Born in Sunagakure, dedicated to antagonizing Konoha for decades

So, after giving Handsome Scorpion's father a look, Handsome Scorpion's father immediately came over and asked him.

"Chase him! Of course we have to chase him! Damn it, that bastard Danzo has turned the Land of Rain into this mess. If we don't kill him, how can we live up to Brother Hanzo's hospitality? Let's chase him! Brother Hanzo, don't worry, even if we have to chase him to the ends of the earth, I'll kill that bastard Danzo for you! (▼he▼メ)"

Shinto, as furious as before, gritted his teeth and spoke to Hanzo of the salamander.

"Good brother! I, Hanzo of the Salamander, will always remember the kindness your village has shown us in the Land of Rain. However, with a great battle imminent, and your village having suffered heavy losses in the previous battle, and Danzo that bastard has already fled far away, I think we should let it go and settle the score with him when we have the chance. Let's not ruin your village's plans!"

Looking at Shinto's gritted teeth and the wounded and killed Sand Ninja underlings on the ground, Hanzo of the Salamander was deeply moved... He wished he could at least burn joss paper and cut off chicken heads to become sworn brothers with him.

Look, this is the peerless Golden Lion, who, despite losing so many people to help him fight against Konoha, still thinks of avenging him. Hanzo of the Salamander was moved, but also quickly tried to dissuade him.

213. Hiruzen Sarutobi was admitted to the ICU overnight.

Watching Hanzo of the Salamander, whose underlings had died the most, still earnestly trying to persuade that bastard Shinto, for some reason, the high-ranking members of the Sand Village felt a strong sense of guilt. In this treacherous ninja world, people with simple minds like Hanzo of the Salamander were almost extinct.

It's rare to see someone like this, yet he's completely fooled by the village's top scoundrel. This scoundrel clearly took advantage of the chaos to cut down the most of your underlings, and you're actually thanking him...

Could this guy's venom sac have been transplanted into his brain...?

.....

When the second male lead's grandfather, leading the remnants of Konoha and fearing being hunted down, finally managed to escape from the Land of Rain and return to the Land of Fire's defense line after two weeks of wandering, the entire ninja world was in an uproar.

That man!

The man who will lead Konoha to the moon.

Konoha's chief advisor, Shimura Danzo, led the Shimura clan, the Uchiha clan, and 15,000 Konoha ninja into the Land of Rain. However, they encountered the combined forces of Sunagakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure, and ultimately suffered a humiliating defeat, with his face swollen from being kicked by Hanzo of the Salamander. If it weren't for the chaotic situation caused by the five-way battle, even Shimura Danzo, the commander-in-chief, probably wouldn't have made it back. Even if he had, it wouldn't have mattered; of the 15,000-plus ninja, less than half would have returned.

He single-handedly slaughtered over a thousand members of the famous Uchiha clan, known for their ability to take on five opponents at once. His own Shimura clan, once a second-tier clan alongside the Sarutobi, was decimated. The few surviving members were missing limbs and, upon returning to Konoha, were expected to retire and enjoy a peaceful life...

Danzo delivered a very effective kill. When the news reached Konoha, according to rumors, Hiruzen Sarutobi was admitted to the ICU overnight with two ruptured blood vessels. If it weren't for the rapid advancements in Konoha's medical technology over the years, Konoha would have been able to elect a new Hokage at the very beginning of World War II.

However, many people have a question in their minds.

Why did Shimura Danzo take the initiative to attack and invade the Land of Rain?

Anyone with an intelligence level of 60 or higher knows that venturing deep into enemy territory is the most risky tactic. Even though Konoha's forces had a comprehensive advantage this time, it was still the same. The Land of Rain is rainy all year round, which greatly limits the performance of Konoha ninjas who are not used to the weather there. Moreover, it is the home ground of the Rain Ninjas. From an environmental point of view alone, Danzo should not have ventured deep into enemy territory if he had any sense. In addition, Konoha is currently fighting on multiple fronts and its forces are scattered. As long as they set up a defensive line on the border and lay out a defensive formation, they can proceed steadily. The Rain Ninjas only have a few thousand combat personnel at most. Unless Hanzo of the Salamander is as fierce as Hashirama Senju or Madara Uchiha to the point of ignoring numbers, they simply cannot invade the Land of Fire.

