Ninja at the top of the food chain

Chapter 72 Situation
The screen changes to Yuyin Village.

In a small Japanese-style attic, a few candles glow faintly on the wooden tatami mats.

Hanzo sat cross-legged behind a low table, slowly lifted the wine bowl on the table, and passed it to his mouth.

Behind him, a figure kneeling at the door swayed slightly, as if he wanted to do something, but finally gave up.

"What's the matter? Kanzang." After taking a full sip, Hanzo asked without looking back.Hanzo's tone was very calm, as if it was no different from the past, but Kanzang was very clear: Master Hanzo is very abnormal today, because Master Hanzo usually doesn't drink alcohol at all.

"Master Hanzo, you today..." Kanzang hesitated for a moment, then asked hesitantly, "Did something happen?"

"Kanzang." Hanzo lifted the jug beside the table and filled it up for himself again, without answering Kanzang's doubts, he just asked lightly, "How many years have you been with me?"

Kanzang didn't understand Hanzo's meaning, but he replied honestly: "Strictly speaking, it should be 15 years."

"15 years..." Hanzo sighed with emotion, "Do you know how many years Boyu has been with me?"

Kanzang vaguely grasped something, and replied in a slightly low tone: "Your Excellency Boiling Rain, it must have been more than 20 years."

"More than 20 years..." Hanzo put down his wine bowl, raised his head and closed his eyes, as if he was recalling something.

After a long while, Hanzo opened his eyes, and he couldn't hide the trace of deep tiredness.But because Hanzo turned his back to Kanzang, the latter didn't notice the strangeness of the former.

"I met the murderer who killed Boo Yu today." Although Hanzang remained calm when he spoke, he still couldn't restrain his raging killing intent. "That was a young man, a strong young man."

Listening to Hanzo's words quietly, Kanzang did not interrupt.In Kanzo's heart, it is rare for Master Hanzo to show such a side in front of his eyes.

Although Boiling Yu was actually taken prisoner, under such a fierce situation between Yuyin and Konoha, the possibility of exchanging prisoners is very small. The chances of coming down are almost non-existent.

For all Yuren, unless they voluntarily surrendered, if they were captured alive, they could already be judged as dead.

It is not wrong to say that Jueying killed Feiyu.

"I usually admire talented young people..." Hanzo took a breath, and his tone became colder: "But for Jueying, I wish I could kill him on the spot."

"It's not just because of Boiling Yu's enmity, the more important reason is that Jueying's strength is already comparable to mine."

Hanzo paused for a moment, then turned his head to look at Kanzang behind him. "Kanzang, do you know what this means?"

The atmosphere fell into silence for a while.

mean what?Kanzang took a deep breath, he knew too well what this meant, and because of this, Kanzang didn't know what to say for a while.

Seeing that Kanzo seemed to be distracted, Hanzo was not angry, and then said to himself: "This means that in the next few years, ten years, or even decades, that young man named Jueying may far surpass him. At the current level, even I am helpless in the end.”

"This means that Yuyin will have no resistance in front of Konoha in the future, and the Kingdom of Rain will become the back garden where Konoha ninjas play wantonly."

Hanzo's tone has been kept calm, as if what he said has nothing to do with him, but Kanzang, who knows Hanzo better, is keenly aware of the killing intent boiling in the former's heart, and the fear that is about to overflow.

Kanzang knew that he had to speak. Although his voice was a little hoarse, he still maintained the necessary and confident tone:

"In addition to the third Hokage and White Fang, Konoha's side is just another top master. I don't think you need to worry about Hanzo-sama."

Seeing that Hanzo was noncommittal about this, Kanzang adjusted his mentality and added: "Konoha's strength becomes stronger, which is something that all ninja villages don't want to see. I think we only need to disclose Jueying's information to Iwain. You should also be willing to cease fighting with us, or even join hands to attack Konoha."

When one's own strength is insufficient, it is acceptable for exploration and storage to make rational use of external forces.

Even if we were enemies one moment, but under the common threat, it is not impossible to shake hands and make peace the next moment, or even fight side by side.

After all, there is no eternal hatred between countries, nor between villages.

As long as the interests are large enough, or the external threats reach a certain level, it is not inconceivable that a sworn enemy becomes an ally.

This is the case when Yuyin breaks the convention and joins forces with Sand Yin, and it is the same when he is preparing to join forces with Yanyin.

All of this is due to the appearance of one person - Jueying, a deterrent of top combat power, no visionary leader will turn a blind eye.

Konoha's strength is too inflated, which has completely destroyed the balance of this war game. Kanzang believes that Tsuchikage Ohnoki will make the right choice for this.

Hanzo pondered for a while, then analyzed: "Because of the border issue, Yanyin is still too afraid of us Yuyin, and they will not stop until we are weakened to a certain extent."

"And..." Hanzo tapped his finger on the table lightly, his tone full of affirmation:

"If I'm not wrong, half of Yanyin's main force is guarding against Yunyin, and half is fighting against Wuyin. They haven't invested too much power in our country of rain. Even if Yanyin joins forces with us, it probably won't provide much. help."

Although Kanzang is unwilling to accept this result, he also knows that what Hanzang said is the truth.

But even so, Kanzang also felt the need to contact Yan Yin:
"Master Hanzo, please forgive me, the current situation is overwhelmingly unfavorable to us Yuyin. In any case, we must increase the number of allies, even if we pay a certain price for this, it is acceptable."

