Chapter 122: Land of Rain
Hearing this, Fugaku saw Shintaro's serious gaze and unconsciously chose to trust him.
"Shintaro, sometimes I sigh, Shimizu truly gave birth to a good son."
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The next day, Fugaku took the other Uchiha Clan members back to the village, while Shintaro led 500 troops, freed from the Eastern Front, to the Land of Rain.
This time, Asuma, Tetsuo, and Hamasu could no longer follow Shintaro.
Asuma was summoned back to the village by the Hokage, and the other two, also members of the Uchiha Clan, were forcibly recalled to Konoha.
Shintaro led the five hundred soldiers alone to the Land of Rain in the northwest of the Land of Fire.
He seemed in no hurry, making the diagonal journey across the Land of Fire even longer.
First, the troops went to replenish their equipment and sufficient food, then slowly and leisurely arrived in the Land of Rain.
At the border of the Land of Fire, several Konoha ninjas were assigned to greet the troops.
"Jonin Shintaro, I am Misura Hazaki. I will be responsible for safeguarding you this time."
A bearded middle-aged ninja said politely.
Hazaki's posture was lower than Shintaro's. After all, Shintaro was now a dazzling star in Konoha after the Yellow Flash.
"This place was initially guarded by our northwestern defense line. We only guard the border and haven't entered the Land of Rain. But we have a map drawn by our scouts, though it only covers part of the Land of Rain. As for the placement of Iwagakure and Sunagakure ninjas in the Land of Rain, we don't even know."
"We can't help much, so please forgive me."
Shintaro calmly took the map and thanked him: "Thank you very much. This is enough."
After saying this, he began to command the troops to enter the Land of Rain.
Hazaki looked at Shintaro's back and said to his subordinates: "Uchiha Shintaro is the most dazzling young man in Konoha in recent years. If our position is attacked in the future, we will come to him for help. This is also Hokage-sama's intention."
The subordinates nodded. After all, there was no sense of security in the weak northwestern defense line.
Recently, another thousand troops from the northwestern defense line were taken away and sent to the Western Front battlefield of Sunagakure.
Hazaki felt like he was walking on thin steel plates, with the big stone of Iwagakure over his head.
The bet now was that Iwagakure would not really fall and hit this gap.
"If something really happens, only the Land of Rain can provide rescue... There is also the Yellow Flash."
Hazaki felt lucky to find a savior again.
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Shintaro looked at the sky. There were dark clouds ahead, as if it was about to rain heavily.
On the ground, it hadn't even completely dried yet. If an ordinary person stepped on it, clear mud marks would be visible.
However, he activated [Infinity] automatically, so naturally, he didn't have to worry about getting dirty.
The troops behind them were also fully prepared. At least they wouldn't turn into drowned rats once they reached the Land of Rain.
Shintaro led his troops directly to Amegakure Village marked on the map.
On the way, heavy rain poured down.
Raindrops fell on Shintaro's body and just stopped, accumulating more and more, almost forming a curtain of water.
The surrounding ninjas were all amazed at this sight.
"Let's go to the village first and make repairs."
Although Shintaro himself wasn't hurt in the heavy rain, he saw that the Konoha ninjas couldn't withstand all the rain despite wearing raincoats.
He led the troops to the village ahead.
When the villagers saw the ninjas, they locked their doors and closed their windows.
One could see the impact of the war on this country.
The villagers avoided ninjas as if they were monsters.
These were Konoha ninjas with relatively good reputations.
Shintaro looked at the sky and wondered why it rained so heavily in the Land of Rain.
Suddenly, an idea struck him.
"Since the rain comes from the dark clouds, then I just want to disperse the dark clouds."
He thought of this and flew into the air in front of the Konoha ninjas.
[Limitless Technique] allowed him to stand in the incorporeal air, achieving the effect of flying.
Shintaro also used [Blue] to speed up his flight and quickly ascended into the sky.
The Konoha ninjas below all raised their heads, staring at him in silence, regardless of the rain.
"Is this... a god?"
The Konoha ninjas began to wonder if Shintaro, only twelve years old, was the reincarnation of a god.
Shintaro stood under the dark clouds, raised his hand, and pointed at the dark clouds above his head.
"[Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue]."
A blue orb pierced the dark clouds, devouring the dark clouds in the sky.
The sky was like a blue eraser, erasing the originally dark sky bit by bit.
The thick dark clouds now gathered into one.
Shintaro then changed his movement, pointing two fingers at the dark clouds and shooting out.
He knocked the dark clouds high into the sky.
Shintaro extended his palm again, emitting a coin-sized [Purple] and shooting it.
With a shocking air explosion, the dark clouds immediately disappeared.
A large amount of rain fell instantly, and the water poured down like a waterfall.
The heavy rain washed away the villagers' roofs, but fortunately, the houses here were rainproof, so they didn't get washed away.
After the rain, the sky cleared, and some curious villagers looked up and saw Shintaro's figure.
"A god!"
With a thud, a villager knelt down and worshipped.
Later, many villagers followed, all worshipping Shintaro, who changed the weather.
After all, in the eyes of these villagers, the only one who could easily change the weather in the Land of Rain was a god.
Of course, the Konoha ninjas were not as naive as ordinary villagers, but they all greatly admired Shintaro.
Shintaro didn't care about the worship and admiration of these people. He came to the troops and said, "I have stopped the rain. Now we can continue our journey."
A ninja asked: "Captain Shintaro, what will we do now?"
Shintaro turned around, pointed forward, and said, "Of course, I will visit the ruler of the Land of Rain, Salamander Hanzo."
He continued to move forward with his troops.
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His act of flying into the sky and dispersing the dark clouds was also witnessed, and soon the news reached Hanzo in Amegakure Village.
"What?! Flying into the sky and dispersing the dark clouds... Are you sure that's true? It's not fake news sent by Konoha ninjas, right?"
Wearing a mask and sitting on the tatami behind the screen, Hanzo received the news. His first reaction was to think it was bragging from a Konoha ninja.
But the Amegakure ninja who came to report the news said: "It is true. I saw it with my own eyes. It is said that the local villagers worship Uchiha Shintaro as a god."
"A god..."
Hanzo's eyes changed, and he murmured: "What does Konoha want to do if he comes to us?"
He was fundamentally suspicious, and as he got older, he was surrounded by guards on rotation all the time.
He hated all threats, and Shintaro, worshipped as a god by the villagers, naturally became one of those threats.
"Report to Hanzo-sama, the Konoha ninjas request an audience."
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