Chapter 48: High Level Meeting

In the conference room of the Hokage office, the 3rd, Jiraya, Orochimaru, the two advisers, Danzo, and all the head of clans were gathered.

“Everyone, Jiraya has brought us the news from the Sand village. The 3rd Kazekage has disappeared along the fire country’s borders. The Sand are now using this as excuse to invade our land.”

The 3rd Hokage’s face showed his burden. He knew that if they have a war with the Sand, they won’t just have them as enemies. It will probably end up as an all out war between all villages just like before. Thinking about this, he couldn’t keep himself from remembering the horrid consequences of the two previous wars.

Konoha is the hidden village of the Fire Country. This country is strategically linking the north to the south. The ecological environment it has is also the best of all 5 major countries and suitable for growing crops and for living in general. Between its location, its environment and its powerful hidden village, the fire country was the strongest in the whole world.

Such a prosperous country naturally will always have the eyes of its neighboring ones on it. They crave its land and its resources.

Originally, in Hashirama’s Era, he and Uchiha Madara were strong enough to dominate the Ninja world. But after their battle in the Valley of the End and Madara’s “Death”, and soon after that Hashirama followed. This took away the obvious edge that Konoha had, leading to the eruption of the 1st world war to fight over those resources.

(Translator note: I think Hashirama was alive when the war broke out, but I think this is true in a sense: in the 1st Kage Summit, a fragile agreement was made, then the war went all out again after Hashirama’s death.)

In the 1st world war, Tobirama Senju was Hokage. The tension between the Uchiha and Senju clans was still there. Even without Madara and Hashirama in its ranks, Konoha was still able to out pressure the other 4 villages. However, it suffered many losses as we