Orochimaru, meanwhile, stared at Tsunade with burning intensity.
"So this is the power of bloodlines? No matter how hard a shinobi without one works, they can never overcome that advantage."
News of Tsunade's victory over Hanzo of the Salamander spread rapidly.
Before long, it would reach the entire Shinobi World.
When it did, Tsunade's strength would cause an uproar.
But the news had not spread that far yet, and the Second Shinobi World War continued as before.
Uchiha Yin was walking through a small town in the Land of Rain.
After arriving at the camp in the Land of Rain, Uchiha Yin and Uchiha Mikoto had both been assigned missions.
He spent a little time with Kushina before setting out for the advance force where Tsunade was stationed.
But he trusted in Tsunade's strength and was not worried about her safety.
Chapter 138: Konan
Rain fell endlessly in the Land of Rain, as though the country itself were always weeping.
Refugees sat or lay along the streets of the town.
Their clothes were tattered, their bodies thin, and their eyes numb.
Civilians suffered most in war, especially when their country became the battlefield.
The Five Great Nations alone had the power to decide where battles would be fought. The Land of Rain could not stop the other villages from bringing their war onto its soil; it could only accept its fate.
That was the tragedy of a weak nation. In the Shinobi World, those without strength had no say.
If Hanzō had possessed Madara Uchiha's strength, no village would have dared to make the Land of Rain a battlefield. But he did not.
As Uchiha Yin walked down the street, he could not help feeling a little rueful.
Suddenly, Uchiha Yin lowered his head slightly and narrowed his eyes.
"Kid,