Escape From Konoha

The rain was pouring down.

There is naturally an icy chill in the air. Affected by the perennial rainfall, the Land of Rain has a large number of swollen canals every year.

In this gloomy village, whether you are a ninja or a civilian, as long as you walk out of the house or walk outside, you must wear a raincoat to prevent your clothes from getting wet by the rain and letting your body catch the cold.

"Hey, have you noticed that the food distributed recently has become less and less?"

In a tavern, several Amegakure ninjas were quietly talking about matters of life and death.

For ninjas during war, although money is important, more important is food that can fill their stomachs.

They would rather exchange the rewards from the mission for food. This is especially important for the ninjas of Amegakure Village who are not wealthy.

Having been oppressed by the ninjas of the great powers, their lives have become very difficult. If the village does not provide them with relief at this time, even if they don't say it, they will be dissatisfied in their hearts.

Therefore, the issue of food is indeed a major issue related to the life and death of Yuyin ninja.

"Have you noticed it too? I don't dare to put too much rice in my porridge now, for fear that I'll finish it in a few days."

"I remember that as of November and December last year, there was quite enough food in the village. I remember that at that time, envoys from Sunagakure came over. They were not here to ask for supplies from Amegakure Village, right? ?”

A Yuyin ninja was a little drunk after drinking.

When the other companions heard this, their faces were shocked immediately, and they booed him softly.

"You bastard, are you looking for death?"

The drinking companion suddenly scolded him angrily in a low voice.

"Ah, hug, sorry, I made a mistake..."

The drunken Ninja Amane also suddenly sobered up, and began to apologize with a pale face.

Carefully looking around, he found that no one else noticed, and fell silent.

"Hanzo-sama, during the Second Ninja War, was a powerful ninja who defeated the ninja forces of a great nation by himself. How could he compromise with Sunagakure?"

"That's right, Lord Hanzo is the god of our Yuyin Village, and Sand Yin would not dare to come to us to be presumptuous."

The drunken Amegakure ninja nodded repeatedly.

But in fact, everyone has doubts in their hearts. It's just because of the power of the leader Hanzo, and they don't want to believe that as the leader of Amegakure Village, the ninja demigod who led Amegakure Village to glory in the last ninja war would be so humble. Compromise with Sunagakure.

After all, Hanzo's contribution to Yuyin Village is genuine, fought with a sword and a sword.

He took the lead in every battle, and the countless scars left on his body are the iron and blood proof of his life as a soldier.

It's just that because he has gotten a little older in recent years, and there are many hidden injuries left on his body when he was young, his physical fitness has declined somewhat now, but his strength is still feared by the surrounding powerful ninjas.

"Don't worry, as long as Lord Hanzo is around, Sain will not dare to come to our place to act wildly. They will only go to blackmail the daimyo and those useless nobles."

"As long as they dare to come, Lord Hanzo will kill the shit of Sa Yin. Master Hanzo is known as a demigod ninja."

The worship and admiration for Hanzo comes from the true inner side of every Yuyin ninja.

The reason why this village was able to retain its sovereignty in the war-torn Land of Rain, known as the only safe haven in the Land of Rain, was because Hanzo guarded it here.

As long as Hanzo is here for a day, this is the safest place in the Land of Rain.

Thanks to Hanzo's blessing, even if they suspected that Hanzo had some ulterior deal with Sunagakure, they still believed in their hearts that Hanzo was not such a timid person.

If their leader, Hanzo, was a ninja as timid as a mouse, then the last ninja war would not have made all countries fearful and would have become a peak that the ninjas could not overcome.

After finishing drinking in the tavern, the Ninja Amane left.

The drunken ninja of the rain came to the dark and deserted alley alone, transformed into a strange ninja, sneaked into the ground and disappeared.

…

Within a few days, there were a lot of rumors in Yuyin Village.

The amount of food distributed by Yuyin Village has decreased, which is obvious to all.

Judging from the food stored before and at the beginning of the war, it should not be exhausted so quickly.

