Land of Water, Hidden Mist Village.
Former Kaguya Clan Estate.
After a whole month, Mingyue had more or less figured out the current situation in the Hidden Mist Village.
The original work's description of the Hidden Mist Village during this period is not very clear.
It only indicates that during the reign of the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, the Mist was once under the rule of the "Blood Mist".
In the later stages, the severity of the rule became increasingly insane.
In the end, even the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist could not bear it and chose to defect.
But that was a matter for the later stages.
Currently, the Kekkei Genkai ninja clans in the Hidden Mist Village have not been completely eliminated.
At present, only the Yuki Clan, skilled in Ice Release, and the battle-crazed Kaguya Clan have been driven out of the village by Obito.
Clans like the Hozuki still remain in the village.
This is not surprising.
After all, the time Obito has been acting as "Uchiha Madara" is at most three years.
In other words, the time he has been controlling Karatachi Yagura is also no more than three years.
Under such circumstances, if that guy Obito dared to wipe out so many Mist Kekkei Genkai families at once, everyone would have long since rebelled.
Therefore, although he initiated the Blood Mist rule, he could only adopt the method of boiling a frog in warm water, slowly.
The previous wielder of the twin swords Hiramekarei, who was also the patriarch of the Hozuki Clan, Hozuki Senjin, died at the hands of Might Duy, who had opened all eight gates, in the last great ninja war.
The current representative figure of the Hozuki Clan is the 10-year-old Hozuki Mangetsu, who is the youngest Seven Ninja Swordsmen in history.
He is a prodigy called the "Second Coming of the Demon."
Because in the later stages of the Third Great Ninja War, four of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, apart from Jūzō Biwa, Fuguki Suikazan, and Kurosuki Raiga, were killed by Might Duy.
Therefore, he became the prodigy who could wield the remaining four ninja swords.
He also has the nickname "The Prodigy Loved by the Ninja Swords."
Hoshigaki Kisame and Momochi Zabuza are serving in the Guardian Unit and Assassination Squad respectively, but have not yet obtained any of the Seven Ninja Swords.
The main subordinates controlled by Obito through Karatachi Yagura are also this group of people.
The situation in the Hidden Mist Village is far from just this.
Besides Karatachi Yagura, who is controlled by Obito, there is another huge force in the village, led by an elder named "Genshi."
He is already 74 years old this year and has been a high-level elder in the Hidden Mist since the village's founding.
Regarding this character, it took Mingyue, a transmigrator, a long time to recall.
In the original work, Terumi Mei officially took over as the Fifth Mizukage only when the Five Kage Summit was about to begin.
In the original work, after Karatachi Yagura's death and until the time of the Five Kage Summit, it was this old man named "Genshi" who held the power in the Hidden Mist.
It was not until the Fourth Raikage sent invitations to the various villages for the Five Kage Summit that the Hidden Mist Village had to elect a Mizukage.
Only then did Genshi officially appoint Terumi Mei as the Fifth Mizukage.
Now, he is the other major power in the Village of the Bloody Mist besides Obito.
He has many powerful Mist ninjas under his command.
Ao, who would later serve as Terumi Mei's guard, is one of them.
What surprised Mingyue quite a bit was that although the one-eyed Ao, who was so scared by just detecting Shisui's chakra during the Five Kage Summit, was under Genshi's command, to Mingyue's surprise, he did not find the name "Terumi Mei" on the list of Genshi's subordinates.
This gave Mingyue a devious idea.
After all, there are still 12 years until the start of the original story's plot, and a full 16 years until the Five Kage Summit in the original work.
If any variables occurred in between, even Mingyue, a transmigrator, would have no way of knowing.
After all, this is not Konoha.
"First, let's start with this future Fifth Mizukage."
Mingyue muttered to himself.
The charming image of Terumi Mei during the Five Kage Summit appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but show a smile that all men would understand.
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The White Zetsu clone, as always, remained hidden in the ground outside the Kaguya estate where Mingyue lived, carrying out the surveillance mission on Mingyue.
When he sensed movement from the ground, the White Zetsu clone poked his head out, just in time to see Mingyue strolling out of the estate.
"Oh my~ Mr. Mingyue, are you going out?"
The White Zetsu clone asked in surprise.
In over a month, the number of times Mingyue went out was probably less than three.
This not only made his surveillance mission much more convenient, but the White Zetsu clone was also happy to be idle.
"I am human after all. I'm going for a walk, you can follow."
Mingyue smiled faintly.
"That's fine, but please put on the ANBU mask first."
The White Zetsu clone secretly used chakra to sense and confirmed that it was not a shadow clone before speaking.
Mingyue took out the Hidden Mist Assassination Squad mask that Obito had given him earlier, put it on, and turned to walk towards the center of the Hidden Mist Village.
The White Zetsu clone quickly dived back into the ground and followed closely behind.
After their figures completely disappeared.
Another Mingyue slowly walked out of the Kaguya estate, glanced in the direction the clone had left, and muttered to himself:
"As expected of a Fire Release Shadow Clone whose strength is comparable to a Wood Release Shadow Clone. Unless you have the ocular power of Uchiha Madara or the sensory ability of Senju Tobirama, it's basically impossible to distinguish."
After finishing his words, the real Mingyue turned and walked in the opposite direction.