The Iron is Burning

The weather is getting hotter.

It's almost like a stove.

However, what is hotter than the stove is the fighting between people on the earth.

As the strongholds of both sides are constantly being removed by the other side, the fighting frequency and intensity between the two sides are becoming more and more terrifying.

Even though they were armed by Makoto without hesitation, Konoha's elites were still dying crazily.

The casualty ratio between Konoha and the enemy side has reached an astonishing 1:1.2 – even with the addition of Suna's figure, Makoto was extremely dissatisfied with the terrifying casualty ratio.

...He always feels that Iwa and Kumo are completely crazy. They were not like this before. What are they thinking?

The other party will not tell Makoto the reason, and Makoto will not be able to find out for a while. But at least he knew that the more Konoha ninjas died now, the more difficult it would be for him to start working in the future.

But at this time, he had no other choice but to wait.

He is too weak and has no strength.

If he has the strength of the Six Paths... there is no way, just be patient.

As long as he survives this battle, as Konoha continues to grow stronger, he will also grow stronger.

When both sides are proficient in bad battles, whoever makes fewer mistakes will gain the upper hand.

Makoto has reason to believe that the opponent must be able to bear it before him.

Regardless of ancient or modern times, any large-scale war will cause great harm to the economy.

With the strength of Han Wu¹, after defeating the Xiongnu², he was also suffering five labors and seven injuries, the treasury was empty, and mice would wipe their tears when they entered.

Now it's not twelve years later, Makoto doesn't believe it that not long after the Third Ninja World War has just ended, when everyone has no way to recuperate, how long can the two Kages on the opposite side endure.

The patience on the other side was worse than what Makoto expected.

On the fourth night after Tsunade became acquainted with Edo Tensei, the moon was shining, and on the flanks of the Konoha line of defense, there was news of Hanzo's appearance.

Makoto, who had been preparing for a long time, did not hesitate at all, and immediately took Orochimaru and Jiraiya with him, and rushed in the direction where the other party was.

When the news of the other party's appearance came, he already knew that this must be a trap.

That's why he didn't bring Tsunade, Sandaime, and Danzo.

Not even the other skilled ninjas.

He already couldn't wait to end the war.

The three followed the information and flew all the way, and soon reached their destination.

Under the moonlight, Hanzo of the Salamander with a respirator on his face sat silently on a big tree. He remained silent, as if he was thinking about something, wisps of purple air surrounded him.

This is a highly toxic poison.

And tens of meters away from him, there was a small group of Konoha ninjas who were seriously injured.

Hanzo of the Salamander only needed one ninjutsu to take their lives. But he didn't do that, he sat on the tree, as if waiting for them to come.

"Ho... Hokage-sama..."

"Can you still move?"

"No... no problem..."

"Then leave quickly and leave this place to us."

"... Yes!"

The injured Konoha ninjas were not pretentious, they supported each other and left as quickly as possible.

For a moment, the moonlight was like water, and only four people were left to face each other silently.

Hanzo looked at Jiraiya, and an old and tired voice came out from that weird respirator.

"Jiraiya and Orochimaru? I haven't seen each other for many years. You have grown to this point... Now that I think about it, it's just a dream."

"Hanzo, you must regret not killing the three of us back then!"

"If you regret it, maybe there are some... If you can kill the three of you at that time... But, my biggest enemy is not you."

In the original setting, Hanzo is a very complicated character. His life was clearly divided into two parts.

In the first half of his life, he was active on the battlefield as a unique skill brother, fighting against the Land of Iron, Suna, and Konoha successively, and gained a great reputation.

Because of him, even if Amegakure is a small Hidden Village, no one dares to underestimate it.

But the rest of his life... was basically a self-willed waste, as if he was waiting for Pain to kill him.

Makoto always felt that there was a more direct reason for this abrupt change, but he couldn't think of it.

The official statement is that he has lost his faith, but according to Makoto's analysis... this guy may have been injured by the poison of a black salamander to his nerves and body, so he was so depressed later.

Matter determines consciousness.

Black salamander is extremely poisonous, which is rare in the world.

As long as a black salamander starts breathing to form a poisonous mist, if the ninja who enters it is unprepared, he will die of poison in a very short time.

Only the legendary medical ninjas above Chiyo can crack it.

But there are only a few medical ninjas like that in the entire ninja world.

With the poisonous mist of the salamander, Hanzo of the Salamander dominates the world and has become an existence that wipes canon fodders on the battlefield.

But the success is also the black salamander, and the failure is also the black salamander. How can there be no problems with this terrible thing all day long.

But he has resistance to salamander toxins.

Or... is there another reason?

