Between the Land of Iron and the Land of Fire, there was a relatively open basin, flat in the middle and ringed by mountains on all sides, a place rarely visited by people.
At this moment, however, it had become a massive military camp.
Tens of thousands of ninja troops, led by Kirigakure, Kumogakure, the Hidden Leaf Village, and Iwagakure, had gathered here.
Aside from the four great ninja villages, other small and medium-sized ninja villages such as Kusagakure, Takigakure, and Amegakure had also sent ninja forces ranging from several hundred to a thousand people.
They wore ninja uniforms with their own distinctive features and different forehead protectors, gathering together in this basin for one purpose only: to eliminate the greatest threat to the Shinobi World!
The Land of Stars!
On the outskirts of the basin, Mifune led more than a thousand samurai from the Land of Iron, hurrying along at speed.
These samurai from the far northern country wore silver layered armor and each carried two katana. They looked bulky, yet their movements were crisp and efficient, and their speed as they ran swiftly through the forest was not the least bit slower than a ninja's.
The Land of Iron, which had upheld a policy of neutrality for decades, should not originally have taken part in the wars of the Shinobi World, but this time, the daimyo and feudal lords of the Land of Iron had also felt the threat posed by the Land of Stars.
That emerging nation seemed intent on overturning the entire old order of the Shinobi World.
And so, under the lobbying of diplomatic teams sent by the daimyo of other countries, the daimyo of the Land of Iron summoned General Mifune and sternly ordered him to lead the samurai of the Land of Iron