Dark clouds blanketed the sky.
Brilliant flashes of lightning streaked through the thick clouds from time to time, followed by deafening rumbles.
The land beneath the dense clouds was shrouded in unending rain, obscuring the horizon.
At that moment, a meeting was being held inside a towering, dark building below.
"The Rain Ninja Village is in an increasingly difficult position. Ever since Sunagakure joined the war, Konoha and the Sand Ninja have tacitly made the Land of Rain their battlefield. This poses a grave threat to our country."
A deep, resonant voice spoke solemnly.
The speaker was a middle-aged man with a stern expression.
Inside the room, a tall, thin young ninja glanced at him and said with a pale, mocking smile, "I wonder what good Lord Yando thinks his words will do for the Rain Ninja Village?"
His narrow eyes looked at Yando with a faintly amused expression, but his words were barbed.
Yando's previously calm expression suddenly turned furious. He clenched his fist, veins bulging!
His eyes blazing with anger fixed on the young, lean man as he berated him in a low voice.
"Kinnara! Don't think you can throw your weight around just because you've earned a few insignificant merits!"
Hearing his angry words, Kinnara wasn't the least bit intimidated. His narrow eyes crinkled with amusement, and he gave a slight smirk before replying flippantly, "Oh, so rooting out all those intelligence networks Konoha had established in the Rain Ninja Village was just an insignificant achievement? Tsk, tsk. Then what great deeds have you accomplished, Lord Yando?"
Yando snorted angrily and said nothing more, glaring darkly at Kinnara.
He looked ready to tear him apart with his teeth.
Just then,
"You're both trusted aides to Lord Hanzo now. Why are you at each other's throats? Your duty