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After arriving at the Mizukage's office, Mei and Yoichi walked in directly.
Inside, they saw a short man standing in the room. Upon seeing them, he spoke, "Mei, is it? Tell me about the Three-Tails."
"The Three-Tails is in the Land of Water…" Mei began, but before she could finish, she felt a sudden gust of wind pass by her. She didn't even have time to process what was happening before hearing a loud crash.
Instinctively turning her head, she saw Yoichi, who had already dispelled his transformation jutsu, breaking through the wall and grabbing a man dressed in a black cloak with red clouds, wearing a mask.
"This… This is the Akatsuki," Mei muttered in shock. The speed was so fast that she couldn't even react.
"You must be with the Akatsuki, right? It wasn't easy to catch you, but you finally slipped up," Yoichi said, pretending not to recognize Obito, his eyes transforming into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
The power of decay immediately began to take effect on Obito's body. His left arm, right arm, muscles, and bones all started to wither and decay in an instant, turning into something akin to a dead limb.
"Ahhh!!! The Lightning Fang of Konoha!?" Obito screamed in pain, feeling the intense agony in both of his arms. He didn't understand why Yoichi was here, but he knew he was in grave danger and needed to use Kamui to escape immediately.
The speed was impossible to react to. If Yoichi could grab his neck, he could easily pierce his heart. Yoichi's speed and presence made Obito recall the terror he felt on his first battlefield, the kind that made him want to cry.
He had to leave! He had to escape to the Kamui dimension as soon as possible.
"Kamui!"
At the very moment Obito tried to use Kamui, Yoichi activated his dojutsu. The Sharingan could see chakra, and although it couldn't precisely identify the pathways or nodes, it could see the flow and concentration of chakra.
Yoichi caused the chakra in the most concentrated part of Obito's body to decay, disrupting the flow of his chakra.
"Ah!"
A part of Obito's body suddenly decayed, as if it had been replaced with a piece of a corpse. The transformation made Obito scream in pain.
Then, Yoichi struck off Obito's mask. Upon seeing Obito's face, he feigned surprise and disbelief, saying, "Obito? It's you? You're a member of the Akatsuki?"
Obito, now maskless, was filled with despair. His arms were dead, his body was in pain, and he couldn't gather any chakra.
His dream of creating the perfect world through the Infinite Tsukuyomi was shattered.
"Nothing to say? Then you'll be coming back to Konoha with me to face trial.
Kinjutsu: Kinfū!
With a glance from the Sharingan, Yoichi placed Obito under a genjutsu, paralyzing him. At the same time, the genjutsu controlling the Fourth Mizukage was lifted.
As Yagura regained consciousness, he saw the state of the office and immediately shouted, "Mei? What are you doing here? Who are these two?"
"Lord Mizukage, you've been under control for some time. This man is the Assistant of Konoha, the Lightning Fang, Yoichi," Mei quickly explained, briefly summarizing recent events, especially how Yagura had been controlled by someone from the Akatsuki and was now being rescued by her and the Konoha ninja.
The more Yagura listened, the darker his expression became. As the leader of a village, he had been manipulated into doing foolish things, and now he was being saved by a ninja from Konoha.
Furious and humiliated, Yagura shouted, "This is a Konoha conspiracy! Mei, summon the Anbu and gather the Mist ninja immediately!"
Crack!
A flash of lightning struck, and Yagura felt a surge of danger. He quickly gathered chakra, raising his arms to defend himself.
But he was too close to Yoichi and had no time to use any jutsu.
All Yagura could do was watch as a powerful kick came crashing down on his arms, driving him deep into the floor.
With a loud bang, the floor shattered, and Yagura fell through, smashing into the level below.
"Your best chance was to resist Obito's genjutsu. Who gave you the courage to try and capture me? The most useless Mizukage," Yoichi said, lifting Obito with one hand and turning his gaze to the Mist ninja who had rushed into the room.
The Sharingan spun slowly, exerting immense pressure on Mei.
"Attack."
Boom!
As soon as the Mist Anbu leader gave the order, Yoichi activated Susanoo, in its perfect form.
The Mizukage's building was instantly destroyed in a violent explosion, and the structure collapsed, replaced by a towering figure of a deep blue tengu-armored deity that overlooked the entire Mist Village.
Mei was thrown by the impact, barely surviving. But as she struggled to get up, she saw the immense figure of the deep blue, tengu-armored god before her.
"No, don't attack! Lord Lightning Fang, we have an agreement!" Mei shouted in fear. If they fought this entity in the village, even if they managed a pyrrhic victory, the Mist Village would be destroyed. Facing something larger than a tailed beast and stronger than one, the Mist Village had no hope of winning.
But Yoichi had no intention of destroying the Mist Village. He wanted to bring them to heel, for ninja were much more valuable than civilians.
Susanoo flapped its wings, sending a powerful gust of wind that blew away the surrounding buildings before taking to the sky.
Seeing Susanoo fly away, Mei finally breathed a sigh of relief, grateful that the battle didn't take place in the village.
"Mei!"
From a distance, Ao arrived, now with only one eye. Despite this, his strength remained, making him still one of the Mist's elite jonin. "What happened? Why is the Mizukage's building destroyed?"
"Find Elder Gen. Only he can take control of the situation now!"
Mei didn't bother to explain further. They needed someone of authority to explain things, or else, if Yoichi left, she might be accused of conspiring against the Mizukage.
Yagura's angry outburst still echoed in her mind, and she wasn't sure if he survived. If he did, he might try to shift the blame onto her to cover up the fact that he had been controlled.
