Naruto: Hidden in the Mist Konoha

Kirigakure, Mizukage Room.

The young Mizukage had great ambitions. He had just tamed the Three-Tails and was extremely confident.

"Sir Yondaime," Tsukahara Hako bowed slightly to Yagura while still speaking respectfully, "The current evidence does not warrant a declaration of war. The Uchiha family has produced many traitorous ninjas, and those on the international wanted list have reached S level. There are three of them, and just based on the traces of chakra, it cannot be confirmed that the malicious intent comes from Konoha."

"Be careful when declaring war," Onizukigawa Yasushi said to Yagura solemnly, instead of his joking look just now: "Not to mention how cruel the Ninja World War is, once war is declared, how many ninjas will be sacrificed by Kirigakure. Lord Yagura , do you know how much money Konoha borrowed from Kirigakure for the war, and how many weapons Konoha and Kumo ninja provided, and once war is declared, these loans and payments Konoha owes Kirigakure will definitely not be returned. Yes, then even if we win, we still lose."

"Yakura-sama, please consider carefully the words of the Onizuki family leader. We are now the largest creditor of Konoha and Kumo ninja. Although Konoha won the war, we will not be able to repay our loans and payments in a few years. We are the real beneficiaries of the war, so please carefully consider declaring war."

Ise Umino's words made Yagura, who had just taken over Mizukage, understand a lot of things. To maintain the existence of a shinobi village, the annual expenditure is huge. Even in Konoha, which is located in a rich area, it cannot make ends meet every year. Not to mention that Kirigakure Yagura, who is located in a remote area and has few products, has dealt with almost all the documents since he took office. Various expenditures, such as the intelligence funds of the ANBU Intelligence Department, the experimental funds of the ANBU Ninjutsu Laboratory, the cost of replacing equipment for the security forces, etc. When you become a Mizukage, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are. Your first responsibility is to afford the firewood, rice, oil and salt for thousands of people in Kirigakure Village. Kirigakure's products are scarce, even food is purchased from Konoha every year, and other things are even less. Kirigakure can now be maintained mainly by relying on two pillars. Pillar one: the live broadcast of the graduation exam; pillar two: loans and supplies to other shinobi villages, which are war funds.

The three family heads were very happy to see that Yagura did not insist on declaring war. Just as he was preparing to discuss how to ask for interest from Konoha, the mirror image of Suigetsu in the Mizukage room suddenly rang.

The person who transmitted the mirror image was Yamauchi Daimyo's younger brother, Yamauchi Toyota. Seeing that the three family heads were also there, Yamauchi Toyota was very happy.

"You are all here, so I don't need to waste any more time. Without further ado, the Daimyo has important matters to deal with tomorrow, so let me inform you that the graduation exam will be scheduled for this afternoon. The Daimyo has a lunch break until 2 p.m. He hopes to wake up When he comes, Kirigakure’s graduation exam will be displayed on his water moon disk.”

The sun was hot against his face, and his throat was dry. Zabuza Momo felt that his consciousness had returned, and he could feel every muscle in his body again.

Zabuza opened his eyes and found that he was in a small room with only one bed and a table. On the table were several kunai and ninja pockets, which were exactly what he got from the dead throw point.

After moving his body a few times, the Tsukahara clan's jounin struck out very well, knocking him unconscious without causing any sequelae. According to what Loquat Juzo said, that person should be Mitsuhide from the Tsukahara family. Why did Tsukahara Mitsuhide attack them? Aren't they been executing Tora Chiyo's plan?

Thinking of this, Zabuza suddenly shivered. He carefully recalled the situation when he fought against the surprise ninja. When he encountered a surprise attack, he still unconsciously revealed his true strength beyond that of a genin.

"Tsukahara Mitsuhide, it shouldn't be spying." Zabuza thought for a while and comforted himself.

"Hey, eat your food as soon as you wake up." A man dressed as a chuunin appeared at the door and threw a few rice balls on the table. "Put your food away. You have ten minutes."

Ten minutes later, the chuunin led Zabuza along the tunnel, gradually heading towards the stage of destiny.

Zabuza is familiar with this tunnel. It is the tunnel leading to the inner lake of the ninja school. Every graduate must exit from here, gain new life or die. Of course, for a common man, the latter is almost a certain outcome.

At this time, by the inner lake of the Ninja School, dozens of ninjas from the Onizuki family were already guarding their positions. There were even several ninjas in the sky. These were the ninjas responsible for the transmission of Suigetsu's image. In front of them, a dozen ninjas from the Tsukahara family were scattered around the inner lake. They were the guards responsible for exam security.

On the entire vast inner lake, there were only ninjas, and there were no spectators at the examination site. This was the place where the young men in the village fought to their death. It was a tragedy that no villager wanted to witness.

Momo Zabuza followed the chuunin who was leading the way, step after step. He has been preparing for a long time. In the past few days, many of his companions have lost the strength to stand on the stage in order to protect him. And he will be the one who carries everyone's dreams.

