Start with a Zanpakuto and build the strongest Mist Village

Chapter 219 Arrival at Sand Village
The Mizukage's trip was quite grand, not to mention it was a formal invitation from another hidden village.

Just like Ye said, if he took Mei Terumi with him, that girl Mizunotsuki Akira would definitely be a little upset. Many people in the village were quite interested in this Chunin Exam.

Even though Ye said that the environment in Sunagakure was harsh and the climate was bad, and that they would probably suffer if they went there, many people were still in high spirits. Even researchers such as Yukiko and Yumi wanted to go along to relieve their boredom.

After much persuasion, Ye finally decided on the people to accompany him.

Although Kirigakure is far away from Sand Village, the group came here with the intention of traveling. They first took a sea cruise on a boat, then entered the territory of the Land of Hot Springs, and finally changed the boat to a carriage, entered the territory of the Land of Fire, and slowly headed towards the Land of Wind.

The journey that was supposed to take a week ended up taking a month. They visited different cities in various countries and had the chance to have some fun.

Of course, we met many ninjas from ninja villages along the way, but most of them were from small ninja villages, and they were all heading for the Chunin Exam in Sunagakure.

The group did not deliberately reveal their identities at night, they were just like tourists, traveling and sightseeing along the way.

Well, it is only limited to Yoruichi and his group. As the protagonists of this journey, the Zabuza team led by Hoshigaki Kisame should practice and do what they should do along the way.

A month later, Ye and his group entered the territory of the Kingdom of Wind.

The Wind Kingdom is covered with yellow sand and is a desolate place. Even though the infrastructure of the Three Kingdoms has been continuously developed in recent years, compared with the yellow sand that has almost spread across the entire country, this infrastructure is nothing.

However, the urban clusters within the Land of Wind are basically located near oases, and the Sand Village is located on the largest oasis in the Land of Wind, so it is not affected by sandstorms.

When Ye and his group arrived at the Sand Village leisurely, the Fourth Kazekage Rasa had already been waiting outside the village with Chiyo and other Sand Village high-level officials. There were also a large number of ninjas from the village and some ninjas from other villages on both sides, casting curious glances at them.

Mizuno Tsukiyo, the fourth Mizukage of the Hidden Mist Village, is the current number one in the ninja world. He is the idol and goal to be pursued by almost all the younger generation of ninjas. Everyone wants to see what kind of person he is.

"Do you have different thoughts when you return to your hometown?"

Inside the carriage, Ye was pressed on a pair of jade pillows by Mei Terumi. Looking at Ye Cang beside him, he smiled faintly and said, "Come to think of it, you should have been qualified to compete for the Fourth Kazekage back then, but did you ever think that you would end up like this?"

"Shut up!"

Ye Cang glanced at Mizunoe Yue with embarrassment and tugged at his messy clothes.

The situation of Sand Village at that time was quite special. She was indeed a person in Sand Village who could be on par with Rasa. If she had chosen the Fourth Kazekage, she would have some chances. But in the end, due to some special reasons, let alone becoming the Fourth Kazekage, she even became an existence abandoned by the village.

Ye Cang was too lazy to say anything more about the past, nor did he want to look back.

This is how the game of power and intrigue is. It can only be said that she is not suitable for playing these things.

But meeting Mizuno Yueye is also a completely new and different path for her...

"Welcome, Your Excellency the Fourth Mizukage!"

The carriage stopped, and without waiting for the people in the carriage to get off, the Fourth Kazekage Rasa walked towards Mizunoe with a smile on his face. At the same time, Mizunoe, wearing the Mizukage's conical hat and the Fourth Hokage's divine robe, also walked out from under the curtain that Mei Terumi had lifted.

"Is that the Fourth Mizukage?"

"Oh my god, so young and handsome!"

"I can't sense the aura of this guy at all. Is he really the strongest being in the ninja world?"

"Damn, so handsome, this is exactly me!"

Countless pairs of eyes looked towards Mizunoe Yue, with their necks stretched out.

Luo Sha looked at Mizunoe Yue with a smile on his face, but when he saw the expressionless Ye Cang behind him, his face froze, but he still greeted him with a smile.

"Mitsuki-sama is truly a young and promising man. With the personal guidance of Mr. Mizukage in this Chunin Joint Exam, it will surely become an event that goes down in history!"

