I travel through thousands of worlds at the same time

Civilians who could not bear the exploitation tried to flee, but most of them failed to escape from the Water Country and became water bandits. A few were directly caught and killed as a warning to the rest. The economy of the Water Country was like that, and the funds allocated by the Daimyo of the Water Country to the Mist Village each year were not much, which led to the Mist Village's defeat and withdrawal in the Second Ninja World War, and it had to undergo a brutal graduation killing assessment at the Ninja School.

After all, the defeat did not bring enough benefits, and it was not easy to attack other ninjas in the Mist Village who held the sword. The Third Mizukage could only bite the bullet and carry out the hard-core job assessment to eliminate half of the trained Mist Village ninjas.

If this was not done, the economically impoverished Mist Village could not afford to support so many ninjas, and the Third Mizukage did not want to cause any trouble. The consequence was that the Mist Village's reputation as "The Village of Blood Mist" became more and more famous, and those Mist Ninjas who passed this cruel graduation test became famous in the ninja world for their ruthlessness and bloodthirstiness.

Unfortunately, when Li Mo found himself traveling to the Mist Village, he was obviously not interested in the blood mist test, and he didn't want to stay in the Mist Village ruled by the Third Mizukage who was controlled by the still-living Uchiha Madara. He didn't even want to choose the Water Country as his intended territory, because the development prospects of the Water Country were not very good. If it developed a little, it would have to face the forces of the Water Country Daimyo and the Mist Village, and the situation he would face would naturally be more dangerous.

In this case, Li Mo naturally would not invest rashly. He simply chose to leave the Water Country and even stay away from the area where the Third Ninja World War was about to break out. He chose the extremely distant Rainbow Country as his target and took the opportunity to make great development.

Li Mo's departure did not cause much impact on the Mist Village. The Third Mizukage controlled by Uchiha Madara returned in defeat in the Third Ninja World War!

It's not that the Mist Village is as fragile as the Sand Village and ranks last. It's purely because of the Third Mizukage controlled by Uchiha Madara. He made all kinds of stupid moves that were incomprehensible. Sometimes he fought a bloody battle with Konoha Village and sometimes he attacked Sand Village. In the end, he didn't gain any benefits at all. Instead, he suffered heavy losses and retreated back to the Water Kingdom again.

The problem was that the various ninja clans and ordinary ninjas of the Mist Village could not accept yet another defeat, and the Daimyo of the Land of Water was dissatisfied with this and cut some funds. In addition, Uchiha Obito took over the Third Mizukage who was controlled by an illusion, and then the Three-Tails Jinchuriki Karuta Yagura killed the Third Mizukage. The Fourth Mizukage who took over was controlled by Uchiha Obito while Uchiha Madara had his last strength, and then started the Bloody Mist Strategy.

What is the Blood Mist Strategy?

It was a very simple operation. The Fourth Mizukage controlled by Uchiha Obito directly attributed the failure of the Third Ninja World War to the fact that the bloodline families of the Mist Ninja did not contribute and even betrayed the Mist Village, which led to the defeat of the Mist Village.

It should be said that the excuse Uchiha Obito made was very poor, but as the last one in the Konoha Ninja School, he was able to come up with a larger-scale initiative based on the situation of the previous blood mist trial in the Mist Village. In addition to pushing part of the responsibility for the defeat of the Mist Village onto the Third Mizukage, he also attributed it to the bloodline limit families in the Mist Village, and then directly targeted the Mizunotsuki clan.

As one of the major ninja clans in the Mist Village, the Mizunotsuki clan, which inherited the bloodline limit of [Ice Release], never thought that the Fourth Mizunotsuki clan would actually dare to do this. They were caught off guard, their clan territory was destroyed and most of the Mizunotsuki clan members were killed in the battle. The remaining Mizunotsuki clan broke out but were still hunted down by the Mist Ninjas, and the Fourth Mizunotsuki, who was controlled by Uchiha Obito, continued to expand the scope of their attack to the conspicuous bloodline limit families in the Mist Village.