However, Danzo not only led his men into the Land of Rain, but also stubbornly took on four opponents, with the Sand Village's leader being none other than Shiki the Golden Lion.

Everyone couldn't help but marvel at how much God favored Shimura Danzo! He managed to survive all that trouble, only getting a shoe print on his face from Hanzo the Salamander...

"Clan leader, I think we should go back to the village. This Danzo is really brainless. If he does it again, all the hard work of the Uchiha over the years will be for nothing!"

Meanwhile, at the Konoha camp on the border of the Land of Fire, although they had suffered heavy losses, they received news that the village's reinforcements and White Fang were on their way. Hiruzen Sarutobi was hospitalized, and the village affairs were temporarily handled by Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado. These two friends couldn't control Danzo. When he received the order from his two friends to return to the village, Danzo casually ignored it and stayed at the border to wipe the shoe prints off his face, recover, and wait for the reinforcements to arrive before launching another attack.

However, the Uchiha clan members couldn't stand it at this point. Although some of them were indeed provoked by the phrase "the number one clan in the ninja world," this incident also made them see clearly the abilities of this chief advisor who was always shouting about going to the moon. He was simply a piece of shit. Hanzo of the Salamander was indeed a Kage-level ninja, but he was a legitimate Grand Mage, not a martial artist. He was actually knocked out by a Grand Mage using taijutsu. They really couldn't believe how much shit he had left. It didn't matter that their Shimura clan was crippled; it was their own clan.

The Uchiha clan was already severely weakened by the loss of a thousand men; another attack would wipe them out!

They had witnessed how brave the Sand Village's Golden Lion was on the battlefield in the Land of Rain. His rock-hard taijutsu was like a father figure to them; they couldn't even get a scratch. At least half of their Uchiha clan had died under his blade. They weren't afraid to die, but they wanted to die with value. Now, being led by Shimura Danzo was clearly just sending them to their deaths!

"...The village's reinforcements and White Fang will arrive in a few days. Let's wait until they arrive before making any decisions. Returning to the village now would be very detrimental to the reputation of the Uchiha clan."

The second male lead's grandfather remained silent for a long time before addressing the group of indignant clansmen below.

He longed to return, too. The battle in the Land of Rain had halved half of the fruits of his twenty years of hard work. If he could, he would rather not go to save Danzo Shimura and let him die with his clan. They were the Uchiha clan, one of the founding clans of Konoha. Even Hiruzen Sarutobi wouldn't dare say anything if they wanted to return to the village. Based on their record of defeating the entire village by their clan twenty years ago, no one in the village dared to say anything. But if they did this kind of desertion, what would become of the Uchiha's reputation?

That reputation was built up over hundreds or thousands of years by generations, and he didn't want to ruin it in his hands. So he could only hold on and wait for White Fang and the others to arrive. And now his only hope was to place it on White Fang.

Because the Golden Lion was just too fierce. Although there was no direct confrontation, recalling the Golden Lion's unrestrained fighting style and indomitable momentum that day, he really couldn't figure out how White Fang had managed to confront such a monster all these years.

That unparalleled defense was comparable to the Third Raikage's Chakra Mode, and might even be more monstrous. No fewer than a thousand ninjutsu were fired at him, yet they couldn't even scratch him. Against such a lump of iron, he, with his family's history, truly had no idea how to fight...

However, if White Fang and Nara Shikamaru arrive, the position of overall commander shouldn't fall to Danzo anymore...

He still had confidence in White Fang and Nara Shika. One was Konoha's top ninja, who had competed with Golden Lion for the title of Master Ninja for so many years. The other, although old, was still intelligent, and in fact, he was getting more and more cunning with age.

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214. The Iwa ninja leader was killed by Hanzo.

"Lord Shika, how is the Hokage?"

On the way to Danzo's forces, Hatake Sakumo asked Grand Marshal Nara Shika with concern. His boss had been in power for over twenty years and had seen all sorts of storms, even surviving the death of his own younger brother. He never expected that Danzo would put him in the emergency room this time. Even he had to admit that this man who wanted to take the moon was truly powerful.

"Sigh... The Hokage is alright, but he still needs to rest for a while. It's mainly because he's been working too hard lately and he couldn't handle the shock of hearing this news all at once. However... news came from the village that Danzo didn't return and has set up camp on the border waiting for us. That's the most troublesome thing."