At the very least, it is necessary to stop the war with Yanyin first, and take back part of the defense force as soon as possible to deal with Konoha's next strategic counterattack... Kanzang quickly thinks about Yuyin's defensive deployment.

After the appearance of Jueying, Konoha made up for the disadvantages in the top combat power, and it will definitely turn from defense to offense in the future, which is foreseeable.

Hanzo was also knocking on the table at the side, evaluating the feasibility of the prospecting proposal.

Since the start of the ninja war, although Yu Yin has fought three against one, the three major ninja villages have no intention of uniting. They are full of embankments with each other, and they are fighting openly and secretly with each other in private.

Hanzo is very aware of the virtues of these Dainin villages. When Yuyin rises and poses a threat to them, they will tacitly go to war against Yuyin and temporarily suppress the contradictions between them.

But if one of them poses a greater threat, the contradictions cannot be concealed: uniting enemies, breaking promises, and even undeclared wars are just commonplace.

Konoha's strength is already extremely strong, and now a top expert like Jue Ying suddenly appeared.

Hanzo was very worried about this in his heart, but he believed that there must be someone more worried than him.

For example, Sand Yin and Yan Yin, both of the Five Great Ninja Villages.

No matter how the Kingdom of Rain develops, no matter how powerful Yuyin is, limited by the size of the country, population resources, and strategic weapons such as tailed beasts, the Kingdom of Rain is at most limited to that level.

The five great ninja villages may feel jealous, and may go to war to weaken the power of rain ninja, but they will definitely not destroy the country of rain.

Hanzo knew that whether it was the daimyos of the big countries or the kages, their positioning of the Land of Rain was actually very clear, that is, a strategic buffer zone. After all, no ninja village hoped that the war would come to their own country.

The Land of Rain has high mountains and dense forests, and its depth is not short, which is enough to serve as a strategic buffer.

In this case, Rain Ninja can exist in the Land of Rain, but it must not be out of control, nor can it seek refuge in any Da Ninja Village, otherwise it will usher in "beating".

On the surface, Yuren is fighting with the major ninja villages, and several parties have a hostile attitude. In fact, on a deeper level, Yuren has been maintaining neutrality, which is what the major ninja villages want to see.

The Kingdom of Rain can only be neutral, and must be neutral.

This is necessary to maintain balance.

Although Yu Ninja was in full swing with other ninja villages, everyone retained due restraint and didn't really beat the dog's brains out. Hanzo would figure out the identity of the enemy every time he made a move, so as to avoid killing the ninja village The important figures of the war made the intensity of the war rise again.

Correspondingly, the major ninja villages will basically not use their brains on the important people of Urenin, so as to avoid stimulating Hanzo.

War can be fought, but it must be kept within a certain limit as much as possible. It is enough for the soldiers to die. If it is really torn apart completely, no one wants to see it.

Of course, that's the way it should have been.

Until...the Shenyingqiu incident happened.

It's like pulling a hair and moving the whole body.

Konoha suddenly broke this tacit understanding and attacked the mission with an unprecedented tough attitude. Not only did he frantically slaughter all the Urenin present, but he also arrogantly captured Yuyin's absolute high-level boiling rain.

This is not only a blatant slap in the face of Yuyin, but also a change in Konoha's attitude towards this war.

Hanzo felt this change, so he resolutely gave up his neutrality, and completely fell to the side of Sand Yin.

There is nothing wrong with Sarutobi Hiruzen getting angry at Danzo, perhaps he had expected such a day long ago.

Konoha not only destroyed the tacit understanding, but also broke the balance.

The sudden appearance of Jueying also made the high-level officials of other Ninja villages feel anxious: According to the intelligence, Jueying is a dangerous assassin, an assassin who can make a strong man like Boyu be instantly killed if he is not paying attention.

Hanzo believes that apart from revealing Jue Ying's information to himself, Sagakushi will also spare no effort to "propaganda" the horror of Jue Ying on other occasions, so as to attract other ninja villages' fear of Konoha.

Sand Yin is such a ninja village. Although it is common practice to attack the Land of Rain, due to the influence of the land and environment, people in the Land of Wind are obviously more interested in the Land of Fire.

For Sand Shinobi, the "Konoha Threat Theory" attracted their attention more than the "Rain Hidden Threat Theory", and the Shenyingaoka meeting was held for this purpose.

Hanzo was unwilling to join forces with Sa Yin, but Jueying went up to add fuel to the flames, so he reluctantly agreed to Sa Yin's conditions.

Now that Hanzo has seen Jueying's strength with his own eyes, he has nothing to say.

Hanzo suddenly thought of Sha Yin's "Konoha Threat Theory".

Everyone in this world knows what Sand Shinobi is thinking. Although it is just brazen and unreasonable words, this set of "arguments" still has a certain "audience".

For example, Yan Yin, who is fighting with Konoha in private.

Konoha and Iwagakushi did not declare war on the surface, but Iwagakushi even had troops rushing into the Land of Fire. This "no war" state also opened Hanzo's eyes.

Yanyin suddenly increased the intensity of the war, proving that Tuying is not blind.

Perhaps, Konoha could be used as a target to lure these dogs from Da Nin Village to bite them.

Hanzo was silently calculating in his heart, he wanted to divert the attention of the three major ninja villages as soon as possible, and end their war against the Land of Rain.

Try to preserve the vitality of Yuyin as much as possible, and everything is for the Kingdom of Rain.

(End of this chapter)