The Mizunotsuki clan, who inherited the bloodline limit of [Ice Release], the Kaguya clan, who inherited the bloodline limit of [Corpse Vein], the Hozuki clan, who mastered the secret technique of [Water Transformation] and have almost reached a new bloodline limit, and some small ninja clans who have mastered bloodline limits or secret techniques...

It is no exaggeration to say that the situation of the Mist Village is somewhat similar to that of the Konoha Village. The ninjas who have mastered the bloodline limits and secret techniques have obvious advantages over ordinary ninjas. Even the "Blood Mist Village" created by the Third Mizukage could only be carried out in the ninja school, and it was impossible for them to directly cut those ninjas with their knives.

Naturally, these ninja clans who used to occupy many interests and positions in the Mist Village were more or less dissatisfied by the ordinary Mist Ninjas. However, since ordinary Mist Ninjas could not match the power of a ninja clan at all, they would be taken seriously by those ninja clans unless they were promoted to special jonin or formal jonin. When the Mist Village became the "Blood Mist Village", those ninja clans were not cleared out much, and their losses in the Third Ninja World War were not too great, so they naturally attracted more hatred from ordinary Mist Ninjas.

Therefore, when the Fourth Mizukage, who was successfully controlled by Uchiha Obito, attacked the Mizunotsuki clan, ordinary Mist Ninjas either supported or remained neutral, and there were very few people who opposed it. This directly led to the fact that when the Mizunotsuki clan was suddenly attacked by the Mist Ninjas, they had no power to resist at all and were directly wiped out by the Fourth Mizukage.

——Not every bloodline family has the potential like the Senju clan, the Uchiha clan and the Uzumaki clan. Especially when the Uchiha clan suffered a major mental trauma, it was easy for their mental power to surge and open the Sharingan. The top-notch Uchiha could even open the Mangekyō Sharingan. When they were a little familiar with it and did not hesitate to use their pupil power, they were basically at the level of Kage-level powerhouses. Otherwise, a Sharingan with only one to three magatama would not be enough to make Konoha afraid!

There is no need to say much about the Mizunotsuki clan. They are indeed one of the famous families in the Mist Village, and they may have had some Kage-level strongmen in the past. However, at the end of the Third Ninja World War, the Mizunotsuki clan did not even have a single Kage-level strongman. The clan leader was a veteran elite jonin, who might have almost reached the threshold of the quasi-Kage level. However, compared with the Mist Village, they were completely unable to win. The Fourth Mizukage was enough to wipe out the clan alone.

As a result, after the Fourth Mizukage destroyed the Mizunotsuki clan, he did not stop as most of the Mist Ninjas had expected. Instead, he set his sights on other bloodline boundary families and esoteric families in his own village. He even issued the Blood Mist Strategy to continuously purge the bloodline boundary families and esoteric families, causing great instability within the Mist Ninja Village, which has begun to affect the overall environment of the Water Country.

Yes, that's right. The current environment of the Water Kingdom is a little better than the original anime plot of "Naruto". The reason is the immigration policy of the Rainbow Kingdom, which directly relocated more than two million people from the Water Kingdom, reducing the population that had already reached the current upper limit of the Water Kingdom to about eight million.

More than two million people were relocated from the Rainbow Country, and the large amounts of food, dried fish, sugar and other daily necessities that were exchanged and sold allowed the living conditions of civilians in the Water Country to improve somewhat after the end of the Third Ninja World War. However, with the presence of the Water Country's daimyo and a group of nobles, the improvement was only from not having enough food to being able to eat half full, and the conflicts were still very intense.

Thanks to Uchiha Obito's manipulation of the Fourth Mizukage, the blame for the failure of the Third Ninja World War was pushed onto the bloodline families of the Mist Village. The daimyo and nobles of the Water Country went with the flow and spread this point of view, giving the civilians of the Water Country an object to vent their grievances.

Of course, it was a dream to expect those civilians to fight against the fully armed ninjas. But when it came to the elderly, the weak, women and children who escaped from the Mizunotsuki clan, the cruel methods displayed by these civilians who wanted to vent their grievances were eye-catching. However, those civilians soon discovered that the escapees of the Mizunotsuki clan disappeared without a trace very quickly. They didn't know that it was the ninjas arranged by the Rainbow Country who rescued these people.

