Just as Tsunade entered the Wet Bone Forest, Hanyu had already set out from Konoha, preparing to go to the eastern border of the Land of Fire to carry out a new mission.
At this time, the war on the western front had ended, so Hanyu needed to head east.
But in fact, compared to the raging war on the western front during this Ninja World War, the eastern border of the Land of Fire is relatively stable... Here, the situation can only be described as undercurrents.
From a geographical perspective, the west and northwest of the Fire Nation are particularly complex and chaotic. Not only are there many small countries, but the big countries across the way are also particularly aggressive.
But the eastern part of the Fire Kingdom is different. It is by the sea and is all water.
To the east of the Fire Nation, there are only two small countries bordering it on the continent, namely the Iron Nation in the northeast and the Bear Nation in the southeast.
The Land of Iron is a very special country. Among the small countries, its land area is only slightly smaller than that of the Land of Rivers and the Land of Frost. More importantly, it is a "Samurai Country" that has nothing to do with the Ninja World. According to the agreement between the major countries and ninja villages, ninjas will never launch an attack on this country under any circumstances. Therefore, the Land of Iron has a bit of the meaning of a permanent neutral country.
But strictly speaking, in today's world where ninjas are prevalent, samurai should be considered a remnant of the previous era. In addition, the territory of the Iron Kingdom is now a plateau of icebergs, so even though the Ninja World War has been going on for so many years, all parties have been able to abide by their agreements and not disturb this country.
To put it bluntly, this is a country that has already put one foot in the grave, so there is no need for the ninjas to take action against it.
As for the Bear Country in the southeast, it is a small country without any ninja village, so there is no need to even mention it.
Since the Ninja World War, the turbulent situation on the eastern front of the Land of Fire has nothing to do with the small countries. It is mainly caused by the Hidden Mist Village of the Land of Water across the sea... The two sides, one water and the other fire, seem incompatible, but the strange thing is that in this Ninja World War, Konoha and Hidden Mist did not fight directly, but just confronted each other.
However, just recently when Konoha started its attack on Rain Village, the Mist Village here suddenly became active frequently. Therefore, Konoha had to make corresponding responses at that time and strengthened its surveillance on the sea.
At that time, Hanyu happened to disappear in the Rain Country, so his original teammates were mobilized to the eastern front to carry out such surveillance tasks, and now, Hanyu came here to meet up with them.
After the Rain Village battle ended, the secret activities of the Mist Village subsided, so it was not an exaggeration to say that Hanyu came here to take a vacation and relax... The current surveillance mission was originally a low-intensity mission.
The Konoha Ninja also has a considerable advantage on the eastern front, that is, the Land of Whirlpools, an island country stuck between the Land of Fire and the Land of Water.
The Land of Whirlpools borders the Land of Fire and blocks the coastline of the Land of Fire. Due to the good relationship between the Uzumaki clan and Konoha, it can always serve as the gateway to the Land of Fire during the war. Konoha ninjas operating on the eastern front will receive help from the Land of Whirlpools, both in terms of intelligence and material. The two sides have a sense of unity.
When it comes to barriers, seals, detection, and even combat, the Uzumaki clan is extremely unique and is simply Konoha's best support.
After leaving Konoha, Hanyu spent two days crossing the border and arrived at the East Sea coast of the Land of Fire. He then reunited with his original teammates in a small stronghold on a cliff by the sea... Judging from the time he spent on the road, it can be seen that his current mission is still quite easy.
"Hanyu (Captain), long time no see."
When they met again, the team members were so excited that they almost rushed up to hug him one by one... Of course they had reason to be grateful and excited. After all, the last time they parted, it was Hanyu who stayed alone in the Rain Country to cover them and risked his life to fight for the survival of the team. If such behavior could not make the team members grateful, then they would be too inhumane.
Later, Hanyu's long absence made them think that their captain had died in the Land of Rain, which made them feel sad. Later, when they came to the East Front to perform a new mission and were extremely sad, they received a letter from Hanyu, and they learned that he was not dead, but alive and well.
It was not until now, after the battle of Amegakure, that the team had the opportunity to regroup.
"Indeed…it feels like it's been a while." Hanyu said to his teammates.
Not only has the team been separated for a while, but also Hanyu has experienced a lot during this time, so his feeling of "long time no see" is actually stronger than that of other teammates.
Hanyu's eyes swept across this small base. The living facilities inside were extremely simple. The only special thing was that there were several cages placed by a window, and each cage contained a falcon... Since they were going to carry out a surveillance mission, they would always need a means of transmitting intelligence, so these eagles were the most important ninja tools.
"Captain, we have all heard about your activeness in the battlefield of Rain Village . You were able to successfully assassinate the leader of Rain Village. This is not something that an ordinary ninja can do." After the emotions of several people calmed down, Renjuro said this.
Hanyu was stunned for a moment, then realized that he was being praised. "Has the matter...been misrepresented to this extent?"
He looked at Nara Nagisa and Yasanagi, and saw them both nodded at the same time, "Isn't that the case, Hanyu?"
Hanyu shook his head and explained, "Not exactly. Although the leader of Amegakure was killed by my fatal blow, he was already doomed before that... We can only say that he died in the internal strife of Amegakure. It was a typical case of self-destruction caused by his own stubbornness. What does it have to do with me?"
He just chopped off someone's head, but what does the death of Amegakure leader have to do with him?
What really killed the leader of Amegakure was actually the backstab and kidney shot by Hanzo of the Salamander. To go further, it was the leader of Amegakure who died of self-destruction. If he had not stubbornly insisted on fighting Konoha to the end, but had been able to see the times and sign a peace treaty with Konoha, then regardless of whether Hanzo was a pacifist who understood the general situation, it would at least be difficult for this person to find the perfect opportunity to take action.
Therefore, even if we take a step back, Hanyu cannot take credit for the death of Amegakure leader, and his actions can only be regarded as whipping the corpse at best.
Whipping a corpse is just a reputation for a chicken.
"Let's not talk about me anymore. How's your mission going?"
"No problem, just a routine inspection every day. Now Kirigakure has quieted down."
As Nagisa said this, he cast his gaze towards Hanyu, and then for some reason, or perhaps he remembered something, his voice became lower and lower, and his tone became more and more guilty.
Before Hanyu came here, Kirigakure was very quiet, but what about after he came here? No one could guarantee what would happen next, but at least... they could be mentally prepared, right?
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