Start with the Mangekyō and leave Konoha with Madara.

At the end of the 36th year of Konoha, the situation was turbulent.

The sky of the entire ninja world was dark and covered by thick dark clouds, foreshadowing the coming storm.

In recent years, due to the imbalance in economic development among countries, the gap between the rich and the poor has widened, causing militant forces to rise in ninja villages in various countries.

In the name of pursuing fairness, they actually expand their sphere of influence through force and plunder resources to satisfy their own greedy desires.

Among them, the competition among the three kingdoms of wind, fire and earth is particularly fierce.

As for the Sand Village, after the plan to recruit the Uzumaki clan members failed, the Third Kazekage had to accept Chiyo's advice and vigorously promote puppetry that could quickly enhance the overall ninja strength in a short period of time. This caused the Wind Kingdom's already poor internal resources to be consumed wildly, and it urgently needed to expand its territory externally to buffer the economic pressure.

As for the Iwagakure Village, after Ōnoki became the Tsuchikage, he received full support from the Daimyo of the Land of Earth. They had frantically stockpiled troops in previous years, resulting in an excess number of Iwagakure ninjas. In order to streamline the military, they urgently needed a war to consume the excess troops.

As for Konoha Village, thanks to the policies of the Third Hokage and the unremitting efforts of the Konoha ninjas, this once number one ninja village took a full 22 years to finally walk out of the shadow of the First Ninja World War and restore its former strength.

Faced with the Sand Ninja and the Iwagakure Ninja's constant interference in the Rain Country, Konoha naturally could not ignore it. Although the territory of the Rain Country was small, it had a vital strategic position for the three major countries and could not be lost.

In this way, the three forces used the Rain Country as a chessboard and continuously dispatched forces to station in the Rain Country, fighting openly and secretly, and engaging in intrigue.

In the early stages, it was just a small-scale test, but as all parties quietly increased their troop output, the scale of the battle gradually escalated and became more and more intense, often affecting innocent people, causing chaos in the entire Rain Country and making life miserable for the people.

With heavy rain, this crying little country became more and more devastated.

Faced with this situation, the Hidden Rain Village naturally could not sit idly by, but it had little effect. Not only did their actions to drive away the ninjas failed to work, but they were dragged into the chaos. It was a pity that the Hidden Rain Village ninjas who were carrying out their missions were wiped out one after another like moths to a flame.

The reason for this is that although the Hidden Rain Village has Hanzo of the Salamander in charge, and possesses Kage-level combat power that can rival the five major ninja villages, the overall strength of the Rain Ninjas is in a period of transition and is still relatively inferior.

The situation can only be reversed if Hanzo takes action himself, but once Hanzo really takes action, it will undoubtedly herald the arrival of the Ninja World War.

Perhaps, the three major ninja villages were so unscrupulous because they were sure that Hanzo would not easily fall out with them.

In this turmoil, the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Mist Village seemed exceptionally quiet.

The former, for some unknown reasons, chose to keep a low profile and take care of himself;

After losing the Second Mizukage, the Kaguya clan, and the Third Mizukage, the latter fell into a weak state. Even the Fourth Mizukage has not been selected yet, and the two tailed beasts in the Land of Water have not been properly controlled...

Generally speaking, the Water Country is unable to take care of itself. If the map plate was not far away from the center of the unrest, it would probably be attacked by everyone and become the first major country to be destroyed in the war.

……

It was raining heavily, and the raindrops hit the branches and leaves in the forest with a crackling sound. The sky was dark and gloomy, and the occasional flash of lightning provided the only light.

“Is the weather always this bad here?”

Shengshu stretched out his hand, watched the raindrops shatter into crystal water droplets in his palm, and asked softly.

This was the third day since he left Konoha, and it seemed that the rain had never stopped since entering the Land of Rain.

"Otherwise, why is it called the Rain Country?" A free and easy voice came from beside me.

Jiraiya put his hands behind his head and walked forward leisurely.

Sheng Shu glanced at him and sighed slightly, "Teacher, the companions in front are still fighting hard. Is it really okay for us to be so leisurely?"

"You are very motivated, but unfortunately, in war, motivation alone is useless."

Jiraiya didn't take it seriously and said with a smile: "Our mission this time is not to provide direct support. In someone else's territory, it's best to keep a low profile. Being too ostentatious will backfire."

Rope Tree hesitated and smiled, "I... I'm just worried about my companions... I heard that the base was destroyed."

"Don't worry." Jiraiya patted his shoulder. "What you can think of, the village can think of it. The elite team supporting the front battlefield has already set off before us."

"Really?" After hearing the news, Sheng Shu was slightly excited.

At this moment, Jiraiya suddenly stopped, frowned slightly, and his originally relaxed expression instantly became serious.

"What's wrong--"

Just as Rope Tree was about to speak, Jiraiya suddenly held his head down, and the sound of breaking through the air flew past his head.

In a flash, Rope Tree saw clearly that it was a kunai with an explosive tag tied to it, and the burning flames lit up his eyes.

"Ninjutsu: Needle Jizo!"

Jiraiya immediately hugged Nawase's body tightly, and his long silver hair grew wildly, wrapping both of them like dumplings in an instant. Every strand of hair was as tough as iron and impenetrable.

"boom!"

Flames suddenly appeared and then quickly went out in the heavy rain. The thick layer of long hair absorbed the impact of the explosion, and the innermost layer of rope tree was not even hurt.

At this moment, the ground cracked slightly, and four figures jumped out from the cracks at the same time. They held ninja swords in their hands and their moves were fierce. As soon as they appeared, they chopped fiercely at the silver hair around Jiraiya.

"Ninpo Technique: The Technique of Random Lion's Hair!"

The surface of the long hair began to ripple, and suddenly several silver-white spears pierced out, like a giant sea urchin.

It was made entirely of hardened long hair, sharp and moving at an extremely fast speed. It pierced the bodies of all the attackers in the blink of an eye, and the blood quickly dyed the ground red under the washing of rain.

Jiraiya's secret ninjutsu combines both offense and defense, and is very useful in actual combat. Even when facing some small ninja beasts, it is more than enough to deal with them.

A loud shout came from the surroundings: "Earth Escape - Split Earth Palm!"

The ground shook slightly, and several cracks split the earth like lightning. The ground dozens of meters around Jiraiya collapsed instantly and fell inward, with large and small pieces of soil and gravel falling down.

Jiraiya immediately pulled back his long silver hair, grabbed Nawase's collar, and threw him upward with force.

"Teacher!" Sheng Shu exclaimed, and as he flew up, the surrounding situation came into view.

Nawaki was somewhat panicked to find that they had been surrounded by a team of ninjas. Judging from the forehead protectors, they were all ninjas from the Iwagakure Village.

"Don't worry!" Jiraiya smiled confidently, stepped on the ground, and quickly climbed up among the gravel. He stabilized his body and formed seals with his hands:

"Fire Release·Big Flame Bullet!"

He took a deep breath and spun his body at the same time, spewing out flames mixed with countless oil droplets from his mouth, forming a circle of hot and bright fire rings, which swept towards the surrounding enemies like a sweeping army.

The flames burned, dyeing the rainy night red. The powerful firepower was powerful even on a rainy day!