The Snow Ninja Make Their Move

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All the preparations had been made.

They would begin that day.

As Naruto's orders went out,

the massive war machine of Snow Ninja Village sprang fully into action. Hundreds and thousands of Snow Ninja set out from the village, each under the command of their captain, bound for the front lines. It wasn't just the Snow Ninja who knew war was coming; even the ordinary residents living in the village had learned that they would be facing Kirigakure, one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages that had stood in the Shinobi World for decades. Naruto, Neji, Karin, Utakata, Fushimi, Taizan, and the other leaders of Snow Ninja Village, along with some of its mid-ranking ninja, had absolute faith that their village would win in the end. But the lower-ranking Snow Ninja and ordinary residents couldn't help feeling varying degrees of apprehension deep down.

Especially the elderly, who had lived through the Third Shinobi World War.

They understood all too well how terrifying war could be.

And over all those years,

victory had always belonged to the Five Great Shinobi Villages.

Among the smaller villages, only Takigakure and Amegakure could claim even modest victories in local conflicts. As for the rest, any small village that dared to face one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages head-on would be crushed without a doubt—and might even be wiped out entirely after the war.

These old people