Chapter 203: A Cliche Hero Saving A Beauty?
The Kingdom of Rain, Akatsuki Organization.
Konan led a squad of elite Rain Shinobi to deliver peace negotiation documents to Hanzō of the Salamander’s envoys. Before departure, Yahiko gave her a solemn warning.
"Konan, be careful."
"Yeah, I know."
Konan and her team were five in total. The remaining four were top-tier fighters of the Akatsuki, each holding strength equal to or above standard Jōnin level.
Kurama had arrived earlier at the designated meeting point between Konan and Hanzō. Concealed in the shadows, he watched intently.
He quickly discerned the situation. Hanzō had already laid out a deadly trap.
Konan and her team were walking straight into a massacre.
In the original timeline, Hanzō had taken Konan hostage and forced Nagato to kill Yahiko. Tragically, Yahiko impaled himself on Nagato’s kunai. Such a ridiculous way for a leader to die, Kurama thought. Yahiko had the strength of a leader. Yet he died from a single kunai?
Now, Hanzō had mobilized dozens of Rain Shinobi, lying in ambush with an airtight formation. Their eyes gleamed with cruel anticipation.
"Captain Konan, the coordinates Lord Hanzō gave us match this valley. Should I scout ahead?"