Chapter 1063: Gathering

Within the Land of Fire, at dusk.

A bonfire was burning fiercely. Su Xiao and Xiang Bubu Wang sat by the fire. Not far away, there was also a creature that looked like a mouse. This thing had a body size the size of a house cat and was covered in brownish-yellow fur.

The unknown creature looked at Su Xiao curiously. This was just a wild animal in the Naruto world, not a summoning beast.

Xiang Bubu Wang looked at the unknown creature in surprise. This thing could be called extremely stupid because it dared to approach Su Xiao. With Su Xiao's aura, no animals would approach within a hundred meters; they would all be scared away by the blood energy on his body.

The stupid beast was still curiously observing Su Xiao. Xiang Bubu Wang casually tossed a piece of dried fruit over, which made the stupid beast happy.

Su Xiao ignored Xiang Bubu Wang, who was teasing the stupid beast. He looked at Mei Terumi at the side.

"When will the war begin?"

Hearing Su Xiao's question, Mei Terumi was stunned, then showed an angry expression, but in the next moment, her body began to stiffen.

"About four days. 'Madara' just transplanted the Rinnegan; he needs time to adapt."

Kabuto took over the body control of Mei Terumi. Su Xiao was just asking Kabuto earlier.

"Four days, faster than expected."

Su Xiao stood up, extinguished the bonfire, and rushed toward the Akatsuki base direction.

A few hours later, Su Xiao returned to the base entrance. When he entered the base, he found that the base was full of corpses that had not been activated by the Edo Tensei technique.

A large number of coffins were placed everywhere. The originally cold Akatsuki base now looked like a medieval morgue, the kind that didn't need special effects for a horror movie.

The current Akatsuki base was completely filled with two types of aura. Above, due to the existence of these corpses, it was deathly still, while underground, due to the storage of a large number of Zetsu replicas, it appeared full of vitality.

"Woo, woo..."

Painful whimpering came. Su Xiao turned his head to look. It was actually Kakuzu, carrying a person on his shoulder. Su Xiao felt this person looked familiar. After a little recollection, he thought of it: this was the Konoha Jonin, Yamato, a failed product cultivated by Orochimaru using Hashirama cells.

It seemed Obito and Kabuto had prepared very thoroughly. No wonder they would go to war in four days.

As Su Xiao went deeper into the base, he saw the corpses of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, the corpses of several Jinchuriki, etc.

Su Xiao originally wanted to find a room to rest, but unfortunately, all the rooms were morgues. He didn't want to live with corpses.

In the depths of the base, Obito was discussing something with Kabuto, while Amu was sitting in the corner, ignoring the two or three people.

Seeing Su Xiao return, Amu immediately stood up and ran a few steps behind Su Xiao.

"It seems you were very smooth this time?"

Obito turned his head to look at Su Xiao. At this time, his left eye had already been transplanted with the Rinnegan. The original spiral-shaped yellow mask had been replaced with a white mask that covered the entire head, with black stripes on it, similar to the patterns on the Rinnegan.

Not only that, Obito had also changed into a black robe, with a war fan on his back. No matter how Su Xiao looked at it, this war fan looked like a guitar.

Although this thing was somewhat unremarkable, it was one of the weapons passed down from generation to generation in the Uchiha clan, named the Gunbai. It was made from the branches of the God Tree and had great power.

"It was smooth enough."

Su Xiao found a stone chair and sat down, his expression relaxed.

"Aren't you curious about who I actually am?"

Obito's strength had greatly increased, and he was no longer as wary of Su Xiao as before.

"Compared to your identity, I want to know more about what's going on with this egg-like mask of yours. You are going to appear as a trump card-level combat power, but this look is really not worth complimenting."

Su Xiao's mood was good, and when he saw Obito's mask, no matter how he looked at it, Obito's head looked like an egg.

Obito also heard that Su Xiao was teasing him, which made him quite surprised.

"Kabuto."

Obito looked at Kabuto. This mask was made by Kabuto.

"Cough, it doesn't look like an egg."

It would have been fine if Su Xiao hadn't said it, but after he said it, even Kabuto, the maker of the mask, felt that Obito's head looked very much like an egg.

"That's good."

Obito grabbed the mask on his face with one hand and took it off. There were no outsiders present. Su Xiao had already seen Uchiha Madara's corpse earlier, so continuing to hide it at this time made no sense. Instead, it would cause internal problems. He could not reveal his background, but at this time he needed to reveal his true face. The war was initiated by him, and Su Xiao and Kabuto were his partners.

Obito, whose half-face was disfigured, revealed his true face.

"What I can tell you is that I am indeed of the Uchiha clan. As for who I specifically am, you will know after the war."

Obito put on the mask properly. Under the lining of that Rinnegan, the current Obito gave off a bone-chilling feeling.

"We need to prepare everything for the war. The location of the war is tentatively set at the border between the Lei Zhiguo and the Land of Fire."

Su Xiao didn't know very well why Obito had set the battlefield there. The gap between the Lei Zhiguo and the Land of Fire was a large expanse of uninhabited desert and Gobi climate, with some locations being oases.

There were two small countries nearby, namely the Land of Tea and the Land of Frost. Once the war broke out here, these two small countries might cease to exist.

Regarding the location of the war, the five great ninja villages had already received the news. This kind of news couldn't be fake. The Allied Shinobi Forces had reconnaissance means, and they could easily learn the authenticity of the battlefield news.

Three days later, Cloud Village.

A large number of ninjas from the five great ninja villages gathered here because the war was coming.

On the high platform in front of the Raikage's office, this place was at least a hundred meters high from the ground, and below was a large open space.

A large number of ninjas were lined up in square formations in the open space, totaling five arrays. The Allied Shinobi Forces were divided into five large divisions. Ninjas from various villages were mixed together. Their clothing was different, but they wore the same forehead protector, with the word "Shinobi" written on all of them.

"Finally finished gathering before the war."

Gaara on the high platform looked down at the scene below. It was his first time seeing such a number of ninja troops.

"We are very passive this time."

Tsunade at the side spoke. Now the Five Kage stood side by side; this was to boost the morale of the Allied Shinobi Forces below.

"You can't say that either. Although the enemy's troops are as many as one hundred thousand, they are definitely not as elite as our troops."

Tsuchikage Onoki was the supreme commander of this great war. This was something decided at the Five Kage Summit. Of course, he was just a figurehead. He wasn't the one truly commanding the war. After all, he was one of the indispensable combat powers of the Allied Shinobi Forces and needed to fight on the front line.

Near the three Kage also stood a young man with slightly dark skin and an old woman with a head of white hair. The boy was the Fifth Raikage, and the old woman was the Fifth Mizukage's deputy. This was a helpless move because the Mist Village really couldn't select a Sixth Mizukage.

These two didn't say anything because they knew that compared to the other three, they were both here to boost morale. Whether in terms of seniority or strength, they couldn't compare to these three Kage, so they didn't have much say.

"Lord Hokage, the enemy troops have rushed to the battlefield area."

Nara Shikaku walked out from the Raikage's office behind. He served as the commander of the Allied Forces, responsible for commanding the entire battlefield, while the Raikage's office had already been transformed into the command center of the Allied Shinobi Forces. It was full of sensory-type ninjas, who were responsible for observing the changes in the war situation at all times.

"Then we set off too."

"Wait."

Gaara pointed below. Among the ninjas below, conflicts had already appeared between ninjas from different ninja villages. They had once fought each other. Even if they were forced together by the situation now, the hatred accumulated from the first three wars could not be easily resolved.

Now, the Five Kage needed to find a way to unite them. ===== CHAPTER 1064 =====