Starting with the Uchiha clan, they began cultivating demonic arts.

Chapter 149 Yagura vs. Mei Terumi

After fighting for about ten minutes, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were completely wiped out. Apart from the unfortunate Juzo Biwa, the other six members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were all captured alive.

"Are these guys really under an illusion? I can't tell at all!"

Yagura circled around the six people, frowned as he looked at their fierce expressions, and asked a question.

"They are indeed under a genjutsu. If you don't believe me, Lord Yagura can use chakra to examine their brains and you'll find the chakra residing there!"

With a glare in the white of his eye, Ao spoke in a low voice to Yagura. It was precisely because of his white eye that Genji was able to confirm that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were all under the influence of genjutsu.

In fact, Genji did more than just let Ao see the heads of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. Genji let Ao see all the ninjas present, especially Yagura, Mei Terumi, and the three of them, Hobo.

These three are currently the strongest ninjas in the entire Mist Village. If they are also controlled by genjutsu, the Mist Village will be completely doomed. Genji must be extremely careful.

Unfortunately, Uchiha Touyu was prepared. The control ability of the Dual Cultivation Technique of the Joyful Union Manual is not a genjutsu. From the flow of chakra, there was no abnormality. Qing's Byakugan was no exception.

Because it had already been confirmed once, Master Yuan still trusted everyone present.

After listening to Ao's words, Yagura was the first to reach out and try to put his hand on Suigetsu Hozuki's head. However, he was born with a childlike physique, while Suigetsu Hozuki was like a mountain of flesh even when he sat down. After reaching out, Yagura could only put his hand on Suigetsu Hozuki's shoulder.

Yagura blushed, then casually withdrew his hand, as if he hadn't heard the snickers behind him, and placed his hand on Kusano Erin's head again.

Chakra slowly seeped into his body, and soon Yagura sensed a strange chakra in Kusano Yato's head. He frowned and immediately unleashed his own chakra, trying to disrupt that strange chakra.

"Ughhhhhh!!!"

As Yagura's chakra collided with the strange chakra in Kusano's head, Kusano trembled violently, let out a series of screams, then his eyes rolled back, his head drooped, and he breathed his last.

Pinkish, semi-congealed matter, a mixture of blood and brain matter, gradually oozed from his ears and nose.

"Um...actually, I didn't mean to..."

Yagura loosened his grip, opened his mouth, and with a hint of panic on his face, hurriedly explained:

"I only channeled a little chakra, so theoretically it shouldn't have any effect at all. At most, it might give someone a headache..."

"This is not your problem, but the result of that illusion... The illusion has penetrated deep into Kusano Eijin's brain, and has even completely merged with the flow of chakra within his brain."

"You've activated the genjutsu chakra in Kusanagi Yato's brain. With the activation of the genjutsu chakra, all the chakra in Kusanagi Yato's brain will become chaotic and violent, turning his brain into a complete mess!"

Qing rolled his eyes and recounted the series of changes that had just occurred in Kusano Erin's mind, while also frowning.

Not only did he frown, but the group of Mist Ninja surrounding him all showed expressions of surprise, worry, and even fear.

This genjutsu can completely alter a ninja's mental will, and ordinary methods of disrupting chakra are obviously ineffective against it. Furthermore, if an outsider were to inject chakra into the brain and attempt to dispel it using the most direct method, it would blow the ninja's brain to smithereens...

Think about it carefully, isn't this kind of illusion incredibly terrifying?! Even the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and even great figures like the Third Mizukage are completely unable to resist this kind of illusion. Who in Kirigakure can withstand this kind of illusion?

"Breaking the illusion is too difficult; it seems we can only try to prevent it in the first place!"

The one who spoke was Mei Terumi. She had long known that the genjutsu created by Uchiha Hiu using the Divine Transformation Technique was not so easy to break. At least with the current foundation of Kirigakure, it would be impossible to unravel it without studying it for ten or twenty years.

"Not to dispel illusions, but to prevent them? Thinking about it that way, it is indeed a possible solution..."

Yuan Shi nodded, thinking that Terumi Mei's idea was good. Since this kind of illusion could not be dispelled, they should try to prevent it!

