"War Is Coming, a great Ninja war!!"
Hearing those words, the room turned silent and the council members felt a chill ran down their spine.
They remembered the horrors of previous wars and. The power of the people fighting in the war.
They even had nightmares related to the cruelty of the war and when they realized that even though the world is only safe for people with power they did not have the talent to gain it.
Since they did not have the talent to gain power they started finding other methods to protect themselves. Soon they found an answer too.
The answer was Political Power!
What's a better way to gain power than to use their friend and teammate who was the current hokage.
This is how all of them gained their current position.
Using this friendship and Position they always get the important news and announcements of important changes before the rest of the family heads.
Even the founding families like Senju and Uchiha were not informed of the incoming war before these three people came to know about it.
"Hiruzen are you serious?! How did a low level war turn into a full scale Great Ninja war!!!" Utatane asked in shock. Her eyes had a trace of fear inside them and she was hoping that the news was false.
They had been having low scale wars with the village based on their disagreements but a great Ninja war was on an entirely different scale.
In this war the great Villages participate in a full scale attack against each other.
Although the current konoha was more powerful than the rest of the village, they knew it was only a matter of time before they got overtaken by the rest of the villages.
With their first Hokage, the god of shinobi dead along with the betrayal of the second most powerful man, Uchiha Madara, their village was low on firepower.
Danzo just quietly looked at the letter with an ugly expression on his face.
"We all knew that the war was close, what's the point of bickering. You should have known that this would happen after what we did with the Uzumaki village."
Hearing Hiruzen's reprimanding words Utatane's words guy stuck in her throat and she clenched her fist with an ugly expression on her face.
"What do you want to do, Hiruzen?" Danzo, who had been quiet for a long time, asked about breaking the heavy atmosphere.
Hiruzen looked at him with a hint of appreciation in his eyes and took a deep puff of smoke before answering.
"I want you to deploy the root and make them infiltrate the Hidden Rain Village. I want an eye on the actions of their shinobi." Sarutobi gave Danzo a mission and turned to look towards the two council members.
Since they held nothing but political power they were of no use on the front lines.
Turning his head towards the man kneeling on the ground Hirzen thought of something and ordered.
"Send someone to call all the clan heads for a council meeting. Tell them it's urgent." The man bowed and left through the body flicker technique.
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While the higher ups of the Konoha village were discussing their actions in this great Ninja war, the rest of the villages were the same.
In a land filled with nothing but sands instead of land from as far as eyes could see, there was a small village where the people were trying to survive despite the harsh conditions of the environment.
It was the village of Hidden Sand. Just like how Konoha was shrouded by endless and vast forests and greenery, this village was surrounded by nothing but sand dunes and desert.
The village was built with clay structures, one of such clay structures was the office of the head of the village.
The third Kazekage! The strongest Kazekage!
Sitting in the middle of the office the third Kazekage looked at the letter in his hands with a serious look on his face.
"It seems that the leader of the hidden rain has become an ambitious man after the death of the two strongest men in the world."
He mumbled while placing the paper on the table.
The man had wild purple hair and his eyes remained stoic like that of a seasoned warrior and he looked at the man kneeling in front of me before ordering.
"Call the council members and tell them a meeting is being held."
The man disappeared without a trace and Third Kazekage looked outside the window of his office to look at the setting sun with his emotionless eyes.
'This might be the chance for us to grow…''
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Similarly there was another village that was covered in the natural embrace of earth. There were stone cave pillars and monuments all around this village.
Iwagakure no sato or the Village Hidden by Rocks!
In the middle of this village was a tall stone made room that had a majestic look to it while giving off an ancient aura.
Sitting on a 'comfortable chair' a small middle aged man with a huge nose looked at the letter with rage in his eyes.
"Damn Hanzo!!! You really showed your ambitious Nature, Do you think you are like that man!" Onoki, the third Tsuchikage yelled in anger and frustration.
An image of him looking up to a figure of a tall unrestrained man flashed by. There was even a slight sense of fear in them.
That man, Madara Uchiha, was in a league of his own. He was just a step behind the god of the Shinobi world.
"If You want a Great Ninja war, That is what you will have."
He jumped from the stone chair and ordered the woman covered in the anbu clothing kneeling on the floor, "Tell the council members to come. We need to hold an urgent meeting-"
He paused a bit before adding, " Call the jinchuriki's as well. I don't care if they are bathing or making kids, I want all of them here in 5 minutes."
The woman did not even flinch at his vulgar words and disappeared from the room. Onoki looked at the empty spot and rubbed his back.
'Did I hear something crack or was it my imagination?'