They're promoting the "Konoha threat" theory, and spouting nonsense about the Hidden

Chapter 155 The Five Great Nations Divide the Shinobi World & The Hidden Mist Village System

Those small countries are also an important part of maintaining peace in the ninja world. Therefore, when some uncontrollable factors occur within those small countries, the five strongest countries in the ninja world have the obligation and the right to stop them.

The representatives of all parties present lit up instantly upon hearing this.

They instantly understood Hozuki Shingetsu's meaning—this organization's claim of maintaining peace in the ninja world was a pretense; their true intention was for the five great nations to join forces and divide up the ninja world!

Suppressing dissidents is indeed suppressing dissidents, but it's not Konoha that's being suppressed, but rather the small countries in the ninja world!

"It's too noisy and chaotic here; it's not the place to discuss things. Why don't we go back to our tents and talk things over in detail?"

Seeing the bright eyes of the others, Hozuki Shingetsu knew they understood her meaning, so she immediately suggested moving the battlefield to a secluded place to discuss the matter in detail.

After all, discussing the division of the ninja world in public is somewhat inappropriate; it should be done discreetly to fit the conspiratorial nature of the topic.

The others naturally agreed, and followed Hozuki Shingetsu away from the viewing platform amidst cheers, returning to the tent where the peace talks had initially taken place.

Upon entering the tent, the group was immediately drawn to the enormous ninja world map hanging inside.

On the enormous map of the ninja world, not only were all the countries on the ninja continent marked, but all the smaller countries besides the five great nations were also covered with red, blue, cyan, yellow, and black respectively.

The five colors are spread across the Ninja World Continent, and the coverage area of ​​the five colors is roughly equal.

As seen on the map, the five colors perfectly represent the erosion of the ninja world continent.

"You have all seen this map. As you can see, the five colors—red, blue, cyan, yellow, and black—represent the five factions: Konoha, Kirigakure, Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure."

Hozuki Shingetsu, holding the command stick, stood in front of the huge ninja world map, pointing out the landscape.

"In order to facilitate everyone's efforts to maintain peace in the ninja world, and to more efficiently supervise small countries and reduce the administrative burden on the Ninja Alliance, I propose that the organization adopt a regional contracting system."

"That is, each major power is responsible for managing the affairs of all smaller countries within its sphere of influence, preventing the emergence of destabilizing factors within these countries that threaten the peace of the ninja world. In principle, no country may interfere in the affairs of smaller countries within the spheres of influence of other countries."

Hozuki Shingetsu's words clearly meant that each faction should define its own sphere of influence, within which it should make its own decisions, while strictly prohibiting any country from overstepping its boundaries.

"My Hidden Cloud Village is powerful, and I believe that as a responsible major power, my Hidden Cloud Village should shoulder more responsibility for the ninja world. Therefore, I think the scope of my Hidden Cloud Village's supervision can be expanded."

Looking at the huge map of the ninja world, Moody suddenly pointed and drew a line from the areas of Konoha, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure, ending in Kumogakure.

"Your Hidden Cloud Village is powerful? What a joke! My Hidden Stone Village has the most ninjas, so we should bear more responsibility for the ninja world!"

Seeing this, Onoki disregarded his ally's feelings and directly used Dust Release to obliterate the line Modibi had just drawn.

Seeing that Modibi and Onoki had opened this door, the other ninja villages were naturally dissatisfied with their own sphere of influence and began to arbitrarily change the terms set by Hozuki Shingetsu, trying their best to expand their jurisdiction.

However, because of the illusory spheres of influence that only existed on paper, and without resorting to force, none of the villages could defeat the others. So after all the arguing, the spheres of influence of each ninja village returned to their original state, with the five great ninja villages dividing the ninja world equally.

Hozuki Shingetsu had no objection to this, because when he was preparing the ninja world map, he deliberately did not mark the Eastern Continent.

"Now that the scope of regulatory authority for each country has been determined, let's discuss the follow-up measures!"

Seeing that the representatives of the various villages had finally reached an agreement, Hozuki Shingetsu spoke up about his biggest purpose in forming this ninja alliance.

"Maximum number of standing ninjas?"

Upon hearing the words, the representatives from each ninja village seemed to realize something and quickly looked at Hozuki Shingetsu, waiting for his explanation.

