When everyone was first teleported here, they were still confused—until they saw the colossal thing towering before them, blotting out the sky.
"What's that? A giant snail! Σ(っ °Д °;)っ"
"No matter how you look at it, that's not a snail! Something this huge has to be a seashell!"
"Are you two sick or something? Have you ever seen a snail this intimidating? This is clearly a giant slug!! (ꐦ ಠ 皿 ಠ)"
"You guys are idiots! Stop arguing…"
"…"
...
On the other side, all the ninken raised by Konoha's Inuzuka Clan began barking wildly!
Kiba soothed Akamaru beside him.
"It's okay, it's okay…"
Akamaru barked twice—"Woof! Woof!"
Lee asked curiously, "What did Akamaru just say?"
Kiba's face darkened. "He said he's about to pee himself…(||๐_๐)"
"Akamaru, you really have no backbone at all!" Kiba scolded with frustration. "They have Shinju's chakra on them—it's only a matter of time before they take down this giant monster! ୧⍢⃝୨"
Lee nodded vigorously, punching the air.
"Kiba's right!"
But the moment they finished speaking, the red chakra cloaks on their bodies vanished.
At the same time, everyone heard Shinju's voice echo in their minds:
"Sorry, Naruto only carries the chakra of one of my clones. Bringing the whole Allied Shinobi Forces with him just now used up most of it, so I'm prioritizing supplying chakra to the major combat units…"
Hearing that, the Allied Forces wore complicated expressions.
"Just one clone's chakra… was enough to teleport seventy, eighty thousand shinobi?! From the Land of Lightning all the way to the Land of Grass—over a thousand kilometers!! (꒪⌓꒪)"
"What's even crazier is—he still had chakra left afterward!!"
"And all that chakra came solely from Shinju himself, without any tailed-beast chakra mixed in… (´°Δ°`)"
"Hiss~ Just how much chakra does he have?"
...
Elsewhere, Kiba scowled after hearing Shinju's explanation.
"What's that supposed to mean? Are we not considered major combat units?!"
Lee pointed ahead.
"Compared to them, we really aren't…(||๐_๐)"
Following Lee's finger, Kiba saw that the shinobi still wearing Shinju's chakra cloaks were all gathered at the very front: the Five Kage, the three Hokage revived with Edo Tensei, Killer Bee, Naruto, Kurotsuchi's unit leaders—Ōnoki himself, Darui, and more…
Kiba sighed.
"Fine… I have to admit—I'm definitely not on their level…¯_(ツ)_/¯"
...
On the other side, when the Masked Man suddenly found a massive crowd appearing before him, he panicked at first.
After all—every one of them was wearing a chakra cloak infused with Shinju's chakra!
Fortunately, most of those cloaks faded not long after.
"I knew it—how could anyone have enough chakra to teleport tens of thousands of shinobi at once? Of course it would burn out immediately!" the Masked Man muttered.
Realizing this, a smile formed beneath his mask.
"Now that Shinju's chakra is gone… they're waiting to die! (σ≧︎▽︎≦︎)σ"
Since the Ten-Tails was still cocooning itself, evolving into its second form, the Masked Man didn't rush to attack. Instead, he summoned White Zetsu.
"Let them begin."
White Zetsu vanished.
...
Facing the Masked Man, the Allied Shinobi Forces received orders from the temporary command post and snapped out of their stupor!
The first to move were the Kumogakure lightning-style shinobi. Under Nara Shikaku's remote command, they all formed hand seals together, moving perfectly in sync:
"Lightning Style: Lightning Pillars!!"
Countless bolts shot forth, wrapping around the Ten-Tails' body, forming a spiderweb of lightning over its enormous frame!
Next came the heavy mist from Kirigakure, followed by the Aburame Clan's insects from Konoha. After that, Sunagakure's wind-style shinobi unleashed violent gusts, stirring sand and mist to obscure the Ten-Tails' vision!
Then the earth-style shinobi struck:
"Earth Style: Moving Earth Core!!"
"Rumble—!!"
The ground beneath the Ten-Tails collapsed, sinking rapidly!
In moments, a huge square crater formed!
Then came the kekkei genkai users:
"Scorch Release: Quicklime Solidification!!"
And the water-style shinobi:
"Water Style: Water Bullets!!"
Quicklime and water flooded the pit, mixing rapidly until half the Ten-Tails' body was buried!
Finally, fire-style shinobi finished the combo—evaporating the water and hardening the quicklime, trapping the Ten-Tails in solid rock!
Despite all this, the massive Ten-Tails didn't move at all—like a practice target absorbing jutsu.
...
Standing atop the Ten-Tails, the Masked Man clicked his tongue mockingly.
"Never thought I'd see the day the Allied Shinobi Forces worked together. But it's already too late."
"This world lost its hope long ago!! (｡•ˇ‸ˇ•｡)"
Hearing him, the Fourth Hokage and Naruto both shouted back simultaneously:
"You're not the one who decides the world's hope!!"
Second Hokage: "As expected of father and son—same level of idiots. →_→"
The Masked Man didn't argue—he simply replied coldly:
"Beat me first before you spout such heroic nonsense."
...
The moment he finished—
"Crack! Crack! Crack—!!"
From the smoke off to the side came a sound like breaking wood!
The wind-style shinobi reacted instantly, blowing away the haze—revealing the scene on the opposite battlefield.
A swarm of White Zetsu.
And behind them—two gigantic wooden Buddhas!!
Next—
"Thud! Thud! Thud!!"
Countless coffins summoned by someone's summoning jutsu erupted onto the field!
"Crack, crack, crack—!"
The lids flew open—revealing Edo Tensei shinobi, but in numbers far more overwhelming than before!
However, the average combat level was clearly lower—Kabuto must have dumped every bad gacha pull he ever had onto the battlefield!
Meanwhile, on the Allied side: (´°Δ°`),--003d͟͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪ ‧̣̥̇),Σ( ° △ °|||)︴
"One of those Edo shinobi is my dad!! When I misbehaved, he used to whack me with a board! (°A°`)"
"My mom's in there! I've missed her so much!"
"My big brother's there too!! He used to take me wild-boar hunting!"
"And my lover—just once more, I want to—"
Raikage roared:
"You're here to fight, not for a family reunion! Even if they were your family in life, don't go soft!! (눈益눈)"
"This war is for everyone living on this continent!! (ꐦ ಠ 皿 ಠ)"
After yelling, he looked toward the two towering Buddhas behind the White Zetsu army and muttered nervously:
"Great… exactly what I was afraid of. They really brought out two giant Buddhas… ㅍ_ㅍ"