Chapter 420: Chapter – 414 A Puppet Again?
Puff…
"Y…you are… cough-cough!" Suijin muttered in a horrified tone as he looked at the iron hook piercing through his chest and blood dripping from his chest.
Plop…
Unable to stand any longer because of the lack of energy due to being pierced through the chest, Suijin soon collapsed to the ground.
The sudden change of events shocked everyone.
But despite everything, their panicked face soon gained a new light, "Mizukage sama!" everyone shouted in unison and with a respectful tone.
That's right, the one to appear is none other than the Yondaime Mizukage Karatachi Yagura.
Mei asked with confusion, "Mizukage sama you are here?" She did not expect Yagura to show up here. Don't misunderstand her, Mei is certainly glad that Yagura has come to their rescue, but she was confused nonetheless, after all, he should have been in the village, how come he is here?
Yagura looked at Mei, and said faintly, "Although I gave this mission to you as a test to see whether you are ready to take the position of the Mizukage, it's not just a test, capturing Utakata involves the safety of the village. This mission must be completed no matter what."
Mei looked down in disappointment. Yagura's meaning was very clear. Being defeated at the hands of Suijin means that Mei has failed to complete the mission, as such she has failed the test too. And now he has no choice but to complete this mission himself because bringing Utakata back to the village is very important.
However, Terumi Mei soon recovered herself, she is not the kind of person who would pursue self-goals, the betterment, and safety of the village are more important to her than personal glory, so she did not let this setback affect her and nodded.
"Everyone… fear not… no that I am here! I shall ensure that none of the shinobi of my village are harmed in my presence." Yagura declared that as long as he is around, none would be harmed.
For a moment, everyone was left surprised by Yagura's words, and they can't help but look at their current Mizukage in awe.
They can't help but wonder if he is the same Mizukage, who until a few days ago was nothing more than a puppet in the hands of Akatsuki. Because at this moment, his small figure was giving off a lot of power and hope to the collapsed spirit of these shinobi, at this moment to those present here, Yagura seemed the most dependable he has ever been.
Honestly, it was overwhelming and exhilarating, nobody expected him to suddenly appear here, but not only did he comes to their unexpected rescue, he even managed to land a successful hit on Suijin, critically wounding or perhaps even killing Suijin.
When the matter of killing Suijin came, one of them muttered while looking at the corpse of Suijin that was lying lifelessly on the ground at the feet of Mizukage "Is he… is he dead? Did Mizukage sama really manage to kill him?"
Attracted by his question, everyone was out of their thoughts and looked at the corpse of Suijin.
Yagura lifted his club and poked Suijin's corps with it, he wanted to verify whether Suijin was alive or dead. And it seemed that Suijin was indeed dead, as there was no more movement from him.
Yagura nodded in satisfaction, and while everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Yagura asked Ao, "Ao San, are you alright?"
"..." Ao did not reply. Yagura was confused and looked at Ao who had collapsed on the ground. Suijin may have died, but the Ice Cuffs on Ao's hands and feet were still present.
Yagura looked at Ao with a frown, but he wasn't able to because Ao's head was bent downward.
Drip… Drip… Drip… Drip…
In the silent night where not even the sound of the wind was heard, a few drops of liquid fell on the ground. These drops were red in color and dripped down Ao's face.
Ao lifted his head and the sight of an empty right eye socket and blood dripping from it came to light, "Mizukage sama, he managed to gouge out the Byakugan."
As soon as Ao's words fell, a Suijin's corpse, which lay there lifelessly until a second ago turned into a high-pressure geyser and shot out of the ground underneath Yagura's feat. It completely engulfed Yagura inside it, and for a moment it felt as if it would drown the Mizukage inside it.
"Mizukage sama!!!" Everyone exclaimed in worry and shock.
They wanted to help but did not have the strength to do so.
As Ao's charka was still sealed, Chukichi was still a puppet, and Mei was still encased in the Ice Prison.
At this moment, creepy low laughter echoed throughout the valley, "Hahaha…. Ahahahahaha… I finally did it, I managed to take the Mizukage by surprise. Now then, it's time for Amatsukami to take control over Kirigakure, otherwise, there would have been no point in making Kirigakure free from the clutches of Akatsuki! And to do so, we must first make Karatachi Yagura a puppet…"
'Ice Release: Ice Collar of Subordination!'
With Suijin's Jutsu, an ice Collar similar to the one on Chukichi's neck appeared around Yagura's neck.
