The Land of Rain was named for its year-round rainfall.
Its borders met those of the Lands of Wind, Fire, and Earth. As a result, the Land of Rain often became the main battlefield where Konoha, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure clashed. Even in times of peace, friction never ceased along the borders between the three nations within the Land of Rain.
The shadow of war had always hung over the Land of Rain. Coupled with its harsh natural environment, life there was far crueler than in other small nations.
Yet on this barren land, a figure who once stood at the pinnacle of the Ninja World had been born: Hanzo the Salamander, leader of Amegakure, known as the Demigod of the Shinobi World.
During the Second Shinobi World War, he had fought the young Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade alone. After soundly defeating them, he had humiliatingly bestowed upon them the title of "Konoha's Sannin."
However, after Hanzo the Salamander was defeated in a war where Amegakure faced both Konoha and Sunagakure, he gradually vanished from the Ninja World's sight. By now, there was no news of him at all.
The Five Great Shinobi Villages had once sent many people into Amegakure to gather intelligence. Yet whenever an intelligence agent entered Amegakure's territory, they would immediately disappear without a trace, unable to send out any information. Over time, seeing that Amegakure displayed no particular edge, the Five Great Shinobi Villages gradually put Hanzo the Salamander out of their minds.
Amegakure had also become completely closed off. No one knew that it had long since changed leaders, or that Hanzo the Salamander had silently died on some unknown night.
Within Amegakure, atop a tall tower.
Two figures clad in black robes with red clouds stood silently in the rain without any cover, gazing