But the food in hand is indeed getting less and less every day.

Moreover, the rumor pointed at Hanzo. The rumor said that in order to please Sunagakure, he provided important supplies of the village to Sunagakure, and Sunagakure only consumed these supplies at a very low price. This includes not only food, but also medicine and ninja tools.

Hanzo, who was protected by dozens of Amegakure elite ninjas in the tower, could not sit back and watch such rumors arise.

Because he knew that once such rumors spread completely in Yuyin Village, even if they were false, they would become true, which would lead to the loss of his prestige and the emergence of a large number of ninjas who deviated from his will in the village.

This would not be conducive to his rule over Yugakure.

Most importantly, his deal with Sunagakure actually happened.

Although it is very hidden, only a few close friends know about it.

Did someone among his confidants betray him?

Hanzo recalled the names of his cronies in his mind, but no matter how he guessed, he never felt that his cronies had betrayed him.

But if a close confidant hadn't betrayed him, then who had revealed such hidden information? Guide people in the village to speculate in this regard?

Sunagakure's puppet old woman?

"Hanzo-sama, how should we deal with these rumors?"

The Amegakure ninja who came to report asked in a low voice.

After all, if this kind of thing is not handled well, it will indeed cause great internal conflicts.

"Don't worry, it was because there was some delay in the delivery of rice when buying rice, so the food distributed had to be reduced. It will return to normal the day after tomorrow. By then, these rumors will be self-defeating."

Hanzo said confidently.

"yes."

The messenger also breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that those rumors were just used by some interested people. As the leader of Amegakure, how could Lord Hanzo make such a shameless compromise to Sunagakure?

"By the way, Master Hanzo, there is one more thing that you need to decide on."

"What is it?"

"According to the investigation by people outside the village, a large number of villages in the Kingdom of Rain have suffered horrific massacres recently, and all the supplies in the villages have been looted. According to statistics, a total of 2,400 people have died, and there are many more villages. There is no statistics included, otherwise, the number of dead would be even higher."

"What did you say?"

In the closed room, Hanzo stood up in surprise when he heard the death numbers.

He opened the door and walked out, with a look of surprise and anger on his face.

"Is this true?"

"It's absolutely true."

The Amegakure ninja who sent the message looked solemn.

Hanzo's face became uncertain.

"Any clues?"

"Although someone carefully processed the traces at the scene, it is not difficult to see that it was the work of a ninja."

"Is this news blocked?"

Hanzo asked.

The messenger gave a wry smile and shook his head.

blockade? How can we put a lockdown on such a serious matter when there are so many deaths?

In less than a few days, this matter will probably spread throughout Yuyin Village, and it will be more serious than the previous rumors.

Hanzo sighed.

Indeed, how can such a thing be blocked?

Suffering from the oppression of the ninjas of the great powers, and now that something like this happened again, those Amegakure ninjas would definitely guess that it was the ninjas of the great powers who did it?

But what's the point of doing this?

There should be no reason for Sunagakure to do this.

The puppet old woman would not target the Land of Rain without any reason and drag the Amegakure Village into the war, which would do all the harm to Sunagakure and no benefit at all.

If it's Konoha...

Konoha! ?

Hanzo's face changed slightly.

Immediately, his face calmed down and he waved his hand to let the messenger go down.

Back in the room, Hanzo's face was gloomy.

He picked up a secret letter sent to him by the old woman Chiyo, Sunagakure's puppet, in December of the previous year.

The secret letter stated that Konoha Root leader Shimura Danzo led the Root ninjas to the Land of Rain with unknown intentions.

At the same time, he is also warning Yugakure not to fall into the trap designed by Konoha and turn against Sunagakure.

"Danzo!"

Hanzo clenched his fist tightly.

There was a terrifying murderous look in his eyes.

Although there is no definite evidence, if Amegakure intervenes in this war, Konoha will be the party that will benefit the most.

