A month had passed since Gengetsu's battle against the Kumogakure Ninja army.
During that month, the situation in the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire had changed dramatically.
At the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning stood Konoha's temporary camp.
There, within Konoha's camp,
countless Konoha Ninja came and went, hauling mountains of spoils.
Every Konoha Ninja wore an involuntary look of excitement and joy.
That was because, over the past month, Konoha had gained an unprecedented, overwhelming advantage in its war against Kumogakure!
At that very moment, Konoha's army had completely broken through the Land of Lightning's border defenses and pushed deep into its heartland!
In just one month, Konoha had captured and occupied more than a dozen prosperous towns and several extremely important military strongholds in the Land of Lightning!
Nothing like this had ever happened in Konoha's history.
Although Konoha had ultimately won both the First and Second Shinobi World Wars,
those had been pyrrhic victories, and Konoha had paid a terrible price.
This time, however, Konoha had actually fought its way into the Land of Lightning and begun occupying its towns.
This had never happened before.
And the person who had led Konoha to such glorious achievements was none other than its Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Gengetsu!
The Fifth Hokage had single-handedly routed five thousand elite Kumogakure Ninja, severely wounded the Fourth Raikage, and captured the Two-Tails' Jinchūriki alive!
Over the past month, every Konoha Ninja had spread word of these terrifying, almost mythical feats.
As a result, Gengetsu's reputation in Konoha had soared beyond all bounds, reaching an unprecedented height.
"See that? Those supplies came back from the front lines in the Land of Lightning! Hahahaha, this feels great!"
"That's nothing! I heard we've taken another two towns up