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“Has my deterrence already reached such a high level?” Yama muttered in wonder, as he didn’t expect that the core members of the Akatsuki Organization such as ‘Madara’, Zetsu and Tobi would retreat in so much panic.
Although he felt a bit regretful, there is nothing he can do about it and sighed, “Well, although I failed to Kill Nagato again, which is a pity, I at least managed to safeguard the reputation of ‘Yama’ as the current invincible character in the Shinobi World. Even if this reputation is just a hollow shell…”
Don’t underestimate the effect of ‘deterrence’, it may not seem much on the surface, but sometimes it can play unexpected and miraculous effects. The ‘invincible’ existence of “Yama” is something extremely necessary, as it will give Kuroto the necessary buffer time he needs to continue his Project Godhood.
Because the situation after the war tonight has clear to the entire shinobi world.
The strength of Uzumaki Nagato, the leader of the Akatsuki Organization has far surpassed any Kage-level existence and has really reached the domain of a high-tier Super Kage.
Whether it is a Kage, a Jinchuriki, or a Bijuu, none of them can put any resistance in the face of Nagato. Even if the five Kage fights together against Nagato, they can not even touch Nagato in the strict sense as they will die at the hands of Limbo Clones before they can do so.
So, the number of people in the Shinobi World (the ones currently alive) who can actually threaten Nagato is already zero if the existence of Obito’s BUG-level Kamui is not counted.
So, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that the Shinobi World has officially entered the same era as that of the previous God of Shinobi, with Nagato being Uchiha Madara-level existence.
In such a situation, if there is no deterrence of an invincible existence present in the Shinobi World who is keeping Nagato in check, Nagato and the Akatsuki Organization would have no scruples at all, and mow down the five great Shinobi Villages singlehandedly with no one capable enough of stopping them.
When this happens, the Five great shinobi villages will either be forced to surrender their Bijuu for the sake of survival, or the fourth great shinobi war will start much earlier than it should, and even then, it is highly unlikely that the Shinobi alliance would win.
Maybe it will take a few months at best and the Juubi will be revived… but Kuroto’s Project Godhood would obviously not be completed in such a short period of time.
At that time, Kuroto will either have to face the Juubi Jinchuriki Nagato who wants to create peace with fear, or the ancestor of Chakra, Otsutsuki Kaguya who would have been freed of her seal and descended upon the Shinobi World and wants to hang all the creatures of this Shinobi World on the Divine tree to absorb their chakra and turn them into Zetsu beings.
If it is the former, that is Nagato, then there would still be room for manoeuvre as Kuroto could hide in dark and continue his Project Godhood in extreme secrecy, but if it’s the latter, that is Kaguya, then there is nothing Kuroto will be able to do and perhaps he too will become nutrition of the Divine Tree after being hung to it under the effects of the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
In such a situation, the existence of Yama is very important and meaningful, as Yama has basically become the ‘Senju Hashirama’ of this era, the only person capable of fighting against, and suppressing Nagato, the ‘Uchiha Madara’ of this era.
Even if Kuroto is no longer on the same level as Nagato and cannot defeat him if he is not in a Resonant state with the Giant Tenseigan on the Moon, this deterrent effect and feat brought by the mere existence of ‘Yama’ will keep Nagato in check, after all, Nagato isn’t actually ‘The Uchiha Madara…!’
With a relieved sigh, Yama looked at the moon in the night sky, with a thoughtful expression, and muttered to himself, “It does seem that I can no longer rely on the chakra of the Giant Tenseigan on the moon, because, the actions of the radicals on the moon are too crazy! They don’t seem to care about the consequences that their reckless actions can cause to the shinobi world…”
The act of sending a meteorite to the battlefield is a clear declaration and a warning. If Yama were to casually borrow Chakra from the Giant Tenseigan on the moon again, the next thing falling on the Earth will not just be a meteorite…
As Yama was thinking, the faint orange light appeared on the horizon, and as if cutting through the dark and dreary night, it illuminated the world again with a warm embrace.
“It’s finally dawn…” muttered Yama as he cast his gaze at the rising sun.
With the emergence of the morning light of the rising sun, the difficult night had finally passed away. Although the pain this night brought to the people of Konoha can’t be forgotten so easily, it would still ease up their nerves to some extent.
