Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 419 The War Between Humans and Gods
Atop the high walls, a biting wind howled.

"Look around you, look at yourselves."

Hinata Kumokawa looked down at the crowd below and calmly said, "No matter what dreams and hopes you once held, no matter how arduous or peaceful your life may have been..."

"From the moment we are born, we all share a destiny we cannot escape..."

He paused, then said softly, "Death."

Death, a word that is both most familiar to humankind and most avoided, is spoken so bluntly.

“Yes, death,” Hinata Kumokawa whispered. “Heart stops beating, breathing ceases, consciousness disappears, and it’s all over.”

"So, is our life, from beginning to end, merely futile, utterly meaningless?"

"We have endured countless wars, battles between nations, conflicts between ninja villages, infighting between clans, and hatred between individuals..."

What did we gain?

"Aside from turning hundreds of thousands or millions of lives into bones, soaking the earth in blood, and passing on the seeds of hatred from generation to generation, this world has never changed."

"If this is all that war brings, then are the sacrifices of our comrades, predecessors, and families who fell on the battlefield also utterly worthless?"

"No!"

Hinata Kumokawa's voice suddenly rose: "Their sacrifice was for us! Their meaning is given by us! By us, the living!"

"Now, it's our turn!"

"We cannot beg for mercy from the enemy! We cannot pray to the gods!"

"The enemy we face is those who call themselves 'gods'!"

"They see us as straw to be harvested at will! As livestock to be slaughtered at will! As ants that they don't even deserve to look down upon!"

"And you!" Hinata Kumokawa suddenly pointed downwards, at each young yet weathered face.

"You may have been mortal enemies yesterday, you may have never met and had no connection with each other, you may come from the desert! From the deep mountains! From the islands!"

"But all of you standing here right now, remember this well!"

"You are not citizens of any country, nor are you ninjas from any village!"

"Those of you standing here all share one common name..."

Hyuga Kumokawa took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Humans!"

"Just a human!"

"This is our land! Our sky! Our world!"

"We will never hand it over to those robbers who call themselves gods!"

"On our battlefield, the gods who control life and death are our enemies!"

"We may die, but as long as one person lives, as long as one person can look up at this sky!"

"Then, our sublime posture in the face of death will be eternally etched in the memories of the living and in the epic of humankind!"

"As long as one of us is fighting, we are gods!"

Hinata Kumokawa's voice reached its climax here: "Let those gods tremble because of us!"

"Let those arrogant gods go back to their world!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the tens of thousands of eyes fixed on him became incredibly intense, and the temperature in the air seemed to rise.

Hatred is guided, fear is dispelled.

"If you are still afraid, if you are still timid, then entrust your lives to me."

Hinata Kumokawa's tone calmed down: "We will fight forever, and humanity will live on forever."

boom!
A complete outburst, emotions suppressed to the extreme, bursting through all restraints!
"Fight to the death, for humanity shall live on!"

"Fight to the death, humanity will live on!!"

"Fight to the death, humanity will live on forever!!!"

The entire Allied forces' position was transformed into a boiling ocean, with deafening roars soaring into the sky!

At this moment, everyone in the Allied Shinobi Forces had only one thought left.

kill! !
"Hyuga Kumikawa, that guy..."

Captains Kakashi Hatake and the others looked at Hyuga Kumokawa's retreating figure with different and complex expressions. Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes flashed with a hint of hesitation, but it quickly turned into determination.

Hinata Kumokawa lowered his arms, looked down at the torrent below, and said coldly, "All troops, attack."

"Target: The Land of Rain!"

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Within the Land of Rain, the cold rain seems to never end.

A colossal wall, constructed by dozens of Earth Release ninjas, stretched across the land, cleaving the continuous rain curtain in two.

The wall is tens of meters high and wide at the top, enough for several horse-drawn carriages to pass side by side. Rainwater constantly washes over the wall and flows into the mud at its base.

At intervals along the top of the wall stood watchtowers, patrolled by ninjas from the five great ninja villages, rain dripping silently from their raincoats.

Mitarashi Anko stood on the wall, looking across the open area filled with traps and explosive tags at the distant Amegakure village shrouded in a barrier.

The area where Amegakure is located forms an isolated island in the rain.

