Year 36 of the Land of Night, March. (Konoha Year 27)
Nearly three months had passed since the Second Shogun of the Land of Night assumed the throne.
Not only were the small nations maintaining cooperative relations with the Land of Night gradually beginning to accept the reality of dealing with this Second Shogun, Oda Doichi, but the major powers locked in intense competition and cooperation with the Land of Night were also deeply pondering, predicting what kind of impact the rise of the Second Shogun of the Land of Night would have on their own existence.
Because every generation had its own methods and ideas, their past cooperation and competition targeting the Land of Night were all based on a certain degree of understanding of the First Shogun, Oda Yayoi. However, with the rise of the Second Shogun, much of their past planning needed to be adjusted to re-establish their positions and relationships in the balance of cooperation and competition.
Yet, among them, there was one rather special major power that had hardly spent any thought on forging good cooperation and competition with the Land of Night—that being the Land of Water, isolated overseas.
It possessed a unique island culture, was surrounded by the sea on all sides, featured mountainous terrain with numerous lakes, and maintained a cool climate accompanied year-round by a special misty environment.
When it snowed in winter, the degree of cold could rival that of the central region of the Land of Night.
As for this major power, whether it was the other four major powers on equal footing with it or the small nations that came into contact with it, their evaluations of its existence were remarkably similar—namely, isolation and xenophobia.
In the eyes of other countries, this nation was like a massive piece