In a small Japanese-style attic, a few candles cast a faint light on the wooden tatami.
Hanzo sat cross-legged behind a low table, slowly raised the wine bowl on the table and passed it to his mouth.
Behind him, a figure kneeling at the door swayed slightly, as if he wanted to do something, but finally gave up.
"What's wrong? Kanzo." Hanzo asked without looking back after taking a sip. Hanzo's tone was very calm, as if it was no different from the past, but Kanzo knew very well: Master Hanzo today is very abnormal, because
Hanzo-sama usually doesn't drink alcohol.
"Master Hanzo, today..." Kanzo hesitated for a moment and asked hesitantly: "Did something happen?"
"Kanzo." Hanzo once again picked up the wine jug beside the table and filled it for himself. He did not answer Kanzang's doubts, but simply asked: "How many years have you followed me?"
Kanzo didn't understand what Hanzo meant, but he answered honestly: "Strictly speaking, it should be fifteen years."
"Fifteen years..." Hanzo sighed, "Do you know how many years Boi Yu has been following me?"
Kanzang vaguely grasped something, and replied in a slightly low tone: "Your Excellency Feiyu, it must be more than twenty years old."
"More than twenty years..." Hanzo put down his wine bowl, raised his head and closed his eyes, as if he was recalling something.
After a while, Hanzo opened his eyes, and the trace of deep fatigue could not be concealed. However, because Hanzo's back was facing Kanzo, the latter did not notice anything strange about the former.
"I met the murderer of Boi Yu today." Although Hanzo remained calm when he spoke, his raging murderous intent was still somewhat uncontrollable. "That was a young man, a very powerful young man."
Listening to Hanzo's words quietly, Kanzo did not interrupt. In Kanzo's heart, it was rare for Hanzo-sama to show such a side to him.
Although Boiyu was actually captured, with such a fierce battle between Amegakure and Konoha, the possibility of exchanging prisoners was slim. Boiyu was captured in Konoha, not to mention how much information had been leaked. His survival
The chance of coming down is almost non-existent.
For all rain ninjas, unless they surrender voluntarily, they are considered dead if they are captured alive.
There is nothing wrong in saying that Jueying killed Boiyu.
"I usually admire talented young people..." Hanzo breathed a sigh of relief, and his tone became colder: "But for Jueying, I can't wait to kill him on the spot."
"It's not just because of Boi Yu's hatred, the more important reason is that Jueying's strength is actually on par with mine."
Hanzo paused for a moment and turned his head to look at Kanzo behind him. "Kanzo, do you know what this means?"
The atmosphere fell into silence for a moment.
What does it mean? Kanzang took a deep breath. He knew very well what it meant. Because of this, Kanzang didn't know what to say for a moment.
Hanzo saw that Kanzo seemed to be distracted, but he was not angry at all, and then said to himself: "This means that in the next few years, more than ten years, or even decades, the young man named Jueying is likely to far surpass
At the current level, even I am helpless in the end."
"This means that Amegakure will not be able to resist Konoha in the future, and the Land of Rain will become the back garden for Konoha ninjas to have fun."
Hanzo's tone remained calm, as if what he said had nothing to do with him, but Kanzo, who knew Hanzo better, was keenly aware of the boiling murderous intent in the former's heart, as well as the fear that was about to overflow.
Kanzang knew he had to speak. Although his voice was a little hoarse, he still maintained the necessary and confident tone and said:
"In addition to the Third Hokage and White Fang, Konoha has just one more top expert. I don't think you need to worry at all, Hanzo-sama."
Seeing that Hanzo was noncommittal about this, Kanzo adjusted his mentality and added: "Konoha's strength has become stronger, which is something that no ninja village wants to see. I think we only need to reveal the information about Zeekage to Iwagakure, and they
They should also be willing to cease war with us, or even join forces to attack Konoha together."
When one's own strength is insufficient, rational use of external forces is acceptable for exploration.
Even if we are enemies one moment, under the common threat, it is not impossible for us to shake hands and make peace the next moment, or even fight side by side.
After all, there is no eternal hatred between countries, and the same is true between villages.
As long as the interests are great enough, or the external threat reaches a certain level, it is not inconceivable that mortal enemies will become allies.
This is what happens when Amegakure breaks the rules and joins forces with Sunagakure, and the same is true when he prepares to join forces with Iwagakure.
All this is because of the appearance of one person - Jueying, a top-level deterrent that no far-sighted leader will turn a blind eye to.
Konoha's strength has been too expanded and has completely destroyed the balance of this war game. Kanzo believes that Tsuchikage Onoki will make the right choice for this.
Hanzo pondered for a while and analyzed: "Because of the border issue, Iwagakure is still too wary of us Amagakure. They will not stop until we are weakened to a certain extent."
"And..." Hanzo tapped his fingers lightly on the table and said with certainty in his tone:
"If my prediction is correct, half of Iwagakure's main force is guarding against Kumogakure, and the other half is fighting Kirigakure. They have not invested much force in our land of rain. Even if Iwagakure joins forces with us, they probably won't be able to provide much.
help."
Although Kanzo did not want to accept this result, he also knew that what Hanzo said was the truth.
But even so, Kanzang still felt the need to contact Iwagakure:
"Lord Hanzo, please forgive me, the current situation is overwhelmingly unfavorable to us Yugakure. In any case, we must increase the number of allies, even if we pay a certain price for this, it is acceptable."
