Chapter 42 - Demigod of the Ninja World
At this time, in the Rain Country, Rain Village.
Salamander Hanzo listened with a gloomy expression to his subordinates reporting on what had happened in the country during this period.
"Lord Hanzo, we can no longer allow the three hidden villages to continue to run rampant on our land."
"In just this month, the number of civilians killed in the fighting between the three hidden villages has exceeded one hundred."
"These people are all civilians from our Rain Country. They were doing nothing but eating at home when suddenly a flood attack hit. The entire house was destroyed and everyone died."
"They shouldn't become victims of the fight between the three hidden villages."
Inside the office, there were five of Hanzo's trusted subordinates, and each of them had a strong hatred on their faces.
Hate those ninjas from the hidden villages of the big countries who don't treat their small country as human beings.
After listening to his subordinates' words, Hanzo was silent for a long time, and then made a decision. He asked three of his five subordinates to take his letter to the three major hidden villages, Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Konoha, to present his letter to their Kage.
If possible, Hanzo still hopes that this matter can be resolved in a peaceful manner. He really does not want to use force.
Because no one knows the strength of the five hidden villages better than him.
When he was young, in order to make the Rain Country stand on the same level as the five major countries, he traveled among the five major countries and other small countries, working hard to improve his strength and challenge all the way.
Eventually, his powerful strength was recognized by the ninja world and he earned the title of demigod of the ninja world.
He thought that becoming a demigod in the ninja world would allow the Rain Country to become one of the five great nations.
However, a person's strength is ultimately limited.
He is only a demigod of the ninja world, not the god of the ninja world.
So the Rain Country is still the Rain Country. Even if it becomes more powerful, the Rain Country's voice will not increase.
Finally he understood.
Only by allowing more strong people like him to appear in the Rain Country can the Rain Country be qualified to have equal dialogue with the five major countries.
So over the years, he has been working hard to actively train more ninjas.
As it turned out, his idea was correct.
Under his training and influence, a large number of Jonin ninjas who are standard of the five major hidden villages emerged in the Hidden Rain Village, and there were also a considerable number of middle and lower-level Chunin and Genin.
Although they are not as strong as any of the five hidden villages, but with the special geographical environment of the Rain Country and the poison of his Salamander, he believes that no one can defeat the Hidden Rain Village as long as they are in the Rain Country.
But now, his confidence is being challenged.
"Let's wait and see!"
Hanzo sighed in his heart. As a demigod in the ninja world, his confidence could not be challenged, but as the leader of the Hidden Rain Village, he had to consider the villagers and the people of the Rain Country.
If they rashly go to war with the three hidden villages, even if they win in the end, the biggest losses will be suffered by the Rain Country itself.
If you can avoid fighting, try not to fight.
But when the time comes to fight, Hanzo will not be indecisive. His title of Demigod of the Ninja World is not boasted, but earned through traveling around the world and fighting in real battles.
Half a month later.
The envoy who went to the three hidden villages brought back a reply from the Kage of the three hidden villages to Hanzo.
In the letter, the Kazekage and Tsuchikage, including the Third Hokage, expressed a certain degree of importance to the voice of Hanzo, the demigod of the ninja world.
This also shows that Hanzo of the Salamander's strength is indeed recognized by the five Kage.
Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Swordsmanship, Instantaneous Body Movement Technique, Summoning Technique, including poison making, combat experience and combat talent.
No matter which aspect, Hanzo of the Salamander has no weaknesses and has reached the pinnacle of the ninja world.
None of the five Kages from the five major countries dares to say that they can definitely defeat Hanzo.
The Third Hokage, Ohnoki, and the Third Kazekage all showed a certain amount of respect for this powerful being at the pinnacle of the ninja world.
But...it's just a certain amount of respect.
The three Kages didn't say a word about Hanzo's request that they withdraw all ninjas from the Land of Rain.
They just said that they had issued an order that the ninjas from the village in the Rain Country should try not to harm civilians during battle.
If there are damaged buildings, they can also compensate as long as they caused it.
