Chapter 152

"Hoshigaki Kisame pays respects to Lord!"

"Haven't seen Lord's demeanor for several days; with Lord personally arriving at the Hidden Rain Village, flattening the Rain ninjas is just around the corner!"

Upon seeing Mizunuki Ryosuke, Hoshigaki Kisame didn't have half a hesitation, directly kneeling on one knee and greeting Ryosuke respectfully.

Then he didn't stint on flattering Ryosuke.

"Kisame, no need to be so polite."

"Special period, no need for this set."

Mizunuki Ryosuke smiled and helped up Hoshigaki Kisame before him.

Although he said "don't eat this set," he smiled particularly genuinely.

Kaguya Yuta looked at Hoshigaki Kisame with jealous and hateful eyes.

"Good, you boy, thick eyebrows and big eyes, how come you have a set of flattery?"

Subsequently, Kaguya Yuta scanned between Momochi Zabuza and Hoshigaki Kisame with contemptuous eyes.

He said why they were all like this; it turned out to be "the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked."

Hmph! You say jealous? It couldn't possibly be because of jealousy!

He didn't envy this little bit of flattery skill at all!

Of course, if one ignored Kaguya Yuta's small actions at this moment, he indeed didn't tell a lie.

I saw that at an angle that Ryosuke and the three couldn't see, the bones of Kaguya Yuta's body were quietly extending a part from his body.

Kaguya Yuta was quietly reaching out his hand, using his fingernails to carve all of Hoshigaki Kisame's words just now on this part of the bone, to be carefully pondered later.

"Let's not talk about gossip."

"Kisame, you explain the intelligence in your hand."

Without too much pleasantries, Ryosuke directly asked Hoshigaki Kisame about the business.

Thus, Hoshigaki Kisame first reported the work in his hand to Ryosuke, then talked about the intelligence collected by the White Shark Unit recently.

"Not long ago, the Rain ninjas launched a large-scale cleanup operation within the Rain ninjas."

"A large number of spies from other ninja villages were all captured by the Rain ninjas."

"Salamander Hanzo even went out in person, executing several of the more tricky spies in public."

"The behavior of the Rain ninjas is no different from directly touching the neighboring major ninja villages, so all major ninja villages have launched retaliatory actions these days, and battles break out in the Hidden Rain Village almost every night."

Hoshigaki Kisame said with a solemn tone, a hint of seriousness in his eyes.

Soon, he continued to say.

"This is not over yet."

"A large number of Rain ninjas began to leave from within the Hidden Rain Village, and at the same time, they also escorted a large amount of supplies."

"The Hidden Rain Village has often experienced food shortages recently."

"I guess it should be that a large amount of food has been forcibly requisitioned by Salamander Hanzo."

"All signs indicate that Salamander Hanzo will soon have a big move!"

"Just don't know, what exactly does he plan to do?"

Hoshigaki Kisame told Mizunuki Ryosuke some key information he had mastered, then stopped speaking, so as not to interrupt Ryosuke's train of thought.

"No need to think too much, Salamander Hanzo is preparing for war."

Mizunuki Ryosuke didn't ponder deeply but gave an answer.

Hearing this, the remaining three, even if they already had a certain guess in their hearts, still couldn't help but reveal surprised expressions.

"Salamander Hanzo can wipe out the spies planted by the great powers within the Rain ninjas in one fell swoop, which shows that the activities of these spies were already under his control."

"And he has been holding back without firing, which shows that he was not ready to start the war before."

"Because once these ninjas are cleaned up, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction in other countries."

"And now he is cleaning up the spies within the village on a large scale, which shows that Salamander Hanzo has made psychological preparations for starting the war."

"And requisitioning a large amount of supplies and food, besides war, I can't think of any other use."

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Ryosuke said the result of his analysis with a calm tone, seemingly extremely certain of this result.

"Lord, according to your meaning, who will be the target of the Rain ninjas' declaration of war?"

Momochi Zabuza on the side tentatively asked carefully.

Judging from the current situation, the biggest enemies of the Rain ninjas were nothing more than Konoha, Sand, and Rock that had been raging on the land of the Land of Rain all year round.

Since the Rain ninjas had determined to launch the war, who would be the target of this war?

"If I were Salamander Hanzo..."

"I would directly declare war on the three major countries at the same time!"

A hint of sharpness flashed in Mizunuki Ryosuke's eyes, and his words also surprised the three people beside him.

"Salamander Hanzo is crazy?!"

"He actually dares to be so arrogant?"

Momochi Zabuza said incredulously.

In Momochi Zabuza's eyes, although Salamander Hanzo had won the title of "Demigod" in the ninja world in recent years.

And under Salamander Hanzo's leadership, the strength of the Rain ninjas had achieved considerable development.

But in his view, even if Salamander Hanzo's personal strength was strong again, the Hidden Rain Village had limited foundation after all, and its strength was still a gap compared to the five major ninja villages.

Even if fighting against a single one of the five major ninja villages, the Rain ninjas might not be able to win, let alone fighting three at the same time.

Not to mention that there was also Konoha, the strongest in the ninja world, among them.

Looking at it this way, Salamander Hanzo's behavior looked like he was courting death.

"No, not so."

"Declaring war on the three major countries at the same time is Salamander Hanzo's only chance."

Hearing Momochi Zabuza's words, Mizunuki Ryosuke shook his head lightly instead.

"You mean..."

A hint of sharpness suddenly flashed in Hoshigaki Kisame's eyes; he seemed to understand a little of what Ryosuke wanted to express.

"Salamander Hanzo wants to drag everyone into the water?"

At this time, Kaguya Yuta on the side was thoughtful; he also seemed to have figured out something and took the conversation seriously.

"That's right!"

"Before understanding Salamander Hanzo's behavior, one must first understand his motivation."

"With the current situation in the Land of Rain, the purpose of him launching this war is just to drive the hands of other major countries out of the Land of Rain."

"And not wanting to use the power in his hands to invade other three major countries."

"In recent years, there have been constant grievances between the great powers; I'm afraid that as long as there is a fuse, it will provoke a fight between the great powers."

"And Salamander Hanzo's purpose is to act as this fuse!"

Mizunuki Ryosuke said with burning eyes.

"As long as Salamander Hanzo can withstand the first half of the war."

"Then when the battle between the great powers starts, they will inevitably be unable to take care of the Hidden Rain Village on the side."

"At that time, the Rain ninjas will instead become the weight that tips the balance, becoming an existence that is rare and worth hoarding."

"With this as capital, Salamander Hanzo is very likely to directly achieve the goal of complete independence for the Land of Rain."

"And even become an existence with a transcendent status in the ninja world in one fell swoop."

Mizunuki Ryosuke said slowly, revealing Salamander Hanzo's scheme before the three.

The three looked at each other, not daring to believe that Salamander Hanzo would be so bold!

His behavior was undoubtedly using everything of the Rain ninjas to gamble on a possible future.

To this, even Mizunuki Ryosuke felt a bit of admiration for Salamander Hanzo in his heart.

Even if he stood in Salamander Hanzo's position, he couldn't think of a better strategy.

Even though the traveler's familiarity with the plot had already told Ryosuke what was about to happen, jumping out of the traveler's perspective, no matter what the final outcome of the Rain ninjas was, Ryosuke still felt a bit of admiration for this "Demigod of the Ninja World."