421 Chapter 420 The War is Over, But The Home is Gone

Kumogakure.

After listening to Dodai's report, A's face turned gloomy, "What are those bastards in the Akatsuki trying to do? Do they want to be the enemy of the entire Shinobi World?"

Dodai analyzed, "Although the Akatsuki is powerful, they are still not strong enough to be the opponent of the Five Great Shinobi Villages. The reason they did this is probably to disperse our forces and defeat them separately!"

"Defeat us separately?" A calmed down, one of his hands propped his chin and the other is tapping the table, "Although the Akatsuki is not the opponent of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, but individually, they are stronger than each of us!"

"If the Shinobi in the village are dispatched for rescue, it will give them the opportunity to take advantage of the situation!"

Dodai nodded solemnly, "If we leave it alone, the entire world except the Five Great Shinobi Villages will fall into Akatsuki's hands, but if we take the initiative to attack, we will fall into their trap!"

"Maybe we can strengthen the barrier guarding the village!" Yugito suggested, "Discover the enemy in advance, and then set aside more time to recall everyone!"

"It's not very useful!" Dodai denied, "If they are really determined to invade us, they will definitely let those monsters to entangle our people!"

A slammed the table and said, "Then bring all the people from the Land of Lightning to Kumogakure. If we squeeze them all, they all can still live here!"

Dodai shook his head slightly, "But the fundamental problem has not been solved. If Akatsuki mobilizes all of its strength, it will be difficult to resist them with the village's current strength!"

Hearing this, A said dissatisfiedly, "Then what do you think we should do?"

Dodai was silent for a moment and then sighed, "Actually, the safest way is for the Five Great Shinobi Villages to be together and help each other!"

Now, everyone in the room stopped talking.

Of course they know the benefits of being together, but the question is, where do they gather?

Judging from the map, the Land of Fire is undoubtedly the most suitable place, as it occupies the center of the map!

But this disaster cannot be solved in just a day or two. If things go on like this, they worry that people in their villages will become part of the Land of Fire!

Even when the war is over, their home would be gone!

...

Iwagakure.

"What should we do? Should we take the initiative to move closer to Konoha and form a joint front of the Five Great Shinobi Villages?" Kitsuchi said hesitantly, "But in the end, we are not Sunagakure, so everyone should be quite resistant to this kind of thing!"

Everyone in the room all nodded with complicated expressions. Although they have no thoughts about Konoha now, it is beyond their psychological capacity to be shamelessly trying to please Konoha.

"Actually, you don't need to be too nervous." Ōnoki chuckled and said, "While you are worried, the Akatsuki is actually afraid!"

"Afraid?" Kitsuchi frown slightly, and then he quickly understood, "I see, they have to concentrate their strength of they wanted to conquer any of the Great Five Shinobi Villages, but if they concentrated their strength, they also gave Shimizu Sōseki a chance to catch them all at once!"

Han, who is on the side, was also stunned, "No wonder they are only sending out those monsters, and none of their higher-ups appears!"

Ōnoki smiled and said, "The sky is falling down and there is a tall man standing on the top of the ground. Since Shimizu Sōseki wants to be a hero, let him hold it!"

...

In the phantom space, ten figures are gathered.

Everyone looked at Obito with great interest, and obviously knew why today's meeting was held.

In this deadly atmosphere, Yahiko asked, "Tobi, Zetsu, why did the army of monsters suddenly riot?"

Black Zetsu sighed, "Sorry, we overestimated the control of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. After the number of monsters exceeded the critical point, they suddenly go out of control!"

"Out of control?" Yahiko said in a low voice, "You never said that those monsters would go out of control before!"

Black Zetsu explained, "There is no mention about they going out of control in the ancient records we found. Now that I think about it, it may be because the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path mentioned in the ancient records is in the fully charged state, so there is no such worry!"

"The fully charged state?" Konan asked in confusion.

"It's the state where all the Bijū are imprisoned in it!" Black Zetsu shrugged, "Didn't I say it before? The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path is used by Sage of Six Paths to imprison the Bijū, and then domesticated their chakra and use it as a power source!"

Yahiko pondered and said, "You mean, all nine Bijū must be captured to restore the control of those monsters?"

"I don't know." Black Zetsu pretended to not know. "But from Madara's research, that possibility should be high."

However, it is naturally impossible for everyone to choose to believe it just because of what he said.

Yahiko asked, "What evidence do you have?"

"It is already a good proof that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path is the Bijū's cage. Its nine closed eyes correspond to the nine Bijū. As long as one Bijū is imprisoned, the corresponding eye will open!"

Black Zetsu scratched the head and said, "As for the imprisoning of the Bijū can strengthen the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's control of the monsters, I don't know how to prove it, or… Why don't we try to capture one Bijū first and then imprisoned it?"

Yahiko pondered and said, "Are you saying that we need to capture one Bijū first?"

"There is no need to trouble leader for that." Black Zetsu said with a smile, "Tobi and I just caught the resurrected Sanbi two days ago!"

Yahiko narrowed his eyes and took a deep look at him, "Then I will trouble you!"

Seeing they finished discussing, Raiga couldn't help but say, "Should we think about what to do next? Controlling those monsters requires the power of Bijū. Not to mention the Five Great Shinobi Villages will believe that, even if they do, it's absolutely impossible to let such a powerful force to be in our hands! Therefore, whether we can restore the situation or not, war is inevitable!"

Nagato nodded in agreement, "Yes, once the reluctantly maintained balance is broken, it is impossible to return to the past! Now is not the best time to start a war, but as it goes on, the timing will only get worse!"

"Yeah, we have to do it as soon as possible!" Aizen agreed, "Right now, the entire Shinobi World thinks that the monster riot is our conspiracy, and we just use their fear to carry out our actions!"

"If we let them know that even we can't control those monsters, our deterrence will be greatly reduced!"

"In this way, it seems that we should not hesitate!" Kisame asked, "However, how do we start the war? Shall we concentrate our strength and take down a Shinobi Village first?"

However, Raiga said hesitantly, "If we stopped hiding and gather at once, doesn't it give Shimizu Sōseki a chance?"

Nagato said solemnly, "To achieve the goals of the organization, you always have to step onto the stage in the end!"

Seeing that the center of gravity of the war was deviating from the direction he wanted, Black Zetsu quickly said, "Actually, the key of breaking the game still lies on the Bijū! Only by regaining control of the monster army can we be a powerful organization that makes Shinobi World fearful, and not just ten generals without an army!"

"Furthermore, after the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path absorbs the nine Bijū, its strength will increase exponentially. Even Shimizu Sōseki is not necessarily its opponent! Therefore, in order to achieve the goal of the organization, the key lies in the Bijū!"