Chapter 341: Battle of the Hidden Mist Village

"Master Yuan's people are moving around frequently? Do you suspect they are going to attack me?"

After hearing this, Obito frowned, looked towards the location of the elders' residence, and then smiled.

He didn't think that the Master and the motley crowd under his command could pose much of a threat to him. Although the Master was highly respected in the Hidden Mist Village, the ninja world was ultimately a place that valued strength.

The Yuanshi decades ago might have possessed strength comparable to the Five Kage, but how much of his strength can he display now?
Not all ninjas are like the Third Hokage of Konoha, who can still fight hand-to-hand with the Nine-Tails at the age of fifty or sixty.

As for the group of rabble under the Master's command, Obito didn't even take them seriously.

Mei Terumi, who possesses double blood limits, is just an ordinary person in Obito's eyes. The only one who makes him feel a little afraid is Ao, the senior ninja who has transplanted the Byakugan.

At this time, Kisame spoke:
"Master Yondaime, the situation this time is a little different from the past. This group of people seem to have begun to doubt your identity, and according to the information I have obtained, Zabuza and Biwa Juuzou, who defected from the village, seem to have sneaked into the village."

"Zabuza and Biwa Juuzou sneaked into the village?"

Obito's expression changed, and he asked in a serious tone: "Are you sure that Zabuza and Biwa Juuzou sneaked into the Hidden Mist Village? Did your men see them with their own eyes?"

Kisame nodded. As a member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, he was well-informed.

He even received an invitation from Zabuza, inviting him to join him in fighting against the Fourth Mizukage, but he flatly refused.

Obito knew that Kisame would not lie, but he still expressed his doubts.

After getting the accurate answer, Obito was silent for a few seconds and his expression turned ugly.

As the supreme Mizukage of the Hidden Mist Village, Obito knows all the jonin in the village, and he knows celebrities like Zabuza and Biwa Juzo even better.

Zabuza is a young jonin with great potential in the village. He also attempted an assassination attempt on the Mizukage not long ago.

Although that assassination attempt did not harm Karuta Yagura, it did loosen his control over Karuta Yagura and almost made Karuta Yagura wake up.

After the assassination failed, he sent people to hunt down Zabuza many times.

But those incompetent Anbu were no match for Zabuza and they escaped in various ways.

However, there was not much conflict between him and Biwa Juzo. After his protest was ineffective, Biwa Juzo took the initiative to leave the village and became a rebel ninja who was not wanted.

But the problem is that Biwa Juzo became a rebel ninja and joined the Akatsuki organization.

Theoretically, the other party is a member of the Akatsuki organization just like himself. Since everyone has the same goal, why would Biwa Juzo mix up with Zabuza?

After thinking for a moment, Obito's expression became even more gloomy.

He began to doubt the purpose of Biwa Juuzou and Zabuza's mixing together, and began to suspect the mastermind behind this action. This familiar recipe and taste, could it be that Bai Ye was behind it again?

It would be fine if they were trying to snatch control of the Uchiha clan from me.

Everyone was competing fairly. The fact that Uchiha Itachi, whom I trained, could not compare to Uchiha Shisui just meant that I was not as skilled as him, so I just accepted it.

But the Hidden Mist Village has been his territory for a long time, and he has been waiting for the right time to harvest the Three-Tails Jinchuriki and the Six-Tails Jinchuriki. Now that it has come to this, are they still trying to snatch the credit from him?

Kisame noticed Obito's silence and asked after a long while, "Fourth-generation master, should we take action against them in advance?"

Obito, who was pulled back to reality, shook his head slightly:

"Don't worry about them for now. I'll also see what efforts they will make to overthrow the rule of the Fourth Hokage. In front of a powerful enemy like the Fourth Mizukage, they should put aside their prejudices and work together."

Kisame was a little confused, but still asked: "Then what should we do next? Just watch them attack Karatachi Yagura?"

"Of course not..." Obito looked at Kisame, and then said: "How was the task I gave you last time? Did you find the exact location of Yugao?"

Kisame nodded and said, "Yugaka is hiding his identity and staying on the Island of Insects."

"Insect Island? It's time to go check on Yugao..."

Obito nodded slightly, and then seemed to remember something, and said to Kisame:

"Oh, there is one more thing. We will be leaving the Hidden Mist Village soon. From now on, I will no longer be the Fourth Mizukage of the Hidden Mist Village. It would be better for you to call me Uchiha Madara."