The only way for the Country of Rain to achieve rapid peace now is to secretly fund Sunagakure and bring the war to the Country of Fire as soon as possible. In this way, he can lead the Rain Hidden Village to quickly stabilize the domestic situation.

Among them, Konoha can be said to be on the opposite side of Amegakure and Sunagakure.

Because if the battlefield remains within the Kingdom of Rain, it will be the most unfavorable situation for Amegakure and Sunagakure.

Aegakure cannot stabilize the situation in the Land of Rain, and Sunagakure cannot achieve his strategic goals.

The only one who benefited was Konoha.

Konoha now looks extremely tired when facing Sunagakure. The way to save the disadvantage is to drag Amegakure into the water and let Amegakure and Konoha form a front alliance to fight against Sunagakure ninjas.

"As expected of the Dark Ninja, I really underestimated you before, Danzo Shimura!"

For someone who can resort to such despicable and dangerous tactics to profit from Konoha at all costs, he has no other choice but Danzo Shimura, the leader of the group.

Hanzo smashed his fist on the ground angrily.

But this is all just speculation, and he has no definite evidence.

He believed that the conspiracy at the root would not end here, and would definitely cause a large number of massacres in the Land of Rain, and then frame it for Sunagakure.

As long as he found definite evidence that it was Danzo's roots, he wouldn't mind joining forces with Sunagakure to go to the Land of Fire to burn, kill and loot.

Even if he faced the ninjutsu doctor, as a ninja demigod, he might not be afraid.

What he was afraid of was only the elite ninjas that emerged in Konoha, as well as those bloodline and secret ninja clans.

"Call Kanzo over!"

Hanzo issued orders to the outside world.

Soon, an Amegakure ninja came outside Hanzo's room and knelt down on one knee.

"Lord Hanzo, what are your orders?"

The Amegakure ninja named Kanzo is an elderly middle-aged man.

His right eye is covered with a black eyepatch and he wears a somewhat old Amegakure ninja forehead protector.

But listening to his voice, he was still full of energy, and his momentum was not comparable to that of ordinary ninjas.

As Hanzo's trusted right-hand man, Kanzo is not only solid in his work, but also a well-known jounin among Amegakure in terms of strength.

"I need to investigate something myself, this time you act with me."

Hanzo walked out of the room, wearing a gas mask on his face and a chain wrapped around his waist. The chain was connected to a sickle with a partially sharp blade, slung behind him.

"yes."

Although I wonder why Hanzo would go out in person at this time, as a subordinate, he only needs to follow orders.

Hanzo walked to the outer corridor of the tower and looked at the gray village where it was raining heavily. There was a coldness in his pale yellow eyes.

It seems that after not walking around in the ninja world for a long time, some people have forgotten his existence.

Although he had already determined in his heart that it was the Konoha ninja who had done this, the Rain Country couldn't stand the trouble now, so he had to investigate it himself in order to know who was the mastermind behind this.

Once the person behind the scenes is identified, he will have to endure the crazy revenge after the wrath of this demigod.

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"Act quickly, don't leave anyone alive!"

The ninja wearing a brightly colored mask with a strange aura gave orders to the three subordinates around him.

The other three also wore masks.

They are ninjas affiliated with Konohagakure.

After joining this organization, my name, past, future, feelings, everything was abandoned.

As the 'nutrient' that supports the big tree of Konoha Village, it is deeply rooted in the earth.

As long as it is for Konoha, no matter how dark, how despicable, or how cruel it is, it will be carried out without hesitation.

In the village amid the heavy rain, screams were heard. Everyone who lived in this village was given a ruthless death.

They felt no guilt in killing so many innocent people.

Because if they don't die, the Fire Nation and Konoha will suffer more sacrifices.

Sacrificing oneself and sacrificing others are two things that are weighed. In the eyes of Gen's ninjas, this does not require any complicated thinking at all.

There is no need to think about justice or human nature.

Subconsciously, you will choose the option that is most beneficial to Konoha.

The fire burned in the rain, and the fire of disaster that could not be washed away by the rain devoured everything in the village.

