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"Yes, my lord!"

……

They arrived at a rocky forest and stopped in front of the smallest stone pillar in the center of the forest.

"untie!"

Pipa Juzo stood in front of the stone pillar, clasped his hands together, and uttered a soft sound. Suddenly, a large "seal" character appeared on the stone pillar in front of him. The blue light vanished in an instant, and a hole as tall as a person opened in the stone pillar.

"Please follow me!" said Pipa Juzo in a deep voice.

Under his guidance, they arrived at the lowest level, where it was extremely dark. This darkness was not the kind where you couldn't see your hand in front of your face; even Zhang Ye's incredibly powerful Observation Haki couldn't extend more than five meters forward.

A soft cough sounded from the front.

Suddenly, candles lit up the surrounding area, and candlesticks were lit one after another, their soft light illuminating the entire hall.

A boy sat on a stone bench in front of him. He had silver hair and purple eyes, and a stitched scar under his left eye. He was holding a weapon called a stick with a hook at the end and decorated with green flowers in his right hand. He looked surprised when he saw Zhang Ye.

"The Fourth Hokage..." Yagura frowned.

He had met Zhang Ye before, but that didn't mean they were familiar with each other. It was like a rare steak meeting a medium-well steak without saying hello—they weren't close!

"Long time no see, Yagura!" Zhang Ye greeted him with a smile.

Even without using the Eye of True Sight, Zhang Ye knew that Yagura was extremely weak and his injuries had not fully healed.

But it's strange, Yagura is the Jinchuriki of the Three-Tails, so why haven't his injuries healed after all this time? Could it be that he got injured again during this period of time?

At that moment, a middle-aged man carrying hot water came out from inside. He also saw Zhang Ye. He panicked and dropped the hot water basin in his hand. He flashed and appeared directly in front of Yagura, his hands in a gesture similar to Gentle Fist.

To an outsider, this movement might actually look like the Gentle Fist style of the Hyuga clan, but in Zhang Ye's eyes, the movement was full of flaws and even looked somewhat like a mishmash.

"Fourth Hokage, what are you doing here!" Ao shouted, his hands swirling with a wisp of blue water.

This is the Water Release: Azure Dragon Chapter, a ninjutsu technique he improved upon using the Coral Palm technique taught to him by Yagura, and is best suited to him!

He immediately saw the three people, including Pipa Juzo, standing next to Zhang Ye, and his forehead veins bulged.

"Have you three also betrayed the Mizukage?!" he shouted at the three of them.

Zabuza quickly replied, "Mr. Ao, that's not how it is!"

"Qing, don't get agitated, cough cough..."

Yagura reached out to stop the agitated Ao, but as soon as he regained his composure, he clutched his chest and coughed violently, a mouthful of blood gushing out from between his clenched hands.

This startled Ao. He quickly went to Yagura's side, reached out to support Yagura, whose face had become even paler, and raised his right hand, a ball of greenish-blue chakra gathering in his palm.

"Healing spell?" Zhang Ye frowned.

Although Zhang Ye wasn't a proper medical ninja, he had learned quite a few medical ninjutsu, but the healing technique on his blue palm was different from what he knew.

It's not that the effect is better; this is clearly a forced and crude application of Yang attribute chakra, possessing only the form of a healing technique but lacking its essence!

"Go away!"

Zhang Ye flashed to Yagura's side and slapped away Ao's hand that was resting on him.

"Do you want to save him or murder him?!" Zhang Ye shouted coldly.

"Of course I want to save him..." Qing answered subconsciously. After all, Zhang Ye had been in a high position for many years and had long since developed an imposing presence. Faced with Zhang Ye's question, he spoke up instinctively. When he realized he wanted to ask Zhang Ye, "What do you mean?", Zhang Ye reprimanded him again.

"Don't try to use medical ninjutsu on me if you don't understand it. Medical ninjutsu isn't something just anyone can use. If used incorrectly, it can be a deadly technique. You, who have never learned medical ninjutsu, shouldn't embarrass yourself here!"

Medical ninjutsu is different from other ninjutsu. You can imitate the form of other ninjutsu, but you cannot. The purpose of medical ninjutsu is to save lives and heal the wounded. Before becoming a medical ninja, every ninja must study a lot about medical ninjutsu and even conduct experiments on a large number of living organisms.

