Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 269 The Arrival of Minato

The next day.

"I never expected to see Minato-senpai in the Land of Water's camp."

Since their last parting, Toshiro hadn't expected that the two would meet again so soon.

Because of Rin Nohara's situation, Minato Namikaze didn't even have time to visit him in the hospital. His appearance at the front-line camp in the Land of Bears at this time... could it be...?

"Long time no see. I didn't even have a chance to thank you for what you did last time, and now I need your help again."

Giving Toshiro an apologetic smile, Minato Namikaze continued, "I wonder if you know anything about the higher-ups of the Kirigakure on the other side? I have a mission to talk to them."

"It would be best if the other party had a certain status and autonomy in front of the Third Mizukage."

Upon meeting Toshiro, Minato Namikaze immediately stated his purpose: he wanted to see if Toshiro had enough knowledge of the Kirigakure high-ranking officials on the other side, and it would be best if Minato could "introduce" him to them.

Lin's matter cannot be bypassed by the Mist Ninja, and the reason I came here this time is to communicate with their higher-ups.

Of course, we can't go directly to the Third Mizukage. Since he has devised such a bizarre plan, going directly to him probably won't be very effective. We should see if we can find a breakthrough by dealing with other high-ranking members of Kirigakure.

This was also the guidance of the Third Hokage.

He had already obtained information about the high-ranking members of Kirigakure while he was in Konoha, but the information recorded in this report was very limited and it was from several years ago.

The secrecy policy of the Mist Village, coupled with the fact that Konoha's focus was not on the Mist Village in previous years, led to serious distortion of intelligence.

When he arrived at the Bear Country camp, he wanted to find someone he knew to ask about the latest developments of the Mist Ninja.

Orochimaru was originally a good candidate, but given his current situation, meeting him would be awkward, and he didn't know if Orochimaru would help him.

So they went to find Toshiro first.

"Contacting the higher-ups in Kirigakure... I actually know of two candidates, but I don't know if they're suitable."

"One of them is named Mei Terumi, who possesses both Lava Release and Boil Release bloodline limits. She is the product of a marriage between two major clans in Kirigakure, and seems to have a deep connection with their elder named Genshi."

"There's another one named Yagura Kokutachi, who is the commander of the opposing Kirigakure. However, I've heard that he might become the future Fourth Mizukage."

"However, this person's relationship with the Third Mizukage seems unusual."

Toshiro didn't hide anything and told Minato Namikaze about the information he knew.

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing this, Minato frowned.

This put Minato Namikaze in a bit of a dilemma.

Logically speaking, the person he should have met most was Yagura Tachibana, who had the potential to become the Fourth Mizukage, and there was no better person to approach than him.

However, based on what Toshiro said and the information gathered by Konoha, the relationship between the other party and the Third Mizukage made him somewhat unsure.

"Let's meet Mei Terumi first!"

Before this trip, the Third Hokage had already emphasized the great name of Master Yuan. He was second only to the Mizukage in importance among the Hidden Mist Villagers.

If I want to accomplish this, no one is more suitable than him.

"Could you please, Toshiro, take me to find this Mei Terumi?"

Having made his decision, Minato wanted to see Mei Terumi in person immediately.

"No problem, we can try interviewing outside first. Even if we can't find one today, the other party will definitely show up tomorrow."

These past few days, the Mist Ninja on the other side have been acting like they've taken a blue pill, all of them incredibly excited, comparing their training progress with that of the Konoha ninja every day.

Mei Terumi was one of them.

"I remember you were very interested in sealing techniques. If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask me or Kushina when you return to Konoha."

As they walked towards the camp exit together, Minato Namikaze smiled and said to Toshiro.

Whether it's Obito, Kakashi, or Rin, all three of them received help from each other, especially last time; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Rin was Rin's savior.

He hadn't even properly thanked the other person yet, and now he was troubling them again. Even though they were from the same village, he still felt he had to express his gratitude.

"We really have to thank Minato-senpai for this!"

Upon hearing this news, Toshiro was quite pleased. Sealing techniques are indeed difficult to learn, and even more difficult to master.

Although he has valued this kind of accumulation since childhood, even now, he can only use many of the more advanced sealing techniques.

They know what it is, but not why it is.

With the guidance of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, many of the problems that troubled him could have been easily solved.

"No need to be so formal. My friends all call me Minato, you can call me that too."

Seeing Toshiro's satisfaction, Minato also flashed a bright smile. Toshiro was a fellow villager; teaching him some sealing techniques shouldn't be a problem.

Meanwhile, Mei Terumi was wandering around the battlefield with her companions, acting as patrol personnel for the camp.

Of course, she wasn't just out patrolling the village for no reason; this time, they had prepared some methods to deal with Toshiro and needed to find some people to test their effectiveness.

The people of Konoha were the perfect test subjects.

"Boss, do you think our strategy for dealing with that kid will actually work?"

"Is this some kind of prank?"

A boy with light blue-white hair and sharp teeth appeared nearby and asked the figure walking on the forest path.

As for the title of "Big Sister".

The opponent's punches were incredibly hard, and they also possessed two different bloodline limits...

He was Hozuki Mangetsu. He had heard from Mei Terumi that there was a Uchiha swordsmanship master on the front lines, so he traveled all the way here to have a good spar with him.

For several days in a row, the other party would leave as soon as they touched him, leaving him greatly disappointed, as if he had punched thin air.

"Aren't those Konoha ninjas enough for you to mess with?"

"Those guys..."

He tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said blankly, "These ordinary ninjas are no fun at all to fight. It's only interesting to fight someone of equal strength, or someone stronger than me!"

As a genius of the Hozuki clan, Hozuki Mangetsu possesses astonishing talent and can skillfully wield all seven ninja swords, earning high hopes from his clan.

(End of this chapter)