"Hahaha, Lord Fengying is joking."

Ye smiled widely, rested his hand on the arm held up by Mei Terumi, and stepped off the carriage: "You are able to carry the Sand Village on your own. Your Excellency the Kazekage is a hero worthy of admiration!"

"Your Excellency the Mizukage is joking. Compared to your Excellency the Mizukage, I am not even a hero."

"Where."

"Praise it, praise it."

The two men walked into the Sand Village with smiles on their faces and business flattery. Such humble appearance surprised countless Sand Village ninjas and made the Sand Village's top leaders frown and look solemn.

The strongest in the ninja world, the Fourth Generation of Kirigakure. Such a young ruler, one could even say a powerful man, can actually have such a humble attitude and such a mentality. The future Kirigakure... I'm afraid that under the leadership of Mizunoe Tsukiyomi, will reach unimaginable heights.

In addition, considering the current development situation of Kirigakure, they, Sand Village, are still in the stage of the old Kirigakure. There is a huge difference between the two villages.

How to catch up?!
and……

Chiyo, Ebizo and other Sunagakure high-ranking officials looked at the two movie queens who walked into Sunagakure together chatting and laughing, and their eyes fell on Ye Cang who was standing behind them without saying a word.

The former top fighter of Sunagakure has now become a member of Kirigakure, and Mizunoe Tsukiyomi also brought him here.

Ye Cang raised his head calmly and met the eyes of several people.

Ebizo wanted to say something but stopped himself, but Ye Cang directly followed Mizunoe Yue's steps, leaving only a beautiful back behind.

"This……"

"Now that things have come to this, perhaps this is cause and effect." Chiyo sighed softly, her eyes complicated.

When the power was transferred, they chose Luo Sha instead of Ye Cang, and we can already see the current situation.

"Tell Maki to be more careful. There are too many people in the village these days. We can't let any more trouble happen."

"I know."

The welcoming ceremony for the Mizukage was quite grand. After all, this was a periodic meeting between the representative figures of the two major countries. The Sunagakure side also treated Mizunoe Tsukiyori and his group with the highest standards.

After the reception, Luo Sha personally placed Mizunoe Yue and his group in the most luxurious hotel in Sunagakure. He also told Yue about the upcoming arrangements and the exam content in advance.

Well, Uchiha Fugaku lives in the next building.

In terms of geographical location, Konoha is closer to Sunagakure, and as Ye had been traveling along the way for quite a while, Fugaku and the others had already arrived at Sunagakure.

By the time Yagi and his group arrived, there were only three days left until the Chunin Exams.

"Mister Mizukage, we are holding the Chunin Joint Exam in Sand Village this time to promote exchanges among ninjas from various villages, peaceful coexistence, and common progress." Before leaving, Luo Sha took out a scroll, placed it on the table, and said with a smile: "I hope the ninjas from your village can achieve good results." "Thank you very much for your kind words, Lord Kazekage. Ye Cang will see Lord Kazekage off."

"Yes!"

Ye took the scroll and said to Ye Cang on the side.

Ye Cang looked at Luo Sha expressionlessly: "Please, Lord Fengying."

"Ah good."

After Luo Sha and the others left, Mei Terumi curiously opened the scroll and read the content of the competition carefully.

Compared to Naruto and Sasuke's Chunin Exam, the exam of Sunagakure during the Blood and Sand period seemed much more cruel, and there was not even a written test stage at all.

The entire Chunin Exam is divided into three stages. The first stage is similar to the Battle of the Death Forest, followed by team competition and individual competition. The content is quite rich. It can not only show the abilities of each ninja, but also the cooperation ability of the three of them, etc. It can be regarded as a standard Chunin Exam.

"It's not easy. I saw several ninjas from the ninja villages today, and they are all very outstanding. I'm afraid that Zabuza and his people may not be able to take the first place." Terumi Mei put down the scroll and looked at Mizunoe Tsukiyomi who was tasting the food of Sand Village. She was a little helpless: "You don't have to worry. As the Mizukage, it would be fun if the ninjas from our Kirigakure were defeated in front of you!"

“Have faith in the little guy.”

Ye smiled calmly, picked up a piece of Wind Country specialty sand cake and placed it next to Terumi Mei's mouth: "But instead of worrying about those little guys, you might as well enjoy this unique village, otherwise you won't have a chance in the future."

