I teach kendo in the ninja world

Water Shadow Office.

There were only two people in the room, Goju Yagura and Araki.

The body of the Third Mizukage was placed in the center of the floor.

Yagura sent all ANBU ninjas outside to guard, not allowing anyone to come in and disturb them.

Then he sat on the sofa and sighed deeply: "Speaking of which, what exactly happened today?"

From when Araki came to ask for help, saying that the third Mizukage was seriously injured in a sneak attack, to when he witnessed Mizukage's death just now, everything was too coincidental and always gave him the feeling that it had been arranged in advance.

Araki's reaction after hearing his question directly confirmed this.

He said with a serious expression: "The third Mizukage was actually killed on the way to the Land of Thunder."

"What did you say?!"

Goji Yagura was shocked.

Araki didn't waste any time, and stretched out his fingers. The green wind blade condensed on his fingertips, and with a single move, he cut open the robe of the Third Mizukage.

The pale substance that was out of place and obviously did not belong to him was exposed to the two of them without any obstruction.

"Look!"

Araki pointed at the white body, "When I first saw the Third Mizukage in Kumogakure Village, I noticed something was wrong with him."

Next, Araki did not hide anything and told Gouju Yagura exactly what he had done.

Including his conspiracy with Xia, and the subsequent promise of Mizukage's body to Xia as puppet material.

Hearing this, Goju Yagura's expression changed from shock to anger, then to silence, thinking, and finally turned into approval and relief.

After a long time.

He praised softly: "You did a good job."

Putting himself in his shoes, in that situation, even if he were himself, he might not be able to do it as thoughtfully as Araki.

In a foreign country, the news of Mizukage's murder was not leaked, and the enemy could be eliminated at the minimum cost. Even to this day, the news is still blocked by them.

It can be said that such a big crisis in Kirigakure Village has been resolved to the lowest level.

only……

"The two white eyes who agreed to go out are not a big problem, but the red sand scorpion, is he really trustworthy?"

There was a hint of cruelty in Yagura's eyes.

Nowadays, the affairs of the Third Mizukage are undoubtedly the top secret of Kirigakure Village. It is okay for him and Araki to know such secrets, but Scorpion is an outsider after all, and his level of involvement is so high, just in case...

"My lord, please rest assured."

Seeing that Goju Yagura was already murderous, Araki quickly explained, "I can guarantee that there will be no problem with Scorpion. Moreover, Scorpion will stay in the Kingdom of Water for a long time in the future to help us deal with Konoha .”

In order to convince Yagura, he also revealed some of Scorpion's human puppet plan.

"Oh? Using the corpse of a ninja to make a puppet, you can also release the ninjutsu that he mastered during his lifetime?"

Goju Yagura was also shocked by this era-changing technology.

He pondered for a long time and then said cautiously: "In that case, I will hand him over to you. You must ensure that he will not do anything that will harm the village."

"Yes!"

Araki nodded heavily, then brought the topic back to the original track. He suggested:

"The news about the Third Generation can't be hidden for too long. For the current plan, we need you to take over the throne as soon as possible. Anyway, you have been managing the village during this period. Now, Mizukage-sama has died of serious injuries. He passed the throne before his death. It is just and right." .”

Goji Yagura was silent and took a few steps left and right. Finally, he shook his head: "No, things are not as simple as you think."

He saw that Araki was a little confused, so he patiently explained: "Although in recent years, the trend of the third generation of adults to cultivate me as their heir has become more and more obvious, but if I cannot get his personal inheritance, I will not be able to take the position of Mizukage. Take it over.

"After all, there is still a big conflict between some of my ideas and many older generation ninjas. In the past, it was because the third generation of Mizukage deliberately intervened, which made the village seem harmonious, but now..."

He didn't finish his words, but his meaning was already obvious.

Without the previous generation Kage's personal admission, those people would definitely find various reasons to oppose him.

After all, they are vested interests in the previous policy and certainly don’t want the village’s policy to change.