In any case, such a terrifying genjutsu cannot be used without restriction. As long as all the Jonin of Kirigakure have the ability to prevent it, the vast majority of the harm caused by this genjutsu can be limited.

"To prevent this kind of illusion... this kind of illusion requires the control of chakra in the brain to be fully effective, so leaving some seals in the brain is enough to prevent the illusion."

Yagura thought for a moment and offered a solution: leaving a seal in the brain is a normal thing for ninjas, most commonly the ANBU ninjas. However, most seals are used to prevent memories in the brain from being read, and there has never been a seal to prevent genjutsu like this.

After all, while ordinary genjutsu is quite powerful, it is not invincible. In fact, it does not penetrate deep into the ninja's brain and is therefore unaffected by the seal.

"To place a seal in the brain to prevent this kind of illusion? Theoretically, that shouldn't be a problem. Such a seal should be easy to develop; all you need to do is reverse the seal that restricts the outflow of memories from the brain!"

A sealing ninja born in the Kirigakure ANBU pondered for a moment and gave an answer. The many Kirigakure ninjas breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. If there was no solution, the entire Kirigakure would probably have to live in a terrifying atmosphere from now on.

"Alright, it's good that there's a solution to this problem. Lock up these five ninjas for now, put away their ninja swords, and have the sealing team quickly study the brain sealing technique based on the sample. We'll talk about the brain sealing technique later."

"The most important thing now is, who should be chosen as the Fourth Mizukage of Kirigakure?"

As soon as Master Yuan finished speaking, Yagura's expression changed, and his gaze swept around before landing on Mei Terumi.

Mei Terumi returned his bright smile and stepped forward without hesitation:

"Master, what do you think of me? I feel like I'm the strongest ninja in Kirigakure now, and who else but me can become the Fourth Mizukage?"

The Hidden Mist Village is not like the Leaf Village. In this village where the Blood Mist policy is rampant, there is no such thing as the Will of Water, nor is there any unnecessary action like the Jonin election. Becoming the Mizukage is very simple: any ninja who aspires to this position can fight it out, and whoever wins becomes the Mizukage!

There is no such thing as being humble and tolerant here. In addition to keeping one's ninjutsu a secret, the more assertive and outspoken one's personality is, the more support one will receive from the village's ninjas.

So Mei Terumi stepped forward without hesitation, showing a spirit of selflessness. This was because she was a female ninja, so she had to be even more assertive and domineering.

While gender discrimination in the ninja world isn't severe, it does exist to some extent. Due to inherent physical and personality factors, female ninjas are indeed not as strong as male ninjas in terms of overall statistics.

"Is that so? I don't think so! If you want to become the Mizukage, you'll have to get past me first! I happen to be quite interested in the position of the Fourth Mizukage!"

Yagura gritted his teeth and stepped forward as well. He had already reserved the position of the Fourth Mizukage, so how could he let a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl steal it?

You should know that Yagura looks like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child, but he is actually already thirty years old, and his son has already graduated from the Ninja Academy!

So Yagura is actually a whole generation older than Mei Terumi! He is the real ninja who has fully entered his prime.

A ninja of this age is at the peak of his life in terms of strength. If he doesn't dare to compete with Mei Terumi for the position of Mizukage under these circumstances, then he might as well give up his place in the village.

However, Yagura had just witnessed Mei Terumi's attack, and he had to admit that the ninja with two bloodline limits had indeed startled him.

Moreover, both of Mei Terumi's bloodline limits are extremely powerful ninjutsu, indicating that the combination was quite successful. Although both ninjutsu are characterized by their high corrosiveness and have some overlap, they are still much more difficult to deal with than ordinary single bloodline limit ninjas.

The awakening of dual bloodline limits also caused Mei Terumi's foundation and basic qualities to surge to an extremely high level. In any case, based on Yagura's senses, the amount of chakra the opponent had was not much less than his own, and her physical qualities were far superior to his own.

"Furthermore, the opponent's ninjutsu is too terrifying, and their physical abilities far surpass mine. Close-combat ninjutsu like Coral Palm is practically useless... So if I want to win... I can only rely on the Water Mirror Technique!"