By the time the Water Geyser that had engulfed Yagura disappeared, Suijin made sure to use one of his most practical Jutsu, 'Ice Collar of Subordination' on Yagura.
Harusame having had the taste of this Jutsu firsthand while facing Chukichi informed others, "Everyone please be careful, this Jutsu makes others into a mindless puppets, there is no telling if the Mizukage sama is still himself or has fallen into Suijin's control."
The 'Ice Collar of Subordination' is a Jutsu that steals away its target's ability to make coherent thoughts, as a result, the subject under the effects of this Jutsu becomes nothing more than a mindless puppet who would follow all of Suijin's command without any question or thoughts.
"What? You are kidding Harusame-san, even Mizukage sama?!" Someone exclaimed in disbelief. Mizukage has already once become a puppet in the hands of Akatsuki, and that has done too many losses to the village. Now, if Yagura was to become a puppet in the hands of Amatsukami too, then there is no telling what would happen to them and to the village.
And looking at those dull eyes of Yagura, those dull pink eyes that seemed to have lost any light of self-consciousness, everyone knew their worst fear has come true, 'He is really fallen into the hands of the enemy!'
"Yagura kun, now come… and kill your former subordinates…" Suijin ordered without making his presence known, "I want you to use Hiramekarei to do this job… after all, it's only fitting if the puppet Mizukage kills his former subordinates using one of the famed swords of Kirigakure."
Yagura did as he was ordered, and with a dull expression, he picked up the separated Hiramekarei lying close to his feet.
"Very Good… now kill all your subordinates, and how about you start with this Lava Release girl?" Suijin said as he appeared behind Mei and after releasing the ice prison entrapping her, he lifted her up in the air by her hair all while instructing Yagura who under his command started to walk towards Terumi Mei.
Mei tried to struggle, but those cuffs that appeared around her hands and feet did not allow her to pose any resistance, so any struggle was futile.
Mei gulped nervously as she looked at Yagura walking toward her step-by-step. Hiramekarei in one hand, and his iron hook in the other. His eyes were dull and lifeless. There were faint signs of struggle on his face, but it seems that Suijin's Jutsu was much more powerful.
She again tried to break free of Suijin's grip but was unable to, and could only helplessly wait for her impending end.
When Yagura had walked to just a distance of two steps away from her, he lifted the hand holding Hiramekarei up, and looking at that sword about to kill her, Mei thought 'Is this the end for me?' Death was only a step away from her, and her face seemed pained, was she afraid of death? No! The Kunoichi named Terumi Mei has never been afraid of death. What she is afraid of is the future that awaits Kirigakure from here on out. 'In the end, I couldn't do anything for the village, huh?' she thought with a saddened expression.
"Any last words girl?" Suijin asked Mei as he traced his cold fingers over Mei's chin.
Mei trembled at that cold touch, it was different than being encased inside the ice prison, the cold this time was not chilly, but rather scary, it frightened her.
There were thousands of things she could have wished for, but when it came down to it, all she could say was, "Mizukage sama… please regain yourself, you are the dignified Mizukage of Kirigakure, not someone's puppet! The village needs you more than ever, you are not allowed to become a puppet in the hands of the enemy!"
Suijin smirked, and said with a mocking tone, "Unfortunately for you girl, your last wish will never come true, the Jutsu I have used on him is my second strongest when it comes to controlling others, no one can break free of it. Even if he is a perfect Jinchuriki he can not break free of it!"
Mei did not speak any further, there was unwillingness in her eyes, 'If only…' countless possibilities raged in her mind, but in the end, she could only close her eyes… accepting her death.
With this action of Mei, Yagura waved Hiramekarei, lopping the head off of his target.
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Chapter 421: Chapter – 415 Divine Raiment
"Kill her Yagura!" Suijin ordered the controlled Yagura.
With Hiramekarei raised high, Yagura poured Sanbi's chakra in Hiramekarei, and when it was ready, he flickered forward and waved the sword.
Slash…
Everyone looked with horror as Yagura waved Hiramekarei, and subconsciously closed their eyes. Nobody wanted to see the scene of Terumi Mei being beheaded by the Mizukage himself.
Sanbi's Chakra in the Hiramekarei increased the sharpness of the sword, the dense and pure chakra further extended outward making the reach of the sword much farther than the base reach. And with this extended Sword, Yagura lopped off the head along with the upper torso of his target.
Puff…
The sound of blood spurting was heard.
Plop… Plop…
The upper and lower parts of the body fell to the ground lifelessly.
