West River Road, Konoha Camp.

“Lord Izayoi, the army has been assembled and is ready to attack at any time.”

Following Shisui’s order, Izayoi took over the army stationed in Xihedao, which was forty miles away from the Yuyin army.

“No rush, what’s going on in the River Kingdom and the Grass Kingdom?”

Before leaving, Shisui had already reminded Izayoi that someone would secretly tell him about the next actions and he just had to follow the instructions, so he was not in a hurry to attack.

“They only did some harassment, but didn’t launch a large-scale attack. They must be waiting for us to make the first move.”

“Then satisfy them, and we will help them attract Yuyin’s attention!”

Izayoi curled the corners of his mouth slightly, the conditions were met, it was time to take action.

“Pass on my order. The army will attack in three batches in turn to hone the group’s ninjutsu. Remember, I have ordered that you cannot pursue them even if you break through the Yugakure defense line.”

“Yes!”

At Izayoi’s command, the army responded quickly, and thousands of ninjas, led by the jonin of each team, began to launch an attack in an orderly manner.

Konoha’s move to assemble a large army was so large that it could not be hidden from Yugyakure, and Yugyakure had already made preparations.

But when Konohagakure appeared in their sight one after another, they still felt panic.

After confronting each other for so long, they finally met on the battlefield.

The Rain Kingdom is flat and has a terrain similar to that of the Fire Kingdom, with almost no strategic locations to defend. The two sides soon met on the plains.

As soon as the Konoha army appeared, a large number of kunai tied with detonating tags covered the Yuyin army.

The Hidden Rain Country was small and poor, and had never seen such a scene before, but most of the leading jonin had experienced the original war and knew that the Konoha ninjas were well-equipped and could remain calm.

“Don’t panic. Even the Konoha ninjas have limited detonating tags. Charge forward! For the sake of our homeland!”

Konoha is an invader, this is the consensus of all the Hidden Rain Ninjas.

Among them were many orphans of the Second and Third Ninja World Wars. They were well aware of the harm these people would bring to the people of the Rain Country after entering that country.

“For the village! For my family!”

The Hidden Rain’s will to fight was very firm. They faced Konoha’s three rounds of detonating talisman bombardment and rushed forward with two rounds of group ninjutsu.

The leading jonin of Konoha knew the purpose of this attack, and stopped throwing detonating tags after the experiment was over. The two sides then engaged in close combat.

The fight lasted from day to night, and Konoha ninjas were constantly rotated. Amegakure was far inferior to Konoha in terms of numbers, average strength, equipment, and logistics. In just one day, many of their defense lines were in danger, and they had to keep asking for help.

“How is it? Has anyone from Akatsuki shown up?”

“No one wearing red clouds and black robes appeared.”

Izayoi frowned and couldn’t help but sigh: “These people are so patient. Never mind, we will continue the attack tomorrow and focus on destroying the remaining forces of Yugakure. Don’t break through the defense line without authorization.”

“Yes!”

The high-intensity battle lasted for ten consecutive days, and Yuyin found it increasingly difficult to cope. They had to try their best to barely hold the defense line almost every time. Fortunately, Konoha’s detonating tags seemed to have been used up on the first day, and the offensive was no longer so intense, so their casualties were reduced.

Dozens of letters requesting help had been sent back, and Yuyin had even transferred all the ninjas from the other two directions here in an attempt to resist Konoha.

This means that the north-south defense line of the Rain Country is almost undefended.

The ninja armies of the River Country and the Grass Country took the opportunity to break through the defense line of the Hidden Rain Country, and headed straight for the Hidden Rain Village from the north and south. The ninjas of the two countries plundered everywhere along the way and committed almost all kinds of atrocities. For a time, the north and south of the Hidden Rain Country were almost in mourning, which made the Hidden Rain Country guarding the east hate Konoha’s attempted invasion even more.

“Humph, damned things, bullying the weak and fearing the strong, they are nothing but a bunch of bandits!”

Izayoi also learned about what the ninjas from the two countries had done, and felt extremely contemptuous.

“Lord Izayoi, if the ninjas of the two countries attack their village from both north and south, the morale of the Amegakure troops will definitely be unstable. Should we launch a general attack tomorrow?”

“.No rush, let’s try again tomorrow. We must always keep up to date with the news of the ninjas from the River Kingdom and the Grass Kingdom.”

“.”

Everyone in the tent was puzzled, but they knew to obey the commander’s orders.

On the eleventh day, the armies of both sides were still fighting on the battlefield. The resentful Yugyakure resisted particularly fiercely, but the offensive of Konoha’s ninjas was too swift, and the series of ninjutsu made the Yugyakure dare not appear in groups.

Lacking manpower, they dared not charge forward rashly and could only passively defend, but it was no more than a trapped beast fighting to the bitter end.

The defenses had been breached time and again, and they had recaptured them again and again, and too many lives had been lost in this area.

