely based on combat power.
Orochimaru and his Reanimation Ninja Squad are stronger than the Akatsuki and pose an even bigger threat.
Clearly, this war is destined to be more brutal.
Maybe no country, no ninja village, and even no ninja in the entire Ninja World will escape unscathed.
"I didn't expect the Fourth Shinobi World War to appear in such a form..."
For someone like the Third Tsuchikage Onoki, who has experienced the first three shinobi wars, it's hard not to lament: "Declaring war on the entire Ninja World, are you seriously considering this?"
"What else?"
Yakushi Kabuto smiled, spreading his hands, speaking softly: "If you refuse to kneel before Lord Orochimaru in surrender, then we can only appear as conquerors..."
After saying this, Kabuto adjusted his glasses and said: "It's truly exciting to think about it! The Fourth Shinobi War's prize is the entire Ninja World. Whoever wins this war can control this world!"
The Third Tsuchikage Onoki looked at the smiling Yakushi Kabuto with utter shock, shaking his head in bewilderment: "You lot... madmen!"
"Say what you like..."
Yakushi Kabuto surveyed the crowd present, waving his hand: "The next time we meet, it will be on the battlefield... Take care, everyone, until we meet again."
After speaking, Uchiha Obito placed his hand on Yakushi Kabuto's shoulder.
Uehara Naraku's figure suddenly appeared beside Yakushi Kabuto, reaching out to grab him: "Give me back Lord Nagato's body!"
"..."
Namikaze Minato stepped in front of Uehara Naraku, fully activating his Kurama Mode: "Apologies, Lord Uehara, though I can't defeat you, I can hold you off for a few seconds, and that's enough time for Kabuto to leave here.
Moreover, with the Fourth Shinobi World War already starting, I believe the respected Kage should not waste their time here but focus on more important matters.
Like, how to defeat Orochimaru."
"Indeed, best of luck to you all!"
Yakushi Kabuto's body was sucked into the space-time vortex by Uchiha Obito, leaving behind a bout of laughter: "Don't worry, Lord Uehara, when I return Nagato to you, it will definitely be a living Nagato!"
The next moment, Namikaze Minato also seized Uchiha Obito's figure, using the Flying Thunder God Jutsu to escape from the Five Kage Summit's scene.
No matter how fast Uehara Naraku's attack was, he seemed unable to catch the Golden Flash determined to flee.
The next moment, Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Obito disappeared!
When it comes to escaping, there's simply no way to stop these two.
Uehara Naraku, staring at the empty table, clenched his fist violently, smashing the table in front of him into pieces!
After shattering the table, Uehara Naraku said with a grim face: "Apologies, add Lord Nagato's name to the Reanimation enemy list!"
"..."
The Five Kage present silently nodded.
The Third Tsuchikage Onoki slowly lowered his head, speaking with a heavy voice: "Now, what should we do?"
"Continue our meeting!"
Tsunade glanced at everyone with a grim expression and said loudly, "Immediately start forming the Ninja Alliance, organize the ninjas from each village into units. We don't have much time, and absolutely cannot waste any time from now on!"
"Then quickly form the Ninja Alliance!"
The Fourth Raikage spoke with a grim face, "It's best if we can successfully annihilate Orochimaru while my brother Killer Bee is still alive!"
"It's hard to say…"
Terumi Mei shook her head, frowned, and said, "If Yakushi Kabuto's meaning wasn't misunderstood earlier, Orochimaru might be extracting the Eight-tailed Beast from the Hidden Cloud Village right now. But we still don't have intelligence on them…"
"And there's another troublesome problem…"
The Third Tsuchikage looked at Tsunade and Jiraiya and said seriously, "That's that Orochimaru doesn't seem interested in Konoha's Nine-tailed Jinchuriki Uzumaki Naruto… does it mean that Orochimaru is just one step away from reviving the Ten-tailed Beast, needing only to extract Tailed Beast Chakra himself?"
"Maybe it's good news for us!"
Uehara Naraku nodded and sighed, "At least Naruto is strong and can be one of our main forces."
