Naruto: My version is ahead of the ninja world

The Land of Rain, the Hidden Village of Rain.

The towering buildings, like a forest of towers, point straight to the sky. It is as if the ceaseless rain is constantly outlining the complex yet three-dimensional contours of this unique village. However, despite the repeated washing of the rain, the gloomy tone of Amegakure remains unwashed.

The gloomy sky mirrored the war at that time.

In a room on the top floor of a building, Hanzo, the leader of Amegakure, stood overlooking the rain and the village. A special breathing mask concealed his expression, making it impossible to guess what this powerful figure who stirred up the ninja world was thinking.

At this time, Hanzo was regarded as the ninja closest to the pinnacle of the ninja world. His strength was beyond doubt, and he was supported by the belief in protecting Amegakure and the Land of Rain. Therefore, he possessed powerful strength both internally and externally.

However, Hanzo was not as powerful as the "God of Shinobi" he once was. He could easily win a battle, but he was not enough to control the entire war situation. Human strength has its limits. Amegakure is, after all, a small ninja village. Most of the time, Amegakure's ninjas can only rely on the unique environment of the Land of Rain to deal with the three major ninja villages.

Amegakure's strength is below that of the Five Great Ninja Villages, and it is struggling to fight against three of them alone. Hanzo is unable to lead Amegakure out of its predicament... Fortunately, the three great ninja villages are enemies of each other. If they had joined forces to deal with Amegakure, Amegakure might have already failed.

"What is it?"

No sooner had Hanzo finished speaking than Yu Yinren hurriedly entered the room.

"Lord Hanzo, we've obtained some information through special channels..."

This urgent intelligence was of great importance, so the Amegakure ninja had to come here as quickly as possible to inform their revered leader.

"Special channels... Tell me about them."

"Yes, Lord Hanzo. It is said that the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki of Iwagakure are forming small teams and operating in our Land of Rain. They have been granted a high degree of freedom by Iwagakure and are allowed to fight and kill any enemy at will."

"Jinchūriki..."

Even Hanzo had to take Jinchuriki seriously, because he had to consider the possibility of a Jinchuriki infiltrating Amegakure... Once a Jinchuriki unleashed their full power without regard for anything else, they would inevitably possess the power to destroy Amegakure.

Given Iwagakure's style of doing things, it's not like they wouldn't do something like this.

Hanzo paused for a moment, then sneered, "This intelligence must have come from Konoha. What a clever scheme."

While intelligence itself is important, the channels through which it is transmitted are also worth noting... Their purpose is obvious.

"It's highly likely that the information came from Konoha. Given the recent frequent actions of Iwagakure, the intelligence is very likely to be true," the ninja said.

In fact, from the start of the war, Hanzo had a subtle connection with Shimura Danzo, who was in charge of Konoha's frontline intelligence system. They cooperated with each other both openly and secretly, often targeting third-party objectives.

It was precisely because of this foundation of cooperation that they were able to later "cooperate sincerely" and use deception and sneak attacks to eliminate the "rebellious organization" of the Land of Rain... In short, it was not difficult for Shimura Danzo to pass on information to Amegakure.

That said, he couldn't ignore the matter of the Jinchuriki. If this information was true, no matter what Konoha thought, the fact that the two Jinchuriki were active in the Land of Rain would not change, and that was something Hanzo could not allow.

"Increase reconnaissance methods and sensory capabilities, and quickly ascertain the location of these two Jinchūriki." Hanzo issued a perfectly reasonable order.

"Yes, Lord Hanzo."

As long as the chosen battlefield location is suitable, Hanzo is not afraid of Jinchuriki. Once he discovers the location of the duo, he will definitely attack directly. In a head-on confrontation, Hanzo has never been afraid of anyone.

Using Jinchuriki in combat has both advantages and disadvantages. While Jinchuriki are undoubtedly powerful, this also means actively exposing their weaknesses.

If they could capture the Jinchūriki of Iwagakure, Iwagakure would be hesitant to act rashly, and then Hanzo would gain the power to influence the course of the war... Hanzo's idea was a bit bold, but if it wasn't bold, how could he have started a war against the three great ninja villages at the same time?

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On the other side, after the new mission was assigned, Yu Xuan immediately set off with the team, but he was unaware that there was a Konoha surveillance network behind them... Konoha had deployed a lot of reconnaissance and sensory ninjas, including Hyuga ninjas, to keep track of the situation of these attack teams at all times.

