As time went on, incidents of 'monsters hurting people' occurred one after another throughout the ninja world.
Land of Fire, Konoha.
"Hokage-sama, all the unknown creatures that caused the riots this time have been dealt with."
"What about the damage?"
"Only some villagers were injured or killed. Hatake Kakashi and Might Guy were dining nearby when the incident occurred, so they arrived at the scene as soon as possible. Soon after, all the reinforcements arrived and successfully completed the cleanup, with only a few combat personnel suffering minor injuries."
The old man wearing the Hokage robe, with a pipe in his mouth, relaxed his expression slightly, and then issued an order in an unquestionable tone.
"Compensation for all villagers will be issued at double the amount, and people will be sent to rebuild the houses damaged in the battle immediately."
"Yes!"
As soon as the words fell, the ANBU ninja kneeling on one knee with an animal mask disappeared instantly.
Then there was a knock on the door outside, as if he didn't want to give the old man in the room any time to rest.
"Enter."
"Hokage-sama, multiple 'monster hurting people' incidents have occurred again within the Land of Fire, and we hope that we can send people to deal with them."
The old man frowned slightly and silently took a puff of smoke, "Have the personnel sent to investigate before not returned yet?"
"They haven't returned yet, but they have already transmitted the information they have investigated so far."
The old man took the translated ANBU letter and began to read the contents.
Gradually, dissatisfaction appeared on his expression.
Slap!
"After investigating for so many days, you're just sending back these things to fool me?"
"Now these unknown creatures are appearing one after another in various parts of the ninja world and beginning to attack humans, and even happened in Konoha Village today, killing and injuring so many villagers. What do you want me to use to give them an explanation?! Just rely on the 'unknown' 'don't know' 'not clear' 'uncertain' on this? Ah!"
"Immediately send more people to investigate clearly. I want to know what these 'monsters' are, how they appeared, whether it's a coincidence or man-made..."
"Come back and report to me after you find out!"
The ninja who came to report didn't dare to breathe loudly, and repeatedly agreed. Finally, before leaving, he hesitated and asked, "Should we send people to help the places that are asking for help?"
"Prioritize the arrangement of personnel who have completed mission registration to complete the task, and then screen and allocate them according to proximity and degree of harm, and mobilize all the idle personnel that can be mobilized in the village."
"Yes, Hokage-sama."
Sarutobi Hiruzen also had no choice. After all, manpower was limited, and he could only prioritize rescuing some places that could be reached in time, such as those that were close and those that paid to register for the mission...
As for the rest, he didn't have any good solutions.
Everything could only wait until the matter was investigated clearly before a result could come out.
It would be easy if the source of these unknown creatures could be found...
"Alas, these are troubled times."
Sarutobi Hiruzen got up and looked out the window, feeling that he seemed to be getting older again.
In fact, Konoha's response was already very timely and humane.
In comparison, the losses of the other major ninja villages were even greater.
...
Land of Lightning, Kumogakure.
The Raikage, with a burly figure and an imposing presence, was issuing orders.
"Send out all the manpower that can still move, and kill all those damn things for me!"
"If necessary, you can bring Bee along. In short, no matter what those damn things are or who's behind them, I only want a result."
The person was sweating profusely, "But if all the manpower is sent out, the village's defense force will be greatly reduced..."
"Hmph!"
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the Raikage, "With me here, who dares to come and die!"
"Yes, yes."
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Land of Earth, Iwagakure.
"Tsuchikage-sama, are we still holding back? The number of civilian casualties has been increasing in recent days."
Ōnoki, dressed as a little old man, looked puzzled.
Could it be that he really guessed wrong?
These unknown creatures that suddenly appeared inexplicably were not tricks created by the other ninja villages, and these days of 'fishing' had not attracted the mastermind behind the scenes.
For the sake of insurance, he should have continued to wait a few more days.
But just like his subordinates said, his approach of watching coldly for several consecutive days had already caused many people to have opinions in private.
If he continued to sit firmly on the fishing platform, he was worried that the fish would not be caught, and the people's resentment would explode first.
Helpless, Ōnoki had to suppress the doubts in his heart and re-issue an order.
"Let Kitsuchi start to lead people to act, focusing on saving people. If they encounter an unfavorable situation, they can retreat immediately. If there are any doubts or abnormal things during the process, they must immediately transmit the information and report to me."
"Yes, Tsuchikage-sama!"
Hearing that Tsuchikage-sama had finally changed his mind, the subordinate left happily.
Ōnoki was not angry at this, after all, people who were not sitting in his position could not understand his thoughts and decisions.
If this was the enemy's conspiracy, what would happen if they suddenly attacked the village after he sent out most of his manpower?
No matter how big this possibility was, as the Tsuchikage, he had to consider it carefully.
Suspicion was not a bad thing.
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Land of Wind, Sunagakure.
"Everyone, I believe that this incident is not only a crisis for our Sunagakure, but also an opportunity!"
At the meeting, Rasa, the Fourth Kazekage, was talking passionately, not hiding the ambition in his eyes.
The Land of Wind was too poor!
So poor that he, the Kazekage of one of the five major ninja villages, had to extract gold dust every day to exchange for money, as the village's daily operating expenses.
Looking at the successive Kage of the major ninja villages, no one was worse off than him!
So his greatest wish was to make Sunagakure rich and powerful, so that he could get rid of his status as a 'tool Kage' and not have to spend time and effort like a worker to extract gold dust every day.
It was just that he couldn't see any opportunities in the past.
But it was different now, others only saw the harm caused by these unknown creatures.
Only he saw the opportunity in it, saw the change in the world!
Bang!
Rasa slammed his hands hard on the table, "I propose to immediately establish a new department, and concentrate all the remaining resources to capture and study these new creatures."
"Try to enslave them, to transform them!"
"We can even find ways to utilize the power of the Tailed Beasts, so why can't we utilize other powers?"
"Even if we take a step back and say that even if we only find the direction for the production of new puppets on them, it would be enough to greatly enhance our military power!"
In fact, there was one more sentence that Rasa didn't say.
That was that if the plan didn't go smoothly, he could even accept cooperating with the other party, if the 'other party' really existed or possessed intelligence comparable to humans.
Anyway, most of the Land of Wind was worthless sandy land, and he didn't care at all.
Before long, most people were persuaded by Rasa.
Raise your hands to vote, passed!
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Land of Water, Kirigakure.
"Mei Terumī-sama, you can't go!"
"There's no need to persuade me anymore. There's Yagura here, so it's the same even without me."
"But but you're the Mizukage, how can you personally do this kind of thing."
Mei Terumī, whose big sister aura was off the charts, pushed the door open without caring, "If I can't even protect my own people, then what kind of Mizukage am I? Tell Yagura-sama that if something happens to me, just choose another Mizukage, anyway, I'm just an acting Mizukage now."
"Ah this..."
Due to various reasons, Kirigakure had declined very badly.
Even though the civil war had basically subsided now, those messes left behind were not so easy to clean up, and it would take several years to recover.
This also led to the fact that there were very few personnel that Kirigakure could mobilize and use now.
So after the large-scale 'monster hurting people' incidents occurred, Kirigakure's response could be said to be stretched thin.
Helpless, Mei Terumī, the Mizukage, chose to personally take action.
Five major ninja villages, the five Kage of one village all made what they thought was the best response, and also opened the curtain of a new chapter in the ninja world!
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