Ninja World Battlefield.
Under the moonlight, the battlefield was strewn with chaos. Everywhere, the weakened cries of the Cloud Hidden shinobi who had lost their chakra could be heard, but within sight, there was a gigantic fan-shaped crater from a Tailed Beast Ball.
This huge area had completely wiped away every trace of life here.
"How is this possible?!"
At this moment, Fourth Raikage A emerged from the ruins, staring blankly at the elite Cloud ninja he had brought. With just this one attack, more than half were lost.
"Bee, and everyone else, how could this happen! They're all gone… everyone's gone…"
Usually impulsive and reckless, the Fourth Raikage now seemed like a lost soul. Muttering to himself, his chakra had already been drained by the Eight Thousand Spears, leaving him without any strength to resist.
"Raikage-sama!"
Under the moonlight, many weakened Cloud Hidden shinobi crawled out from the rubble, desperately calling out to their Raikage.
Seeing them, the Fourth Raikage seemed to recall something. He suddenly raised his head and, looking at the weak faces in the ruins, he hoarsely shouted:
"Everyone! Run! Get as far away as you can. We've lost this time, but I believe one day, we'll make a comeback. Escape to the sea, to places they can't find you.
I believe! As long as they die of old age, we'll still have a chance!"
His weak, hoarse voice echoed, as Raikage A glared furiously at Obito, who had entered Six Paths Mode in the sky, and at Shirou in the distance.
Defeated! They were utterly, completely defeated!
"We may have lost this war! But it's not over yet. Even the Sage of Six Paths couldn't escape old age and death. I don't believe they won't die of it too!"
But at that moment, screams erupted from around the battlefield. As Raikage A snapped back to reality, his eyes widened in fury.
"No! Run! Everyone, run!"
A group of red-eyed white-clad ninjas took the opportunity to slaughter, crazed and bloodthirsty. Facing a group that had lost their chakra, it was a one-sided massacre.
"Hahaha, back then, you demons drove us out of the Land of Lightning. Did you ever imagine this day would come?!"
"Damn it, you made us slaves, but under Lord Shirou's leadership, in the ninja world, only you demons are real obstacles to world peace!"
"You bandits who only know how to pillage should go die!"
"Kill!"
Defenseless and terrified, the chakra-less kumo ninja could only flee, while the Fourth Raikage roared in rage.
"You bastards, I should've killed you all back then, killed every last one of you…"
Suddenly—thud! The Fourth Raikage was stomped to the ground, his face flushed with anger as he stared at the one who stepped on him.
"Heh, Fourth Raikage, didn't expect this day to come so soon, did you?"
The cold voice belonged to Samui crackling with lightning.
Samui sneered, lightning flashing around her, forcefully stomping the Fourth Raikage into the rubble.
"Damn! You bastard…"
Thud!
Blood splattered. Without chakra, the Fourth Raikage was like a lamb to the slaughter, powerless.
Stomped repeatedly, Samui vented her fury.
"Lowly trash! It's you!"
"You only know to pillage and smash things, you deserve to die!"
Stomp after stomp, the Fourth Raikage suffered the greatest humiliation of his life.
...
Meanwhile, high above the battlefield, Uchiha Obito, now the Jinchuriki of the Ten-Tails, looked coldly at Uchiha Shirou in the distance.
"Now, I am the god of this world!"
Behind Obito floated nine Truth-Seeking Orbs. He wore part of the Sage of Six Paths' robes, holding the Sage's staff, with only three scales remaining on his back, the other two shifted to his shoulders.
Only the scales on his back emitted the Six Paths' chakra flames.
"God?!"
Seeing Obito in this form, Shirou smirked mockingly.
So he thinks he's invincible just because he became the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki?
In this state, Six Paths Obito couldn't use Kamui, and his weakness was that he couldn't dispel Senjutsu.
Whoosh!
As Six Paths Obito appeared instantly before Shirou, countless ninjas were shocked.
"Hokage-sama, watch out!"
"Oh no! That speed!"
So fast!
Compared to before, Six Paths Obito was now in a whole different league.
He even smiled, raising his hand as a Truth-Seeking Orb transformed into a staff.
But at lightning speed, Obito's expression suddenly turned to shock the next moment.
"How is this possible?!"
Shirou easily caught the Truth-Seeking Orb's attack in his hand, leaving countless people wide-eyed.
Especially Obito, who looked utterly disbelieving. After all, he was the second Sage of Six Paths in the ninja world now.
"Is this the power you call 'god'?"
With a mocking voice, Shirou's Rinnegan Mangekyo spun, red markings slowly appearing on his cheeks.
"My chakra is so abundant that my Sage Mode isn't perfect, but it doesn't matter."
With a contemptuous smile, Shirou felt a chakra so strong he never had before.
With nearly half the world's chakra, his Sage body developed red markings.
"No! Impossible!"
Before he could finish, Shirou's foot lashed out, kicking Obito square in the face.
Boom!
Obito was sent crashing into the ground, dust flying.
"Impossible! I'll kill you!"
Believing himself to be the second god of the ninja world since the Sage of Six Paths, yet beaten down like this, Obito was furious.
With a savage roar, he soared up to attack Shirou again.
In the night sky, both figures vanished, only the roar of their blows echoing.
Or rather, anyone below Jonin couldn't see their movements at all, and even Jonin could only barely catch a blur when the two paused briefly.
"Too slow, too slow! Obito, is this your so-called godly power? Come on! Faster!"
With ultimate speed, Shirou's confident, cold voice made Obito burn with rage.
