Konoha: Intentionally losing to Hinata at the start

He himself doesn't know how much money he has in his bank account, but it's at least 500 million.

At least he doesn't use money very often.

Simply completing tasks doesn't actually earn you much money. Even the most expensive S-level task only yields a few million taels.

To accumulate 500 million, you need to complete at least a hundred S-level missions.

However, Yu Ming had only completed about ten S-level missions.

So most of that money was obtained by Yu Ming while completing missions.

Yamato took Naruto back to the inn.

Mei Terumi invited Yu Mei to her home.

Mei Terumi's family wasn't actually considered a large family in Kirigakure.

Upon arriving at Mei Terumi's residence, it was discovered that, as the Mizukage, she still possessed a courtyard with a garden.

The decorations were quite elegant.

Yu Ming hadn't expected that a ninja with such a "passionate" ninjutsu rating of 5.5 would have such an elegant home.

In Kirigakure, courtyards are a rare sight.

The two arrived in the courtyard, and Mei Terumi began to serve Yu Ming some tea.

And he patiently demonstrated his tea ceremony skills.

The movements were fluid, skillful, and exquisite.

Yu Ming was quite impressed.

"I never imagined that Lord Mizukage was such a master of tea ceremony."

Chapter 323 Information about the Akatsuki Organization

Terumi Mei smiled slightly.

After fiddling around for a while, I finally poured Yu Ming a cup of tea.

Putting aside whether the tea tastes good or not, the tea ceremony alone is enough to make Yu Ming wait half a day.

Seeing that Yu Ming seemed to like it, Mei Terumi smiled and said, "Our Hidden Mist Village has just emerged from the state of the Blood Mist Village, so we don't have any good tea. Please don't mind, Mr. Yu Ming."

Yu Ming, however, did not think so. He thought the tea was of good quality. After all, he was the Mizukage of a major ninja village, so how could he be stingy?

After finishing his tea, Yu Ming looked at Terumi Mei and said with a smile, "If there's anything you need, Mizukage-sama, please speak."

Mei Terumi put down her teacup, thought for a moment, and said, "I am aware of Mr. Yu Ming's matter. This matter is to avoid misunderstandings between our two villages, so please don't mind."

Mei Terumi was referring to the investigation.

Yu Ming really didn't care about this matter.

So he calmly said, "It's alright, I understand. But I'm sure the Mizukage didn't just want to ask me about this."

Terumi Mei's red lips trembled slightly as she smiled and said, "That's right. I wonder if Mr. Yu Ming knows about Xiao's existence?"

Yu Ming thought to himself, "Sure enough, that's what she wanted to ask all along."

Yu Ming remained silent for a while, and Terumi Mei looked at Yu Ming calmly as well.

This matter is a secret to both villages, and Terumi Mei is unsure whether Yu Mei will reveal it.

After a long while, Yu Ming finally said, "I know."

Mei Terumi's gaze sharpened slightly, but she remained silent.

"The Akatsuki organization is currently capturing tailed beasts in the ninja world. Moreover, there are many Kage-level ninjas in this organization, including several from Kirigakure. Of course, besides Kumogakure, there are also rogue ninjas from several other ninja villages within Akatsuki."

Mei Terumi's initially serious expression calmed down after hearing Yu Ming's next few words.

Listen quietly to what Yu Ming has to say next.

After thinking for a moment, Yu Ming continued, "Akatsuki was probably founded at the end of the Third Shinobi World War. Their leader was a ninja named Pain who possessed the advanced eye technique, the Rinnegan."

Mei Terumi doesn't know much about this.

"The Rinnegan?"

Mei Terumi is the Mizukage, and she is very strong, though she appears to be about the same age as Tsunade.

Actually, she and Kakashi are from the same generation, and she's only thirty years old now.

Therefore, she wasn't very clear about the Rinnegan.

Yu Ming nodded. "The Rinnegan belongs to the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths, who created the ninja world in ancient times. It possesses great power, even the power to create the world."

The Rinnegan certainly doesn't have that much power; Yu Ming just wanted to use an understandable description to help Mei Terumi comprehend it.

However, it is clear that Yu Ming's analogy was somewhat exaggerated.

So Mei Terumi frowned as she looked at Yu Ming and questioned, "Creating a world? Although there is a legend that this world was created by the Six 177 Immortals, isn't that a myth?"

Mei Terumi lives in Kirigakure, a village that is isolated from the outside world and receives little information.

Therefore, among the five great nations, the information about the Sage of Six Paths is the least.

Yu Ming shook his head and said very seriously, "I'm afraid it's not a myth, but the truth, because I've seen it. We in Konoha have indeed witnessed the terrifying power of the Rinnegan. I don't know if it has the power to create the world, but it certainly has the power to destroy the world."

Destroying humanity is tantamount to destroying the world, isn't it?

If humanity ceases to exist, the world will be destroyed for humanity.

Mei Terumi always felt that what Yu Ming said was somewhat fantastical.

Chapter 324 Mei Terumi's Trust

But she had witnessed firsthand the inhuman power that Yu Ming had displayed today.

That's a power that a normal ninja could not possibly unleash.

Therefore, Mei Terumi was somewhat skeptical.

After pondering for a while, Mei Terumi asked, "Was that monster today also related to Akatsuki?"