"It's just like a tortoise shell." A Konoha Chunin standing next to Anko muttered irritably as he looked at the area shrouded in the barrier.

Hongdou did not respond, but her gaze darkened slightly.

That barrier not only blocked the incessant rain, but also blocked all sight and perception.

Is Amegakure brightly lit or deathly silent at this moment?
Are they preparing intensively for the battle, or has the place already been deserted?
No one knows.

"The main force of the coalition is already on its way."

Hongdou withdrew her gaze, turned around, and said calmly, "We just need to prepare to fight."

"Stay vigilant, take turns resting, ensure..."

Before she could finish speaking, the incredibly solid wall beneath her feet suddenly trembled!
Rumble!
It wasn't an illusion; the tremors were getting stronger and stronger.

Almost simultaneously, all the ninjas on the wall felt a tremor originating from the depths of the earth, as if the earth's veins were churning.

"what happened?!"

"earthquake?!"

"No! It's in that direction!"

The rubble on the wall fell down in a flurry, and several patrolling ninjas stumbled, exclaiming in surprise as they looked in disbelief toward the source of the tremor.

Mitarashi Anko also turned her head sharply, looking in the direction of Amegakure. Her eyes narrowed instantly, and an expression of disbelief appeared on her face.

Under her and the group of ninjas' watchful eyes, the barrier surrounding Amegakure in the distance moved!
No, it wasn't the barrier that was moving, but rather the entire Amegakure village, from the buildings on the ground to the earth beneath it, began to emit loud, unbearable rumbling sounds.

The ground is cracking, the earth is collapsing!
Buzz! Buzz! At this moment, in the brightly lit underground space of Amegakure, Shennong, whose body was covered with transmission pipes, stood in the center, and the Zero-Tails' chakra was being frantically extracted from his body.

"Rule the skies once more, Anker Bandian!"

Shennong, shirtless and muscular, suddenly spread his arms wide, his expression crazed, and roared, "Now is the time for us to declare war on the five great nations!"

"Let the five great nations tremble! Hahahaha!!"

Click! Click! !
Centered on the area where Amegakure is located, the ground within a radius of several kilometers cracks and bulges, with bottomless fissures spreading outwards at a visible speed!
As if grabbed by an invisible giant hand, accompanied by a deafening roar and a sky full of dust and mud, Amegakure was forcibly torn and peeled off from the earth!
Along with the countless layers of earth beneath it, it seemed to be gripped by an invisible giant hand, and with a deafening roar, it was forcibly "dug" out of the ground!

Thud! Thud thud...

Soil, rocks, broken pipes, and building debris kept falling from the detached foundation edge, crashing down like a waterfall into the huge crater below, sending plumes of dust billowing into the sky.

The rate of ascent is accelerating!
At first, it was a slow and difficult process to detach from the ground, but after a few breaths, the entire Amegakure village was completely detached from the ground and suspended in mid-air.

And it continued to rise, climbing inch by inch towards the leaden gray sky under the gaze of countless horrified eyes!
Dead silence.

Apart from the distant roar of the earth tearing apart and rocks falling, there was a deathly silence on the giant wall.

The once towering wall now looked like a child being looked down upon in front of the floating Amegakure.

The cold rain continued to pour down, pounding against the giant wall and the faces of every ninja who witnessed this horrific scene.

But at this moment, no one cared about the rain anymore.

All the ninjas, regardless of which village they came from or whether they were seasoned veterans, stood frozen in place, looking up at the Hidden Rain Village suspended in the air.

"Then, what is that?"

"Amegakure has taken flight?!"

The deathly silence was finally broken by horrified whispers, which then turned into an uncontrollable commotion and panic.

They had seen flying ninjutsu and large summoning beasts before, but to lift an entire village, along with its foundation, from the ground and transform it into an aerial fortress...

Is this something a human being can do?

"Why panic!"

Just as the commotion was escalating, a calm, low shout rang out.

Swish swish!
Several whooshing sounds came, and hundreds of figures appeared at various points along the giant wall surrounding Amegakure. These were the Allied Shinobi Forces ninjas rushing in from the rear at full speed!
Two of the figures appeared in front of Mitarashi Anko.

"Lord Jiraiya! And...Lord Third Hokage!"

