After seeing the true terror that the four followers of darkness were capable of, Tobirama and Orochimaru had shocked looks on their faces while Madara and Hashirama simply remained silent as if they already expected this much…

After a while, Madara was the first to open his mouth and say "There's no hope left for this world, it's best if you follow my initial plan, at least you will spare people from suffering endlessly"

"What were you planning? Does it have something to do with those eyes?" Spoke Hashirama suddenly while pointing at Bakorio's clone with the Rinnegan and it truly surprised him how perceptive this first Hokage was despite his laid-back appearance…

'I guess that freak Minato will finally find someone to keep him company' he thought as he watched Madara remain silent so he replied to both of them "Madara indeed had a plan, but it would have failed spectacularly…"

Madara didn't seem convinced by this so Bakorio calmly said "I can also use Jikininki and I know why you wanted to use the infinite Tsukuyomi on the whole world, however, it wouldn't have achieved the effect you are imagining"

"And why's that?" Replied Madara coldly and Bakorio simply shrugged and said "Because the teachings you read on our clan's tablet were changed by Zetsu to manipulate our clan to fall into continuous wars, just for the sake of one of their descendants awakening the Rinnegan and using that ultimate Jutsu… However, you never knew the truth of what would have happened to the user… They would have become a vessel for someone else..."

"That bastard!" Madara's face was full of rage, he sacrificed a lot only to end up being used as a pawn for someone else's plans… how could he not be furious? However, Bakorio didn't care about his feelings and started talking to them about the reason for their revival….

…..

Meanwhile, in Iwa, the two villages finally reached a consensus and they agreed to establish an alliance. However, Fugaku wasn't going to trust them so easily so they made a soul contract just in case which cemented the future cooperation between the two.

However, the situation wasn't as optimistic with the Kumo front. In fact, *despite Minato's constant pleas with A trying to explain to him how serious the situation was. The fourth Raikage still didn't relent and was confident in their power to fight any force that might try to lay their hands on the land of lightning. Including Konoha!

So, Minato returned empty-handed from this trip. Different from that, the negotiations with Suna that Tsunade led actually went smoothly since the two villages were previously in good relations…

…..

As these things were happening, the first signs of chaos started to appear as five gates suddenly appeared mysteriously near each one of the strong hidden villages and started greedily absorbing the natural energy in the area!

These were the gates of hell. Originally there were 7 of them that appeared randomly from time to time all over the world luring all kinds of beasts and humans that seek to grow stronger. However, none of them made it back… Including the woman the Hound sage had been waiting for by dutifully protecting the gate she entered through…

But this wasn't all, as news of demons appearing in the land of demons started to spread, they were described as grotesque giant humanoids… However, no one was capable of getting near them and escaping alive so that's the best description they could get so far.

Meanwhile, news had been spreading that recently dead people had suddenly started coming back to life and no one could fathom the reason why. Not to mention, the revived people were acting completely normal… But how can you consider it normal when someone who got his head chopped off was suddenly knocking on your door the next day…

Chaos was slowly unfolding, yet nothing beat the terror of the countless giant beasts that started appearing everywhere and attacking anyone that appeared in their path. The strongest of these beasts were trying to establish their territory making it hell for the merchants as they couldn't leave a hidden village anymore in fear of getting attacked by them and losing their lives which greatly affected the economy of the world.

….

The hidden villages got news of these changes, and the frequent reports by the various daimyo of their lands worked as a constant reminder of the perilous situation, but at least things weren't completely out of their expectations and they started implementing the plan that Konoha provided!

First, block anything that tries to enter or leave the gates of hell… This mission must be managed by a great ninja that wouldn't let his emotions affect him. So, all Jinchuriki were immediately out of the picture since their emotions were their biggest weakness.

On the surface, each hidden village put a Kage-level ninja in charge. However, in reality. Bakorio planned far more than just this… Hashirama, Madara, Obito, and Tobirama each were guarding the gates in secret in case of any unwanted changes.

After all, right now only weaker devils were coming out, but that might not be the case in the future. Of course, not all of them were strong enough to handle this on their own, so Obito had Kisame with him and they all had a clone of Bakorio's with them… Only Kumo's gate was left to them to handle since they weren't part of the alliance, but they didn't seem careless in dealing with it…

….

A few days later inside a meeting that housed all the important characters of Konoha

"Bakorio, are you sure they can handle this?" Asked Fugaku with a doubtful look on his face. This was a question in regard to a proposal that Bakorio made which was to let the students of the academy deal with some of the emerging beasts.

"I'm sure they can handle this, you know they were trained for this kind of situation right?" Replied Bakorio calmly to which Fugaku nodded but some of the other clan heads were still reluctant to agree until he said

"Don't worry, they will go in groups and they will each have supervisors with them… Plus I already hired the Akatsuki to deal with the strongest beasts, and you should know about their strength"

The room fell silent after this, and only Shikaku felt his heart shivering as he stared at the cold and calculating eyes of the young man in front of him 'Just how far did you anticipate all of this?'

"Fine, but I don't think the other hidden villages are as confident in their students as we are, how do you plan to convince them?" asked Fugaku calmly and Hiruzen was the one to reply surprisingly

"I guess you plan to spread your education system to them as well after they see how effective it is right?"

'Hmm? It seems like this old man isn't completely brain dead after all' Thought Bakorio while staring silently at Hiruzen until he made him feel awkward, especially when it was clear what he was thinking.

"Ahum, you are correct, we will need every ounce of strength to deal with this situation, and training capable ninja is a must" Replied Bakorio while thinking 'This situation will probably last for a while, the dark chakra generated from all of this chaos is what that being is after… So, the longer this last, the better it is for him'

"Okay, we shall do it like that" Replied Fugaku who was worried about Sasuke's well being but he knew he couldn't protect him forever… but something else came up to his mind as he suddenly said with a terrifyingly cold look in his eyes

"What should we do about the dead that are resurrecting?"

Bakorio smiled eerily at him before he said "Of course, we send them back the way they came"

There was no mercy in his eyes, and it sent chills down the spines of these people that had dead people returning to their clans and did nothing about it!