"I understand."
Ao responded before setting off to find Gen. Luckily, the elder had been staying away from the Mizukage's building lately due to his age, or he might not have survived the earlier incident.
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Meanwhile, Yoichi returned to the Land of Waves. As Susanoo landed, the shockwave knocked the Konoha Anbu and Uchiha clan members off their feet again.
After dispelling Susanoo, Yoichi approached the group.
"Assistant."
"Clan Leader."
The Anbu and Shinji, along with the Uchiha clan members, gathered around. Seeing the man Yoichi was holding, Shinji couldn't help but ask, "Clan Leader, is this the Akatsuki member?"
"Take a look. This is the one who killed Minato."
Yoichi tossed the man over to Shinji, who caught him. Upon seeing Obito's face, Shinji was shocked. "O-Obito? Clan Leader, how can this be Obito? Wasn't he supposed to be dead?"
"It seems he was rescued. His injuries match what Kakashi reported. We'll have the interrogation team search his mind for information when we get back to the village."
After speaking, Yoichi turned to the Anbu and Uchiha ninja present. "Mission complete. Return to the village with me, and await further orders. You'll be notified of your next assignment."
With that, many chakra arms extended from Yoichi's body, using the chakra he had gathered from the tailed beasts. After grabbing all the ninja present, Yoichi used the Flying Thunder God Technique to transport them just outside the gates of Konoha.
As they arrived at the village gate, Yoichi said, "Anbu, return to your posts. Shinji, take Obito to the interrogation team and oversee the sealing process."
Shinji asked, "Clan Leader, are you worried someone might try to rescue him?"
"The Akatsuki still have members out there, so we should be cautious."
Though Yoichi said this, he had already marked Obito with the Flying Thunder God seal. If Black Zetsu or White Zetsu tried to rescue him, he'd take them all down in one fell swoop.
Returning to Konoha, Yoichi headed straight for the Hokage's office. Luckily, Sakumo was there in person and not just a shadow clone, so Yoichi entered the office.
"Sakumo-senpai, I captured an Akatsuki member and sent him to the interrogation team."
"So quickly? Well done, Yoichi-kun. About the matter of the Fifth Hokage…"
"Now's not the time for that, Sakumo-senpai. You should go check on the situation."
Yoichi glanced at Sakumo, thinking that when he became the Fifth Hokage, he'd definitely appoint Sakumo as an advisor.
After speaking, Sakumo moved with Yoichi to the interrogation team. On the way, he sent someone to inform the Third Hokage.
The matters he had discussed with the Third Hokage could now be concluded. Even if he publicly supported Yoichi for the role of Hokage, the Third would have no objections.
However, upon seeing the captured Akatsuki member, Sakumo was taken aback. "Yoichi-kun, if I'm not mistaken, isn't this your clan's Obito? I remember him visiting the Hatake residence with Rin to see Kakashi. I couldn't possibly mistake this face."
"It's him. His body was crushed under a massive boulder, but it seems someone rescued him. But his Sharingan is a Mangekyō Sharingan, with a space-time ninjutsu as its ability, which is quite troublesome, so I took it out."
"Let's see what information we can extract from his mind."
As Yoichi and Sakumo conversed, Hiruzen, Shikaku, and other high-ranking officials arrived. With no ongoing wars, Akatsuki and the Rinnegan were Konoha's top priorities.
When they saw that the captured Akatsuki member was Obito, both Hiruzen and Shikaku were stunned.
But they knew that there could be no deception here, as memories were the hardest thing to fake. Furthermore, no genjutsu could fool the Yamanaka clan's mind-reading techniques.
Hiruzen clenched his fists in frustration. He had just decided to make one last attempt, putting all the Sarutobi clan's resources into supporting Jiraiya as the Fifth Hokage. But now, Yoichi had captured an Akatsuki member.
Trying to smear the Uchiha clan by associating them with Obito?
Hiruzen briefly considered this but dismissed the idea. Yoichi's willingness to have the interrogation team probe Obito's mind meant the Uchiha clan had nothing to hide.
Trying to pin this on them would only backfire.
Soon, Inoichi extracted all the information from Obito's mind. Without the ability to resist, no seals in his mind, and while still alive, extracting information from him was a simple task.
But after receiving the information, Inoichi looked serious as he said, "Fourth, Assistant, it seems Obito was saved by someone significant."
Sakumo took the report and read it, his expression turning grim. After reading, he handed it to Yoichi.
Yoichi was already aware of Obito's full story and how he was saved by Madara. He only skimmed the report, focusing on the information regarding Nagato.
"Land of Earth."
"Anbu, send a team to this location in the Land of Earth to gather intelligence. They've likely moved on, but we might still find some clues. Sakumo-senpai, send a letter to Ōnoki, warning him not to shelter Akatsuki."
Yoichi ordered the Anbu, then turned to Sakumo.
Sakumo nodded. "Understood. But Ōnoki is likely aware of Akatsuki. He might not hand them over. What should we do then, Yoichi-kun?"
Obito had left Nagato shortly before Ōnoki extended an olive branch to Nagato. But with his focus on stirring up trouble in the Mist Village, Obito didn't know how far the relationship between the Akatsuki and Iwagakure had progressed.
"If we have Akatsuki's information, I'll go there myself and capture them. Iwagakure won't be able to stop me."
Yoichi replied confidently. The only real threat in Iwagakure was Ōnoki's Dust Release. But in the eyes of top-tier shinobi, it was relatively slow.
To Yoichi, it was even less of a concern. As long as he was careful, there was no real threat.
(End of Chapter)