Attention!
The Allied Forces did not mean only the Five Great Ninja Villages had to contribute. Everyone else had to contribute as well.
The Land of Iron, for example, had sent three thousand samurai.
All of them wielded Chakra, and their combat strength was far from weak.
The other smaller ninja villages naturally had to contribute as well.
After all, this was a common enemy of the Shinobi World. The Five Great Ninja Villages were not fools; naturally, they would pull in more people to share the burden.
Their previous campaign against Akatsuki had been because the organization had its eyes on the Tailed Beasts.
This time, they were fighting Akatsuki because of its Eye of the Moon Plan.
Akatsuki was now the Public Enemy of the Ninja World, so naturally, it could not be just the Five Great Ninja Villages putting in the effort. Everyone had to join in.
If only the Five Great Ninja Villages took action and they ended up mutually destroyed with Akatsuki, the other villages and factions would simply reap the benefits.
As for Blazing Sun Country?
Had they not heard Akatsuki say it would not provoke them before the Ten-Tails appeared?
Besides, there was no way they could team up!
They were mortal enemies. How could they possibly join forces?
Thus, they could only rely on the Allied Forces.
However, having learned from their previous battle against Blazing Sun Country, command authority certainly could not remain as chaotic and fragmented as before.
At the very least, the nobles and Daimyos only needed to provide supplies. They did not need to be considered in any other capacity.
When money was involved, those people truly dared to line their pockets, utterly disregarding the consequences.
If they were given command authority or put in charge of logistics,