Chapter 425: Chapter – 419 Something More Important?
As the fight went on, the scene of Kuraokami coiling himself around the body of Isobu appeared making the resulting creature look like that of Genbu from the legends.
And while Kuraokami and Isobu appeared to still be at each other's throats like two beasts, fighting, brawling, and biting each other… Suijin and Yagura started a conversation telepathically on a subconscious plane by linking their Chakra.
Yagura asked Suijin, "So you are taking the Byakugan that Ao had?"
"Yes." Nodded Suijin as if it was obvious, then asked, "Is there a problem with it?"
Yagura shook his head, he had no objection to Suijin taking the Byakugan, "Not really, I just wanted to confirm."
Suijin said, "After this, your position as Mizukage should be fixed, right?"
Yagura nodded gratefully, "Okay, after the events of today, the pressure on me should decrease, and since Mei has realized that she stands no chance against the organization, therefore, I think she would be unwilling to take the position of the Mizukage, unless, of course, something unexpected happens to me."
Suijin continued, "Bring the Jinchuriki of Rokubi back to your village as soon as you can, currently, he is alone himself, so he is an easy target for Akatsuki to capture, which is something the organization does not want, moreover, if you personally bring him back, then you will have Utakata as a subordinate you will be able to trust.
Also, try to make sure that Rokubi cooperates with Utakata because that would make Utakata a perfect Jinchuriki thus Kirigakure's strength will increase and this will also make it incredibly difficult for Akatsuki to hunt down Utakata, well at least, a little difficult."
As soon as Suijin mentioned Akatsuki, Yagura's face sank and he nodded, "I will bring him back, and I will have Isobu convince Rokubi into cooperating with Utakata."
Suijin nodded, then spoke, "Next, announce the news of you being controlled by Akatsuki, that should also make things easier, pressure from other Shinobi Villages will decrease. Amatsukami will, of course, add in their input from the sides to make your words believable, and also sign a cooperation treaty with Suna. If the Suna, who has lost their Yondaime Kazekage were to support Kirigakure, then things will become easier for Kirigakure.
Moreover, if Suna and Kiri were to sign a cooperation treaty, then the other villages would not dare to take the advantage of the weakness of the two villages."
"Understood." Yagura nodded again.
Suijin nodded, and said, "Alright, with everything out of the way, I think it's about time we finish this up, I have other things to take care of, this is the extent of help that the Organization can give you… it's up to you from here on. Do not disappoint the organization Yagura."
Yagura nodded.
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Back to the real world.
At this time, nothing like the valley that once existed is left, if someone were to see the current state of this place, he would much rather call this place a wasteland at the center of which lies an extremely large lake, and two creatures a giant water dragon and a giant tortoise brawling in the middle of this lake.
As the dragon, named Kuraokami was about to bite the head of Isobu with his sharp teeth, he suddenly stopped midway and turned to look at the sky.
The reason for suddenly stopping is because Kuraokami noticed a person coming in their direction at an extremely fast speed. This person was flying and had wings made of black iron sand on his back. He wore the outfit of the Amatsukami and everyone recognized him, even if only by his disguise.
Kuraokami asked with a frowned tone, "Fujin, what are doing here, don't you see I am enjoying a fight here?"
Fujin said in an indifferent tone, "That's all the playtime you get, Yama has ordered for you to come back, something important has come up…"
Kuraokami asked, "What has come up?"
Fujin said, "We have found their location, so you no longer have any time to waste here on the Mizukage or Bijuu, the enemy this time is just as strong as Yama had expected, so the entire organization will act this time."
"Heh? Finally, found the location of their base? In that case, we should hurry there; annihilating them is much more important and fun than fighting or capturing a few chakra pets." muttered Kuraokami and uncoiled itself from Isobu.
Then changed back into the Suijin form and said, "Mizukage, our battle will have to wait, as you can see, something has come up, and it is much more important than defeating you, capturing Rokubi's Jinchuriki or controlling Kirigakure, as such I won't be seeing you for some time, so you can live as yourself while you still can because after that your happy days will be over…" while simultaneously condensed a floating Ice Platform under his feet.
After he had said so, Suijin did not wait for any reply from the Mizukage and flew away along with the Fujin while telekinetically controlling the Ice Platform.
Isobu had an awkward expression because of the sudden action of Suijin, but he wasn't complaining and retracted inside Yagura.
Yagura looked at the disappearing figures of Suijin and Fujin as he sensed the hurried arrival of Mei and the others.
"Mizukage sama! A… are you alright?" Mei asked with a worried expression.
Just now when they saw the arrival of another member of Amatsukami, the Kirigakure Shinobi were panicked, because one is already such a big threat whom Mizukage sama was barely holding back, and now a second one?
