This Water Shadow is very strong, but overly cautious.

Therefore, the way of competition can only be replaced by "arm wrestling".

Unlike Ryosuke and Tsunade who have extraordinary strength, although both of them have considerable strength, they are still far from that kind of destructive strength.

Therefore, the wrestling between the two did not cause any unnecessary noise.

Seeing that Kaguya Yuuta and Hoshigaki Kisame were still deadlocked on the table and refused to give in to each other, Zabuza Momochi shook his head slightly, then squatted in the corner, covered his cheeks with a raincoat on the side, and then fell asleep.

Zabuza Momochi’s choice was: watching these two people wasting time and energy on each other, it would be better to sleep.

Rain Ninja, Hanzo's residence.

Salamander Hanzo looked at his nest, which was in a mess after a fierce battle, with a deep look in his eyes.

At this moment, an elite Rain Ninja came to Hanzo and reported to Hanzo.

"Chief, Lord Shen Da has been found."

"He was fine, just knocked unconscious and left on the side of the road."

"Apart from the three who escaped, the remaining two of the troublemakers in the underground intelligence office have been apprehended."

"Look"

Looking at Hanzo's calm face, which showed no emotion, the Rain Ninja spoke cautiously.

After all, in his opinion, two enemies sneaked into the core area of ​​​​Ramen, and were defeated and escaped after a battle. Even Hanzo of the Salamander should be extremely annoyed at this moment.

"I know what you said."

"Give me the order."

"The Rain Village has entered a state of war. All Rain Ninjas must bring three days' worth of supplies and move towards the border of the Wind Country."

"This order is to be carried out immediately!"

Hanzo Salamander ignored the trivial matters reported by Rain Ninja, but spoke slowly to the Rain Ninja in front of him.

Hearing the sound, the pupils of this elite Rain Ninja shrank slightly and his body trembled slightly.

Sansho Hanzo is going to

"Yes!"

After a pause, the Rain Ninja responded decisively, his voice trembling with excitement and enthusiasm.

All the Rain Ninjas who can be brought by Hanzo of the Salamander are not only the elite among the elite Rain Ninjas, but also Hanzo’s fanatics and most loyal weapons.

Then, the Rain Ninja hurriedly turned around to carry out Hanzo's orders.

"And you."

"Find three messengers and take these three items to the Hokage of Konoha, the Kazekage of Sunagakure, and the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure!"

Then, Hanzo of the Salamander said to another confidant beside him, and at the same time he waved his hand and cut off a huge piece of iron sheet from the drainpipe beside him.

"Zizzi!!!"

There was a harsh sound of metal friction, and the iron sheet was split into three.

Hanzo of the Salamander waved the sickle in his hand and casually wrote two large characters in a flamboyant style on three pieces of iron sheets - war!

"Yes, my lord!"

Seeing this, Hanzo's confidant immediately and carefully put away the three chapters of iron sheets, and then went to carry out Hanzo's orders.

A second ago, this piece of iron sheet was just the material of a sewer pipe somewhere in the Rain Ninja.

But this second has become the symbol of the triggering of the Ninja World War.

The other Rain Ninjas all looked at each other in bewilderment. They knew in their hearts that war was coming.

The protagonist of this war is no longer other big countries, but - Rain Ninja!

It was the man before them who was worthy of their everything—Hanzo the Salamander!

"Everyone, the war is about to begin."

"This time, it is no longer a war forced upon us by a great power, but a war we initiate against the great power!"

"This is more than just a war."

"It is also the freedom, dignity and dream of the Rain Ninja!"

"This time, I will lead the Rain Ninja to completely take back everything we have lost."

Hanzo of the Salamander glanced at the elite ninjas of the Rain Ninja in front of him. He could see excitement, desire and fanaticism in the eyes of every Rain Ninja.

"Rain Ninja, we will win!"

Hanzo uttered four thunderous words from his mouth.

