Naruto: I Reign Supreme with Templates Across the Multiverse.

The mighty ninja coalition was on the move.

The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, wore a scowl as he turned to the Tsuchikage and Raikage beside him.

"There are so many of us—why are we gathering just to fight Zenkichi?"

"I think we should leverage our numbers. Split up and attack both Konoha and Kirigakure. That'll stretch Zenkichi thin and wear him down."

The Fourth Raikage scoffed.

"Too much trouble. If we all converge, Zenkichi will too. It's better to settle this with one decisive battle and avoid a drawn-out war."

"As for splitting forces and hoping someone else kills Zenkichi... I think that just increases the chance he picks us off one by one."

The Third Tsuchikage gave Rasa a disdainful glance, his tone cold and logical.

"Konoha and Kirigakure aren't our real targets. This war is about one man—Zenkichi."

"If he dies, his forces will collapse. We can handle the rest easily."

"But if Zenkichi survives, it won't matter even if we raze both villages."

"Dividing our forces now would be a mistake. We strike him down first—then we can split up."

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On the plains before the ninja coalition, Zenkichi arrived, leading the combined armies of Konoha and Kirigakure.

Both sides stopped. They faced one another across the battlefield.

"Kids!"

"Send in the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, the Uchiha Clan, and the Hyuga Clan as the vanguard. Break their formation!"

Zenkichi waved his hand, issuing his orders.

The Seven Ninja Swordsmen were unpredictable. This was a chance to burn off their excess energy—or lose them without consequence.

As for the Uchiha and Hyuga clans, both had recently submitted to him. He wanted to test their loyalty and see if they would truly fight under his command.

Zenkichi's Haki swept across the Konoha forces. With it, he could sense who among them wavered, who hesitated.

He would use this war to purge the rot within.

The troops responded with a roar, charging toward the enemy with fearless resolve.

Zenkichi didn't move immediately. He stood calmly—this time, he would serve as the general, not the vanguard.

Whitebeard wouldn't rush into battle headfirst, and neither would Kizaru—whose power Zenkichi had nearly unlocked.

"Eighty thousand ninja... how terrifying," he muttered with an exaggerated tone.

"Yamanaka-san, assist me in directing the field."

Beside him, Yamanaka Inoichi nodded calmly. He wasn't a frontline fighter, and his mental transmission techniques were invaluable in a battle of this scale.

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On the frontlines—

The combined charge of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, Uchiha, and Hyuga clans faltered. They couldn't break the coalition's lines.

The battlefield erupted into chaos—a brutal melee.

"Idiots! Fools!"

"I am Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki of Kumogakure—come get clapped!"

Killer Bee was spitting awkward rhymes even as he fought.

His opponent: Hozuki Mangetsu, expressionless, bathed in red chakra.

The Tailed Beast cloak shimmered across Mangetsu's body. Six long tails lashed out, striking at Bee.

"Lariat!"

Killer Bee surged forward, slicing through the first cloak with a powerful chop—his signature Thunderclap style.

His raw strength was terrifying, and the Lariat had real bite.

But Mangetsu's liquefying body dissolved the blow with ease.

"A member of the Hozuki Clan…?"

Killer Bee frowned, Lightning Chakra flaring in his hands.

Before it could connect, Mangetsu's chakra erupted—his Tailed Beast power overwhelming Bee.

Boom!

Killer Bee was hurled back violently.

Mangetsu didn't pause. Forming hand signs, he launched pressurized water bullets—each one striking with crushing force.

"Enough!"

Watching his brother get launched, the Fourth Raikage lost his temper.

Lightning exploded around him.

But Kisame Hoshigaki stepped forward, a grin on his face. With one sweep of Samehada, he devoured the Raikage's Lightning Chakra like it was nothing.

Momochi Zabuza and Ao activated their own second-stage cloaks, shielding Kisame and buying him time to drain even more chakra.

"Out of my way!"

The Fourth Raikage roared, his body a blur of blue lightning.

In an instant, he was in front of Mangetsu.

"Die!"

With a chop filled with enough force to fell a mountain, he struck.

Mangetsu's eyes flashed. Red chakra surged, and he instantly took on a humanoid Tailed Beast form.

Boom!

The second-stage cloak absorbed the strike, and a brutal clash followed.

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In the air above, Onoki, the Third Tsuchikage, floated with both hands extended. A blinding white glow appeared between them—the signature of Dust Release.

"Let's see how you like being reduced to molecules."

"Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!"

He fired his deadly jutsu...

But before it could reach its target, a golden laser pierced the sky.

"Aah—!"

Onoki screamed as the beam tore through his arm. The technique dissipated instantly.

"Dust Release... tricky indeed,"

Arakawa Zenkichi lowered his fingers, casually ending the attack before it could start.

He had hoped the coalition would help him clean out traitors—but Dust Release was too dangerous. It threatened too many of his own forces.

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"Lord Zenkichi!"

Nara Shikaku stepped forward.

"The Raikage and Tsuchikage are too strong. We've already suffered heavy losses."

"More than half of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen are down. We need you to engage the enemy shadows—now."

Shikaku's voice was calm but insistent. He had clearly seen through Zenkichi's earlier plans.

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