After all, they are all members of the bloodline family, so Li Mo naturally doesn't mind accepting them as his subordinates. For example, Mizunotsuki Haku and her mother were members of the Mizunotsuki clan who were rescued. Afterwards, they continued to dig into the walls of the Mist Village, which was fighting each other. In the past few years, thousands of ninjas and their families from the Mist Village have been accepted by the Rainbow Country. Of course, only less than fifty ninjas were absorbed into the ninja army and the police, but fortunately, the Rainbow Country made proper arrangements and provided professional training.

Li Mo was happy to see this happen. In the early days, he even recruited rebellious ninjas, wandering ninjas, and even ninjas who were gathering intelligence. For example, he would not be afraid of the bloodline family members and ninjas that were poached from the Mist Village now, and he accepted them directly. He also expected that he could also poach other ninjas from the Kaguya clan and the Mist Village. He had no intention of immediately joining the chaotic situation in the Mist Village.

However, the personnel arranged by Li Mo in the Land of Water and even in the Mist Village were eventually found by the people of the Mist Village as they continued to take action. However, the people of the Mist Village who discovered the traces did not report it to the Fourth Mizukage, but instead took the initiative to contact them!

Chapter 30: Undercurrent of the Mist Village

Water Country, Mist Village

Compared to when Li Mo just traveled through time, when he could at least see ninjas and civilians going out to the streets to shop or dine, and the atmosphere was more or less lively, the atmosphere in the Mist Village at this time seemed very depressing. Even the long-lost sunshine that appeared in the sky could not dispel the faint smell of blood.

Just looking at the streets of the Mist Village, and seeing the occasional ninja or civilian walking in a hurry, not daring to stop and chat when they meet acquaintances, and rushing home after just a glance, you can tell that the current situation in the Mist Village is very bleak. It can even be said that the internal conflict problems in the Mist Village have become extremely serious, to the point where the Mist Ninjas and the villagers dare not even chat with each other.

After all, one of the famous families in the Kirigakure, the Mizunotsuki clan, was wiped out by the current Fourth Mizukage more than two years ago. Subsequently, the Hozuki family, who had always served as one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen or the Mizukage's confidants, were all ordered to be purged by the Fourth Mizukage.

If it were just that, there might be many people in the Mist Village who would gloat in their hearts, but then several small mystic ninja clans were also destroyed, and even seeing that the Fourth Mizukage had no intention of stopping, some people in the Mist Village were uneasy, wondering what the Fourth Mizukage was thinking.

Even the failure of the Third Ninja World War could be explained as excused by the loss of the Third Mizukage and the Mizunotsuki family, one of the famous families of the Mist Village. However, the Third Mizukage had no intention of stopping. Since the end of the Third Ninja World War, the number of ninjas who died in the internal strife of the Mist Village was almost exceeding the losses of the Third Ninja World War, and it seemed like there was no sign of it ending.

In this weird atmosphere, the ninjas and civilians of the Mist Village dared not relax at all. The Mizunotsuki clan, the Hozuki clan and many other Mist Ninjas had already paid the price with their lives, and no one wanted to be the next target of the Fourth Mizukage. The "Bloody Mist Strategy" implemented by the Mist Village had even been tacitly accepted by the daimyo and nobles of the Land of Water. The old, young, women and children who escaped from the ninja clan such as Mizunotsuki and Hozuki might be discovered by the civilians of the Land of Water and used as scapegoats.

Faced with this situation, there were high-level members of the Mist Village who felt that it was inappropriate and raised objections, but the Fourth Mizukage seemed determined to carry out a purge. Faced with a Fourth Mizukage whose strength was at the level of a Kage and who was also the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, no one in the Mist Village could be a direct opponent of the Fourth Mizukage. In addition, the Fourth Mizukage himself had a group of diehard fans, so naturally other Mist Ninjas who wanted to change the situation had no idea where to start.

