Kannabi Bridge: The Beginning

In the forty-seventh year of Konoha, after the Land of Wind launched the first attack in its war against the Land of Fire, the Third Shinobi World War officially began.

The Third Shinobi World War was an outbreak of conflict that followed the Second Shinobi World War. The Land of Wind started the war, but after suffering a crushing defeat, all the nations tacitly ceased their movements during the initial stage.

The Acting Hokage of Konoha, Uchiha Sheng—the Uchiha prodigy who had appeared during the previous Shinobi World War and was now hailed as the strongest Uchiha throughout history—displayed what could be called the legendary power of the Shinobi World in his battle against the Kazekage. Relying on the Uchiha Bloodline Limit secret technique, Perfect Susanoo, he rendered the entire world speechless.

After this battle, the Land of Earth, the Land of Water, the Land of Lightning, and other nations urgently sent letters to the Land of Fire for negotiations, once again establishing regulations concerning Tailed Beasts and Jinchuriki. Jinchuriki undergoing Tailed Beast Transformation were absolutely forbidden from appearing on the battlefield, and techniques such as Tailed Beast Balls were likewise banned from the battlefield.

Less than a year after this new Tailed Beast agreement was signed, friction among the nations intensified, and war erupted once more. This time, the nation that chose to wage war against the Land of Fire was the Land of Earth. Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki decided to go to war, and the Land of Earth's army gathered at the border. Kannabi Bridge, the crucial supply route, transported supplies day and night without pause. A great battle was about to begin.

The Land of Earth wanted to start a great war, but the Land of Fire, which had enjoyed peace and rapid development for a long time,