The Land of Grass, like the Land of Rain, was a small country situated between the Land of Fire, the Land of Earth, and the Land of Wind.
The Land of Grass also had a ninja village, called Kusagakure.
But its awkward geographical location meant that it, being weak, could only use diplomatic means to navigate between the various powerful nations, also commonly known as a "fence-sitter."
At the same time, the strength of this ninja village was very weak. Without powerful ninjutsu, it could only grow by deciphering the ninjutsu of other ninja villages.
On this day, this small place, Kusagakure, suddenly suffered a devastating disaster.
"Mon... monster!!!"
At this moment, Kusagakure was covered by a huge shadow.
In the sky above the village, an incomparably huge island, from Kusagakure's perspective, was floating.
A huge air door, like the legendary space-time ninjutsu, connected the golden city on the island and opened in the sky above Kusagakure.
The Donquixote Family, led by Doflamingo, jumped out from the air door one after another.
Then, an earth-shaking, domineering aura instantly covered the entire Kusagakure.
All the villagers of Kusagakure, and some of the weak and even strong grass ninjas, all fell to the ground with their eyes rolled back, as if they had been hit by a hypnotic genjutsu.
After screening out the remaining elites with Conqueror's Haki, Doflamingo quickly found the person in charge of Kusagakure.
Because besides the ninja villages of the Five Great Nations, which could have the title of "Kage," the leaders of the other ninja villages could not call themselves Kage.
Looking at Doflamingo, who was three meters tall, exuded an extremely evil aura, and was surrounded by several subordinates of astonishing height.
The leader of Kusagakure was directly scared into a瘫 sitting on the ground by Doflamingo's aura.
"Fuffuffuffu... Is the language the same? That's great!"
Doflamingo made an orchid gesture with his right hand, and with invisible thin threads, he took control of the bodies of the leader of Kusagakure and the ninjas who had not been knocked out by Conqueror's Haki. Then, he grinned at the leader of Kusagakure and said, "From now on, I will take over Kusagakure. Do you have any objections?"
"No... no... I have no objections!"
Seeing such an evil person for the first time, and at the same time sensing the rich killing intent on Doflamingo, the leader of Kusagakure said with a trembling voice.
"Good. I am satisfied with your frankness."
Doflamingo patted the head of the leader of Kusagakure and said with a wicked smile, "Don't worry, your value is high. I will not kill you."
"Th... thank you, my lord..."
A smile uglier than crying appeared on the face of the leader of Kusagakure.
Doflamingo was a man of action who knew how to get things done.
With the experience of usurping the Dressrosa Kingdom and being a king for many years, occupying a small ninja village and dealing with the aftermath was a simple matter for Doflamingo.
With the help of Viola's Glare-Glare Fruit, Doflamingo easily found the spies of other small ninja villages, and then began to weave a spider's web, transforming into a puppeteer more perfect than Sunagakure, and controlling everyone in Kusagakure.
Soon, the memories of the leader of Kusagakure and some of the grass ninjas who acted as a think tank were all read by Viola, written on paper, and handed to Karl.
"The Third Hokage, the Third Raikage, the Third Tsuchikage, the Third Kazekage, the Fourth Mizukage... and the 'Demigod' of Amegakure."
In the royal palace, Karl looked at the intelligence in his hand and muttered to himself, "In other words, the current time period is before the Third Great Ninja War?"
"The 'God of Shinobi' is at his peak, the Sannin have not left the village, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki are growing, the Uchiha clan has not been annihilated... this lineup, it's Konoha's most prosperous period. I can't ignore it."
Although he said this, an interested smile appeared on Karl's face.
Only such a Konoha was worthy of being his opponent.
If after the Third War, the Minato couple had both sacrificed themselves, and Konoha had to bow its head in the face of the threat from Kumogakure, it wouldn't even be worth occupying by Karl.
In this time period, besides Konoha's "White Fang" committing suicide, and Tsunade suffering from hemophobia after her boyfriend and younger brother both died in the Second Great Ninja War and being unable to participate in battles, everyone else was at their absolute peak strength.
Including Minato Namikaze, who had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Kushina Uzumaki, who might have mastered the power of the Nine-Tails.
Adding Danzō Shimura, Konoha now had a full six Kage-level powerhouses (not including Tsunade).
Not to mention the other clan heads.
The current Konoha, its combat power, even if facing the alliance of the other four great ninja villages, would be fearless.
"Kirigakure has not started the 'Bloody Mist,' the strongest Kage of Sunagakure has not been killed, the strongest Kage of Kumogakure is still alive, Ōnoki of Iwagakure is not so old, and Madara Uchiha is still living underground..."
The corners of Karl's mouth lifted slightly, "I missed the Golden Age of the pirate world, but I've come to the most exciting era of the Naruto world!"
As for why it was the most exciting era?
It was simple. The Third Great Ninja War of the original story, like the First Great Ninja War, involved all five great nations, and the aged Madara Uchiha was manipulating the chessboard of the ninja world from the shadows.
Among them, Kumogakure of the Land of Lightning, Iwagakure of the Land of Earth, and Kirigakure of the Land of Water all missed the Second Great Ninja War and had accumulated decades of foundation after the end of the First Great Ninja War.
Except for Sunagakure, which had a leg broken in the Second Great Ninja War and was several steps behind the other four great nations, the other four great ninja villages were the absolute protagonists of the Third Great Ninja War.
Their combat power was at its most prosperous period.
Now, the Third Great Ninja War had not broken out.
The arrival of the Five Emperors would surely set off a huge butterfly storm.
The Five Emperor forces versus the Five Great Nations at their peak, this unprecedented great battle would definitely detonate this era.
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