Hearing this, Kisame was slightly stunned and looked up at Obito.

Does Obito mean to give up the Kirigakure? But why should he give up the Kirigakure? Although the Kirigakure is very weak at the moment, it is still one of the five great ninja villages.

It will still be of great help in realizing the Moon Eye Project, so there is no need to give up now.

However, despite his inner doubts, Kisame still obediently carried out Obito's orders. He was not a smart ninja, so there was no need for him to figure out his boss' orders.

Anyway, no matter how much you think about it, you won’t get the answer, so you might as well just carry out your task honestly.

Obito noticed Kisame's expression and felt relieved. Kisame was his greatest gain in the Hidden Mist Village after the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails, and was also his right-hand man.

In comparison, Uchiha Itachi is much more cunning.

Even though he agreed to become his subordinate, he had been secretly collecting information about him, trying to find a way to send it to the Konoha Village, but Uchiha Itachi would never know that he was just his pawn.

Uchiha Shisui, who replaced Danzo in Konoha Village, was just a pawn of another person.

This time, he and Bai Ye will start a new round of competition in the Hidden Mist Village. This time he will not lose again. Even if he gives up the Hidden Mist Village, he will let his subordinates defeat Bai Ye's subordinates.

……

Time flies, and a week has passed in the blink of an eye.

Within a week, Zabuza and Biwa Juzo gathered more than twenty ninjas who were willing to overthrow the Fourth Mizukage. These ninjas were all victims of the blood mist policy and were full of hatred for the Fourth Mizukage.

He believed that only by overthrowing the rule of the Fourth Mizukage and sending him to the guillotine could the Hidden Mist Village be saved and made even greater.

Zabuza was very satisfied to be able to gather so many like-minded ninjas.

It's not because the joining of this group of ninjas can increase the success rate of the plan to overthrow the Mizukage, but because so many people support his ideas and are willing to join him.

The complacent Zabuza glanced at the crowd and finally landed on Biwa Juzo. Unlike the previous few days, he could feel Biwa Juzo's resonance with him. Biwa Juzo really hoped that he could succeed and overthrow the tyranny of the Fourth Mizukage.

After taking a deep breath, Zabuza explained to everyone the time when the plan would start.

The time to attack the Mizukage Building is 4 a.m. tonight. This time period is when the Anbu and guards are the most tired, and the probability of success will be greatly increased.

Time passed minute by minute, and soon it was four o'clock in the morning.

Facing the breeze blowing from the sea, a thick fog enveloped the entire Mist Village. With the help of the fog, Zabuza and others quickly approached the Mizukage Building.

Just as Zabuza expected, all the guards in the Mizukage Building were dozing off, so now was the best time to take action.

After giving the order to try not to kill anyone, Zabuza sneaked into the Mizukage Building.

As soon as the Anbu ninja guard on duty noticed something was wrong around him, he was pinned down by a group of ninjas and stuffed into a sack.

The Kirigakure Anbu hiding in the dark noticed something unusual and was knocked down just as he was about to speak.

In front of Zabuza, the old ANBU ninja, ordinary ANBU ninjas were no match at all. After a few rounds, the defense of the Mizukage Building was completely wiped out.

Zabuza was not happy after dealing with the guard so easily, but became even more solemn.

The guard force of the Mizukage Building should not be so weak here. Compared with the last time he came here, it has been reduced a lot.

This made him feel that something was wrong even though he was ready for a quick victory.

Could it be because of the help from Master Yuan this time? Master Yuan has been retired for so many years, but he can still influence the deployment of the Mizukage Building. I really underestimated the influence of the old guy.

Gathering his thoughts that were gradually dispersing, Zabuza led his subordinates to the end of the corridor.

As long as I push open the door in front of me, I will be able to see the Fourth Mizukage. The last time I saw the Fourth Mizukage, I was surrounded by the Fourth Mizukage and the Anbu. I don’t know what the probability of success is this time.

After knocking on the door of the Mizukage's office, Zabuza and Biwa Juuzou stood on both sides of the door, ready to attack at any time.

At this time, the gentle voice of the Fourth Mizukage came from the office:
"It's so late. Who is here to see me? Is there something important to report? The door is not locked. Just come in."

Hearing this, Zabuza pushed open the office door.

Zabuza walked straight in front of the Fourth Mizukage, and Biwa Juuzou and other ninjas also entered the Mizukage's office.

