Hanzo of the Salamander traveled cautiously toward the destination with his three aides.
Every previous secret aid shipment from Kumogakure had been delivered directly to Amegakure and handed personally to Hanzo of the Salamander. However, as the situation had grown increasingly tense over the past two months, ninja from the three countries of Wind, Fire, and Earth had repeatedly been detected within the Land of Rain. With too few Rain Ninja at his disposal, Hanzo lacked the manpower to purge the spies within his territory. For the sake of secrecy and safety, Kumogakure had moved the handover point three months ago to the Grass-Rain border, near its eastern side.
Hanzo was helpless about this. There were simply too few Rain Ninja to stop the Great Ninja Villages from infiltrating the Land of Rain. He had personally dealt with several groups, but he could not be everywhere at once and had no choice but to let it go. Now, even Kumogakure's aid could no longer enter Amegakure.
It left Hanzo somewhat embarrassed. He worried that his only ally would look down on him, and a smoldering fury built up in his chest.
Still, his old friend, whom he had never met, had come through. Not only had he not blamed Hanzo, but this time he had sent something far beyond Hanzo's expectations.
In their previous letters, the other party had said that Kumogakure had recently developed a unique kind of tag. Its concept was similar to an Explosive Tag, but it combined Medical Ninjutsu with Fuinjutsu to create an entirely new kind of treatment talisman.
Like an Explosive Tag, it could be used simply by infusing it with Chakra, activating the Medical Ninjutsu sealed inside. It could heal most external wounds. Well... not particularly severe ones.
But to ninja, this was