Land of Water.
As the main battlefield of the Second Shinobi World War, following the death of Uchiha Madara, the annihilation of the Kaguya Clan, and the collapse of the Yuki Clan, the Land of Water had fallen into unprecedented chaos.
No one dared trust anyone else. Everyone suspected those around them of harboring ulterior motives.
The daimyo had even signed multiple unequal treaties with the Land of Fire, the Land of Lightning, and the Land of Earth—
There was nothing of value left here.
The daimyo, the surviving ninja clans, ambitious schemers, pirates—countless forces, like sharks that had scented blood, madly tore at every inch of this nation's flesh.
War, in a more fragmented and cruel form, seeped into every corner.
And Nagato lived alone in this chaotic land.
He had originally been a refugee from the Land of Rain who came here with his parents. After Hanzo's death, they had traveled thousands of miles from the Land of Rain to the reclusive Land of Water, hoping to find a measure of peace on these islands far from the mainland.
But ironically, what had cast them into the abyss was that Allied Shinobi Forces war supposedly meant to "end the war."
His parents had died in the aftermath of a battle so confusing that he could not even tell who had been fighting whom.
He wanted to become a ninja.
Not only to avenge his parents, but also because he clearly understood that in this world without order, having no strength meant having no right to survive.
But there was nothing he could do.
Rain fell.
The Land of Water did not receive as much rain as the Land of Rain, but it was not far behind.
Today, Nagato had once again been cornered in a filthy alley by