I, Naruto Uzumaki, don't need your approval.

Master Yuan's expression changed slightly, then he seemed to realize something and said:

"If I had to recommend someone, I would recommend Mei Terumi and Mangetsu Hozuki. Mei Terumi possesses the Lava Release and Boil Release bloodline limits, while Mangetsu is a descendant of the Hozuki clan and the owner of the Flounder Greatsword."

"However, I would prefer that you continue to serve as Mizukage; there is no need for you to resign."

Yagura Karatachi gently shook his head: "Master Genji, I can withstand the pressure from the village, but my body doesn't allow me to continue serving as Mizukage. If nothing unexpected happens, I probably only have a few months left to live..."

Upon hearing this, Master Yuan's expression turned extremely solemn: "Was it caused by Madara?"

Yagura nodded: "Being controlled by genjutsu for a long time always comes at a price. I suspect that Madara also realized this, which is why he didn't stop me from leaving the Mizukage Building immediately."

"I am not afraid of death, but if the village breaks out into a civil war over the position of Mizukage after I die, it will be a loss."

"So even if it's an unequal treaty, I have to sign it. Only in this way can Kirigakure have a future, instead of falling into the cycle of the Mizukage being manipulated again."

"Thanks a lot."

After pondering for a moment, Master Yuan said with a wry smile, "However, in that case, the Fifth Hokage can probably only be Hozuki Mangetsu. He is one of that Uzumaki ninja's people. Otherwise, Uzumaki might retaliate against Kirigakure, since Kirigakure also participated in the war to destroy the Land of Whirlpools and stole a lot of sealing techniques."

"And after signing the treaty, you will become the most defeated Mizukage..."

“I was the worst Mizukage to begin with…” Yagura Karatachi sighed. “If the village can improve because of this, I’m willing to be etched on the pillar of shame. After all, Kirigakure can no longer live up to the title of one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages.”

Chapter 113 Water Release Chakra

Inside the sealed space, Naruto met the Three-Tails, Isobu.

Compared to the Nine-Tails, which is over ten meters long, Isobu, which is only a few meters long, is like a tiny creature, and its majestic and ferocious form is completely unrecognizable.

Upon noticing Naruto's arrival, the Three-Tails raised its head, its beady eyes scrutinizing the man, and muttered, "Kurama, is this the Jinchuriki you acknowledge? He's incredibly strong, and his chakra seems somewhat familiar..."

Kurama glared at San-Tails, folding his hands in front of his chest: "My Jinchūriki is of course the strongest, unlike yours, who was even controlled by the Sharingan. Didn't you stop the masked man back then?"

The Three-Tails weakly said, "Yagura and I tried our best to stop it, but we were still defeated. Kurama, you may not know, but the masked man, besides his Sharingan, also possesses the power of Wood Release, which is very effective against Tailed Beasts..."

"Just a mere Sharingan."

"Why was Kurama sealed inside a Jinchūriki?"

Faced with the Three-Tails' soul-searching question, Kurama coughed a few times: "Isobu, what we are discussing is the selection of Jinchuriki. Was my sealing really a sealing? It was responding to the old man's call to be of one heart with humanity."

“I see…” The Three-Tails nodded. “I thought only Yagura and I had this kind of relationship. I didn’t expect that you, Kurama, had also found a human you were willing to trust. It’s just a pity that Yagura won’t live much longer…”

"Is Yagura not going to live much longer?"

After a long silence, Minato Namikaze sighed. Yagura Karatachi was also a Fourth Kage, but he never expected that neither of them would live long enough to sacrifice themselves for the village so early.

The Three-Tails turned to look at Minato Namikaze, and asked with some confusion, "Kurama, who is he?"

Kurama glanced at Minato Namikaze and said casually, "This is the Fourth Hokage, who is related to Naruto by blood. I was sealed into Naruto's body because of his collaboration with the masked man and I was careless for a moment."

Hearing this, Minato Namikaze was speechless; Kurama (the Nine-Tails) was quite adept at self-praise.

However, since the village had confirmed that they were unable to subdue the rampaging Nine-Tails, he could only sacrifice his life to use the Reaper Death Seal to seal half of the Nine-Tails inside Naruto.

But he remembered that the Nine-Tails was sealed inside Naruto, so why is its personality so strange?

With his doubts lingering in his mind, Minato Namikaze glanced at Naruto beside him, and the answer seemed to emerge from the water.

Listening silently to the conversation between the Three-Tails and the Nine-Tails, Naruto was not surprised by the news that Yagura was about to die. When he broke the genjutsu, he noticed that Yagura's body was riddled with holes and he had little life force left.