After seeing that it was Zabuza and Biwa Juuzou who entered his office, the Fourth Mizukage was stunned at first, then smiled and said:

"Isn't this Zabuza, the traitorous ninja in the village? You come here to assassinate me again this time. Wasn't the lesson I taught you last time enough? And Senior Juzo, you are an elder in the village. Do you really have to get involved with a traitor like Zabuza?"

Biwa Juzo glanced at the Fourth Mizukage and said:

"I don't want to attack the Mizukage either, but what you have done over the years is not what a Mizukage should do. For the sake of the Hidden Mist Village, I can only join forces with Zabuza to attack you."

The Fourth Mizukage sighed softly:

"Even Senior Juzo couldn't understand my intention. Is it true that the policy I promulgated was wrong? But I did what the previous Mizukage couldn't do. I solved the bloodline family of the village. From now on, the village will never have civil strife due to the conflict between bloodline ninjas and ordinary ninjas."

Zabuza couldn't bear to listen any longer. He drew out the big sword behind him, pointed at the Fourth Mizukage and said:

"Stop talking nonsense. We suspect that you are not the Mizukage at all, but another ninja pretending to be one. The real Fourth Mizukage is not someone like you at all!"

Before he could finish his words, Zabuza raised his sword and rushed towards the Fourth Mizukage.

The Fourth Mizukage picked up the green leaf scepter on the ground, gently raised his arm to block the sword's slash, then sighed and spoke:
"I really don't want to attack the ninjas in the village, but since they have knives at their necks, I can only reduce the number of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen."

After saying that, the Fourth Mizukage waved his scepter. The seemingly light scepter contained enormous power. Just a casual smash made Zabuza's palm numb and the ground caved in.

Seeing that Zabuza was at a disadvantage, Biwa Juzo also took action.

After performing the instant body movement technique, Biwa Juzo came behind the Fourth Mizukage and aimed his beheading sword at his neck, and the sharp blade quickly hit him.

The Fourth Mizukage who was hit turned into a ball of water, and then quickly distanced himself, shouting: "Water Style: Water Mirror Technique!"

In an instant, a water mirror took shape.

The water clone copied the actions of Zabuza and Biwa Juuzou, rushed out of the water and pounced towards the two of them, even the movements and strength were exactly the same.

After the real body and the water clone collided, Zabuza and Biwa Juzo's faces changed.

The Water Mirror Technique just now is the famous secret technique of the Fourth Mizukage. It can copy the enemy's movements and ninjutsu. It is one of the most powerful ninjutsu in the Hidden Mist Village.

The Fourth Mizukage once used this secret technique to kill several jonin in the Ninja World War.

However, this secret technique is not without flaws. As long as you hide in a place without light or with blurred vision, the Water Mirror Technique will automatically become ineffective.

Zabuza, who was proficient in assassination, quickly performed the Mist Hidden Technique, causing the Mist Hidden Village to converge towards the Mizukage Building, limiting the surrounding vision to within two meters.

Faced with Zabuza's performance of the Mist Hidden Technique, the Fourth Mizukage's face changed. He took a few steps back, smashed the window and left the Mizukage's office. He didn't want to face an enemy who was proficient in assassination techniques in a narrow place.

After landing accurately on the ground, the Fourth Mizukage formed seals with his hands and shouted, "Wind Style: Typhoon Pass!"

Suddenly, a strong wind blew up from the ground, which blew away the surrounding fog with unstoppable force, leaving only the Fourth Mizukage and Zabuza and others who came to surround him on the open ground.

Facing this group of ninjas who were trying to assassinate him, the Fourth Mizukage chuckled and said, "You don't really think you can defeat me, do you? Even if you all attack me together, you can't be my opponent?!"

As he spoke, the Fourth Mizukage began to invoke the Three-Tails' Chakra and entered the state of Tailed Beast.

Dark red chakra enveloped the entire body of the Fourth Mizukage, and three long tails appeared behind him. He stared at Zabuza and Biwa Juzo closely, but a trace of pity flashed in his eyes.

The next moment, the Fourth Mizukage's eyes returned to indifference and his body instantly disappeared from the spot.

The tailed beast state can provide him with speed, strength, defense, and chakra. If he could fail before entering the tailed beast state, he would not be able to fail after entering the tailed beast state.

This is the gap between the Mizukage and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and it is also the confidence that the Fourth Mizukage became the Mizukage.

(End of this chapter)