The inexplicable teandoff, the inexplicable return to normalcy – these were on occurrences in war. And after the battle with the A-B duo, Minato Namikaze quickly returo Konoha.

  Following that, the news of his being the Fourth Hokage reached the front lines.

  This boosted the morale of the Konoha forces, and most Konoha ninjas eve a sense of shared glory... The First and Sed Hokages were from the Senju , the Third was from the Sarutobi , but the Fourth was of oner in.

  On the one hand, because of his exceptional talent, ability, and bat power, ninjas from the s sidered themselves and Minato Namikaze to be fellow "geniuses." Oher hand, he was indeed of oner in, so Minato Namikaze was "one of us" to everyone.

  Regarding his succession as Hokage, Minato Namikaze received overwhelming support.

  Of course, not everyone supported him, but the vast majority did.

  Frequently uaking dangerous missions, repeatedly turning the tide of battle, in Konoha, Minato Namikaze symbolized "hope." Leadership, charisma, strength, personality, aplishments – there was no one more suitable than him to bee the Fourth Hokage.

  During wartime, the Hokage's inauguration ceremony was simplified, and the ninjas on the front lines couldn't see the situation in Konoha. But the news of Minato Namikaze being Hokage greatly boosted morale on the front lines.

  However, this major event basically had nothing to do with Habara. Konoha and the Hokage were too far removed from him. During this time, he had been idling in the Land of Fields Konoha camp.

  Orochimaru had always beeo call people when he hem and dismiss them when he didn't, particurly when they were of little io him. Clearly, Orochimaru hadn't thought much of the Mag Release from the start, and so, after obtaining the Sed Hokage's remains, Habara ut aside.

  During this time, Habara did learn the Shadow e Teique. It took him a week to master this B-rank ninjutsu... This speed wasn't particurly fast, but it wasn't slow either. It couldn't pare to a genius, but it was signifitly shorter than the average time.

  As for the Shuriken Shadow e Teique, Habara hadn't lear yet. Z Squad had returo the camp, meaning he had rejoined his unit... But for the time being, whether or not Habara learhe Shuriken Shadow e Teique was irrelevant, since he couldn't use a teique that would instantly drain his chakra otlefield anyway.

  In fact, as long as his chakra level was below 80%, he started to feel insecure. As long as his chakra level was below 30%, he would start to panic...

  The reaissance mission against Iwagakure had cost Z Squad five members. Correspondingly, those who survived brought back a rge amount of valuable intelligeo Konoha.

  Fortunately, both Izayo and Daigo were still alive.

  Perhaps because it would bee increasingly difficult to replenish persoer, and the full twenty-four-man squad size might be difficult to maintain, Z Squad lit up after returning to the camp. One part remained a twelve-man squad, while the rest were incorporated into other simir teams.

  Habara was naturally iwelve-man group, because he was in perfect dition and could participate in the operation at any time... The others, besides him, were also selected based on this criterion.

  That's right, previously Habara was 100% pure on fodder, but now he could be sidered a fighting force.

  Although Habara's fighting style was still in development, his personality had basically taken shape... He generally disliked fshy things, leaniirely towards practical and useful things.

  pared to a lightsaber, he preferred the crowbar.

  pared to plicated jutsu, he preferred to solve problems with a single hammer blow.

  pared to energy ons, he preferred kiic ons.

  pared to an energy on, of course, it was a railgun...

  In short, Habara favored moves with more signifit physical effects, and firmly believed that the more physical, the more "truthful."

  From this, it could be seen that he was a very pure person.

  Unfortunately, Habara had no ce to train with his teammates. Just three days after Z Squad returhey received a new mission.

  "Sihe civil u in Amegakure a few years ago, the Land of Rain has gradually beore closed off, and obtaining intelligence has bee increasingly difficult. The Great War has tinued for several years, and at this time when the major nations are gradually weakening, it is particurly important to uand the situation in Amegakure, in order to prevent any ued situations... Since we've already figured out the situation in the Land of Waterfalls and the Land of Grass, the arget of reaissance will naturally be the Land of Rain."

  At a er of the camp, Izayo was briefing the team members on the new mission.

  Acc to Habara's inal thinking, sihe size of the team had been reduced, the difficulty of the tasks would also be reduced accly. However, the actual situation was exactly the opposite... This mission was even more of a "death sentence."

  Could the Land of Rain be pared to the Land of Grass or the Land of Waterfalls? The Land of Waterfalls was "once glorious in the past," and the Land of Grass had always been a nobody. But the Land of Rain? Hanzo of the Samander of Amegakure owerhouse who dared to fight against the three great nations of Fire, Earth, and Wind simultaneously, and Amegakure was by no means an ordinary small ninja vilge.

  During his peak, Hanzo had the magnanimity to spare the young Sannin, which was the in of the Sannin title. But did he still have that magnanimity now? People ge, and this ge, in Hanzo's case, could only be described as him being increasingly decrepit.

  The so-called Amegakure civil u robably Hanzo's attempt to eradicate the inal "Akatsuki," because the "Akatsuki's" ideology spread rapidly in the Land of Rain, a nd that would see the Freat Ninja War, and they threatened Hanzo's position.

  Closed off, xenophobid extremely dangerous – that was the current Land of Rain.

  "Ninjas don't have the right to choose their missions..."

  Habara was beginning to uand this sentence more and more.

  It meant that if you were told to die, you had to die. Since Konoha had a new Hokage, why not die to celebrate? It wasn't that malicious, but it retty close.

  After receiving specially made rainproof cloaks, the squad began their reaissance mission to the Land of Rain.

  The route before entering the Land of Rain was safe, because the squad would first head south into the Land of Fire, then tur, and theer the Land of Rain from the Land of Fire.

  And just as the squad stepped foot in the Land of Rain, it started to rain heavily.

  Although Habara liked rainy days, that was only limited to quietly sitting at home and enjoying the rain sery outside the window, absolutely not including lurking in a strange forest in this wet and cold winter.

  Less than half an hour after entering the Land of Rain, Habara felt like there wasn't a single dry spot on his body. His clothes g tightly to his skin, yer upon yer, making him feel both irritated and suffocated.

  Even if it were snowing, it would be much better than heavy rain.

  In this kind of weather, for some reason, Habara always felt like something was going to happen...

  A story after the rain.