The moon's disappearance caused waves of chaos across the world.
Some people with ulterior motives took the opportunity to emerge, loudly preaching of the apocalypse and gathering quite a few followers in the process.
However, most of these people existed merely to amass wealth. The foundation of this world was still the ninja; as long as the ninja did not descend into chaos, the world itself would not fall into disorder.
As for the shinobi world, it returned to calm after the disaster relief efforts were completed.
In fact, that was not entirely accurate. For the shinobi world, slaughter, hatred, missions, and pursuits were happening every moment. Even coups in small countries and wars between neighboring nations still existed.
But as long as the five major nations did not go to war, everything was considered "peaceful." The so-called small countries were not included within the bounds of "peace."
This... was reality.
Naturally, the five major nations were at peace. Even if they wanted war, they currently had neither suitable conditions nor a valid reason.
Among the disasters caused by the moon's collapse, the Land of Water suffered the greatest losses. Tens of thousands of people were affected, mostly on small and medium-sized islands that held many villages of the Land of Water but had no ninja stationed there.
But when it came to the ninja villages that suffered the greatest losses, heh... that would probably be Kumogakure.
The Land of Lightning lay in the highlands of the continent and had always been most heavily affected by the moon's pull. This sudden eruption caused many mountain peaks to collapse without any warning.
Kumogakure, meanwhile, had always favored building at high elevations. Even the Raikage Building stood amid the clouds.
The consequences this time were disastrous. With mountains suddenly collapsing around it,