I teach kendo in the ninja world

The next day.

Scorching sun.

Amidst the rumbling thunder, eight people from the Hidden Cloud Village walked out of the gate of the Hidden Cloud Village together with a red sand scorpion.

This time, Samyi didn't have time to see him off at the door, because several of their newly promoted chuunin were about to follow Kirabi to the frontline battlefield.

As for Zabuza and the others who also completed the Chuunin Exams...

Still a genin.

This is not because their performance is not good, but because neither Araki Kazu nor Mizukage can promote them in Yunyin Village.

You have to go back to Kirigakure Village to register them.

After leaving Yunyin Village, there are bare winding mountain plank roads all the way.

The road down the mountain was much easier than the one up the mountain. Araki was vigilant all the way, but most of the day passed until they boarded the ship specially prepared for them by Yunyin Village, and they did not see any suspected assassins.

"It seems that Konoha has given up on the assassination plan."

Araki breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to the Third Mizukage, "Mizukage-sama, please board the ship first."

After boarding the ship, he politely invited all the sailors off the ship one by one.

Because what they were going to do on the ship this time must not be known to outsiders.

"But how are we going to explain to Raikage-sama when we go back?"

The captain looked at Araki with some embarrassment, "And if we don't operate the ship, you..."

He didn't finish his words, probably out of consideration for Araki and others' face.

The implication is to ask again, can you guys sail a boat?

"Ha ha……"

Araki smiled slightly when he heard this and asked if someone from Kirigakure Village could sail a boat?

Although the education received by ninjas in terms of culture and politics is very biased, they have carefully learned the skills related to completing tasks.

As a ninja in the Kingdom of Water, if you don't know how to drive a boat and fish, you will basically not survive three missions.

"Don't worry about operating the ship. As for how to explain it to Raikage-sama...just think of it as giving us a ship. It's no big deal!"

Araki waved his hand and forcibly drove them away.

Then he said to Zabuza and the others, "I'll leave the sailing of the ship to you. Is that okay?"

"no problem!"

Kaguya Black Bone shouted energetically.

After sending away the six genin, Araki looked at the Third Mizukage:

"Mizukage-sama, your injury hasn't healed yet, why don't you go back to the cabin and rest first? Don't worry, I'm watching outside, nothing will go wrong!"

"...Okay, then I'll leave it to you."

The Third Mizukage nodded. Although he was not injured at all, in order to maintain his character, he still returned to the cabin as instructed.

After everyone left, Araki led Xie in two or three vertical jumps and went directly to the top of the sail.

"Now can you tell me who you are going to deal with?"

Scorpion's eyes narrowed slightly, his usually calm expression a little confused.

"It seems that you have already guessed something in your mind..."

Araki smiled faintly and directly confirmed Xie's guess, "How about this first puppet? Is it okay?"

"Are you really going to... attack the water?"

Xie said in confusion: "I didn't feel anything unusual about him at all. Are you planning to rebel against the village?"

"If you can sense it easily, how can you hide it from the other three shadows?"

Araki shook his head.

Zetsu's concealment and camouflage abilities can be said to be at the level of the Six Paths. He is a perfect match for the mastermind behind the scenes. If he were not afraid of the Six Paths Sage who has been using chakra to monitor and protect the ninja world, he could turn the ninja world upside down by himself. .

"But... if you attack directly like this, can I trust you, and can other people in Kirigakure Village also trust you?"

It can be seen that Xie is still a little worried about Araki.

"Don't worry, there will be evidence after we kill him."

Araki felt Xia's concern and reached out to pat his shoulder.

"...If it doesn't work, I can also cover your escape to the Kingdom of Wind."

After a moment of silence, Xie gritted his teeth and said words that shocked Araki.

Could it be that the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Water started fighting because of me?

Araki suddenly had the illusion that the world line was closing. He shook his head: "Cover me to escape to the Kingdom of Wind...Aren't you afraid of causing a war between the two countries?"

"What are you thinking? I won't use the name of Sunagakure Village to protect you."

Scorpion rolled his eyes, "When you get to the Kingdom of Wind, it will be my territory, and the environment is extremely unfriendly to Kirigakure ninjas. I can protect you myself."

"Ok."

There was regret in Araki's tone, "I thought you were going to lead Sunagakure Village into a war with Kirigakure for me!"

"To lead Sunagakure Village to fight Kirigakure, I have to be able to lead him. I'm not Kazekage, so how can I have this power?"