Nara Shika, holding out the information in his hand, rubbed his forehead and said.

If they were to go directly to the rescue, that would be fine. Although the battle in the Land of Rain was somewhat disastrous due to Danzo Shimura's schemes, which slightly affected morale, he was still quite confident about this war.

With the village's reinforcements and these people, they were more than capable of taking on four opponents at once. Moreover, the Raikage and Onoki, the two leaders, had not yet arrived. The most powerful Golden Lion was being watched by Sakumo, and the Sand Village's genius puppeteer couple, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio and Tsunade, were also there. The Hyuga clan leader was on his way, and with the Uchiha clan leader also present, they had a significant advantage in terms of high-end combat power.

To put it bluntly, as long as we proceed steadily and don't rush things, even his grandmother could win this war against the Land of Rain. The Cloud Ninja's Tsuchikage is seriously injured, and the Iwa Ninja's leader is just an old guy. The only truly high-level combatants are Shiki the Golden Lion, Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law, and Hanzo the Salamander. They can handle it completely. Although the Sand Village's puppeteer force is a bit troublesome, with Tsunade, the best doctor in Konoha, and the Inuzuka clan, there's absolutely no need to worry. No matter how they fight, he can't think of any reason to lose.

But what gave him a headache wasn't the external enemies, but the damn incompetent teammates inside. Danzo, the chief advisor, was nowhere to be found. He could tell with his own eyes what Danzo was up to by staying behind. Anyone would want revenge after being covered in shoe prints by Hanzo the Salamander, let alone Danzo, who had held a high position in Konoha for many years and had a certain reputation among ninjas.

However, there's no problem with him wanting revenge; he'll be given the chance. But the biggest concern is that Danzo is too power-hungry. Would someone who even wants to dethrone the Hokage be willing to follow their orders?

Dream on!

Let's not wait until they arrive and before they even start fighting the enemy to have a battle for command. Although he and Sakumo are not interested in this, the enemy has Golden Lion, so Sakumo has to be the leader. Danzo, whose face is covered with the footprints of the Salamander Hanzo, is obviously not suitable to be the commander-in-chief, and he no longer has the prestige.

But what he hates most is this kind of internal strife...

"boom!"

"What on earth is that idiot Danzo doing?!"

On one side, the hot-tempered Tsunade punched a huge crater in the roadside, her phoenix eyes already blazing with fury.

With the addition of the Uchiha clan, a total of over 15,000 people, he squandered half of them. Tsunade, who had never witnessed the dark side of the power struggles among the village's higher-ups, was on the verge of exploding.

"...You'll understand later."

Sakumo Hatake and the others looked helplessly at their eldest princess. There were some things they knew but couldn't say, especially the shady dealings between the Hokage and Danzo, their two best buddies.

It's just that their Hokage is sentimental and cherishes his childhood friend Danzo. If it were anyone else, given Danzo's actions over the years, the Seven-Tails incident alone would have been far more serious than just kneeling on durians...

Why would Danzo do this?

Isn't it just a matter of being eager to achieve quick results, build up a strong following in the village, and ultimately dethrone their Hokage?

But they couldn't say these things openly, after all, it was a matter of love and hate between friends.

......

"boom!"

"Big brother, something terrible has happened! Kuraichi of Iwagakure has been killed by Hanzo of the Salamander, and Hanzo of the Salamander is also seriously injured!"

"Big brother? Big brother?"

"puff!"

"Holy crap! What happened? Someone's dead?"

Just as the Konoha army was preparing to assemble, Sasori's father from the Land of Rain hurriedly burst into Masato's room. Seeing that Masato wouldn't wake up no matter how much he called him, he desperately poured a bucket of cold water on Masato, who had once again been drunk by Hanzo the Salamander the night before.

During this time, Hanzo of the Salamander has truly been a brother. After handling his underling's funeral arrangements, he also helped with the funeral arrangements for their Sand Village underling, sending a large amount of compensation to the village. This made Sunagawa and Ebizo feel extremely ashamed. If they had known that Hanzo of the Salamander was such a "genuine" person, they wouldn't have schemed against him in the first place. Look how polite he is now, they really... regret their past actions...!

