The Avengers of the Uzumaki Family

Menma had to assign someone to lead this team. Judging from Suigetsu's personality and attributes, she wasn't really suitable. It was a bit like being forced into it, but Menma had no other choice.

Shuiyue is the only candidate.

Another theoretical lesson ended, and it was only after all the ninja from Takigakure had dispersed that the lesson ended.

"Lord Menma, I'm really not suited to lead this team. As for the knowledge about barriers, I can only get a general idea from what I've heard."

Shuiyue walked lightly to Menma's side, looking at him with a clearly bitter expression.

After spending some time together, Mizuki has gained a better understanding of Menma's personality. Generally speaking, Menma doesn't fuss over non-principle issues.

Even a slight rudeness in etiquette and attitude is perfectly acceptable.

If it weren't for her own ideas, Mizuki would have thought that following Menma wouldn't be a bad idea, since this guy seemed like someone who could achieve great things.

But that was just a fleeting thought.

Shuiyue's biggest wish now is to escape from here as much as possible.

He doesn't want to actually take orders from anyone.

However, he just can't find a suitable opportunity right now, and he's still afraid of Menma's personal strength. Just like Orochimaru, Suigetsu can always sense a very dangerous aura from Menma.

Shuiyue has always trusted her intuition.

As for the complexities in Shuiyue's heart.

He could see through some of the mahjong patterns, but he didn't care. As long as Shuiyue was willing to do things for him, there would be other ways to deal with it later.

Whether he can truly convince Shuiyue is uncertain, but Mianma is quite confident in keeping Shuiyue under his control.

"It's alright, just hearing the general outline is enough. I don't really intend for you to be in charge of setting up the barrier, but rather to be in charge of this team. Shuiyue, you are one of the only two outsiders I brought to this village, so you should understand my intentions. This village is related to my plan, and this group of people is the most important first step. I trust you completely."

Mianma smiled slightly, staring intently at Shuiyue, and said meaningfully.

To Shuiyue, this expression looked dangerous no matter how she looked at it, and she subconsciously felt a chill run down her spine.

Trust me?

Don't believe that!

I don't need your trust, okay?

Shuiyue couldn't help but curse inwardly. The more Mianma said that, the more he felt that Mianma was giving him a warning.

This feeling was incredibly awkward and uncomfortable.

But he couldn't say anything.

He could only manage a forced smile as he replied, "Yes, I understand, Lord Menma."

She has no choice but to endure it for now, but as soon as she finds a suitable opportunity, Shuiyue will definitely choose to run away. This is not the kind of life Shuiyue wants.

He still has his own grand goals to achieve!

"Once everything here settles down, you can do whatever you want. Whether it's something you want to gain or someone you want to gain, I will do my best to assist you, Suigetsu. I'm not like Orochimaru-san. You have to be willing to give up something to gain something, right?"

Menma smiled gently, looking directly into Shuiyue's eyes, and spoke softly.

This made Shuiyue's heart tremble suddenly.

What I want!

The one I want!

The moment Shuiyue's eyes met Mianma's, the hint of a smile that could be clearly seen in her eyes was only visible for a second. As if she had just realized what was happening, Shuiyue quickly lowered her head.

At that moment, a slightly intense wave undoubtedly surged within Shuiyue's heart.

'Does this guy know what I want?!'

This thought came to mind.

This seemed to subtly diminish Shuiyue's previous emotions.

But Shuiyue is, after all, the kind of person with a distinct personality and a very strong will, and she is not easily influenced.

Mianma never thought that this shark-toothed guy would submit to him so easily. Today was just to plant a small seed. He had to let people see a little hope first, right?

Often, suffering is not the most dangerous or unbearable thing.

The most despairing suffering is the kind that seems to have no end.

Endless exploitation will only lead to a desperate resistance in the end. Giving people a taste of sweetness and a glimpse of hope is the most important skill for a leader. Mianma is still very green and immature in this regard, but he is slowly exploring and growing in his own way.

Fortunately, Shuiyue was only a boy of about ten years old.

I would never be so easily fooled as those old guys.

Moreover, judging from the original work, Suigetsu's ambition is quite direct and realistic. He wants to restore the prestige of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, surpass his brother Hozuki Mangetsu, become the strongest swordsman, and ideally collect all seven swords for his own use.

In Mianma's view, this is by no means an unattainable goal.

"Hehe, that's all for today. Go back and get some rest. The defense duties for the time being can be temporarily cancelled. Just focus on the training camp here."

Mianma gently patted Shuiyue's shoulder and said with a smile.

"Yes, Lord Menma."

After bowing respectfully, Shuiyue left with somewhat complicated emotions.

After watching Mizuki's figure gradually disappear into the distance, Menma turned around and returned to his laboratory. Mizuki and the others under his command needed to study hard, and so did Menma. Although Menma was 70-80% confident when he proposed to set up a large-scale perception barrier, the possibility of failure still existed.

This is a kind of barrier.

