Outside Kirigakure, somewhere deep in a canyon surrounded by clouds and mist.
Taki was pacing back and forth quite uneasily.
"As a Shinobi, your willpower training is far from enough." Orochimaru leaned against a tree, crossed both hands near his chest, and his vertical pupil looked at Taki lazily.
Taki snorted and said: "Orochimaru, I feel you are hurting me!"
Orochimaru smiled without saying a word.
Taki was furious: "You are the one planning to provoke the relationship between Hyuga Shinobi and Kirigakure, but whether it is the Hyuga Clan's Shinobi or Kirigakure, none of them are fools. As long as they think carefully, they can easily find the flaw!"
"So." Orochimaru spoke slowly.
"So, they will definitely start joint investigation for this matter. At that time, I…"
x Taki was interrupted by Orochimaru before he finished speaking, "Joint investigation? Taki, if you are a Yondaime Mizukage, will you allow all Hyuga's Shinobi to leave the village to join the investigation?"
Taki paused when he heard this.
'That's right, if I am Yondaime Mizukage, I will never let them leave the village to participate in the investigation before Hyuga Clan's suspicion is thoroughly cleared. After all, these are thirteen Elite Jonin. If they leave the village, there will be an uproar…'
"They're here, twenty-four of them in total."
The upper body of White Zetsu's clone suddenly came out of a tree trunk and said, "Gekko Kanpū, Hyuga Hizashi, Terumi Mei, and twenty Kirigakure's Anbu!"
Orochimaru smiled when he heard this. Since the ones who came from Konoha are only Kanpū and Hizashi, it was almost as he expected.
As for Kirigakure, the twenty Anbu are somewhat beyond his expectations. After all, although Taki attacked six people, he did not kill any of them, and the wounded are just Genin. So sending twenty Anbu was a bit too much.
'Wait, there are only 23 people.'
Orochimaru looked towards White Zetsu's clone
White Zetsu's clone sneered and said: "The last person is Yondaime Mizukage!"
"So that's how it is ..."
Orochimaru's vertical pupil shrank, "No wonder there are twenty Anbu..."
Orochimaru frowned slowly.
"What's wrong? "White Zetsu's clone looked at him in confusion, "Wouldn't it be better for Yondaime Mizukage to come out?"
Hearing this, Orochimaru shook his head.
His plan is to use Taki's Gentle Fist to create attacks one after another, intensifying the conflict of trust between Kirigakure and Konoha, and at the same time, put pressure on Kirigakure to finally force Yondaime Mizukage to leave Konoha's Shinobi, and come out to investigate this matter in person. Then, it will be the time they will assassinate Yondaime Mizukage.
But now, Yondaime Mizukage has come out directly.
Should they do it now?
If they only deal with Yondaime Mizukage and twenty Kirigakure's Anbu, even he alone is enough. Even if Terumi Mei and Hyuga Hizashi are added, there's Taki and White Zetsu's clone that can delay the two for a while, but there is Kanpū on the opposite side!
Kanpū's Konoha-Style Kenjutsu and Five-Attributes Ninjutsu are very powerful. After mastering Sage Mode, they are even more so. He also has signed a summoning contract with Garaga and three Divine Maiden of Ryuchi Cave, so Orochimaru felt that Kanpū's strength should be be no weaker than him!
To kill the Jinchuriki, Yondaime Mizukage, under Kanpū's nose is too difficult!
Orochimaru groaned silently.
The other side.
Kanpū, Yagura, Hizashi, Mei, and twenty Kirigakure's Anbu have arrived at the place where the six Kirigakure's Shinobi were attacked last night.
"Byakugan!"
Hizashi immediately activated Byakugan to search the vicinity, but unfortunately, although it was Taki who took action, it was Orochimaru and White Zetsu's clone who are cleaning the crime scene. Not to mention Byakugan, even if Hizashi has Tenseigan, it is impossible to find the slightest clue.
Yagura stood on the side and watched quietly, and the Kirigakure's Anbu next to him did not move either. Not long after the attack happened last night, Kirigakure's Anbu have come here to investigate. So if there is any clue, they would have found it long ago.
Mei stood next to Kanpū and asked in a low voice: "Aren't you going to help?"
Kanpū sniffed the tempting fragrance, and said sagely: "I believe in Uncle Hizashi!"
Of course this is just a lie. What Kanpū thought in his mind was actually waiting for Orochimaru, but unfortunately, after waiting for a while, he still didn't see Orochimaru jumped out and shouted, 'I'm the one opening this road, and it's me who planted this tree'.
'Is it because he saw me here, so he didn't dare to take action?'
Kanpū secretly cursed.
After a while, Hizashi walked back with an ugly expression, and said: "Mizukage-dono, Kanpū, I'm sorry…"
'As expected of Orochimaru, he indeed won't leave any suspicious marks.
Kanpū that came back to his senses gave Orochimaru a thumbs-up in his heart. He then turned his head and looked towards Yagura, and said thoughtfully: "Mizukage-dono, our mission to Kirigakure this time is to send a letter. After arriving here, we saw Orochimaru, so with the help of Mizukage-dono, we began to search for Orochimaru."
Yagura said lightly: "Do you suspect that Orochimaru is in charge of this matter?"
Kanpū nodded: "It must be him!"
"Orochimaru does not have Byakugan. And even if he has mastered Gentle Fist, it is impossible to exert such formidable power." Charge said.
"Then, what Mizukage-dono meant is that only Shinobi with Byakugan can use Gentle Fist?" Kanpū narrowed his eyes.
Yagura frowned when he heard this.
It must be known that among the twenty Kirigakure's Anbu who followed him, one of them has Byakugan!
'Could it be that the people of the Hyuga Clan have already found out, so they took the opportunity to make trouble?'
"What exactly are you trying to say?" Yagura asked with a sullen face, pretending to be impatient.
"I would like to ask Mizukage-dono to escort me Uncle Hizashi and the other Hyuga Clan's Shinobi to leave the Land of Water."
Kanpū said, "If there are still Gentle Fist attacks after they leave, then it proves that they are innocent."
"What if it doesn't happen again?" Yagura asked in a bad tone.
Kanpū shrugged: "At any rate, no one died in these attacks. When the time comes, Mizukage-dono can just make a request for compensation to Konoha. I will stay in Kirigakure until Kirigakure is compensated, how about it?"
"No way!"
Hizashi is anxious, "Kanpū, what you just said is right, this matter must be Orochimaru trying to frame us. If we just leave like this, he can not only get rid of us, but also make us unable to clear up the suspicion. It might even implicated the village, so we will…"
"I agree!" Yagura interrupted Hizashi lightly.
It doesn't matter if Hyuga Clan's Shinobi found out that Kirigakure's Shinobi has Byakugan, or Orochimaru tried to sow discord to protect himself, because as long as Hyuga Clan's Shinobi leaves the Land of Water, if there are no more Gentle Fist attack happening, Kirigakure can take advantage of diplomacy, put pressure on Konoha, and fight for their own interests!
As the Kage of a village, sometimes he has to ignore black and white, and have no emotions!
"Mizukage-dono, you…" Hizashi's face changed slightly.
"Mei, immediately arrange a ship to escort all Hyuga Clan's Shinobi out of our country!" Yagura ordered directly.
"Understood." Mei nodded.
Yagura looked at Kanpū with a smile, and said, "Then, I will need to trouble Kanpū-dono to stay in Kirigakure for a while."
Kanpū glanced at the one next to him and expressed his willingness.
Besides…
Kanpū looked towards the pale and bloodless face of Yagura, and sneered in his heart: 'You think you have something to gain, but I… will never make a loss!'