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Chapter 222: Lord Tobirama Really Knows How to Play… It's Just That Two of His Family Members are No Good…
🕑 Added 2025-08-20 14:40:33 +0000 UTCChapter 222: Lord Tobirama Really Knows How to Play… It's Just That Two of His Family Members are No Good…
A four-man ninja squad conquered the Hidden Rain Village.
This news sounded a bit absurd. The Hidden Rain Village, which had once attempted to challenge the status of a great nation, had thousands of ninjas in its midst.
However, due to the flight of its leadership and the internal collapse of its organization, the entire Hidden Rain Village couldn't even muster a decent resistance…
Although resistance would have been useless anyway.
A feat that a Konoha ninja force of several thousand had failed to accomplish during the era of Hanzo of the Salamander was achieved by Itachi Uchiha's squad.
Their trouble now was how to end the chaos in the Hidden Rain Village. Konan had painted them as evil invaders, left behind a huge mess, and then simply walked away, leaving four men with basically no experience in handling such matters.
The handsome young Konoha Jonin wore a pained expression on his small face as he watched the villagers of the Hidden Rain run about in a panic. He said in a low voice, "Pacifying them like this is useless…"
"Then just let the great Lord Kitahara help!"
Kisame Hoshigaki suddenly shot out a hand, grabbing a Hidden Rain ninja who had rushed forward to attack Itachi Uchiha, and casually snapped his neck.
Itachi Uchiha: "…"
He felt like he had just found the reason…
Here he was, painstakingly trying to pacify the Hidden Rain Village, and over there, Kisame Hoshigaki was casually killing a Rain ninja.
The simple and honest ANBU Captain of the Hidden Mist Village hadn't actually done anything wrong. He was diligently protecting Itachi Uchiha. Wasn't it natural to eliminate those who resisted?…
Might Guy leaped onto a high platform, gave them a thumbs-up, and a glint of light flashed between his teeth. "Itachi! Let me handle it! Believe me, youth is the most contagious!"
The corner of Kisame's mouth twitched. "Somehow, that doesn't feel very reliable…"
The afternoon sun slanted through the tall buildings of the Hidden Rain Village, shining on that green jumpsuit. The Verdant Beast of Konoha pursed his lips, and two streams of hot tears began to flow…
Might Guy leaped into the air, kicked and shattered a domed building beside him, and with tears and snot streaming down his face, roared at the people on the ground, "Everyone in the Hidden Rain Village, we… are the good guys!"
Itachi Uchiha: "…"
Kisame Hoshigaki covered his face. "This idiot…"
The crowd below was in an uproar.
After a moment of silence, cries and calls for help triggered even greater chaos. People began to scatter and flee along the streets…
"Itachi-kun, this isn't working. The higher-ups of the Hidden Rain fled too quickly. We can't even get a grasp of the basic situation." Kisame Hoshigaki frowned and continued, "And the intelligence on the Akatsuki has been collected. There's no point in staying in the Hidden Rain Village any longer…"
The young Konoha Jonin shook his head, his face grim. "That Angel of God was willing to tell us the whereabouts of Zetsu and the masked man in exchange for us protecting the Hidden Rain Village as much as possible…"
I don't get it. We just came to probe for intelligence. How did we suddenly become responsible for occupying the Hidden Rain Village and pacifying its villagers?
Kisame sneered, "It was clearly she who feared the great Lord Kitahara and instructed the villagers of the Hidden Rain to flee, and now she's shifting the blame to us… In this situation, if no high-level Hidden Rain officials are willing to come forward, our only option is…"
The shark-faced youth paused, then lowered his head and whispered beside Itachi Uchiha, "…to let Lord Tobirama handle it!"
When you run into trouble with fighting, find Kitahara. When you run into trouble with administration, find Tobirama.
This was the common ailment that Kisame Hoshigaki had developed over the years. Arguments were arguments, but when faced with a tricky problem, he still had to consult the great strategist Tobirama.
