During the few days when the three Hokage and Madara Uchiha were studying red thought...
Quite a few major events shook the entire shinobi world.
Sunagakure, Kirigakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure mobilized all their ninja and began a joint assault on Konoha.
The Fourth Shinobi World War had begun.
When this world's Minato Namikaze learned what had happened, his face filled with shock.
"What... what's going on?"
After Little Naruto and the others left, Minato Namikaze began assembling all the ninja to prepare for a confrontation with Madara.
Naturally... Minato Namikaze hadn't forgotten to notify the other three shinobi villages.
After all... Madara Uchiha was far too powerful, and... he also controlled a superweapon like the Ten-Tails.
If Konoha faced him alone, the village would never be able to withstand him.
But he had never imagined that the messengers he sent to notify the four shinobi villages would be beaten back halfway there.
Later... through spies stationed in the other four shinobi villages, Minato Namikaze learned that they had suffered devastating casualties from Tailed Beast Bomb attacks. They all believed Konoha was responsible, so... they had decided to unite against it.
Some had opposed the idea at first, but when they learned that Konoha was assembling its ninja as though preparing for war, even those who had objected fell silent.
And so... a war born of a misunderstanding began.
"Sensei... hurry and find the people from the Otherworld, along with Lord First and the others. We have to clear up this misunderstanding. We absolutely cannot let this meaningless war break out!"
Jiraiya understood the urgency of the situation and left Konoha without another word.
Just after Jiraiya left, another Anbu entered the office.
"Lord Hokage, forces from Iwagakure and Kumogakure have entered the Land of Fire. Should we counterattack?"