P.S. This chapter makes up for the missed update on the 8th!
The Fifth Mizukage had been killed in battle.
Kirigakure had fallen.
The Land of Water had been annexed.
Snow Ninja Village had sent its forces across the entire continent, and the tens of thousands of troops Kumogakure had assembled had likewise been routed. Kumogakure's collapse had led the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning to announce an unconditional surrender as well. The fall of two great nations and two super shinobi villages had already shaken the entire world. Yet the various countries had never expected—or perhaps simply refused to believe—that this wasn't the limit of Snow Ninja Village's power. If they said they would unite the Shinobi World, then they would do it. The Three-Village Allied Forces, which every country had pinned its hopes on, numbered more than fifty thousand. From the perspective of ordinary people, even if the alliance couldn't win, shouldn't it at least be able to hold the line and avoid defeat?
As long as the battle wasn't completely one-sided,
the smaller nations would all be pleased.
Unfortunately, reality was often cruel.
It had been scarcely any time since this super battle, far greater than any previous Shinobi World War, had come to an end.
Across the Shinobi World,
the various countries and villages had learned the outcome of the war one after another.
And that outcome
had left the leaders of those countries and villages trembling with fear.
Snow Ninja Village had won!
And it hadn't been a costly victory. It had been a resounding triumph, achieved with an overwhelming advantage beyond anyone's expectations!
The alliance's fifty thousand shinobi had been utterly routed.
Fewer than a third had managed to retreat and escape.
Among the three villages' top leadership,
casualties had been catastrophic.
Even