Anyway, the situation in the Mist Village seems to be getting worse and worse, but no one can change the current blood mist strategy of the Mist Village for the time being, allowing the blood mist that seems to be getting thicker and thicker to spread over the entire Mist Village!

………………

In the Mizukage Building of the Mist Village, several Mist Ninjas were guarding the gate wearing masks. However, their guarding was just for show. Apart from receiving customers who came to the Mist Village to issue missions, if anyone really wanted to sneak into the Mizukage Building or assassinate the Fourth Mizukage, the few Chunins could do nothing at all.

In this regard, the five major ninja villages have a very consistent approach. The gates of the ninja villages and the shadows of their own villages are at the entrance of the office building, and there will never be any elite ninjas stationed there, unless during war or special times. Otherwise, one Chunin team is more than enough. Letting special jonin or even formal jonin do such trivial things is a pure waste of resources and has no effect. You have to know that hiring a special jonin to perform a mission is enough to hire several elite Chunin teams.

Moreover, if the five major ninja villages are really faced with someone looking for trouble, those who have the courage to do so are definitely not losers. At least they are not enemies that can be resisted by one or two special jonin or formal jonin. Putting them at the gate of the ninja village or the entrance of the office building is a completely useless approach. It is completely possible to let the Kage-level strongmen or multiple jonin join forces to deal with it, which will pose a greater threat to the enemy.

In this case, the five major ninja villages may only arrange special jonin or jonin to temporarily strengthen vigilance during wartime or certain special periods. Otherwise, they will never waste the combat power of a jonin level to come to the ninja village's office building to serve as a doorman!

"Lord Mizukage, we have important information!"

At this time, in the Mizukage's exclusive office in the Mizukage Building, a masked Mist Ninja Anbu ninja appeared, half-knelt on the ground respectfully, and saluted to the Fourth Mizukage who looked a bit like a child sitting in front of him. Then he reported the news he had received. However, he was not as calm as he appeared, and secretly observed the Fourth Mizukage who was sitting in front of him with his peripheral vision.

The reason was very simple. This Mist Ninja Anbu ninja, who was officially at the Jonin level, naturally knew how crazy the "Blood Mist Strategy" promoted by his boss was. And the important information he brought with him might have made the blood mist even thicker!

"What important information is this?"

After hearing the words of the Mist Ninja ANBU, the voice of the Fourth Mizukage sounded very cold. If someone was familiar with the tone of the Fourth Mizukage before he took office, they would probably be able to sense something was wrong from it.

"Mr. Mizukage, the Anbu ninja team responsible for investigating the Kaguya clan has discovered that they seem to be unable to hold back and may take some action..."

At this time, the Mist Ninja Anbu didn't think any more and answered very respectfully in a low voice. He handed over the information he had obtained about the unusual movements of the Kaguya clan, and then waited respectfully.

When the Fourth Mizukage Yagura was flipping through the documents in his hands, the jonin who served as the captain of the Mist Ninja Anbu had already guessed how the Fourth Mizukage, to whom he was loyal, would react to the Kaguya clan who possessed the bloodline of the [Corpse Vein]. After all, that had already been shown to the Mizunotsuki clan and the Hozuki clan. It was an extremely cold-blooded and ruthless way of dealing with things, where even ordinary ninja clan members and even women and children were killed.

The problem is that although there are not too few bloodline limit families and mystic families in the Mist Village, and if you really compare them, they may even exceed the Rock Village and the Sand Village. But according to the killing method of the Fourth Mizukage, I am afraid that all the bloodline limit ninja clans and mystic ninja clans in the Mist Village will be spared. Even those Mist ninjas who have mastered their family's inherited secret techniques have a feeling of insecurity at this time. Ordinary Mist ninjas, after the early excitement, also have an absurd feeling that something is wrong.

Anyway, in the opinion of this Mist Ninja Anbu team leader, it was very normal for the Fourth Mizukage to shift the blame for the defeat and suppress the Mizunotsuki clan for their poor combat performance after coming to power. However, he directly wiped out the Mizunotsuki clan, the Kizuki clan, and several small bloodline limit ninja clans and mystic ninja clans, and he had no intention of stopping at all. Now it seems that even the Kaguya clan may have been listed as a target for elimination by the Fourth Mizukage.