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POV Terumi Mei
Slash…
'That's it… this is how I die? I couldn't accomplish anything…' Mei thought sadly as she heard the sound of a Sword slash and wind brushing past her cheeks.
Puff…
But the expected pain did not come, and all she could think was, 'Mizukage sama is so skilled with the way of the sword that he finished me off without even making me realize it?'
Plop…
Mei collapsed to the ground but frowned because she could still feel her body working perfectly except for the fact that her chakra was sealed, but still, her hands and legs were functioning properly, "Something's wrong… Why do I feel that I am still not dead?"
Confused, Mei opened her eyes only to see Suijin's body lying on the ground.
"Huh?" Mei muttered in confusion… then looked at the Mizukage who had just sliced off Suijin's body, and thought, 'Did Mizukage sama regain himself?'
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POV Change
"Hey… what do you think you are doing Yagura, are you blind? I am not the girl you were supposed to kill!" Suijin, whose body was currently divided into two parts shouted toward Yagura in anger.
Yagura looked at Suijin coldly and was annoyed at the fact that despite his body having been cut into two pieces, he wasn't dead yet.
"As I thought, you also use the abilities of the Hozuki Clan, don't you? I was skeptical when I pierced your heart with my club and you still survived, but I am certain now. You are able to liquify your body, which means normal weapons are pretty much useless to you, huh?" Yagura said while trying to analyze how to kill Suijin.
Mei looked at Suijin with an incredulous expression, 'Even the abilities of the Hozuki Clan? This guy…'
Suijin asked with a frown, "Hey hello? I asked you a question! You are supposed to be my puppet, how come you are able to defy me?"
Yagura snorted, "That's none of your concern!"
Suijin said, "Actually it is. This is my Jutsu, and I know how it works, how are you able to defy me, when you shouldn't even be able to maintain a thinking process? Even Sanbi shouldn't be able to help you in this!"
"Alright, since you are going to die anyway, then I don't mind sharing this information with you it's not going to change anything anyway. People learn from experience and the experience I have gained in the past year has made me attain complete control over my subconscious plane, and, I have also taken additional precautions; precautions that would protect me against people like you. Therefore, such types of mental attacks won't work on me." Yagura said coldly and prepared to kill Suijin.
After a while of silence, Suijin said, "Is that so? I think I understand now, I might have underestimated you because you were once controlled by the Akatsuki, I think I will be more careful from here on." After a pause, Suijin chuckled, "But you are making the same mistake that I did. What makes you think that you can kill me when all you have managed to do up to now has been useless?"
As soon as Suijin finished speaking, the water from the surroundings gathered and took the form of Suijin, completely unharmed, as if Mizukage's attack on him did not do any damage.
'Heh… mastering Hydrification Jutsu in the short time of only a week was really tough, but I was able to do so because of my extreme mastery over Water Chakra Nature, in fact, I even managed to combine it with my Ice Release.' Thought Suijin as he prepared to fight the Mizukage with all his strength.
His objective may have just been to put up a show that would make everyone here believe that Yagura is the only suitable candidate to remain as the Mizukage, but Suijin also wants to see Yagura's full strength, and fight against that full strength with everything he has for the greater body and soul fusion of the Suijin Clone, and to test just how much he has grown.
Slash… Slash…
Yagura who was standing in front of Mei waved Hiramekarei to cut off the ice cuffs on her hands and legs, and said to her, "Now your chakra should no longer be sealed."
Mei covered her body in her chakra as a verification, and nodded, "Yes Mizukage sama, I am able to use my Chakra."
Yagura nodded, and said, "Good… now, I want you to lead the others with you to some distance away. I have a feeling that the fight from here on out will be quite devastating, so you might want to take some cover for protection."
Mei immediately said, "But Mizukage sama, I want to help. Suijin also uses Hozuki Clan's Hydrification Jutsu… so against this Jutsu, my Lightning Release, Lava Release, and Boil Release should work to our advantage."
Yagura shook his head, "Maybe… but the battle from here on out will most definitely reach the standards you are not yet ready for, so, just this once stand back and let me, your Kage protect you. Let me be the Mizukage who will protect his shinobi."
Mei bit her lower lip in frustration, she wanted to retort, but she knows that as Mizukage sama said, her strength is indeed not enough to be part of the battle from here on out, but should she just watch from the side and do nothing?
Yagura seemed to have noticed Mei's worry and said while patting her head, "Do not worry, as the Mizukage I give you my word that nothing will happen to me. I have yet to redeem myself, therefore, I am not allowed to die until I pay for my sins."
