Feast of the Mortal World, Agent of Darkness!

Two days later, Mifune, leader of the Samurai Kingdom, arrived at Feather Emperor City with his forces.

At Yu God Platform, situated in the heart of the imperial city, Yu, leader of the Ninja Kingdom, shook hands with Mifune, leader of the Samurai Kingdom, and announced their alliance!

The Ninja Kingdom and Samurai Kingdom erupted in celebration... The alliance between ninjas and samurai, the two strongest military powers, carried epoch-making significance!

But for the traditional powers, this was anything but good news!

The daimyos of the Land of Earth and Land of Water, which had survived the shinobi war intact, brought together the Land of Wind, still reeling from having lost more than half its people to death and injury, along with the leaders of numerous smaller nations, and initiated secret talks!

To avoid attracting attention, the talks were held on an unnamed island shrouded in dense fog within the Land of Water. They could only bring trusted attendants and were forbidden from making a grand display.

The initiator and host of the meeting, Date Masamune, daimyo of the Land of Water, was a fair-skinned man with something of a scholarly appearance. He said coldly, "Of all times to form an alliance, they chose the very moment we were trying to win over the samurai! We can assume that Shadow Uchiha Riu discovered our intentions and turned the tables on us!"

Toyotomi Hideki, daimyo of the Land of Earth and co-host of the meeting, had dark skin and a composed expression. Without a hint of a smile, he said, "Judging by the Ninja Kingdom's various measures over the years, Uchiha Riu is no minor player who can do nothing but spit water and breathe fire! At this rate, we'll only become more and more passive, led around by the nose