Naruto: The Strongest Sage.

I apologize for not updating last night. My whole family had a bad cold. I was feeling fine at first, but after dinner, I felt uncomfortable. I thought I would lie down for a while before writing.

I didn't expect that I fell asleep as soon as I lay down, and when I woke up it was already two in the morning...

The next morning, I didn't feel any better. I felt the same as before. My whole body was sore and I couldn't get out of bed. I lay there until about 8 o'clock this evening, and I managed to get up and write a chapter. I'm so sorry...

Konoha had four more jonin, but not many people noticed, mainly because only a limited number of people had access to jonin information.

At the same time, it was not uncommon for ninjas to return from secret missions. Therefore, no one cared.

This also allowed the four resurrected Hokage to smoothly integrate into the village.

Qingye is very busy, with many projects on hand, except for the research on the evil god, which cannot be shown to others.

He also had Uchiha Kagami's eyes in his hand. According to his test, these eyes also opened the Eternal Mangekyo.

But Qingye was still unsure about the fusion of the two eyes, because according to his understanding of the plot, the fusion of the kaleidoscope would take time.

The situation around Konoha was so tense that he didn't dare to perform the operation lightly. If the enemy attacked during the operation, he might really be in trouble.

Fortunately, even if he didn't have the other gods temporarily, he still had another pair of other gods as trump cards, so he didn't have to worry about his combat power.

...................

In the Hidden Mist Village, Mei Terumi and Ao and her group are having a secret meeting.

"I have observed it many times. There are indeed traces of other chakras on the Mizukage's head, but they are very subtle. Even with the Byakugan, it takes repeated comparisons to see them."

"That's normal. How can a jutsu that can control the Mizukage be ordinary?"

"But we can't find the person behind this. He doesn't seem to be in Kirigakure. I checked the surroundings countless times with my Byakugan, but couldn't find any trace."

"According to Zabuza's intelligence, the person behind this may be injured and is hiding to recuperate. But the time is uncertain, so if we have a consensus, we must act as soon as possible."

"In that case, then we need to contact Zabuza? He and the ice-style ninja named Haku are very important combat forces."

"No, we can't start a war directly. If we rush into the Mizukage's office building and control him, it might trigger a war for the whole village.

After all, he is the Mizukage, and he still has supporters in the village. What we want is to save the village, not to destroy it. Once an all-out war breaks out, even if we win the war, we will still lose in the end.

Therefore, we have to disclose this matter at tomorrow's Jonin meeting. Only by producing evidence first to prove that the Mizukage is being controlled, can our subsequent actions be recognized, and only then can we save the village."

Mei Terumi's plan sounds a little indecisive. But her idea is actually right. If you want to seize power, you must have absolute force. Then you can do whatever you want.

If not, then she would need some tricks. And her goal was to save the village, so she needed a prerequisite, which was orthodoxy.

In this way, she has few choices in terms of means.

Soon after they made the decision, Aoba, who was far away in Konoha, also received the news. Aoba thought for a while, then opened the Root's early hidden list and found a deep-diving ninja.

Danzo did a good job in his job in his early years. He arranged for people in all the major ninja villages. After his death, the Anbu took over these intelligence networks.

With Qingye's current position, he can naturally mobilize these forces.

Mei Terumi ended the secret meeting and went back separately. They are still registered ninjas of Kirigakure and still have a certain degree of freedom.

But the Mizukage lineage has already noticed them, so they still need to be careful.

There was no conversation that night, and in the early hours of the morning, Mei Terumi was suddenly awakened by a sound.

She stood up alertly and noticed a dark shadow appearing outside the window.

Then a kunai broke the window and shot her body. After her body turned into flowing water, Mei Terumi appeared in another corner of the room.

She was shocked and didn't know what happened. Because at this time, she could hear a lot of fighting sounds coming from outside. This meant that he was not the only one who was attacked.

What's going on? Why is it the Mizukage or another enemy?

Mei Terumi was not sure who the enemy was, but this did not affect her strength, and she easily killed the attacking enemy.

He lifted the man's mask and found that he was a member of the Kirigakure Anbu.

"It's the Mizukage."

Mei Terumi was shocked, knowing that her plan had been exposed. But how was it exposed? Had someone betrayed them?

Before she could figure this out, Qing had already arrived at the scene.

"Thank God, you're okay. But we have to leave. The Mizukage has mobilized the Anbu to surround and kill us. We have to get out of here immediately."

"Leave the village? But, we..."

"No buts. No matter what the reason is, we have already failed. The most important thing now is to protect ourselves, so that we have a chance to take back the village. Let's go, I have gathered a lot of people. Let's leave together."

"But...where can we go..."

.................

In Konoha, Aoba was standing in front of the window, looking at the dawn outside.

At this time, Tsunade came over from behind.

"Calculating the time, it should be over now."

"Almost. Do you think they have a chance of success?"

"No, if their plan went well, it would be a fifty-fifty situation. Now that the Mizukage has gotten there first, they have no hope at all. What I care about now is how many people can escape."

"Why did you change the plan? Wasn't your original plan to help them succeed?"

This was indeed Aoba's original plan, to assist Mei Terumi in achieving a successful coup ahead of time and get Kirigakure to join his side.

But at the last moment, he gave up this plan and instead passed the message to the Mizukage in advance, allowing him to take the initiative and force Terumi Mei's lineage into a desperate situation.

"Because I thought it was too simple before. It's not that easy to integrate the resources of the ninja world. Now that person is hiding behind the scenes and taking the initiative. We are actually at a disadvantage in the open.

Even if we can win over Kirigakure, can Kirigakure really contribute to us? In recent years, Kirigakure's internal policies have been bloody and chaotic. The entire village and even the country have fallen into a state of weakness.

If people like Mei Terumi come to power, what do you think they will do first?"

"I understand what you mean. The new leadership of Kirigakure will definitely take recuperation as their main goal. This is the general trend caused by their internal environment. No matter who takes office, it will be like this and it must be so."

"That's right. According to this inference, even if we assist Mei Terumi, she won't be able to help much. It may even be because of the sunk costs, so we need to continuously invest various resources to help them.

So, I finally decided to be straightforward. Try to get as many resources as possible. Those that are not useful, no one should use them! "