If he were to attack too, then there was no doubt that Mizukage sama was done for, and worried that the two would work together to kill or capture Mizukage sama, the Kirigakure shinobi regardless of all the consequences they might suffer rushed back here, only to see both Suijin and the other one going away.
Mizukage nodded with a confused expression, "Yes."
Mei asked again, "Why did they just leave?"
Yagura shook his head, "I do not know, but they did mention something much more important related to some enemy."
Kirigakure shinobi were confused, 'Something much more important than capturing a Bijuu or killing the Mizukage? What could be more important than that?'
Before they can ask any further, Yagura said, "Anyway, it is a relief that they have gone, now focus on finding Utakata, we must bring him back before Akatsuki or Amatsukami get their hands on him."
Ordered by Yagura, Kirigakure shinobi can only nod and went in search of Yagura.
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On the side of masked Obito and Zetsu.
Obito asked Zetsu, "Why did the two of them suddenly withdraw?"
Zetsu said, "I can not be certain, but the one called Fujin by Suijin, said about founding the base of someone… and upon hearing that Suijin put away dealing with the Mizukage for the later date and decided to go with Fujin."
Masked Obito frowned, "Do you think that they have found our new base?"
Zetsu said in confusion, "Hard to say, he did not mention anything specific, but he did say that the entire organization will be taking part, so maybe… it's possible."
Obito nodded, "Let's go back, Nagato has yet to recover so it's best that we don't risk it."
Zetsu asked, "And what about capturing the Jinchuriki of Rokubi?"
"Let Nagato recover all the Bijuu can be captured after that, for now, until he has recovered its best that we stay at the base so that Nagato does not end up dead." – Obito said as his figure disappeared in a spiraling whirl.
Zetsu nodded and he too sunk under the ground.
As both Zetsu and Obito went away, a greenish-brown snake that was coiling around the bark of a tree not far away also uncoiled itself and slithered inside the tree hole.
At the same time, a crow that was sitting on the tree and keeping watch over Zetsu and Obito also flew away.
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Chapter 426: Chapter – 420 Follow-up Events
One week later, the figure of Hyuga Kuroto, or better yet, Watatsumi can be seen walking towards the hideout of Team Ro, as well as the Anbu team led by Morino Ibiki.
In the past week, a lot of things happened.
After retreating from the battlefield, Suijin, and Fujin, met up with Homusubi who was secretly following Utakata.
Even prior to the arrival of Mei and the party at the valley, Suijin with the help of Ichikishima-hime made sure to spread hundreds of simple snakes all over the battlefield to keep track of real-time movements around the battlefield. The purpose was to make sure that nothing unexpected, or out of the calculation happens.
Unexpectedly, Obito and Zetsu were also watching the battle, which didn't surprise Suijin. Perhaps they were also after the Jinchuriki of Rokubi, and probably wanted to use Kirigakure Shinobi to do the task for them, and reap the benefits without putting in much effort.
But how can Suijin allow that to happen?
Therefore, Suijin had instructed Homusubi to keep a watch on both Obito and Zetsu, as well as, protect Utakata from the shadows to make sure that Akatsuki doesn't get their hands on Rokubi. In fact, even the last statement of Fujin about finding the enemy's base was also a ruse to make sure that Obito retreats and does not hinder Kirigakure in bringing back Utakata.
And of course, after retreating away from the battlefield, Suijin and Fujin met up with Homusubi and watched the whole process of the Kirigakure unit led by Yagura bringing Utakata back to the village.
After they had done so, Fujin and Suijin retreated back to the Ancor Vantian.
Fujin had to watch over Gaara sama and Karin sama, while Suijin had to collect data on a lot of things, as well as store both Suijin and Homusubi's bodies in his laboratory.
On the other hand, Homusubi went in the direction of the capital of the Land of Water, and under Suijin's instruction started to create trouble for water Daimyo while posing himself as a samurai by the name of Ishikawa Goemon, an honored Samurai.
His task was to steal from the Daimyo and other higher authorities and distribute it to the poor people of the Land of Water. In just two days, the Samurai named Ishikawa Goemon created so much trouble for the authorities of the Land of Water that the Daimyo had to literally beg the Mizukage in solving the problem named Ishikawa Goemon, else the country might have collapsed and ceased to function.
Now obviously it is rather strange that the Daimyo would beg the Mizukage, but he had no other choice, in fact, Daimyo was more so worried about the safety of all his secret lovers, concubines, and even his official wife who suddenly went missing, that he did not hesitate to beg the Mizukage who is the strongest Shinobi in the Land of Water.
The rescue went without a hitch but in just these few days, the name Ishikawa Goemon became a legend in the world, and Ishikawa Goemon was renowned as the legendary Outlaw Hero.
Anyway, after everything was said and done, and since the mission was completed, Itachi sneaked back and merged with the Team-Ro.