It's a pity that the captain of the Mist Ninja Anbu was unable to give any advice. As a member of the Anbu following the Fourth Mizukage, he could only grit his teeth and watch what the Fourth Mizukage Yagura would do next. In his heart, he prayed to God and hoped that the Fourth Mizukage could be more reliable!

"Is the Kaguya clan preparing to rebel?"

Looking at the information in his hand, the Fourth Mizukage Yagura showed a stiff smile on his face. He tapped the table with his fingers, and it seemed as if he tapped the heart of the Mist Ninja Anbu captain. When he looked up at the Fourth Mizukage Yagura, he heard a strange order that made people feel mixed: "Very good, then seal up all the industries of the Kaguya clan first. If the Kaguya clan makes any moves, just destroy these guys!"

Well, the Fourth Mizukage Yagura did not choose to clean up the Kaguya clan immediately. In the eyes of this captain of the Kirigakure Anbu, this was already gratifying news. However, sealing up the Kaguya clan's assets in the Kirigakure was also a ruthless move, which made him feel helpless as he knew it. But he was unable to advise the Fourth Mizukage, so he could only bow respectfully and leave.

However, the captain of the Kirigakure Anbu bowed and left the office, but he did not see the Fourth Mizukage Yagura sitting on the office chair. A trace of struggle appeared on his face, but as a hint of red light flashed in his eyes, he returned to his stern and indifferent attitude!

……

On the other side, in a manor located in the core area of ​​the Mist Village, several Mist Ninjas were watching the movements around them vigilantly. They did not rashly set up guards outside the manor, but several Mist Ninjas were on guard in the surrounding houses.

This manor looks like it has no defenses, but it is actually heavily guarded. It is the headmaster of the Mist Village. This elder headmaster of the Mist Village has the same power and status as the Mizukage. He has full knowledge of everything about the Mist Village. The Third and Fourth Mizukages had to consult this elder before taking office. He is a strong man who followed the First Mizukage. It can be said that he has a very high reputation and status in the Mist Village.

The problem is that the elder master of the Mist Village is really old. He founded the Mist Village together with the first Mizukage, and now he is over eighty years old. He has been in retirement in the past. He may have been an old master who reached the level of Kage, but now he is just a very prestigious senior. The ninjas of the Mist Village will respect this highly respected senior, but it is pure wishful thinking to expect the Mist Ninjas to follow him and compete with the Fourth Mizukage Yagura.

The strong are respected, which is a natural thing in the ninja world. When faced with the Fourth Mizukage who is at the peak of his combat power and the old Mist Elder who may die at any time, it is unquestionable which one the many Mist Ninjas will choose. And if there is no conflict of interest, no one would be so blind as to provoke the old master. After all, he is really famous in the Mist Village and has many loyal old subordinates.

Now, the old master, who was about to be buried halfway in the ground and might die at any time, looked helplessly at the beautiful ninja in her twenties standing in front of him, and couldn't help coughing and asking:

"Mei Terumi, are you really going to accept their invitation?"

Chapter 31 Terumi Mei's Determination

"Mei Terumi, are you really going to accept their invitation?"

The old master's cloudy eyes became sharp when he looked at the beautiful ninja in front of him, who could be called a great beauty. Mei Terumi, who had come to discuss this matter with the old master, felt a chill in her heart and became more cautious.

Terumi Mei!

This female ninja is nearly 1.75 meters tall, and is considered a tall and long-legged beauty in the ninja world. She looks to be in her twenties at most, with a pair of emerald green eyes, and long reddish-brown curly hair that falls to her waist. She wears a blue tube top dress with a white belt around her waist, and fishnet stockings and open-toed sandals with knee pads on her lower body. She is a beautiful female ninja at the best time of her life.

Of course, if Mei Terumi was just young and beautiful, the old master would not care too much. In the eyes of many ninjas, a female ninja who is not very strong but young and beautiful is completely suitable for some special commissioned tasks, or as a beautiful vase, or she will become the object of powerful ninjas to satisfy their physiological needs.

