The Land of Rain.
The sky was veiled by a thin layer of gray cloud, the sunlight as soft as water-soaked cotton, unable to pierce the clouds, leaving only a faint glow bleeding across the treetops in the distance.
Tiny puddles on the ground rang with circle after circle of ripples, and a black figure came from the northern lands.
"Obito, why is the Land of Rain called the Land of Rain?"
"Maybe because it rains a lot here!"
"No. A long, long time ago, there was someone called Rain Sister who put an end to the wars in the Land of Rain... Later, to honor this hero, people named this country the Land of Rain."
"We Uchiha were originally called Uchiha of Rain, but because we had to avoid using Rain Sister's name, we changed it to Uchiha."
"You're full of shit—"
At the Akatsuki base, Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan were discussing cooperation with Amegakure.
Akatsuki was a borderless organization of justice, mainly focused on protecting the weak, mediating conflicts, and spreading the Peace Ideology.
It was just that from beginning to end, they had never received official recognition from Amegakure. The Forehead Protectors they wore were imitations, and these people did not even have ninja registration numbers. They were no different from rogue ninja.
Yahiko especially hoped they could obtain official status, gain Amegakure's acknowledgment and Hanzō's approval. Only then could Akatsuki step beyond national borders and work for peace in the ninja world.
Otherwise, a bunch of wandering ninja—who would give a damn about you?
"Lord Hanzō used force to secure independence and a brief peace for Amegakure while caught between the Three Great Nations, preventing the Land of Rain from becoming a puppet of a great nation like the Land of Grass."
"No matter how you