Mei shook her head, and said bitterly, "It wasn't your fault Mizukage sama, it's the Akatsuki… and the Amatsukami."
Yagura passed Hiramekarei to Mei, then turned around facing Suijin, and said to Mei, "Maybe that's true… but ultimately, it was my own weakness that led the village into what it has become now. I know I can not undo what I have led the village into, but I must do everything in my power to not let the goals of people such as him come to fruition. So, trust me this once, I give you my word that I shall not fall here."
Mei deeply into the eyes of Yagura, and his determination, then after a bit of silence, she nodded, "Alright. I will do as you ordered, after all, a shinobi must follow the orders of their superiors."
Then without waiting any longer, she used Water Clone Jutsu to carry away the injured and unconscious shinobi, at the same time, the original her picked up the two parts of Hiramekarei and went away from the battlefield with Harusame, Chukichi, and Ao.
Suijin didn't stop them, the objective is not to kill them, so obviously, he had no intention of stopping either of them from leaving here.
With them gone, Suijin cracked his knuckles, and said, "Now then, show me what you can do Yagura, else this will all be for naught."
Yagura nodded, he then directly transformed into the Version-1 state of his Bijuu mode and rushed towards Suijin.
Suijin smirked, "Heh, directly starting with the Version-1 Bijuu Mode, are we? I have just the thing I want to use for situations like these."
After speaking so, Suijin printed hand seals, and shouted, 'Ice Release Secret Technique: Divine Raiment'
With Suijin's words, a large amount of water appeared out of the ground like a geyser, it engulfed Suijin in a high-pressured spherical wave and then started to freeze at an extremely high speed, an instant later, the frozen sphere of ice broke apart into countless ice particles and Suijin who was now covered with an armor made out of ice came into the sight of everyone.
As soon as Suijin covered in armor made out of ice came into the sight of everyone, he extended his hand outward to meet the incoming punch of Version 1 Bijuu mode of Yagura.
Boom…
A loud noise echoed in the surroundings, the ground beneath the two cracked, and high-pressure winds were generated by the resulting shock waves of the collision of two fists.
'Coral Palm Jutsu!' With his fist colliding with Suijin's fighting for dominance, Yagura used his coral palm Jutsu in an attempt to bind Suijin and restrict his movements with a network of coral.
'Freezing Touch!' Suijin was not about to be outdone by Yagura and used his 'Freezing Touch', a Jutsu capable of instantly freezing anything at the slightest of touch.
Chakra was poured into the two and the two Jutsu collided, Coral Palm would continue to spread on Suijin, but the Freezing touch would instantly freeze it and break it into countless Particles of Ice.
And a Taijutsu battle between Yagura and Suijin started.
Boom… Boom… Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom…
The power and the speed of the two were so strong that it was difficult for anyone to keep up with them, each of their moves resulted in a shock wave, trees were broken or frozen, and cracks kept forming on the ground, wherever Suijin passed from; Ice covered the area, and wherever, Yagura passed from he destroyed everything in sight.
But no matter how much destruction was caused, then did not stop, and did not have any reason to stop.
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About half a kilometer away from the battlefield where Suijin and Yagura were fighting.
The evacuated Kirigakure Shinobi under the lead of Mei finally arrived here.
While panting heavily, one of the Kirigakure shinobi asked, "Will we be safe here?"
"Maybe." Said Mei absentmindedly as she looked at Suijin and Mizukage fighting in the distance. The current position of Mei and the others are at a higher altitude, therefore, they are able to clearly see the state of the battle between the two, even if they are unable to keep up with the speed of the two.
The 'Shroud of Suijin' used by Suijin surprised them, as they have never seen anything like that, perhaps Raikage's Lightning Chakra Mode falls closer to this shroud of Ice, but seeing such a Jutsu was new for them.
Heki observed the battle between the two, then asked Mei, "Mei sama, do you think Mizukage sama will win?"
"I don't know." Even if she did not want to admit it, the types of Jutsu and powers Suijin has surprised her, and she is really not sure whether Mizukage can win, 'Mizukage sama seemed confident, perhaps he can win, perhaps he has something up his sleeve.'
As the battle continued on, everyone started to take note of the abilities of Suijin and tried thinking up the countermeasures they might be able to use, and any sign of weakness they can find, obviously, they were discussing with each other and trying to find any situation if they can help Mizukage sama defeat the enemy.
Only Ao was a silent one, as he did not participate in any discussion, he may have been looking at the battle, but his mind was somewhere else.
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