And now, Kuroto has also returned back, and since he made sure to not hide from his teammates, therefore, he was soon greeted by them, of course after verification of his identity, Akame asked, "Captain, did you complete the mission?"
The news of Yagura being a puppet at the hands of Akatsuki has yet to be announced by Kirigakure, therefore, nobody in Team-Ro is aware of this news. Moreover, none of the four, except for Weasel is aware of what exactly the mission was so they can only hope that Captain had managed to complete it.
But unfortunately, they had to be disappointed as Watatsumi shook his head, and said: "No, I didn't."
Rabbit said, "Captain, the failure of the mission is not just your responsibility, all of us are responsible for it so the punishment will be given to all of us, you do not need to bear it alone."
Akame lowered her head, and nodded, "We were the ones who were a burden to you, if not for us getting injured so early, and had managed to provide support, maybe the mission would have progressed differently and completed without a hitch."
Hana also nodded, "Yes, we will all bear the punishment."
The only one who was silent was Weasel, as he had nothing to say. To be honest, he actually felt sorry for the other three members of Team-Ro for being kept in the dark the whole time, 'The mission wouldn't have succeeded even if we were there.'
Watatsumi chuckled at the behavior of the three and said while shaking his head, "Don't worry, there would be no punishment, I never said that the mission was failed. I just said that I did not complete the mission."
Akame being the vice-captain of the team asked with a frown, "What do you mean captain?"
Watatsumi said, "The situation in Kirigakure has changed, I am sure everyone is aware of the civil war that occurred in Kirigakure recently, right?"
The four nodded, "Yes."
Watatsumi nodded, and continued, "So, because of this civil war, there have been several changes, and because of these changes, the mission was no longer necessary to be completed."
Hana muttered, "Is that so?"
Watatsumi nodded, "Yes, so anyway, let's retreat back to the village. We have to pass the information I obtained back to Hokage-sama as early as possible."
The other four looked at each other, then nodded.
Team-Ro bid farewell to Morino Ibiki and his team; then retreated back to the Village.
Of course, Watatsumi did give the Team-Ro a short brief up on the events that took place in Kirigakure, but he made sure to not reveal everything until he informs Hokage sama.
Since the news to be delivered was extremely important, as such, the Team Ro rushed back to Konoha at full speed continuous travel, with minimum brakes. Thus they managed to arrive back at the village in just 1 week.
Arriving back in the village Team-Ro was instantly summoned to the Hokage Office.
Watatsumi passed the mission report that described all the events that took place in Kirigakure to Hokage sama.
Of course, the events and information were from the perspective of the Anbu named Watatsumi, and their description was only limited to what Watatsumi wanted Hokage to know, nothing about the personal business of Amatsukami, however, he did mention the rumor about Amatsukami also appearing in the Kirigakure.
After reading the report, and upon learning the fact that the Mizukage was controlled by Akatsuki, the shocked look on the faces of everyone was clear.
They were speechless, one Kage was killed and the other became a puppet? How much has the status of a Kage of a great Shinobi Village fallen?
It must not be forgotten that the Kage of a great Shinobi Village holds extremely high combat power, and yet such results are happening? If this wouldn't surprise Sarutobi and the others, then what will?
Seeing the thoughtful expression on Sandaime's face, Watatsumi continued, "Since Yondaime Mizukage managed to break free of the Genjutsu from Akatsuki, so I decided to not assassinate him, as that would have weakened Kirigakure, and Akatsuki could have used that opportunity to again take control over Kirigakure from the shadows, moreover, the alive Mizukage who thinks of Akatsuki as the top enemy is much better."
Listening to Watatsumi's words about 'Assassinating the Mizukage' Akame, Hana, and Rabbit were incredibly shocked, 'The mission was to assassinate the Mizukage? And Captain actually sneaked inside Kirigakure to complete this mission alone?'
And, since Watatsumi never shared the exact detail of the mission with Team Ro, so they were more shocked because Watatsumi actually dared to complete such a mission on his own?
Hokage sama did not care about the shocked expression of the four standing behind Watatsumi, he had already read from the report that those four were left behind under the care of Morino Ibiki, but he was still shocked, and wondering what to make of the situation from here on, as he nodded, "Your decision was indeed correct." Then after a pause, he continued, "What do you think about the current situation of the Mizukage, will he remain in power, or will he be forced to abdicate?"
Watatsumi shook his head, and said, "The subordinate can not judge."
Sandaime nodded with a sigh and said with a tired look, "You have done hard work, now go back and rest. As soon as I get the next mission of Team-Ro ready, I will inform the five of you. Now dismiss."
Watatsumi as well as the four members of Team-Ro nodded and left the Hokage Office.
Of course, there were many questions in the minds of the three regarding this mission, but none of them dared to speak anything as per the secrecy code issued by Hokage sama and silently went on their way to their respective homes.
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