The Supreme Combat Command Center of the Divine Court Headquarters.
Hyuga Hiashi's forehead was pressed tightly against the icy metal floor.
"Shinju-sama, please save Hanabi!"
"The Hyuga clan has guarded Konoha for generations and never once retreated! Now the main house's daughter has been abducted, the Byakugan stolen—this is the greatest humiliation our clan has ever suffered! This old man is incompetent!"
He pounded the ground in agony, the dull thuds echoing again and again.
"They're wrong—so wrong it's ridiculous. They never should've set their sights on us."
"It's time to strike back."
Shinju's hand pressed down on the activation button of the console.
The next instant, the entire command center was bathed in a gentle glow.
Above the Hokage Rock in Konoha—
Across the Five Great Nations, over every core city, every densely populated region—
The sky lit up at the same time.
A massive holographic projection appeared clearly above everyone's heads.
The person in the image was none other than Namikaze Shinju.
Countless civilians who had been working, walking, talking—everyone froze, stunned, and looked up at the sky.
They had never seen anything like this.
It surpassed ninjutsu.
It surpassed everything they could understand.
"Fellow comrades of the Allied Shinobi Forces, friends across the world."
Shinju's voice spread through the shinobi world via the chakra-amplifier network.
Inside the command center, the Raikage, A, stared at Shinju's back, his heart surging like a tidal wave.
What is he doing?
He's making this public?
Broadcasting it to the whole world?
"Just now, an enemy who calls himself a 'god' stole one of our comrades from the moon… and declared war on us."
Shinju's voice continued to resonate between heaven and earth.
On Konoha's streets, a child pointed at the sky and asked his father, "Dad, who is that?"
The father clenched his fist tightly, eyes burning with excitement.
"Kid, remember him! He's our guardian god—Lord of the Divine Court, Shinju-sama!"
"They think they're gods, free to judge us however they please."
"They think that by hanging high above us, they can decide our life and death."
"They think that by stealing a comrade's eyes, they can gain supreme power."
"Today, I'm going to tell them—"
"And I'm going to tell the entire world—"
"Gods… can be killed!"
Inside the command center, Onoki's cloudy old eyes widened to the limit, and he unconsciously stood up from his chair.
Kill gods?
That word alone overturned everything he'd believed his whole life.
"Our journey is the sea of stars!"
Shinju spread his arms as if embracing the entire world.
"And the moon will be our first stepping stone into that starry ocean!"
The moment his words fell—
Behind Shinju, a gigantic holographic star map snapped open.
A blue planet floated quietly at the center.
Their home.
And beside it, a silver-white celestial body was marked with a bright red target.
"Divine Court forces—hear my order!"
Shinju's voice shifted into pure command.
"Full mobilization! Target—Moon!"
Inside the command center, the core members of the Divine Court erupted after a brief stunned silence, their roar like mountains collapsing and seas overturning.
Going to fight on the moon?
In the past, that was something no one would've dared to even imagine.
But now their commander was telling them—
Not only could they imagine it…
They were about to do it.
Hyuga Hiashi's tears blurred his vision again, but this time it wasn't grief or helplessness.
For Hanabi.
For the Hyuga's honor.
This lord was willing to declare war on the "god" sitting high on the moon.
Hiashi struggled to stand, then bowed deeply to Shinju's back once more.
The Raikage, A, had always believed the Allied Shinobi Forces existed to unify power and deal with future internal threats—something like Kaguya.
He never imagined the enemy would come from the sky.
And he never imagined the Supreme Commander would respond by "storming the moon."
This organization had already exceeded the category of "shinobi."
This power's goal wasn't limited to this land at all.
Gaara's expression was just as heavy.
Inside the gourd on his back, sand churned restlessly.
The shock in his heart was no less than anyone else's.
He remembered that arrogant boy from the Chunin Exams… and the figure who turned the tide of the Great Ninja War.
So that was it.
His vision had already surpassed the entire shinobi world.
The moon.
The palace of the Otsutsuki main family.
Toneri Otsutsuki peered through a massive telescope, observing everything happening down below.
He saw the enormous projections lighting up above the cities.
He heard the declaration of war that spread across the world.
A mocking smile curled across his face.
"…Kill gods? What a foolish and arrogant insect."
"Just you ground-crawling bugs… and you think you can set foot in this quiet moon kingdom?"
He turned to look at Hyuga Hanabi, sealed inside an enormous iron birdcage, his gaze filled with pity.
"Did you hear that? Your clan has brought down such a ridiculous disaster for your sake."
"But don't worry. Soon, you'll welcome purification together with that filthy world."
Toneri didn't take the declaration seriously at all.
To him, it was just the powerless rage of earthbound creatures before the end.
He had no idea—
What kind of army his provocation had drawn to the moon.
A "god-slaying legion" made up of the shinobi world's sharpest minds and strongest warriors—
A force powerful enough to destroy planets.
Inside the command center, the fanatic roar gradually settled.
"Orochimaru—immediately begin the highest-level research project: Ten'shu (Heavenly Ark)!"
"Shift all resources to it! I want a chakra-driven spacecraft capable of space travel, and I want it in the shortest time possible!"
"Nara Shikaku—form a wartime advisory department and draft the moon-landing operation plan immediately!"
"Hatake Kakashi, Might Guy—gather all elite jonin and form the first wave landing force!"
"And the logistics departments of the Five Great Nations—begin counting war supplies at once! Prepare for long-term operations!"
Order after order poured from Shinju's mouth, transmitted through the communications system with perfect precision to every corner of the shinobi world.
In an instant, the shinobi world transformed into a finely tuned war machine.
Under Shinju's unified command, it began running at a speed never seen before.
This time, their target was no longer each other—
But the distant starry sky above their heads.
Everyone's will was completely unified beneath the banner of—
"Protect the world. Resist external enemies."
A planet-spanning war preparation had officially begun.
(End of Chapter)
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