"Rain Ninja will win!!!"

Dozens of elite Rain Ninjas shouted one after another, forming a resolute will in the drizzle of the Rain Kingdom.

Under the command of Hanzo of the Salamander, the entire Rain Village worked at full capacity like a sophisticated machine. One after another, the Rain Ninjas tightly grasped their weapons, put on their armor, and gathered towards the front line.

Since the spies of the three major countries within the Rain Shinobi had been eliminated, and the subsequent ninjas who came to gather intelligence had also been captured, the three major countries were completely unaware of the movements of the Rain Shinobi for a while.

A revolution in the ninja world slowly began to spread in the silent rainy night.

Chapter 183: Konoha's Political Clouds

Three days later, in the Hokage's office, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the rusty iron sheet on the table and slowly took a puff of the pipe in his hand.

"Tuk-tuk!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen tapped the table lightly twice, and a swift and sharp shadow suddenly appeared in Sarutobi Hiruzen's office.

This is an Anbu member with silver hair and a fox mask.

"Go and invite Mitomonen, Utane Koharu, and Shimura Danzo over here."

After Sarutobi Hiruzen pondered for a moment, a hint of deep understanding flashed in his eyes, and he spoke to the Anbu wearing a fox mask in front of him.

"Yes!"

Then the Anbu wearing a fox mask disappeared from the spot.

After the Anbu wearing the fox mask left, Sarutobi Hiruzen stared at the iron sheet on the table with the murderous word "war" engraved on it, his eyes flickering.

Not long after, two men and one woman, along with the fox-masked Anbu, arrived at Sarutobi Hiruzen's office.

"Please sit down, Menyan, Xiaochun, Danzo."

After seeing several people coming, Sarutobi Hiruzen showed a kind smile, like a peaceful rich man.

Hearing this, the three of them nodded and landed opposite Sarutobi Hiruzen's desk.

The fox-faced Anbu came firmly behind Sarutobi Hiruzen, stood with his hands behind his back, his posture like an iron tower.

Seeing this, Danzo, who was sitting on the opposite side, had a strange look in his eyes.

"This guy, his strength has improved again."

“What a great tool!”

"It's a pity that old man Sarutobi Hiruzen refused to give me this tool no matter what."

There was a sinister glint in Shimura Danzo's eyes, and he said secretly in his heart.

This is different from the time when Kirigakure's power was once controlled by the Hokage, the Anbu minister, and the ninja clan.

Konoha far surpasses Kirigakure in both strength and the complexity of its internal situation.

However, it is definitely not an easy task to be a good "Hokage" and to manage a violent organization as huge as Konoha with a very complex internal situation.

Looking back at the two Hokage before Sarutobi Hiruzen.

The first generation of Hokage relied on his combat power to overwhelm the ninja world.

The Second Hokage relied on his own ability and the reputation of the Senju.

When it comes to Sarutobi Hiruzen, he neither has the power to suppress the ninja world nor a big tree like "Senju" to provide shade behind him.

The "Sarutobi" clan is also a well-known ninja clan in the ninja world, but at best it is just a ninja clan of medium or small size, and can only be considered of medium to low level within Konoha.

Within Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen has no foundation other than the identity of "second-generation disciple".

When Tobirama Senju was assassinated by Kinkaku and Ginkaku, the position of Hokage was hastily handed over to Sarutobi Hiruzen. No one knew how much effort Sarutobi Hiruzen put into securing the position of Hokage.

When Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to secure the position of Hokage, the three major clans, Senju, Uchiha and Hyuga, were the first to be targeted.

Let’s not talk about Senju for now. With Senju Tobirama’s last will, even if Senju doesn’t support it, he will never go against Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Apart from the Senju, even if Sarutobi Hiruzen only wanted to deal with the Hyuga and Uchiha, he would not be able to do it on his own.

First of all, he did not have the strongest fighting power in the ninja world, and could not defeat the Hyuga and Uchiha.

