Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi—
He was the previous Mizukage's disciple, and his most favored student, because Yagura Karatachi was a perfect Jinchuriki.
What is a perfect Jinchuriki? It means having a nuclear power plant. In the Ninja World, apart from the Uzumaki Clan and the Senju Clan, most humans' Chakra cannot exceed that of a Tailed Beast. Therefore, Tailed Beasts are not only nuclear weapons but also nuclear power plants.
A perfect Jinchuriki has reached a cooperative model where the Tailed Beast is willing to coexist with him and lend him its power. Possessing a nuclear power plant as an energy source gives an extreme advantage when fighting others.
When others run out of Chakra, he still has plenty. How can that be? And as the Kage of a Village, his own Chakra reserves are not low either.
He also possesses an advantage others don't: if he falls into a Genjutsu, the Tailed Beast inside him can easily awaken him.
Therefore, Ao was incredibly surprised that Yagura Karatachi could be controlled by Genjutsu. It turned out that what Uchiha Nagi said was true.
What concerned him even more was the information the other party provided: the person controlling the Fourth Mizukage was a member of the Uchiha Clan who possessed a Mangekyo and could use Space-Time Ninjutsu.
Ao subtly exchanged a glance, and Mei Terumī immediately understood. After the meeting, once the news of the Kaguya Clan's rebellion was confirmed, they quietly returned to their clan's territory.
The surrounding old families also remained silent. Everyone understood the principle of 'when the lips are gone, the teeth are cold,' but no one wanted to be the first to try and kill the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi.
Otherwise, if they failed, the entire family would be doomed. And if they succeeded, they would suffer heavy casualties, and ultimately, the position of Mizukage would benefit other families.
So, when Zabuza attempted to assassinate Yagura Karatachi, these families secretly provided Zabuza with some assistance.
After returning to their clan's territory, they entered a meeting room filled with talismans, and Mei Terumī eagerly asked Ao.
"How is it, Nagi-sensei? What did you see?"
Although Ao was a Jonin, he had been Mei Terumī's teacher when she was young. So, after she became Mizukage, Ao became her right-hand man.
"Hmm, the situation is not optimistic. It's just as Uchiha Nagi reported. The Fourth Mizukage is indeed being controlled. There's strange Chakra in his brain..." Ao said.
"How is that possible? He's a perfect Jinchuriki! Didn't the Three-Tails awaken him?" An elder, one of Mei Terumī's family elders, stood up in shock.
"Was the Tailed Beast extracted?"
"Impossible, he would die without the Tailed Beast."
"Baka yarō, I knew something was wrong! Otherwise, why would he conduct such a purge in his own Village..."
The people around them began to clamor—
"Quiet."
An old man sitting in the highest position, the grand elder of Mei Terumī's family, tapped the ground with his cane, signaling everyone to be quiet.
"Ao, what exactly did you see in detail? Is the Tailed Beast still in his stomach?"
Ao took a deep breath and said something that the people around him couldn't believe, "The Tailed Beast inside him is also controlled by Genjutsu..."
"How is that possible?"
"Controlling both the Mizukage and the Tailed Beast at the same time?"
"How powerful must the Genjutsu be to achieve that?"
"It's possible." The grand elder said decisively, "Have you all forgotten the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Attack on Konoha Village many years ago? According to information from our infiltrators afterwards, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's eyes that night resembled the Mangekyo Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan."
"That is to say, Mei, the information Uchiha Nagi gave you and Ao is true. Someone proficient in Space-Time Ninjutsu is controlling the Fourth Mizukage."
Mei Terumī immediately said, "Then should we awaken the Fourth Mizukage? And let the Hidden Mist Village return to normal?"
The grand elder, however, smiled a sinister smile, "Awaken him? Why awaken him? This is the best excuse to remove him from power..."
The surrounding elders' eyes lit up, and they nodded silently with smiles. Only Mei Terumī, who didn't yet understand the dirty dealings of the higher-ups, was stunned...— — — —
"Nagi-sensei, is this land?"
Kimimaro, stepping onto land for the first time, was very curious and looked around. The Land of Water was full of islands of various sizes, and in his imagination, land might just be a slightly larger place than an island.
He never expected it to be boundless—
The vast land around them was covered in farmland, with all kinds of vegetables and fruits, which were not seen in the Land of Water.
The land near the coast in the Land of Water was alkaline, and the arable land in the middle that could grow food seemed so insignificant due to the constantly expanding population.
"Eat as much as you want, don't hold back." Uchiha Nagi smiled, pointing at the food on the table.
They had arrived in the Land of Waves. After disembarking, they were now eating in a tavern. As his first student and future enforcer, Uchiha Nagi generously ordered a large spread of dishes and meat.
Kimimaro, who had never seen so much delicious food, kept swallowing his saliva. Yet, he respected his teacher and did not touch his chopsticks until Uchiha Nagi spoke, even though his stomach was rumbling.
After Uchiha Nagi spoke, he quickly picked up a roasted chicken, took a big bite, his mouth full of oil, and displayed a look of pure happiness.
Uchiha Nagi smiled and patted his head. Children are so easily satisfied; a rich lunch was enough to make him feel completely happy... "Nagi-sensei, you eat too..." Kimimaro shyly tore off a chicken leg and offered it to Uchiha Nagi.
"Let's eat together." Uchiha Nagi smiled, and they began to eat together.
As expected of the Shikotsumyaku, a taijutsu-based physique, although Kimimaro was small, he ate several times more food than Uchiha Nagi... After both were full, they paid the bill and contentedly walked out of the restaurant. "Please come again—" The shop owner smiled, because Uchiha Nagi had given him a bit extra money.
Entertaining Ninja always brought some unexpected money, as most of them were quite generous.
The prices in the Ninja World were actually very low, but most commoners still couldn't afford them. The main consumers in this world were the high-ranking Ninja.
A single Exploding Tag cost three hundred ryo, while a commoner's monthly expenses might only be the cost of one Exploding Tag.
Sometimes, the Exploding Tags consumed in a single battle could feed a commoner family for several months—
Furthermore, in Konoha Village, Ichiraku Ramen cost sixty ryo, and beer was thirty ryo. Considering the expensive prices in Konoha, the most prosperous part of the Land of Fire, prices outside the Ninja Village would undoubtedly be several times cheaper.
Uchiha Nagi currently had several million ryo left from before, and ten million ryo won from the gambling dens with Tsunade, the 'Sucker'. Eating lavishly in the Naruto World for a year or two would not be a problem.
The next time he saw Tsunade, he definitely couldn't miss the opportunity to fleece her. She was too ripe for the picking...
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