Earth Release Corps Enters the Land of Lightning

It was chaos—chaos everywhere. The entire Shinobi World had fallen into disarray.

If the war between Konoha and Sunagakure had broken out a few years ago, people could still understand it.

After all, Sunagakure had provoked them repeatedly, hoping to break through the village's constraints through war, defeat Konoha, seize the Land of Fire's resources, and nourish its own village.

With greater strength came greater ambition, so it was understandable that they had launched a war against Konoha.

Thus, the two villages had entered a war that lasted three years.

Just as Konoha's war with Sunagakure had ended, Kumogakure and Kirigakure somehow started fighting each other.

What was going on?

No one in the Shinobi World could make sense of it.

Sunagakure had declared war on Konoha for the Land of Fire's resources, but what did Kumogakure and Kirigakure hope to gain by going to war?

Dried fish?

Even more absurdly, Kirigakure had actively gone along with it.

If you wanted friction, then Kirigakure gave it to you. If you wanted a bigger conflict, Kirigakure gave you that too. When you wanted war, Kirigakure still cooperated with you.

Had water gotten into Yagura's brain?

You had just become Mizukage. Shouldn't you have stabilized your position, won over hearts and support, and developed steadily?

Why had you gone head-to-head with those highland barbarians from Kumogakure?

And then, not long after Kumogakure and Kirigakure began fighting, Iwagakure decisively declared war on Kumogakure. Iwagakure's elite Earth Release Corps headed straight for the Land of Lightning, intending to bring the flames of war into its territory.

The small countries and villages that learned the news along the way were nearly scared to death. Fortunately, Iwagakure had no interest in them; its target was Kumogakure.

The sea limited the number of combat ninja Kumogakure and