From Naruto onwards, I've become a dreamer.

Chapter 85 The Seven Hidden Mist Members

Uchiha Muneki stood alone on the calm sea.

His right hand was gripping Ishikawa Takeo's neck with his five fingers.

Not long ago, Ishikawa Takeo was arrogant and overbearing, but now he looked like a dead fish, limp and lifeless.

"I...I remember now. The Mizukage mentioned it." Ishikawa Takeo was overwhelmed by a strong sense of suffocation. His face was contorted with veins due to extreme blood loss, and his eyes were almost rolling back. He managed to squeeze out the words through clenched teeth: "Is this the Mangekyou Sharingan of the Uchiha clan?"

Perhaps because he was nearing death, he wandered around the River Sanzu in the underworld, and his past memories flashed through his mind like a slideshow.

Yes, he finally remembered. He had heard the Third Mizukage mention that the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan had an even more powerful force beyond the three tomoe, which was the Mangekyou Sharingan awakened by the legendary Uchiha Madara.

Congratulations, you got it right.

Uchiha Munetsuki looked down at him, a slight smile playing on his lips, and said, "Be glad, you're the first person to witness it."

"Don't be so arrogant." A resolute glint flashed across Ishikawa Takeo's face. Blood gushed from his mouth as he grinned, his eyes unwavering. He said, word by word, "We are Kirigakure! Even if we die, we must create value before we die!"

With a do-or-die mentality, as one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, he had to deliver the information back!

With lightning speed, Takeo Ishikawa unfurled the scroll.

The ninjutsu, sealed within beforehand, transformed into a swordfish, leaping its long body and diving into the turbulent sea. In the blink of an eye, it vanished without a trace underwater like a cannonball, leaving trails of waves in its wake.

"Uchiha Muneki, just you wait! You will face the relentless pursuit of the entire Hidden Mist Village, a fight to the death!" Ishikawa Takeo grinned maliciously, showing no fear whatsoever.

Click!

With a forceful squeeze of his five fingers, Uchiha Muneki easily crushed his throat.

Ishikawa Takeo's eyes lost their light, he breathed his last, and was then carelessly discarded into the sea like a piece of trash.

"Lord Zongyue, I don't quite understand why you would use Susanoo to deal with such lowly minions?" White Zetsu surfaced from beneath the water, looking at him with a puzzled expression. "Although you have the First Hokage's cells, which can counteract the Mangekyou Sharingan's side effects, wouldn't using it instead reveal your location?"

"When did I say I was going to hide my whereabouts?" Uchiha Muneki retorted.

"Hmm, it seems like I didn't mention that~" White Zetsu asked himself, looking dazed. "But, Lord Sogetsu, do you really not want me to intercept that intelligence? The information in it might reveal that you have awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan."

"White Zetsu, are you referring to this intelligence?"

At that moment, Uchiha Muneki smiled knowingly, and somehow he found himself holding an identical scroll in his hand.

Seeing this, Bai Jue suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. You had already switched his scroll. No wonder you didn't stop me. Hehehe, as expected of Lord Zongyue, your illusion magic is indeed amazing."

"It's time to go, White Zetsu."

Uchiha Munetsuki stood on the sea surface, shading his forehead with his hand, gazing into the distance: "I remember, that ship just now was heading in this direction, wasn't it?"

It's all Ishikawa Takeo's fault. If that guy hadn't smashed that merchant ship, he wouldn't have needed to find his way.

"Lord Zongyue, this is your spoils of war!" White Zetsu, looking like a loyal dog, went out of his way to pick up the Exploding Blade Spray that had fallen into the sea, and said obsequiously, "This is one of the seven ninja swords that Kirigakure regards as an important inheritance, the Exploding Blade Spray. You just forgot about it."

"No need, just throw it away."

Uchiha Munetsu glanced at it and said lazily.

"Huh? That's a Blade of Destruction, Lord Zongyue!" White Zetsu blinked, seemingly a little reluctant: "This sword's destructive power is quite formidable."

"If you want it, it's yours."

Uchiha Muneki waved his hand dismissively and said, "I don't need this kind of trash."

If it were Samehada or Hiramekarei, he might be more interested and collect it.

But the explosive blade spray is pure garbage.

This thing is good for chopping people, but its wide and heavy blade is not only cumbersome but also inefficient.

Its sole purpose is to summon explosive tags. Then, it uses its broad blade to block the explosive damage. The most powerful attack of the Exploding Blade Droplets is actually the destruction of the blade and the death of the user.

However, since this thing wasn't destroyed until the end of the entire anime, its power is currently unknown.

In conclusion, this is completely pointless and unnecessary; it would have been better to just throw out the explosive tags directly.

I don't know what twisted idea the maker had to create such a useless ninja sword.

"Thank you, Lord Zongyue!"

White Zetsu, on the other hand, didn't care at all; the side effects of the exploding blade spray were basically negligible to it.

So, this guy looked overjoyed, as if he had received a beloved toy, and hugged it tightly, saying happily, "Hehehe, when the other White Zetsu see this, they'll be so envious of me."

"By the way, Lord Zongyue, I have another question."

White Zetsu, holding the Exploding Blade Flying Spray, looked at him curiously: "Wasn't your mission to secretly infiltrate Kirigakure and investigate the truth behind the war launched by the two great ninja villages? Making such a commotion, won't it just arouse their suspicion?"

"You misheard, White Zetsu."

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Muneki stopped and looked into the distance, where the land was faintly visible through the thick fog.

He pushed up his glasses with his index finger, his eyes flickered slightly, a smile playing on his lips, and his tone was gentle and warm: "The Hokage's order is for me to cause a huge disturbance!"

As if sensing his will, a faint subtitle appeared.

Side Quest: Let's cause a ruckus!

A qualified audience member will direct the trends of the times. Now, it's your turn. Go and cause a ruckus according to your own script, and let the war proceed as you wish.

[Reward: Brain of an Adult Mind Dragon *1, Blood of an Adult Mind Dragon 500ml]

Several figures suddenly appeared on the turbulent sea.

"Ishikawa Takeo's last breath is right here." One of them crouched down, his nostrils flaring, his voice sharp as if shattering glass, his piercing gaze fixed on the distance: "The person who killed him was probably a Jonin, with an extremely high concentration of residual chakra. They left about ten minutes ago."

"Where's the explosive blade spray?" the man with the ponytail asked.

"Hehehe, no need to ask, it was definitely stolen."

A man with withered, yellow hair and a body as thin as a bamboo pole sneered.

Another obese man frowned and said disdainfully, "Tsk, I should have known better than to let him join us. He was such a waste, taken care of so easily."

"After all, Ishikawa was just there to make up the numbers."

The man, his body wrapped in bandages, said in a sinister tone, "No matter what, we must retrieve the Exploding Blade Spray; we can't let it fall into the hands of others."

"I smell my prey!"

The seemingly youngest member, with his blue hair spiked upwards in a topknot, grinned sinisterly: "We must show that guy what the Seven Ninja of the Mist are all about!"

(End of this chapter)