Scorpion waved his hand, "Stop talking nonsense. I hate waiting. Let's talk about the next plan."

After some banter, the two got back to business.

"My original plan was to mix the drug into his food and have him take it."

Araki pinched his chin, "But the life breath contained in your medicine is a bit too strong, and it may not be hidden! So we might as well be more direct."

"What kind of direct method?"

"Just say this is the healing medicine you prepared and just give it to him to drink."

"Can he easily drink the medicine prepared by me, a person from another village?"

Scorpio feels that this plan is a bit unreliable.

"Believe me, that thing is really non-toxic anyway, he will definitely drink it."

Araki smiled mysteriously.

If it were other ninjas, even if Araki was vouching for it, the possibility of drinking the medicine would be only [-] or [-], mainly because of how much he trusted Araki.

But Bai Jue is different.

First of all, its own IQ is somewhat problematic. There are many things that normal people can imagine, but it cannot necessarily do so.

Secondly, it very much needs Araki's trust at this stage.

As a half-truth and half-false Mizukage, Araki is the only one who can prove his identity, at least until he enters Kirigakure Village and gains the trust of others.

Otherwise, if a group of people go out, only you will come back in the end. Although you look exactly like Mizukage, if Araki, the only jounin accompanying him, expresses doubts about him, then he may have to go through many inspections before he can get the other people in Kirigakure Village. of trust.

After all, Araki is not a loner with no influence in the village.

Moreover, the ninja world has all kinds of strange techniques, and no one is sure whether there is anything wrong with this Mizukage.

Therefore, it is crucial for him to gain Araki's trust.

And trust is a mutual thing.

If you want me to trust you, then you must also trust me.

At least act like it is.

Otherwise, why should I trust someone who doesn't trust me at all?

So under this premise, the possibility that he will drink the drug greatly increases.

After all, Araki guarantees that the medicine is fine. If you don't drink it, you don't believe him.

Besides, even if a small probability event occurs and he really insists on not drinking, Araki and the others will have nothing to lose.

Anyway, a normal person would know that this thing is a good thing at a glance, and no one would think of it as poison.

So I won't alert the snake.

The decision was made, the two looked at each other, jumped off the sail together, and walked into the cabin one after another.

In the bedroom, the third Mizukage was sitting on the edge of the bed with his eyes closed.

Araki held the small glass bottle he took from Xia and walked straight over.

"Mizukage-sama, how are your injuries?"

Araki asked with concern on his face.

"Ugh……"

The Third Mizukage sighed, "We can only barely maintain it to prevent it from deteriorating further."

"That's right, that's just right. Just now Xie Xie gave me a bottle of healing medicine secretly made by Sand Hidden Village. The life breath in it is very strong. It will definitely help you recover quickly!"

Araki took out the small bottle with a look of joy on his face.

"I have checked it. It contains only plant life essence and no other ingredients. Please drink it quickly."

"Plant essence, sand secret medicine?"

The Third Mizukage took the small bottle with some suspicion.

As the strongest intelligence master in the ninja world, why didn't he know that there was such a thing in Sunagakure Village?

However, after inspection, he found that it contained indeed the purest life energy.

Seeing that Mizukage seemed a little suspicious of the source of the drug, Araki pulled Scorpion in front of the third Mizukage and introduced in a slightly proud tone:

"You also know that Xie is a genius puppet master. But apart from that, what you probably don't know is that he is also a master of poison making, and medicine and poison are never separated. This is the result of his latest research."

Xia cooperated and showed a smile that was half proud and half shy.

To lie, you need nine truths and one lie to deceive people.

And what Araki said was almost [-]% true, with no falsehood at all.

It's just a small side effect that's hidden.

After hearing Araki's explanation, the Third Kazekage was immediately relieved of his doubts.

Since the new research came out not long ago, it is normal that he does not know about it.

So, with Araki's expectant eyes, he uncorked the bottle, raised his head, held the small bottle with one hand, and poured it into his mouth.

Time seems to freeze at this moment.

In order to observe this scene, Araki even opened the [Inner Eye].

The emerald green liquid slowly flowed out along the transparent, slightly curved glass bottle mouth. After briefly passing through the air, it accurately fell into the mouth of the third Mizukage.

At this moment, Araki, who was standing next to the bed and only a few feet away from him, made a lightning move and directly turned the medicine bottle upside down. The entire bottle of medicine was immediately swallowed by Mizukage.

