Hanzō the Salamander is the leader of Hidden Rain Village.
He is very powerful, relying on his Body Flicker Technique and a powerful Summoning Beast Salamander. In addition, he is famous for being cautious and ruthless in Shinobi World.
The ninjas who had fought against him all admired him, thinking that he could even rival the Kages of Five Great Nations.
This July is destined to be unusual. Because I don't know which day started, a rumor spread in Shinobi World.
The content of the rumor is that Hanzō the Salamander and Third Hokage, Third Kazekage fought on the border. In the end, he won one against two and never fell behind!
The power of rumors is always great because there are so many blind followers.
As time went on, the rumors started to get worse like a plague, and no one from Five Great Nations came out to deny the rumors.
Then the title "Demigod" began to circulate in Shinobi World. Hanzō the Salamander is considered by many ninjas to be the pinnacle of the new Shinobi World after First Hokage!
Coupled with the war between Land of Rain and Land of Grass, and Konoha's inaction, many people thought that the era of the Six Ninja Nations was coming.
Hanzō's time is coming.
For a time, the entire Shinobi World was undercurrent.
At this time, Utatane Koharu was sitting on the chair a little distracted.
The recent situation has been so unpredictable that even she, who is known as a "calm brain", finds it very troublesome.
She looked out the window and saw Hokage Rock.
There was a bottle in front of her, containing a purple liquid.
"What did Third Kazekage say?" Homura Mitokado asked next to her.
Sarutobi Hiruzen coughed, but his face turned a little pale, and it was obvious that he had suffered a lot of injuries.
"What else can I say? I definitely don't admit that this poison and those two teams were sent by them." Sarutobi Hiruzen replied.
"What about Hanzō?"
"He said the letter was a forgery. He never sent any ninja to Konoha to dig up Gold Mine."
"Of course they won't admit it!" Danzo said with a sullen face.
"They don't admit it. Are we going to let them do whatever they want in Land of Fire? As the strongest, do we need evidence?" Danzo stared at Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Sarutobi Hiruzen had a headache, "Hanzō has agreed to apologize and negotiate, and Third Kazekage has also agreed to withdraw the ninjas stationed at the border."
"Peace is hard-won, Danzo!" Sarutobi Hiruzen knows what Danzo means, but he doesn't want to fight, or he doesn't want to actively provoke a war.
"You are too naive Hiruzen."
"Third Kazekage has stationed ninjas on the border for so long. Can we just withdraw our troops now? Do you think Sunagakure's ninjas agree? Do Land of Wind's Daimyo agree?"
"You have to know that once the chariot starts, even Kazekage can't stop it!" Danzo slapped the table and glared at Sarutobi Hiruzen.
"And if Hanzō agrees to peace talks, then what's going on with this rumor? Where did 'Demigod' spread?" Danzo continued to tit for tat.
"I still want to ask you." Sarutobi Hiruzen was also a little angry.
He Sarutobi Hiruzen, Hokage of the most powerful country, is called Ninja Hero. Why are you Hanzō Demigod? Who can he ask to reason with?
"Why are you asking me? I won't take the blame for this. I didn't spread the rumors." Danzo was very angry at Sarutobi Hiruzen's suspicion.
Homura Mitokado nodded, "Not many people know about the fight between the three of you. If they are not among us, then it is only possible that Kazekage or Hanzō released the news."
"What happened at that time?" Homura Mitokado looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen.
"Didn't we agree that we were going to have a meeting? Why did they start fighting?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen did have talks with the two of them at the border. But after returning, Sarutobi Hiruzen said very little about the matter.
Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed, "This is not simple. Neither of them admitted it and said I slandered them."
"Sunagakure suffered the most serious losses, and two Jonin died. Although Kazekage didn't admit it, he was very angry in his heart."
"Kazekage and I both feel that Gold Mine was set up by Hanzō this time, so we are very unhappy to see him. Everyone is holding their breath."
"The three of them started fighting like this. In the end, everyone suffered some injuries." Sarutobi Hiruzen coughed again. It was obvious that his injuries were not healed yet.
Danzo knocked on the table, "So, you are going to settle the matter like this? Now is a good opportunity."
"Land of Rain is only a strong person like Hanzō. He is injured now. Kazekage will definitely not miss this opportunity. This is also a good opportunity for us."
"I'm thinking about it, peace is hard-won." Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected Danzo's proposal.
Danzo was a little annoyed, "Not many people know about this matter. Apart from the four of us, there are a few Anbu who know about it. It can only be rumors spread by Hanzō and Third Kazekage."
"It is impossible for Third Kazekage to do such a thing. He is a very arrogant person. He can keep this most powerful title for himself, so how can he give it to Hanzō."
"So the one who can only release the news is Hanzō. First he set a trap for Gold Mine to make us fight with Sunagakure. Now he has released the rumor about Demigod. Isn't his intention obvious enough?"
"He is challenging the authority of ninja Five Great Nations. He wants to become Rain Shadow!" Danzo slapped the table.
Utatane Koharu looked at the three people arguing in front of him and said nothing. Her thoughts were not on it, not on Five Great Nations.
Utatane Koharu I can't say why I feel like this.
She just felt like everything was wrong anyway.
It is not only her who is wrong, but also her friends, Third Hokage and Shimura Danzo, whom she has known for more than thirty years.
She is very irritable now and just wants to go to the hospital and see the child. She heard that he has woken up.
What a mess it all is!
"In that case, let's vote." Danzo said.
Then Danzo and Homura Mitokado both voted in favor.
"Koharu, what do you think?" Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Koharu who was obviously distracted and raised his voice.
Utatane Koharu turned back to look at Sarutobi Hiruzen. The whole office was quiet for a while.
She didn't speak, just stood up and opened the door.
When she was about to go out, she turned around and said word by word, "Jing's son almost died, I need an explanation!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed, the three people agreed, and there was no need for him to continue to object.
He slammed the table and said, "Notify Jonin Squad Leader and convene Jonin Assembly."
"I, Third Hokage, hereby declare war on Land of Rain!"