The chuunin led Zabuza Momo to the edge of the inner lake, turned around and clapped his hands, wanting to say something, but finally scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.

Zabuza walked forward with his head held high, walked past the lakeside, stepped onto the lake, and walked straight to the center of the inner lake step by step.

At this time, not only Zabuza, but also many young ninjas appeared on the edge of the inner lake and began to walk towards the center of the inner lake, some faster, some slower, but no one stopped.

The afternoon sun was still strong. Zabuza looked against the light and squinted into the distance. He saw Yakushi Indigo. Just at his 10 o'clock direction, he saw Nishi, Nakamura, Osugi Moto and Terashima. They all Without hesitation, Xihe Terashima's clothes were covered in blood, as was Yaoshi Indigo's, but the three of them walked the fastest.

"Hey, there is always something interesting here in Kirigakure," Yamauchi Toyota's Suigetsu mirror had been opened, and he saw that the young ninja had entered the scene. He poured a glass of wine. The amber wine was in a transparent glass. In the middle, "Everyone, everyone, enjoy the party" the people present laughed and raised their glasses to celebrate with Yamauchi.

The young ninja in the mirror image was getting closer and closer, and suddenly someone shouted, and everyone suddenly exerted their strength and started running on the water. Dozens of kunai flew across the sky, and countless figures collided with each other.

Kirigakure's ninja graduation exam has begun.

"Mr. Yamauchi, who are you betting on this time?" A man with a big belly came over and asked with a smile.

"It turns out it's Terauchi. You old fox, you haven't seen it yet. Do you want me to pass the Kiyue family's betting manual to you?"

"What is the use of those things that everyone can see, the young geniuses who are seen once in ten years, the crocodiles in the deep water, the same thing every year. But you, Yamauchi-sama, are different. I know you. , Mr. Yamauchi must have the exclusive internal reference gifted by the Onitsuki family."

"An old fox is an old fox, haha, don't worry, when you get rich, eh, it's a bit interesting."

As he spoke, the young ninjas in the mirror had finished testing and stepped away. But what is different from the past is that this time, the young ninjas did not retreat bit by bit and fought on their own. Instead, they dispersed into several huge groups of ninjas, confronting each other. Yes, not only the participating youths from famous ninja families such as the Ise family and Onizuki family formed a ninja group, but the commoner youths who were originally trained as cannon fodder also relied on each other and formed a formation to wait.

The ninja group, also known as the ninja formation, was originally a product of the first war in the ninja world. During the Warring States Period, ninjas fought based on ethnic groups. Each family had its own unique ninjutsu, but the ninjutsu within the family was homogeneous and did not need to form a formation to complement each other. Until the first great war in the ninja world, the unparalleled genius in the ninja world ended the Warring States Period. Konoha's first Hokage Senju Hashirama summed up the ninja formations in the battle, and with the help of the ninja formations, he quickly swept across the world. The four major ninja villages won the first war in the ninja world, establishing Konoha's position as the leader of the ninja villages in the past fifty years.

Kirigakure began to use ninja formations after suffering a painful lesson in the First World War. He first purchased several sets of formations from Konoha through the daimyo of the Land of Water, and then began to create his own. But formations are not taught in ninja schools. Only the three major families and the Hokage know about Kirigakure's several formations. Those who receive formation training must be genin or above. When I graduated from the ninja school, the ninja formation appeared only once. There has never been a direct confrontation like this with ninja formations.

Yamauchi Toyota has seen the Ninja Formation. Of course, it was definitely not during the Great Ninja War. It was during a visit to the Daimyo of the Country of Fire. The Daimyo of the Country of Fire specially arranged to watch the ceremony in Konoha, so that the visiting Toyota Yamauchi could experience the shock of ninja formations. Since that time, Yamauchi Toyota has always remembered the gorgeous ninjutsu performance. He is even more eager to see the ninja formations in actual combat, because Yamauchi Toyota feels that the ninja formation confrontation in actual combat will definitely be more gorgeous.

"This old boy Kitsukawa Yasushi is quite thoughtful." Yamauchi Yuyasu stroked the mustache on his chin and smiled, "Come here, inform the Daimyo, tell the Daimyo that this year's Kirigakure graduation exam is very interesting. .”

Perhaps it was because both sides were unfamiliar with the Ninja Formation. When they first saw the other party setting up the Ninja Formation, both parties were stunned. The confrontation began, and it only lasted a few minutes. Yamauchi still felt it was fresh, and he discussed it with everyone for a while as if it was serious. But an hour later, the Ninja Formation was still just a confrontation. The teenagers remained motionless. After another half an hour, Yamauchi Toyota finally lost his patience, because the servant brought back what Yamauchi Daimyo said: "Isn't it interesting to see a group of teenagers standing stupidly?"

"Call Kisukikawa Yasu, tell him, tell him, let him know that the daimyo's time is precious and my time is precious."

End of this chapter