Chapter 436

Under the ever-present overcast clouds, swaying raindrops fell in abundance, dripping onto everyone's shoulders, and the raindrops slid down the pitch-black rubber raincoats onto the muddy ground.

In the entire space, apart from the pitter-patter sound made when the raindrops fell, there was no other sound.

Hanzo of the Salamander stood at a high place, scanning the ninjas below wearing pitch-black rubber raincoats; his eyes, full of a strong aura, were filled with a resolute look.

For this country, in this battle, they must succeed or perish.

And this is also the necessary, and only, path for him to lead this country to the pinnacle of the Ninja World.

"Set off!"

He opened his mouth and spat out two words; because of the respirator on his face, the sound seemed unusually muffled, and then he raised his hand and swung it forward violently.

The next moment, countless ninjas wearing black rubber raincoats moved silently under the rain curtain in the direction pointed by the man.

Hanzo of the Salamander had made his move!

And within an hour of the Rain ninjas taking action, a large amount of intelligence began to radiate and spread throughout the entire Ninja World.

This time, Hanzo of the Salamander seemed to have no intention of hiding it; he straightforwardly gathered a large number of Rain ninjas and marched toward the place where the Land of Rain and the Land of Earth meet.

This undoubtedly directly indicated that the next target the Rain ninjas were going to choose to challenge would be the Rock ninjas of the Land of Earth.

And at the border of the Land of Rain and the Land of Earth, a large number of Rock ninjas had long been waiting in full battle array.

The leading Rock ninja was none other than the son of the Third Tsuchikage of the Land of Earth, Onoki—Kitsuchi.

In a situation where both sides were almost "showing their cards."

After a large number of Rock ninjas and Rain ninjas arrived at the battlefield, they had no nonsense and directly started fighting.

For a time, on the entire plain at the junction of the Land of Rain and the Land of Earth, it was filled with blood and slaughter everywhere.

The battle lasted for a whole night, and it was not until dawn that both sides withdrew their offensives and called off the troops.

Perhaps it was just because this initial battle was a probing battle, and both sides did not consume any decent strength, although the battlefield was littered with corpses.

But almost all of them were cannon fodder-level combat power.

The highest level of combat power used by both sides was only Jonin, and most of those who participated in the battle were cannon fodder at the Genin level; although the losses on both sides seemed not small, the consumption of combat power could be ignored.

By the way, neither side's leader was commanding the battle.

On the Rain ninja side, it was Ibuse's master, Hanzo's right-hand man, Shinda, and on the Rock ninja side, it was not Kitsuchi, the Tsuchikage's son who was responsible for organizing the defense, but an ordinary Rock ninja Jonin.

The news of the war between the two countries had also spread throughout the entire Ninja World at this time.

After drawing with the Sand ninjas, the Rain ninjas, who had rested for about a week, made a comeback.

This news was delivered to the desks of the Five Kage at the first opportunity.

In the Land of Fire, Konoha.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at this intelligence without the slightest bit of carelessness.

In the Hokage's office, this time, in addition to the four-person group composed of Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu, there were also three young ninjas present.

They were a noble woman with golden long hair and a noble aura; a feminine man with black long hair and purple eyeshadow; and a young man with white spiky hair who looked a bit sloppy.

These three were Sarutobi Hiruzen's proud disciples, Konoha's famous Gambling, Drinking, and... ahem.