The Eighth Acting Hokage Goes to War with Kumogakure

Three days after the Shell Organization seized Kirigakure and brazenly declared the start of the Ninja World War.

The border of the Land of Lightning.

A ninja army numbering nearly ten thousand had already breached the border and invaded the Land of Lightning.

The force had naturally been assembled by Sasuke. Half were Kirigakure ninja who had surrendered, while the other half were the Shell Organization's outer ranks.

Sasuke had always been swift and decisive. When he said he would attack Kirigakure, he meant it.

In just three days, he had crushed every rebellion in Kirigakure, forcibly assembled this army, then marched over a thousand kilometers across the sea and invaded the Land of Lightning.

Besides, Sasuke was more anxious than anyone to save his best friend Naruto and deal with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

If not for certain special circumstances, he wouldn't have been able to act alone.

Sasuke would have taken off in his Six Paths Susanoo and flown straight to Kumogakure, crushing it into a flat wasteland.

But leading an army to attack the Land of Lightning made for a far grander spectacle, and was more likely to draw the world's attention and put pressure on Konoha...

Of course.

The Land of Lightning had also detected the Shell Organization's army and learned that they had once again chosen its territory as their target and battlefield.

There was no time to hesitate.

After receiving warnings of war from spies and sentries, the Fifth Raikage was immediately hoisted into the air by the enraged Fourth Raikage, who began mobilizing the entire village's ninja to meet the enemy.

No one was a fool. After learning of the tragedy that had befallen Kirigakure, everyone understood what was at stake.

If the battlefield were inside Kumogakure, then even if they won, the village would