Konoha: Uchiha Extremists? Offering Loyalty!

Chapter 231 The Only 'True God' of the Land of Rain, Hanzo the Salamander!

"What did you say?"

"How could Hanzo the Salamander do such a thing!"

Onoki slammed his hand on the table and stood up, his face full of astonishment.

Although there is little difference between standing and sitting.

"Indeed audacious." A glint of shrewdness flashed in the Third Kazekage's eyes. "Tsk tsk tsk, what a pity. I wonder how long this demigod of the ninja world can last?"

The powerful families that destroyed small states.

Such incidents are rare, but there are precedents to follow.

The current ruler of the Land of Bears was originally the leader of a ninja village and was also the younger brother of the former ruler. He assassinated the former ruler to seize power and reunite his brother's family.

They continued to manage the Bear Kingdom steadily.

This time, the situation also involved killing a daimyo, but the circumstances were very different.

The problem is that Hanzo the Salamander personally slaughtered all the nobles!

They're not even going to act anymore!

The fig leaf has been torn away, and the fragile relationship between Daimyo and Kage has been ripped open with a gaping hole!

The Third Kazekage gave a lukewarm assessment of Hanzo the Salamander.

But my heart is filled with anticipation.

What if?

If Hanzo the Salamander really does survive, could Sunagakure follow suit?

The village has never had a good relationship with the Land of Wind.

The current daimyo even assigned one or two tenths of the domestic mission workload to the Land of Fire!

It's like rubbing the face of Sunagakure into the ground.

Master Wuyin closed his eyes, as if he hadn't heard any news, nor did he make any comment.

Information revealed by the enemy village should not be taken seriously.

Even if the other party is the shogun of a village!

"It seems there's no need to continue today's Five Kage meeting." The Third Raikage picked up his Raikage hat and made a move to leave the meeting room.

Onoki stopped him, saying, "Wait, the Third Raikage."

"What? You dare not attack Amegakure?" The Third Raikage turned to look at Onoki. "Does Iwagakure no longer obey the Daimyo's orders?"

Onoki's face grew even uglier, and the wrinkles on his forehead furrowed deeply.

Damn Daimyo of the Land of Rain, why did you have to provoke Hanzo the Salamander?

He didn't believe that Hanzo would intentionally kill the daimyo.

To put it bluntly, the Land of Rain has long been a dead name.

After the siege of the three villages, the daimyo and nobles successively withdrew from the Land of Rain.

After looting everywhere, Hanzo the Salamander restored some of the buildings in Amegakure, but the main force of the Amegakure ninja never made a collective appearance in the Land of Rain.

In this situation, Hanzo the Salamander revitalized the Land of Rain and undoubtedly earned the MVP award.

There's no reason to deliberately slaughter a bunch of people who win without effort.

Besides, it's been three years since Hanzo the Salamander took control of the Land of Rain.

If we were going to kill him, we would have done it already.

Why delay for a full three years?

The Third Raikage pushed open the door to the conference room and quickly investigated information about Amegakure.

First of all.

Verify the authenticity of the intelligence.

Given Hanzo's strength, there's no reason why killing a few ordinary people would attract the attention of Iwagakure.

Unless... the Daimyo of the Land of Rain has someone from Iwagakure by his side?

That makes sense.

Who gave the Daimyo of the Land of Rain the courage?

Iwagakure!

Iwagakure attempted to infiltrate the Land of Rain through the connections of the daimyo, indirectly interfering with Hanzo of the Salamander.

As a result, things went awry.

Hanzo the Salamander goes on a killing spree, eliminating spies.

The Third Raikage said earnestly to Tsuchida beside him, "Onoki is no pushover!"

The consensus was to wait for Hanzo the Salamander to die naturally before taking action against Amegakure.

Hanzo was not yet fifty years old.

With proper care, it can easily last another 10 or 20 years.

Is Onoki getting impatient?

Ninjas are always racing against time.

...

Rain-Hidden Village.

The salamander hides in its burrow to maintain its sickle.