But if the policy remains unchanged, then what is the purpose of Gouju Yagura doing everything possible to get to the top?

Is it just to continue the previous policy that he considered extremely unreasonable?

Continue to widen the gap between the blood family and civilian ninjas?

This is obviously not something a Mizukage who wants to make a difference is willing to do.

"But we are not without supporters. What's the use of their opposition? Who is afraid of whom?"

Araki was puzzled. Judging from what he had learned over the past year, Gouju Yagura had connections with many people, including the three powerful families of Kirigakure. Are you still afraid of those old-fashioned people coming to cause trouble?

Yagura Qingxiu's baby face showed a hint of helplessness: "But don't forget, we are still at war with Konoha. Their opposition may not affect the final result, but it may delay a lot of time. By then , if the news leaks out, changes may occur on the front line."

"Isn't this village theirs?"

Araki found it unbelievable, "Delaying time and causing the village to suffer losses, what good does this do to them?"

"Who said we care more about the interests of the village than they do? Then they can use this to negotiate terms with us. After all, everyone knows my philosophy. In the future, they will want as much as before It’s not easy to get preferential treatment. If they don’t take advantage of this last opportunity to negotiate with me, what else can they do?”

Goju Yagura sighed softly.

"Just because we care more about the village, we have to pamper them? What kind of truth is this?!"

Araki stood up, "Give me the list of those people, and I will send them all to see the Third Mizukage tonight!"

"Do not impulse……"

Yagura stepped forward and patted Araki on the shoulder, and dissuaded him, "You are happy to do this, but what about their relatives? Where are their friends? What should we do? Kill them all? Then the turmoil in the village will become more serious. The conflict between the ninja clan and the civilians will become more acute. And a panic-stricken Kirigakure Village is not what I want."

He looked at Araki's eyes seriously, and the purple pupils seemed to overflow with brilliance: "Do you still remember what I said to you when we first met?"

At this time, his voice seemed to overlap with that of that time, time intertwined, and those sonorous and powerful words sounded from Araki's ears again.

"The goal I'm fighting for is so that my friends in the village don't have to live so cautiously."

Seeing Goju Yagura's firm eyes, Araki had no choice but to sit back on the sofa.

"Then what should we do? Let's agree first. If you still have to compromise with them in the end, I can't guarantee that you can control the sword in your hand and it will not be unsheathed."

"rest assured."

Yagura said confidently, "Since I said this, I must be somewhat sure. The inheritance of the position of Mizukage has always been done by the strongest person in the village. The reason why they have the opportunity to question me is simply because of me I can’t convince them with my current strength. If that’s the case, then I will completely convince them!”

"How to do?"

Araki couldn't help but have some guesses in his mind.

"Three-Tails has been waiting for me for too long. It's time to give him a new place to live." Goji Yagura's eyes flashed with compelling brilliance.

……

In a dark and humid cave.

A pale white figure emerged from the cave wall, came to a skinny old man sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, and shouted in a slightly exaggerated voice: "It's not good, Madara-sama, I was killed in the Kingdom of Water." died!"

"Oh no, it was me from the Kingdom of Water who was killed!"

Seemingly aware of the ambiguity in what he just said, Bai Jue reorganized his words.

Uchiha Madara slowly opened his eyes and asked weakly: "What's going on?"

"Ah, I'm not sure about that either. I always lose my senses suddenly."

Bai Jue said with a panicked expression, "I'm about to go over and take a look."

"...Forget it, what happens to the Water Country, it doesn't have much to do with us now."

Madara was silent for a moment and stopped his movements, "A Fei sent back news that the brat I was optimistic about is going to the battlefield soon. Hei Jue and A Fei are watching from his side, so don't run around anymore. Now I don’t have much power left to use, so I should focus on cultivating that brat.”

"That Uchiha brat named Obito?"

Bai Jue asked in shock, "But I didn't see any amazing qualifications in that silly boy! Can he really inherit Madara-sama's position?"