This is actually not a very uncommon thing in the ninja world. It is not unacceptable for female ninjas to pay a physical price in performing certain tasks. However, that is for female ninjas who are not very strong. Naturally, they have to find other ways to perform tasks without the strength.

But Mei Terumi is no pretty face. At the age of 20, she is already close to the threshold of Kage level. She has created new bloodline limits [Lao Shitsu] and [Boiling Shitsu] by herself. It can be said that there is no suspense that Mei Terumi will be promoted to Kage level in the future. Even though she is a woman, no one in the Mist Village dares to look down on her. In the ninja world, strong people will be in awe, and there will be no difference because of whether the other party is a man or a woman.

It was because Mei Terumi was extremely talented and had shown great potential that the old master valued her and vaguely regarded her as his successor. Otherwise, the old master had ninjas such as master and apprentice, and former subordinates, who accounted for about a quarter of the ninjas in the Mist Village. If the old master really paid attention to just any one of them, then even if he recovered to his peak youth and strength, he would not be able to take care of them at all, not to mention that he now felt that he might die of old age at any time.

Fortunately, because the old master was in poor health, he was tolerated by the Third and Fourth Mizukage when they were together. Even the Fourth Mizukage who was controlled by the illusion of the Mangekyo Sharingan did not care much about the old master who posed no threat. Even Uchiha Obito, who hated the Mist Village because of the death of Nohara Rin, subconsciously ignored the old master.

This time, Mei Terumi took the risk to come to the old master and told him about the actions of a mysterious force in the Water Kingdom, and that she was planning to make contact with this mysterious force. The old master found this interesting, but he did not directly support her idea.

"Master Yuanshi, I know I am taking some risks this time, but the situation in the Mist Village is too wrong right now!"

Hearing the old master's words and being stared at by his sharp eyes that seemed to capture her heart, Terumi Mei took a deep breath and calmed down. She directly explained her thoughts to the old master who had taught her, "At least, by contacting that force this time, I can at least determine their general situation. Perhaps it will be a help in solving the current situation in the Mist Village..."

If possible, Mei Terumi would naturally not do such a move that would easily give others a handle. Even if there are people in the ninja village who have connections with other forces, what the top leaders do is called making alliances. If a female ninja who has just been awarded the rank of Jonin does it, she will easily be accused of betraying the interests of her own ninja village.

The problem is that the current situation in the Mist Village is too weird, and Mei Terumi cannot wait slowly to develop herself. Now, in just over three years, the Fourth Mizukage has almost wiped out the Mizunotsuki family and the Kidō family, two of the famous families in the Mist Village. Occasionally, some of the escaped clansmen have fled the Water Country, and the other several small ninja clans that were destroyed were not spared. Now no one knows how long the Fourth Mizukage's almost crazy behavior will continue.

Especially in contrast to Mei Mei, she at least has a certain overall view. She knows that even if the Fourth Mizukage is removed, the Mist Village will become a mess. God knows how much time and energy it will take to clean up the mess. Anyway, according to Mei Mei's personal opinion, it will take ten years to clean up the mess of the Mist Village, and that's not to mention the premise of how to face the Fourth Mizukage.

In this case, Mei Terumi feels that it is worthwhile to contact that mysterious force, even if it requires certain risks. However, as long as she is careful and has the help of the old master to cover it up, it will not attract the attention of the Fourth Mizukage, and the risk will not be too high!

"…Interesting. Do you think that force can help you?"

Facing Bing Meiming's determined gaze, the old master's eyelids drooped and he turned into that decrepit old man again. He seemed to have completely lost the sharp look he had just had. He was silent for a few seconds before he spoke slowly, questioning the decision made by Bing Meiming, which could also be seen as a test for Bing Meiming.

"I don't know, but it can help some members of the Mizunotsuki and Kizuna families leave the Land of Water, and its style of doing things is not too violent, so it's worth contacting it. At least we can determine whether it has hostility towards the Mist Village!"