Because Konoha has the Hyuga clan, theoretically their battlefield control should be better than other ninja villages. However, in reality, the battlefield environment is too complex and changeable. Konoha can have a certain intelligence advantage, but this advantage is not as obvious as imagined.

Yugen has now been promoted to Chunin, but just as he thought, there is actually no difference between Chunin and Genin during missions.

However, the mission went somewhat awry after it began, as the team's movements were exposed to unwanted attention.

Since the Hidden Stone Village took the route of invading the Land of Grass, the Hidden Leaf Village team naturally had to operate in the Land of Grass as well. However, after entering the Land of Grass, the team soon encountered a pair of Hidden Stone Village ninjas.

Despite their caution, the Konoha squad quickly discovered them.

"Captain, what should we do? Should we take care of them?" Omori Kairi asked Akimichi Torifu.

Given the importance of the upcoming mission, it was unacceptable for the Konoha team's actions to be exposed to the Kusagakure ninja.

Akimichi Torifu was also helpless, but a blind attack was not advisable. "Kusagakure is not currently a participant in the great war. Their leader is 'strictly neutral,' so we cannot take the initiative to attack them."

"..." Is the captain's decision so rigid?

The Hidden Grass Village is currently "enduring in silence," and even though the Hidden Stone Village and the Hidden Leaf Village ninjas are frequently overstepping their bounds, they have no intention of joining the great battle.

Completely and humanely annihilate this team of Kusagakure ninja? Akimichi Torifu didn't want to do that.

"What are the Kusagakure ninja trying to do? Are they spying on us and preventing us from getting close to Kusagakure?"

"They're too close, making our mission difficult to carry out."

Akimichi Torifu could not allow the Kusagakure ninjas to roam freely nearby. He thought for a moment and then made a decision: "Let's try to control them. Hagen will lead the charge."

The strength of the Kusagakure ninjas is quite limited, and these two don't seem like the type to play dumb to fool others.

"Understood," Yu Xian replied.

"Okay, we'll prepare to provide support."

The Konoha squad suddenly stopped and then began to move at high speed towards the direction of the Kusagakure ninja.

Yu Xian initially worked in coordination with the team, but when the two grass ninjas realized something was wrong and prepared to escape, he immediately used the Body Flicker Technique to accelerate, his figure constantly darting through the grass, and he suddenly appeared in front of one of them almost before the other party could make a further effective reaction.

"Don't move... We Konoha ninjas don't kill people indiscriminately."

Yugen placed the kunai on the other person's neck and told a joke that wasn't funny at all... "Konoha doesn't kill people indiscriminately? Tsk."

"Disperse!"

One person was controlled, while the other, a Kusagakure ninja, was actually preparing to make a run for it.

However, with a loud bang, Uchiha Hazuki landed lightly, abruptly blocking the way of another Kusagakure ninja who was trying to escape... Well, just now Akimichi Torifu used a partial expansion technique to throw Uchiha Hazuki over.

Hazuki had already activated her Sharingan, so when she met her enemy's eyes, the other person's expression froze instantly.

Immediately afterwards, the target of the illusion changed to another person.

When Akimichi Torifu arrived, he immediately began questioning them... Well, these two were just Grass Village ninjas routinely gathering intelligence, and their encounter with the Konoha team was just a coincidence.

"Keep things under control, make them forget about us, and then head north to bring news to Kusagakure that Iwagakure is launching a large-scale invasion of the Land of Grass," Akimichi Torifu then said.

Well, although this captain didn't choose to kill, for Kusagakure, he might as well have done it directly... In order to gain more support for Konoha in the war, he even had to win over Kusagakure's side.

If the smaller ninja villages become even more disgusted with Iwagakure, it will benefit Konoha.

This round-faced captain is also heartless. You should know that Akimichi Torifu is only a tactical talent. He has been carrying out frontline missions from beginning to end. He will never be in a high position, whether now or in the future... It can only be said that he is worthy of being someone who followed the Second Hokage.

Upon hearing the captain's order, Hazuki nodded and then continued to cast illusions on the two of them.

"None of you saw anything; it was just a routine patrol..."

"Yes, we're just on a routine patrol."

"Next, we'll head north to the Land of Grass to check on the situation in Iwagakure..."

The Sharingan is so convenient, no wonder it later became a highly sought-after currency in the ninja world.

"Unexpected situations like this always happen on the battlefield. The problem for Kusagakure is that they are neither our allies nor our enemies."

Then came the small lesson on Akimichi's wind-taking.

"In this war, Kusagakure is currently unbiased, but Iwagakure is far more aggressive than us."