The Lord of the World!
The Ninja War—this was the Fourth Ninja War!
Worthy of Yuu
After Yuu declared war and launched the Fourth Ninja War to completely wipe out the Akatsuki Organization, Konoha's war machine began operating at high speed.
Everyone knew that Kabuto Yakushi had stolen Konoha's Forbidden Jutsu. The Akatsuki Organization would inevitably assemble an Impure World Reincarnation army composed of dead ninja. Those cannon fodder were easy enough to deal with, but the army of the dead brought back through Impure World Reincarnation could not be killed through conventional means.
The simplest and most effective method was to seal them away.
Having elite ninja above the rank of jonin expend their chakra on this was truly wasteful. Not only jonin and above—even chunin and above would all take part in the war!
Thus, once Konoha's war machine was fully mobilized, the world finally saw just how many ninja troops Konoha had assembled over the years!
Ten thousand? Twenty thousand?
Konoha had a total of one hundred thousand chunin-ranked ninja and above!!!
A terrifying number!
This was the largest ninja army ever seen since the Shinobi World was founded!
Moreover, everyone knew Konoha's standards for ranking ninja: they could be called the strictest in the entire Shinobi World!
Since the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, founded Konoha, it had always been known for its elite forces!
Every time Konoha prepared for war, it became the target of attacks from other nations. In every Ninja War, Konoha had been at a disadvantage in terms of troop numbers.
Every Konoha ninja had needed to face two, or even three, enemy ninja during wartime!
Even so, Konoha had emerged victorious in every Ninja War!
After Saiki Yuu ascended to the highest throne, Konoha's standards for evaluating ninja ranks became even stricter.