Hanzo stood atop Ibuse's head, full of ambition as he looked down at Orochimaru and the others in their bedraggled state. A surge of heroic spirit rose within him.
From his perspective, the Sunagakure Ninja were now his unbreakable allies.
"At last, the Sunagakure Ninja have gone all out. They've deployed a Tailed Beast to hold that bastard back."
After Chiyo persuaded Bunpuku to take action, although the Third Kazekage kept her in the village, she immediately informed Hanzo.
In order to make Hanzo send out his forces as soon as possible, Chiyo had exaggerated the situation on the Sunagakure battlefield.
But Hanzo had remained extremely cautious. He still waited for Hanma to make his move.
Only after receiving intelligence that Shukaku and Hanma were locked in fierce combat did Hanzo finally smile faintly and begin mobilizing all the Amegakure Ninja.
By his assessment, that monster of a man would not lose to Shukaku, but Shukaku's sheer size would leave him helpless as well.
Hanzo's prediction made sense. If Shukaku had not swallowed Hanma whole, the battle would not have ended so quickly.
The chaotic gap in information filled Hanzo with immense joy. From his perspective, everything was proceeding according to plan.
As he deployed his troops, he could practically see himself donning the hat of a "Kage," while the Amegakure Ninja became one of the six great shinobi villages.
The Ibuse clan Hanzo had summoned were no sages, but they were genuine weapons of war.
Thick purple mists blasted toward the Konoha ninja one after another, becoming the most terrifying harbingers of death on the battlefield.
Every five minutes, an adult Ibuse could spew out a tremendous amount of poison, then burrow underground to await its next chance to strike.
Hanzo watched Ibuse's performance with satisfaction, raised his Kusarigama,