Change is always violent. Although Konoha, with the help of Root, completed the revolution in the Land of Fire early, other countries...
It is simply terrible.
Because the shinobi village system established by the God of Shinobi made the military strength of the shinobi villages stronger than that of the Daimyo's court, the high-end combat power and most of the shinobi within the country were inside the shinobi villages. The Daimyo had to be very careful even to establish a direct shinobi force, for example, the Twelve Guardian Ninja. However...
When the shinobi villages launched a strong attack, countless people with lofty ideals emerged. After all, this world values bloodline. Only those of the Daimyo's bloodline could possibly sit on the Daimyo's position. Even Konoha, the village that ended the war quickly, was continuously hunting down rogue ninja who flew the banner 'Purge the Court, Execute the Hokage' and sought to have their names recorded in history, let alone the other villages undergoing revolution.
Constantly, shinobi gathered around the Daimyo's court, believing that the shinobi villages had already deteriorated and taken the wrong path, and now they actually wanted to seize power?
Immediately, their morale soared, their faces filled with righteousness, intending to defend the dignity of the Daimyo's court.
Of course, what gave the shinobi villages headaches were not the rogue ninja. These rogue ninja, lacking shinobi village education and fighting, were not a major concern. What truly gave them headaches was...
Uzushiogakure!!!
These bastards, while verbally stating non-interference in other countries' internal affairs, kept selling batches of military weapons. Now, even the rogue ninja were armed to the teeth. You have to understand, in the past, these rogue ninja were just a bunch of beggars.
The four great shinobi villages had something they wondered if they should say...
Especially because the revolution in the Land of Fire was still fresh in their minds, the four great countries already clearly knew what the four great shinobi villages wanted to do. They would absolutely not let them find an opportunity. Any shinobi connected to the four great shinobi villages would be killed outright. They would definitely not let what happened in the Land of Fire happen again.
Look...
The Shimura clan, originally notorious, could now be whitewashed. Was there anything shinobi couldn't do?
It was said that the Fourth Hokage now even planned to invite Shimura Danzo out of retirement to establish a supervision system to protect the interests of the people of the Land of Fire and prevent the abuse of power.
Anyway, the four great countries were now scared. Thinking about how the Twelve Guardian Ninja established back then in the Land of Fire actually had a hidden second-generation Kage-level figure among them made them panicky. Any shinobi joining the Daimyo's court would definitely be strictly investigated. Otherwise, those who defected might be the ones stabbing them in the back.
So...
While continuously purchasing the weapons sold by Uzushiogakure, they strictly regulated the newly accepted shinobi. At the slightest sign of trouble, all would directly be...
Snap!!!
After all, the Daimyo's court could not afford to gamble.
Those with money spent money, those without contributed effort. They bought all the weapons Uzushiogakure had...
For example, chakra cannons, Earth Release tanks, chakra missiles... anything useful, they bought, bought, bought.
Even that 'First Generation Model' that could go head-to-head with the Fourth Kazekage, do you have it?
If you have it, give us ten units.
What, it consumes a lot of energy and must use Tailed Beast chakra to operate?
No problem, can we buy the energy source?
If you have it, give me ten barrels.
Of course, these were the actions of the wealthy and powerful. Poorer countries like the Land of Water and the Land of Wind certainly couldn't be so extravagant. If they really did that, it would probably cause public outrage and give the shinobi villages an opportunity.
So...
Although the major shinobi villages were secretly cursing Uzushiogakure for being shameless, some shinobi villages from poorer countries saw the opposing countries buying so many weapons and felt a bit of schadenfreude. After all, time was very important now. Whoever completed the revolution first had the potential to become powerful again.
Even the smaller shinobi villages planned to ride this wave and rise. If they could become one of the new five great nations...
Just thinking about it was exciting.
Maybe even surpass the five great nations, and rise like Uzushiogakure did from a small island...
Tsk, tsk.
Then, would they still have to defer to others?
And the Constitutional Daimyo system had another benefit: it achieved peaceful coexistence between shinobi and the Daimyo. That's why Namikaze Minato was seen as a guiding light by these people.
Some shinobi villages, wanting their country to become stronger, chose to formally meet and talk with the Daimyo's court, intending to complete the reform peacefully. Perhaps the system created by the Fourth Hokage was a great system, but...
It might not necessarily suit them. So, they were looking for a balance, a point that satisfied both sides, planning to learn from Konoha and complete the revolution without bloodshed.
During this period...
Various forms of Constitutional Daimyo systems sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain.
Of course, some shinobi villages and countries, after self-reflection, believed that Uzushiogakure's way suited them better, and also began to slowly start their own reforms.
They began to focus on liberating productivity and developing technology. Countless shinobi came from among the common people and went back among the common people, greatly alleviating the fear that shinobi brought to ordinary civilians.
And the civilians also began to accept shinobi, understand shinobi, and even started learning ninjutsu from shinobi.
Going with the flow...
Shinobi schools in various countries kept emerging. Those without money to build proper schools would set up tents for teaching in the wild. Some shinobi with lofty ideals even began teaching children for free in various impoverished rural areas. No matter how harsh the environment or how difficult the teaching conditions, they did not give up.
These shinobi, who moved the shinobi world, were called the New Shinobi. Uzushiogakure's news station also commended them, calling on all shinobi in the world to learn from them, considering them the new trend of the shinobi world.
But...
When the Kage of the four great shinobi villages saw this, it was like they had swallowed dung. They almost wanted to grab Uzushiogakure by the neck and curse them for being shameless.
Damn it, we are still fighting a war here, and you are calling for shinobi to voluntarily go to the countryside?
Especially certain young shinobi in the villages whose Will of Stone or Will of Water wasn't strong enough...
They began to waver, feeling that fighting was meaningless, and thought about going to serve the masses.
The countries seeing this were delighted. They began vigorously promoting the New Shinobi. Whether good or bad, as long as it could shake the shinobi village ninja, they actively promoted it. They even learned from Uzushiogakure, establishing their own newspapers, printing papers, and fiercely criticizing the inaction of the shinobi villages.
Anyway...
The hot-tempered Kage of Kumogakure almost rushed to the capital of the Land of Lightning to strangle the Lightning Daimyo when he saw this.
Of course, not all four great shinobi villages were so stubborn.
The Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure and the Fifth Mizukage of Kirigakure saw that the situation was hopeless. If they continued this stalemate, it would inevitably bring incalculable losses to their countries. So, they actively communicated with the Daimyo's court. Although they often parted on bad terms, neither side intended to break this calm.
As for Sunagakure...
Since ancient times, there had been nothing good to talk about with that stingy Daimyo. From the village's establishment until now, not only did the Land of Wind not provide aid to the village, but they also always thought about extracting money from the village. So...
The Fourth Kazekage believed that once they compromised, the Wind Daimyo would surely become more aggressive. Moreover, because the Fourth Kazekage had recently, ahem..., he was full of anger, often glancing at the One-Tail's sealing pot and his own recently born red-haired child, as if making some decision...
Especially in this stalemated war situation, anyone would feel psychologically irritated, have a momentary impulse, and even do something abnormal...