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The black figure continuously leaped forward through the forest. The cold air he inhaled brought a refreshing coolness to Mizu's heart. The cold wind blew, revealing the fringe covering Mizu's right eye.
At this moment, Mizu's eyes had somehow turned into scarlet Sharingan, with three tomoes rapidly spinning around a black dot.
The three tomoe slowly linked together, and the solid black dot in the center of the three tomoe began to hollow out and merge with the three tomoe, forming a strange triangular shuriken, very similar to Itachi Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan.
However, the shuriken of Itachi Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan had curved corners, while Mizu's Mangekyo Sharingan had straight corners. Although the structure was similar, the shape was completely different.
"The restrictions on Kekkei Genkai users here are too great. I should leave the Land of Water first. I must obtain even greater power!!!" Mizu secretly swore in his heart.
Thinking of this, his speed instantly increased, and he disappeared into the forest after a few leaps.
Spring came and winter went, and five years passed without him realizing it. During these five years, the Shinobi World had been calm and peaceful.
The tension and smoke of the Great Ninja War era were no longer visible, but beneath the calm surface, undercurrents surged. Everyone knew that the Third Great Ninja War would definitely not be the last Great Ninja War.
The entanglements of interests between people, between villages, and even between nations, as well as the deep-seated hatred, could not be resolved by a so-called alliance.
In this era where power spoke loudest, the so-called alliance was nothing more than a piece of waste paper in the face of profit, something that could be torn up at any time. The Second and Third Great Ninja Wars were living examples of this.
However, although there were no large-scale conflicts between nations, major events did occur. One year ago, the Uchiha Clan, the foremost noble clan of Konohagakure in the Land of Fire, was annihilated.
The culprit was actually Itachi Uchiha, the eldest son of the Uchiha Clan head. Except for one seven-year-old Uchiha child, all other members of the Uchiha Clan were completely slaughtered by him.
This event instantly shook the entire Shinobi World, shocking countless people. The Uchiha Clan's reputation in the entire Shinobi World was known to all.
They were not only one of the two strongest ninja clans that ended the chaotic Warring States period but also one of the two founding ninja clans of the strongest Konohagakure in the Land of Fire. Their prestige was immense.
But such a powerful clan was single-handedly wiped out by just one person, and this person who destroyed his own clan was an Uchiha himself. How could this not be astonishing?
Instantly, Itachi Uchiha's name resonated throughout the Shinobi World. Before the annihilation, Itachi Uchiha was already very famous in the Shinobi World,
known as one of the two Dojutsu geniuses of the Uchiha Clan alongside Shisui Uchiha, and the strongest genius in Konoha Village.
But in the blink of an eye, he became an S-rank rogue ninja of Konoha, a transformation that was too immense for many to comprehend.
The destruction of the Uchiha Clan greatly weakened Konoha. The Uchiha Clan was not only Konoha's strongest noble clan, but its elites were also Konoha's top combatants.
In the three Great Ninja Wars, the Uchiha Clan also contributed greatly to Konoha, but now that the Uchiha Clan was no more, Konoha's strength was naturally severely diminished.
Upon hearing this news, the various Ninja Villages initially did not believe it, but after the news was confirmed, they were overjoyed. Everyone knew that the Uchiha Clan's Dojutsu was very difficult to deal with.
Ordinary ninjas had no chance of winning against an Uchiha Clan ninja of the same rank who possessed the Sharingan. The Sharingan not only possessed terrifying combat power but also astonishing reconnaissance capabilities, second only to the Byakugan and Sensor Ninja.
The annihilation of the Uchiha Clan was equivalent to cutting off one of Konoha's arms, which naturally made the other Ninja Villages ecstatic.
As for the authenticity of this matter, there was no need to doubt it. Konoha was not so bored. Every time there was a Great Ninja War, other Ninja Villages attacked Konoha because all of the Shinobi World's richest resources were within the Land of Fire.
They had no resources that Konoha coveted, and Konoha had suffered heavy losses in the Third Great Ninja War and the Nine-Tails Attack. Konoha would not be foolish enough to invite other Ninja Villages to covet them.
Furthermore, the other Ninja Villages had more or less dispatched many spies to the Land of Fire and Konoha Village, making it impossible for this matter to be faked.
Therefore, the entire Shinobi World suddenly became restless. Although there were no large-scale conflicts yet, the atmosphere became tense.
Aside from the Land of Water, which was preoccupied with its civil war, the other major Ninja Villages all began to stir. The Land of Wind was relatively calm, as it was overtly an allied nation with Konoha, so its actions were not very obvious.
The Hidden Stone Village also did not make too many moves. Although Konoha was greatly weakened, the lingering prestige of its victories in the three Great Ninja Wars remained.
Moreover, while Konoha had suffered heavy losses, it was not to the point of fundamentally harming its core. Although the Uchiha Clan was gone,
other ninja clans still existed, and the majority of Konoha's ninjas were made up of civilian ninjas, who were the true backbone of Konoha.
The most obvious actions came from the Hidden Cloud Village. This village's expansionist and aggressive mentality was very severe, as could be seen from the past three Great Ninja Wars.
The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning began to increase funding for the Hidden Cloud Village, and the Hidden Cloud Village also started expanding its ninja roster, greatly increasing the number of ninja troops,
mass-producing ninja tools and weapons, continuously collecting various ninjutsu and secret techniques, and embarking on a large-scale arms race. However, due to being deterred by Konoha's lingering prestige, they did not dispatch any ninja troops to the Land of Fire border.
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