Hanzo Open your eyes.
The rain outside the window is still falling, as hard and as cold as a few years ago.
But his hands are no longer cold.
He gripped the short knife tightly, his knuckles turned white and veins popped out.
He stood up, walked to the window, and opened it. The rain hit his face.
But there were no tears in his eyes.
There is only fire.
He turned around, walked to the table, and picked up the information that he had read countless times.
Sunagakure came out in full force, the main force was fighting on the western front of Konoha, and the village's defense was as empty as a sieve.
As long as he gives an order, Amegakure's army can march straight from Land of Rain to Sunagakure's lair.
He picked up the pen and wrote a line in the blank space of the information.
"Assemble. Send troops in three days."
He put down the pen and looked at the line of words for a long time.
The sound of rain outside the window is getting louder and denser, like thousands of troops galloping.
Hanzo stood in front of the window, listening to the sound of rain, and the corners of his mouth slowly turned up little by little.
Amegakure will replace Sunagakure and become one of Five Great Shinobi Villages.
In three days, two storms were set off on the territory of Shinobi World.
The first storm starts at Kirigakure.
Third Mizukage Kutsuki Baidiao stood on the top floor of Mizukage Building, facing the dark army of Kirigakure below the stage, and read out the edict of war.
His voice was like nails, hammering into the ears of everyone present.
"Send troops Konoha."
Kirigakure's army set off in two directions.
There were three thousand people along the way, led by Seven Ninja Swordsmen, the direct descendant of Mizukage, and the target was the east coast of Konoha.
The other group of 2,000 people is composed of a coalition of four ethnic groups, and its target is the southern border of Iwagakure.
The second storm started from Amegakure, which was stronger, stronger and more unexpected than Kirigakure.
Hanzo the Salamander personally led the team, and a thousand Amegakure elites set out from Land of Rain, crossed most of the national border, and headed straight for Sunagakure.
This team marched at an astonishing speed, as if they had been waiting for a long time, as if they had been holding back for a long time.
Sunagakure is almost undefended.
After Third Kazekage disappeared, the power of Sunagakure fell into the hands of siblings Chiyo and Ebizo.
Chiyo Rasa led the main force to fight on the western front of Konoha. There were less than a thousand garrison troops in the village, and most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled.
Ebizo sat in Kazekage's Office, looking at the information on the table, his fingers trembling slightly.
"Amegakure...Hanzo..." His voice was hoarse like sandpaper rubbed against a stone, "Why did he choose this time?"
Ebizo stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the gray skyline in the distance.
He is already very old, so old that he cannot remember how many battles he has fought and how many people he has killed.
But he remembered Hanzo. The man wearing a gas mask and holding a scythe, the "demigod" who had made Five Great Nations suffer in Second Shinobi World War.
He thought that Hanzo was dead. He thought that those ambitions had been extinguished by the rain of Land of Rain.
"Elder!" A young voice came from behind, interrupting his thoughts.
A Sunagakure Chunin rushed in, with a look of fear on his face that Ebizo had never seen before.
"Amegakure's vanguard has reached the border! It's less than half a day's journey from the village!"
Ebizo Close your eyes.
"Notify Elder Chiyo." He said, his voice was very soft but steady, "Let her come back."
Chunin was stunned for a moment. "But elder, frontline--"
"The front line is supported by Rasa and Pakura." Ebizo interrupted him, "The village is gone, and it is useless to win a big battle on the front line. Let her come back. Now."
Chunin turned around and ran out. Ebizo stood in front of the window, looking at the village shrouded in wind and sand outside the window, and was silent for a long time.
Then he turned around, walked to the wall, and took off the combat uniform that had been hanging for decades.
The clothes were covered with dust. He patted them, and the dust danced in the sun, making him cough a few times.
He put his clothes on and walked out of the office.
Chiyo was preparing the antidote in the frontline camp when he received the news.
She paused for a moment, then slowly put down the potion bottle in her hand, turned around, and looked at the ninja who delivered the message.
The ninja was kneeling on the ground, not daring to raise his head.
"Hanzo." Chiyo pronounced the name.
"He picks the time."
She was silent for a moment, then began to pack her things.
"Chiyo-sama." The ninja who delivered the message finally raised his head, "This side of the front line..."
"Rasa and Pakura are here." Chiyo's voice was still calm, "They can hold on."
When she said this, she actually had no confidence in her heart. Although Rasa is strong, she is too young.
Although Konoha's side was attacked from both sides by Iwagakure and Sunagakure, Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God was too fast and could come to support at any time.
But she had no other choice. The village was gone, everything was lost.
She picked up her backpack and walked out of the tent.
Konoha.
Hokage The lights in the office stayed on all night.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was sitting on a chair with three pieces of information spread out in front of him.
On the left is Kirigakure's declaration of war. The wording is arrogant, and there is a viciousness in the words that takes advantage of your illness and kills you.
On the right is the battle report on the Western Front. Although Rasa and Pakura were disrupted by Minato Namikaze's raid, Sunagakure's main force has not yet been defeated. After Chiyo returns with reinforcements, it should be able to stop Hanzo, but no one can say how long that thin layer of defense can last.
The middle copy is the thinnest, only one page.
That was the latest battle report from the northern defense line. After losing Kannabi Bridge, Iwagakure was cut off from supplies and was forced to retreat thirty miles, but their main force still existed and did not disperse.
Three pieces of information, three directions, and three knives were placed on Konoha's neck.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's hand was placed on the table, his fingers were slightly curled, and his fingernails were blue-white. He had been sitting here for two hours without moving.
He's really out of ideas.
"Teacher... what should I do..."
Finally, he looked at a list.
That is the list of the Ninja Academy graduating students.
Utatane Koharu opens the door and comes in.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi." She walked to the table and her voice was much softer than usual.
"Kirigakure's movement over there has been confirmed. Two armies, 3,000 people on one side, by sea, and the target is the east coast.
Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his head and glanced at her.
"We can only let students graduate early."
Utatane Koharu thought for a while and said.
"It's still not enough. Kirigakure is here. Seven Ninja Swordsmen. With seven people joining forces, even the strongest Kage Level cannot match it."
Sarutobi Hiruzen closed his eyes. The map of Konoha appeared in his mind.
After a moment of silence, his eyes fell on the list. Those names, one by one, were so young and small. Some of the names also had their ages marked behind them.
Seven, eight, and nine years old. The oldest one is only twelve years old, not much older than his son Asuma Sarutobi.
"When the people suffer, I will take the blame."