"Everyone, fall back! This mist is poisonous!"
Tsunade frowned and leaped backward, but many Konoha ninja were already too late. They collapsed one after another as the toxic fog enveloped them.
"Damn it..." Tsunade gritted her teeth, desperate to do something.
But before she could act, a massive claw suddenly descended from the sky. The giant salamander—and Hanzō himself—had locked onto her at some point.
Even with her legendary superhuman strength, she stood no chance against a creature of such immense size and weight...
Just as Tsunade was about to meet her end, a giant toad suddenly charged in, ramming the salamander slightly off course and saving her life by a hair's breadth.
"Tsunade! The great Jiraiya has arrived!" Jiraiya stood boldly atop the Toad Boss's head, laughing heartily.
At the same moment, Orochimaru arrived riding the Giant Snake Manda. Together with Jiraiya, they positioned themselves between the salamander and Tsunade, blocking its path.
"That idiot... always showing off!" Tsunade smiled, shaking her head in mock exasperation.
She slammed both palms onto the ground, summoning a giant slug that lifted her high into the air...
"The Three Legendary Sannin of Konoha battling Hanzō... this truly is a historic showdown!"
Aoi Ren stood on a distant hilltop, watching the scene unfold with great interest. Yet, one thing puzzled him...
"Why hasn't the storyline mission triggered yet?" He felt a hint of frustration. The two central forces of this entire arc were right before his eyes, and still—no mission.
"Do I really have to go and take on four nations single-handedly just to activate it?!"
He was just complaining in his mind, but at that very moment... the mission finally triggered.
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Mission Activated: The Choice of Justice!
Mission Briefing: Three great powers have chosen the Land of Rain as their battlefield. Is this fair to the Land of Rain? Can this truly be called justice?
Stand with the Land of Rain. Defeat the three great ninja villages and drive them out of the country. True justice is not decided by personal like or dislike, but by what is right.
Mission Rewards: 100,000 Points, One Giant Salamander, Hanzō's Friendship, Epic Title: Bearer of Justice.
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GULP!
Aoi Ren swallowed hard. He never expected the mission to trigger simply because he complained in his head.
And what was even more shocking was the sheer scale of this task—the system was actually asking him to stand alone against multiple nations!
"I was just joking!"
But the rewards this time were incredibly generous. To be precise, they were so amazing he couldn't look away...
100,000 points—undoubtedly the largest reward he had ever received.
The Giant Salamander was a pinnacle summon, a mythical beast second only to the Tailed Beasts; only the combined might of the Slug, the Toad, and the Snake could barely stand against it.
Hanzō's Friendship was vague in meaning, but surely not something trivial. As for the Epic Title... until now, he had only ever obtained one.
This was, without a doubt, the most rewarding storyline mission in history. The difficulty was equally high, yes—but not impossible...
After all, in this era, there was no single overpowered ruler dominating everything. And that... was Aoi Ren's chance!
Lost in thought, he watched as the battle between the Sannin and Hanzō drew to a close. All the Konoha ninja surrounding Hanzō had been slain. But unfortunately...
"It seems... this battle ends in victory for Konoha," Hanzō sighed helplessly, his gaze piercing through the heavy rain.
Down below, the Amegakure lines had been completely shattered. The thousand soldiers he had brought were now all dead or dying.
He had fought the Sannin for too long, and in that time, his army had collapsed completely.
And standing right in front of him were the three legendary ninja themselves, leaning against one another, gasping for breath.
They were so exhausted they didn't even have enough chakra left to maintain their summons.
Right now... Hanzō could kill them all with a mere wave of his hand!
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