Chapter 337 Hidden Mist Village

After leaving the cabin, Bai Ye and Biwa Juuzou found a place to sit down and waited for Zabuza's reply.

Recalling the conversation with Zabuza just now, Biwa Juuzou asked curiously: "Master Baiye, why did you invite Zabuza to hunt the Mizukage together? With your strength, you can do it alone."

Bai Ye looked at Biwa Juzang and stretched out his finger:

"I do have the ability to defeat the Mizukage, but I am the leader of the Akatsuki organization. If I were to defeat the Fourth Mizukage, it would definitely cause a conflict between the Akatsuki organization and the Hidden Mist Village. I don't want to get into trouble for the time being."

Biwa Juzo nodded subconsciously, and then asked: "But I am also a member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. Wouldn't it be easier to expose the Fourth Mizukage in my name..."

Having said this, Biwa Juzo fell silent.

He seemed to understand why Byakuya chose Zabuza instead of him, because he, unlike Zabuza, did not have the courage to swing his sword at the Mizukage.

Bai Ye shook his head, smiled and walked to Biwa Juzo, saying:
"You are different from Zabuza. You are a member of the Akatsuki organization. As the leader of the organization, he cannot watch his members fall into danger."

Hearing this, Biwa Juzang's body trembled and he looked at Bai Ye in shock.

He had clearly only met Bai Ye a few times, but he was extremely surprised that Bai Ye, the leader of the organization, actually treated him as one of his own.

Patting Biwa Juzo's shoulder, Bai Ye stood up and said, "Don't just stand there. While waiting for Zabuza's reply, we should not be idle. Let's go see the other child that Zabuza has taken in."

Zabuza also took in other children? Biwa Juuzou was a little confused and followed Bai Ye.

Bai Ye did not explain much and followed the chakra perception to a cave. There were some bedding and clothes simply placed in the cave, and a young man with extremely pale hair and skin was sitting on the stone bed.

"Another beautiful boy. Does Zabuza have a hobby of collecting beautiful boys?"

After muttering in his heart, Bai Ye walked towards the white-haired boy. When he was about to get close to him, the white-haired boy suddenly opened his eyes.

The next moment, the white-haired boy disappeared from the spot and pounced towards Bai Ye's location.

Biwa Juzang drew out his beheading sword and stopped the white-haired boy, completely separating him from Bai Ye.

Bai Ye stretched out his hand to signal Biwa Juzang to stop, looked at the white-haired boy and said: "You should be Kaguya Kimimaro, the last descendant of the Corpse Bone Bloodline."

Hearing this, Kimimaro's eyes became more alert, and he said in a cold tone: "I don't know you, how do you know my name and family, and why are you two here?"

"I came here to look for Zabuza."

Bai Ye looked at Kimimaro and said, "I didn't expect that in the process of searching for Zabuza, I would meet the descendants of the Kaguya clan and the Yuki clan successively. I am really lucky."

Kimimaro is a ninja from the Kaguya clan, and Shiro is also a ninja from the Yuki clan?
Biwa Juzo was a little surprised. He was not unfamiliar with the bloodline limits of the Hidden Mist Village. He had worked with the Corpse Vein Ninja and the Ice Release Ninja before.

But after the Kirigakure purge, there weren't many bloodline ninjas left in the village.

"Looking for Zabuza, you are the ninjas of the Hidden Mist Village..."

Kimimaro noticed the forehead protectors on Byakuya and Biwa Juzo and narrowed his eyes slightly. No matter how stupid he was, he knew that the Kirigakure ninja was his enemy and all his family and clansmen had died at the hands of the Kirigakure ninja.

The most important thing is that Lord Zabuza’s enemy is also Kirigakure.

Thinking of this, Kimimaro no longer held back his strength. After activating the Corpse Bone Vein, he pounced towards Bai Ye and Biwa Juzo.

When Biwa Juzang saw this scene, he quickly raised his beheading sword.

Although he sympathizes very much with the bloodline ninja who suffered the great purge, he will fight back against any ninja who offends Bai Ye. This is his professional ethics as a ninja.

Biwa Juzo's counterattack was very fast, and Bai Ye was even faster than Biwa Juzo.

Before Kimimaro could react, Bai Ye instantly appeared beside Kimimaro and punched him directly.

Feeling the strong wind coming towards him, Kimimaro quickly used the Corpse Bone Vein to resist.

However, even though bone spurs had formed on his body, Bai Ye still attacked without hesitation, and with one round he broke Kimimaro's bone veins.

Kimimaro, who was in pain, was about to fight back, but was subdued by Bai Ye using Wood Release.

