Tobirama's Caution

After the Six Kage Summit concluded,

Shamu and Minato personally saw each of the Kage back to their respective ninja villages.

They provided transportation both ways; the service was exceptionally thorough.

Shamu had no intention of letting them disappear on the way back.

After returning, they each informed the daimyo of their own countries about the Allied Shinobi Forces.

Yes, informed.

With Kumogakure gone, long-distance communication was somewhat problematic.

Besides, with such a perfect example right before them, what was there left to discuss?

The daimyos readily went along with it.

Fine, fine. Whatever the ninja villages said went.

Every ninja village began rapidly expanding its forces, while all types of missions were suspended.

Ninja who were away were recalled, and many retired ninja within the villages were recruited once more.

Some prepared ninja tools, some prepared forehead protectors, and some prepared medicine. Every country was assigned a certain quota.

Forehead protectors might seem useless at first glance, but they were precisely the most important thing in this battle.

A unified symbol was an important means of strengthening cohesion.

In the Shinobi World, one could identify someone's affiliation directly through the symbol on their forehead protector. During the ninja war, they would bear the character for "shinobi," representing the Shinobi Alliance.

Because the demand was so enormous and urgent, every force was working around the clock on them.

After all, once the forehead protectors were finished, they still had to make all sorts of ninja tools.

The more thoroughly the ninja tools were prepared, the fewer people in the ninja village alliance would die.

Meanwhile, in Valley Country.

After Jiraiya had caused a huge disturbance at the factory last time,

the factory immediately strengthened its security.

After all, the intruder had been Jiraiya. That carried some weight.

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