Under the secret coordination of Konoha Village, a world-shaking conspiracy was brewing.
This conspiracy, led by the Five Great Nations with dozens of smaller ninja villages as auxiliary forces, aimed to redistribute the wealth of the entire world.
At the urgent urging of the daimyō of the Four Great Nations—the Lands of Wind, Earth, Water, and Lightning—the four great ninja villages actively prepared for war.
All small ninja villages, ninja clans, rogue ninja, bounty hunters, and even missing-nin flocked to the Land of Fire.
However, when the nobles and wealthy individuals, believing they had hired powerful ninja, prepared to teach Konoha Village a painful lesson and show them the price of breaking the rules, the ninja of Konoha Village unexpectedly chose to retreat.
They cursed as they swiftly evacuated the battlefield, abandoning vast tracts of land to the ninja of various countries without firing a single shot.
This left a large number of arrogant and complacent nobles and lords isolated and helpless, forced to face ninja from other countries alone.
In less than a month, the Land of Fire fell into complete chaos.
Ninja from all over received the news and plundered the Land of Fire at will, wave after wave, continuously stripping the land of its wealth.
Even the ninja of Konoha Village disguised themselves as rogue ninja and joined this frenzied plundering.
The only places that were spared were those displaying the Konoha Village emblem.
There were only two ways to obtain this emblem: one was to purchase it for twenty million ryō;
the other was to renounce the rule of the daimyō and become a vassal of Konoha Village, paying an annual tribute as a loyal citizen.
Initially, some rogue ninja paid no attention to Konoha Village's emblem and even plundered the shops and villages of merchants displaying it.
However, after dozens of rogue ninja groups were flayed alive and dismembered by Konoha Village ninja, with their bodies impaled along the roads as scarecrows for public display, all ninja realized that this was an absolute forbidden zone that could not be touched.
The plundering of the Land of Fire by ninja from various countries continued for three months, until the Fire Daimyō personally led his ministers to kneel outside the gates of Konoha Village for three hours.
Only then did Konoha Village's ninja forces finally begin to act.
The major legions of Konoha Village, led by the great ninja clans, launched a lightning-fast offensive and completely eradicated all ninja running rampant throughout the Land of Fire.
However, those who remained were only rogue ninja and missing-nin who had failed to receive the withdrawal order in time or had been blinded by greed.
The members of the regular ninja villages had already received advance notice and evacuated the Land of Fire.
The ninja rebellion in the Land of Fire finally came to an end through the proactive actions of Konoha Village's ninja.
However, the losses caused by this war were enormous.
The Land of Fire had been stripped bare by ninja from every direction.
The once-prosperous cities had become dilapidated, and villages suffered severe devastation.
The government led by the Fire Daimyō collapsed and completely lost its ruling authority.
Large numbers of lords abandoned the daimyō's banner and pledged allegiance to the Hokage of Konoha Village.
From that day onward, the daimyō of the Land of Fire became nothing more than a symbol—a mascot-like figure.
The true authority of the country rested in the hands of the Hokage of Konoha Village.
During those three months, although the nobles and wealthy merchants of the other Four Great Nations were not directly plundered by ninja, they knew in their hearts that they were completely finished.
Once the floodgates had been opened, the ninja were like boulders rolling downhill—unstoppable.
After the Land of Fire, it would inevitably be their turn.
They could never return to the era when they could hire extraordinary ninja to work like beasts of burden for a small fee.
Ninja were about to become the masters of the new world, while ordinary mortals could only watch helplessly, powerless to stop it.
There was simply no way.
Before ninja, ordinary people had virtually no means of resistance—not even the slightest chance to fight back.
Even if they painstakingly transferred and hid their assets, they could not escape the detection of ninja.
Mortals had no secrets whatsoever before ninja.
Through Genjutsu, ninja could easily manipulate their will and read the secrets hidden in their minds.
Crushing them was as effortless as crushing ants.
Furthermore, many lords and nobles did not even know who had robbed them.
Every ninja could use the Transformation Technique.
With mortal eyes, they simply could not distinguish one person from another or tell who had used the Transformation Technique.
Even if they wanted justice, they had no way of identifying the culprits.
Sure enough, just as everyone had feared, Konoha Village launched its counteroffensive.
Countless ninja wearing Konoha Village forehead protectors began their retaliation against the entire world.
They once again plundered wealth everywhere, while the ninja of each respective nation seemed to have vanished, no longer making an appearance.
The daimyō of the Four Great Nations attempted to visit their respective hidden villages to demand an explanation for why they were not resisting.
However, they could not even find the entrances to the hidden villages.
Once a ninja village's barrier was activated, ordinary people could stand directly in front of it and still be unable to see where its gate was.
The final outcome of the ninja rebellion was the complete surrender of ordinary mortals, ending in a total victory for the ninja.
This turmoil plunged the entire Ninja World into chaos.
Countless civilians lost their lives, cities were destroyed, and farmland was abandoned.
Yet the ninja did not stop.
They continued expanding their sphere of influence, taking control of more land and resources.
One year after the ninja rebellion, the Five Great Nations finally took action once more by convening the Five Kage Summit.
Because if things continued this way, no matter how much money they possessed, there would eventually be no food or supplies left to buy.
Therefore, after the Five Great Nations had profited enough, they stepped forward as the world's saviors.
The purpose of this meeting was to resolve the problems caused by the ninja rebellion and re-establish order.
After intense discussions, the nations reached a consensus and promulgated a new Ninja Law.
The core of this law explicitly prohibited ninja from plundering ordinary people, guaranteeing the personal safety and property rights of civilians.
At the same time, Sho established the Ninja World's Five Great Powers Organization based on the model of the United Nations.
This organization was not only responsible for supervising and enforcing the new Ninja Law, but also for establishing the rules governing the world's operation and the official framework for international relations.
With the implementation of the new law, the status of ninja underwent a profound transformation.
They rose from the bottom of society to become a privileged class, officially stepping onto the center stage of the world.
Among ordinary people, every household began to take pride in producing a ninja.
Because as long as someone became a ninja, even if they never graduated from the Ninja Academy, they were practically equivalent to a local lord.
Due to the massive purge brought about by the ninja rebellion, a large number of lords had died unnatural deaths.
For the sake of national stability, the ninja villages began implementing a feudal system.
Many ninja were enfeoffed by the ninja villages as new nobles and lords, gaining territories and authority of their own.
The power of ninja was no longer used solely for killing.
They began participating in national construction and the maintenance of social order.
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