What a wonderful person he is!

That's not all. During this time, the Sand Ninja were also eating and drinking well in the Land of Rain. Hanzo, the Salamander, was hosting banquets for these high-ranking Sand Ninja every day. He and his good brother, Shinto, drank until they were drunk, making those thin-skinned Sand Ninja clan leaders feel embarrassed. They secretly despised Shinto, that bastard, for causing so much trouble on their territory and still having the nerve to eat and drink so heartily.

Not wanting to suffer any loss, they had no choice but to shamelessly eat and drink like crazy every day, as a way of compensating Hanzo the salamander...

A bowl of refreshing coolness made Shindou, who was about to draw his sword thinking someone was about to attack, looked at his younger brother's anxious appearance with a look of utter confusion.

"Someone has died. I just received the news that Kuraichi, a high-ranking member of Iwagakure, was killed by Hanzo the Salamander last night. Hanzo the Salamander was also seriously injured. Judging from Hanzo the Salamander's injuries, he won't recover for at least six months."

"Handsome Scorpion's father said helplessly."

"No way? Wasn't Hanzo completely drunk with me last night? How did he end up drunk and beating up a top Iwa ninja? (⊙_⊙)?"

Shinto looked even more confused. Last night, he had to get Sanjō Hanzō to pass out before he could have Sasori's dad bring him back. Even someone as strong as him was so drunk. How could Sanjō Hanzō possibly go and kill someone?

impossible!

"It's said that the geisha that old man Kuraichi took a fancy to last night was Hanzo the Salamander's lover. Hanzo woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't find her, so he sent people to look for her. They discovered that the geisha had been taken away by that old man Kuraichi, so..."

"Handsome Scorpion's father said in a strange tone, with a hint of emotion."

"...Women are truly powerful creatures! They could actually force a giant to retire and a core member to be severely injured and forced to withdraw from the battlefield..."

Although Sasori's father hadn't finished speaking, Masato had already reconstructed the story's plot in his mind, and he was filled with emotion.

215. Hanzo the Salamander, enraged for the sake of a beautiful woman.

"Beautiful women have always been a source of trouble! In the past, Madara fought your father in the Imperial City for your mother, leading to your father's untimely death. Now, Hanzo of the Salamander, in a fit of rage for a beautiful woman... uh, no, a songstress, killed a powerful figure from Iwagakure..."

Based on the incomplete description given by Handsome Scorpion's father and the subsequent additions and refinements from Shinto's own imagination, the events likely unfolded as follows...

Although Hanzo the Salamander is also single, it's normal for him to have one or two girlfriends as the leader of the Land of Rain. Last night, he probably picked that songstress, but he was so drunk that he passed out. After his underlings took him back to his room, he just collapsed and fell asleep, not even noticing that his girlfriend wasn't there.

However, Iwagakure's leader, Kuraichi, was probably a refined man. After a major battle, he needed to calm his nerves, so he ordered his underlings to find songstresses from the Land of Rain to sing and dance to lighten his mood. Unfortunately, one of the Iwagakure underlings also took the songstress chosen by Hanzo of the Salamander. While not necessarily a stunning beauty, a songstress chosen by Hanzo was at least attractive and alluring. As the saying goes, even a sow can rival Diao Chan after three years of fighting, let alone the old man Kuraichi, who had just survived a life-or-death battle. While he still had the energy, he naturally wanted to enjoy himself. However, in that one glance in the crowd, the old man Kuraichi was instantly smitten. He made some grand promises, and in the end, this woman chosen by Hanzo stayed, leading to a series of censored but intimate exchanges.

Then, in the middle of the night, because he had drunk too much horse urine, Hanzo of the Salamander got up to go to the toilet. After sleeping, he was almost sober. He was thinking about... well, you know, when he returned to his room to have some friendly fun with his girlfriend, he found the room empty. So he sent his underlings to look for someone. His underlings searched the entire capital of the Land of Rain and finally found a clue at the headquarters of the Iwagakure leader. They then reported to Hanzo of the Salamander. When Hanzo of the Salamander heard this news, it was like a bolt from the blue. Under the influence of the remaining alcohol and the resentment, anger and other negative emotions he felt from the previous incident, Hanzo of the Salamander grabbed his large scythe and led two underlings to attack the Iwagakure headquarters.