The emerald green potion melted in his mouth, and he did not need the assistance of the Third Mizukage to swallow it. In an instant, a layer of green light filled with the breath of life had spread to his whole body.

It looks like opening the Eight Gates of Dunjia, causing the chakra to be so filled that the body can't even contain it and can only leak out and turn into arrogance.

"you……"

The Third Mizukage was accidentally fed an overdose of drugs and was immediately shocked and enraged.

However, before he could make any move, he let out a moan of pleasure almost uncontrollably.

"Um..."

Immediately afterwards, he felt as if he had returned to his mother's arms, his whole body was warm and lazy, and even his raised arms went limp, and he dropped the medicine bottle on the bed.

Not only that, in the blink of an eye, his whole body seemed to have lost all strength. He could not even continue to sit on the edge of the bed, but began to slide from the edge of the bed towards the ground.

Pfft!

With no one to support him, he finally managed to slide to the floor and fell into a blissful daze.

"It's done!"

Looking at the Third Mizukage who had a strange smile on his face, as if he was thinking of something happy, the corners of Araki's mouth also raised slightly.

Plan pass!

He gave a thumbs up to Scorpion, "This medicine works faster than I thought!"

But Scorpion was even more nervous than him. At this time, he finally let out a breath and asked: "What should we do next?"

"What should I do? He is yours now. It's up to you to do whatever you want~"

Araki spread his hands and signaled Xie to let go.

……

Konoha.

"Yunyin Village has declared war on us."

Orochimaru held the information just sent back from the ANBU in his hand, with a playful expression on his face.

"So fast?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen paused while smoking, a little puzzled.

Although they were mentally prepared to be besieged, the speed of Yunyin Village's actions still exceeded their expectations.

"Has Kirigakure and Kumogakure's relationship reached this point? What about Sunagakure and Iwagakure?"

"They haven't made any movement yet. As for Kumogakure's reason for sending troops, he accused us of sending people to attack the Kingdom of Thunder."

Orochimaru pushed over a picture, which showed a hundred-armed giant Buddha that looked upright.

"This is……"

Orochimaru may not have seen the first Hokage Senju Hashirama on the battlefield due to his age, but how could Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo forget it?

"...the first master's technique!"

"How is this possible? Even Tsunade can't use such a powerful wood escape. Who is this attacker?"

Danzo Shimura stabbed the ground with his cane and asked angrily.

"What a coincidence, this is exactly what Yunyin Village wants to question us."

Orochimaru's golden vertical pupils narrowed slightly, he stretched out his long tongue and licked the corners of his mouth, his tone was gloomy.

"Damn it, this is slander and a naked frame-up!"

Danzo jumped in anger.

"This person must not be from Konoha, we can explain..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen opened his mouth, but was directly interrupted by Orochimaru.

"If Tsunade hasn't set off yet, there is indeed some room for explanation in this matter. Now..."

Yes, there happened to be a person who showed his wood style in the Kingdom of Thunder, and on the other side, one of the Sannin of Konoha also showed great power with his wood style in the Kingdom of Water.

How can this be explained?

I can’t even explain it even though I’m covered in words!

"But if we don't explain, what if this bastard pretends to be Konoha and attacks other countries in a few days?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen asked worriedly.

"...There is no way around this matter, it's a dead end."

After all, this thing is really unclear.

Konoha says that the Wooden ninja is not theirs, how to prove it?

Do you want to show your ninja registration list to other countries?

Even if they really do this, can they believe it?

Or should they send people to search Konoha Village?

The root of the problem is that there are really wood escape ninjas in Konoha now!

It's like yellow mud falling into your crotch!

Orochimaru was silent for a moment and then said, "It seems that there is a hostile force hidden in the ninja world that we don't know much about, and we need to be more vigilant. But at present, the first thing we need to deal with is the attacks from several other ninja villages. . As for the Kingdom of Thunder, let the Uchiha clan go."

"Uchiha?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo frowned at the same time.

Since the Second Hokage, the Uchiha clan has almost never been on the battlefield. This seems to have become a tacit understanding.

But before the two of them could raise any objections, Orochimaru had already stood up and walked towards the secret storage room.

"That's it. Let Minato Namikaze be the commander, with the Uchiha clan as the backbone, and lead three thousand ninja troops to garrison at the northern border. I have some new ideas and need to check the Second Hokage's notes. You can go down first."