Helping each other with countless me.

Chapter 1 Life is like losing weight

Li Zhongren's eyes were a little dazed.

Because he had just had a very vivid dream.

In his dream, he became an ambitious leader of a rebel ninja organization, who wanted to cooperate with Orochimaru to establish a ninja village.

As a result, I suddenly appeared from another world.
"How long ago was that memory?"

It took me so long to think about it before I could recall it from that familiar feeling. This is a clip from the movie "Evil Never Dies"
“What you think about during the day, you dream about at night.”

He is a Sannin.
Well, they are not called the Three Ninjas yet, but the Three Disciples under the Hokage.

As a ninja under the control of these three troops, it is reasonable for him to dream of cooperating with his immediate superiors.

"But why not Princess Tsunade? What bad luck!"

"Sanye, the time is not up yet, you can still sleep for a while."

In the darkness, a ninja hiding in a tree whispered.

"No need."

Li Zhongren sat up slowly. His current name was Kotori Sanye. It was given to him by his parents in this life with the money of a bag of rice and asked the educated people in Konoha Village to give him the name. The meaning was freedom like a bird, and eternal happiness and satisfaction.

However, he still chose to become a ninja.

Certainly not for the Will of Fire.

But real benefits.

Becoming a ninja is the easiest and most direct route to class advancement in this miserable world.

The price is simple: risk your life.

Right now, it is the 37th year of Konoha, and the Second Ninja World War is in full swing.

Since the war began..
The last remaining members of the Senju clan of Konoha Village were killed in the battle.

The prince of the Senju clan of Konoha Village, Senju Nawaki, died in battle.

Uchiha Kagami, the most likely leader of the Uchiha clan in Konoha Village, died in battle.

This is just the biggest one. There is no need to mention those ninjas with average fame or even the lower level, because they all died in due order.

You can imagine how brutal this war was.

On the other hand, the lives of the farmers living at the bottom of Konoha have not changed much.

Work at sunrise, and rest at sunset.

It's just.
Work at sunrise, rest at sunset
These eight words sound so poetic.
But how many people have really savored its flavor?
If a ninja's life is to constantly gamble on stones, one cut will bring the price up, and the next will bring the price down.

The farmer's life is a continuous process of blood extraction.
They don’t have enough to eat, they don’t have warm clothes, and they have to do heavy physical work every day.

If you are sick or injured, do you want to see a doctor for treatment?
No, just bear with it.
In a sense, they are also ninjas, living ninjas.

Therefore, a seemingly ordinary life without having to go to the battlefield is exchanged for a longer life and constant pain.

Living to your thirties is considered longevity, and living to forty is considered a long life.
For example, his parents in this life died of overwork when he was four years old. At that time, they were not even thirty years old.
That's why he decided to become a ninja. It's not for the chance to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle, but for the gambler.

He doesn't have that ambition to climb to the top step by step.

He just wanted to have a period of time every day, or a period of time every year, to live a more comfortable life, rather than suffering to death in a life that he could predict the end of.

Life is like losing weight. You can diet and endure hunger, but you can’t diet or endure hunger all the time. You have to have a few cheat meals so that life can have a purpose.
"I had a dream, and I guess I couldn't fall asleep."

Li Zhongren slowly crawled out from his hiding place, squatted on the ground, and carefully moved his body which was somewhat numb from being curled up for a long time.

This is a secret outpost near a Konoha stronghold in the Rain Country. He and his teammates are responsible for keeping watch here tonight.

Just as described in the original book.

Hanzo of the Salamander, who is hailed as a demigod, leads the Rain Kingdom towards greater power step by step.

By opening mountains to mine minerals and developing industries, the Rain Country once became the largest arms dealer in the black market and made a fortune.

Then, he used the money to train ninjas and build the Rain Kingdom. For example, the cyberpunk-style steel buildings in the Rain Kingdom are basically his masterpieces.

You know, even in the richest Fire Nation at that time, most of the buildings were still made of earth and wood, which shows the difference in productivity.

The only pity is that perhaps the basic laws of the world are different. At least at the moment, the technology of this world cannot compete with ninjas.

Therefore, in a sense, the Rain Country, which started the alien version of the Industrial Revolution, could not rely on industry to crush other countries like the British Empire in the previous life. On the contrary, because of this expansion and the rapid increase in population, it annexed several smaller countries sandwiched in the middle of the Rain Country and directly bordered the three major countries.

Over the years, there have been constant frictions between the two parties over issues of mission, business, agriculture and other interests.

Unfortunately, Hanzo didn't have enough political literacy, or maybe he was really blinded by his own title as a demigod and directly launched a war against the three major countries.
Then, the three kingdoms of Wind Kingdom, Fire Kingdom, and Earth Kingdom happily invaded the territory of Rain Kingdom.
Since Salamander Hanzo is called demigod, it means that he is quite capable. At least at this point in time, his performance on the battlefield can be described in two words.

Invincible.

Unfortunately, a demigod is only a demigod after all, and is still halfway to becoming a true god.

He was unable to quickly end the war on any one front, so he had to rush around on three fronts.
Wherever he is, there is an advantage, but if he leaves, the battlefield will become a disadvantage again.

However, to be honest, the industrial system of the Rain Country played a sufficient role in the war, and was able to provide various materials to the ninjas on the front line in batches, so the final war became a tug-of-war between the two sides to seize strongholds.
Or, more accurately, a meat-mincing war
Thinking of the meat-mincing war, Li Zhongren yawned.

When he was 27 years old in his previous life, his understanding of this word was curiosity, fear, and nausea.

In this life, when he was ten years old, he was numb.

He joined the Ninja School at the age of four, started killing at the age of six, and was sent to the battlefield after graduating at the age of eight. For him, killing people is not much more difficult than killing a chicken.

Really, killing people is really simple.
There is no need for those fancy ninjutsu.

A detonating talisman
A trap.
Even use a kunai to gently wipe the neck.
You will feel a slight chill first.
Then there was a slight stinging pain
"Eh?"

"Why does my neck feel a little cold? And a little sore?"

"Ah, someone cut my neck."

In the blur, Li Zhongren vaguely saw a pair of cold eyes, a Rain Ninja forehead protector, and a battle uniform exclusively for the Rain Ninja Jonin.
"Fuck, you, a jonin, are trying to sneak attack."

"Okay, it's over. Spread the flowers."

(End of this chapter)