When Yama thought as such, he couldn’t help but laugh at himself, “It’s ironic that the Konoha Village and the Shinobi World need dawn from the Akatsuki…”
Not getting too much into it, Yama soon retracted his gaze from the rising sun and looked at the surroundings. The damage done to the battlefield is enormous, and the picture of several miles has completely changed. There is no longer any shadow of the valley as there was before. The centre of the battlefield is a hundred meters deep crater with big chunks of hot and melting rocks at the centre of it and all around is just plain and simple destruction.
“Several villages and towns far away also seem to have been affected…” muttered Yama with a sigh, “Such is the power of a meteorite…”
After confirming that nothing was left for him to do on the battlefield, Yama weaved several hand signs and then disappeared into a cloud of smoke.
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On the other side.
The emerald green Susano’o appeared out of the mounds of dust and smoke.
“Cough-cough…” coming out of the mud and rocks that buried him, Shisui coughed heavily, and Fuwafuwa who was sitting on Shisui’s shoulder shook her whole body to clean off the dust from her fur, and cursed in anger, “Damn it, now I will have to take a bath to clean off all this dirt…!”
Shisui remained silent and didn’t give any reply as he looked around to see if he could figure out the situation.
Following Shisui, Itachi disguised as Homusubi also came out and coughed heavily while looking around at the scene of destruction.
Although Shisui and Homusubi had tried their best to get as far away from the battlefield as possible, the off-shoot and the after-effects of the meteorite’s collision with the earth’s surface still affected them, and they had no other choice left but to use all their Chakra reserves into using Susano’o in order to prevent their death because of being buried in the ground.
Fortunately, the Shisui’s Susano’o enhanced by the Senjutsu Chakra was much stronger than his normal Susano’o, and with Homusubi adding his Yata Mirror to the Susano’o the defence only got stronger, which allowed Shisui and Homusubi to withstand all that damage, and they didn’t suffer any serious injury.
Although the two are safe themselves, the two are still quite worried about the others.
But in their immediate vicinity, there were no signs of any presence, neither of the members of the Akatsuki Organization nor of Yama or of the Shinobi of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, this made them more worried, especially in regard to Yama’s safety.
The previous appearance of the meteorite was so strange that both of them had to suspect that it was the work of the members of the Akatsuki Organization, so their worries related to the safety of Yama only grew stronger.
After a while of observing and finding nothing, Shisui muttered, “It seems that the battle is over. The members of the Akatsuki Organization should have retreated, I just hope Yama is safe…”
Homusubi nodded silently.
Shisui then glanced at the unconscious Yagura and Killer Bee, and said to Homusubi, “Leave the two of them to me, I will find Hokage-sama and the others, you go back to the village to confirm Yama’s situation and also the situation of the Clan and the Village…”
After listening to Shisui’s instructions, Homusubi thought a little and nodded, “Alright, please make sure that Hokage-sama is safe.”
Homusubi is already very worried about the safety of his family, and he also understands that Homusubi of Amatsukami shouldn’t stay on the battlefield for very long as Yama and the members of the Akatsuki Organization have already retreated, so without wasting any more time, his body divided into hundreds of crows and dispersed into the sky.
With Homusubi gone, Shisui with the help of Fuwafuwa started to search for the Shinobi of the Five Great Nations.
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At the same time, the Shinobi of the Five Great Shinobi Villages that were affected by the after-effects of the meteorite collision also crawled out of the ground.
“Everyone okay?” Sandaime Hokage questioned while releasing his hands from the Adamantine Staff, and releasing the ninjutsu.
“Hokage-sama, although injured, the ones on our side are all alive.”
“The same is the case on our side, Hokage-sama!”
“The two of us are also fine Sensei!”
In response to the question of Sandaime Hokage, the surviving Shinobi responded one after another.
Because they were already several miles away from the main battlefield and had further retreated upon discovering the falling meteorite, so although they only suffered the aftershocks and were buried underneath the ground, and since Sandaime Hokage and Sandaime Tsuchikage had already anticipated this situation too, so they the moment they were about to be buried, they were protected by the Earth Style Defensive Jutsu used by the two Kage that withstood most of the shock.
As a result, some only had their arms bent in an unnatural direction, and others only had their legs broken, but overall, most of them seemed to have survived under their joint efforts.
“All those who can move and walk on their own help the others…” Upon receiving replies, Sandaime Hokage then gave his next instructions to help out each other and started to look around the battlefield.
At this time, the morning light shone from the Horizon and spread the warmth of the morning of the next day.
Looking at the unrecognizable surroundings, that can no longer be called the result of a battle between Shinobi, Sandaime Hokage sighed and felt as if he had aged more than a decade in just one night.