Once the thought was made up in his mind, Yagura stepped forward, and Mei Terumi chuckled softly as she stood opposite him.

As for the group of ninjas around them, seeing that someone was going to compete for the position of Mizukage, they all showed excitement and retreated a large circle.

A battle between Kage-level ninjas isn't something you can see all the time. We just finished watching the battle between the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and Mei Terumi's two companions, and now we're witnessing another Kage-level ninja infighting. The group of already combative Kirigakure ninjas are getting more and more excited than the last.

Yagura didn't wait for Mei Terumi to make a move; he immediately drew a water mirror, which instantly reflected Mei Terumi as well.

Mei Terumi, who became the Fifth Mizukage in the original work, also possessed top-notch combat talent, so she had naturally long wondered what kind of ninjutsu Yagura would use.

Even before that, she had observed Yagura's various ninjutsu and had a great understanding of Yagura's Water Mirror Technique.

"The Water Mirror Technique does indeed seem incredibly difficult to counter, but if I'm not mistaken, the bloodline limit abilities it replicates must consume a lot of chakra!"

Mei Terumi smiled, her hands forming a hand seal, and in an instant, a terrifying acid gushed from her mouth, cascading down like a waterfall.

"Dissolved—A Sulfuric Acid Waterfall!"

A thick, yellowish-brown liquid gushed out like a waterfall, accompanied by a series of sizzling sounds. Even the ground was corroded by this concentrated sulfuric acid-like liquid, leaving streaks and emitting thick white smoke.

Upon seeing the terrifying acid, the group of ninjas watching from the outside scattered in panic, scrambling and crawling away to avoid it.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Mei Terumi spewed out this sulfuric acid waterfall, which is smaller than a regular waterfall technique. Its power is far beyond what a water-style waterfall technique can match. Even a little splash of water can directly corrode a person's flesh and bones!

At the same time, Mei Terumi, reflected in the mirror, also formed the same hand seals and used the same ninjutsu!

Damn! This woman's ninjutsu is really taking a huge toll!

Yagura staggered, feeling his chakra plummet as if a circuit breaker had tripped, disappearing by half almost instantly.

As Mei Terumi said, Yagura's Water Mirror Technique, while capable of replicating bloodline limits, also has the same drawbacks, just like Kakashi, who had his Sharingan transplanted, expends far more energy using the Sharingan than a normal Uchiha.

If Mei Terumi's ninjutsu consumes one unit of chakra, then Yagura's consumption is at least three times that of Mei Terumi! Even if Yagura has the potential to become a Jinchuriki, Mei Terumi's chakra reserves are by no means inferior. The nearly five-fold difference in chakra consumption made Yagura's face turn pale.

At that moment, the two sulfuric acid waterfalls collided, and the yellow sulfuric acid liquid spread out, causing the ninjas on the outside to turn pale. Fortunately, several ninjas from the barrier team rushed out and set up a simple barrier, which stopped the spread of the sulfuric acid liquid.

Seeing the aftershocks of a sulfuric acid waterfall rushing towards him, Yagura quickly formed hand seals and summoned an earthen wall. With a hissing sound, the entire earthen wall was pierced through by the sulfuric acid liquid, leaving a large hole.

Yagura summoned three Earth Flow Walls in succession, finally blocking the terrifying sulfuric acid liquid. He turned to look at Mei Terumi, only to see that Mei Terumi was standing directly on the sulfuric acid liquid, without even a wrinkle on her clothes.

"What's going on... I see, this guy is immune to my ninjutsu!"

Yagura looked at Mei Terumi standing on the sulfuric acid, initially puzzled, but then realized what was going on.

Most ninjutsu used by ninjas can also harm themselves. Ninjas who are immune to their own ninjutsu power are very rare. Only ninjas who have reached the limit of the nature transformation of ninjutsu can do this.

Mei Terumi is undoubtedly such a ninja. In the original timeline, she was a woman who directly used Lava Release to spray sulfuric acid and then licked the sulfuric acid off her lips. If she didn't have the ability to be immune to her own ninjutsu, she would probably have been disfigured by sulfuric acid long ago!

"Damn it... This woman is immune to my ninjutsu, which means my Water Mirror Technique is practically useless!"

(End of this chapter)