Over the past two days, strange things had been happening all across the shinobi world.
One was that, with the help of Uchiha Shingetsu, the Inari God, Sunagakure finally had an oasis. To preserve this precious oasis, Sunagakure dispatched large numbers of puppets and Civilian Shinobi to transport water from the Land of Rain day and night.
Rumor had it that Sunagakure's second-in-command, Shamon, was researching the origins of the two countries' bizarre weather. He seemed to have set his sights on the unbroken mountain range along their border and was planning to blow the mountains up.
The second strange thing was the sudden surge of banditry within the Land of Fire. These Rogue Shinobi, who clearly had no idea whom they were messing with, happened to target only the nobles living near Konoha.
Naturally, anyone causing trouble right under a tiger's nose ended up swiftly killed by the Konoha Ninja who rushed over upon hearing the news, neatly completing the chain of one predator falling prey to another.
Although Konoha publicly explained that they had merely stepped in to help, anyone who believed that nonsense really had no business continuing to survive in the intrigue-ridden shinobi world.
The Four Great Ninja Villages took one look and rejoiced. Konoha had finally taken the lead again! They hurried to follow suit, and the already bandit-infested shinobi world descended into even greater chaos.
However, these scumbags rarely got to swagger around for long before the "helpful" village shinobi wiped them all out. Naturally, they also took over the lands whose owners had died. Shinobi acted with astonishing speed; countless commoners woke up to discover that their lord's entire family had been killed.
They took this remarkably well. In particular, the commoners whose lands Konoha took over welcomed them with open arms.
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