"Hmph, no one knows Sharingan better than me."

Uchiha Madara smiled proudly, "The more innocent a kid is, the greater the stimulation he will receive when the world in his heart collapses. The greater the stimulation, the greater the ability. This is the power of Uchiha!"

"Wow, that sounds awesome!"

Bai Zetsu applauded.

"In short, the next focus will be all on Obito, and let's put all other things aside for now."

The conclusion is final.

"Yes."

……

The three-tailed beast, one of the nine tailed beasts, has always been regarded as a symbol of natural disasters.

Until he was captured with one hand.

Well, in short, ever since the Kirigakure Village bought the Three-Tails from Konoha more than forty years ago, this thing has been one of their most powerful forces.

In other words, it is the treasure of the town and village!

And very fortunately, because Sanbi is an aquatic animal, it is very compatible with the environment of the Kingdom of Water, and it feels very close to the unique chakra of the Goju family.

People of their clan can use this chakra to communicate directly with the Three-Tails.

This is a treatment that countless jinchūriki and tailed beasts dream of!

Communication is the bridge to establish a relationship of mutual trust, and trust is the key to controlling the power of the tailed beast.

Therefore, the Three-Tails have never gone berserk in the Kingdom of Water.

The contemporary three-tailed jinchuriki of Kirigakure Village is Goju Yagura's grandfather, and he was also the first three-tailed jinchuriki.

Nowadays, his physical strength has long declined and he no longer has the strength to go to the battlefield, but with the good relationship with the Three-Tails for decades, he can still perfectly preserve the Three-Tails as a container.

"Grandpa has urged me to inherit the Three-Tails many times, but pulling out the tailed beast is equivalent to killing the previous Jinchuuriki."

On the way to the destination, Goju Yagura said slightly sadly, "I always felt that my strength was enough before, so I always rejected my grandpa and wanted him to live a little longer. Looking at it now, I feel I am doing it for my grandfather's good, but in his eyes, am I not always shirking my own responsibilities?"

Yagura stopped in front of an inconspicuous house on the southeast side of the village, near the border.

"Araki, please wait here for a moment. I want to talk to Grandpa alone."

There was a rare vulnerability in his eyes.

"Don't worry, I'm here to guard you, no one can go in and disturb you."

Araki nodded heavily.

Watching Goju Yagura enter, Araki jumped in two or three, came to a nearby tree branch and sat back down, with his eyes like a hawk, monitoring every move in the vicinity.

……

Although the residence of the Three-Tailed Jinchuuriki is remote, it is watched by countless pairs of eyes at all times.

The news that Goju Yagura and Araki came here quickly spread to some people's ears.

"It's not unusual for Goju Yagura to see the Three-Tailed Jinchuuriki, but why did he ask Araki to guard the gate? Didn't Araki lead the team to the Land of Thunder to participate in the joint chunin exam?"

An old man with gray hair and a wrinkled face was sitting in the yard, holding a piece of information in his hand and muttering in confusion.

"Wait a minute, Mizukage-sama has also gone to the Land of Thunder. Since Araki is back, why haven't I heard from Mizukage-sama yet?"

He was horrified and asked sharply: "Is there any news about Master Mizukage returning to the village today?"

The ninja who was half-kneeling in front of him replied respectfully: "Master Keizhen, no."

"There is no news about Mizukage-sama, but Araki himself is back?"

The old man murmured to himself, and suddenly, he thought of a frightening possibility.

"Quickly, go and invite the two elders Shuiya and Zhuoliu to come here. I have something important to discuss!"

"Yes!"

There was a sound of clothes breaking through the air, and the ninja had disappeared.

After a moment.

Still in this courtyard.

Three old men with faces as orange as peel gathered here.

"Old man Qingquan, is what you said true?"

Zhuoliu tried his best to open his old eyes, which were almost dim, and stared at Elder Qingquan who initiated the call.

"Although there is no evidence yet, I am at least 80.00% sure that something happened to Mizukage-sama."