Terumi Mei frowned slightly, a little surprised: "You mean... No way, they dare to come like this when you are here?"

“It’s because I’m here.”

Ye smiled indifferently.

His soul perception alone had already locked onto several very interesting guys.

There is no doubt that the real protagonist of this exam is not these 'young men who want to become Chunin', but him, the Fourth Mizukage!

"Talk to Kisame and tell the little ones to get ready. I'm going to be out for a while."

"Ah, okay."

Ye's figure disappeared. Terumi Mei paused slightly, but was not too worried.

Others may not know how strong Ye is, but as Ye's personal secretary, Mei Terumi really knows something about it.

She didn't know how powerful Uchiha Madara, the Shura of the Ninja World, and Senju Hashirama, the God of Ninja, were. Perhaps they were top-level warriors who were strong enough to pacify the troubled times and establish a ninja village.

But the night...

In her eyes, Ye's current strength has already surpassed the category of "ninja" or "human"!
That is an existence comparable to the Six Paths Sage!

……

Because the Land of Rain and the Land of Wind are directly adjacent to each other, and with Obito's advance notice, Nagato and the others arrived at Sand Village in advance.
However, after they arrived at Sand Village, they did not set up an ambush in secret, nor did they do anything complicated. Instead, they quietly integrated into the Sand Village and studied the current situation of the Sand Village.

Nagato had just learned that Sunagakure was under the control of Obito. While he was shocked by the scale of Obito's plan, he was also curious about what the village would look like under the rule of Uchiha Madara, who kept shouting about his plans for peace.

Unfortunately, the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment.

In just a few days, Nagato was extremely disappointed with the Sand Village and Obito's ability to govern.

"The blood-sand policy uses a cruel selection system and a strict teaching system to extract real gold from the sand... It's such a stupid policy. They have a top ninja like Rasa, but they run the village into this state. No wonder the first Hokage was Hashirama Senju, not that guy Madara."

Since they are using illusions to gain absolute control over the village, why not just copy Kirigakure's current policy, but instead learn the Blood Mist policy that has been eliminated by Kirigakure?

"But this kind of policy is in line with that guy's character, isn't it?"

In a small shop that sells specialties from the Wind Country, Konan looked at the disappointed Nagato and said softly, "It would be strange if the village governed by that guy could be like Konoha or Kirigakure now."

"Too."

Nagato nodded.

According to the memory information he extracted from the minds of several Sand Village jonin, because of the defeat in the three wars, the Wind Country not only suffered losses, but also its reputation fell to the bottom. The daimyo of the Wind Country was furious and reduced the funding for Sand Village again and again.

Although there is Luo Sha, a gold miner, many things would be difficult to implement without the policy support of the daimyo.

In addition, given the alliance between Konoha and Kirigakure, which seems to be cooperative but is actually exploitative, it is reasonable for them to choose a high-pressure blood sand policy.

What? Why didn’t Obito control the daimyo directly?

That won't work. Even if the world is destroyed, the noble nobles cannot move. This is common sense for all ninjas in the ninja world.
"…What a pitiful and pathetic village."

Looking at the Sand Village residents who were walking hurriedly and looking depressed on the streets, Nagato's lavender eyes under his red hair flashed with a cold light, as if he was recalling the appearance of the Rain Village in the Rain Country under Hanzo's rule.

It is just as high pressure, and there is just as little hope and future.

After a long time, he looked away.

"Where did Guang go?"

"Let's walk around the village. She seems very interested in the village life." Konan recalled the look on Guang's face when she and they came to the Sand Village. That look was completely different from her usual appearance.

She looks like a girl who is quite new to everything.

No, Guang is just a little girl. I don't know where that guy Mada found her from...

"Let's find her back. Mizuno Yueye has also arrived in the village today. We can't let any accidents happen to our plan."

Nagato's eyes were dim, his fists were clenched, and the scene of the battle with the Iron Kingdom emerged in his mind.

In that battle, he almost burned up everything he had, fighting to the death with Mizunoe Tsukiyomi, and even summoned the Outer Path Golem, but in the end he was directly defeated by Mizunoe Tsukiyomi.

That feeling of falling from the altar, that feeling of being crushed.

Those eyes full of sneer and contempt...

"This time, I will let you know the true power of the gods, Mizunotsukiyo!"

(End of this chapter)