In addition to Konoha's intention to withdraw as soon as Sand Village and Iwagakure withdraw from the Rain Country, there are also other things that Konoha has expressed.
Neither Sunagakure nor Iwagakure mentioned withdrawing.
This made Ohnoki, who was far away in the Iwagakure Village in the Land of Earth, a little confused.
"What's the situation in the Sand Village?" Ohnoki asked his Anbu ninja.
"Report, Lord Tsuchikage, we have not yet discovered the reason why the Sand Village appeared in the Land of Rain." The Anbu ninja replied honestly.
Ohnoki became even more confused.
The reason why they mobilized ninjas at the border to enter the Rain Country was to attract Konoha's attention and provide cover for their destruction of the Uzumaki clan.
In addition to Iwagakure, Kumogakure and Kirigakure are also putting pressure on Konoha in the small countries bordering Konoha to attract attention.
The three of them from the hidden village had a good plan.
As a result, the sudden action of Sand Village made it seem as if Sand Village was in collusion with them.
Although having one more Sand Village is not impossible, it will make it easier to destroy the Uzumaki clan.
But it also means one more person to share in the pie.
The three hidden villages have been divided up, and Ōnoki doesn't want another one.
This is also what the Raikage and Mizukage meant.
So here comes the question.
What does it mean that Sunagakure suddenly intervenes in the Land of Rain?
not understand.
Ohnoki was very confused.
In order to avoid any unexpected events that he would not be able to react to, he could only ask the Anbu to keep a close eye on Sunagakure's every move.
After the Hidden Villages of Fire, Earth, and Wind refused to withdraw the ninjas from the Rain Country, the atmosphere in the Ninja Continent was moving increasingly towards a Ninja World War.
It has actually come to this.
All the major hidden villages realized that a great ninja war was inevitable and were secretly preparing for it.
At the same time, an old man hiding in the shadows was secretly watching everything that happened in the ninja world, especially the Uzumaki clan in the Land of Whirlpools.
The old man's purple-blue eyes, a pair of black circles within black circles, were waiting for their container.
Konoha.
All ninjas and major ninja clans felt the approach of war.
Basic supplies such as military supplies pills, detonating talismans, kunai, shurikens, etc. are being actively stockpiled.
The major ninja clans that possess secret techniques are also actively stockpiling related secret technique supplies.
Everyone was ready for war.
Everyone in the Uchiha clan, including the clan leader, was like a hungry wolves seeing blood, with scarlet eyes and licking the corners of their mouths bloodthirstyly.
Everything the Uchiha had lost, they would win back in this Ninja World War.
All the Uchiha clan ninjas are looking forward to war.
Root base.
While everyone in the outside world was preparing for war, Danzo was obsessed with Sharingan and Li Yao's physical experiments.
However, his experimental results were not ideal.
As the one-year deadline agreed with Hiruzen approached, Danzo still did not get the answer he wanted from Li Yao's cells and chakra.
Even now he has not been able to break the state where Li Yao's chakra is not affected by illusions.
In Laboratory No. 1, Danzo looked at the Sharingan in the solution in the glass chamber and the Li Yao brand cell solution in the test tube next to it.
He looked at it for a long time and pondered for a long time.
Finally he sighed and admitted his failure.
He tried every experiment he could think of, but found nothing.
It was also at this time that Danzo realized that his talent in researching this area might be...really a bit ordinary.
He needed someone with a talent for research to help him achieve what he wanted.
Danzo also had a target in mind for this person.
But now the war is approaching, so we can only talk about it later.
Danzo turned and left, exiting Laboratory No. 1. Just as he was about to go out, he casually glanced at the door of Laboratory No. 0.
It was with this glance that Danzo suddenly had an inspiration.
"Since ordinary methods can't destroy the chakra ninjutsu state of that child, can we use the first generation cells with terrifying corrosive power to destroy it?"
Thinking about the scene where the body cells were sucked dry and the chakra was devoured after the first generation of cells were transplanted, and finally turned into a tree.
Danzo felt more and more that his inspiration could work.