Unless someone is willing to use a large amount of Yang Release chakra to save him, Yagura only has a few months left to live.

However, rescuing such a powerful Kage would come at a very high price. He wouldn't waste his life force on a Mizukage he didn't know, and a Mizukage who was too powerful was not suitable for him to influence Kirigakure.

Seeing that Kurama was about to start bragging again, Naruto stepped forward and said, "Kurama, stop wasting time. How can I obtain the power of the Three-Tails?"

The Nine-Tails, quite annoyed at being interrupted, said, "A fist bump will suffice."

Upon hearing this, Naruto went to the Three-Tails' side and extended his fist, and the Three-Tails also extended its tail.

After the fist and tail made contact, Naruto didn't feel much. He frowned and asked, "What's the next step?"

"There is no next step. You should be able to borrow the power of the Three-Tails. Its power is water."

Naruto sensed his surroundings and discovered that he had gained water-style chakra. He chuckled and said, "I didn't expect obtaining the Three-Tails' power to be so easy. It's much easier than obtaining Kurama's power..."

"That's because you've already gained my approval... and the Three-Tailed Fox doesn't really have any personality."

Nine-Tails snorted and said, "If you encounter the other unreasonable tailed beasts, you won't be so lucky. They don't listen to me and are my mortal enemies."

"Is it Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast?" Naruto asked deliberately.

"Don't mention that unlucky tanuki. It's clearly no match for me, yet it keeps trying to challenge my position as the number one tailed beast. It's simply overestimating itself."

Nine-Tails' expression turned grim: "Once you've obtained the power of Three-Tails, hurry up and leave. I'm a bit tired."

Kurama (the Nine-Tails) issued an order to leave, and Naruto, having no intention of lingering, left the sealed space.

Back in the real world, Naruto began to use the Water Release chakra within his body. With a thought, a ball of water condensed in his palm, and he then manipulated the water ball to change shape continuously in the void.

Unlike wind-style ninjutsu, which requires hand seals, he uses water-style ninjutsu almost without needing to form hand seals, as if he possesses a water-style bloodline limit, allowing him to cast it instantly.

However, hand seals are still needed to assist in performing some difficult moves.

The reason is very simple: in the beginning, ninjutsu did not require hand seals. It was Indra who developed the concept of hand seals, which made ninjutsu popular in the ninja world.

In Naruto's view, the hand seals were a tool for beginners to control the size and shape of ninjutsu.

Strong ninjas can simplify hand seals to some extent, and the best among them can even pass on their talents to their descendants, which is how the so-called bloodline limit was born.

Of course, these are only limited to the bloodline limits of the escape technique type.

Bloodline limits like Senju, Uchiha, Byakugan, and Kaguya inherit the abilities of the Six Paths Brothers, making them extremely unique among bloodline limits.

While Naruto was playing in the pool, Zabuza and Hozuki Mangetsu came to his door.

When they saw that Naruto could control the water without hand seals, surprise flashed in their eyes, but considering the difference in their strength, they understood.

They were not on the same level as Naruto; the latter was even stronger than the Fourth Hokage.

After the initial shock, the two approached Naruto and cautiously said, "Lord Menma, the Mizukage has regained consciousness. He and Master Genji invite you to the Mizukage Building to discuss important matters."

After a pause, Hozuki Mangetsu added, "The Mizukage has agreed to your conditions and hopes to engage in deeper cooperation with the Land of Whirlpools."

Naruto glanced at Hozuki Mangetsu: "I thought you would take the opportunity to kill the Fourth Mizukage, after all, your plan with Zabuza was to launch a coup, but unfortunately you missed the best plan."

Hozuki Mangetsu said with a wry smile, "Even if we killed the Fourth Hokage, Zabuza and I still couldn't control Kirigakure. Besides, even if I didn't kill him, he wouldn't stay in the position of Mizukage for long; he would step down sooner or later."

"Are you confident you can become the Fifth Mizukage?"

"There is a certain chance, but I will work hard to become the Fifth Mizukage. I hope you can give me some more time."

Chapter 114 Who do you think is more suitable to be the Mizukage?

Naruto was on his way to the Mizukage Building.

Yagura and Genshi summoned Juzo Biwa, hoping to obtain information about the masked man from this rogue ninja from Kirigakure in order to deal with his threat.

However, after Juzo Biwa revealed all the information, Yagura Karatachi and Genji fell silent.

The masked man alone kept Kirigakure busy, and behind him was a mercenary organization called Akatsuki, whose members were all dangerous S-rank rogue ninja, each possessing the power to destroy a country.

This made the Hidden Mist Village, which currently lacks high-end forces, feel an imminent threat.

