As the terrifying tremors subsided.
More and more people cautiously began returning.
Especially the samurai of the Iron Country. Led by Mifune, they were the first to return, gazing sorrowfully at their homeland, which had become a suffocating expanse of blankness.
Looking as far as the eye could see, not only were there no small hills left in this country, there was not even a single large rock to be found.
The entire country had been nearly flattened.
"Is this our country?"
"It's over. The Iron Country is finished! There are earthquakes and volcanic eruptions too, and tsunamis keep crashing onto the shore..."
"What did we do wrong? We're only a permanently neutral country. We've never taken part in the conflicts of the Shinobi World!"
Many samurai completely broke down. They removed their gas masks, fell to their knees in tears, and wept.
They had clearly done nothing. They had merely hosted a meeting.
So why did they have to suffer something like this?
Judging by the state of the Iron Country, natural disasters would continue here for a long time to come, making it unsuitable for ordinary people to live in.
As for when those disasters would finally subside? No one knew. No one could say.
"It's all the Hokage's fault, insisting on holding some Five Kage Summit!" Some samurai gritted their teeth, filled with hatred toward Konoha.
Mifune forcibly suppressed the grief in his heart. He knew he could not offend Konoha at a time like this, or the Iron Country truly would perish, and the profession of samurai would be wiped out completely.
Mifune immediately shouted, "Enough! In the end, this was caused by Orochimaru and Madara! If not for the Hokage, Hitomi would not have come, Madara Uchiha would not have been stopped, and all of