Black Naruto: Shadow Moon

At the same time, a major incident occurred in the ninja world, causing the situation in the entire ninja world to become tense in an instant.

The Third Kazekage of the Sand Village gave the order and sent his own Sand Village ninja troops to quietly invade the River Kingdom between the Fire Kingdom and the Wind Kingdom.

As a small country, River Country lacks sufficient military strength to withstand the powerful offensive of the Sand Village.

Under the fierce offensive of the Sand Village ninjas, the resistance of River Country quickly collapsed, and the Sand Village successfully controlled most of the territory of River Country.

The Kingdom of Rivers is located between the Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of Wind, and its strategic location is extremely important.

Compared with the vast desert of the Kingdom of Wind, the natural environment of the Kingdom of River is much better. It has vast land suitable for farming and production. More importantly, the Kingdom of River has a large amount of mineral resources.

These resources have long been coveted by the Wind Kingdom.

For the Kingdom of Wind, the barren desert land cannot provide sufficient resources for the ninja village, while the fertile land and minerals of the Kingdom of River are exactly the resources that the Sand Village urgently needs.

It is not only reasonable for the Third Kazekage to set his sights on the territory of River Country, but it is also the inevitable choice for the Sand Village in the face of survival pressure.

The ninjas of the Sand Village have long lived in harsh environments, but the village's economic situation cannot match its powerful military force.

Invading the Land of Rivers was the consensus of the Third Kazekage and the militant faction within the Sand Village: to fight for resources through the use of force and rescue the Sand Village from its predicament of resource scarcity.

The Third Kazekage's move was not only a personal decision, but also the result of responding to political pressure within the village.

The militant faction of the Sand Village strongly supports the use of force to gain resources for the village. If the Third Kazekage does not take proactive action, supporters within the village may become dissatisfied with his leadership and even consider replacing him.

Therefore, the Third Kazekage ensured his dominance by successfully occupying the territory of River Country and satisfied the expectations of the militant faction in the village.

The successful invasion of River Country by the Sand Village greatly stimulated the determination of the militant factions in major countries, especially those major countries that were also short of resources.

The successful invasion of Kawanokuni proved that relying on military expansion could effectively solve the problem of insufficient resources, which made the militant factions in other major countries begin to move.

At the same time, factions within the major powers that advocate peace and negotiation are extremely sensitive to this, fearing that such expansionist behavior will trigger a larger-scale conflict.

Tensions are also rising between smaller countries.

As a small country with an extremely important geographical location, once Kawanokuni is completely controlled, other small countries will face similar threats.

The relationship between small countries and big countries became more tense. Many small countries had to strengthen their defenses and even began to seek protection from big countries to avoid suffering the same fate as Kawanokuni.

This sudden invasion plunged the entire ninja world into an unprecedented state of tension.

Senior officials of major countries have begun to re-examine the strategic landscape of neighboring countries.

In response to the Wind Kingdom's actions, major powers such as the Fire Kingdom and the Earth Kingdom had to adjust their diplomatic and military strategies to prevent the Sand Village from expanding further.

At this time, the Fire Nation and Konoha Village also began to pay close attention to the direction of this incident to prevent the conflict from spreading to the border of the Fire Nation.

After the Sand Village successfully occupied the River Country, the major countries in the ninja world reacted differently to this matter, and each country adopted a different attitude based on its own interests and situation.

This incident not only concerns the future of the Sand Village, but may also trigger a new round of disputes among major powers and affect the situation in the entire ninja world.

The Hidden Cloud Village in the Land of Lightning has the most powerful militant faction among all the major countries, and almost the entire ninja village advocates gaining benefits through military expansion.

Although the Third Raikage Ai did not gain much substantial benefits in the Second Ninja World War, he did not suffer much loss either.

Therefore, his desire for aggression and expansion never stopped.

Seeing that the Sand Village successfully occupied the resource-rich River Country by force, the ambition of the Third Raikage Ai was ignited again.

He recognized the success of the Sand Village and began to consider whether he should adopt a similar strategy and look for opportunities to expand the power and influence of the Cloud Village through military action.

The top leaders of the Hidden Cloud Village unanimously support obtaining resources through war, and the Raikage Ai holds a firm stance on this.

In the Land of Earth, Iwagakure, the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki also holds a great interest in the actions of the Sand Village.

The natural environment of the Land of Earth is extremely harsh, with a lack of arable land and resources, which has caused the Iwagakure Village to rely on military force to maintain and expand its influence.

Ōnoki and his militant high-ranking officials have always hoped to solve the problem of insufficient resources through war. When he saw the Sand Village successfully occupy the River Country, his confidence was greatly enhanced.

Ōnoki wondered if the Iwagakure Village could emulate the Sand Village and gain more resources and territory through war.

Ōnoki and the top leaders of the Iwagakure Village are discussing how to find small countries suitable for invasion, especially those bordering the Land of Earth.

The Third Mizukage of the Hidden Mist Village in the Land of Water was also attracted by the success of the Hidden Sand Village.

During the Second Ninja World War, the Hidden Mist Village did not suffer much damage, but it did not gain any significant benefits either.

The idea of ​​gaining benefits through war has always been prevalent in the Hidden Mist Village, especially under the impetus of pro-war ninjas such as Ao, who constantly asked the Third Mizukage to take action.

The Third Mizukage had long harbored the idea of ​​expansion in his mind, but he could not quickly improve the village's strength by entrusting tasks and relying on funding from the daimyo.

He knew that the most direct way to make the Hidden Mist Village glorious was to expand through military force.

Therefore, the Third Mizukage was also considering whether to take military action to imitate the successful strategy of the Sand Village.

In contrast, the Third Hokage of Konoha Village in the Land of Fire, Sarutobi Hiruzen, was extremely uneasy about this.

The Fire Nation and Konoha, as the biggest vested interests in the ninja world, are natural conservatives, and Konoha Village enjoys a very high status and authority in the existing international order.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's attitude has always been conservative and to maintain the status quo, because in his opinion, maintaining the current peace has made Konoha the winner.

Sarutobi Hiruzen hated any war or turmoil that might disrupt this balance, and he knew very well that if a large-scale war broke out, Konoha's status might be threatened.

The invasion of the Sand Village will not only stimulate other major powers, especially those where militarism is prevalent, but may also trigger new international conflicts, putting Konoha on the defensive.

Therefore, Sarutobi Hiruzen is carefully considering how to respond to the actions of the Sand Village to avoid further turmoil in the ninja world.

The invasion of the River Country by the Sand Village successfully aroused the ambitions of the major powers, especially those with scarce resources, such as the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning.

Those pacifist countries that are wary of war have become even more nervous, fearing that the situation will get out of control and trigger a full-scale war.

As a result, the situation in the ninja world quickly became tense and complicated, and the shadow of war once again loomed over every ninja village.