Yu Ming shook his head and smiled, "No, he has nothing to do with Akatsuki. He was an accident. It seems that he found a way to give him extremely strong regenerative abilities and extend his lifespan. That old guy has been alive since the Second Shinobi World War and was once the leader of the Hidden Void Village."

"They survived until now by relying on that regeneration technique and created the monster we have today, a monster that can absorb chakra to become stronger."

"And what it absorbed today was the chakra of the tailed beast of our Konoha's Jinchūriki."

"Our Konoha's tailed beast is the Nine-Tails. I think you should know that."

After Yu Ming finished speaking, Terumi Mei nodded.

"After acquiring the Nine-Tails' massive chakra, the Zero-Tails became very strong, even driving that flying fortress to attack Konoha Village, but I stopped it."

"After failing to find a solution in Konoha, he turned his attention to your Hidden Mist Village. Because that guy was using the chakra of our Konoha Jinchuriki, the Hokage was worried that our two villages would have a misunderstanding, so he sent me to eliminate that monster."

"However, neither that monster nor Shennong has anything to do with Xiao."

Mei Terumi saw that Yu Ming spoke sincerely, and Yu Ming had no reason to lie, because even if he really came to Kirigakure to show off his strength, what could they do?

Yu Ming was willing to explain to her, and he explained twice, so Terumi Mei already believed Yu Ming.

"I do believe it, but the village elders need to be more cautious, since this matter involves issues between two great ninja villages, so please forgive me, Mr. Yuming."

Yu Ming waved his hand and smiled, "I don't have any problem. It would be nice to be able to take a look around Kirigakure."

Mei Terumi still harbors resentment towards Akatsuki.

After all, they had turned their Mizukage into puppets for so long, and even caused something like the Blood Mist Village.

Akatsuki and their Hidden Mist Village were destined to be mortal enemies.

So Mei Terumi continued, "Isn't the leader of Akatsuki someone who possesses the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan? The kind that can control Jinchuriki."

Yu Ming chuckled, "No, although there are ninjas in the Akatsuki organization who possess the Sharingan, and even two of them, their leader possesses the Rinnegan, which is a higher-level eye technique than the Sharingan."

"Only the leader of the Akatsuki has it, and among the Uchiha clan, there are two ninjas with Sharingan. One is Itachi Uchiha, a rogue ninja from Konoha, and the other is someone whose Sharingan we are unsure whether was transplanted or if he was originally a member of the Uchiha clan."

"Because during that period, a rogue ninja appeared in the Uchiha clan, namely Uchiha Itachi."

Before the Uchiha clan was wiped out, there had never been a rogue ninja. Madara Uchiha was not a rogue ninja.

When he left Konoha, it was because he disagreed with Hashirama Senju, but neither Hashirama Senju nor Tobirama Senju labeled him a rogue ninja.

From that time until Itachi Uchiha massacred the Uchiha clan, no rogue ninja appeared in the Uchiha clan.

Otherwise, the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan would have been everywhere in the ninja world long ago.

From this perspective, the Uchiha clan's loyalty to Konoha is actually quite good.

Terumi pondered for a moment, "Uchiha Itachi?"

Yu Ming nodded. "Yes, Itachi Uchiha, but he's only twenty years old. I don't know if he can control a Jinchuriki."

Terumi pondered for a moment, and it seemed that when the Fourth Mizukage was controlled, it was more than ten years ago.

Yu Ming smiled and said, "He became a rogue ninja about nine years ago."

Mei Terumi shook her head. "Then it's not."

Yu Ming knew what Terumi Mei meant, but he still asked, "What?"

After thinking it over, Terumi Mei decided to tell Yu Ming the secret of Kirigakure in return, since Yu Ming was willing to share information about the Akatsuki organization.

"Actually, the reason Kirigakure became like that was because the Fourth Mizukage was controlled by someone from Akatsuki who had the Sharingan. This is a disgrace to Kirigakure, so we have never told anyone about it."

What is Xiao's purpose in Chapter 325?

Yu Ming paused for a moment, then said, "No wonder you asked about Xiao."

Mei Terumi continued, "You said there are two members of Akatsuki with Sharingan? Isn't the other one from the Uchiha clan?"

Yu Ming thought for a moment and said, "Actually, I'm not sure if he is a member of the Uchiha clan. Logically speaking, from the founding of Konoha Village until the Uchiha clan was wiped out by their own clansmen, not a single rogue ninja appeared. So I speculate that it is more likely that the person was not a member of the Uchiha clan."

"He just has the Sharingan. Actually, we have one like that in Konoha, Kakashi Hatake, who is known in the ninja world as the Copy Ninja."

Mei Terumi had heard of Kakashi's name before, and nodded, saying, "Kakashi does indeed possess the Sharingan, but he probably has no connection with the Fourth Mizukage."

Yu Ming laughed and said, "Of course it doesn't matter. Kakashi-sensei and the Mizukage are about the same age, and his Sharingan doesn't have the power to control the tailed beasts yet."

"To control a tailed beast or a Jinchuriki, one needs at least extremely strong genjutsu skills and a dojutsu called the Mangekyou Sharingan. It is a dojutsu that is a step further than the ordinary Sharingan. Moreover, the Fourth Mizukage was a perfect Jinchuriki, so the ordinary Mangekyou Sharingan had no effect on him."

"(ciff) So this matter definitely has nothing to do with Kakashi-sensei."