In response to the old master's question, a hint of helplessness appeared on Terumi Mei's pretty face, but she still expressed her true thoughts about this trip with some emotion.

Do you believe that the mysterious force will directly help you and the Mist Village?

Any graduating Genin from the Mist Village would not have such a naive idea. For example, Mei Terumi, who had also participated in such a trial but did not kill her companions but killed a strange classmate because of the care of the old master's faction, would naturally not put all her hopes on it.

Moreover, the specific origin of that mysterious force is unclear. Even when Mei Terumi said that she trusted the other party, she herself did not believe this statement. In fact, she was trying to contact the other party and test it out, and even wanted to determine whether the other party would be hostile to the Mist Village, and then see who the other party is and whether they have the same interests as the Mist Village, and then consider using the other party's power to help the Mist Village with related matters.

In a sense, Mei Terumi's idea is very cold but very realistic. There have always been alliances between the various ninja villages in the Naruto world, but when it is time to form an alliance, the ninja villages will unceremoniously form an alliance with the hostile ninja villages that they have fought before (Konoha Village and Sand Village), and when it is time to stab an ally in the back, they will stab it directly (the Cloud Village backstabs the Rock Village), and the big ninja villages use various methods to suppress the small ninja villages (the five big ninja villages have all done this kind of thing to suppress the small ninja villages).

If they rashly expect a mysterious force to support Mei Terumi and the Mist Village, the probability that the other party will truly help them is definitely no higher than the chance that an ordinary graduate will be accepted by a Fortune 500 company after submitting a resume. Mei Terumi is not so bold as to think that the mysterious force will help her just because she is beautiful. After carefully checking some clues, she even felt wary of the mysterious force.

After all, if you were on the side of the Mist Village, it would be strange if you didn't feel fearful of a mysterious organization that operated secretly in the Land of Water and took in many former members of the Mist Village, such as the Mizunotsuki family and the Kizuki family.

The problem is that the situation in the Mist Village is obviously different now. Facing the Fourth Mizukage who seems to have gone mad and wants to continue his bloody rule, Mei Terumi wants to stop the crazy Fourth Mizukage at all costs. However, the power of her and the old master's faction is obviously not enough. She finds a mysterious organization that at least does not act too tyrannically in the Water Country and helps the Mizunotsuki clan and other remaining Mist Ninjas leave the Water Country. She thinks it is worth trying to contact the other party.

Even if Mei Terumi has to take some risks, she feels that it is acceptable compared to the possibility of gaining a mysterious force with absolutely no weak strength as an ally, and then targeting the Fourth Mizukage and changing the current extremely bad situation of the Mist Village.

"…Then you should be more careful. If you feel something is wrong, don't meet!"

Looking at the determined expression on Mei Terumi's face, the old master knew that the other party was determined and had no common sense to stop her. For a moment, he couldn't help but recall the past of the first Mizukage whom he once followed. Then, although he was old but still sober and rational, he whispered some advice to this junior whom he had high hopes for.

The old master knew that the current situation of the Mist Village was indeed very bad. After the Third Ninja World War and the massacre of the bloodline ninja clan such as Mizunotsuki, there were only a few elite ninjas left in the Mist Village. The only female ninja who had the potential and ability to reach the level of Kage was Mei Terumi. Other potential Mist elite jonin and even Seven Ninja Sword holders were either standing on the side of the Fourth Mizukage or in a neutral position. They did not have much connection with the old master's line of Mist Ninjas.

In other words, Mei Terumi has already been designated as the future leader of the Mist Ninja lineage by the old master. If any accident really happens, let alone targeting the Fourth Mizukage whose style of doing things is incomprehensible, the loss of Mei Terumi alone will be enough to make the old master's lineage lose its future backbone. If even the old master dies, I'm afraid that their lineage of Mist Ninja will really become a mess, which is definitely not what the old master wants to see.

Facing the old master's instructions, Mei Terumi was delighted to know that the other party had agreed to help. She knew that with the old master's help, she could hide her trip from the Fourth Mizukage and his deployment. She quickly bowed to the old master respectfully to thank him:

"Master Yuanshi, I will pay more attention!"

