Chapter 309: Three Ninja Village Gather in the Cell
Akiyama Makoto sensed everything. Although it was hard to say that the current Mei Terumī was a Kage-level powerhouse, her two Kekkei Genkai were indeed beyond the general sense of an Elite Jōnin.
What's more, with Ao's assistance, it was still a bit too difficult for Zabuza and Haku to deal with them.
However, this wasn't Makoto forcing Zabuza and Haku to come, but they came on their own initiative.
Now that they were at a disadvantage, they couldn't blame Makoto.
But as his subordinates, Makoto had to prevent them from suffering losses.
So Makoto had a thought, and his figure appeared behind Haku.
Haku only felt a warm current rushing into his body, and his injuries were healed immediately.
At the same time, Ao only felt a figure appearing behind Haku, the chakra in the body surging like a river.
Before he could have any reaction, Makoto had used the Body Flicker Technique to come in front of him.
The Slow Blossom Technique was activated, and the speed of Ao, Mei Terumī, and Chōjūrō all slowed down by 30%.
Makoto forcibly inserted his fingers like swords into Ao's eye socket and pulled out the Byakugan belonging to the Hyūga family.
The next second, Makoto disappeared using the Flying Thunder God. Only then did Mei Terumī and Chōjūrō react and look at Ao.
The intense pain made Ao's eyes full of disbelief. He reached out to touch his empty eye socket. Only at this time did he realize that his Byakugan had been snatched.
Ao screamed miserably, which scared the still young Chōjūrō, and Mei Terumī's face was also pale, not understanding why the situation suddenly became so troublesome.
At this time, Zabuza naturally understood that his boss had taken action.
A sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he cast the Hidden Mist Jutsu again.
The thick fog almost solidified, making Mei Terumī and the other two unable to see each other's faces even if they were close to each other.
Ao's screams in the thick fog were like evil spirits, and Haku also quietly cast Ice Style again.
Mei Terumī used her Kekkei Genkai again to try to break through the thick fog, but although Zabuza was far inferior to Mei Terumī in ninjutsu, at least this Hidden Mist Jutsu was his special skill, and it actually went head-to-head with Mei Terumī's Kekkei Genkai without falling behind.
The thick fog never dispersed. Mei Terumī checked the decreasing chakra in her body, and a panicked expression appeared on her face.
Suddenly, a big sword slashed down from the thick fog.
Chōjūrō hurriedly blocked with Hiramekarei. Although he reacted with his talent, the huge gap in strength still made Zabuza knock him flying instantly, rolling into the thick fog.
Then came the sound of Haku using Ice Style, and Chōjūrō screamed, which made Mei Terumī's mind tremble, wanting to rescue him.
But Ao grabbed Mei Terumī's arm and said, "You are not allowed to go. You must protect me to retreat now. I am the most important one, understand!"
There was nothing wrong with Ao's words. Whether in terms of seniority or position, Ao was more important.
However, looking at Ao's empty eye socket, Mei Terumī felt a trace of contempt for this old man she once respected immensely.
Shouldn't he sacrifice himself to protect Chōjūrō now?
Mei Terumī naturally heard of the so-called Will of Fire, after all, Makoto's books had spread to the Land of Water.
Although Mei Terumī didn't believe that Konoha was really such a beautiful place, she also agreed with the principle that the older generation of ninja should protect the young people.
If all the young people died, leaving only a group of old people, wouldn't the village be hopeless?
This was also why Zabuza killed everyone in the same class back then. He wanted to use this despair to awaken the conscience of the older generation of ninja in the village, so as to unite to end the rule of the Blood Mist.
Unfortunately, Zabuza failed.
The Blood Mist policy was still implemented, and by now it had almost caused the entire village to fall apart.
Mei Terumī was naturally also a resistor of the Blood Mist policy, and was even plotting with Ao and others to expose the truth that Yagura was under genjutsu. This outing was also to contact Zabuza.
Unexpectedly, an endless battle broke out as soon as the two sides met, and now two people on her side were seriously injured.
So how to choose?
"Ao, help me hold Zabuza for a minute. One minute is enough."
Mei Terumī just felt contempt in her heart, but knew she couldn't break with Ao at this time.
Even without the Byakugan, Ao was a senior Jōnin of the Hidden Mist Village and knew pure Water Style, so he wouldn't be unable to hold on for even a minute.