"Hmm…"
Jiraiya stood beside Tsunade and pondered for a while before speaking, "And we can know one thing, that the Nine Tails inside Minato hasn't been extracted…"
After saying this, Jiraiya turned to Uehara Naraku, "Hey, Uehara, how long did Akatsuki take to extract Tailed Beast Chakra before!"
"It's hard to estimate."
Uehara Naraku shook his head and thought for a while before responding, "If Orochimaru is extracting the Eight and Nine Tails' Chakra, I reckon he needs at least half a month or even longer!"
At this point, Uehara Naraku's expression turned a bit sour, "This is also difficult to determine, as it depends on the factors of the ninja extracting Tailed Beast Chakra…
In case, according to Yakushi Kabuto, Orochimaru obtained the Six Paths Sage's leftover ninjutsu, he might be able to extract the beasts very rapidly."
Because Yakushi Kabuto didn't have time to give him a precise date…
After all, Orochimaru's body is still being cultivated in the lab!
Orochimaru hasn't crawled out of Ryuchi Cave to be resurrected yet and already received an invitation to the Ninja World War, the more you think about it, the more interesting it is.
Honestly speaking.
Uehara Naraku actually wants to see Orochimaru's expression when he hears this news after coming out.
"Anyway, let's reorganize first!"
Tsunade glanced at everyone present and urged them, "You are the high-ranking members of the Ninja Alliance, how can you be dispirited like this! We are discussing here, and please immediately dispatch someone to your village to issue orders, gather the troops together!"
"That's right."
The Fourth Raikage nodded, then sat on a still-intact table, and ordered seriously, "Besides, immediately send out all the perception ninjas in the village, conduct patrols by region, and search for Orochimaru's location!"
The Fourth Raikage gritted his teeth, "If we can find him before Orochimaru finishes extracting the Tailed Beasts, then we seize an opportunity for victory in advance!"
After finishing, the Fourth Raikage immediately turned and ordered, "Darui, go back to the village to reorganize the troops, meanwhile assign Samui and C to distribute the search regions, start from the Land of Lightning, and after completion, move west…"
The Third Tsuchikage also looked at Kurotsuchi and ordered seriously, "Immediately send information to the village, personally go back and inform Huang Tu, let him deploy perception ninjas to search from the Land of Earth, and after completion, move east…"
Fifth Kazekage Gaara looked at his brother and sister and, imitating, said, "Kankuro, find a way to immediately send the message back, tell them about this... forget it, just go back yourself!"
The Fifth Hokage Tsunade turned to Jiraiya and ordered seriously, "Jiraiya, you've heard all the matters, whether it's delivering intelligence to the village or assembling and reorganizing troops, I'm entrusting all to you."
"Don't worry."
Jiraiya nodded seriously.
In Konoha Village, Jiraiya and Tsunade have equal prestige.
Fifth Mizukage Terumi Mei remained silent for a while, then looked at Chojuro and said, "Deliver the intelligence to the village, first dispatch perception ninjas to scatter and search!"
"..."
Uehara Naraku compared the Five Great Countries' Ninja Villages and sighed in his heart, then slowly clasped his hands and looked at Konan, "Teacher, I'll leave the village matters to you, I'll immediately have the Ancient Giant Dragon transport you back."
"Hmm."
Konan nodded.
Just as the Ancient Giant Dragon descended from the sky, both Kankuro and Jiraiya looked envious at the majestic dragon mount.
This summoning beast is both cool and stylish, faster as well.
Jiraiya straightforwardly turned to Uehara Naraku and asked, "Hey, can Kankuro and I hitch a ride?"
"I want to hitch a ride too…"
Kurotsuchi also stepped forward, with a slightly red face and smiled, "By the way, can I conveniently visit my brother Deidara after completing my mission?"
"Damn it!"
The Third Tsuchikage Onoki was infuriated by his granddaughter: "Can you prioritize things, the Ninja World War is about to break out and there are many important issues yet to address!"
"Tsuchikage, don't be too harsh on the young girl…"
Uehara Naraku chuckled and then kindly said to Kurotsuchi, "Ha, you want to visit Deidara? Haha, not a chance!"
"..."
Kurotsuchi was stunned.
This guy… how annoying!