Chapter 201: The Choice of the Rain Country (Ch 710519805)

While Yi Chen was learning Shinra Tensei from Nagato, the four disciples were accepting the challenge of the ninjas from the River Village.

There are not many ninjas in the River Village at present. Although the Daimyo of the River Country has allocated a lot of funds and provided great support to the River Village, the development of the Ninja Village still takes time.

At present, the River Ninja Village is still in the stage of vigorously recruiting students to train the younger generation. Half of the ninjas in the River Ninja Village are still from the original Akatsuki organization. The students recruited by Yahiko after he entered the River Ninja Village are still studying in school. Even in the largest world, it takes three to five years to become a Genin.

Yi Chen’s four disciples are not the best in their level, but they still have a clear advantage in dealing with river ninjas.

The Genin among the River Ninjas were no match for any of the Ogura Sakis, and the Chunin among the River Ninjas were all dealt with by Kawakita in a few moves.

This made the River Ninjas feel a little frustrated. Only then did they realize that the gap between themselves and the Big Ninja Village could not be changed by a Kage-level strongman.

These have nothing to do with Yi Chen. It’s good for the four disciples to have a chance to practice and broaden their horizons.

So later Yi Chen suggested that Ogura Saki and the other two fight against the Chuunin of the River Ninja, while Kawakita would practice against the Jonin of the River Ninja.

This incident made the River Ninjas very angry. They felt that the Rock Ninjas looked down on them. They all expressed their desire to teach the Rock Ninjas a lesson.

But the final result disappointed them a little, because although Ogura Saki and the other two lost more than they won in the competition with the River Ninja Chunin, even if they lost, the gap between the two sides was not that big.

The spirit of the River Ninjas was completely gone, especially when they learned that Ogura Saki and the other two were not the most outstanding among the Iwagakure Ninjas, their self-confidence suffered a huge blow.

Fortunately, the River Ninja had Yahiko, and Yahiko used his mouth to successfully motivate the River Ninja to practice.

The sparring between Kawakita and the Kawai ninja jonin made the Kawai ninja lose face, because even though Kawakita was defeated, he was able to remain undefeated, fully demonstrating the strength of the great country ninja village.

Yi Chen saw that his practice of S-level ninjutsu was effective and his four disciples also gained a lot from challenging higher-level opponents, so he simply forgot what Ohnoki had told him before he left.

Yi Chen stayed in the River Ninja Village for a full month before leaving with four disciples. Before leaving, Yi Chen asked Nagato for a black stick, which was one of the purposes of Yi Chen’s trip. Yi Chen had always suspected that the black stick used by Myoboku Mountain to help practice fairy arts was the same as the black stick used by Nagato.

After leaving the River Country, Yi Chen went to the Rain Village.

Yi Chen met Hanzo and conveyed the intention of the Iwagakure ninja to hold the Chunin Exam.

Hanzo is not a fool like Yahiko. He knows that this is actually a matter of taking sides, deciding whether to stand on the side of Konoha or on the side of the Iwagakure.

If it was before the Third War, Hanzo might not have made up his mind so easily, but now, Konoha suffered heavy losses in the Third War, and the Iwagakure ninjas collected a lot in the Third War.

The most important thing is that the Iwagakure has produced Ikura, and there are two Kages, Ōnoki and Ikura, plus Yichen, the quasi-Kage confirmed by Hanzo himself.

Although Konoha is still stronger than the Iwagakure, it also has many enemies, and its previous cooperation with Danzo was very unpleasant.

So after hesitating for three days, Hanzo finally agreed to the Iwagakure’s proposal and hinted that Yichen Yumeng could formally form an alliance with the Iwagakure.

Yi Chen was not surprised by this result. Although Hanzo sent away the Akatsuki organization, his control over the Rain Country did not get much better. On the contrary, because the news of the Akatsuki organization spread and the heavy losses of Hanzo’s confidants, Hanzo’s control over the Rain Country and even the Rain Village was far less than before.

Hanzo has few choices. If Danzo’s Root Elites were still there, Yichen would not dare to come to the Rain Village alone, but Danzo is still licking his wounds in Konoha Village, and Yichen believes that Hanzo will know the situation.

After Hanzo agreed, Yichen asked Hanzo to give some advice to Kawakita.

This request was extremely rude. Given Hanzo’s status in the ninja world, Kawakita, an elite Chunin, was far from qualified.

What’s more, Hanzo is not an Iwagakure ninja, and asking Hanzo to instruct the Iwagakure ninjas is indeed too much to ask.

But Yi Chen didn’t care about Hanzo’s feelings. Hanzo was a sensible person, as could be seen from the way he gave titles to the three ninjas and how he retreated in the face of Nagato.

As expected, Hanzo started to act very angry, but after seeing that Yichen was unmoved, he finally gave in.

It’s not that he succumbs to Yi Chen’s strength. Yi Chen is still just a quasi-shadow and is far from being Hanzo’s opponent.

What made Hanzo succumb was Yi Chen’s identity. Yi Chen’s identity as the consultant of Rock Village was enough to suppress Hanzo, whose power was now greatly damaged.

Taking a deep breath, Hanzo looked at Kawakita, and after a while, he said, “Draw your sword.”

Chuanbei knew Yichen’s plan before coming, so he was not surprised. After hearing Hanzo’s words, he slashed at Hanzo with all his strength, and at the same time, his body rushed towards Hanzo who was sitting still like a sharp sword.

Next, Yi Chen witnessed the strength of the true swordsmanship master in the ninja world.

Hanzo also used a long sword, but his long sword never came out. He didn’t even stand up from his seat to defend against Kawakita’s continuous attacks.