She broke free from Ao's arm and rushed towards Chōjūrō's direction.
Ao wanted to say something more, but Zabuza's Kubikiribōchō had already struck from behind.
Ao rolled embarrassedly, then endured the severe pain to cast Water Style: Exploding Water Colliding Wave, hitting in Zabuza's direction.
But halfway through the ninjutsu, he was wrapped in a water ball. It was Zabuza's water clone, controlling Ao with the Water Prison Technique.
Ao couldn't breathe in the water prison, and the blood in his eye socket dyed the water prison red. Zabuza looked at all this and sneered, "How ugly, Ao."
"Didn't expect it, right? When we meet again, you will die in my hands."
Ao opened his mouth to say something, but unfortunately spat out a large string of bubbles and drank a large mouthful of bloody water at the same time.
Zabuza wanted to raise his sword to chop Ao, but heard Haku's muffled groan.
Looking at Ao, then thinking of Haku, Zabuza frowned, but still turned to help Haku.
At this time, Haku was covering his arm, which had been scalded by Mei Terumī's Boil Style.
Mei Terumī held Chōjūrō, who was covered in senbon and had fainted, her eyes flashing with pain and regret.
She underestimated the enemy too much, thinking that with Ao's assistance, she could go anywhere in the ninja world.
As a result, just coming to the Land of Waves, she was now in such a dangerous situation.
Mei Terumī was confident that she could escape, but Chōjūrō and Ao were not necessarily.
One was a senior who supported her and a political ally, and the other was a junior she favored and who might inherit her mantle.
Mei Terumī didn't want to abandon either, but in fact, she probably couldn't protect either.
Unable to protect even her close associates, it was ridiculous for her to want to return the Hidden Mist Village to normal.
Is this the feeling of powerlessness?
"Haku, are you okay?"
Zabuza spoke coldly. A happy smile appeared on the corner of Haku's mouth, and he said, "I'm fine, Zabuza-sama. Just ask the boss to treat this minor injury for me."
"Hmph, you can still smile. Train harder after recovering. Don't ask about trivial business matters anymore. Otherwise, how can you face more intense battles and serve the boss better?"
At this time, Zabuza said the word "boss" very smoothly, and there was no discomfort in his heart.
He was convinced by Makoto's strength and saw hope for rebuilding the Hidden Mist Village in Makoto.
Even if the Hidden Mist Village led by him had to serve Makoto later, it was much better than serving a puppet controlled by others like Yagura, letting the whole village become a village of Blood Mist.
The conversation between the two didn't reveal Makoto's identity, but Mei Terumī guessed that Makoto had an important position in it.
And she also recalled the ghostly figure just now, which was probably Makoto.
Thinking of this, Mei Terumī's body trembled slightly. Indeed worthy of being Konoha's Flash ninja. Is this the power of Space-Time Ninjutsu?
So when Zabuza was about to act, Mei Terumī hardened her heart and said, "Wait a minute, I have something to discuss with your boss. It concerns the peace of the two villages, and—whether he can have greater power!"
Zabuza frowned, not really wanting to listen to Mei Terumī's explanation.
While he hesitated, Haku spoke up, "My lord, since she mentioned the boss, we should let the boss decide."
"But before that, let her show sincerity."
Zabuza understood and said, "Okay, bind your own hands and feet with this steel wire. Then I can agree to take you to see our boss."
Seeing the steel wire Zabuza threw at her feet, a look of fear and uneasiness appeared on Mei Terumī's face.
If she did it, she would be a lamb to the slaughter.
But if she didn't do it, Ao and Chōjūrō would definitely die here today.
She picked up the steel wire and said unwillingly, "Isn't your boss powerful? He's actually so worried about me, a woman?"
Zabuza sneered and said, "Our boss naturally doesn't fear you, but if you don't show sincerity, you can't even pass my level."
Then Zabuza looked in Ao's direction and said, "I give you one minute to consider. After one minute—"
"After one minute, you will kill me?"
Zabuza sneered again and said, "After one minute, Ao will probably suffocate to death."
Mei Terumī's face changed slightly, and she waved her arm continuously to disperse the fog a bit. Sure enough, in the distance, Ao opened his mouth drinking bloody water, having stopped breathing.
Mei Terumī hesitated no more, binding herself with steel wire using her teeth.
