The screen shifts to Yuyin Village.

In a small Japanese-style loft, a few candles emit a faint glow on the wooden tatami mats.

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

Behind him, a figure kneeling in the doorway shook slightly, as if he wanted to do something, but finally gave up.

"What's wrong? Exploration. After taking a sip, Hanzo asked without looking back. Hanzo's tone was very calm, as if it was no different from the past, but Kanzo was very clear: today's Hanzo-sama is very abnormal, because Hanzo-sama usually doesn't drink alcohol.

"Hanzo-sama, ...... you today" Kanzo hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is something happening?" ”

"Prospecting." Hanzo lifted the flask next to the table again to fill it for himself, and did not answer Kanzo's doubts, but asked lightly, "How many years have you been with me?" ”

Kanzo didn't understand what Hanzo meant, but he replied honestly, "Strictly speaking, it should be fifteen years." ”

"Fifteen years...... Hanzo sighed, "Do you know how many years Boiling Rain has been with me?" ”

Kanzang vaguely grasped something, and replied in a slightly low tone: "Your Excellency's words should be more than twenty years. ”

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

After a while, Hanzo opened his eyes, and the trace of deep exhaustion could not be concealed. However, due to Hanzo's back to the Tibet, the latter did not notice the former's abnormality.

"I met the murderer of Boiling Rain today." Although Hanzo remained calm when he spoke, the raging killing intent was still a little uncontrollable. "It was a young man, a very strong young man."

Listening quietly to Hanzo's words, Kanzo didn't interrupt soundly. In Kanzo's mind, it is rare for Hanzo-sama to show such a side in front of him.

Although Boiling Rain was actually captured, in such a fierce battle between Yugain and Konoha, the possibility of exchanging prisoners was very small, and Boiling Rain was caught in Konoha, not to mention how much information had been leaked, and the chance of surviving was almost non-existent.

For all rain ninjas, unless they surrender voluntarily, if they are captured alive, they can already be judged dead.

It is not wrong to say that the Shadow killed the Boiling Rain.

"I usually admire talented young people......" Hanzo breathed a sigh of relief, and his tone became more and more cold: "But for the Absolute Shadow, I can't wait to kill him on the spot." ”

"It's not just because of Boiling Rain's hatred, but more importantly, the strength of the Absolute Shadow is already on par with me."

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

The atmosphere fell silent for a moment.

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

Hanzo saw that Kanzo seemed to be a little distracted, but he was not angry, and then said to himself: "This means that in the past few years, more than ten years, or even decades, that young man called Jueying is likely to far surpass the current level, and in the end, even I will be helpless." ”

"This means that Rain Hidden will not have the slightest resistance in front of Konoha in the future, and the Land of Rain will become the backyard of Konoha ninjas to have fun at will."

Hanzang's tone has always remained unwavering, as if what he said has nothing to do with him, but Kanzang, who knows Hanzo better, is keenly aware of the boiling killing intent in the former's heart, as well as the jealousy that is about to overflow.

Kanzo knew he had to speak, and although his voice was already a little hoarse, he still maintained the necessary, confident tone:

"In addition to the three generations of Hokage and White Fang, the Konoha side is just one more top master, I don't think you need to worry about it at all."

Seeing that Hanzo was noncommittal about this, Kanzo adjusted his mentality and added, "Konoha's strength has become stronger, which is something that all ninja villages don't want to see. I think we just need to leak the information of the Absolute Shadow to Iwakure, and they should also be willing to stop fighting with us, or even join forces to attack Konoha together. ”

When one's own strength is insufficient, rational use of external forces is an acceptable thing for Tibetan exploration.

Even if everyone is still an enemy one moment, under a 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 nations, and the same is true between villages.

As long as the stakes are large enough, or if the external threat reaches a certain level, it is not inconceivable that mortal enemies become allies.

This is the case for Yuyin to break the convention and join forces with Shayin, and it is also the case for him to prepare to join forces with Iwain.

All because of the appearance of one person - the Absolute Shadow, the deterrence of a top-level combat power, to which no visionary leader will turn a blind eye.

Konoha's strength is too inflated and has completely upset the balance of this war game, and Kanzo believes that Tsuchikage Onoki will make the right choice for this.

Hanzo pondered for a while and analyzed: "Because of the problem of the national border, Iwakuin is still too jealous of us Yuyin, and they won't stop if they don't weaken us to a certain extent." ”

"And ......" Hanzo tapped his fingers lightly on the tabletop, his tone full of affirmation:

"If what I expected, Iwain's main force is half guarding against Yunyin, and half is fighting against Mistin, and they haven't invested much in our Rain Country. Even if Iwakuin joins forces with us, it is estimated that it will not be of much help. ”

Although Kanzo was reluctant to accept this result, he also knew that Hanzo was telling the truth.

However, even so, Kanzang felt the need to come into contact with the rock hidden:

"Lord Hanzo, with all due respect, the current situation is overwhelmingly unfavorable for us Umagakure. In any case, we must increase the number of allies, even at an acceptable cost. ”

At the very least, it is necessary to make a truce with Iwakuin first, and withdraw some of the defensive forces as soon as possible to deal with Konoha's next strategic counteroffensive...... Exploration and storage quickly think about the defense deployment of Yuyin.

