The next morning, the Allied Shinobi Forces returned to their respective villages under the leadership of their Kage and leaders, and the troops would take turns resting.
They set off in the morning and arrived at the gate of Konoha in the afternoon. Fireworks shot into the sky, blooming in colorful displays against the bright sky.
The ninja guarding the village maintained order. The streets were swept clean. Villagers cheered and shouted, and girls in festive attire scattered flower petals, welcoming the triumphant return of the Konoha ninja...
Such a lively scene was nothing to Kageyama Kogetsu. Having lived two lives, he had seen many lively scenes.
Older ninja could also maintain their composure, but the younger generation of ninja were very excited, feeling that their lives had reached a peak!
After the celebration ended, most ninja could take a break and move freely, but Konoha's high-ranking officials had to deal with the backlog of work, at least until normal off-duty hours.
Kageyama Kogetsu never mistreated himself, so he let his shadow clone handle it while his main body slipped away quietly.
The day after returning to the village, Terumī Mei persuaded most of the ninja in her village and officially announced her surrender to Konoha.
As soon as this news came out, it shook the ninja world at an extremely fast speed. The Land of Water officials were frantic.
Wait, you're surrendering without even discussing it with me?
You surrender suddenly, and we can't find a replacement in a short time. What about the Land of Water?
Other non-village ninja forces and various countries were also shocked...
Konoha was poised to become the sole superpower. How could this be allowed?
Even the Land of Fire officials felt uneasy. Konoha's expansion momentum was too strong, clearly showing a tendency to break free from control.
To protect their own status, various countries began to act.
On one hand, they took out money and other resources to recruit non-village ninja forces and expand their military strength. On the other hand, they sent envoys to visit the major ninja villages.
The envoy from the Land of Fire was to persuade Kageyama Kogetsu to exercise restraint, not to break the balance of power in the ninja world, and to avoid the outbreak of the Fifth Great Ninja War. Conditions were negotiable.
Envoys from other countries went to the ninja villages to deliver gifts. They gave money if money was needed, and resources if resources were needed. Just name a number, no bargaining.
There was only one condition: the strength of the ninja village must be improved as quickly as possible, by any means necessary.
Among them, the envoy from the Land of Wind was a bit special, also asking Sunagakure to tear up the alliance treaty with Konoha.
The high-ranking officials of Sunagakure were speechless. Coming with this now? What were you doing before?
It was too late to expand military strength now. Expansion was useless; the power gap was too large to be bridged by numbers!
The speed of the envoys was limited, so the countries chose to send letters to the ninja villages first, and then the envoys would rush over as quickly as possible.
Kageyama Kogetsu, not minding the commotion, immediately ordered Konoha to announce the acceptance of Kirigakure's surrender and stated that Otogakure had merged with Konoha, becoming the Land of Rice Fields branch of Konoha Village.
Receiving the news, Amegakure immediately announced its surrender to Konoha to the ninja world.
Sunagakure was shocked by Kirigakure's swift action. If they didn't make a statement soon, they, as Konoha's ally, wouldn't get any benefits.
Sunagakure had already made mistakes and was forced into an alliance. If they stated their position too late, they might be given a hard time later.
So, Gaara hardened his heart and used a meeting as an excuse to forcefully suppress the leaders of the opposition in the village, then imposed military control on Sunagakure.
After initially controlling the situation in the village, Gaara immediately stated his surrender to Konoha in the name of the Kazekage, then stabilized the situation in the village to prevent any trouble.
With two major ninja villages and two small ninja villages stating their positions, the trend was set. Kusagakure, Takigakure, and the Land of Iron couldn't sit still and stated their positions one after another.
With these three forces stating their positions, the trend was completely established.
Even without counting Kageyama Kogetsu and his two sons, Iwagakure and Kumogakure working together with all their might were absolutely no match for the eight forces.