After about ten minutes, Hanzo saw that Kawakita’s attacks were no longer new, so he jumped up from his seat.

Then, a flash of sword light passed, and Hanzo returned to his original position. Kawakita stood there motionless, the long sword in his hand had broken into two pieces, but he himself was unharmed.

With Yi Chen’s eyesight, he could only barely see the speed of Hanzo’s attack. Yi Chen estimated that if he faced Hanzo, unless he flew into the air from the beginning, he would not be able to escape from Hanzo’s fierce attack.

“Huh~~” Yi Chen knew that Hanzo was trying to establish his authority, but Yi Chen admitted that Hanzo was very successful. A ninjutsu-type ninja like Yi Chen hated encountering a close combat swordsman.

“Thank you for your guidance, Senior Hanzo. With Senior Hanzo here, the Rock Ninja will not enter the Rain Country.” Yi Chen expressed his attitude.

Of course, Yi Chen, as a consultant, has no say on such matters, but Yi Chen can cast his vote at the high-level meeting, which is enough for Hanzo.

What Hanzo needs most now is the recognition of his allies, not the recognition of the Rain Village. If the allies only recognize Hanzo, then the threat of all opposing forces to him will be reduced to a lower level.

Yi Chen also saw this, so he deliberately gave Hanzo a worthless guarantee. Hanzo’s strength is unquestionable, but Hanzo’s heart is old. Yi Chen is not Hanzo’s opponent yet, but Hanzo has long been removed from Yi Chen’s special attention list.

Ignoring Hanzo, Yichen turned his gaze towards Kawakita, who was brought into a trance by Hanzo’s sword.

Yi Chen was familiar with Kawakita’s condition. This was the precursor to becoming a Jonin. Yi Chen called Kawakita out of the Anbu this time, wasting more than a month, just for this moment.

Hanzo and Yichen stopped talking and waited quietly for Kawakita to come back to his senses.

About an hour later, Chuanbei came back to his senses from his trance. He looked at the broken sword in his hand. It seemed that something more happened in his heart, but it also seemed that nothing had changed.

This occasion was not suitable for Kawakita to experience it carefully, so Yichen directly said goodbye to Hanzo.

Hanzo didn’t send Yichen off, but Yichen didn’t care. He took Chuanbei out of Hanzo’s reception room and met up with Ogura Saki and the other two outside the door. Then the five of them set out on their journey back to the village.

After everything was done, Yichen finally remembered Ohnoki’s warning before he left, and then Yichen began to panic. Now Yichen didn’t want to stay in the outside world any longer.

Looking at the four disciples, Yi Chen asked them to hold hands, and then performed the Light and Heavy Rock Technique on them. Then the five of them flew directly from the gate of Rain Village and flew towards Rock Village at full speed.

After returning to the village, Yi Chen did not get the anger from Ohnoki that he had expected, because Ohnoki was busy looking for a suitable successor to his spiritualism skills.

After Yi Chen learned about Oonoki’s whereabouts from the Anbu in the Tsuchikage Building, he came to a small hill outside the village alone.

There was nothing here originally, but Ohnoki arranged for someone to set up a natural energy seal barrier here, and Ohnoki was inside the barrier at the moment. After Yichen entered the barrier, he stood still. Because what appeared in Yichen’s sight at this time was a giant panda as tall as a two-story building.

At this moment, Ohnoki was floating in the air in front of the giant panda, as if communicating with it. The size of Ohnoki was in sharp contrast to the giant panda. If Yichen hadn’t had good eyesight, he might not have been able to spot Ohnoki.

Meeting a national treasure here was somewhat surprising to Yichen. He didn’t know the temperament of this giant panda, so he didn’t dare to approach it rashly. So Yichen walked to the side of the Shadow Guard Captain Ling and asked him about the giant panda.

Rei saw that Ohnoki was still chatting with the giant panda, so he told him the whole story in detail.

It turned out that after the summoning scroll was sent to the village, Ohnoki arranged for a senior ninja to write his name on the summoning scroll, and then the senior ninja summoned the giant panda in front of him as required.

But the giant panda didn’t like that jonin. Although he didn’t cancel the summoning, he didn’t cooperate with the jonin’s orders.

Later, Ikura came up with an idea. He brought the giant panda to the natural energy seal and let him feel the richness of the natural energy inside.

Under the temptation of natural energy, the giant panda agreed to move its home here. Then, according to the giant panda’s description, Ohno and Ikura worked together to bring the giant panda back from a corner of the ninja world.

Although the panda agreed to settle down in the natural energy seal, he was unwilling to accept the call of a ninja he did not approve of. This made Ohnoki very troubled. He brought almost all the jonin in the village to try them out, but no one could satisfy the panda.

After hearing what the Anbu said, Yi Chen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Did he really bring back a national treasure? But he could only look at it but not work with it?

After thinking for a while, Yi Chen stepped forward and said to Ohnoki, “Master Tsuchikage, one of my disciples is close to small animals. How about letting him try?”

Ohnoki thought for a moment and said, “You are talking about Matsutani Shinya, right? Then let’s give it a try. However, he is only a Genin. Even if he is recognized, he does not have enough chakra to complete the summoning ninjutsu.”

This giant panda is different from the Myoboku Mountain toad. Although he is quite powerful, he does not live in a group and has no companions. Unlike Myoboku Mountain, it doesn’t matter if he can’t summon the toad Bunta. He can also summon other small toads and even tadpoles.

So as Ohnoki said, even if Matsutani Nobuya is recognized, he will not be able to use this giant panda in the short term.