From undercover in Konoha, to I am the Hokage!

Chapter 202: Mist Hidden Civil War (5k)

Three days later.

Kirigakure.

Even in the daytime, in the center of the village surrounded by hazy fog, a large group of people, holding up signs, shouting the same slogans in unison, marched across the newly built cement road in the Hidden Mist Village.

The whole street was filled with chaotic noises.

"We have to work!"

"Drive out Konoha's malicious high-paying companies!"

“Let automatic machines return the assembly line to the workers!”

"Local assets are everything to Kirigakure!"

"Oppose the Yondaime Mizukage's introduction of foreign assets!"

A huge crowd of people gathered here, shouting all kinds of slogans. Even the shops around were closed for business. People leaned out from both sides of the street to look at these tall and strong young men, with eyes filled with either admiration or disgust.

But most of them just watch the fun.

As for the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, who was the protagonist of this public opinion, he was standing on the top floor of the newly built Mizukage Building, looking down through the floor-to-ceiling windows at the densely packed crowds on the street with a calm expression.

"Have you found out who organized these people?"

"Yondaime, the money was paid by several large chambers of commerce headed by the Water Country Cardo Group, 500 taels per person. Originally, many people in the lower city also participated, but they were driven away by several gangs in the lower city. This time, they also took over the orders of those guys in Cardo."

"Ugh"

Karuju Yagura looked at the tall and strong young men on the street, many of whom had scars on their bodies, and sighed for no apparent reason.

Standing beside him, Biwa Juzo, who was carrying a beheading sword on his back, looked at the tired man with a very sympathetic expression.

Seven years have passed, and now Gotachibana Yagura has grown from a child with a bit of childishness to a child with a mature temperament.

Although he still looks very young, Biwa Juzang has become accustomed to this childlike leader after watching him for such a long time.

Since this gentleman took office as Mizukage seven years ago, he has begun to work on economic and military reforms in Kirigakure, and has actively introduced external capital to guide Kirigakure's internal market to actively compete. Up to now, various enterprises in Kirigakure have actually undergone great changes under the pressure of external capital.

Needless to say, the ones that put the greatest pressure on us are the various unicorn companies in Konoha.

During this process of change, many of the Kirigakure ninjas saw the gradual changes in the village through the economic reforms of the Fourth Hokage, and thus gradually formed the 'Kirigakure Reformist Faction' headed by the Fourth Hokage.

Biwa Juzo was one of the leaders of the "innovative faction".

As for those who are hostile to them, it goes without saying that they are naturally the old conservative Kirigakure ninja clan's bloodline faction - the ones who control all the major products of Kirigakure are also this group of people.

Compared to the conflict between the Third Mizukage and the ninja clans back then, the current conflicts between the Fourth Hokage and these ninja clans are no longer at the level of personal grudges, but a life-and-death crisis for the survival of the family.

In just seven years, Biwa Juzo had witnessed no less than twenty assassination attempts on the Mizukage, and the actual number was naturally much higher.

At the same time, the Mizukage-sama also had to face misunderstandings from many people because of the pain caused by the economic changes in the village.

No matter he was called "Konoha's undercover agent", "Sawara Kiri's lackey", "Kirigakure's biggest betrayer", or "Kirigakure's genius executioner", all the bad names were attributed to the man who was dedicated to giving everything for Kirigakure.

——These are obviously fake!

As a member of the Kirigakure reform faction, Biwa Juzo knows best what kind of person this man is!
What's more, Lord Yagura is now the true Fourth Mizukage.

Is there any other way for Konoha to bribe the head of a country?

Nonsense.

However, from this atmosphere of public opinion, we can also see how powerful the opponents that the "reformists" are facing are.

To the extent that, the resistance action that is now taking place under the Mizukage Building is just a small scene in the eyes of Biwa Juzo.

The only thing they are wary of is the backers behind the Cardo Group - the Kaguya clan.

