Fifth Hokage Minato Namikaze

After finalizing the alliance arrangements, Mu Yue released some of the Four Great Ninja Villages' jonin and had them handle the related matters.

After all, Mu Yue had packaged up the Four Great Ninja Villages' elites and sent them all to prison. If he did not release some people, the Four Great Ninja Villages might not even be able to function properly, much less carry out the tasks Mu Yue had arranged.

Mu Yue moved too quickly. The news of the Martial Arts Tournament battle had only just begun to spread when word that the Five Great Ninja Villages and Ninshu would jointly establish an alliance also got out.

Many ninjas who received the news thought one of the reports had to be false.

They could not have been fighting to the death one moment and joining forces less than a day later, could they?

But after asking around, they found that it was true. Both the Five Great Ninja Villages and Ninshu had issued announcements about forming an alliance, while welcoming all Ninja Villages in the ninja world to join and safeguard peace together.

Ordinary Ninja Villages such as Kusagakure and Takigakure found it amusing. Every Ninja World War had been the Five Great Ninja Villages fighting each other, yet now they were talking about safeguarding peace.

Still, they did not question the authenticity of the announcement.

Because the most widespread news at the moment was Mu Yue's dual identity, along with his invincible strength in defeating all the elites of the Four Great Ninja Villages.

The Era of Hidden Villages had only existed for a few decades, and no one had forgotten what its early days had been like.

They believed they had found the answer in history. They felt that the ninja world had entered a temporary