That's something no ordinary person could do.

Whether it's a problem with himself as the core member, or a mistake by any of the young Takigakure members assisting in setting up the barrier, it will lead to the failure of the barrier setup. Having already made his promise, Menma absolutely cannot allow this barrier setup to fail.

This was his first official appearance in Takigakure, and it would determine his future status in the village.

This marks the initial establishment of one's prestige.

Making dough pieces is absolutely not allowed to fail!

Therefore, during this period of time, he must try his best to understand all the necessary conditions to the extreme, and he must not overlook any details.

One month, two months.

As the training camp progressed rapidly, time flew by.

During this period, several events occurred in the ninja world that were enough to attract the attention of ninja villages from various countries.

For example, Sunagakure, one of the five great ninja villages, after several months of internal discussions.

Finally, they selected their fifth Kazekage.

Unlike the original story, where it took a long time for Gaara, whose strength was almost at the Kage level, to succeed as the Fifth Kazekage, this story is different.

In this life, without Naruto's "earnest guidance" for Gaara, and with Gaara's personality not undergoing a dramatic change, he did not become the most suitable candidate for Kazekage in the eyes of Chiyo and Ebizo. In addition, Gaara was indeed too young.

therefore.

After temporarily ruling out Gaara.

In such a large village as Sunagakure, the most suitable candidate to serve as Kazekage is to stand out from the crowd.

That was Maki, a confidant of the Fourth Kazekage Rasa and hailed as the number one Jonin of Sunagakure. Although Maki was not worthy of the title of Kage in terms of personal strength, Sunagakure really couldn't find a suitable candidate for Kage at the moment.

Machi was chosen from among the short men who were selected as generals.

Barely qualified.

There were dissents within Sunagakure, but with the support of Chiyo and Ebizo, Maki successfully ascended to the position of the Fifth Kazekage. He then reaffirmed the alliance with Konoha in the name of the Kazekage.

This also caused quite a stir in the ninja world.

There are only a few major powers.

There are two that will definitely stand closely together.

It could easily affect the balance of power in the ninja world, not to mention that one of them is Konoha, a top power. However, because of the recent Konoha Collapse Plan, other ninja villages are not really afraid of the alliance between Konoha and Sunagakure. Who can be sure when the next backstabbing will happen?

An alliance between ninja villages?

Isn't that just the same thing as toilet paper?

Do not!

It's even less reliable than toilet paper, since toilet paper at least has its own fixed function. This so-called alliance is a joke in many cases. The relationship between ninja villages has never been maintained by any alliance, but by iron and blood, by the result of naked power declarations, and by the final product of the distribution of interests.

Therefore, the vast majority of ninja villages simply viewed it with indifference.

Only the Hidden Cloud Village, under the orders of the somewhat tyrannical Fourth Raikage, once again reinforced its forces deployed in the Land of Hot Water. This could be considered a mark etched into the DNA of successive Raikages. Whenever there is even the slightest opportunity, or out of fear, the Hidden Cloud Village will target the Hidden Leaf Village from time to time. This has become a routine over the past few decades. In all these years, there has only been one unexpected instance during the Third Shinobi World War where the Hidden Cloud Village did not target the Hidden Leaf Village but instead chose to confront the Hidden Stone Village head-on.

For the rest of the time, whether there was a reason or not, Kumogakure would always attack Konoha.

In the past decade, there have been two or three good opportunities, but I have missed them all for one reason or another.

This was a great pity for the Fourth Raikage, A.

The Land of Fire.

Konoha!

This has always been the most tempting piece of meat in the eyes of the Fourth Raikage, A. If he doesn't take a bite, he always feels like a thousand ants are scratching at his heart.

They can't settle down for even a moment.

Unlike the Fourth Raikage A's repeated pulling behavior.

In Iwagakure, Onoki, the Third Tsuchikage, remained steadfast in his position, unperturbed by either Sunagakure's re-election of the Kazekage or the internal strife in Kumogakure.

This small change was not enough to stir even the slightest ripple in Onoki's heart.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 231 Super-Large Perception Barrier

For Onoki now...

There are only two most important things. One is to choose a qualified or even excellent successor for himself. This is a major event that concerns the future of the entire ninja village and cannot be taken lightly. The second is to establish an alliance with Menma. Don't be fooled by the fact that Onoki seems to have easily formed an alliance with Menma after being persuaded by him.

But in reality, both Ohnoki and Menma knew that it was a process of mutual exploitation.

Onoki wanted to see if Menma could really inflict heavy damage on Konoha. If so, it would be a sure-fire deal. Despite his advanced age, Onoki still harbored ambitions to lead Iwagakure to dominate the entire ninja world. Otherwise, he wouldn't have led tens of thousands of Iwagakure ninja to forcibly kill the Third Raikage more than ten years ago. If it was truly for self-preservation, Iwagakure could have declared victory when the Kumogakure ninja retreated. There was no need to leave the Third Raikage alive.