Upon seeing the person who arrived, Mitarashi Anko's face instantly lit up with surprise, as if she had found her pillar of support, and she subconsciously called out.

"Oh, it's Hongdou! It's been so long!"

Jiraiya turned to look at Anko, grinned, and said, "I didn't expect to arrive at such a lively scene after rushing here so quickly."

"Jiraiya, let's talk about polite things later!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi interrupted the two, looking at the floating Amegakure, and said in a deep voice, "Execute the pre-set response plan! Quickly!"

Upon hearing this, Hongdou was stunned for a moment, but immediately understood.

The arrival of Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya was not accidental; the Allied Forces' high command clearly had a contingency plan for the unconventional methods that Akatsuki might take.

Jiraiya's expression turned serious, and Hiruzen Sarutobi gave the order: "Fire Release: Covering Strike, target the airspace ahead, disrupt the updrafts, and create a heat barrier!"

"First wave, release!"

Once the order was given, the Fire Release ninjas who were in position stepped forward without prior arrangement.

A large portion of the Konoha ninjas were from the Sarutobi and Uchiha clans. They quickly formed hand seals on the wall, their cheeks gradually puffing out...

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

"Fire Release·Dragon Fire Technique!"

"Fire Escape: The Art of Fierce Flames!"

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

In an instant, blazing fireballs, a barrage of fire arrows, and roaring fire dragons soared from the top of the wall, tearing through the rain and crashing into the airspace above Amegakure!
The flames evaporated violently in the cold rain, emitting a hissing sound and bursting into large plumes of hot white steam, the heat instantly heating the air.

At the same time, on the section of wall where the Sand Village ninjas were gathered, Pakura also raised her hand, and two fireballs appeared in her hands, the terrifying heat wave distorting the air.

"Burning Escape·Steam Kill!"

With a low shout, Ye Cang's fireball flew out, and wherever it passed, the air was heated and expanded wildly, the rain was completely evaporated, and the air turbulence and convection were further aggravated!

The heated air creates updrafts that constantly stir up the low-hanging cumulonimbus clouds above.

"Continue!" Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted, "Second wave!"

boom! Boom boom!

More fire-style ninjutsu poured out as if they had no chakra left, and flames soared into the sky!

The scorching heatwave collided with the rain, producing more white fog that blurred visibility, but also caused the clouds above to churn more violently at a visible speed!
The dark clouds gathered at a terrifying speed, their color changing from gray to as thick as ink.

Rumble…

From within the clouds, muffled thunder began to rumble, and streaks of pale lightning occasionally tore through the clouds, illuminating the Rain Village below, which was shrouded in a barrier.

"Is this..."

Some ninjas who had participated in the war between Kumogakure and Konoha in the Land of Hot Springs suddenly narrowed their eyes, their faces showing unbelievable ecstasy.

But then they suddenly remembered that the Fifth Hokage, known as the "Man of Takemikazuchi," was now the supreme commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces.

At this moment, he should be stationed at the rear command center and cannot easily go to the front line.

So, what is this for?
Could it be that someone else has mastered that technique?
Lightning Release: Takemikazuchi, a lightning ninjutsu named after a god, is a forbidden technique developed by Hyuga Kumokawa...

"Now!" Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted. "Shoot it down!"

Zizizi! !

Almost at the same time that Hiruzen Sarutobi's roar subsided, not far away, around a solitary figure, the air suddenly emitted a teeth-grinding shriek!

Visible white electric snakes emerged, hissing as they evaporated the rainwater around him!
“That’s…” Mitarashi Anko and the others turned to look, their expressions filled with shock.

Uchiha Sasuke stood on the wall, his black hair dancing wildly. He raised his head, and his two scarlet Mangekyou Sharingan eyes spun, reflecting the thunderclouds in the sky.

Blood and tears gradually flowed out, only to be evaporated by lightning.

"Using these eyes as a starting point..."

He slowly raised his right arm, his five fingers spread, palm facing upward. The lightning around him suddenly receded, then surged upward, piercing straight into the rolling dark clouds.

"Eight Thunder Gods!" Sasuke roared, "Defuse the thunder!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his raised hand slammed down...

boom! !

Lightning struck, and the world was instantly turned white!

(End of this chapter)