Chapter 335 The Fourth Mizukage is a Puppet

Zabuza's words were like steel needles piercing into Biwa Juzo's heart, making Biwa Juzo begin to doubt whether he had betrayed himself and the Hidden Mist Village.

But even if he had not joined the Akatsuki organization, he would not have the ability to change the current situation of the Hidden Mist Village.

After joining the Akatsuki organization, he came into contact with people like Nagato and Yahiko who had dreams and worked hard to achieve them. Being with these people, every day for him was extremely fulfilling.

After glancing at Biwa Juuzou, Bai Ye looked at Zabuza again and snorted:

"Joining the Akatsuki organization was the best choice for Biwa Juzo. He transformed from a muddle-headed ghost to a positive person."

"But you, Zabuza Momochi, have you done anything meaningful since you defected from the Hidden Mist Village, besides playing house with this group of Hidden Mist Anbu ninjas?"

"Have you ever thought about how to improve your strength and how to defeat the Fourth Mizukage?"

Hearing this, Zabuza was speechless and fell into deep silence.

During the days after his failed challenge to the Mizukage, he really did nothing. Apart from picking up Bai and the Corpse Vein Boy while wandering, he had been fighting wits and courage with the Kirigakure pursuers.

He had never thought about defeating the Fourth Mizukage. The Fourth Mizukage's strength even made him lose the courage to challenge him. No matter how hard he tried, he could not defeat the Fourth Mizukage through the challenge.

Seeing Zabuza fall into depression, Bai on the side couldn't help but speak:

"That's not the case. Lord Zabuza has always wanted to return to the Hidden Mist Village. He really wants to change the current situation of the Hidden Mist Village, but the time is not right yet."

"Then when will the time be ripe? Will we wait until Goji Yagura dies of old age?"

Bai Ye looked at Bai teasingly and blocked Bai's mouth with sarcastic words. Now even Bai didn't know what to say.

Bai had never seen how powerful the Fourth Mizukage was, but he knew how strong Zabuza was.

For an enemy that even Zabuza couldn't deal with, it seemed that he could only wait until the other party died of old age. No matter how hard he tried, it would be difficult to surpass Lord Zabuza.

After a long silence, Zabuza looked up at Bai Ye and said tiredly:
"I admit that I am a loser who cannot even challenge the Mizukage successfully, but Byakuya Jonin went to so much trouble to find me, it should not be just to mock my failed life."

"Of course I'm not trying to mock you, it's just that you don't respect my subordinates enough."

After a pause, Bai Ye continued, "Although Biwa Juzo was not performing assassination or escort missions when he joined the Akatsuki organization, his contribution to the Rain Country was obvious to all."

"He assisted Nagato in building many roads and reservoirs, and also helped civilians. He is one of the outstanding employees of Akatsuki. There are many ways for ninjas to realize their values, and they have no loyalty to a corrupt ninja village."

"You Kirigakure ninjas are so devoted to Kirigakure, but how do they treat you?"

Hearing this, Zabuza looked at Bai Ye and said:
"I admit that what you said makes sense, but that's not why you found me. I only know how to assassinate, and other jobs are not suitable for me. You found the wrong person."

Bai Ye shook his head gently: "I came to you this time not because the Hidden Rain Village lacks an excellent worker, but because I saw your ability to assassinate the Mizukage and wanted to invite you to join us in the mission."

"The experience of assassinating the Mizukage..."

"You want to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura? And you want to invite me to join you? Do you think I will accept your invitation and assassinate the Mizukage with you?" At this point, Zabuza smiled, then stared at Bai Ye and said, "I can understand that Biwa Juzo wants to assassinate the Mizukage, but why do you, the Akatsuki organization, want to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage?"

"The blood mist policy promulgated by the Fourth Mizukage has severely weakened the strength of the Hidden Mist Village. Isn't this exactly what you want to see? Aren't you afraid that the operation to assassinate the Mizukage will fail and cause revenge from the Hidden Mist Village?"

"I know you have always wanted to become one of the five great ninja villages, but you are caught between Sand Village, Iwagakure, and Konoha. Isn't it a bit unrealistic to attack the Kirigakure Village?"

Zabuza seems reckless and impulsive, but he often analyzes the situation in the ninja world.

He knew that although the Hidden Mist Village was in chaos, once the Fourth Mizukage was assassinated, the originally scattered village would quickly unite and jointly resist foreign enemies.

This is something that none of the four major ninja villages want to see, so Kirigakure has never been invaded in all these years.

After listening to Zabuza's analysis, Bai Ye secretly thought that Zabuza, as a senior ninja, was of some standard. He was able to accurately analyze the plight of the Hidden Mist Village and the reasons why other ninja villages did not intervene.

After a moment of hesitation, Bai Ye said:

"Akatsuki has never thought of replacing Kirigakure. Kirigakure can only become a subordinate ninja village of Akatsuki. As for why they attacked the Fourth Mizukage, there are many reasons."

"The chaotic Kirigakure is not suitable for trade, and it has seriously affected the income of Akatsuki. The ninja who controls the Fourth Mizukage and Kirigakure also has some grudges against me. I don't want him to continue to control Kirigakure."

The chaotic Kirigakure affected the trade of Akatsuki, and the person behind Kirigakure had a grudge against Byakuya.

Zabuza could understand the first half of the sentence, but he couldn't understand the second half at all. What did it mean to have a grudge with the person behind the scenes of the Hidden Mist Village? Was the Fourth Mizukage of the Hidden Mist Village a puppet controlled by someone?

But after thinking about it carefully, Zabuza felt that what Bai Ye said made some sense.

Before he graduated from the Ninja Academy, Karuta Yagura's style of doing things was completely different from what it is now. At that time, Karuta Yagura was against the blood mist policy and also made a lot of efforts in abolishing the blood mist assessment.

But after Karatachi Yagura became the Fourth Mizukage, everything changed.

Karatachi Yagura not only restarted the blood mist policy, but also carried out a purge of the blood inheritance families in the village. After repeated purges, the Hidden Mist Village was on the verge of falling apart.

Not only did they lose the support of the ninja clan, but even the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and the Anbu left the Hidden Mist Village one after another.

But even after experiencing all this, few people in the Hidden Mist Village doubted the identity of Yagura Karuta. One reason was that Yagura Karuta possessed the strongest strength in the entire village, and such a powerful ninja could not be controlled by others.

Secondly, all previous Mizukages have been like this. No matter what their personality was before becoming the Mizukage, they would enact the blood mist policy after becoming the Mizukage.

Perhaps the blood mist policy is more suitable for Kirigakure, or perhaps the Mizukage is afraid of being overthrown.

Zabuza was one of the few ninjas who noticed that something was wrong with the Fourth Mizukage and challenged him, but unfortunately he was defeated by the Fourth Mizukage after just a single encounter and had no time to test or doubt the Mizukage.

After a long pause, Zabuza said, "The Fourth Mizukage was controlled by someone else. Do you have any evidence?"

(End of this chapter)