The wealthy Konoha was bound to be attacked. It was so prosperous that it could afford to have jonin lead genin—a level of wealth that would make any other ninja village green with envy.
Now, the fighting had nearly run its course. Regardless of who had won, the missions from each village were already enough to support the surviving ninja. But then, because of the anomaly, the number of ninja in the villages had increased again. What's more, these ninja were all fairly capable fighters and could bring their villages plenty of intelligence.
With old and new grudges piling up, and fresh forces joining the fray, there was no need for Orochimaru of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations to explain what would happen next.
War was coming.
Hashirama Senju felt helpless. He wanted everyone to sit down together and calmly discuss how to face the future.
But Madara Uchiha had gone too far in the future.
And the other villages would inevitably be wary of a powerful figure like him emerging from their ranks. They were bound to test Konoha.
The messengers Hiruzen Sarutobi had sent to invite the other villages' Kage to a Five Kage Summit had returned with the answer that none of them intended to attend. Many of Konoha's spies in those villages had even been killed.
Clearly, the next thing to happen would be a great ninja war.
So no matter how much Hashirama Senju wanted to avoid it, war was inevitable.
Orochimaru of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations looked at everyone falling silent and smiled.
At that moment, Konoha was stronger than ever. But how should he put it? In order to achieve his goal, Orochimaru of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations still didn't think that was enough.
So he glanced at Li Ke, then spoke.
"But, everyone,