None of this matters.

Makoto, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru all started to make seals.

He didn't even care about why Hanzo gave up his previous position and didn't continue to be his otaku, but went to the Iwa-Kumo coalition army alone as an assistant.

Makoto only needs to know that he is his enemy.

Only Hanzo was still asking seriously.

"Do you still remember the reason that made you stronger?"

For some unknown reason, the three of them unanimously chose to answer.

"Looking at the sky today, it will definitely be heavy rain tomorrow!"

"The moonlight is so beautiful tonight."

"As long as you live long enough, you can wait for anything, even those things that you think are fantasies. With the weakening of the big brother, GW will return more original bodies. As long as the big brother is weakened to a certain extent, in order to save the financial report , GW will even bring Sister Angel back - it's doubly exciting, there's nothing more pleasing than this!"

In the nonsense of the four, the three completed their own summoning technique at the same time.

"Summoning Jutsu: Manda!"

"Summoning Jutsu: Gamabunta!"

"Summoning Jutsu: Ibuse!"

Boom, boom, boom!

Almost at the same time, three summoning beasts as huge as a hill landed together.

"Looks like we've encountered a troublesome enemy again."

The huge Gamabunta sighed.

The same huge Manda spits out his own snake letter.

"Orochimaru! This time I want to..."

Before Manda could finish speaking, he was slammed into the air by a salamander. This giant salamander looks fat, but it is quite agile in action.

When hitting Mada into the air, he did not forget to spray a large mouthful of venom on it.

Manda snorted, surrounded by the purple poisonous mist, unable to get up for a while.

Unlucky.

But no one cares about Manda's life or death.

Orochimaru: "Quick!"

Makoto: "Understood!"

Manda's sacrifice was beneficial. With this delay, Makoto successfully completed his ninjutsu.

"Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique!"

Makoto did not have a summoning beast.

Before it was because the battle on the front line was too chaotic, he couldn't withdraw, and he couldn't find a compatible summoning beast.

After he became Hokage, he was even busier and had no time to choose summoning beasts.

The summoning beasts don't just have to sign a contract, they have to work with each other and fight.

What he lacks the most is time.

But as Hokage, he was not prepared to really fight alone.

The Jutsu of Hell Viewing Technique is not a very powerful genjutsu, and its level is not high, but it has one advantage - it allows the recruiter to see what they fear most in their hearts!

With a six-point genjutsu, the giant salamander was easily tricked.

What followed was naturally Makoto's kekkei genkai ability.

"Hiss!"

Hanzo's summoning beast, Ibuse, is huge in size. With its hill-like size, it doesn't need to dodge when he encounters ordinary attacks.

For it, structural resistance is the best defense.

However, at this moment, an extremely terrifying scene appeared on this salamander.

Suddenly, several extremely huge sharp blades protruded from the body of the salamander. The slippery skin and hard bones of the salamander could not stop this cruel attack at all.

In just a split second, the huge salamander was brutally dismembered by the huge sharp blade protruding from its body.

It fell down with a mournful cry, and the highly poisonous black blood gushed out like a waterfall, polluting a large area of land in an instant.

If it weren't for the Konoha ninja stationed here who had already left before, no one knows how many people would die...

Manda struggled to get up from the ground, and what he saw was such a brutal and bloody scene.

Even if he is experienced in many battles, he can't help but the scales on his body stand up.

"What ninjutsu is this? It's so vicious..."

There are tens of thousands of cruel ninjutsu, and Manda has seen many. But this kind of ninjutsu that directly dismembers the enemy from the inside out makes anyone's scalp tingle when they see it.

Even Orochimaru and Jiraiya couldn't help but take a second look.

"Makoto, you've made great progress..."

"Is this the power of your kekkei genkai... It's a bit interesting, and it's different from the rumors."

If Orochimaru smiles, nothing will go well.

But Orochimaru is smiling.

Makoto didn't want to be missed by Orochimary all the time, but in this battle, he had to use all his strength.

Hanzo was obviously startled as well.

"Our distance is more than ten meters, but you can cast genjutsu without any influence. This kind of talent... even with the blessing of Sharingan, it is nothing more than that."

"Someone will grow old and some will be young..."

Hanzo sighed, closed his eyes, and at the same time, summoned a few water clones, and fled in different directions.

What a poor trap.

"– Chase!"

Makoto walked into the trap without hesitation.

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1 - Han Wu, Emperor Wu of Han, the seventh emperor of the Han dynasty, his reign lasted 54 years

2 - Xiongnu, tribal confederation of nomadic people, they appeared as mortal enemies of the Han dynasty in Chinese-language histories