"Uchiha Shirou! I'll kill you! I don't believe you can stay this fast forever. Your chakra is borrowed—when it's gone, you're finished!"
Obito wasn't dumb. He knew his power was earned, but Shirou's was borrowed through Uchiha Hikari's Eight Thousand Spears eye technique.
But hearing this, Shirou just smiled.
What's better than using Six Paths Obito as a punching bag?
As Obito said, this chakra was borrowed and would eventually run out.
But Obito didn't know that this terrifying power was accelerating the evolution of Shirou's bloodline.
The fight between Shirou and Obito left countless Kage-level ninjas dumbstruck.
In the distance, Madara frowned secretly, "Uchiha Shirou is merging with the power inside him. Obito is truly a fool."
Even he could see that, while Shirou's chakra was being consumed, his speed was only increasing, and his body was undergoing some transformation.
"Madara, give up on your plan. This world no longer belongs to us!"
At this moment, Hashirama appeared again before his old friend Madara, trying to persuade him with words.
But Madara snorted coldly, still unconvinced:
"Hashirama, your so-called tailed beast power balance peace has failed!"
Hearing this, Hashirama fired back, eyes wide:
"That's still better than you. At least back then, you didn't have these ideas. You only thought about using power to flatten the ninja world. Did you ever think about unifying it? Did you ever think about how to achieve peace after unifying it?"
The two started bickering again—Hashirama and Madara, neither willing to back down.
Hashirama wasn't wrong. Back then, Madara only had the seed of unification, not a detailed plan.
Madara, resting his chin on his hand, fell into thought, even considering what Shirou had just said.
Whose plan was better?
Shirou even knew to experiment with a single village first—should he try his Infinite Tsukuyomi on a country first?
Set up his Infinite Tsukuyomi in one area, letting the lost and escapist of the ninja world gather there.
Both sides could try their peace plans. Time would be the judge.
"Heh, Uchiha Shirou, if you'd lived in my era, none of this would've happened. I'll never forget what Hashirama did!"
At the mention of the First Hokage, Hashirama looked a bit embarrassed—he admitted Tobirama had played some tricks back then.
Rumble!
"Uchiha Shirou!"
Obito roared, looking utterly miserable.
"I want all of you dead!"
Seeing Obito so crazed, clearly wanting to drag everyone down with him, Shirou's expression turned cold.
As Obito roared, black receivers appeared in his hand, thrusting at Shirou, who just sneered.
In the next moment!
The Black Receivers stopped abruptly. Obito stared, dumbfounded and disbelieving.
"Uchiha Shirou! You! You! How dare you play with Rin's soul!"
A coffin appeared before Shirou, with the name 'Rin' written on it.
Shirou looked at Obito and sneered:
"When your parents and even your grandmother died, all you shed were crocodile tears—not even awakening your Sharingan."
"But for Rin, you abandoned the Uchiha Clan that raised you, and awakened the Mangekyo, how laughable! I want to ask you, does Rin have anything to do with the Uchiha Clan's destruction?"
"Uchiha Shirou!" Faced with the taunt, Obito flew into a rage.
The Black Receiver trembled—he just couldn't bring himself to strike.
This was Rin!
Bang!
The coffin lid crashed to the ground, dust swirling, and the person inside left Obito, the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, utterly stunned.
With one Mangekyo and one Rinnegan, he could see the figure in the coffin's shadow. Obito's lips trembled as he struggled to utter a word.
"Rin…"
The figure slowly walked out: short brown hair, big dark brown eyes, a light pink dress and shorts, dark red over-the-knee socks, red bracelets, and her most striking feature—two purple markings on her cheeks.
"Where am I?"
The dazed Rin Nohara stepped out of the coffin.
"This is the Fourth Great Ninja War battlefield. I summoned you here with Edo Tensei, and I'm the current Hokage."
Shirou smiled lightly. "By the way, Rin, since you've been gone so many years, I should reintroduce you to the current Konoha…"
After Shirou's introduction, Rin respectfully said, "Konoha Chunin Nohara Rin greets Hokage-sama."
In the distance, seeing Rin bow respectfully to Shirou filled Obito with fury.
"Uchiha Shirou, I am now the god of the ninja world, the only god! The second after the Sage of Six Paths! I won't allow you to toy with Rin's soul!"
Obito couldn't stand anyone playing with his Rin.
"Who is that?"
Rin looked at the familiar but strange face in the distance, not recognizing him for a moment.
That question hurt more than a Tailed Beast Ball; even Obito was stunned.
"This guy is universally recognized as a beast in the ninja world," Shirou smirked, looking at Obito.
"Forgot to tell you, he's our enemy this time—a heartless beast who abandoned his clan, his village, his friends."
Pointing at Obito, Shirou sneered:
"Uchiha Obito! No, just Obito now. I've stripped him of the Uchiha name as clan head."
"This beast Obito, for all he's done to the ninja world and the village…"
"Obito!"
Rin was shocked, staring at the once familiar figure whose appearance was merging with the Obito she remembered.
"Obito, what happened? How did you become like this?"
Rin looked shocked, while Obito's expression was twisted and nearly mad.
"Rin, it's not what you think! It's them! It's all their fault! I just wanted to create a world with you in it…"
At that moment, Obito put on the strongest simp act in ninja world history.
He'd never even held her hand, and Rin only saw him as a friend, yet Obito's reason for plotting to control the world was simply to create a world with Rin.
He even did things more monstrous than beasts for her.
A truly beast-level, twisted pervert!