The Land of Rain, Amegakure.
The dark clouds of war seemed to loom over this land.
With the Daimyo of the various nations issuing their final ultimatum, merchants from those nations had all cut ties with Amegakure. Over the past few days, many merchants had left the Land of Rain one after another.
Of course, a very small number of merchants had stayed.
They had noticed that Amegakure's leadership seemed to have prepared for this long ago.
When the Daimyo of the various nations declared war on the Land of Rain, Amegakure's Military Police Force and its various departments had posted notices before the news had even reached them.
Although this had caused some initial panic.
Order had quickly been maintained by the Military Police Force.
Only afterward had they learned that large numbers of Amegakure ninja troops were already stationed at the borders.
There was even inside information that Amegakure had many new weapons about to be unveiled.
What did this mean? It meant Amegakure had prepared long ago and was very confident.
They could not understand it.
What made Amegakure think it could stand against the allied forces of the Four Great Nations? Was it because of that new Rain Shadow? Or the new weapons?
They admitted that the Uchiha Clan Head, the new Rain Shadow, was powerful. Even Kumogakure's tailed beast jinchūriki was no match for him.
But no matter how powerful one person was, could he really stand against the entire world?
And as for those so-called new weapons, they were really nothing more than kunai, swords, and the like. What difference would being sharper make? In the end, they could not change anything.
But the world had never lacked bold people.
Caught up in the urge to gamble, they had chosen to stay.
The merchants