The Wood Release absorbed the chakra in Kimimaro's body, and the originally hard bone spurs also retracted into the body. Kimimaro stared at Bai Ye, looking like he would never admit defeat.

Bai Ye glanced at Kimimaro and sighed in his heart.

At this point in time, Kimimaro should have become Orochimaru's subordinate, and through Orochimaru's experiments and training, he developed most of the potential of the Shikotsu Vein and became Orochimaru's number one fighter.

In the future, he even participated in the Konoha's collapse plan, killed the Fourth Kazekage, and almost took Gaara away.

It can be said that even if Kimimaro of the original time and space did not have the combat power of a Kage at this time, it was almost the same. At the lowest, he was at the level of an elite jonin.

However, Kimimaro, who was fighting with him, was not proficient in the use of the Corpse Bone Vein, and his strength was at most that of a Chunin.

However, being weak is not a bad thing for Kimimaro. Although the Shikotsu Kekkei is one of the strongest bloodlines in the ninja world, it can make one extremely powerful with a little development.

But the Corpse Bone Vein is a double-edged sword for the ninjas of the Hyuga clan.

The stronger the members of the Corpse Bone Clan are, the shorter their lifespans tend to be.

Although Kimimaro is weak now, the corpse bone vein has little effect on him, and his body looks very simple. At least he will not repeat the tragedy of the original time and space.

While subduing Kimimaro, the noise caused by the battle also attracted Zabuza and Haku.

When they saw Kimimaro being subdued, Zabuza and Byakuya's faces changed. They didn't know whether Byakuya wanted to kill Kimimaro, nor did they know what had happened between them.

After hearing the footsteps behind him, Bai Ye let go of Kimimaro, looked at Zabuza and said, "Zabuza, have you thought about it? Do you want to accept my invitation?"

Zabuza glanced at Kimimaro, then at Shiro, and then said, "I accept your invitation. Please let Shiro and Kimimaro go. They are both innocent."

Kimimaro and Bai's expressions changed, and they gritted their teeth and said, "Master Zabuza, please leave here quickly. We are both your tools and have long been ready to sacrifice ourselves."

Zabuza gritted his teeth and said righteously:
"I have long wanted to counterattack the Hidden Mist Village. I trained you two only to use you as tools. Now that I have found a more powerful helper, you two are naturally useless."

When Zabuza, Haku, and Kimimaro were performing a touching scene, Bai Ye felt strange. Wasn't he attacked by Kimimaro just now? Why did it seem like he was threatening Zabuza through Kimimaro?

Just because I'm a little bit stronger, am I not allowed to use self-defense?
After pondering for a moment, Bai Ye came to Zabuza and grinned:
"Welcome to the hunting team. This is the best decision you have made this year. Also, it was your men who attacked me first, and I did not kill him."

"Did Kimimaro attack you first?" Zabuza's face changed, and he asked Kimimaro, "Kimimaro, it was you who attacked Byakuya Jonin and Juzo-senpai just now."

Kimimaro nodded woodenly, causing Zabuza's mouth to twitch.

Who are Bai Ye and Biwa Juzo? They are the people he wants to attack but cannot beat. He has restrained his demonic character in front of these two people, but Kimimaro actually dared to attack him actively.

When I met Kimimaro who was wandering on the roadside, I shouldn't have extended a helping hand.

Although he complained, Zabuza did not blame Kimimaro. Firstly, he had ordered Kimimaro to be alert to all strange ninjas, and secondly, he knew that Byakuya and Biwa Juzo would not let it go.

Instead of continuing to waste time, it would be better to agree to this matter as soon as possible and go to the Hidden Mist Village together.

Only after returning to the Hidden Mist Village could the doubts in his heart be answered: whether the Fourth Mizukage was controlled or not, and whether there really was a masked man behind the scenes.

After sighing softly, Zabuza said, "Bai Ye, Juzo, when are we going to the Hidden Mist Village, tomorrow or today?"

"The sooner the better..." Bai Ye replied.

Zabuza nodded and said to Kimimaro and Haku, "I will be heading to the Hidden Mist Village soon. From now on, you two will be free and can go wherever you want."

Shiro and Kimimaro shook their heads and said, "We're not going anywhere."

At this time, Bai Ye looked at Zabuza and the others and said, "It doesn't matter if you take them with you on this operation. Anyway, you are definitely no match for the Fourth Mizukage. In the future, both you and they will become my subordinates."

"I am very tolerant towards my subordinates. I can treat bloodline diseases for free."