Now, looking at the crowds of people rushing downstairs, Goju Yagura frowned.

What worries him is not the public protests.

Rather, it is the attitude expressed by the Hyuga clan's action.

Defamation, public opinion, assassination, protest.
After taking all these steps, how much time is left before an all-out civil war breaks out in the Hidden Mist Village?
There was silence between the two for a while, and then Biwa Juzang carefully asked:

"Yondaime-sama, would you like me to send the ANBU to disperse them?"

"No, no need."

Karuju Yagura shook his head slowly.

No matter what, he had to find a way to maintain the current situation.

Even if we are assassinated or slandered, at least we must maintain a stalemate with the ninja clan.
Now, he has not received any order to go to war.

Seeing the Yondaime's 'suffering in silence' appearance, Biwa Juuzou's lips, which were outlined under the bright red grid, moved a little, but in the end he was unable to say anything.

My Lord Yondaime, you have given so much for Kirigakure.

Just when Yagura was about to say something to ease the conflict, he saw a Kirigakure ANBU wrapped in a white robe suddenly appear on the other side and handed a letter to Yagura without saying a word.

Seeing this neat movement, Biwa Juzo looked at the Anbu again.

"What a brilliant silent move! Even I didn't notice it in advance."

"Is this the rumored special operations team that is secretly composed of jonin and only obeys Lord Yagura?"

Karuju Yagura still had a sad expression on his face and reached out to take the letter.

But after opening the envelope, the expression on his face suddenly froze, and a bright light suddenly flashed in his originally drooping eyes, and his whole body seemed to come alive from the inside out.

"Juzou!"

"My subordinate is here."

Biwa Juzang immediately half-knelt on the ground.

Kuju Yagura's voice suddenly rose a notch, and he even straightened his body: "Go find someone to chop up Kado and the gangs involved in this matter, as well as their entire families."

Biwa Juzang was stunned when he heard this, and said subconsciously:

"No one left?"

"Yes, all sharks."

Karuji Yagura, who always had a gloomy expression, suddenly revealed a bloody smile on his childish face and gritted his teeth and said:

"Besides that, when you finish your work tonight, go back to the old place immediately, gather all the members of the Reform Society, and prepare their weapons. I have an action to announce."

"."

This time, Biwa Juzo's eyes widened.

However, after his brain realized the meaning of this sentence, he immediately responded excitedly and said loudly:
"Yes!"

However, his eyes fell on the letter in the Yondaime's hand at this moment, and he was extremely curious about the contents on it.

What on earth gave the Fourth-Hamime such confidence?
With such doubts in mind and suppressing the excitement in his heart, Biwa Juzang strode out the door.

Damn it, he should have done this a long time ago!

It’s a dark and foggy night, a time for murder and arson.

When the Kirigakure Ninja does things, efficiency is the only thing they care about!
The order from Karuji Yagura was issued this morning. At five o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, before the people in the Mizukage Building had gotten off work, the heads of all the Chamber of Commerce members of the Cardo Group and their entire families were neatly placed in front of the protesting crowd.

Some of the Vitality gang members had better eyesight and noticed at a glance that several of the heads looked very similar or even nine out of ten to their boss.

Those who knew what was good for them ran away on the spot, while those who didn't knew what was good for them also started to run away when they saw that there were fewer and fewer people around them.

In the end, the ones left were just a few stupid shills, who were caught by the Kirigakure Anbu who came to clean up the mess, and became the "human witnesses" to prove that these brains were indeed guilty.

but.

At this time, neither the Kirigakure Reformist Faction nor the Bloodline Faction cared about the life or death of this little guy.

The Bloodline Faction, which was constantly attacking, was in a state of confusion. They didn't understand why the previous series of actions failed to anger the temperless Fourth Mizukage, but instead a mere protest brought about such thundering wrath.

The actions of the reformists were much more swift and decisive.

".Since the day I took over the position of Mizukage from the Third-sama, I have been trying to find ways to change this village."

