When Sasuke intrudes on the meeting room chasing after Danzo, he refuses to take part in the fight. He defended his action, stating that the use of Akatsuki was necessary to protect themselves while still demilitarizing, but this and his advanced age still lead Mifune to deny him leadership of the forces to lead against Akatsuki. everyone).Дuring the Kage Summit, he admitted to having frequently hired Akatsuki. Very proud, despite his frailty, and shows little respect to those much younger than him (i.e. The current, extremely elderly leader of the Village Hidden in the Stones. To think I'd live to see the day when the five Kage would stand and fight together! One of the post-Sasuke Retrieval filler arcs introduced the Kamizuru clan as the First Tsuchikage's grandchildren, but no one else until Part II.Д«eing old has its perks. The only time any Iwa people appear in the manga of Part I was the rogue Gantetsu and his lackey ChЕЌseki during Naruto's training with Jiraiya. Hufflepuff House: Due to their long-standing distrust of Konoha, the Hidden Stone is almost never involved in the storyline, outside of Kakashi Gaiden, until the Kage Summit Arc.

Though Madara was acting on his own, his behavior left a lasting mark on the psyche of the Hidden Stone ninjas. That is, during the dawn of the Shinobi Villages, they put their faith in a peace treaty with the Land of Fire, only for Madara Uchiha to attack them and declare them basically slaves to Konoha rather than allies.

Freudian Excuse: Their tendency to backstab foreign allies is implied to have started due to them being backstabbed themselves when they did try to trust the other nations.

Though fire is also an equally-important component (lava, bombs.)

Dishing Out Dirt: The ninja of the village specialize in rock-based jutsu.

However, this trait has manifested into a detrimental and underhanded competitive streak with the other villages to obtain victory, having worked behind the scenes for years against its fellow villages, such as by using mercenaries like Akatsuki to carry out missions the village could not be directly involved in or that it lacked the resources for as well as betraying allies to pilfer spoils.

Determinator: The village is well-known for the rock-hard attitude of its shinobi as soon as the Tsuchikage gives an order, the shinobi follow it without hesitation, even if it means death.

Hidden Stone Village provides examples of:

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