If he couldn't beat the Sand, he would beat Konoha.
After returning to the Rain Village, Hanzō immediately sent a messenger to the Stone Village, asking them to hold back the Sand while he focused on dealing with Konoha.
At this time, Konoha's Tsunade was not yet famous, and there were no other well-known medical ninja. So Hanzō was very confident.
His goal in this war was not to win; that was unrealistic. He wanted to show the great nations that the small countries were not to be trifled with. If you dare to use our countries as your battlegrounds, we'll make you pay dearly.
Ōnoki of Both Scales received Hanzō's message. After some thought, he decided to go for it.
What's so difficult about holding back the Sand? Just station the troops there and maintain a standoff. They wouldn't lose much strength. His main goal was to fight Konoha, or rather, to weaken it.
In his youth, Ōnoki had also been a boy with ideals of peace. But when he went to Konoha with the Second Tsuchikage, Mu, for a meeting, he had encountered Madara Uchiha. Madara's attitude was, of course, "You all kneel before me."
With one swing of his Susanoo, both the Second Tsuchikage and Ōnoki were seriously injured and fled back to the Stone Village in disgrace.
And so, the grudge between Konoha and Ōnoki was born.
They say that childhood trauma affects a person for their whole life. Ōnoki had basically been preparing to fight Konoha his whole life.
Konoha was very strong now, so the Stone couldn't face them directly. It was necessary to weaken them first. Letting Hanzō have a go was a good idea.
Meanwhile, An Yan had successfully joined up with Tsunade and the others.
After a warm embrace, before An Yan could even say a few words, Tsunade had already run to her brother's side, affectionately stroking his face and checking for injuries.
An Yan looked on helplessly. Orochimaru came over.
"So, how's married life?"
Jiraiya, who was pretending not to care, secretly pricked up his ears.
An Yan immediately became wary. This Jiraiya seems to have a thing for married women. He glanced at him不动声色 and said casually, "It's not bad. We're planning to have a child after the war. Do you want to take them on as your disciple, Orochimaru?"
Orochimaru chuckled. "I'm not interested in raising children. But if you want me to teach them a few jutsu, I suppose I could."
An Yan thought of Orochimaru's snake-style jutsu and shivered. He didn't want his child to end up looking like that.
They had been friends for many years. Orochimaru knew what he was thinking. He smiled and said, "Not the human modification related jutsu. I'm talking about forbidden jutsu."
An Yan frowned. "Have you developed some strange new forbidden jutsu again?"
Orochimaru stuck out his tongue, licked his face, and then said, "Do you remember the topic we discussed?"
An Yan was puzzled. "We've discussed a lot of topics. Which one are you talking about? The immortal ship that keeps changing its parts? The idea of the Yang Spirit? Or the theory of the nature of chakra?"
Orochimaru said excitedly, "It's part of the chakra theory. You once said that chakra has the property of carrying information. The forbidden jutsu I'm researching now can store my chakra, forming a chakra body with all my knowledge every year. They can work on the same research project simultaneously. Isn't that amazing?"
An Yan gasped. This sounded like the Doctor's segments from Genshin Impact, but the principle was completely different. The inspiration was the chakra consciousness that Minato had left in Naruto's seal.
"Don't mess up. If one of your chakra consciousnesses takes over your body one day, none of us will be able to tell which one is the real Orochimaru. We'll have to kill them all just to be safe."
Orochimaru smiled. "Don't worry, An Yan. You have to have faith in my research skills."
An Yan pouted. Accidents are called accidents because they're unexpected. And the chances of an accident in scientific research are very high.
Before they could chat any longer, a sensory ninja came over.
"Lord Orochimaru, a small group of ninja is approaching. They seem to be from the Rain."
Orochimaru's smile vanished. His voice became cold and raspy as he said, "Prepare for battle!"
The previously cheerful Konoha ninja immediately went on alert.
In the light rain, Hanzō of the Salamander appeared before them with his subordinates.
"You ninja from the great nations always bring pain to us small countries. Today, I, Hanzō, will show you the strength of a small country."
With a wave of his hand, all the Rain ninja charged forward.
Orochimaru gave a hand signal, and everyone immediately took the antidote he had prepared beforehand and engaged the enemy.
In this situation, large-scale ninjutsu were useless. But there was one exception: poison gas.
All the Rain ninja were wearing gas masks to protect themselves.
Hanzō performed a summoning jutsu, and a giant salamander appeared on the battlefield, spewing poison gas everywhere.
An Yan knew all about Hanzō's abilities. He wouldn't let him run rampant. He appeared below the summoning beast and, with an uppercut, killed it on the spot. The poison sac ruptured, and the gas spread.
An Yan took out a scroll, preparing to seal the poison, but Hanzō's scythe came swinging at him.
"Do you think we're just standing here for nothing?"
Orochimaru immediately made a move. A sword shot out from his snake-like mouth, stabbing at Hanzō, trying to save An Yan by attacking him.
Hanzō was a cautious person. Seeing An Yan not move, he knew it was a trap. So when Orochimaru attacked, he immediately retreated, his Body Flicker Technique smooth as silk.
However, the next moment, Tsunade suddenly appeared before him and threw a punch. The power contained within it made his hair stand on end.
After receiving the small golden bell from An Yan, Tsunade's strength had been epically enhanced. A teleporting monster punch... who could block that?!
But Hanzō was at the peak of his strength. He managed to dodge at the last second.
An Yan used a sealing jutsu and sealed the spreading poison gas into the scroll.
Hanzō was still dodging the attacks of the three of them. An Yan watched for a moment and then chose to attack right after Tsunade.
Tsunade's monster punch had a wind-up. An Yan's monster strength had been trained to the point where there was no wind-up. He pushed out his palm and seriously injured Hanzō with one blow.
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