However, Ao had not studied any medical ninjutsu at all; he was simply grasping at straws in desperation, completely disregarding the consequences.

If Zhang Ye hadn't been here, they probably wouldn't have needed that guy named Zhibo to make a move; they would have already lost the life of a dignified Mizukage in this desolate wilderness.

"Go wherever it's cool!" Zhang Ye said coldly, placing his hands on Yagura's back, his palms glowing with the light of the Palm Healing Technique.

A moment later, Zhang Ye asked in surprise, "What kind of attack could injure a person and a tailed beast like this? Did you use your Three-Tails form when you fought him?"

Jinchuriki are a group of people with cheat codes, and their physique is far superior to that of ordinary people because of the tailed beasts inside them. Apart from diseases, the injuries they suffer can be healed with the help of the tailed beast's chakra. However, not only him, but even the injuries on the tailed beasts have not improved over such a long time.

Yagura shook his head. "I didn't use the Three-Tails form. To be precise, it's not that I didn't want to, but that I simply couldn't! None of his attacks were terrifying, but they were particularly suppressive of me, especially the Three-Tails within me. Whenever I tried to use the Three-Tails' chakra, his attacks would perfectly suppress the Three-Tails within me and even injure it. Otherwise, I wouldn't be in such a sorry state!"

"Nine-Tailed Fox, do you know what's going on?" Zhang Ye asked the Nine-Tailed Fox inside him.

However, it also doesn't understand that although the tailed beast inside the Jinchuriki will also die when the Jinchuriki dies, the tailed beast will not be injured just because the Jinchuriki is injured.

But now it's...

Both the Jinchūriki and the Tailed Beast suffered severe injuries!

"Alright!" Zhang Ye patted Yagura on the back. "Your injuries need some rest, and I've also helped the Three-Tails recover from its injuries."

Thanks to Kurama's unique chakra, even if the Three-Tails is seriously injured, Kurama can heal him.

"Thank you very much." Yagura said in a deep voice, "I owe you a favor. If I survive and take back my Hidden Mist Village, our Hidden Mist Village will never go to war with your Hidden Leaf Village, and we will form an alliance with your Hidden Leaf Village just like the Hidden Sand Village!"

"Well, there's no need for that. Besides, I'm quite interested in that Zhibo too," Zhang Ye said with a smile.

Kirigakure won't go to war with Konoha! Don't be ridiculous, Kirigakure can't possibly be a match for Konoha, you're joking!

"Oh, by the way, there's something I've always wanted to ask you!"

"What's the problem?"

Are you really a young child?

Chapter 220 Inferior Inazuma

Afterwards, Zhang Ye learned some information about Osamu from Yagura.

Unfortunately, there is very little information about him; even Yagura doesn't know much about him.

According to Yagura, Chihiro grew up in Kirigakure and was once an unknown person. He was not strong, but he was not weak either. During Yagura's time, Chihiro had the strength of a Jonin, but he was only below average among Jonin.

If no one mentions Chihiro, he'd probably be a nobody in Kirigakure!

But this nobody was able to completely overpower Yagura in terms of strength.

Moreover, the rumors that Zhang Ye knew were not false. He really was a bloodline limit ninja, proficient in bloodline limit escaping techniques formed by the fusion of multiple chakra nature transformations.

His most proficient bloodline limits are Lava Release and Ice Release!

Not only that, he was also proficient in stealth techniques and excelled in swordsmanship, wielding a samurai sword with unparalleled skill.

Even Yagura and Juzo Biwa couldn't withstand his attacks!

But how could a ninja with such great strength have been an unknown person before this?

Not only did Yagura not believe it, but Zhang Ye also expressed disbelief!

If he truly desires the position of Mizukage, then he could easily become Mizukage simply by demonstrating his power and defeating Yagura in a direct confrontation. There's no need for him to go through all the trouble of spreading rumors that Yagura intends to harm the daimyo of the Land of Water.

This is completely unreasonable!!

"Could this 'treatment of doctoral students' not actually 'treatment of doctoral students'?" Zhang Ye murmured.