"Bloodline disease?" Zabuza frowned, then asked, "Are you saying that Haku and Kimimaro have a bloodline disease?"

Bai Ye nodded: "Long-term use of the Corpse Bone Vein will definitely cause bloodline disease. Although Bai's Ice Release Bloodline has no history of bloodline disease, long-term use of Ice Release will definitely cause damage to the body."

"In the final analysis, your training method is too rough."

"If they stayed in the Akatsuki organization, they would definitely be able to receive better training than they are now. With their potential, it wouldn't be difficult for them to become ninjas at the level of the Ninja Swordsmen."

After hearing this, Zabuza fell into deep thought and was somewhat moved by Bai Ye's proposal.

Although he said that Kimimaro and Bai were just tools, the two of them had been with him for a long time. If his plan to assassinate the Mizukage for the second time failed, he could only entrust the two of them to Bai Ye.

But if he accepted Byakuya's help, even if he solved the problem of the Fourth Mizukage, the Hidden Mist Village would still not be able to gain true freedom. It would only change from a behind-the-scenes mastermind to an open controller.

After getting rid of all the distracting thoughts in his mind, Zabuza stopped having random thoughts.

Now that I haven't set foot on the land of the Water Kingdom yet, why should I think so much? The more I think about it, the more passive I will become, which will affect my plans and layout.

……

A few hours later, Byakuya and Zabuza and his group boarded a ship bound for the Land of Water.

After two days and two nights on the boat, the group successfully arrived at the Water Kingdom, an archipelago country covering hundreds of small islands of all sizes.

The Hidden Mist Village is located on the largest island in the Land of Water.

After leaving the Water Kingdom port and stepping onto the land of the Water Kingdom, Bai Ye smelled an extremely strong sea breeze. This smell was mixed with the smell of fish and sea water, which made Bai Ye a little uncomfortable.

Except for Bai Ye, no one else reacted much.

They are all ninjas from the Water Country. They have long adapted to the climate and environment of the Water Country. Now that they have come to the Water Country, it is just a revisit to the old place.

Continuing to walk on land, in less than a day, they arrived near the Hidden Mist Village.

Compared with the other three ninja villages, the buildings in the Hidden Mist Village are full of the smell of cement. Whether it is the Mizukage Building or the other buildings, they are all made of reinforced concrete. It is considered the most modern among the ninja villages.

It’s a relief to think about it. The fact that the Hidden Mist Village is close to the ocean means that it is destined not to fall behind and fail.

After the Fourth Ninja World War, although the Hidden Mist Village failed to develop advanced technologies such as chakra cannons and aerial fortresses, it also had a chakra naval fleet.

Looking at the Hidden Mist Village in the distance, Zabuza and Biwa Juzo were both a little dazed.

It seemed like they had been away from the Hidden Mist Village for a long time, but it also seemed like they had only been away for a few hours. The Hidden Mist Village was exactly the same as they remembered, with not much difference.

They had left the village for various reasons before, but now they are back.

However, this time they are not returning to the Hidden Mist Village, but are challenging the current Mizukage and overthrowing the Mizukage and the ninja behind the Mizukage.

Bai Ye glanced at Zabuza and Biwa Juuzou and said calmly:
"Don't be in a daze. Find a way to uncover the true identity of the Mizukage. I will only give you one week. After one week, I will personally take action against the Fourth Mizukage and the masked man. Even if it affects the Hidden Mist Village, it has nothing to do with me."

"In the meantime, I'll be staying nearby and helping take care of Shiro and Kimimaro."

Hearing this, Zabuza and Biwa Juzo looked at each other, and walked towards the border of the Hidden Mist Village together. They easily crossed the border of the Hidden Mist Village and entered the interior of the Hidden Mist Village.

Watching Zabuza and Biwa Juuzou leave, Byakuya looked at Kimimaro and Bai and said:

"You two have sensitive identities, so don't even think about causing trouble. Just stay with me and watch the performance of assassinating the Mizukage."

After hearing this, Kimimaro and Haku became even more worried about Zabuza.

However, after spending these few days with Bai Ye, they have almost figured out Bai Ye's character. Although Bai Ye is powerful, he is not the cold and serious person and can also take a joke.

After a moment's silence, Bai said to Bai Ye: "Bai Ye Jonin, do you think that Lord Zabuza can really get what he wants? Is the Fourth Mizukage really under control?"

Bai Ye glanced at Bai, then said: "The Mizukage is indeed under control, but I don't know if Zabuza can deal with the Fourth Mizukage."

"Specifically, it depends on whether the ninjas of the Hidden Mist Village want to change the Mizukage."

(End of this chapter)