Generally speaking, battles between shinobi tried to avoid affecting ordinary people as much as possible. After all, shinobi missions came from ordinary people.
But in reality, tens of thousands of ordinary people were affected by shinobi every year. Some were affected indirectly, such as civilians who suffered disasters when two countries went to war.
Just like Nagato and the others had been in their childhood, there were quite a lot of wandering children like that throughout the Shinobi World...
Others were affected directly, like the ordinary people who had been swept into Kisame's Water Release at this very moment...
Compared to indirect consequences, direct consequences were like divine punishment to ordinary people. Other than waiting for Destiny's judgment, they had almost no hope.
That was precisely why many people sought out shinobi guards before traveling far from home.
As for wealthy and influential people like daimyo, they naturally raised some shinobi subordinates exclusively for themselves within their residences.
Those shinobi subordinates were far inferior to the Five Great Shinobi Villages, of course. But having some was better than having none...
Naturally, not every ordinary person directly caught up in such events was doomed to die. For example, Naruto was currently in Kisame's Water Release, frantically rescuing the ordinary people who had been dragged into it.
"Honestly, can't you give Lord Shunichi a little peace of mind for even a moment?" Along with Karin's voice came over a dozen chains, which shot into the water and dragged out the ordinary people who had wandered into it.
In truth, Kisame had already shown mercy.
If he had used Water Release at full power, the entire town would have been flooded by chakra-filled water, rather than just one small inn.
Seeing Karin resolve that troublesome matter, Naruto Uzumaki prepared to support Second Pillar.