The Land of Fire has completely disappeared. A vast, dead, icy darkness engulfed her. She completely lost her life, was completely devoured. Just looking at this sight inspired despair. Inside this dead darkness, everything was frozen to death. The lives that did not manage to escape, the plants that were deprived of the ability to move, and even the microorganisms — all ceased to exist.
No life could survive within these limits. Everything, like statues, was frozen in an Area of Dead Silence, not subject to decay or any other changes.
And it wasn't just Konoha. By the end of the fourth, on the threshold of the fifth month, following the absorption of the entire territory of the Country of Fire, the same fate befell the lands of several small countries: the Country of Rivers, the Country of Grass, the Country of Rice Fields, the Country of Iron, the Country of Whirlpools and the Country of the Bear.
Moreover, the Area of Dead Silence did not stop there. Having finished with the small countries, she came close to the borders of the Country of Wind, the Country of Earth and the Country of Lightning. Only the Land of Water, due to its remoteness from the mainland, has so far avoided this fate.
The weather in the Shinobi world was getting colder. Snow began to fall.
The influx of huge numbers of refugees has made it extremely difficult to maintain order in the four great countries. Fortunately, various experiments that required human resources absorbed a significant part of the population, freeing up living space for the rest.
It was only because of this that complete chaos did not reign in the great countries.
It also allowed them to continue their search for the Child of the Prophecy undisturbed.
There was less and less time left. According to calculations, it will take no more than three months before Uchiha Yue completely consumes the Shinobi world. The whole world was going to turn into a hellish planet, shackled by cold, ice and dead silence.
In addition, the researchers found that the Area of Dead Silence absorbs kinetic energy, and this ability is constantly enhanced.
Such a vast area of deadness has already begun to affect the rotation of the planet itself.
If Uchiha Yue is allowed to completely engulf and envelop the planet, its rotation will stop. The forces binding her to the star would disappear, and then no one could predict what fate awaited this world.
However, it wouldn't matter anymore. No one would have survived in such a hell.
Just the thought of such a future made one weep in despair. Even the meteorite that fell on this planet millions of years ago was not so terrible. Even Ootsutsuki Kaguya wasn't so sinister in her day. Even if the Ootsutsuki clan had swallowed up and drained this planet to the bottom…
...perhaps the seeds of life would still be preserved in the depths of the ocean.
And after hundreds of millions of years, civilization could flourish on this planet again.
But now Uchiha Yue's appearance was destroying everything. He was even more radical, even more hopeless. The enemy of humanity turned out to be not something else, but man himself!
Uchiha Yue intended to destroy all life!
Even a Buddha would shed tears at the sight of such a future!
Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, hurricanes…
Various natural disasters caused by the chain reaction from the Dead Silence Area were occurring more frequently. If it weren't for the existence of the ninja—these superhumans—any of these disasters would have brought untold casualties to the Shinobi world. By joining forces, the ninja could stop a tsunami, calm a storm, and direct lava flows — this was a manifestation of man's victory over nature.
However... a man who could defeat nature was powerless to defeat another man!
Only the Child from the prophecy could defeat Uchiha Yue!
But... is that really the case?
The child of the prophecy has finally been found!
"Mr. Jigen, this world... it's finally saved!" How good! Ha ha ha!
— Yes, we have finally found the Child from the prophecy! We can finally kill Uchiha Yue!
— It's unbelievable… We really found him! I already thought that the Child from the prophecy was a long time ago... ha ha ha!
- yes! Finally! Konoha is saved! The Shinobi world is saved!
—Ha ha ha!
—Child of prophecy, Child of prophecy! Ha ha ha!
— Long live! Long live Mr. Jigen!
Long live the Child of Prophecy!
Cheers echoed through the meeting room.
These ninjas have never experienced such excitement. They had been searching for so long, and now, with only three months left to go.…
The longer the time dragged on, the deeper their despair became. "We haven't been able to find him for so long... has the Child from the prophecy been dead for a long time?"
"Are we all dead?"
With each passing day, with each expansion of the Area of Dead Silence, they were gripped by more and more horror and fear. It was like the last day of summer vacation, when you suddenly realize that you haven't done a single line of homework. "No, it can't be... there was so much time, how could the holidays end so suddenly?"
"It seems like very little time has passed since the first day..."
And now they had finally found the Child from the prophecy. The world was saved. The mountain that had been weighing on their hearts had finally been moved. At the thought of how the almighty Child from the prophecy was about to trample Uchiha Yue and destroy his sinful, sinister eyes, some ninjas couldn't help but chuckle with satisfaction.
By this point, they no longer dreamed of capturing Uchiha Yue's eyes. They no longer entertained empty hopes. It was enough for them to just destroy them.
Rasa exhaled with relief and, leaning back in his chair, laughed.
He had never felt so free. Yes, they had a backup plan — the "Plan of hiding from the world", according to which they had to wait until the power of time killed Uchiha Yue.
But the question arose: even if they had successfully escaped and waited for Uchiha Yue's death, which world would they have to return to?
Dead, dark, icy, devoid of any living creatures. A world more frightening and empty than the legendary hell of Shinra. After all, at least there are demons in hell, there are at least some sounds!
And in that Shinobi world there would be nothing!
How long would it take them to restore the planet to its former appearance?
No one knew! It would be a new world, yes. A truly new world. Such a future would be no different from colonizing a frozen planet from scratch.
Even the gods would cry at the sight of such a world!
If there was any chance, Rasa would undoubtedly prefer Uchiha Yue's death!
Although the ecology of the Shinobi world has already been disrupted, it has not yet been completely destroyed. In any case, it was better than a dead future.
Not only Rasa, but Oonoki and Orochimaru also breathed a sigh of relief. He…