Chapter 564: Change of Battle Plan

Chapter 564: Change of Battle Plan

Minato ponders Izuna's previous words while witnessing the 'battle' between Izuna and the black Abyss dragon.

Izuna's words shook him quite a bit. He would be lying if he said he was not worried about the future.

'To think Izuna-kun is shouldering such a heavy responsibility all by himself.' Minato sighs and continues watching Izuna's battle.

HAAH

Izuna teleports above the giant black dragon. He clenches his fist and compresses the reddish-black aura.

The black dragon opens its giant maw and leaps towards Izuna in the sky.

Bang

Izuna greets him with a fist.

BOOM

Izuna's fist distorts the surrounding space. The giant black dragon turns into a black streak and smashes into the ground.

Rumble Rumble

A massive crater appears at the point of the impact. The black dragon's body continues to pierce through the ground. It bores a hole through one half of the gigantic planet and slams into the core of the other half.

Rumble Rumble

Massive shockwaves spread across the surface of the entire planet. However, an invisible force acts upon the planet and calms the surface.

Crack Crack

Izuna cracks his knuckles and glances at the still-struggling black dragon.

"It had fun beating the shit out of this black dragon. He gave me lots of trouble when we first met."

Izuna and Minato fly in the air and glances at the unconscious black dragon lying in the middle of a massive crater. Almost ninety percent of its body is destroyed and yet it's still regenerating slowly.

"Izuna-kun, what kind of technique was that? There was no chakra involved in it." Minato asks curiously.

"It is a pure Taijutsu technique. I call it the 'Eight Inner Chakra Enlightenment'. You can say that it's the advanced version of Guy's 'Eight Inner Gates."

Izuna clenches his fist, and the reddish-black aura covers his fist again.

"I will teach it to you all later."

Izuna turns his attention to the unconscious black dragon.

Shiing

A gleam flashes past his left Rinne-Sharingan. Several highly advanced sealing formations shroud the black dragon. The seal compresses its body and seals it into a small glass orb the size of a marble.

Izuna grabs the marble ball and glances at the figure trapped inside it. A purple kanji for 'Seal' flashes on top of the seal and Izuna tosses it beside it.

A small spatial rift opens up and consumes the glass marble.

"Minato-san, let me show the true nature of this world to you?"

Minato's vision turns blurry for a second and in the next second, both of them appear outside the entire star system of the planet.

"This is"

"Of course, it's the real Madara Uchiha. Not the fake Madara that masked fellow was masquerading as," Onoki replies to him.

"But didn't Madara die a few decades ago? How is he still alive? Unless he was brought back as"

"Yes, your guess is correct. Kabuto resurrected Madara as an Edo-Tensei." Rasa nods and continues.

"Not only that, it seems like Madara, Kabuto, and the masked Uchiha Obito seems to have some sort of grand plan that they worked on for decades."

"Plan? What plan?" Fugaku asks with a frown.

He suddenly recalls the content of the Uchiha Shrine's Stone Tablet that was passed down in the Uchiha clan since the days of the Sage of Six Paths.

Reading the letters on that tablet requires a powerful Dojutsu technique and only Mangekyo Sharingan can decipher a major portion of that information.

Suddenly, Sakumo, Kakashi, Fugaku, and a few higher-ups of Konoha recall the information left behind by Izuna.

"Akatsuki so the goal of the Akatsuki to revive the ten-tails is real?" Onoki and others are shocked by the revelation.

The higher-ups of Konoha could only sigh at the distrust of Kumogakure and Iwagakure.

"Be careful! Madara is missing from the battlefield. He might head your way to capture Naruto." Gaara warns them.

"Madara is heading towards us!" The expression of Fugaku, Akira, and Yagami changes slightly. Especially Akira, who is nervous as well as excited at the prospect of meeting his father for the very first time.

'Perhaps, Dad won't even recognize me since he doesn't even know of my existence. I wonder, does Dad still retain his feelings for Mother after all those years?'

Akira clenches his fist.

'I have to face him and ask him myself. Perhaps the bond of blood runs thicker than the hatred for the world in his veins.'

The discussion continues as the group exchange intel for a period.

Finally, Shikaku breaks the silence.

"Our current battle strategy isn't suitable for the safety of our shinobi. In these four years, we lost sixty percent of our allied shinobi force, and the other twenty percent are grievously injured. Only a rare few shinobi can partake in battle. Even then, the continuous battles have taken a physical and mental toll on them."

Shikaku glances at all the leaders, commanders, and vice-commanders in front of him.

"So, it's not feasible for us to push our remaining shinobis to their death." He adds.

"Shikaku, what do you want to say?" A frown.

"Raikage-sama, by the change of plan, I mean the time for the final confrontation between both sides has arrived. We will pick our most elite shinobis, equip them with our remaining supplies, and devise a battle formation to confront Madara, Obito, and the tailed beasts."

Hmm

Onoki, Rasa, and others ponder over Shikaku's words. After some time, Onoki opens his mouth.

"Shikaku is right! We can't meaninglessly sacrifice our remaining shinobis. Their battle is over with the fall of the Zetsu army. Now, it's time for us elite shinobi to lead them to victory."

"I also agree with Shikaku-san!" Rasa also nods in agreement.

"Fool ya fool! That plan is cool!" Bee chimes in from Kumogakure's side.

"S-shut the f-fuck up!" A bashes Bee's head with a punch.

"Since this fool has agreed, then this seems to be the only perfect plan."

"There are no perfect plans!" Shikaku shakes his head.

"Then we just have to make one!" Kushina's voice echoes in their head.