It's no wonder he had such wild ideas. After all, who would believe that such an unknown person could suddenly rise above all the ninjas of Kirigakure?

Yagura glanced at Zhang Ye and smiled helplessly: "I've thought about this problem too. Even so, who can prove that he's not Chihiro? Don't forget, he's just an unknown ninja in my village. Nobody even knows if he has any relatives or friends!"

The two chatted awkwardly, trying to guess each other's identities.

As dusk settled, Zhang Ye stood up, dusted himself off, and said to Yagura, "See you tomorrow!"

"Hmm." Yagura's expression hardened.

Prior to this, Yagura had also revealed his entire plan to Zhang Ye: they intended to disrupt Chihiro's inauguration ceremony the next day and announce to the entire ninja world that Yagura was not dead!

Moreover, he wanted to take back what belonged to him personally. It wasn't that he trusted Zhang Ye, but what else could he do at this point? He had a powerful ally in front of him, so why not use him?

……

"grown ups!"

When Aiolos saw Zhang Ye appear out of thin air in the room, he quickly got up and said something.

"Hmm, sit down, don't be so formal!" Zhang Ye chuckled and picked up a cup of tea to drink alone.

After a while, Zhang Ye closed his eyes, sensing the messages transmitted back from his clone.

Since Zhang Ye left this room, there has been no movement from Kirigakure. It is one of the five great ninja villages. No matter how carefully Zhang Ye uses genjutsu, he cannot escape the eyes and ears of the Kirigakure ninjas.

After all, the four Kage have come to Kirigakure, so naturally they have to do their best to "take care" of them, right?

If they are not careful, these four powerful ninjas could join forces and launch a surprise attack on Kirigakure, killing the Mizukage who is about to take office. Would Kirigakure still be able to maintain its standing in the ninja world?

How could they not find it strange that the ninjas they sent out to monitor the Konoha group had not sent any messages for so long?

"They haven't changed the personnel? Does that mean they trust us that much?" Zhang Ye frowned.

He activated his Observation Haki to its fullest extent, covering the entire area. Just like before, the people monitoring them were the same few, but because they were controlled by Zhang Ye's illusion, they remained in a dazed state.

"How interesting. Is he really at ease with us? Or is he just overconfident in his abilities? I'm not like that inexperienced kid Yagura!" Zhang Ye sneered.

Just because Zhibo can subdue the Three-Tails doesn't mean he can subdue Zhang Ye!

Even though Zhang Ye is now a Jinchūriki, most of his power doesn't come from the Nine-Tails, but from the power he has cultivated over time. It's completely different from those who have been cheated since childhood (What's wrong with the system? The system is just a cheat code, not a cheat... Okay, I was wrong)!

"My lord, what are our plans for tomorrow?" Aiolos asked.

At that moment, a door inside the room was pushed open, and Saber, dressed in a blue and white dress, walked out. Her hair was still wet, obviously from washing it earlier.

"I'm back," Zhang Ye greeted Saber with a smile.

"Yes, it's good that you're back!"

After Saber sat down, Zhang Ye said, "The ninja that Saber and I encountered yesterday was Zabuza, one of Yagura's subordinates. Today I also met Yagura himself. To be honest, he looks really young. If I hadn't met this kid before, I probably would have thought he was just a little kid who hasn't even grown any hair yet!" After saying that, Zhang Ye chuckled to himself.

"Sir, please get to the point!" Aiolos looked at Zhang Ye speechlessly.

"Oh, get to the point." Zhang Ye gathered his thoughts and said, "They plan to cause trouble at the inauguration ceremony of that Zhibo tomorrow, and I agreed. How could such an interesting event be complete without me, the...troublemaker genius!"

You mean to say "troublemaker," right? You absolutely mean "troublemaker!" Aiolos looked at Zhang Ye with a twitching face. He only dared to mutter this to himself, after all, he wasn't a masochist and didn't want to have a "evenly matched" battle with Zhang Ye!

Zhang Ye's expression changed, and he said in a deep voice, "I hope my guess is correct!" He was no longer as nonchalant as before, and his eyes were full of seriousness.

Nothing more was said that night!