Killer Bee is different from everyone else here. He doesn't need to worry about the village or its benefits. The Raikage also doesn't want Killer Bee to get involved in those annoying things.
As Kumogakure's Jinchuriki, Killer Bee only needs to get stronger.
And the truth is, Killer Bee is a fighting genius and a person with an incredibly pure heart, though sometimes this purity puts him in danger.
But it's also because of this that he saw the red will of the new era, and things many others didn't see.
Killer Bee doesn't look down on the Kage in front of him. His vision can see things the Kage can't, but the Kage are all tied down by their villages… by many people.
They carry more on their shoulders than he does as a Jinchuriki.
"Naruto?".
Killer Bee mentioned Naruto, and the others snapped back to reality, their gaze towards Killer Bee changing slightly.
"Bee, what is it?".
Raikage A frowned, not quite understanding.
Did Killer Bee encounter something else after training in the sacred place?
"The power Naruto used before, the so-called ultimate power of the Ninshu Sect, is similar to the power appearing on the battlefield this time.".
"Though I don't know how he did it, Orochimaru's methods are probably even stronger than Naruto's, because Orochimaru is stronger.".
"For us, we can see the will starting to show itself.".
"The Red Earth Continent in the new world is where the red will gathers. Under the World Government's attack, the red will is starting to shrink.".
"Before on the battlefield, the red will and those pirates responded to each other. Though you couldn't see it, you should have all felt that… feeling.".
Killer Bee remembered the feeling of seeing that group of "pirate heroes." Though those people weren't strong back then, even they could feel something different about them.
A feeling that they weren't weak.
"The feeling of facing heroes?".
Raikage A and Mizukage Terumi Mei exchanged glances. They went with Dark and the others when Orochimaru carried out the Konoha destruction plan.
So they could naturally feel the difference in those pirates.
"Very strong…".
"I can't explain it, but I felt like those people were strong.".
"The truth is, even if those guys are ordinary people, they're extremely troublesome.".
"...".
Terumi Mei commented.
Many of those pirates from before have now become well-known pirates.
What? You say those people were just messing around on the battlefield?
Remember, those people used to be ordinary people.
In one year, the strong among those people have become strong enough to fight the World Government and stand out on that huge battlefield.
That's already unbelievable. What more do you want?
"Orochimaru's subordinates are the same.".
"It's just that, in this situation, Orochimaru used the power of will response, leading his subordinates down the same path as himself.".
Killer Bee explained. He is not very smart, even though he sees a lot, it's hard to explain things clearly.
And the others can't force Killer Bee to say more.
Since Killer Bee experienced so many wars, he's become more and more different. He only wants to protect the people behind him with his own power.
But this time, too many people were lost. Killer Bee became depressed when he saw those lists.
But thanks to Killer Bee's reminder, everyone understood some things.
After finding some people in the army, the Kage finally sorted out all the information and figured out the reason for this failure.
But looking at the sorted information, the Kage felt that the problem they needed to face was even more complicated.
"It's almost clear, this is the power of the new era.
Since Shanks opened up the new era, many different things have appeared, such as changes in swordsmanship.".
"The reason Orochimaru's will response effect is so strong is because Orochimaru raised the physical limit of his pirate group. As the will response effect appeared, the pirates were able to suddenly become so much stronger on the battlefield.".
Terumi Mei sorted out the collected information and then said everything she had discovered.
Among the four Kage, Terumi Mei is definitely the smartest. She is indeed smarter than many people.
"Some of us have also experienced will response, but not as strong as what Orochimaru has shown.".
"Is it because we can't do it to Orochimaru's level?".
Onoki was a little unwilling, but he couldn't do anything about it. Orochimaru is just stronger than them.
Thinking of this, Onoki was even more annoyed at the Third Hokage.
Can't that guy die completely after he's dead? Can he take his students with him?
"I think it has something to do with the World Government. The World Government mobilized so many people to attack the Red Earth Continent this time. I think it's very strange.".
"The wise people of the World Government probably already knew that what they had to deal with was not people, but the will of the new era.".
"And… everyone, don't forget, what was the World Government's ultimate goal in this war?".
Terumi Mei reminded them.
At this time, everyone's faces became even gloomier.
The World Government's goal is big. They said they want to build a sacred place on the highest point of the Red Earth Continent, a sacred place for the world's nobles to live in.
But from beginning to end, the World Government never said how to deal with Shanks, how to handle Shanks.
Is that weird?
It's very weird.
Only after Terumi Mei reminded them did everyone realize that they are now fully at war with Shanks.
And they also know that the pirate force that Shanks represents is definitely very strong. Even if Shanks himself didn't build any force, the influence that Shanks brought is too great, so the trouble they face is terrible.
But at least a war has started. It's normal to say some encouraging words before the war starts.
But the World Government never thought about how to deal with Shanks from beginning to end. Isn't that the same as them? Didn't they think they would win against Shanks?
"...".
"In other words, the World Government is using everyone's sacrifice to start this war?".
"The World Government can shoulder this sacrifice, but we can't.".
"The World Government can sacrifice the lives of Marine soldiers to fight against the red will, but we can't sacrifice like that.".
Terumi Mei shook her head.
It has to be said that she has indeed touched the truth, although the process is a little different.
"Then what do we do?".
"Write it down as it is. Our losses are too great… The World Government is hiding some things. In that case, we don't need to fight Orochimaru to the death.".
Terumi Mei said.
Everyone's faces were also serious, and they all thought of the worst possible outcome.
Their losses are already so great, so for the entire World Government, after this war ends, the number of Marine soldiers who died in battle will probably be two or three hundred thousand, or even more.
Filling the gaps with people's lives… even if they are ordinary people, but…
"A terrible era!".
"What's terrible is not this era, what we see is just history repeating itself.".
Terumi Mei sighed. Who knows what terrible things the wise people did in the buried history?
But now, let's report everything that happened here truthfully.
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