Rogue Exodus

Two years into Naruto Uzumaki's term as the Seventh Hokage he began a campaign to reform the current ninja system. The reforms that he proposed were design to limit and potentially eliminate conflict between the various Ninja Villages, and bring greater peace and stability to the world. However while these reforms did bring an end to much of the conflict and suffering of previous ages, the renovated system which came to be known as the New Ninja Way, or the Return of Ninshu turned out to be very controversial among the ninja. In protest over the reforms ninja across the various villages went rogue in large numbers, and over the next five years the Ninja world saw a drastic increase in the number of Missing-Nin. This event was known as the Rogue Exodus.