Avengers of the Whirlpool Family

As rigorous as a machine.

That is why, among Master Yuan's many trusted subordinates, Bi has always been the most special one, a position that cannot be replaced by anyone.

"Show me this old man."

"Yes!"

After Bi bowed his head and answered, he immediately stepped forward and handed the scroll in his hand to Master Yuan.

The old man stretched out his trembling right hand, took the scroll, opened it very slowly, and read it word by word leisurely. The space suddenly became silent. Bi was still standing beside him with a calm expression.

After slowly reading all the information recorded in the scroll, Master Yuan fell into a long silence.

It took more than an hour.

"It seems to be true..."

A look of deep emotion flashed across Master Yuan's haggard face.

"Hey, I'm so sorry for making you wait so long every time, Bi, you're getting older and your brain isn't working as fast anymore..."

"No, Master Yuanshi, you are too kind. Then, how should we respond to Konoha? And how should we deal with the Vulpix?"

Bi still had a calm expression, raised her eyelids slightly, looked directly at the Yuanshi in front of her, and asked softly.

"Although we don't want to start a war, it still involves the interests of our village. Go and call Mei Terumi and Ao over. Our Kirigakure has been away from the ninja world for too long. It's time for us to return to the ninja world."

Master Yuan said this in a very slow but extremely firm tone.

In the Third Ninja World War more than ten years ago, their Hidden Mist Village was the defeated side. The number of Mist Ninjas killed and injured was countless. Later, their own Mizukage was even controlled by outsiders, which led to one bloody incident after another.

As a result, countless companions died at the hands of their own people.

The three most powerful ninja clans that once made the ninja world tremble with fear.

They also withered one after another.

Even though the village has regained some vitality through recuperation in recent years, it is still far from enough.

Otherwise, the Hidden Mist Village would have sent a large force to capture the lost Three-Tails and Six-Tails long ago.

How could I wait till now?!

If possible, the Master naturally hopes that the ninja world can continue to transition smoothly for a period of time, not too long, just another four or five years. Their Hidden Mist Village, let alone recovering to its peak period, can at least reach the level of being able to go head-to-head with other ninja villages.

However, the accident happened so suddenly.

Of course you can continue to remain silent.

But that would mean that the Hidden Mist Village itself had tacitly given up a series of interests that originally belonged to them, such as the current situation with the Vulpix.

This has always been the case with international unwritten rules.

If you don't fight for it, everyone will assume that you have given up.

This is a result that Master Yuan absolutely cannot accept.

Therefore, even if the timing is not right, they, the Hidden Mist Village, must take action.

"Yes, Master Yuanshi!"

After suddenly lowering her head to answer, Bi leaped away from where she was and went to inform Mei Terumi and Ao.

"Konoha, Kumogakure, Orochimaru, Uzumaki Menma, and Takigakure and Kusagakure? This really doesn't make things easy for the old man at all..."

Master Yuan slightly opened his extremely cloudy eyes, and a look of helplessness appeared on his old face.

Ninja World War.

This could easily cause serious damage to a ninja village.

Regardless of whether they were the victor or the loser, the five major ninja villages had to pay an extremely tragic price after the three Ninja World Wars.

This is a heavy loss that will take five or six years, or even longer, to recover from.

But their Kirigakure is better.

A few years after the end of the Third Ninja World War.

It has always been after endless civil strife.

Either someone will assassinate the Mizukage today, or a ninja clan will be destroyed tomorrow.

Even Master Yuan himself encountered several assassination attempts during those years. The number of attackers he killed and the guards who died in battle to protect him exceeded three digits. These people were all Mist Ninjas.

In this.

The most terrifying casualties were the annihilation of the three powerful clans, the Hyuga clan, the Yuki clan, and the Hozuki clan. You must know that the number of ninjas in these three clans combined was nearly two thousand. In order to destroy these three clans, the Hidden Mist Village paid an almost equally tragic price.

Other ninja villages are recovering.

As for their Hidden Mist Village, it has been constantly weakening itself.

It was not until Qing used his Byakugan to discover the abnormality of their Fourth Mizukage and completely solved the root of the problem that their Kirigakure was back on track and began to recover. However, only a few years have passed since then.

It is not enough to restore the Hidden Mist Village to its former heyday.

Otherwise, how could the Master allow his own Three-Tailed Fox and Six-Tailed Fox to wander around? Wasn't it because he didn't have the strength to take them back?

Their Hidden Mist Village is now lacking not only top-level power, but also middle-level power and even bottom-level power.

Even a weak village like the Sand Village could easily send out a ninja army of tens of thousands of people if they really fought hard.

But if the Hidden Mist Village really wants to send out a force of 10,000 ninjas, they will have to drain all their resources and directly empty all the defense lines on other borders.

Even one's own ninja village may become an empty shell.

Is this possible?

The answer is obviously no.

Therefore, the Master really does not want to usher in a new round of clashes in the ninja world right now, as that would not only interrupt the recovery of the vitality of their Hidden Mist Village, but it would also likely cause their Hidden Mist Village to sink permanently.

But Master Yuan had no choice.

That's the way things are.

"It's really not my time..."

Master Yuan shook his head slowly.

"whoosh"

"whoosh"

And that was less than ten minutes.

On the other side of the courtyard corridor.

Suddenly, two figures flashed over, stepped down from a long distance, and slowly walked towards us.

To show respect to Master Yuanshi, a senior who is a veteran of the Hidden Mist Village.

