Second Ninja World War: Demigod Hanzo

Winter in the Rainforest was not cold, and temperatures rarely fell below zero.

The winters were warm and the summers cool, with a humid, mild climate that provided a favorable natural environment for the survival and development of plants and animals.

The ground was covered in ferns, mosses, and other small plants. Moss blanketed the tree trunks and rocks as well, while dense vegetation rose and fell in layers, and ceaseless rivers surged and crisscrossed through the forest.

But the Rain Country was not located on the equator. Compared to Konoha, whose temperate climate was pleasant, it lay slightly farther north, in a frigid zone.

That winter, a brutal snowstorm swept through the Rainforest.

The warm season was brief, while winter was long and bitterly cold. The lowest temperature could fall to minus forty-three degrees.

The thick snow cover was a dazzling white and reached fifty centimeters deep. Walking through it was even harder than crossing a swamp.

Dangerous terrain such as quicksand and marshes could trap even agile ninja if they were careless.

The coniferous forest was draped in silver. Looking up, one saw a world of pure white.

These trees had one distinctive trait: most were straight and slender, and their branches and trunks were not strong enough to support a ninja's footing.

The giant cedars that grew in the Rain Country were no exception.

They towered more than a hundred meters high and were so thick that more than a dozen people were needed to encircle one. Hiding a force of several dozen soldiers behind their trunks was nothing unusual.

The negotiations were to take place in a river valley deep within the forest. On the frozen river, two forces faced each other, while the slopes on both sides were packed with towering giant cedars.

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