After Orochimaru left, the situation of the civil conflict in the Hidden Mist gradually beca clear.
Suikazan Fuguki still wasn't a match for Hozuki Mangetsu, but he had far more n on his side. With sheer numbers, he gradually gained the upper hand and dealt a heavy blow to Mangetsu while suffering only minor injuries.
Mangetsu broke away from Kisa, supporting his father, while Kisa retreated to stand behind Fuguki.
"Hozuki Mangetsu! During the last Mizukage succession, if not for so inexplicable bastard interfering, you would've never gotten the position!" Fuguki roared.
"Another na for my notebook," Akio muttered from afar.
"This ti, because of your reckless decisions, the village suffered trendous losses. You're no longer fit to be Mizukage! Since you refuse to step down on your own, I'll help you!"
Despite his severe wounds, Mangetsu didn't show a hint of fear. He smirked with disdain.
"The attack on the Land of Whirlpools was unanimously agreed upon by all of you. And now you want to dump all the responsibility on ? You're just afraid that the old undying Uzumaki will co collect the bill!"
"Another one for the notebook…"
Mangetsu brushed away his eldest son's support and continued:
"Even if I were to step down as Mizukage, I would never hand it over to a bastard like you!"
Fuguki stepped forward.
"The Mizukage position is decided by strength. Tell , who in the Mist right now is more qualified than ?"
The wielder of the Twinsword Hirakarei had died in the previous war, and a successor had yet to be chosen. With that, Fuguki beca the only remaining mber of the Seven Ninja Swordsn and had grown arrogant.
As soone once said: If you want to destroy a man, first let him inflate…
Then, from an unexpected angle, an unexpected person launched an unexpected kunai, piercing the completely unprepared Fuguki.
It stabbed straight into his back. He didn't even have ti to say, "So it was you…" before collapsing.
"Lord Fuguki!"
"How dare you!"
"Kisa! You bastard!"
…
From afar, Akio watched the entire scene unfold and looked genuinely surprised.
"A perfect ga of double-agent infiltration. Not a single sign beforehand."
He patted Kimimaro's head. This head-patting habit was turning addictive.
Especially when the little boy showed the sa blissful expression as his fat kitten used to, it felt really satisfying…
"God, why are they fighting each other?" Kimimaro asked.
"Probably… for art and dreams."
Akio had no idea, but as an all-knowing god, he had to give so answer.
Only when several dozen Mist shinobi suddenly appeared, surrounding and slaughtering all of Fuguki's subordinates except Kisa, did the situation finally beco clear.
A middle-aged man, whose appearance scread "villain" at first glance, walked out wearing a sinister grin.
"Hoshigaki Kisa, beautifully done."
Kisa hefted Sahada and stepped behind him.
"During the war, Suikazan Fuguki sold information about the village to the Land of Whirlpools. I have executed him!"
"Sold information?" Mangetsu sneered. "So you finally showed yourself. I was wondering how long you planned to hide!"
"Looks like you were prepared. Ao isn't here; did you send him to find Yagura? No need to wait. Yagura isn't coming!" The middle-aged man smiled triumphantly.
"Perfect. Villain face, villain tone, villain lines… and I've never seen him before. Another villain who's definitely going to die," Akio whispered to Kimimaro, leaving him confused.
"Yagura? Did you think I wouldn't expect you to intercept him?" Mangetsu shook his head, then shouted, "Move! The Hidden Mist can't continue in this chaotic state!"
"lt Release, Dissolving Monster Technique!"
With a seductive female voice, a wave of molten acidic lava surged over the enemy shinobi behind the villainous man.
His face changed instantly, and he flickered away in panic. His subordinates were nearly wiped out by that single jutsu.
"Terumī i! Isn't your clan staying out of the Mizukage struggle? And we're both bloodline clans"
"Boil Release, Skilled Mist Technique!"
…
"Terumī i. Finally. And she's still just a young girl."
In the original work, i first appears during the Five Kage Summit as a mature woman, but in Konoha Year 53, she was only about twenty.
"But her strength is impressive…"
Under i's wide-range Kekkei Genkai attacks, all the small fry were quickly eliminated.
Expressionless, Kisa used Sahada to block blast after blast of i's molten attacks.
"My lady, we should break out."
The middle-aged man was unwilling, but he knew the battle was lost.
"Kisa, hold off Terumī i!"
Kisa's dead-fish eyes narrowed.
"No problem."
Gathering a few remaining subordinates, the man spat out one last threat:
"Terumī i, you've made an enemy of all the bloodline clans—!"
He didn't finish.
"Oh? A 'bloodline clan' with not a single shinobi who actually awakened a Kekkei Genkai?" i interrupted coldly.
From afar, Akio finally realized what had been bothering him.
This civil conflict was supposedly caused by the bloodline clans
Yet i was the only bloodline shinobi who had appeared, and she was fighting against them.
The Mist's major bloodline clans had originally been Kaguya, Yuki, and Hozuki.
But the Kaguya and Yuki had nearly been wiped out, and the Hozuki only had Mangetsu, his father, and Suigetsu left.
So the suppressed minor "bloodline clans" had jumped out…
Except none of their current mbers had awakened any Kekkei Genkai at all.
Shad by i's mockery, the middle-aged man flushed with anger, but escaping ca first. He glanced at Kisa, signaling him to cover the retreat, then turned to flee.
Kisa, however, grinned viciously, grabbed the man by the back of his collar, and hurled him straight toward Terumī i.
"A triple agent?!" Akio was stunned.
He never expected Kisa to have such talent.
"Oh. Actually, no."
Ignoring the shock around him, Kisa used the chaos to slip away with a Body Flicker, fleeing toward the outskirts of the village.
Caught completely off guard, the middle-aged man didn't even react before he lted in front of i.
"A decisive man." i murmured as she watched Kisa flee.
"Too bad he's so ugly. After him!"
"God, they're coming toward us," Kimimaro tugged on Akio's sleeve.
"Yes, I see. The show is almost over. It's our turn."
Watching Kisa flee straight toward them, Akio showed a strange smile.
"Co. Let's go." He grabbed Kimimaro and leapt down from the tree.
Kisa also noticed them, though he didn't recognize Akio.
"Kaguya survivors? Out of the way!"
He swung Sahada as a warning, block him, and he'd cut them down.
Akio looked pained.
"Shark-face little brother, long ti no see, this is how you greet ?"
Kisa's dead-fish eyes widened, and he skidded to an ergency stop.
In that instant, he rembered the fear of being dominated by the banner.
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