"What do you mean, brat?"
Tobirama Senju, with his short temper, immediately let out a roar.
Lin Nan smiled.
He looked at this group of ugly humans.
I helped you defeat Madara Uchiha and became a hero of the ninja world, but all I see in your eyes is fear and rejection.
It's as if I were a monster.
Naruto, perhaps your death was the correct path.
"I said a new war has begun!" Lin Nan remained calm.
"What exactly do you mean?" Hashirama looked at Lin Nan, his face grave.
Lin Nan looked at the Five Kage, his voice flat, "This war is an external war, with the Allied Shinobi Forces composed of the five great villages, fighting against Madara Uchiha's forces! However, the war against Madara Uchiha has now ended, and it's time for your five great ninja villages!"
"Little Lin, we are the Allied Shinobi Forces. After Madara Uchiha's defeat, it is the victory of our entire ninja world. Why would you say that?" Tsunade stepped forward.
"The Allied Shinobi Forces?"
Lin Nan slowly looked up, "This war forced you to unite, and now that the war is over, some of your villages have suffered heavy losses, while others have retained most of their strength!"
"Now everything is back to square one. You are no longer part of the Allied Shinobi Forces, but belong to your own ninja villages!"
"For how many years have the five great villages attacked each other? How many life-and-death battles have there been? My parents died at the hands of ninjas from your village, and your siblings died at my hands. Examples like these are countless!"
"And now, you are all gathered here, it's time for reckoning!" Lin Nan's voice was as calm as ever, as if he were discussing a trivial matter.
As soon as he spoke, the originally united Allied Shinobi Forces were filled with suspicion and denial, which then evolved into hostility and hatred.
"Don't listen to his instigation!" Onoki stepped forward and shouted, "Kid, even if we five great ninja villages have new and old grudges, we are now the Allied Shinobi Forces, we are one. We have shared hardships together, and after winning the war, we will bring the victory of the Allied Shinobi Forces back to our homelands!"
His words were indeed inspiring.
"Onoki!" Lin Nan slowly said, "I still remember when Madara Uchiha first appeared, you sent the Allied Shinobi Forces to their deaths! You clearly knew that was the legendary Madara Uchiha, and you understood his power better than anyone else present, yet you still stubbornly chose to advance the army."
"If I'm not mistaken, you probably wanted to weaken the strength of other ninja villages with this opportunity, right?" Although Lin Nan's expression was neutral, his gaze towards Onoki was filled with mockery!
Onoki's face froze. His old face instantly turned from pale to red, as if everything had been exposed.
"Shut up, I am the dignified Tsuchikage! How could I..." Onoki, feeling the gazes around him, immediately shouted again.
Lin Nan sneered, "And precisely because you are the Tsuchikage who has been in power for the longest time, you have experienced countless wars between ninja villages. Your arrogant demeanor makes you look down on the four young Kage from the other four villages. Your initial intention in joining this war was to weaken the strength of other ninja villages and reap the benefits!"
"You! Pfft..." Onoki spat out a mouthful of blood, unable to say anything.
Although nothing might have appeared on the surface, within the entire Shinobi Alliance, all ninjas from other villages were quietly distancing themselves from any ninjas from Iwagakure.
A wave of suspicion instantly spread throughout the entire Allied Shinobi Forces.
In a few words, they were on the verge of collapse.
This was the Allied Shinobi Forces.
Without a clear and powerful common enemy forcing them to stand together, or someone powerful enough to suppress everything at the peak of this world, they were a group of distrustful, warring enemies.
From the First Great Ninja War to the end of the Fourth Great Ninja War.
The ninja world had gone through several generations, but what was passed down was only hatred.
In the original work, why was there no unrest after the war? Because the strength of all ninja villages was severely depleted.
That was because Naruto and Sasuke, the two saviors, both belonged to Konohagakure.
But it was different now. The savior was Lin Nan, who belonged to no faction.
And due to Lin Nan's intervention, most of the forces of the Allied Shinobi Forces had been relatively well-preserved.
In other words, they had the power to fight.
Sensing a certain power resisting within him, Lin Nan spoke, "Minato, don't struggle. You know very well what Naruto went through after your death!"
"This is what ninjas are, this is the ninja village you love..."
As soon as he said this, Lin Nan felt the power within him subside.
"I am the fairest witness here. I will not favor any faction. You can express yourselves freely and release all the hatred of this era. I will only watch and eliminate all uncertain factors!"
"Pfft!"
As soon as Lin Nan finished speaking, the next moment, the three previous Hokage were instantly covered in black rods, pierced like hedgehogs, and then floated towards Lin Nan.
"The power that does not belong to this world has been purged!"
"Vent it all out!"
"It's time for reckoning!"
...
"Boom!"
Tens of thousands of the Allied Shinobi Forces began to erupt in fierce conflicts, from small-scale to large-scale.
Accumulated over generations, the person next to them might be their father's killer, or they might have killed the other person's relatives.
Under Lin Nan's instigation, some people exploded.
They could not bear the hatred they had endured for half their lives, and now they were expected to fight alongside them.
But for the sake of their village, they endured it, as this was what ninjas were.
But now the war was over.
Everyone could settle their grievances.
Lin Nan only spoke, without using any other means, but as soon as some people could no longer bear it, it resulted in widespread chaos.
Under these circumstances, the Five Kage could not stop it.
Almost all the ninjas were here now, so let them release their hatred to their heart's content.
After it's all released, there will be no more hatred in this world.
Lin Nan looked at the violently clashing Allied Shinobi Forces and smiled.
"Kid, what exactly do you want to do? Have you been bewitched by Madara Uchiha?" Tobirama Senju, despite being pierced like a hedgehog, still roared defiantly.
Lin Nan glanced at him indifferently and did not speak.
Hashirama sighed, "The war is over, why must there be unnecessary bloodshed?"
"Unnecessary bloodshed?"
Lin Nan stared at Hashirama, his face expressionless, "Bloodshed is necessary. Your policy of appeasement indirectly led to the current chaos!"
"Back then, if you had listened to Madara Uchiha and subjugated the five great nations, unifying the entire ninja world, this world would have been much more peaceful and stable!"
"Unification?" Hashirama slowly murmured.