A dozen or so people were kneeling in front of him, all of them from the ninja clans of Amegakure.

The ninja clans of Amegakure don't really have much of a history or origin.

It was created almost immediately after the First Shinobi World War.

Two generations managed to come up with a name for the ninja clan.

The oldest is probably only around fifty years old.

In addition, the Land of Rain is humid, with rain for 300 days a year, making old-age diseases particularly severe.

The number of elderly people has decreased.

"Lord Hanzo! You can't kill all the nobles!"

"Without them, how can we govern the Land of Rain!"

The information obtained by Onoki was incomplete.

Hanzo killed a large number of nobles, but not all of them; he spared some of the young people.

They were just captured.

The nobles aren't fools; they can't possibly gather all their clansmen together and wait to be wiped out in one fell swoop.

"It's very simple!"

Hanzo the Salamander slammed his scythe to the ground, the blade sinking into the damp soil: "Why don't I just become the daimyo of the Land of Rain?"

He counted on his fingers, listing them one by one: "War, taxes, resources, management... I've been handling everything, big and small, concerning the Rain Kingdom! I've been in charge for three whole years!"

"These are things you can do, he can do, and even a ninja can do!"

"If those stupid nobles were just obediently crawling behind and picking up scraps, I wouldn't care about their existence."

"But they dare to covet the ninja supplies of Amegakure; they are no ordinary nobles from the Land of Rain!"

Why should I keep them around?

"They stole and sold off the resources we worked so hard to acquire?"

"Are you trying to drive up rice prices again after all the hard-won reduction?"

Hanzo the Salamander snorted coldly, clenching his fist and saying, "You sympathize with those nobles? The little field mouse family of seven has enough food and clothing in a month to match the annual income of four Jonin!"

"This money still comes through Amegakure's public accounts!"

"Guess why I neatly silenced them all!"

Upon hearing about this enormous expense, the elders of Amegakure looked at each other, their lips trembling, at a loss for what to do.

Good guy.

The inside story is here.

He ate the equivalent of four Jonin's annual salary in one month?

No wonder they were being killed in droves!

"Alright." Hanzo the Salamander waved his hand: "It's understandable that you're panicking because the daimyo and nobles are dead! You're afraid you won't be able to govern the Land of Rain well."

"Don't worry, the Land of Rain is already in this state, how much worse can it get? What's there to worry about?"

"Go ahead and get busy!"

The Rain Ninjas left the cave one after another.

After the last person left, the shadow behind Hanzo the Salamander twisted.

An upright-walking Ant-Man, with several pairs of wings on his back and a jet-black exoskeleton covering his body, stood beside Hanzo the Salamander.

"Lord Hanzo, there are limits to being a ninja. Why don't I modify these people and set an example for you?"

"Chimera Lord, I am Rain Shadow! Don't harm my subordinates!"

The rain poured down at the cave entrance. Hanzo the Salamander picked up his sickle again and couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

Three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Where does the hope of the Land of Rain lie?

He turned to look at the Chimera Lord.

"Is the divine tree you speak of truly so miraculous that it can prolong the lives of ninjas?"

Hanzo the Salamander, nearing fifty, felt somewhat overwhelmed after overseeing all the affairs of the Land of Rain.

While conquering and gathering resources, he also sat at his desk reading scrolls.

Even the iron-willed Hanzo couldn't stand it.

Chakra is not a method of training to prolong life, which means that physical fitness will decline with age.

The mental exhaustion from handling official duties brought him even greater pressure.

"More than that."

The Chimera Lord chuckled sinisterly, "Why not go even bolder? Increase chakra, enhance physical attributes, prolong life, comprehend attribute transformations, strengthen ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu... There's nothing the Divine Tree can't do!"

"Hiss... So powerful, why have I never heard of it before?"

"Hehe, someone doesn't want you to know, my Chimera clan has been passed down for tens of thousands of years, but was accidentally sealed by a group of red-haired monsters, and only recently was the seal broken."

I'm not sure what exactly has changed in this world.