The First Snow Shadow-Namikaze Naruto! (Third Update)

Kirigakure also paid a large amount of compensation in supplies as a condition for getting its captured Mist Ninja back after losing the war. It publicly acknowledged the status of Snow Ninja Village and the Land of Snow, while Snow Ninja Village officially announced that its leader, Namikaze Naruto, would soon hold an ascension ceremony to become its First Snow Shadow. Kirigakure immediately voiced its approval and said it would send a special envoy to attend. The Daimyo of the Land of Snow and the Daimyo of the Land of Water also successively declared their recognition of Naruto's position as Snow Shadow. Anyone could see that the Land of Water and Kirigakure had been forced into these moves, but the steady stream of announcements undeniably proved that a sixth great nation had emerged. The era of the Five Kage had officially come to an end.

From now on, it was the era of the Six Kage living side by side.

Snow Ninja Village even sent invitations to every nation.

Including Kumogakure, Sunagakure, Rock Ninja, and Konoha!

The great nations aside for the moment.

The smaller nations that received invitations naturally responded with trepidation, promising to send representatives. Some of the smaller ninja villages even said that their leaders would personally attend the First Snow Shadow's ascension ceremony in Snow Ninja Village!

Once again, the Shinobi World was shaken.

If the various nations had previously been greatly exaggerating Snow Ninja Village's strength in their minds, now they realized they had still underestimated it. Forget whether the reports were exaggerated or not: Namikaze Naruto had definitely defeated the Fifth Mizukage in a one-on-one fight on the battlefield. Even if there was some exaggeration in the story (in fact, there was no exaggeration; if anything, it had been understated), the reaction from Kirigakure