Land of Iron, This country was renowned for its iron-forging techniques and its abundance of samurai.
Samurai were a remnant of the era before Ninja. Even for a long time after the Sage of Six Paths spread Chakra, samurai remained the dominant military force of the age.
But later, Ninja developed Ninjutsu. Compared to the dry, straightforward combat of cold weapons, Ninjutsu drew upon the power of natural attributes to inflict damage, directly elevating warfare to an entirely new level.
For war, it undoubtedly brought warfare from the age of cold weapons into the age of firearms, directly rendering samurai obsolete.
Although samurai also cultivated Chakra, their use of Chakra natures was far inferior to that of Ninja—or rather, certain Kekkei Genkai Clans.
Later, the remaining samurai gradually banded together, forming the nation of the Land of Iron and preserving the samurai traditions and combat strength.
Although its overall combat strength naturally fell short of the other major Ninja villages, the Land of Iron often had one or two powerful samurai capable of rivaling a Kage.
Combined with the Land of Iron's unique geographical location, this made it a permanent neutral nation in a certain sense.
The five major Ninja villages tacitly agreed not to infringe upon this territory.
Therefore, whether in the original story or now, the Land of Iron was the most suitable place to hold the Five Kage Summit.
And under the coercion of the five major powers, the Land of Iron had little room to refuse.
At this moment, the Land of Iron had shed its former tranquility and become tense and on edge.
Not only were scattered military forces stationed outside the Land of Iron in considerable numbers, keeping watch on one another and occasionally engaging in verbal clashes.
They were the armies the five