After the appearance of the Absolute Shadow, Konoha will make up for the disadvantage of the top combat power, and it will definitely turn into an offensive in the coming period, which is predictable.

Hanzo was also banging on the table, gauging the feasibility of the prospecting proposal.

Since the beginning of the ninja war, although Yuyin is one enemy and three, the three ninja villages have no meaning of unity, they are full of embankments with each other, and they are fighting openly and secretly with each other in private.

Hanzo is well aware of the virtues of these great ninja villages, and when Yuyin rises and poses a threat to them, they will tacitly wage war against Yuyin and temporarily suppress the contradictions between them.

But when one of them becomes a greater threat, the contradictions cannot be concealed: united enemies, treachery, and even undeclared war are commonplace.

Konoha's strength was already extremely strong, and now such a top master as Jeying suddenly appeared.

Hanzo was worried about this, but he was sure that someone would be more worried than him.

For example, the sand and rock hidden of the same five ninja villages.

No matter how developed the Rain Country is, no matter how powerful the Rain Hidden is, limited by the land area, population resources, and strategic weapons such as the Tailed Beast, the Rain Country is only that level at most.

The Five Great Ninja Villages may have a feeling of jealousy, and may start a war to weaken the power of the Rain Ninja, but they will definitely not destroy the Land of Rain.

Hanzo knows that whether it is the daimyo of the great powers or the shadows, their positioning of the country of rain is actually very clear, that is, a strategic buffer zone, after all, no ninja village wants the war to be fought in their own country.

The land of rain is high and densely forested, and the depth is not short, which is enough to play the role of a strategic buffer.

In this case, the country of rain, rain ninja can exist, but it must not be beyond control, nor can it take refuge in any big ninja village, otherwise it will usher in a "beating".

On the surface, Yu Ren is at war with the major ninja villages, and several sides are hostile, but in fact, at a deeper level, Yu Ren has been maintaining neutrality, which is also what the major ninja villages want to see.

The Land of Rain can only be neutral, and it must be neutral.

This is necessary to maintain balance.

Although the rain ninja and other ninja villages are in full swing, everyone retains due restraint and does not really beat out the dog's brains, and Hanzo will figure out the identity of the enemy every time he makes a move, so as to avoid killing the important people in the big ninja village, so that the intensity of the war will rise again.

Correspondingly, the major ninja villages basically won't do anything to the important people of the rain ninja to avoid irritating Hanzo.

The war can be fought, but it must be maintained to a certain limit as much as possible, and it is enough for small soldiers to die, if they really tear their faces completely, no one wants to see it.

Of course, that's how it should have been.

Until...... The occurrence of the Shenying Hill incident.

It's just a matter of pulling a hair and moving the whole body.

Konoha suddenly broke this tacit understanding and attacked the mission with an unprecedented toughness attitude, not only frantically slaughtering the Yunin present, but also arrogantly capturing Yuyin's absolute high-level Boiling Rain.

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

Hanzo sensed this change, so he decisively gave up his neutrality and completely fell to the side of the sand hide.

There was nothing wrong with Ape Fei Ri Slashing getting angry at Tuan Zang, maybe he had expected such a day a long time ago.

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

The sudden appearance of the Shadow also made the other ninja village leaders feel like they were in the throat: according to the intelligence, the Absolute Shadow was a dangerous assassin, an assassin who could kill a strong man like Boiling Rain in an instant if he was not careful.

Hanzo believes that in addition to revealing the information of Jeokei to himself, Sunagaku will also spare no effort to "publicize" the horror of Jeokage on other occasions, so as to attract the fear of Konoha from other ninja villages.

Sand Hide is such a ninja village, although it is customary to strike at the Land of Rain, but due to the impact of the land environment, the people of the Land of Wind are obviously more interested in the Land of Fire.

For the sand ninja, the "Konoha threat theory" can attract their attention more than the "rain hidden threat theory", and the Shenoqiu talks were held for this purpose.

Hanzo was reluctant to join forces with Sha Yin, but the Absolute Shadow went up to add to the fire, so he reluctantly agreed to Sha Yin's conditions.

Now, Hanzo has seen the strength of the Absolute Shadow with his own eyes, and he has nothing to say.

Hanzo suddenly thought of Shagakure's "Konoha Threat Theory".

Sand Shinobi's thoughts, everyone in the world knows it, although it is just a cheeky strong word, but this set of "arguments" still has a lot of "audiences".

For example, Iwakure, who is in full swing with Konoha in private.

This Konoha and Iwakure did not declare war on the surface, but Iwakure even had troops rushing into the Fire Country, and this state of "no war" was also an eye-opener for Hanzo.

Iwakure suddenly ramps up the war, proving that Tsuchikage is not blind either.

Perhaps, you can use Konoha as a target to lead these big ninja village dogs to eat dogs.

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

It is necessary to preserve the living power of the rain as much as possible, all for the sake of the rain country.