"Since when did these small countries get so bold!"
"An Allied Shinobi Forces challenging the hegemony of the Five Great Nations!"
"A bunch of fools who don't know when to die!"
The ninjas of the Five Great Nations were all furious. They had always been the ones bullying the small countries, yet now those countries had actually rebelled. It was simply... But this allied army was advancing with great force, and its strength was far from weak. At the very least, a single nation might not necessarily be able to gain the upper hand against them.
The ninjas of the Five Nations were all extremely enraged. All this time, the powerful figures of the Five Great Nations had ruled the Shinobi World. The small countries were nothing more than decorations and buffer zones. When had it become their turn to rebel and bare their fangs?
Akatsuki's instigation of the many small countries made the Five Great Nations realize how serious the problem was. Ninjas from every nation were mobilized, along with the samurai of Iron Country, forming a Shinobi Alliance that swept through the various countries. For a time, the entire Shinobi World was engulfed in renewed flames of war, and its long peace was broken once again.
The Shinobi Alliance completed its assembly. The Allied Shinobi Forces, originally composed of many small countries, suffered defeat after defeat. Even with Akatsuki's assistance, the gap in overall strength remained enormous, and the flames of war soon approached Akatsuki's headquarters in Rain Country.
When the Shinobi Alliance invaded Rain Country, Akatsuki had already made preparations. In Akatsuki's eyes, the Allied Shinobi Forces formed by the small-country ninjas were not even worthy of being called cannon fodder. They were merely trash meant to delay the Shinobi Alliance's advance. Now that they