Secondly, his own talent can only be regarded as that of an "ordinary genius", which is far from being comparable to a peerless genius like Senju Tobirama.

How did Sarutobi Hiruzen win the support of his people? How did he rule over the Hyuga and Uchiha?

It has to be said that Sarutobi Hiruzen's political skills are also far superior to those of the two modern Hokage.

He used his political talent perfectly to keep Konoha firmly in his hands.

Basically, during the first and second generations, the Hokage of Konoha had the power to act arbitrarily and could be said to have the final say.

But Sarutobi Hiruzen obviously did not have such ability and skill, and he was also quite sensible and knew that he could not control Konoha, the aircraft carrier, by himself.

Therefore, he was willing to weaken the authority of the Hokage and gave up the unrealistic idea of ​​"one-man rule". He delegated certain powers to Mito Kado En, Utane Koharu and Shimura Danzo.

Mitokado En and Utane Koharu each gained control of some government affairs and obtained the position of "Hokage Advisor".

"Advisor" actually exercises some of the Hokage's powers on behalf of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Danzo Shimura established Konoha's darkest and most violent organization - the Root.

This power arrangement of one civil and one military not only divided and brought the three people together, but also made each of them owe a big favor to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

After gladly accepting Sarutobi Hiruzen's appointment, the four formed a close-knit group with Sarutobi Hiruzen as the core.

They all understood that in the vast sea of ​​Konoha, if they did not stick together for warmth, they would easily be drowned by the sea water of Konoha.

The four of them were all disciples of the second generation Hokage, and they all had the support of a small or medium-sized ninja clan. In addition, Sarutobi Hiruzen had the reputation of being "righteous", so he had the confidence to sit firmly on the position of Hokage.

Originally, whenever a major change occurred in Konoha, the Hokage would only consult or notify the great ninja clans such as the Senju, Hyuga, and Uchiha.

In order to gain the support of other small and medium-sized ninja clans, Sarutobi Hiruzen even brought the chiefs of these small ninja clans under the sphere of supreme power.

Whenever major decisions were made, he would consult with small ninja clans such as Yamanaka, Akimichi, Nara, Yune, Inuzuka, etc., gave these small ninja clans the right to speak, and began to support the development of these small ninja clans.

Konoha's space and resources are limited, and if the small ninja clan wants to develop, they must obtain space from other places.

Where does this space come from? The answer is simple - it is from giants like Senju, Hyuga and Uchiha.

Since then, Sarutobi Hiruzen took advantage of the conflict between the small ninja clan and the big ninja clan to win over most of the people in Konoha to his (Wang Nuo's) side.

At the same time, they also began to split the Hyuga and isolate the Uchiha Kuang without reservation.

Everything Sarutobi Hiruzen did was out of fear that the Uchiha and Hyuga would affect the stability of his position as Hokage.

From then on, whenever there was a major event, Sarutobi Hiruzen would first reach a consensus with the three second-generation disciples.

It is euphemistically called "Hokage's Think Tank".

Then he summoned all the ninja clan leaders and issued the orders discussed by the Hokage and his "think tank", made some adjustments to the details, distributed the benefits and unified the orders.

At the very end, a meeting of Jonin was held.

The decision made by a series of Konoha high-level officials including the Hokage, Hokage advisors, ninja clan leaders, and Root ministers was announced.

The jonin of Konoha usually only have the right to execute orders.

At this moment, Hanzo declared war on Konoha, and Sarutobi Hiruzen, as usual, called together his three "old companions" to discuss countermeasures.

Chapter 184: The Darkness of the False Ninja World

"Hokage, just tell me what it is."

Shimura Danzo had no intention of greeting Sarutobi Hiruzen and reminiscing about the past, and from the way they addressed each other, there was no indication that the two had ever been partners through thick and thin.

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't seem to care about this at all, and the kind smile on his face never changed.

"call"

"vomit"