Naruto Kirigakure System - Chapter 64
“Lord Yagura, what should we do?”
On the gate of the Hidden Mist Village, dozens of ninjas looked at a small, scarred ninja with a dark-colored staff weapon on his back, their eyes filled with hope, reverence, and fear.
Facing those gazes, Yagura spoke coldly.
“Is that the right question to ask?”
“According to the rules, we should of course follow the Third Mizukage’s orders to capture the rogue ninja Naoki.”
At this point, Yagura stopped speaking. His cold, mechanical heart began to beat differently.
It was a long-held but deeply buried thought—the desire to change this village and restore it to peace and prosperity.
It was also the mission he intended to pursue after this war.
Yagura fell silent, but what he had already said was enough to dim the eyes of these ninjas, who then grabbed their weapons.
They were Mist ninjas; their only future since entering this world was to serve as weapons and follow their lord’s orders.
Since Lord Yagura wanted to fight, they had no choice but to accompany him to the end.
After a long while, or maybe just a moment.
Yagura suddenly let go of his weapon, looking at the ninjas pouring out of the forest.
“Why do we need to fight?”
“A hero who defeated both Konoha and Sunagakure, a hero who brought victory to the Mist for the first time, why do we need to fight him?”
Yagura said, leaning out over the wall, speaking to the ninjas behind him and to himself.
“Of course, there’s a reason. He’s a rogue ninja, and no amount of merit can hide the fact that he pointed his blade at the Mizukage.”
“But so what? What are rules? What is the Third Mizukage?”
Yagura’s face suddenly showed anger, his fists clenching the mud of the wall tightly.
“That bastard who let this village fall into such ruin after coming to power?”
“Naoki, a Kaguya clan member. If he came here alone, I would do everything to stop him from becoming a tyrant Mizukage.”
“But now, look at them.”
Yagura suddenly calmed down, pointing to the dense crowd of ninjas in the forest.
“Looking at them, I know what choice to make.”
Yagura muttered quietly, turning to the nearby Anbu ninjas with a cruel and bloodthirsty expression.
“Die!”
His followers also charged forward.
Quick, fierce, surpassing the past.
——
The village was near.
Mangetsu muttered, looking at the towering walls, analyzing attack strategies with J?z?.
He thought simply.
He had to think hard since he needed to survive under this Kaguya clan member.
Creak.
Mangetsu looked up again.
The gate opened.
Behind the gate stood Yagura, blood-stained, with his followers.
Even him? Is he also a spy?
Mangetsu looked down in shock. Yagura, the loyal ninja under the Third Mizukage, was also Naoki’s spy? Since when?
“Naoki, when did Lord Yagura become your spy?” Mei asked in surprise, glancing at Yagura before turning to Naoki with a puzzled look.
“A spy?”
Naoki suddenly laughed.
“Probably just now.”
Walking forward, breathing in the slightly bloody air, Naoki spoke casually.
“Lord Naoki.”
Yagura bowed his head.
“Follow me.”
Naoki replied indifferently, looking through the open gate towards the Mizukage Tower.
Third Mizukage, or perhaps Madara Uchiha, what else have you prepared? Bring it on.
——
“Kisame, has the village gate been breached?”
The Third Mizukage, sitting in his chair, turned and asked the man before him with a cold, mechanical voice.
“Yes, Third Mizukage.”
The Third Mizukage took a deep breath.
“Since it has come to this, let’s…”
The voice stopped abruptly. His eyes blurred, and a thought surged in his mind. He didn’t know where it came from or why.
But since it emerged from his heart, it must be correct.
The Third Mizukage clenched his fist, suddenly becoming angry.
“He should have seen it. After this war, I would hand this position over to him. Why is he in such a hurry?”
“If the village is handed over to such an impatient person who only likes to solve problems with force, it will fall into an irreversible vortex.”
“So, for the sake of the village, I will give my all one more time as the Third Mizukage.
Summon the Anbu. I want Naoki to see the power of a Kage.”
The power of a Kage?
Kisame squinted his small eyes, feeling a sense of absurdity for the first time towards the Third Mizukage sitting there.
Knowing Naoki’s achievements, his victories over the Kazekage, and the future Hokage, how could he still be so confident?
What an utter fool.
Kisame sighed, turning to carry out the Third Mizukage’s final order.
Then let this loyal and dependent force be the stepping stone for Lord Naoki’s fame.
Creak.
The door opened.
Kisame left the office, carrying the Third Mizukage’s final order.
——
“Everyone, halt for now.”
In the eerily silent Hidden Mist Village, only Naoki’s voice echoed.
“Though I’m not a pedantic person and don’t mind using my power—that is, you—to eliminate the Third Mizukage.”
“But.”
“If we want to leave no room for criticism, then the battle of Kage should be fought by me personally.”
After his words fell, the ninjas didn’t move.
That was Lord Naoki, the one who defeated the Kazekage and Minato Namikaze. How could he lose to the Mizukage, who hadn’t fought in over ten years?
Tap, tap!
Naoki walked forward, carrying the eyes of a thousand people, heading towards the Mizukage Tower.
On the tower, the blue and white robes of the Mizukage slowly appeared.
Behind him were dozens of masked Anbu.
Looking at Naoki’s solitary figure, the Mizukage murmured.
Such confidence, Naoki, let me show you my power.
Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!
A giant water dragon surged towards Naoki with the Third Mizukage’s abundant chakra.
As the water dragon swept through, the ninjas behind the Third Mizukage also launched water dragon bullets, merging them into the Third Mizukage’s attack, forming an enormous dragon that blocked out the sky.
Facing the despair-inducing water dragon, Naoki glanced at it nonchalantly and turned his thoughts to another matter.
After this fight, I should give an important speech. So, I shouldn’t let water or blood soak my clothes, nor let bones pierce through and make them ragged.
Naoki stretched out his hand, channeling chakra to summon an ice mirror.
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