Chapter 215 : The Ninja World Was Shocked
The news of the destruction of Rain Shinobi Village spread throughout the ninja world, and it was nothing short of astonishing.
That was Rain Shinobi Village—home to Hanzō the Salamander, the so-called demigod of the shinobi world. And now, it was simply... gone.
In the Land of Lightning, within the walls of Kumogakure, a seasoned Jōnin bowed respectfully and reported the intel to the Third Raikage.
The Third Raikage raised an eyebrow. "Come again? Rain Shinobi Village has been wiped off the map?"
This shouldn’t have been possible.
Rain was a minor country, sandwiched between three powerhouses: the Land of Earth, the Land of Wind, and the Land of Fire. Yet, it had endured for decades precisely because of Hanzō’s overwhelming strength.
That man had once bested Konoha’s legendary Sannin—Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade—in single combat. Though he allowed them to live, he acknowledged their potential by naming them Konoha’s Sannin. Now? Those same three had become legends in their own right, with Tsunade rising to become the Fifth Hokage.
Yet Hanzō, the man who once overshadowed them, had fallen.
The Third Raikage tapped his desk, thinking hard. Rain Shinobi Village had persisted through all-out wars. It had withstood invasions, internal chaos, and even the rise of extremist groups like the original Akatsuki. But now, it had been annihilated.
And there was only one person he could think of who had the power—and madness—to do it.
Kurama.