"As I said, this organization was established to ensure peace in the ninja world, but the situation in the ninja world often becomes unbalanced due to the sudden increase in the strength of a certain village at certain times."

"Faced with this imbalance, the other ninja villages had no choice but to vigorously develop their military to cope with possible wars, and thus the situation in the ninja world became increasingly unbalanced."

"Therefore, in order to prevent this arms race and maintain peace in the ninja world in the long term, I propose to set a limit on the number of standing ninjas for each village to ensure that the balance of the ninja world is not broken."

With the Second Shinobi World War over, the shinobi world entered a period of peaceful development in a short time.

Based on the experience of the Washington Naval Treaty, setting limits on the number of ninjas in each country can still ensure peace in the ninja world for a certain period of time.

What Kirigakure needs most right now is peace, because Hozuki Shingetsu's series of major actions, such as colonizing the Eastern Continent and Hozuki Shiromizu, all require a relatively peaceful external environment to be implemented.

Although the various ninja villages are unlikely to start another war after suffering heavy losses, Hozuki Shingetsu still wanted to add an extra layer of insurance.

As for whether such a clause will affect Kirigakure itself... what a joke! As the rule-makers, how can they be bound by the rules?

There's a limit to the total number of ninjas, but there's no limit to the number of ninja enthusiasts in the public!

What do the number of people in organizations like ninja enthusiast clubs, ninja tool throwing competitions, ninjutsu research societies, ninja cosplay enthusiast groups, and cruelty victims care and support groups have to do with the total number of ninjas in Kirigakure?

Who can blame us when our Hidden Mist Village is filled with martial virtue, and everyone is proud to be a ninja!

After all, as an official institution, I can't possibly stop people from spontaneously engaging in physical fitness activities, can I?

"In addition to the total number of ninjas, the ratio of upper, middle and lower ninjas in each country should also be maintained at a certain number. If any ninja village violates this agreement, the rest of the people will attack it together."

This rule can be said to have been added specifically for Iwagakure, since everyone knows that Iwagakure lacks elite ninjas and has to make up for it with the number of ninjas.

This is tantamount to allowing Iwagakure to expand its number of lower-ranking ninjas at the cost of reducing the number of Jonin.

The representatives from each ninja village silently pondered the proposal, carefully considering the impact this rule would have on them.

First and foremost, there is no doubt that the Second Shinobi World War inflicted heavy wounds on all the ninja villages, and each village needs time to heal its wounds.

In this context, a peaceful and stable environment, free from the need for an arms race, is indeed what each ninja village needs.

"Furthermore, in order to facilitate trade and showcase the achievements of this ninja alliance, I suggest that each village open its markets to each other and refrain from imposing additional tariffs on goods from other villages. What do you think?"

While the ninja villages cannot control the markets of other countries, they can control their own markets.

As long as they dare to open their market, Hozuki Shingetsu will dare to wage a price war and dump goods on them!

The representatives from each ninja village had no objections to the proposal and nodded in agreement.

After all, the prosperous commerce of Kirigakure on their way here had left a deep impression on them.

In their view, the reason why Kirigakure is in such a state is because these few families are fighting to the death, and merchants dare not come over.

Now that the war is over and trade routes have been restored, with their strength, are they afraid of not being able to seize a share from Kirigakure?

This open market, without additional tariffs, suits him perfectly!

"very good!"

As everyone signed the treaty, Hozuki Shingetsu couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

In this way, Kirigakure will enter a period of great development. The Third Shinobi World War a few years later will be the time when Kirigakure truly amazes the shinobi world!

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"The convening of the peace and truce talks in Kirigakure not only signifies the emergence of the Allied Shinobi Organization on the historical stage, but also the establishment of the 'Kirigakure System' after the Second Shinobi World War."

"In the years that followed, the peace among the five great nations of the ninja world and the turmoil in the smaller countries behind the scenes, the seemingly contradictory phenomena of the ninja villages recuperating and the 'ninja holidays' became the most distinctive features of the 'Hidden Mist Village System'."

Regarding this phenomenon, some have commented on the recent peace and truce meeting in Kirigakure as follows: This is not peace; it's merely a six-year truce!

The above is from "Chronicles of the Ninja World (Water Country Publishing House, Kirigakure 46th Year Edition)".

(End of this chapter)