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Right then Fuguki looked at the Sunagakure ninja he'd once thought was disgusting and suddenly found the guy almost likable.
For Fuguki, the grudge against Sunagakure was just war business—two villages deciding to kill each other. That could be left in the past.
But after the Hidden Mist frad him, hunted him, and killed his wife Kisa's mother during the chase, his hatred for the Mist and for Yagura was permanent.
The second the reporter explained the interview, Fuguki realized this was the perfect chance to hit the Mist and Yagura where it hurt.
"Ask whatever you want. I'll tell you everything."
Fuguki cooperated completely. When the reporter finished his list, Fuguki still wouldn't let him leave. He kept talking, dumping even more dirt on Yagura.
Three days later Yagura had gathered his elite strike force. They were ready to wipe out the Shark Skin Navigation Group and the Exploding Blade Navigation Group.
That was when the new issue hit.
"Ninja World Big Events Weekly!"
"Ninja World Big Events Weekly!"
Thanks to Sand ninja and traveling rchants, copies spread across almost the entire ninja world in hours.
The One Piece serialization had pushed the Weekly's popularity through the roof. Unlike The Basilisk Scroll—which was a great story but a tragedy—One Piece was pure hype. Young readers loved it, and young ninja were the future.
The sudden explosion of real navigation groups in the Land of Water only made the story hit harder. Plenty of people discovered the Weekly because of the groups, then got hooked on the manga.
Konoha Weekly couldn't compete. Homura Mitokado worked his ass off, but he was still getting smoked. Iwagakure and Kirigakure's papers were basically invisible outside their own villages.
"Lord Mizukage, you need to see this."
An ANBU handed Yagura the latest issue.
Yagura took one look and the veins on his forehead started throbbing. His face went black.
"Fuguki Suikazan!"
"Sunagakure!"
"Rasa!"
"They've gone too fucking far! Too fucking far!"
Yagura almost spit blood. Good thing he was still young and at his physical peak. If he'd been as old and broken as the Third Mizukage at the end of the last war, this paper probably would've killed him on the spot.
The front page was Fuguki's character interview.
Homura Mitokado slapped his thigh in Konoha.
"How the hell didn't I think of this?!"
One of his editors stepped up.
"Lord Homura, character interviews are genius. People eat that shit up. If we added this to Konoha Weekly our numbers would jump hard."
"We should just copy it."
Homura slamd his desk.
"Copy? What do you an copy?!"
"The Sand used it, so we can't? It's not their private property. Anyone can do this."
The editor flinched but nodded fast.
"You're right, Lord Homura. It's not copying if everyone can use it. My mistake."
Homura cald down.
"So who should we interview first to get maximum heat? Who'll pull the most readers?"
The editor thought for a second.
"It has to tie into whatever the ninja world is talking about right now."
"Right now the two hottest stories are the whole Seven Ninja Swordsn versus Yagura ss… and the string of Shimura clan assassinations."
Homura considered it.
"The Seven Swordsn story is already covered—Sand just interviewed Fuguki. Even if we found Jinpachi we'd be behind."
"But Danzo Shimura? That bitter, selfish bastard probably won't help us."
Homura and Danzo had completely split. Everyone in the Leaf's upper ranks knew it. Two old teammates who'd worked together for decades suddenly couldn't stand each other. A lot of people shook their heads at how it all fell apart right before retirent.
The editor suggested, "If Elder Danzo refuses, you could ask Lord Hokage to order him to cooperate."
Homura nodded.
"Not a bad idea."
Back in the Hidden Mist, Yagura's carefully staged Six-Tails rampage had finally won back most of the villagers' hearts. He'd also beco a near-perfect jinchuriki and felt unstoppable.
Then this issue landed and a lot of people started hesitating again.
On one side: the glory of the Seven Ninja Swordsn.
On the other: the current Mizukage.
Who should they believe? Who could actually lead the village back to greatness?
"Can't they just get along?"
"Why can't Lord Mizukage and the Seven Ninja Swordsn coexist? If they did, the village would be way better off."
One ninja looked torn.
"Lord Mizukage has done a lot for us. He's the only reason we're still standing. But he's also the one who went after the Seven first. We can't just pick sides based on power. We have to look at who's actually right."
In the interview Fuguki painted Yagura as pure evil—rotten to the core, dripping with corruption. He openly called for every Mist ninja to defect, saying the navigation groups were the future and that he would take the village back one day.
"Arrogant bastard!"
Yagura's face was so dark it looked like it might drip ink.
"Fuguki Suikazan, you really want to die, don't you?"
"I can't wait anymore. Not one second longer."
"Right now I just want to kill you."
He turned to the army assembled in front of him.
"Pass the order. We move out now."
"Wipe out the Shark Skin Navigation Group."
"Kill every last one of them."
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