Declaration of War!

For love and justice... no, to uphold order in the Shinobi World.

The Land of Earth, Land of Lightning, Land of Fire... Grass Country, Land of Hot Water, and other nations officially declared war on the "evil" Tenshukaku.

Yes, it was the nations themselves declaring war.

The corresponding ninja villages would naturally join the war as well.

After all, ninja villages were war organizations funded by their nations, effectively part of the state. Once the nations went to war, the ninja villages were naturally included.

The reasons sounded utterly righteous.

But the real reasons were obvious to anyone who understood.

Wasn't it simply because Tenshukaku threatened the rule of those Daimyo and nobles?

After driving out the nobles and bureaucrats, Tenshukaku's development had skyrocketed like a rocket.

How could they allow that?

Thus, the Daimyo and nobles were determined to eliminate Tenshukaku, no matter the cost.

As for the major ninja villages?

Tenshukaku's potential was simply too terrifying. They had no desire to see a "Sixth Great Ninja Village" emerge, nor another "Ninja World Asura," which was why they were going all out alongside the Daimyo.

Once news of the declaration of war spread, it instantly caused enormous waves throughout the Shinobi World.

During past Ninja World Wars, even when the fighting was earth-shattering, the Daimyo could still gather together for parties and entertainment.

After all, no matter how many ninja died, it would not affect them.

But once nations declared war, samurai, Ashigaru, monks... and other forces would all take the field.

Shocking!

If it had only been the ninja villages declaring war, the impact might not have been so exaggerated. But several major nations and a group of smaller ones declaring war at once was on an entirely different scale.

And once these nations joined the war, it