Of the two figures, the one on the right has long gray-blue upright hair, with light yellow sealing talismans hanging from his ears. The most noticeable thing is that he wears a black eye patch on his right eye, with veins bulging near his temple, and a solemn look on his face. He is the only Mist Ninja who possesses Byakugan besides the Hyuga clan - Ao!

The tall, plump woman on the left was wearing a dark blue tube top dress, her breasts were almost visible, she had waist-length reddish-brown curly hair, long, round legs, and her emerald green eyes exuded a mature charm that was breathtaking.

It is none other than the future Fifth Mizukage who has such a great reputation in the original work—Mei Terumi!

"Master Yuanshi."

When the two of them came close to the Yuan Master, they immediately knelt on one knee and greeted the Yuan Master with a respectful look on their faces.

At this time, Mei Terumi had not yet become the Fifth Mizukage.

Just like Qing, in front of Yuanshi, the difference in status and seniority must be treated with the highest courtesy.

Even more precisely.

Even if Mei Terumi ascended to the position of Mizukage as in the original work.

She still treated Master Yuan with the highest standards.

The Yuanshi's qualifications and prestige are not to be underestimated.

"Ah, Mei Terumi and Ao are here." (The original novel doesn't seem to specify how Mei Terumi's name should be pronounced. I don't know if it's just a name like Jiraiya and Orochimaru, or if it's surname Terumi and given name Mei, or surname Terumi and given name Mei. I'll just use the first one here. If any of my readers know which chapter or episode in the original novel has a clear record of this, please tell me and I'll correct it.)

"You should know why I called you two here, right? Tell me, what do you two think?"

Master Yuan said as he looked at Terumi Mei and Ao.

Like Bi, Qing is an old subordinate of Master Yuan. Compared with Bi, Qing's actions are more focused on the overall situation. Therefore, generally speaking, Qing is responsible for external affairs, while Bi is responsible for internal affairs.

Mei Terumi is a genius from a small ninja clan in the Hidden Mist Village who was accidentally discovered by the Master in the past few years.

The top fighters in the Hidden Mist Village either died or defected.

Possessing extremely strong talents, especially the ability of double blood limit, Mei Terumi is the young generation that the master is most optimistic about.

If nothing else happens.

The master intended for Mei Terumi to become the next Mizukage.

However, we still need to wait and see.

After all, this is still the Hidden Mist Village. Since the establishment of the five major ninja villages, it was only last year that Tsunade, a female figure, appeared.

And she also has the added bonus of being the granddaughter of the first Hokage.

Terumi needs to go through more tests if she wants to successfully ascend to the top of the Hidden Mist Village.

"Yes, Master Yuanshi, although the current situation of our Kirigakure is not very good, but considering the problem of Yugao-kun, our Kirigakure must take action. This is in the interests of our Kirigakure, and it is not ruled out that this is a test of our Kirigakure by Konoha. Even if we don't consider Konoha, just the covetousness of the Kumogakure, our Kirigakure can't just sit back and watch!"

As soon as Master Yu Yuan finished asking the question, the very capable Mei Terumi on the left responded directly.

You can see it.

Long before it arrived.

Mei Terumi had already made the decision in her heart.

On the contrary, under Qing's seemingly calm appearance, there was a hint of confusion and hesitation deep in his pupils.

"Well, Qing, what about you?"

Master Yuan nodded slowly and looked at Qing on the side.

"Both taking action and waiting and watching have their own pros and cons. I think we should compromise. Master Yuanshi, just like we did before when we put pressure on Konoha, we should symbolically express our attitude and wait and see what Konoha and the Hidden Cloud Village do. If everything goes well, we will take action. Even if it will be a little later, we can control the risk to the lowest range. This should be the most appropriate approach."

After Qing pondered for a while, he slowly spoke.

A very moderate approach.

On the surface.

It is indeed the safest option.

After all, if everything in the intelligence is true, there are three tailed beast Jinchuriki on the enemy side, and they are not something that ordinary ninjas can fight against.

If you are not careful, the cost of casualties will be calculated in four digits.

This is still a conservative approach.

God knows how much power Menma Uzumaki, the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails, can really unleash! ?

What if it’s 100 percent?

Whoever is the first to attack.

That would be bad luck for sure.

Konoha and the Hidden Cloud Village are large and powerful, so they can still withstand it. The Hidden Mist Village is just holding on on the surface, but it cannot withstand any huge impact.

If there is another large-scale casualty.

It is about to fall out of the list of the five major ninja villages.

And as for Qing’s answer.

Beneath Master Yuan's seemingly unchanged face, there was a hint of disappointment in his pupils.

Just as Master Yuan was about to say something.

"No, Qingsang, if we wait until that time to make a move, we will have completely lost the initiative. Indeed, as you said, if we make a move now, we need to bear the corresponding risks, but this is exactly what we should bear. This is not only related to the reputation of our Kirigakure, but more importantly, it is about the status and actual division of interests in the ninja world. The Vulpix belongs to our Kirigakure, and we must not let other ninja villages get involved. Once Konoha and Kumogakure make smooth progress, by then, will the Vulpix still belong to our Kirigakure? And other ninja villages will definitely feel that our Kirigakure has entered an unprecedented period of weakness. This is the most fatal point!"

Mei Terumi, who was sitting on the side, had already spoken in advance, looking at Qing with a very serious and stern expression.

This seems to be the same attitude as at the beginning.