In any case, before Tobirama left, he had also mentioned wanting to build an organization base in the Hidden Rain Village… The purpose, naturally, was to create a buffer zone that could prevent the ninjas of Iwagakure and Sunagakure from invading the Land of Fire.
Truly, once a Hokage, always a Hokage…
It couldn't be ruled out that the old geezer had other ideas, such as using the power of a certain bird in the organization to weaken Iwagakure and Sunagakure, thereby allowing Konoha to dominate and making the ninja world a one-superpower-many-powers system.
The great strategist Tobirama was never a kind-hearted person… Of course, Tobirama wouldn't say anything nice to the people in the organization either.
A room in a certain high tower in the Hidden Rain Village.
Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki were waiting for someone.
A flash of Flying Thunder God light appeared and vanished. Because Tobirama had brought his cumbersome brother with him, he arrived a little slower.
The moment they met, after listening to Kisame's report, Tobirama Senju sneered contemptuously. "What a bunch of losers! Can't even handle a small matter like this!"
Hashirama Senju quickly waved his hands to ease the atmosphere. "Tobirama has a bad temper, please bear with him. You are all very excellent ninjas…"
"…Big brother, shut up!"
The great strategist Tobirama glanced at Hashirama Senju, then stared coldly at Itachi Uchiha. "I only heard from Tsunade today that she supports you becoming the Fifth Hokage of Konoha. Is this how you become the Fifth? Strength alone is not enough to govern a village!"
Before the young Jonin could explain, Hashirama Senju popped up to smooth things over again. "Come on, Itachi is still a kid…"
"Big brother, shut up! Kisame, you explain!"
"And this matter was too sudden…" Kisame, not fully grasping the situation, explained in a small voice, "Because we made a deal with the Akatsuki's Konan. She will tell us the whereabouts of 'Madara Uchiha' and Zetsu, on the condition that we temporarily protect the Hidden Rain Village…"
The great First Hokage couldn't help but jump up again. "News of Madara?"
"…Big brother, shut up already!"
Tobirama Senju pressed his brother down onto a stool with one hand and said in a deep voice, "It's news of that impostor, right? And you agreed to such terms!"
The Second Hokage pointed at the pitch-black crow on Itachi Uchiha's shoulder and continued, "With this idiot crow by your side, you could have just threatened that woman Konan with the destruction of the Hidden Rain Village and gotten any information you wanted!"
The crow tilted its head dumbly. "…Caw?"
What does this have to do with me?
Tobirama Senju… has he gotten arrogant? Or has he gone crazy?
If Kitahara knew what Tobirama had been through, and if it were in his shoes, its temper might have been even worse than the great strategist's.
Was there anything in the world sadder than being the family member of a gambler with terrible skills? Of course there was. That was having two family members with terrible skills who were also addicted to gambling.
While Tobirama had been busy researching forbidden jutsu, Hashirama and Tsunade had spent a day at the casino in the Land of Waves… and that casino changed owners.
They had lost their own casino…
Although running a casino wasn't exactly a righteous business, to avoid getting scolded, Tsunade had fled the Land of Waves with Shizune that very day…
Tobirama Senju scanned the room, looking at a map of the Hidden Rain Village hanging on the wall. He said coldly, "It's come to this, no use blaming anyone. Now, do as I say! Go and capture a few Rain ninja!"
"The Hidden Rain Village has no leader, so we'll create a leader!"
"What they want isn't our comfort! It's someone to show them the way! Even if it's to make them surrender to Konoha!"
"…Not all Hidden Rain ninjas would be willing to surrender, right!" Kisame Hoshigaki shook his head and raised an objection. "I killed quite a few Rain ninja who tried to ambush us today…"
"Those who resisted were all spies sent by the Stone and Sand Villages!" Lord Tobirama glanced at Kisame with disdain, then turned his head to look at Itachi. "Understand?"