Needless to say, the final result was that even at his peak, the over-sixty-year-old Kuraichi couldn't defeat Hanzo the Salamander, let alone when he was overworked. He was quickly sliced ​​into sashimi by Hanzo. As for the geisha... she was just a supporting character, and her ending was unimportant.

The Iwa ninja underlings were outraged to see their leader killed at their headquarters. Hanzo of the Salamander wasn't the kind of invincible warrior like the Third Raikage; the fact that he survived the onslaught of countless Iwa ninja underlings was probably thanks to the heroic sacrifice of the two underlings who went with him.

"ヽ(ー_ー)ノ.....The Iwa ninja are now fighting the Amegakure ninja to avenge Kuraichi. Big brother, should we go and stop them? The Konoha reinforcements are almost here."

Scorpion's father was speechless. He had found the reason for his father's untimely death in the files a few years ago. It wasn't because his mother was too busy with official duties and his body was worn out, but because he was seriously injured after fighting with Uchiha Madara over a girl. However, that was a matter of the previous generation, and Uchiha Madara died even earlier than his father, so he couldn't take revenge even if he wanted to.

However, I always feel that it is an insult to my parents to compare their great love to people like Hanzo the Salamander, the geisha, and Kuraichi.

However, now is not the time to dwell on such things. They have been in the Land of Rain for so long for two reasons: first, to prevent the Land of Rain from further developing and turning it into a battlefield; and second, to learn from the lessons of World War I. Since the three major villages have all gathered in the Land of Rain, they might as well team up and directly confront Konoha, and at the same time, wreak even more havoc on the Land of Rain, killing two birds with one stone.

But the people from Konoha haven't even arrived yet, and they've already started fighting amongst themselves. Konoha's next wave of reinforcements will definitely be strong and well-equipped. The Iwa ninja are missing a leader, and Hanzo of the Salamander from the Amegakure side is also seriously injured and out of action. If both sides suffer heavy casualties, the chances of winning against Konoha will be uncertain.

"No need, let them fight, brother! While your knowledge may surpass mine, your vision is too short-sighted. We do want to stop the Rain Village's development, but aren't the Iwa Village our enemies too? Although we're currently united against Konoha, fundamentally we're enemies with Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and even Kirigakure. Do you really think Iwagakure is desperate enough to send this old man, Kuraichi, to lead the team? Even the Raikage sent Tsuchidae. I suspect Onoki is setting a trap again, but who he's trapping is hard to say..."

After this incident, Shinto seemed to have a rough idea of ​​Onoki's intentions, though he wasn't entirely sure. Perhaps Onoki simply wanted to cripple the Land of Rain in one fell swoop, so he sent an old, faded man under the pretense of borrowing a passage, with the real purpose of establishing a battlefield there. He knew that the old man, Kuraichi, was no match for him, so when the war broke out with Konoha, he would use the excuse of defeat or simply abandon the old man, Kuraichi, to let Konoha kill him. Then, the Iwa ninja would use the excuse of defeat to withdraw, leaving only Konoha and the Amegakure ninja in the Land of Rain. Once the two sides went to war, even if the Amegakure ninja had the home advantage, they would suffer heavy losses if they wanted to drive Konoha out. Given the Land of Rain's environmental conditions, it would take at least several decades to recover. After several decades, it would be questionable whether the only Kage-level ninja, Hanzo of the Salamander, would still be alive. At that time, the threat of the Sixth Great Ninja Village would naturally be gone.

However, Onoki probably didn't anticipate that Sunagakure and Kumogakure would coincidentally arrive in the Land of Rain at the same time, just as he had planned. This led to the subsequent series of events. Whether Hanzo's outburst for love was an accident or part of Onoki's plan is hard to say. From a broader perspective, the conflict between Iwagakure and Amegakure doesn't seem advantageous for their joint fight against Konoha. But from Shinto's personal perspective, the more intense the conflict, the better. He could always wait for Konoha reinforcements to arrive, and if he couldn't win, he could retreat to his village, regroup, and then challenge Konoha one-on-one. He had already dealt with Konoha, and although some died, it wasn't a complete loss. Frankly, Sunagakure and Ebizo would be happy for more deaths; the village already couldn't support so many ninja...