Reborn wind shadow: Attack the country of fire in the beginning

A dim sky, a torrential downpour, towering buildings of steel and concrete.

This is the Rain Village of the Land of Rain.

As a ninja village that once single-handedly stirred up the Second Shinobi World War,

the Rain Village's past strength is beyond doubt.

Under the leadership of its leader, Hanzō of the Salamander, who was hailed as a 'demigod,' the Rain Village once possessed power comparable to the Five Great Shinobi Nations.

Unfortunately, a single war completely depleted the Rain Village's accumulated wealth of over a decade.

From then on, the Rain Village fell into decline.

In addition, Hanzō of the Salamander, who once stood at the pinnacle of ninjas, gradually aged and lost his absolute control over the Rain Village due to the ravages of time, and the Rain Village began to enter a state of disorder.

Thus, the Akatsuki was born!

The chaotic Rain Village became the best soil for the Akatsuki to grow.

Coupled with the chaotic shinobi world and the personal charisma of the Akatsuki leader, Yahiko,

in just a few years, the Akatsuki had grown into a mercenary organization with nearly a thousand ninjas.

Although the strength of most of these ninjas was not particularly strong, it should be known that even in the entire shinobi world, apart from the Five Great Nations, only the former Rain Village and Takigakure possessed this many ninjas.

However, although the Akatsuki had grown to such an extent, they still had no intention of overthrowing Hanzō of the Salamander, because for the entire Akatsuki, the current Hanzō of the Salamander was still one of the people they respected.

During the Second Shinobi World War, the reason why Hanzō of the Salamander declared war on Sunagakure and Konohagakure was because Hanzō, who had grown up in the Land of Rain since childhood, had become accustomed to the sorrow of being a small country squeezed between great powers and wanted to change everything.

Although he ultimately failed, Yahiko regarded himself as the inheritor of this will.

This is also what the current Akatsuki is doing...

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"Boom!"

As lightning illuminated the sky, a torrential rain poured down.

In a certain village on the border between the Land of Rain and the Land of Birds.

Five ninjas wearing black cloaks with red clouds gathered here.

They are the leaders of the current Akatsuki.

Leading them was a young man with orange hair named Yahiko. Beside him was a young girl with blue hair named Konan, and on either side of them were a ninja who looked like Buddha called Daibutsu, and a ninja with patterns on his face called Kyūsuke.

Behind the four of them was Nagato, who looked very inconspicuous and had red hair.

Although the Akatsuki now has nearly a thousand ninjas, the actual number of Jonin is only a dozen or so.

And these five are the best of those dozen or so people.

Looking at the information they had just received, the five of them looked somewhat discouraged and unwilling.

The news that the Kazekage of Sunagakure, the Raikage of Kumogakure, and the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure were meeting in the Land of Birds meant that these three great ninja villages did not take the Akatsuki's warning seriously at all.

"Damn it, what do these ninja villages of the great powers think the countries of others are...? Launching wars on the territory of other countries on their own initiative..."

Kyūsuke roared angrily.

The reason why he was so angry was because he was born in the Land of Birds.

During the Second Shinobi World War, he became an orphan because of the battlefield and fled to the Land of Rain, becoming a ninja of the Rain Village.

"This is the arrogance of the great powers!"

Daibutsu had a compassionate look on his face.

Feeling the strangeness of the atmosphere in the hut, Konan, who had grown into a great beauty but still had some of the temperament of a little girl, looked at the silent Yahiko and asked.

"Yahiko, what do we do now?"

Konan's gaze was rather worried. This action was a decision made by Yahiko, as the leader, after working hard to persuade everyone, but in fact, many people did not support it, because they did not think that these three great ninja villages would care about their small mercenary organization.

In fact, that was indeed the case!

Hearing Konan's words, Yahiko turned to look at Konan's gentle gaze, and while his heart stirred, he scratched his head and smiled.

"Sorry, it seems that I was really naive!"

Seeing that Yahiko could still smile, Konan also breathed a sigh of relief.

Daibutsu then persuaded.

"It's not your fault, Yahiko. It's still that we are too weak. These great ninja villages don't take us seriously at all."

Daibutsu's words made the five people in the hut fall silent again.

After a while, Yahiko still raised his head and said with a serious expression.

"I still want to try..."

As soon as these words came out, the people in the hut were all startled.

"Try, what do you mean? What are you going to do?"

Konan asked nervously.

This made Kyūsuke, who had always had a crush on Konan, a little jealous, but he was also very worried that Yahiko would do something stupid.

Yahiko's gaze was very firm.

"I'm going to meet these three Kage. If possible..."

Before Yahiko could finish speaking, he was met with fierce rebuttals from several people. Even Nagato, who had always been reluctant to speak, opened his mouth.

"What!?"

"You're crazy!!!"

"No, absolutely not. What if they were to..."

Looking at the gazes of concern, Yahiko showed a gentle smile on his face, but said in a very firm tone.

"Since the Akatsuki was established three years ago until now, we have been preparing for a long time. Isn't it just to wait for this moment? If this war continues to be fought, it will definitely become like the last war, affecting the entire shinobi world. By then, how many people will die? How many people will become orphans like we were when we were young? In that case, what is the point of our efforts for so long?"

Yahiko's gentle but firm words immediately stunned the four people in the hut.

They wanted to say something to refute, but the words were stuck in their throats and they couldn't say them.

"But..."

"Don't worry, I'm not a fool..."

Seeing that everyone was so concerned about him, Yahiko also smiled foolishly and said.

"I won't be so foolish as to go see people just like that. Besides, those three Kage may not be willing to see me."

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then what are you going to do?"

"Aren't those three Kage about to go to the Land of Birds? I will request to meet those three Kage separately in the name of the Akatsuki leader. If they are willing to meet me, I will try my best to persuade them..."

Kyūsuke bit his lip and said.

"It won't work."

"I understand, I also know, but we always have to try to know, otherwise, everything we do will be meaningless."

The atmosphere in the hut became quiet and depressing again.

Only the pattering rain and the rumbling thunder outside could be heard.

This is the despair of being born in this shinobi world!

But at this moment, Nagato, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke.

"Yahiko, I'll go with you..."