Chapter 79: Hanzo Crushes Iwa, Then Suna – The Ninja World Trembles
Looking at Uchiha Mikoto now, Naraku finally understood what it meant to be overwhelmed by the grace of a beauty. Unfortunately, there was a damned multiverse monster—the Great Crab God—suppressing him, preventing him from immediately working hard for the glory of the Uchiha.
Afterward, Naraku pointed at the Steel Wings on his back and said: "Mikoto, do you want to fly for a bit?"
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One month later,
"Summoning Technique!"
A gigantic salamander appeared on the battlefield. As the salamander spewed massive amounts of poison gas, the already sparse Iwa ninjas in the Land of Rain fell one after another.
In the end, under the leadership of the demigod of the ninja world "Hanzo the Salamander," Amegakure—a small ninja village—managed to rout Iwa's front-line forces in the Land of Rain.
"We won!" "The Land of Rain won!" "We defeated the Iwa troops!" "Long live Lord Hanzo!"
Unlike the previous suppression of the Land of Iron's samurai, this time Hanzo the Salamander led the weak Amegakure ninjas to crush Iwa—it could be called a heroic feat. Under this victory, the morale of all Amegakure ninjas soared.
But Hanzo the Salamander wasn't that happy. Even with him present, the gap in strength between Amegakure and Iwa was still huge. The number of deaths on both sides in this battle was roughly equal.
Iwa could quickly replenish those losses with its vast resources, but Amegakure couldn't. Still, a victory was a victory—these great nations weren't invincible! His next target was Sunagakure!
Ōnoki, seeing the front-line report, barely suppressed his rage and thought: Hanzo the Salamander… you truly live up to being a demigod of the ninja world. With your salamander, top-tier Water Release, and the climate of the Land of Rain, your strength is probably beyond even mine now.
But how long can you lead a small ninja village on this rampage? Want to challenge a great ninja village? We'll see!
Ōnoki said to his subordinate: "Iwa, retreat!"
In truth, Iwa still had deep foundations—even consecutive defeats in the Land of Rain could only be considered minor losses. Ōnoki planned to observe the situation for a while longer. Besides, Kumogakure next door had been watching hungrily all along!
With this, it was officially declared that Iwa had temporarily withdrawn from the chaotic battles in the Land of Rain.
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Another month later, the great war between Amegakure and Sunagakure erupted.
Although Sunagakure ranked lowest in overall strength among the five great ninja villages, as a large village its ninjas' quality still far surpassed Amegakure's.
However, Hanzo the Salamander—this demigod of the ninja world—dared to declare war on Sunagakure and even Konoha, clearly having prepared something.
Sunagakure had powerhouses like Chiyo and her brother, as well as Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law. Although in the future Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law would be killed single-handedly by Hatake Sakumo (making them seem weak), the two of them were still near Kage-level in strength. When they teamed up, even ordinary Kage-level opponents wouldn't be their match.
Meanwhile, Amegakure paled in comparison. Apart from Hanzo—the overwhelmingly powerful figure—they had almost no other strong fighters who could stand against them.
At the start of the battle, Amegakure's ninja numbers rapidly dwindled. The situation was extremely unfavorable for them, and they quickly fell into disadvantage.
However, halfway through the fight, Hanzo displayed his astonishing power.
He cut his finger, and immediately a gigantic summoned beast—the salamander Ibuse—appeared on the battlefield.
This salamander was enormous, like a small hill standing tall.
It opened its massive jaws and spewed a huge cloud of thick poisonous mist, instantly blanketing the entire battlefield.
The poison fog spread, blocking vision and making breathing difficult.
Yet the Amegakure ninjas were fully prepared. They had anti-poison masks and antidotes ready in advance, protecting themselves from the fog's effects.
This ensured that Amegakure ninjas could remain in peak condition and continue fighting the enemy even in such harsh conditions.
It could be said that the appearance of this summoned beast plunged the originally advantaged Suna ninjas into trouble, putting enormous pressure on them.
The power of this poison fog was almost equivalent to a biochemical weapon.
Many Sunagakure ninjas who inhaled the fog collapsed and died instantly. Even those with high poison resistance suffered paralysis, dizziness, and other symptoms.
Granny Chiyo watched her side suffer heavy casualties and could only desperately lead her family of four to pin Hanzo down tightly.
Hanzo looked at the dense swarm of puppets in front of him and felt his scalp tingle. He smashed one puppet with his scythe, only for the next to immediately take its place.
Moreover, his poison had little effect on puppets—these things weren't afraid of poison.
But this was fine—the enemy's four main powerhouses had all come to restrain him. His side could still gain a huge advantage thanks to Ibuse's poison.
Chiyo watched Hanzo move freely among the puppet swarm and finally fully realized how troublesome this demigod of the ninja world truly was.
She also knew it was impossible to kill him this time, so she shouted loudly: "Retreat!"
Hearing the commander allow retreat, the Suna ninjas below hurriedly fled in panic.
In the end, this battle once again concluded with Amegakure holding the advantage.
This news shocked the entire ninja world. Although Amegakure had previously defeated Iwa, that was when Iwa's front line collapsed, leaving very few troops in the Land of Rain and no powerful leaders to hold the line—they were defeated under those circumstances.
But this time, except for the one called the strongest Kazekage—the Third Kazekage—and the jinchūriki who didn't show up, Sunagakure had sent almost everyone they could.
Their troop numbers were far greater than Iwa's previous force, yet they were still defeated!
The Third Raikage A, receiving the news of Suna's defeat in his office, immediately burst into laughter: "Hanzo the Salamander is this strong? Sunagakure is completely embarrassing the five great ninja villages—almost mobilizing everything and still getting crushed by Amegakure! I say trash like that doesn't deserve to be ranked among the five great ninja villages!
If the Land of Wind's territory wasn't so trash, Kumogakure could wipe out Sunagakure quickly!"
The tall secretary beside the Third Raikage said expressionlessly: "Sunagakure only suffered a minor defeat! Their elite ninjas didn't take heavy losses—the outcome after prolonged attrition is still uncertain. Moreover, Lord Raikage, we in Kumogakure don't have any good counter to Hanzo the Salamander's poison either!
And look at you right now—aren't you quite free? The unprocessed documents in your office are almost taller than you! Why don't you handle some of them?"
Hearing this, the Third Raikage A hurriedly grabbed his dumbbells and jumped out the window, shouting: "Help me deal with them! I need to focus on military matters!"
The other ninja villages basically came to a deeper understanding of just how troublesome Hanzo the Salamander truly was through this battle.
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