"In the past seven years, we have opened up the market, reformed the real estate industry, supported the industry, and built roads. This is not the achievement of me, the fourth generation Mizukage, alone, but the result of the hard work of all of you present here, all the workers."

"I have been walking on thin ice for the past seven years."

"But we can still see that the current situation in Kirigakure is still so dire."

"As the ninja clan with the largest military force in Kirigakure, they rely on the protection of their ancestors to monopolize knowledge, blood, land, food, and everything in our lives, wrapping the entire Kirigakure in their thick shackles." Having said this, Yagura Karitachi, who was standing at the head of the secret room, suddenly became quiet, leaving a suffocating blank in the secret room.

All the Kirigakure reformist members in the audience looked at him in silence.

Their emotions had already been ignited by the speech just now. What ignited them were the unbearable realities they saw in their lives spoken by the Fourth Mizukage.

They originally joined the Kirigakure Reformist Faction because they wanted to change this.

However, now the highest official of Kirigakure, the leader of the reformists, has personally admitted their powerlessness.

This did not make them think that Karuju Yagura was cowardly, in fact it was quite the opposite.

There was fire in their eyes.

So, Karuju Yagura slammed the table and shouted loudly:

"Your Excellencies! Kirigakure shouldn't be like this!"

"How can we survive in Kirigakure with these insects?!"

"There is only one way now!"

Almost at the moment when Karutagi Yagura shouted this sentence.

The members of the Kirigakure Innovation Society in the audience could no longer hold back. They raised their right fists and roared loudly with bloodshot eyes like a pack of wolves:

“Kill them all—!!”

Then, Karatachi Yagura also raised his right fist and roared with everyone else:
"Kill them all!"

In just three hours, Karutagi Yagura completed the most thorough mobilization and military preparations.

At 4:30 in the morning of that day, 320 ninjas from the Kirigakure Reform Society rushed into the Kaguya clan's territory in the center of the Kirigakure Village.

The Kirigakure civil war has begun.

"kill--!"

The scarlet roar vibrated the eardrums, and in the night, the silver blade drew a cruel arc in the air, bringing up pieces of flying blood.

The Kaguya clan is the most prominent clan in the entire Hidden Mist Village and is also one of the leaders of the Hidden Mist Bloodline faction. It has a large number of members and its clan land was built into a city within the city of the Hidden Mist Village a long time ago.

However, under the attack of more than 300 people, hundreds or thousands of Hyuga ninjas were unable to immediately form a military formation and cooperate with each other.

Most of the Kaguya ninjas who rushed into the team with the tactic of adding fuel to the fire, just like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather, fell to the ground faster than when they came. The shrill shouts of killing shook the earth, but they were all controlled within the huge range of the barrier.

It was still a quiet night outside.

Among these more than 300 people, the ones with the most outstanding results were the members of the 'Fourth Generation Mizukage Special Operations Team' who were always surrounding the periphery, wearing white robes and masks, and looked very iconic.

"Corpse Bone Vein·Ten-finger piercing bullet!"

The flying finger bones left delicate pure white marks in the dark night, as fast as real bullets.

However, the 'range team' member in front of him easily avoided the ten finger bones that were sweeping across him in a net-like manner by just moving his body.

"what?!"

The Kaguya jonin was startled at first, and then he noticed with his sharp eyes the pair of three-magatama scarlet eyes that were embedded in the shadow of the mask, shaded by the night, and spinning rapidly.

His expression froze, and his brain suddenly recalled some extremely horrifying memories.

"You are--the Uchiha of Konoha?!"

Before he could continue speaking, the member of the 'Range Force' whose identity was exposed had already rushed forward, holding a kunai upside down in his hand, and approached the Kaguya jonin at an incredibly fast speed, his eyes wide open.

"Magic Sharingan!"