At the very least, we must first make a truce with Iwagakure and recover part of the defense force as soon as possible to cope with Konoha's next strategic counterattack... Kanzo quickly thought about Amegakure's defensive deployment.
After the appearance of Jueying, Konoha will make up for its disadvantage in top-level combat power and will definitely turn from defense to offense in the future. This is foreseeable.
Hanzo was also tapping on the table, weighing the feasibility of the prospecting proposal.
Since the start of the Ninja War, although Amegakure is one against three, the three major Ninja villages have no intention of uniting. They are full of defenses against each other, and they are fighting openly and secretly with each other in private.
Hanzo is very aware of the virtues of these great ninja villages. When Amegakure rises and poses a threat to them, they will tacitly agree to go to war against Amegakure and temporarily suppress their conflicts.
But if one of them poses a greater threat, the contradiction cannot be concealed: uniting with enemies, betraying trust, or even going to war without declaring it, these things are just commonplace.
Konoha's strength was already extremely strong, and now a top expert like Jueying suddenly appeared.
Hanzo was worried about this, but he believed there must be someone more worried than him.
For example, Sunagakure and Iwagakure are both members of the Five Great Ninja Villages.
No matter how developed the Rain Country is, no matter how powerful the Rain Gakure is, limited by land area, population resources, and strategic weapons like tailed beasts, the Rain Country can only reach that level at best.
The five major ninja villages may become fearful, and may start a war to weaken the power of the rain ninja, but they will never destroy the country of rain.
Hanzo knew that whether it was the daimyo of the great powers or the Kages, their positioning of the Rain Country was actually very clear, that is, it was a strategic buffer zone. After all, no ninja village wanted the war to come to their own country.
The Country of Rain has high mountains and dense forests, and is deep enough to serve as a strategic buffer.
In this case, the Rain Country and the Rain Ninja can exist, but they must not be out of control, nor can they seek refuge in any Great Ninja Village, otherwise they will be "beaten".
On the surface, the Rain Ninja is at war with the major ninja villages, and several parties are hostile. In fact, looking at a deeper level, the Rain Ninja has been maintaining neutrality, which is what the major ninja villages want to see.
The Kingdom of Rain can only be neutral and must be neutral.
This is necessary to maintain balance.
Although the rain ninja fought fiercely with other ninja villages, everyone retained the due restraint and did not really beat the dog's brains out. Hanzo would also figure out the identity of the enemy every time he made a move to avoid killing the great ninja village.
important figures, causing the intensity of the war to rise again.
Correspondingly, the major ninja villages will basically not use any crooked ideas on the important figures of the rain ninja to avoid irritating Hanzo.
War can be fought, but it must be kept within a certain limit as long as the small soldiers fight to the death. If it really breaks down completely, no one wants to see it.
Of course, that's how things should be.
Until...the Shenyingqiu incident happened.
Simply pulling one hair affects the whole body.
Konoha suddenly broke this tacit understanding and attacked the mission with an unprecedented tough attitude. Not only did they madly slaughter all the Amegakure present, but they also arrogantly captured Amegakure's top leader, Boiyu.
This is not only a naked slap in the face to Amegakure, but also illustrates Konoha's change in attitude towards this war.
Hanzo felt this change, so he decisively gave up his neutrality and completely turned to Sunagakure's side.
It's okay for Sarutobi Hiruzen to be angry with Danzo. Maybe he had expected such a day.
Konoha not only broke the tacit understanding, but also broke the balance.
Jueying's sudden appearance also made the other Ninja Village's senior officials have a chill in their throats: According to the intelligence, it can be concluded that Jueying is a dangerous assassin, an assassin who can kill a strong man like Boi Yu instantly if he is not careful.
Hanzo believed that in addition to revealing information about Zeekage to him, Sunagakure would also spare no effort to "publicize" the horrors of Zeekage on other occasions, so as to make other ninja villages fear Konoha.
Sunagakure is such a ninja village. Although it is customary to attack the Kingdom of Rain, due to the influence of the land environment, the people of the Kingdom of Wind are obviously more interested in the Kingdom of Fire.
For the Suna Ninja, the "Konoha Threat Theory" attracts their attention more than the "Amegakure Threat Theory", and the Kamiooka Conference was held for this purpose.
Hanzo was originally unwilling to join forces with Sunagakure, but Zeekage stepped in to add fuel to the fire, and then he reluctantly agreed to Sunagakure's conditions.
Now that Hanzo has seen Jueking's strength with his own eyes, he has nothing to say.
Hanzo suddenly thought of Sunagakure's "Konoha Threat Theory".
Everyone in the world knows what Suna Ninja is thinking. Even though it is just a shameless argument, this "argument" still has an "audience".
For example, Iwagakure, who was fighting fiercely with Konoha in private.
On the surface, Konoha and Iwagakure did not declare war, but Iwagakure even had troops rushing into the Land of Fire. This "war-free" state also opened Hanzo's eyes.
Iwagakure suddenly increases the intensity of the war, proving that the Tsuchikage is not blind.
Perhaps, Konoha can be used as a target to lure these great ninja village dogs to bite the dogs.
Hanzo was making calculations silently in his mind. He wanted to divert the attention of the three great ninja villages as soon as possible and end their war against the Land of Rain.
We must try to preserve Yu Yin's vitality, all for the sake of the Kingdom of Rain.