The four root ninjas quickly wiped out a total of 121 people in the village without any hesitation, leaving traces of misdirection. Although they knew that doing so would not make Yugakure determined, it didn't matter.

As long as the plan is carried out and more back-up plans are launched, by March, Yugakure and Sunagakure will definitely turn against each other.

Now they are just inducing Yuyin Village to fall into this trap.

“The next phase of planning can begin.”

The captain of the four said softly.

After all, if you want to hide it from a ninja of Hanzo's level, this trick won't work.

In order to convince Hanzo that it was the Sunagakure ninja who did it, the next action is the key.

"Next-"

The words are not finished yet.

The four of them were startled and jumped up from where they were.

A large number of trees burst out of the ground, wrapping themselves around the bodies of the four people as if they were alive.

"What, this is...Wood Release!?"

The four people screamed loudly, feeling extremely shocked.

The trees entangled them, and the hard vines tightened hard.

The four of them didn't even utter a scream. They were squeezed into bloody mud among the continuously tightening tree branches.

The trees shrank back and returned to the earth, as if nothing had happened.

Then, four White Zetsu emerged from the ground.

A weird laugh came from his mouth.

"You have long nights and many dreams. Your root plan is too cumbersome. Let us directly achieve your goals for you. The more chaotic this country is, the more Nagato can embark on the 'right' path. Haha."

The bodies of the four White Zetsus began to change, and they were replaced by base clothes and masks.

After a few minutes.

Kanzo led a dozen of Amegakure's elite ninjas to the front of the burning village.

"Are you still late?"

A look of exhaustion appeared on Kanzo's face.

These days, he has been tracking down who committed such a horrific massacre in the Kingdom of Rain.

In the end, it was all in vain.

"Bury the bodies of the villagers."

Kanzang ordered.

"yes."

The Amegakure ninja entered the village with anger and buried the cold corpse.

When an Amegakure ninja entered a room to look for a corpse, his neck suddenly felt cold, blood flew out, and he fell to the ground.

"who?"

Noticing the movement here, the other Amegakure ninjas also reacted.

What he saw were four ninjas wearing Konoha Anbu uniforms and masks on their faces.

They didn't seem to expect to be discovered by the Amegakure ninja so quickly. Then they calmed down, showed cold eyes, and started attacking directly towards the Amegakure ninja.

"These guys are...roots!"

As Hanzo's right-hand man, Kanzo is also someone who knows a lot of top-secret information.

Konoha Anbu, one is directly under the Hokage, and the other is the root led by Konoha senior Shimura Danzo.

Unlike the direct ANBU of the Hokage, the mask at the base is more colorful, and the paint on the mask makes people feel uncomfortable and cold.

The masks worn by these four people, and the patterns made of oil paint on them, have this uncomfortable and cold quality.

Therefore, Kanzo immediately learned that these four people were the root ninjas of Konoha.

"Water Release·Rain Formation!"

Kanzo immediately formed a seal, and the surrounding rainwater immediately changed form, turning into thin and long water needles, stabbing the four root ninjas crazily.

"Wind Escape·Wind Rebellion!"

Fierce winds blew back large amounts of water needles.

Kanzo took the kunai and fought with the root ninja.

After fighting for a while, I found that these root ninjas, except for occasionally using a few wind release ninjutsu, most of the time, used physical skills to fight.

One of them was obviously not very good at taijutsu. He was surrounded by other Amegakure ninjas and was beaten almost all the time without using any ninjutsu to reverse the situation.

Kan Zang had doubts in his heart.

The people led by Shimura Danzo are all elite ninjas.

If you are not proficient in physical skills, then you will have to use some outstanding secret skills.

Without special abilities, it is impossible to be selected into the Roots to participate in missions.

Moreover, why do you always use Wind Escape?

In the Kingdom of Rain, it is more suitable to use water escape, as it can take advantage of the geographical location.

Are these guys really... root ninjas?

Seeing Kanzo's strength, the four root ninjas hesitated and began to retreat.