After just a moment of eye contact, the Kaguya jonin immediately lost his mind, and even his steps while charging staggered twice, and then a kunai was immediately pierced into his throat, cutting off his trachea.

Without waiting for the other person's body to fall, he rushed towards the other person with his Sharingans wide open.

“Puff, puff!”

Uchiha Fugaku dealt with his opponents who should have died long ago with an expressionless face, while he was thinking about other things in his mind.

It has been four years since he was dispatched to the Hidden Mist Village by Sawara Tokugawa to carry out this 'S-class secret mission'. He can only return to the village for a few sporadic shifts, and the mission needs to be kept highly confidential. He even failed to go home for his son Itachi's third birthday this year. This job is really hard.

But to be honest, when he learned that the Fourth Mizukage, Karutagi Yagura, was a member of Konoha's own family, and that he was going to be this 'undercover' subordinate, he was really shocked.

Until now, he still didn't understand how Lord Sawara did it.

Of course, none of that matters anymore.

Now, his most important task is to find the monster codenamed "Kimimaro" in the clan territory of the Kaguya clan.

As long as he could dig out the monster and kill it, his mission would be completed.

As for what will become of Kirigakure in the future?

That's none of his business.

But where was that thing hidden?

"Be careful of the barrier--!"

Almost at the same moment the prompt sounded.

"boom!!"

The violent explosion suddenly pierced the eardrums of everyone present.

However, Uchiha Fugaku's expression was shocked suddenly. He turned his head to look in the direction where the barrier was discovered, and his feet immediately stumbled.

The existence of a barrier means there are defenses, and there are only a few places inside a large ninja clan that are worth guarding with a barrier!
Uchiha Fugaku was not the only one who realized this. Karatachi Yagura also reacted and shouted, "Except for the leader of the Kaguya clan, the rest will not be killed if they surrender!"

"The rest of you follow me!"

As he began to give orders, several very brave members of the Reform Society rushed into the ruins of the building that was on fire without looking back.

As a result, before their figures disappeared into the depths of the shadows, they saw sharp white bones that seemed to have been stretched several times in one breath, piercing through their bodies like spears, leaving them only time to let out a sharp wail.

When Goji Yagura looked up, he saw the face of the Kaguya clan leader flash past a window in the corridor of the building.

As the patriarch of the Kaguya clan, he came to this kind of building at such a critical moment. What this means is self-evident.

"catch him!"

Along with this sound, more and more people rushed into the depths of the building, and the sounds of footsteps and the clashing of metal became more and more frequent.

Uchiha Fugaku was one of the people following in the front. His scarlet Sharingan completely ignored the other Kaguya members and was fixed with full concentration behind the Kaguya leader.

But gradually, he seemed to sense some invisible threat and frowned slightly.

"Underground! He went deeper underground!"

While loudly reminding his 'Mist Hidden Colleagues' beside him, he casually pretended to be exhausted and blocked everyone in front of him.

After turning another flight of stairs, there was only an open steel door in the deepest dark area of ​​the underground.

For some reason, the moment he saw the empty gate, his heart suddenly jumped for no reason and he almost subconsciously took half a step back.

"thump."

The next moment, the leader of the Hyuga clan, who had just rushed into the underground, was suddenly thrown out and fell heavily on the opposite wall, splashing large amounts of scarlet blood.

Uchiha Fugaku was a moment late to realize that only the upper half of the body of the Kaguya clan leader was thrown out.

The ominous premonition became stronger and stronger, and even the surrounding Kirigakure ninjas seemed to sense something unusual.

"What on earth is this place?"

Only now did they remember to ask what this place was.

suddenly.

"boom!!"

The high-temperature steam that shot up into the sky continued to spread out, and along with it, a forest-like tide of white bones swarmed out from the inside of the steel gate.

In an instant, it engulfed the entire space of the third underground floor, and at the same time was rapidly surging up the stairs.

"Grass!"

Uchiha Fugaku suddenly cursed.

What the hell is this?!

(End of this chapter)