The Allied Shinobi Forces gathered on an endless battlefield.
They looked ahead grimly, seeing nothing but White Zetsu and countless resurrected powerful ninjas.
Seeing this, the Fourth Raikage A smiled—then his smile vanished, replaced by feigned rage.
"Damn it! Akatsuki dares to toy with our Kumogakure Kage! Unforgivable! Let's begin the battle!"
The Fourth Raikage roared, eager to launch the attack—scheming something.
But Tsunade, the Hokage and Allied Commander, smiled and declared boldly:
"Alright! The war begins! Raikage, please lead the vanguard."
The Fourth Raikage nodded seriously, suspecting nothing. The Alliance was already mixed up, and he excelled at close combat.
Under Tsunade's orders, Konoha's Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy assisted the Raikage, who shouted:
"Akatsuki dares to toy with our ancestors' souls! Kumogakure, charge!"
As the Raikage roared, the kumo ninja in the alliance responded with savage shouts.
But among the alliance, as this kumo ninja excitedly yelled, they didn't notice the strange looks from other ninja—
Especially from Tsunade, Mei Terumi, Ohnoki, and Gaara.
The four Kage exchanged meaningful smiles.
Gaara shouted coldly, "Let me help the Raikage!"
With Gaara's command, the sand surged, forming a clear defense up front. The Fourth Raikage shouted excitedly:
"Charge!"
Suddenly, three bloodied Kumo ninja appeared, and upon seeing their Raikage, screamed desperately:
"Raikage-sama, beware of the Konoha ninja!"
"What!?"
As the voice reached him, the Raikage was stunned. But then, sand swept over them, and at the same time, Kakashi and Guy shouted:
"For the Will of Fire!"
Lightning Blade!
Daytime Tiger—Seventh Gate Open!
With Kakashi's lightning and Guy's roaring taijutsu, the Fourth Raikage was caught completely off guard.
All across the alliance, jonin from Konoha, Kirigakure, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure gave the order:
"All Konoha ninja, kill the Kumogakure ninja!"
"Kill them!"
"For the ninja world!"
As roars echoed out, red armbands with the Will of Fire symbol appeared everywhere.
"Damn you, Konoha!"
With a furious, agonized scream, the Raikage bellowed, blood gushing from his mouth and nose, one arm already severed by Kakashi's Lightning Blade.
Guy's Daytime Tiger left him covered in blood, but thanks to his years of training and Lightning Armor, he barely survived.
Even so, he was a mess, and roared hoarsely:
"Konoha ninja! What are you doing?!"
"To kill you!"
The battlefield exploded. Countless Kumogakure ninjas were caught completely off guard, and the three fleeing black ninjas screamed:
"Raikage-sama, it's terrible! The village! The village is gone! Samui and Mabui led the entire white faction in a coup—they overthrew us…"
As the three bloodied Kumogakure ninjas screamed out the news, the faces of countless Kumogakure ninjas on the battlefield changed drastically.
"Konoha Hokage! What are you trying to do?!"
The Fourth Raikage saw the alliance in chaos. The four villages' ninjas were confused but followed orders.
"Raikage! You secretly sided with Akatsuki and Uchiha Obito, plotting to betray the alliance—you should have expected this!"
Tsunade's furious shout made countless ninjas realize:
So Kumogakure sided with Akatsuki, leading to this situation.
"Onoki! Gaara! Have you lost your mind? We're supposed to be allies!"
The Raikage, covered in blood, howled as he watched his elite ninja fall.
"Raikage! When you sided with Obito and those who bring disaster to the ninja world, you should've expected this day!"
Onoki, sly as ever, roared angrily, seeming to take the moral high ground.
Gaara said nothing, coldly manipulating sand to prevent Kumogakure ninja from fleeing.
"Retreat! All Kumogakure ninja, retreat now!"
The Raikage screamed, tears of blood in his eyes, glaring at Kakashi and Guy.
"Konoha ninja, I'll make you pay for this!"
But as the alliance plunged into chaos, Uchiha Obito on the other side sneered in mockery.
"What an idiot. He failed."
To Obito, the Raikage and Kumogakure were just pawns and ants—he didn't care how many died.
The resurrected Kage all frowned, especially Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara.