Amegakure.
Lead-gray clouds hung low across the sky, and raindrops pounded against the outer walls of the Metal Tower.
Minato used Body Flicker to reach the top of an iron tower, hiding in a shadowy corner as he watched the rain-soaked village.
Amegakure's buildings were quite unique compared to those of Leaf Village. They were dominated by steel and pipes, giving the place a Cyberpunk Style.
Occasionally, Rain Village Ninja carrying black umbrellas swept through the streets, soon disappearing into the depths of the crisscrossing alleys.
There was no sunlight, no birds in the sky, and even the wind carried a damp chill.
Cold and damp—this was Minato's first impression of Rain Village.
An air of loneliness permeated the place. It was nothing like Leaf Village, where the vigorous vitality of all things competing to flourish remained vivid before his eyes.
As a Jonin, Minato had also come to the Land of Rain several times on missions, but every visit to Rain Village left him feeling oppressed.
Because of the year-round rain and its location between great nations amid constant warfare, Rain Village Ninja had developed a Combat System centered around assassination, Poison Technique, Water Style, and Illusion Technique.
In terms of business, Amegakure's core operations were surprise attacks, decapitations, and intelligence gathering, mainly accepting assassination commissions from other nations.
Minato had clashed with Rain Village Ninja several times as well, so he naturally knew their characteristics.
Minato looked toward the tallest tower in Amegakure. Demigod Salamander Hanzō lived there.
The Land of Rain had not been casually manipulated by the great nations or become a fickle Small Nation like the Land of Grass solely because of Hanzō's formidable strength and prestige.
Amegakure centered itself around Hanzō's Personal Authority, relying on the combat power of Hanzō, the "Demigod," to deter