Qingquan sighed.

"Then what do you want to do with us?"

The water crow was a little puzzled, "Could it be that you still want to compete for that position despite your age?"

Qingquan shook his head.

"I am self-aware. If I compete, I will definitely not be able to compete with that Goju Yagura. But I cannot let him rise to the top so easily."

He looked at the other two people, "You all know his idea, which is to make the village treat the ninja clan and civilians equally. But the ninja clan's natural advantages of blood and secret skills are there. If they really treat everyone equally, how can they be treated equally? The way out for us civilian ninjas?”

Qingquan's words silenced the other two.

The three of them were all civilians, and although they were not very strong, they were still among the best among the jounin back then.

They have been following the Third Mizukage since the First Ninja War, and are the most direct and biggest beneficiaries of his policy of supporting civilians.

Now that things have happened, they don't have much thought about fighting for power. They have only taken the position of honorary elders without any real power.

However, they have always regarded themselves as representatives of civilian ninjas, but they do not want to watch the civilian ninja's path to advancement be completely blocked.

That's right, in their opinion, Goju Yagura's proposition completely cut off the hopes of civilian ninjas.

After all, if they are inherently weak, without the support of policies and resources, how can they compete with the ninjas of the ninja clan who possess various blood inheritance and secret techniques?

They feel that they have a sense of mission to serve civilian ninjas.

"Then what do you want to do?"

After a moment of silence, Zhuoliu asked, but Water Crow did not refute.

Obviously, these two people have been moved by Qingquan's statement.

They decided to fight for the future of thousands of civilian ninjas in Kirigakure Village.

Seeing this, Qingquan showed a smile on his lips: "Gotachibana Yagura is going to see the three-tailed Jinchuuriki now. I suspect that it is most likely to transfer the tailed beast seal. Although his strength is currently the strongest in the village, he has always been There isn't much of a gap between him and Gui Deng Qianyue and others. But once there is a three-tailed one, it will be completely different. He can completely suppress all dissatisfaction and force his way to power. Therefore, before he agrees to our conditions, we must not give in. He succeeded!"

"But I heard that Araki, the gatekeeper for him..."

Elder Water Crow hesitated to speak.

Who is Araki?

A year ago, he was just the chief of a ninja school, and he wouldn't be worthy of their eyes.

Half a year ago, he was only a slightly famous genin, and his main fame was due to his massacre of his classmate Zabuza Momochi.

But now, no one in Kirigakure Village can ignore this name.

Cutting off an arm of the Third Hokage and taking an arm off Danzo Shimura. Such a feat has never been achieved by anyone in Kirigakure Village's history.

Not to mention he is still so young.

When the news first came out, a few of them also thought about recruiting Araki and treating him as a representative of future civilian ninjas to compete with Goju Yagura.

But when they took action, they discovered that the opponent was already a member of Gouju Yagura.

Now, when he heard the name again, Qingquan snorted heavily: "The traitor who betrayed his origin can have such a record, but it's just because of the good publicity of Goju Yagura and the others! Has he ever fought alone? The enemy? Either Ghost Light Qianyue is here, or Kaguya Cyborg and Xiu Bing are here. I don’t believe in such a record!"

"But even so..."

Zhuoliu looked at Qingquan's eyes widening as he blew his beard, and said cautiously, "We don't have anyone strong enough to compete with him! After all, he still has the same shark in his hand!"

Indeed, even if Araki's record is somewhat watery, no matter how underestimated, he is still an elite among jounin with the rank of jounin and Samehada.

After all, they have no real power. Although their reputation among civilian ninjas is very high, elite jounin all have their own judgments. This kind of thing cannot be summoned by just raising one's arms.

Because the popularity of Goju Yagura and Araki in the village is not low.

"There is a person, although he is not one of ours, but he can be used by us in dealing with Araki."

Qingquan smiled mysteriously.

"Who?"

The two immediately asked.

"Watermelon Mountain Puffer Ghost!"