One Dragon Tail Kick will shatter your Susanoo dream!

The Root ninjas who suddenly attacked Nagato were jolted and immediately began to fight each other. Danzo Shimura's face darkened instantly upon seeing this.

Sasori, who had controlled the Root ninja to their deaths, withdrew his chakra threads and slowly walked out of the dense forest.

"These divine eyes are for Lord Divine Punishment. All other bystanders, please leave!"

Danzo Shimura squinted, then smiled.

"The Kara Organization, huh? I didn't expect you to be interested in these eyes besides the Tailed Beasts. Oh well!"

"Consider this a friendly gesture. I'll give it to you all, and we can cooperate sometime!"

With only one resurrection coin left, Danzo Shimura, who valued his life, immediately decided to retreat. He called to his remaining subordinates and headed back, only to find a figure glowing with blue light landing in front of him.

"Who said you could leave?"

Upon seeing the somewhat familiar face, Shimura Danzo was greatly alarmed and muttered to himself.

"The disappearance of the Third Raikage was actually related to your Kara organization. Using a village's Kage as a puppet, Kara is even more terrifying than I imagined!"

The Third Raikage's puppet, with its Lightning Release Chakra Mode activated, didn't increase its speed much after the enhancement, but its strength and defense were particularly terrifying, leaving no trace of Wood Release or Wind Release techniques.

One by one, Danzo Shimura's men fell to the ground and died. While he was struggling to escape, another figure flew into the air.

Countless poisoned iron sands formed a large number of ANBU (Anbu) members, who attacked and killed Root ninjas. Even a small scratch would cause the injured to collapse and die.

As his subordinates died one after another, a look of terror gradually appeared on Shimura Danzo's face.

With a painful expression, the last ten or so elite members of the root force decisively gave the order.

"Stop the Shell organization members and cover me!"

"Yes, Lord Danzo!"

The Root ninjas remained calm and composed, drawing their ninja tools. The group split into two and charged towards Sasori.

Black Zetsu appeared beside Kusaji, who was watching the battle, and couldn't help but ask in confusion.

"Why not kill that treacherous Danzo?"

"Little Black, you're still young, you have a lot to learn!"

"Anyone in Konoha can die, but the Third Hokage and Danzo absolutely cannot. Konoha's decline depends on these two guys..."

"???"

With a puzzled look on his face, Black Zetsu brought the unconscious Nagato to Kusa Shiba. Looking at Nagato, whose body was twitching occasionally while he was asleep, Kusa Shiba smiled.

"Let's go, I'm going to save Hanzo the Salamander, that guy's bleeding to death,"

Nagato was injected with a sedative and sent back to the underground research institute in Kusagakure. Kusagakure was also quite interested in the Rinnegan, and he planned to have Orochimaru study whether the Rinnegan could be activated ahead of schedule.

After all, the best way to get this researcher, who has an endless thirst for truth, to obey is to provide him with a large amount of material and corresponding research plans. Otherwise, once he has free time, Orochimaru's ability to cause trouble is not much different from that of any villain...

Kusaji arrived before Hanzo the Salamander, who had lost too much blood and was in shock. Hanzo was still murmuring Nagato's name...

"I never expected that because of my interference, you would actually form a bond with Nagato. While this kid is being studied, the Land of Rain is counting on you!"

A flash of green light appeared, and Hanzo the Salamander's injuries healed at a visible speed, while Sasori immediately fled far away.

Before long, Hanzo the Salamander woke up and instinctively reached for his sickle, but Kusashi quickly held him down.

"Brother Hanzo, I have good news and bad news to tell you. Which do you want to hear first?"

Hanzo the Salamander looked at the winking and making faces at Kusanagi in front of him, and after a moment of silence, asked.

"Thank you for saving me. Where is Nagato?"

"Ah, this is bad news. Nagato has been taken away by the Kara organization..."

"what!!!"

Although Hanzo the Salamander had recovered from his injuries, he was inevitably weak from losing so much blood. Stubbornly, he picked up his scythe and asked the enemy which direction they had left in.

"Good news, there's more good news, Brother Hanzo, are you sure you don't want to hear it?"

"Say it!"

Hanzo the Salamander, supporting his body with a sickle, excitedly asked a series of questions, the ground beneath his feet being squeezed and deformed.

"Those guys probably won't harm Nagato, but whether they'll be brainwashed into becoming villains, I don't know..."

"What kind of good news is this?!"

With a single slash of his sickle, Hanzo of the Salamander left a deep crater in front of Kusashi's feet, then gasped weakly for breath.

"Don't get agitated. I'll find a way to rescue Nagato. You must take up the mantle of the Land of Rain again!"

Hanzo the Salamander stood silently in place for a long while before finally uttering a single sentence.

"Why don't you take this opportunity to annex the Land of Rain?"

“Now that Sunagakure is weak, and the other four great nations are preoccupied with the Kara organization, the village has lost Nagato’s protection. I should no longer be your match.”

"Such a good opportunity, you..."

Cao Zhi smiled warmly and stood up straight.

"Because Kusagakure's foreign policy never forces any country, no matter how weak it may be, we will respect other countries' territorial integrity and sovereignty, and maintain a non-aggression and non-interference in each other's internal affairs, forming a defensive alliance!"

"This is my promise to Nagato, and it is the foundation upon which Kusagakure stands!"

"Such magnanimity is the mark of a petty old man like me!"

Half an hour later, ninjas from Amegakure arrived one after another to provide support. Surprisingly, the ninjas from the village greeted Kusashi one by one.

"It's Lord Kusakage!"

"As expected, it was Lord Kusakage who came to help Lord Amekage after he was attacked!"

"Lord Kusakage is so strong, he should be alright!"

"Um, that guy next to him looks like Lord Hanzo!"

Hanzo of the Salamander coughed twice, somewhat embarrassed, and organized the remaining Rain Ninja to clean up the battlefield, concealing the news of Nagato's capture, only saying that the others had gone to carry out a secret mission.

What kind of mission would require the Shadow of a village? There's no other possibility than hunting down the Shell organization...

Kusaji waved enthusiastically, then turned into a pile of cards and disappeared. Many Rain Ninja also waved goodbye. Looking in the direction Kusaji left, Hanzo of the Salamander's eyes revealed a struggle.

Whether it's to offer comfort or something else!

"Nagato has been captured by the Kara organization, and his death cannot be ruled out. What should become of the Land of Rain in the future...?"

As he grew older, Hanzo the Salamander's strength began to decline. Faced with this situation, he felt a sense of powerlessness and suddenly let out a soft laugh.

"The shadow of grass..."

"Let me see your magnanimity!"

"If you truly keep your promise and protect Amegakure as it is now."

"I will no longer object to the merger plan that brat mentioned before. As for the subsequent reactions of other major powers, that's up to you!"

Hanzo the Salamander picked up his scythe, as if reborn, and led the remaining Rain Ninja away from the scene!