“Why do we have to go through this? Why do these people want to invade us? I just want to live a peaceful life. Why can’t these big countries even satisfy us with this? Should small countries be bullied like this?”

Thinking of the ninjas from the two countries burning, killing and looting in the country, and watching the familiar companions around them falling one by one, some people understood that the Konoha Ninja Army in front of them was an existence that they could not resist even if they tried their best.

The cries of despair gradually spread across the battlefield. The jonin leading the team fell silent, but what could they do?

With their families behind them, they have nowhere to retreat.

“Kami, please bring hope to this weeping land!”

Boom~
In despair, the wind suddenly arose, and a white figure spread its wings and flew over from the west. Pieces of paper fell from the sky like flying snow and feathers.

“Angel?”

A figure was hovering in the dim sky. All enemies and friends alike looked up at the figure and its white wings in the sky.

“It’s the angel! The angel is here!”

Some ninjas burst into tears and looked at the man excitedly.

And their cheers told the Konoha ninjas that the enemy’s reinforcements had arrived.

Hanging above the battlefield was Konan. She looked at Yuyin’s body on the ground, her eyes filled with anger and grief that were difficult to conceal.

“Konoha!”

The wings vibrated and large paper shurikens shot down from the sky.

Under the command of the jonin of each team, the Konoha Ninja Army hurriedly used the Ten Thousand Miles Earth Flow Wall and the Great Breakthrough Defense, but the attack from the sky was too flexible, and Konan’s paper shuriken was mixed with a large number of detonating tags. For a while, the battlefield was full of roars and wailing.

On the other hand, there were almost no flying ninjas in Konoha, and they had no way to deal with Konan who was high in the air.

Fortunately, the ninjas from both sides were intertwined, and Konan quickly stopped the bombing.

The jonin of each division of Konoha also quickly received the withdrawal order issued by Izayoi.

“An angel? They finally appeared. Yangzhe, you lead a part of the ninja army to cover the frontline troops to evacuate the battlefield.”

“Yes!”

Izayoi looked at Konan spreading his wings in the sky, and a hint of fighting spirit flashed in his eyes, but he soon shook his head helplessly and did not act rashly.

The Konoha army retreated. Konan looked at the Konoha ninjas who were wary of her in the distance, and ultimately did not pursue them.

Both sides stopped fighting and returned to their camps to rest.

The appearance of the angel obviously affected the morale of both sides, but Izayoi did not pay attention to this. He was more concerned about the situation of the ninja armies of the other two countries.

“Lord Izayoi, urgent military information!”

The next day, Izayoi did not issue an attack order, and both sides took a rare morning break. After lunch, intelligence from both countries finally arrived. Izayoi looked up and looked at the newcomer expectantly.

“Yesterday at 4 pm, the River Country army was ambushed on the way to the Hidden Rain Village. The attacker seemed to be a Jinchūriki. The 800 ninja soldiers were almost wiped out by the Tailed Beast Balls. According to the report from the River Country ninjas who escaped back, there were three ninjas wearing red clouds and black robes chasing them behind the Tailed Beast Balls. These are the characteristics of the three people.”

Izayoi quickly took it and checked it. He knew at a glance that the leader was Kakuzu who had escaped from him. As for the other two, one seemed to be Hidan, and the other masked man might be the controlled Fourth Mizukage.

They all match the information sent by Orochimaru.

“This is the intelligence from the Land of Grass. Yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock, the Land of Grass Ninja Army passed through a city and resupplied on the spot. After they came out, they were ambushed by the Rain Village. Only a dozen of the 900 ninjas escaped.”

It was said that they were resupplying on the spot, but in fact they were just burning, killing and looting. Shizaye was naturally aware of this, and he could only say that it was what they deserved for what happened to the two countries.

“Ok?”

Izayoi took the intelligence and looked at it carefully. There were also three people who took action. One of them was actually the Konoha rebel Orochimaru. Another one controlled a large number of puppets and should be Sasori. The last one was the leader of Akatsuki, Pain.

“Pain, his instantaneous destructive power is comparable to that of the tailed beasts”

After reading the information, Izayoi couldn’t help but frown.

Although Orochimaru and Sasori were quite powerful, some of the nine hundred ninjas could still escape if they wanted to. Unfortunately, they met Pain, who seemed to have mastered extremely terrifying large-scale lethal ninjutsu, and in an instant he blasted nearly all of the Chigusa-Hidden ninjas into meat paste.

“The power of the Rinnegan, can it actually do this?”

“Commander, the ninja armies of Grass Country and River Country have suffered heavy losses and are no longer able to fight. The Akatsuki people should soon gather their forces to deal with us. Should we attack immediately and deal with the angels first?”

Listening to the battle report, everyone in the tent couldn’t help but sweat on their foreheads.

They didn’t know the strength of the others, but they knew the Jinchuriki and Orochimaru very well. If these two came over, the difficulty of this battle would increase.