Helpless and with no time to hesitate, Ōnoki and the Fourth Raikage A could only represent Iwagakure and Kumogakure and announce their surrender to Konoha to the ninja world.
On the stage of the ninja world, one sang after another, but the protagonist was always Konoha Village!
Facing the situation where Konoha had almost unified the ninja world, the officials of various countries were panicked, but not in the way of facing an impending disaster.
The officials of various countries were mainly panicked that they would have to bleed heavily in the future.
Because the mission market had shifted from a buyer's market to a seller's market, from being dominated by Party A to being dominated by Party B. The sponsor was no longer the boss!
What, not giving missions to ninja?
Damn, if ninja couldn't survive, wouldn't they turn their eyes to the officials of various countries?
What if they awakened? What if they rebelled?
The content of the meeting at the Allied Forces Headquarters was only known to the high-ranking officials of each village; the news hadn't leaked out.
No one was stupid. If they were going to dig up the roots of the nobles and officials of various countries, those nobles and officials would definitely not sit still and wait for death!
Although they could hardly change the general trend of the ninja world, they were not incapable of killing some high-ranking officials of each village and some ninja of each country.
It was normal for the officials of various countries not to expect the major ninja villages to want to replace them. Ninja were swept up by historical inertia, and so were they.
Under the influence of a thousand years of historical inertia, how could they figure it out so quickly?
However, the current situation of one dominant power was very dangerous. If they weren't careful, it would develop in the direction most detrimental to their interests...
Out of the weakness of the feudal bourgeoisie, the officials of various countries dared not make too much trouble at this critical juncture. They coincidentally chose to sow discord after the storm subsided.
They would use any means necessary, at any cost, to tear the new Konoha apart and return to the previous ninja world structure!
The ninja world couldn't allow such an awesome force to exist. It was too scary!
The officials of various countries had good ideas, but the enemy they faced was Kageyama Kogetsu.
Kageyama Kogetsu was in no mood to play mind games and schemes with them. He directly sent people to contact the major ninja villages, ordering the leaders of each village to send troops, control the domestic situation, and impose military control.
Having surrendered, for the sake of peace and a happy life in the future, the leaders of the major ninja villages mobilized ninja troops to launch attacks one after another...
Due to errors in judging the situation and the short time to strengthen their forces, the increase in the strength of the officials of various countries was extremely limited.
The officials of various countries did have ninja forces in their hands. The higher the rank of the noble or official, the more ninja they had.
After all, there were always bold ninja in the world, and they couldn't issue missions to ninja villages for everything.
For example, when unruly people rebelled, they would avoid letting ninja village forces suppress it if possible.
If the ninja forces of the nobles and officials of various countries gathered together, they might make some waves. However, the rapidly attacking ninja wouldn't give them a chance to gather their strength.
Under the pressure of the ninja army, waves of resistance were extinguished one by one. Even the Daimyō's forces only resisted a little longer.
Armies composed of ordinary samurai and ordinary people were useless against ninja; the gap in combat power was too large.
Smart ninja didn't even need to fight with force. They could directly send ninja using the Transformation Technique to infiltrate and destroy the army's organizational structure.
If an army couldn't confirm whether their comrades, subordinates, and superiors were on their side, constantly guarding against being stabbed in the back, what combat power could this army have?
Not collapsing on the spot would be considered extremely well-trained!
Besides, the ninja lords had spoken.
They only targeted nobles and officials, not others. With such little monthly income, why risk their lives?
If they surrendered, the treatment would be better in the future.
In the face of absolute power, the officials of various countries were flattened in no time.
The main assessment criterion issued by Kageyama Kogetsu was that the lower the casualty rate on both sides, the better the future treatment.
Therefore, the ninja troops of the major villages would use wits if possible, and only use force if wits failed. Those willing to surrender wouldn't be killed.
With supernatural power in hand, they weren't afraid of hidden dangers. In front of ninjutsu, ordinary people had no secrets!
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