Calling Out a Challenge
August 23rd, west of Severed Mountain City. The Rain ninja had arrived at the city walls.
At that moment, three Amegakure jonin were standing below the gate, calling out a challenge.
"These guys... are they really ninja? There's actually a stage called 'calling out a challenge'?" Akaseki asked strangely.
"So what? Great-Grandpa used to do this all the time!" Ranwu stressed.
Akaseki: ...
Come to think of it, that Madara Uchiha seemed to do this too!
But...
These Rain ninja were obviously no match for Madara or Hashirama.
After all, whether it was Hashirama or Madara Uchiha, the prerequisite for calling out a challenge was that they had the ability to wipe out the enemy formation even if the enemy refused to come out. That was why they could call out challenges.
What did these Rain ninja have to rely on?
"Hanzō has an agreement with the samurai inside Severed Mountain City—the Land of Rain will send three Rain ninja to call out challenges each day, and the Land of Iron may send three samurai out to answer them. As long as they defeat the three Rain ninja, there won't be a full-scale assault on Severed Mountain City that day," Jiraiya explained.
That was why such a bizarre scene as ninja calling out challenges existed.
"Huh? These samurai are that strong?" Akaseki asked in surprise.
His overly loud surprise made the armored samurai guards nearby turn to look at him.
Jiraiya moved a little farther away from the samurai and quietly added, "It's not that they only need to win once—they keep sending out samurai until they win once each day! Because of the poisonous mist, even when the Rain ninja lose, they can usually retreat safely. But those samurai... once they lose, they basically have