This Era Belongs to the Land of Rain!

Rain kept falling from the sky.

The cold drops struck skin like a barrage of needles, bringing a bone-deep chill. Yet they could not cool the heat and bloodshed of the battlefield.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Countless Shuriken flew through the curtain of rain.

Dozens of ninja wearing Sunagakure and Amegakure Forehead Protectors clashed, fighting to the death.

The Land of Rain was steeped in bloodshed. Blades cut through the endless rain, each collision bringing the shriek of metal and the crack of breaking bones.

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!" A Sunagakure ninja swiftly formed Hand Seals, then blew a violent gale through the rain toward an Amegakure ninja.

The Amegakure ninja formed Hand Seals at once. "Water Release: Water Wall Technique!"

Water pooled on the ground surged upward, forming a thick wall before him. The gale slammed into it, but the water-laden air of the Land of Rain strengthened the wall. It held firm and swallowed the attack.

"Damn it. It rains here year-round. Amegakure's Water Release is far stronger..." the Sunagakure ninja muttered. He pulled several Shuriken from his pouch and hurled them.

Clang, clang, clang, clang!

The Amegakure ninja drew the Iron Umbrella from his back and spun it hard, deflecting every Shuriken.

"Hmph. Pointless. And you dared declare war on Amegakure with skills like that?"

"Urgh..." Before he could say more, the Amegakure ninja grunted and fell dead into the mud. Nearby, several hair-thin Chakra Threads stretched from a Sunagakure puppeteer's wrist to a puppet. It had struck from behind and to the side, killing him in a single blow.

"Damn you Sunagakure bastards!" An Amegakure captain in the distance saw what happened and flew into a rage. He pulled the Iron Umbrella from his back and flung it. "Ninja Art: Rain Shower Senbon!"

A dense spray of