“In that case, let’s launch a general attack tomorrow and I will deal with the angels.”

Since everyone from Xiao has taken action, he can also act without any scruples.

“Yes!”

Everyone was delighted, as they were finally going to see the Uchiha’s power with their own eyes.

The next morning, Konoha’s army was mobilized, and Yugakure quickly received the news.

“Lord Angel, the Konoha army is attacking again.”

Konan moved, turned into pieces of white paper, flew out of the tent and reassembled in the sky, and saw a large group of Konoha ninjas appearing in the distance.

The Konoha formation this time was different from the previous attacks. The formation was loose, with a distance between the front, back, left and right.

At the same time, on the Yuyin side, although there was no Konan in command, the Yuyin army quickly gathered and prepared for defense.

As the armies of both sides approached, Konoha took the lead in throwing a large number of ninja tools, and a large number of shurikens, kunai, and explosive tags covered the rain village.

Seeing this, Konan swooped down quickly, and paper shurikens and explosive tags fell from the sky into the Konoha army.

The roars came one after another, and a large number of kunai were shot into the sky, but were easily avoided by Konan. The enemies from the sky had a great suppression on the Konoha ninjas.

However, the battlefield is very wide, and even Xiaonan cannot take care of too many places.

“Wind Escape·Vacuum Continuous Waves!”

Just as Konan was dodging the scattered shurikens below, a wave of wind suddenly came from bottom to top. Konan dodged immediately, but the opponent’s target was not her.

The wind blade cut through, and the wings scattered instantly, and Xiaonan fell from the air immediately.

Izayoi, who had been waiting for a long time, drew his sword and rushed straight towards Konan’s neck. A silver light flashed, and a snowflake instantly bloomed on Konan’s shoulder.

“it’s a pity.”

The blood-red paper flew away with the wind, and no one knew where it went. Izayoi felt a little sorry when he saw Konan rebuilding his wings.

“Are all Uchiha people only capable of doing such shady things?”

Izayoi’s three magatama reminded Konan of someone, and she couldn’t help but speak.

“.”

Izayoi’s face turned red. A sneak attack was indeed not honorable, but there was nothing he could do since Konan was flying in the sky. He couldn’t possibly use Susanoo on a large scale on the battlefield, right?

The armies of both sides were entangled with each other, and if he slashed with his sword, his own people would be injured accidentally.

Seeing that Izayoi was silent, Konan lowered his eyes slightly and increased his altitude again. The next moment, countless attacks fell like raindrops.

At the same time, Yuyin Village.

A figure came walking on the water from outside the village and easily sneaked into the Hidden Rain Village. At this moment, the Hidden Rain Village seemed particularly empty because it was defending against foreign enemies.

“Is this where Nagato and Konan live?”

Jiraiya looked at the gloomy sky and the cold steel buildings with mixed feelings.

He originally thought that the three had died in a conflict long ago, but he didn’t expect that these things were related to Danzo, and the other two had grown to this point after suffering the pain of losing their families.

“Fate really loves to play tricks on people”

The rainfall in the Land of Rain in November should be less than at other times, but the Hidden Rain Village seems to be unaffected. The rain was so bitingly cold that even Jiraiya could not help but shiver.

Jiraiya hid his body and wandered around the village to gather information. Unexpectedly, he soon learned from the villagers’ conversation where the angel often stayed.

Jiraiya’s ninja instinct made him suspicious, but after thinking for a moment he sneaked into the building.

The road was unobstructed and there were no guards along the way.

Until a familiar face appeared before his eyes.

Jiraiya’s pupils shrank, and he said with a complicated expression: “Are you Yahiko, or Nagato?”

“Yahiko? That guy died long ago. Of course, the one standing here is no longer Nagato. I am Pain, a god!”

“What did you say?”

Jiraiya couldn’t believe Nagato’s cold words.

“Nothing, just the war. The pain is enough to make an ignorant and stupid child grow up.”

Jiraiya’s face was heavy, Nagato’s words were enough to make him understand what kind of environment the other person had been living in all these years.

“Where’s Xiaonan? You brought me here, is there anything you want to say to me?”

“Konan has gone to the front lines to defend against the invasion of Konoha.

As for why I brought you here, I should ask Master Jiraiya, are you coming to the Hidden Rain Village at this time to help Konoha gather intelligence, or to destroy Akatsuki?”

“No, I’m here to stop the war!”

“Stop the war? Ridiculous, Jiraiya-sensei, the war has already begun. The seeds of hatred have already been sown in this cursed land, as early as when Yahiko died!”

Jiraiya paused, and after a moment of silence, he sighed, “Sorry.”

“No, Sensei, I’m very grateful to you for not listening to Orochimaru’s advice and killing us.

I have had the opportunity to experience all of this, and it has allowed me to evolve from a human to a god. I have clearly understood all of this, and I will use my power to bring true peace to this world!” (End of this chapter)