It felt like someone who had no time to escape and had to hide in the village. When he was discovered, he wanted to kill someone and cover up his whereabouts. In the end, he lost the battle and ran away.

These people have a big secret!

Kanzang felt clear in his heart.

"Get 'em!"

As long as we catch these people, we might be able to find out who is the mastermind behind this incident.

The four root ninjas scattered detonating charms to block the steps of the Amegakure ninja.

Running wildly in the heavy rain, the dark cloudy sky was filled with lightning and thunder, which seemed to indicate that something bad was going to happen.

"hateful!"

Kanzo saw his troops getting further and further away from the four root ninjas, showing a look of unwillingness.

Just the last step.

As long as they are caught, the truth will be revealed.

Suddenly, a gust of wind passed by, and a black figure rushed into the rain curtain, approaching the four escaping root ninjas at a terrifying speed.

Kanzo was startled, and then he saw a familiar figure running out, with a look of surprise: "Hanzo-sama!"

Surrounded by a silent and oppressive atmosphere in the rain curtain, the four root ninjas were hit hard before they noticed anything.

The bodies all flew backwards, screaming in pain.

After rolling in the muddy rain, he stood up and looked at the ninja who appeared in front of him with fearful eyes.

Ninja demigod - Hanzo.

The legendary ninja of the Hidden Rain Village.

Hanzo stared at them with dead eyes, and his figure disappeared in the rain again.

"ah!"

He didn't see anything clearly, and he didn't sense Hanzo coming to his side.

The four of them lay on the ground in a state of embarrassment, their bones broken, their masks shattered on the ground, and blood spurted from their mouths.

"Hanzo-sama."

Kanzo came with the Amegakure ninja.

Hanzo nodded, then stared at the four root ninjas lying on the ground.

One of them struggled to pull out a large stack of detonating charms from his ninja bag, and was about to detonate them, intending to die together.

Poof!

The arm was thrown into the air, and a large number of detonating symbols flew around, getting wet by the rain.

Hanzo held a blood-stained scythe in his hand, his eyes cold.

"Who sent you here?"

The four root ninjas gritted their teeth and did not make a sound.

The masks on their faces were broken and scattered on the ground.

Kanzo stared at their real faces carefully, and suddenly his face was shocked.

"What's wrong, Kanzang?"

"Hanzo-sama, I seem to recognize this face. I remember he is Sunagakure's Jonin!"

Kanzo pointed to one of them and said.

"Sunagakure?"

Hanzo was also surprised.

The man's expression did not change and he just said: "Humph, Danzo-sama will avenge us!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hanzo swung down the scythe in his hand and hit the man's body, killing him completely.

"It doesn't seem like a transformation technique. No matter how advanced the transformation technique is, it will return to its original state after death."

Hanzo still had doubts in his mind.

He always thought that Konoha's Danzo was deliberately framing him, but he didn't expect that the mastermind behind this incident would be Sunagakure.

Does that puppet old woman want to swallow him and Konoha together?

Hanzo's eyes were horrified and his eyes flickered.

So, was the secret letter from Danzo Shimura warning him to be careful about Shimura Danzo paving the way for this incident? Deliberately leading his thoughts to Shimura Danzo? Naturally, framed for Konoha?

Sunagakure not only wants to attack the Land of Fire, but also wants to take this opportunity to destroy his Amegakure?

Did he do this deliberately to make him and Konoha fight each other so that Sunagakure could benefit from the rear?

That puppet old woman has such a huge appetite!

Her patience in everything made her become so greedy that she even wanted to swallow up the Kingdom of Rain!

Aren’t you afraid that you won’t be able to take one bite and will stretch yourself to death?

A chill ran down Hanzo's back, while his teeth clenched and his eyes flashed with uncontrollable anger, like an enraged beast.

I have been tolerant enough of these big countries to do whatever they want in the Kingdom of Rain over the years, so why do they always come to test his limits and force him like this?

Over the years, the anger built up in Hanzo's heart began to erupt like a volcano and was out of control.