The raging fire continued to burn the land that was originally a dense forest. A terrifying crater with a diameter of nearly several kilometers replaced the position of the forest on the western outskirts of Konoha. Looking down from the sky, one can see the continuous emergence of the center of the huge crater, which is the high-temperature energy residue left by the impact of the meteorite!
The great power of heaven and earth is unstoppable!
Except for the most central area, the surrounding areas were also not much better.
Countless craters with diameters ranging from one meter to one hundred meters were densely spread all over this desolate land. Terrifying cracks broke the dense forest into pieces, and thick smoke and storms covered the sky. The forest here has been completely erased from the world map, and the history of the terrain has been rewritten.
This "Natural Disaster" event shook the entire Shinobi World. However, it was a pity that Konoha Village was safe and sound during this disaster.
Compared to the "Natural Disaster", the countries were more concerned about the attack that broke out during Konoha's Chunin Exam.
Konoha's S-Class Fugitive Ninja Orochimaru and the Sand joined forces to attack Konoha. Although they were eventually repelled by Konoha's Ninja, Konoha also paid a large number of ninja casualties. The most important thing was the fall of Konoha's Sandaime.
If this is all, it's not enough to move the major ninja villages.
Because of the previous three Shinobi World Wars, they clearly know the terrible strength of Konoha as the number one ninja village. In its heyday, Konoha could even fight against the Cloud, Rock, Mist, and Sand villages. With such a terrible record, it can be seen how strong Konoha is.
However, the uncertain information sent back by Konoha's spies in various villages made the major Shinobi Villages really eager to make a move.
Not only Konoha's Sandaime, but also Konoha's Konoha's Eagle, Shimura Danzo, also died for unknown reasons.
For the news of Danzo's death, Konoha's high-level officials took a strict action to block it, but it was still discovered by the spies of various villages, and they immediately took action to investigate the truth of the matter. However, because of Danzo's special identity in Konoha, although he was an important member of Konoha, because he has been behind the scenes for a long time, only a few people in Konoha knew his true identity. Therefore, the spies of various villages couldn't get more information about his death.
According to the information sent back by the spies, the high-level officials of various villages had different understandings.
The Cloud Ninjas thought that Shimura Danzo might have died in the "Natural Disaster" that happened near Konoha. Another view is that the so-called "Natural Disaster" was simply a man-made event. Konoha was researching some kind of super weapon, and an accident happened during the experiment, which led to a disaster. Shimura Danzo, who carried out this project, lost his life in the accident.
According to the information sent by their own spies, the Rock believed that Konoha had a traitor this time. This traitor not only joined forces with Orochimaru to carry out the plan of Konoha's collapse, but also assassinated Shimura Danzo after Orochimaru killed the Sandaime.
Another view is that Shimura Danzo didn't die at all.
The Mist Ninjas had just solved their internal conflicts, and were busy with the construction of the village, so they couldn't pay attention to the outside world.
Needless to say, the Sand Ninjas, because they participated in the attack on Konoha, and after the failure, they were afraid of Konoha's crazy revenge, so they immediately surrendered to Konoha.
Although Konoha hated the Sand for tearing up the alliance agreement and going to war without declaring war, with Konoha's current weak state, it wasn't suitable for them to go to war. In addition, the reason why the Sand participated in the attack on Konoha was because Orochimaru assassinated the Sandaime, and secretly controlled the Sand.
Konoha had no choice but to accept the Sand's surrender unconditionally, and the two sides signed a new alliance agreement.
In the Shinobi World, there are many different opinions regarding the death of Shimura Danzo in Konoha. The rumor that Konoha had another S-Class Ninja is flying, but this rumor has not been officially acknowledged by Konoha.
However, in any case, the death of Konoha's Sandaime and Shimura Danzo is an undeniable fact.
No matter what the reason is, the above two facts alone are enough to provoke the major villages to look down on Konoha.
The interest of a major country never depends on morality.
If it's like the Sand Ninja, it's not that attractive to the outside world. Most of the territory occupied by the Sand Ninja is barren land, and the benefits are not great. In addition, the Sand Ninja town has a natural defensive fortress called "A Line of Sky" terrain.
Easy to defend and hard to attack, it's a typical hard bone.
But Konoha is different. It monopolizes the vast fertile plains, and the benefits are huge. Moreover, from the Land of Fire to Konoha, there is no natural defensive fortress.
Therefore, if Konoha doesn't have a strong military force, it will immediately attract the attention of the enemy country.
However, in fact, it's no longer a matter of whether the enemy country will covet it or not. In fact, after confirming the information sent back by the spies, the Cloud has always been warlike, and the government has already begun to prepare for war.
After that, the Rock Ninjas also followed suit.
The Mist Ninjas, on the other hand, are focused on the construction of the village. They can't go to war, but they can protect themselves. After learning about the movements of the Cloud and the Rock, they also sent a combat force to the Land of Water to deal with any changes.
After the death of the Fourth Kazekage, the Sand was taken over by the elders. After learning about the movements of the ninja world, they began to respond vaguely to Konoha's alliance.
Konoha's authorities are naturally very clear about the dangerous situation Konoha is facing at this moment.
Therefore, they immediately summoned the wandering Sannin Jiraiya and Tsunade to return to Konoha.
However, they found Jiraiya, but there was no news about Tsunade.
Konoha's leaders were also very anxious about this.
While the undercurrents of the major ninja villages were surging, a low-key mysterious organization that has been unknown to the world began to become active in advance.
The name of this organization is "Akatsuki".
However, when the atmosphere of the Shinobi World became so unusual, Kirito, who could be said to be the cause of all this, was on his last mission of escorting the princess back to the Daimyo Mansion.