Back after the Mission
Hanzo stepped out of the tent, letting the rain drench him. For a moment, he felt a wave of helplessness.
The prolonged war had drained him, and now, with the supplies destroyed, the situation was even more dire.
"What about the investigation into that earlier incident?" Hanzo asked, seemingly out of nowhere, catching his subordinate off guard.
"Lord Hanzo, according to our investigation, the ninjas responsible for slaughtering the civilians included some from the Sand Village, not Konoha."
The war between Konoha and the Rain Village had started when Konoha ninja were accused of massacring civilians within the Rain Country.
As the war escalated, that issue had been forgotten, but Hanzo had insisted on an investigation.
The Rain Village had captured and executed some suspects, and it turned out that some of them were indeed from the Sand Village, while the rest remained unidentified.
The answer to who had provoked the war was now clear.
The Sand Village had gone to great lengths to ensure a war between Konoha and the Rain Village, manipulating events from behind the scenes.
"It seems the Sand Village isn't having an easy time either."
Strengthening military power?
Is it wrong for the Rain Village to build up its military?
Is it only the Five Great Nations who are allowed to grow stronger while smaller villages must stay weak?
Hanzo found Konoha's earlier accusations laughable.
The constant power plays and manipulations between the two villages had been within acceptable limits until the Sand Village decided to stab Konoha in the back, sparking the war with the Rain Village.
"Send out my orders. Tomorrow, we begin an all-out assault on Konoha's positions. This war needs to come to an end."
"Yes, Lord Hanzo!"
Although they didn't fully understand why Hanzo was so fixated on Konoha, the Rain Village ninja dutifully passed on the orders.
Soon, all available Rain ninja were preparing for battle.
A major clash was on the horizon.
Unlike the smaller, scattered skirmishes of before, this was going to be a full-scale battle.
After several days with no sign of any other supply convoys, Xin and his team returned to the Rain Country.
They reported back to the camp and, to their relief, Danzo didn't give them any grief, recording all their accomplishments properly.
"It seems your decision was spot on. If we had returned immediately that day, we might not have gotten any rest at all," Nawaki said, shaking out his raincoat to rid it of water droplets.
The three of them had barely been back at the camp for a day before they were sent out again. This time, their mission was to launch a surprise attack on a Sand Village camp and destroy their supplies.
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