Yagura's first thought was to unite with the other four major ninja villages to launch an operation to wipe out the Akatsuki organization, but after careful consideration, he abandoned this plan.

The five great ninja villages are rivals, and seeing Kirigakure suffer misfortune, the other ninja villages might take advantage of the situation.

Even though Kirigakure was expelled from the ranks of the Five Great Ninja Villages, Akatsuki merely took its place, unless it can be proven that Akatsuki's target was not only Kirigakure, but also included the other four Great Ninja Villages.

Just then, there was a knock on the door of the Mizukage's office, and Hozuki Mangetsu walked in with Naruto.

Upon seeing Naruto, Yagura Karatachi relaxed his brow and said with a light laugh, "Mr. Menma, please have a seat. If it weren't for you, Kirigakure and I would probably be in danger today."

Naruto didn't stand on ceremony and sat down directly on the office sofa.

Then, glancing at Biwa Juzo beside him, he slowly said, "You just talked to Biwa Juzo? What information did he tell you? Did he uncover the masked man's hideout?"

Upon hearing this, Yagura Karatachi said with a solemn expression, "We haven't gotten much information about the masked man, but we have found the force he created, a mercenary organization called Akatsuki... This organization is not easy to deal with."

As he spoke, Yagura briefly introduced the composition of the Akatsuki organization, his face showing difficulty.

Naruto nodded, crossed his legs, and said, "It's pretty much what I knew. The masked man is indeed a member of Akatsuki. But don't you guys from Kirigakure plan to retaliate against Akatsuki?"

Yagura and Genji exchanged a glance and said with a wry smile, "Kirigakure doesn't have the strength to retaliate against the masked man, but if Mr. Menma intends to take action against Akatsuki, Kirigakure will step up without hesitation."

With that, Yagura handed the scroll he had prepared to Naruto.

Naruto took the scroll and glanced at it briefly. Inside were some promises from Kirigakure to Uzushiogakure, including support in terms of personnel, materials, and technology, as well as wartime alliance agreements.

After closing the scroll, Naruto nodded and smiled, "I am very satisfied with this agreement, but in addition to the contents of the agreement, I have a small request."

Yagura Karatachi quickly said, "Mr. Menma, please speak!"

Naruto stated his request: "I want to meet the Six-Tails Jinchuriki of Kirigakure."

“This…” Yagura looked troubled: “Mr. Menma, to be honest, I don’t know the whereabouts of the Six-Tails Jinchuriki either. For so many years, I have been controlled by the masked man… I have no control over the village.”

Naruto raised his eyebrows, somewhat surprised by the result, but within acceptable limits.

After all, if the Six-Tails Jinchuriki were really in Kirigakure, Kirigakure would have sent out the Six-Tails Jinchuriki a few hours ago during the battle, and it wouldn't have been their turn to act.

After a pause, Yagura Karatachi hesitated before asking, "May I ask why you are looking for the Six-Tails Jinchuriki?"

Naruto didn't keep them in suspense and selectively revealed the reason: "Because the masked man and the Akatsuki organization's ultimate goal is to collect all nine tailed beasts, and Juzo Biwa should be very clear about this."

Upon hearing this, Juzo Biwa nodded: "Akatsuki does indeed have the idea of ​​collecting the Tailed Beasts, but I don't know exactly what they will be used for. However, I can confirm that Akatsuki's ambitions are very great."

Yagura frowned. If the masked man's target was a tailed beast, it would be understandable that he controlled himself.

But after gaining control of himself, why didn't the masked man simply extract the tailed beasts and create new jinchūriki?

Seemingly guessing Yagura's thoughts, Juzo Biwa said, "Fourth Hokage, the Akatsuki organization is not monolithic. There are two major factions: the masked man and Pain. This time, Itachi and I attacked Kirigakure by taking advantage of the conflict between them."

Biwa Juzo's words surprised Yagura. He hadn't expected that this rogue ninja who attacked the village would be so loyal to it. But why did Biwa Juzo save Uchiha Itachi and deliberately let this enemy go?

At this moment, Yagura Karatachi had a new idea and said, "Menma, since Akatsuki's target is the Tailed Beasts, why don't we hold a Five Kage Summit and deal with them together?"

"If that's what the Mizukage thinks, I won't object, as long as it doesn't involve the Land of Whirlpools."

Naruto shrugged, adopting an indifferent attitude. If the five great ninja villages could truly unite as one, the ninja world would be at peace, and Nagato would have no need to carry out the Ten-Tails plan at all.

Naruto's words made Yagura sigh softly. He had been too naive and had lost the judgment of a Mizukage. One cannot have any naive thoughts while sitting in this position.