(The picture of Mei Terumi from Baidu is more in line with her character design)

Chapter 32: Journey to the Sea Country

After the old master agreed to help, it became very easy for Terumi to leave the Mist Village. The next day, someone issued a high-level task in the Mizukage Building. After receiving this high-level task, Terumi Mei left the Mist Village smoothly.

This was naturally a legitimate reason to leave the village. Even Uchiha Obito, who controlled the Fourth Mizukage, would not allow the ninjas of the Mist Village to not accept missions to earn money. Otherwise, even the most loyal followers of the Fourth Mizukage would have to unite against the rule of the Fourth Mizukage as soon as their livelihood of earning money by accepting missions was cut off. Otherwise, they would not be able to accept commissioned missions to make money and would have to wait for death or find another way out.

At the very least, there has not been a Kage of that ninja village or a daimyo of that country who dares to do such a thing that would deprive the ninja holding the sword of their food. For example, the Sand Village is in the original plot of "Naruto". Because the daimyo of the Wind Country entrusted part of its power to the Konoha Village, and together with Orochimaru's Sound Village, they joined forces to raid the Konoha Village. It is easy to imagine what serious consequences would befall those ninja villages that gave their economic power and many important powers to the daimyo if they lost the task entrustment.

If it were Li Mo, he would naturally know the interests involved. It is nothing more than those missions and bounties that maintain the economic lifeline of a ninja village. It can also be regarded as a means for the daimyo and nobles to try to influence the ninja village. In other words, if the ninja mastered extraordinary powers, he could overturn the table. Otherwise, it might turn into a financial war.

It is true that Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito controlled the Third and Fourth Mizukage respectively, but they had no idea of ​​changing the Water Country and the Mist Village. Apart from satisfying their own actions, the Mist Village still earned commissions by letting the Mist Ninjas perform tasks through official and private commissions from the Water Country, otherwise the Mist Ninjas would not be able to bear having no food to eat.

At this time, although Mei Terumi was the future leader of the old master's faction, she herself had not directly expressed her hostility towards the Fourth Mizukage. Uchiha Obito was busy looking for Uzumaki Nagato with Black Zetsu, and he was also adopting the blood mist strategy of letting the Mist Village kill each other. Therefore, he did not pay much attention to Mei Terumi, and let Mei Terumi successfully take advantage of the opportunity to carry out the mission. She directly passed the other two missions and took two teams of Mist Ninja to the agreed location with the mysterious organization.

On the other hand, Li Mo, who was far away in the Rainbow Country, received the news. He was somewhat surprised that Mei Terumi had found the traces of his people arranged in the Water Country. He understood that the Fifth Mizukage of the original anime of "Naruto" did have outstanding abilities. In addition, he was also interested in the Mist Village and even the Water Country. Naturally, he agreed to let his subordinates contact Mei Terumi and prepare to win over this beautiful ninja.

After all, in the original anime of "Naruto", Mei Terumi is a highly ranked Kage-level powerhouse, and she is also the future Fifth Mizukage of the Mist Village. Even though her current strength has not yet reached its peak, she has already created two major bloodline limits of [Laotianshu] and [Boilingshu], and her potential is definitely very strong.

Of course, Li Mo did not ask Mei Terumi to meet directly in the Rainbow Country. Instead, he first agreed with the other party to meet at the port of the Water Country. Then he arranged a 10,000-ton cruise ship and took Mei Terumi and those Mist Ninjas directly to the Sea Country!

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"This is the Sea Kingdom?!"

A few days later, when they saw the port of the Sea Kingdom, both Mei Terumi and the two teams of Mist Ninja following her had this thought in their minds at once, especially those Mist Ninjas who had been to the Sea Kingdom before.

As a newly appeared 10,000-ton cruise ship, Mei Terumi and the few Mist Ninjas she brought with her were already very surprised. However, that might be a 10,000-ton cruise ship manufactured in other countries. Compared with the changes in the port of the Sea Kingdom not far away, for the Mist Village and even the entire Water Kingdom, they were completely two completely different feelings!