She wanted to keep a trick up her sleeve, but Zabuza whistled, and two female ninja appeared and tied her up again, and even carried her. Now Mei Terumī knew she was really done for.
At least—
"Let go of Ao, and treat Chōjūrō, they are dying!"
Mei Terumī shouted with all her might. Zabuza didn't care and said, "If they die, they die. Even if they die, our boss can bring them back. Shut up obediently."
Then, Zabuza took the people and returned towards Makoto.
At this time, Makoto had cleaned up Ao's Byakugan and sealed it.
The battles on the other two sides were also drawing to a close.
Although Karin and Temari both erupted with terrifying strength, they were facing elite Jōnin squads and couldn't take them down.
However, as their opponents, Monga and Samui were also complaining incessantly.
The former had to snatch back Kurotsuchi, so he had to fight Karin head-on.
The latter was suppressed by Sage Mode Temari until she was covered in bruises. Although she still had combat power, she knew it was difficult for her to escape the Land of Waves.
Seeing that Temari's Sage Mode time was ending, Samui's eyes lit up and she just wanted to counterattack. The next second, she was crushed to the ground by a huge force, and densely packed sealing talismans covered her body instantly.
The person suppressing her was naturally Makoto.
"Temari, thanks for your hard work."
Makoto looked up at Temari. Temari wiped the sweat from her forehead, her eyes shining.
Although she borrowed the power from Makoto just now, this powerful force also rekindled the heart of the strong that Temari had extinguished due to the changes in the Sand Village.
She secretly decided to become a true strong person and master this power by herself, so she would be qualified to stand shoulder to shoulder with Makoto.
Temari gave a thumbs up to Makoto, and that firm look made Makoto understand her thoughts.
At this time, the other two people in Samui's squad supported their bruised bodies and rushed towards Makoto.
But Samui spoke up, "Stop, surrender, all of you!"
The two looked at Samui blankly. Samui said with difficulty, "Back then, when we saw Konoha's Yellow Flash, we could choose to flee. And now, heavily injured, seeing the new generation of Konoha's Flash, surrendering isn't shameful."
"Besides, we don't have any life-and-death hatred with each other. Don't make more mistakes."
Makoto looked at Samui with slight surprise.
Originally thinking this big-breasted woman would be brainless, Makoto thought carefully, her character setting seemed to be calm and rational.
Now it seemed it was really so. Makoto indeed had no reason to kill them.
Of course, Makoto wouldn't let them go easily either.
For destroying Makoto's villa this time, and to vent anger for the Hyūga family back then, Makoto would definitely not let go easily.
It was just that Makoto wouldn't tell them all this like this, only saying calmly, "Put down your weapons. I can guarantee your safety during captivity."
Samui breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that strong people like Makoto had their own dignity.
She ordered again, and the two people in her squad could only put down the swords in their hands with unwilling faces. As tough guys of the Cloud Village, this was a huge humiliation for them.
But as Samui said, since the opponent was a ninja of the same level as Minato Namikaze, surrendering was indeed not shameful.
Finally, on Karin's side, Makoto just walked calmly to Kurotsuchi and carried her. Monga immediately chose to surrender.
He would rather die himself than let Kurotsuchi get hurt, and hurriedly explained the situation to Makoto.
"We heard an explosion here, so we came to check if anyone needed help. We have no malice."
"I suspect the Cloud Village people did this. If you don't believe me, I can confront them as a captive."
Makoto looked at Monga in front of him with a smile. He wasn't as smart as Samui, but he was rational.
Makoto asked Karin to seal the opponent with her sealing jutsu, and then took him to the prison under the villa.
Three groups of people looked at each other across the bars, looking at each other in surprise, and then their expressions became strange one by one.
Only then did they know that there were three groups of people targeting Makoto, and all three groups suffered at the same time.
Who could have thought that not only was Makoto strong himself, but the two little girl-like ninja under him also had such terrifying strength.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Makoto clapped his hands and said, "Now I need a culprit, the culprit who destroyed my villa. You can argue about who it is."
"The sooner the result comes out, the sooner I can treat the wounded. Otherwise, just keep arguing."
Then, Makoto made a simple move to stabilize the lives of Ao, Chōjūrō, and a few others, and left the cell with Karin and Temari.
After the figures of the three disappeared, the atmosphere in the cell exploded directly like a powder keg.
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