"Lord Tsuchikage, what happened?"
The people present couldn't just stand by and watch, so they took the initiative to ask.
"..."
The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, gritted his teeth. He knew some things couldn't be kept secret, so he had to tell the truth at that moment: "The Hidden Rock Village has been taken over by Akihara Kagura! All the secret techniques in the village have been plundered by him!"
"!!!"
Everyone present was shocked!
They never expected Akihara Kagura would take advantage of the timing of the Five Kage Summit to attack the Hidden Rock Village and plunder their secret techniques!
"That guy..."
The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki's arm trembled slightly as he gritted his teeth and said, "That guy... he's not alone; he also has a massive army..."
"!!!"
Everyone in the meeting room widened their eyes.
One day ago.
After the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, left the Hidden Rock Village,
The entire surrounding area of the Hidden Rock Village was besieged by enemies. It was unbelievable that the Hidden Rock Village, once famous for its numbers, was surrounded by countless enemies!
Even more, these enemies looked entirely like white monsters!
They were not the most terrifying...
The most terrifying was the sudden appearance of Wood Release!
This village, standing tall among a group of fortresses, quickly fell.
Giant trees grew within the Hidden Rock Village, and a group of its ninjas were tied to the trees, their chakra fully absorbed, leaving them powerless.
The Hidden Rock Village had the most ninjas in the Ninja World, yet they were no match for Akihara Kagura, especially without the village's strongest, the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, present.
"Should we kill them?"
Zetsu, commanding the dense cluster of White Zetsu, surrounded the Hidden Rock Village.
"There's no need for that."
Akihara Kagura shook his head and said proactively, "Their chakra is more important than their lives. Take all the secret techniques from the Hidden Rock Village!"
"Moreover, our purpose here is just to let the Ninja World know that we have a massive army, not just a few individuals..."
"Only then..."
"Will they choose to gather all the ninjas."
Of course.
There are some other purposes.
Before the outbreak of war, Akihara Kagura wanted to absorb another wave of chakra to prevent the Ten-tails' shell inside him from failing to revive in time. At the same time, he could take this opportunity to master all the ninjutsu of the Five Great Countries, having already learned from Konoha, The Hidden Cloud Village, The Hidden Mist Village, and The Hidden Sand Village.
Now, only the Earth Release from The Hidden Rock Village remained.
"Let's retreat."
Akihara Kagura signaled to Zetsu.
"Okay."
With Zetsu's retreat gesture, tens of thousands of White Zetsu sank into the ground and quickly vanished without a trace.
"Now you can go report."
Akihara Kagura raised his hand, controlling Kitsuchi, the ninja remaining in The Hidden Rock Village, slowly letting him down from the vine, and loudly said, "The knowledge of the old era can allow the new generation of ninjas to progress faster, and I am only missing the secret techniques from The Hidden Rock Village..."
"Very happy."
Akihara Kagura slowly floated to the ground, even bending down to politely thank Kitsuchi: "Thank you very much for the contribution The Hidden Rock Village made to the new world."
"You..."
Kitsuchi looked at Akihara Kagura with a complicated expression.
This time...
Akihara Kagura's attack came too fast!
The ninjas of The Hidden Rock Village couldn't even react before the entire village was completely surrounded by tens of thousands of White Zetsu. Only when they realized the enemy's assault, the vines and tree roots from the Deep Forest Emergence had covered the whole village, capturing all the ninjas within.
Kitsuchi was the only one capable of counterattacking...
Unfortunately...
Kitsuchi's counterattack appeared weak and powerless.
The vines from the Deep Forest Emergence quickly captured him, binding him to the tree and draining his chakra.
Soon.
The technique storage of The Hidden Rock Village was plundered by the White Zetsu.
"Alright."
After a simple courtesy, Akihara Kagura's expression turned arrogant: "As a reward for your cooperation, I won't harm any Hidden Rock ninja this time. I will allow you all to exist until the end of this world."
"Oh, by the way."
Akihara Kagura tilted his head, seemingly calculating like a child working on a math problem: "I am also adept at the Super Lightweight Rock Jutsu for flight. Theoretically, when your people go to report, they probably won't match the flight speed of the Third Tsuchikage, right?"
"He should have gone to attend the Five Kage Conference, right? No need to deny it, Kitsuchi; I certainly know about it, otherwise I wouldn't have attacked the Hidden Rock Village at this time."
"..."
Kitsuchi was taken aback.
"Why not let me help."
Akihara Kagura extended his hand, directly touching Kitsuchi: "If you send people to report now, it should coincide with the time the Five Kage Conference is starting, and you can inform the Third Tsuchikage..."
With Akihara Kagura's action...
Kitsuchi's body involuntarily floated!
The Earth Release: Super Lightweight Rock Jutsu instantly freed Kitsuchi from gravity!
"This is... Super Lightweight Rock Jutsu!"
Kitsuchi recognized his father, Onoki's Jutsu.
Even within The Hidden Rock Village, only Onoki, after years of research, could master this weightlessness flight technique. Yet, many ninjas remember how Akihara Kagura learned this technique from Deidara in mere moments!
"Just right..."
Watching Kitsuchi's body floating up, Akihara Kagura smiled slightly: "Now you can go report, during the time of the Five Kage Conference, deliver this message to them so they know the apocalypse is imminent. I have gathered all the world's knowledge and no longer have anything worth leaving behind for the new world..."
After speaking, Akihara Kagura left.
Seeing Akihara Kagura leave, Kitsuchi hurriedly went to report to The Hidden Rain Village.
As Akihara Kagura predicted, when Kitsuchi reached The Hidden Rain Village, the Five Kage Conference had just started, and he had no choice but to report the news.
The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, disregarded his pride, knowing the gravity of the situation, and quickly had his son inform those present of the happenings at The Hidden Rock Village.
"That guy..."
"The reason why he kept demanding other ninja villages to hand over secret techniques was for this..."
"Akihara Kagura had the idea of world destruction and creation all along..."
Tsunade's heart trembled. She had already heard Akihara Kagura's reason for his plundering of secret techniques: "He already has all the techniques of the Five Great Countries' ninja villages, intending to leave those techniques and knowledge to the new world he creates..."
"What about that army!"
The Fourth Raikage banged the table, loudly questioning: "Tsunade, you should know about that army, right?"
"It should be a species known as White Zetsu..."
Tsunade frowned, sharing what she knew: "It's said that species is formed by turning humans into them, although their true strength is currently unknown to us..."
"Their numbers are vast..."
The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, gazed at everyone present, acknowledging their impending alliance, and said in a deep voice: "At least tens of thousands or even more; besides taking down Akihara Kagura, we might need to form a massive army to combat them..."
"Now I am even more concerned about another thing..."
Tsunade took a deep breath, solemnly reminding them: "At this moment, he has already secured all secret techniques of the Five Great Countries' ninja villages, and Akihara Kagura's extraordinary talent allows him to master any jutsu in one minute. By now, during our meeting, he should have already mastered all the secret techniques he got from The Hidden Rock Village..."
"He also acquired Earth Release..."
As Tsunade mentioned this, she involuntarily thought of her friend Orochimaru's dream: "The current Akihara Kagura practically has mastered all techniques and knowledge of the Ninja World..."