I am the new Hokage of Konoha.

After turning their gaze away from the Konoha Flying Team, they finally looked at the woman at the very front of the group, who had long, fiery red hair and a hot figure.

Mei Terumi did not disappoint everyone.

She quickly gave the order: "Qing, the task of tracking the aircraft carrier's location is now yours."

"Yes, Mizukage-sama." Ao nodded and quickly led a team of excellent swimmers from the Mist Ninja into the sea, opening his Byakugan to continue the pursuit.

"Now it's time for us to take action. It's time to wipe out all those disgusting Konoha ninjas flying in the sky!" Mei Terumi gave the final order after noticing that the Konoha ninjas in the sky had completely disappeared.

"Yes, Lord Mizukage!"

At this moment, the elite members of Kirigakure, including the Fourth Mizukage, Shikura Karatachi, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, and the new generation of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, Chojuro, all gathered behind her and spoke in unison.

Soon, led by Mei Terumi, the group waded to a remote sea area unaffected by the bombs.

With a wave of his hand, the sealing team from Kirigakure who followed him quickly formed hand seals.

A few breaths later, a concealed barrier appeared in front of them.

Inside, a strangely shaped, intact small boat with a steel hull, mechanical power, and sails came into view.

"Let's board." Mei Terumi took a deep breath and took the first step with a determined look in her eyes.

After setting the objective of destroying the Konoha aircraft carrier group.

For the Mist Ninja, the most crucial thing is how to catch up with the aircraft carrier, which is located a hundred miles off the coast of the Land of Water, and which immediately sets off at full speed once the Konoha Flying Team returns.

It should be noted that although the latter looks particularly large, when it actually travels, it is far slower than the wooden sailboats or steel ships that the Land of Water used to have.

Although with the strength of Mei Terumi and the others, if they were to fight head-on, they could catch up with the aircraft carrier with a large amount of chakra consumption.

But by then, they would be exhausted, both physically and mentally, and completely out of sorts. It's hard to say whether they were just going to their deaths.

Therefore, the Mist Ninja also need a very fast ship.

Therefore, during these three days, Kirigakure was ostensibly building a large number of ships, but in reality, their true focus was on constructing this particular ship.

Despite the ample financial support from the Daimyo's government in the Land of Water, time was tight, and technical issues limited the Kirigakure to build, at its maximum capacity, a relatively small ship that could barely keep up with an aircraft carrier.

Fortunately, this operation only involved a small number of elite Mist Ninja, so there was still room for them.

At this moment, after Mei Terumi boarded the ship, the elite Kirigakure ninja who followed her also boarded the ship.

After a whistle blast, the boat beneath their feet carved long white waves and sailed at great speed, following the directions given by Qing.

......

More than an hour later.

On the Mist Ninja ship that was quietly following Ao, compared to the other Mist Ninja elites who were calm, excited, or bloodthirsty, etc., but who were all clearly preparing for the upcoming battle, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, Utakata, came to the stern alone. He was idly playing with a soap bubble blower in his hand while staring blankly into the distance, looking out of place.

Ever since the village forced him to become the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, he has often maintained this posture.

Others were already used to it.

Only Shikura Gouju, who was also a Jinchūriki, had previously noticed something was off about Utakata.

However, due to the mistake of the Blood Mist Village, ever since Mei Terumi became the Fifth Mizukage and retired, he has lived a secluded life, no longer concerning himself with external affairs, and has no further concern for the matter of the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.

Now that he had finally managed to meet with Yu Gao, Shi Cang frowned upon discovering that Yu Gao's situation seemed worse than before, and prepared to go up and have a conversation with him.

Regardless, the matter of the Jinchūriki is of great importance, and for the sake of the village, he still has to do something.

Just then, a message suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

According to the latest intelligence relayed by Qing, the location of the Konoha aircraft carrier group has been determined.

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"Full speed ahead! Everyone, prepare for battle!"

Without hesitation, the Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi, immediately issued the order.

Upon hearing this, everyone on the ship quickly sprang into action.

Seeing this, Gouju Shicang could only put aside his idea of ​​talking to Yu Gao and focus his attention on the upcoming battle.

Soon, an even more intense roar of machinery could be heard, and the small boat, with its engines at full power, began to chase after the aircraft carrier at full speed.

Not only that, but some Mist Ninja even used Water Release techniques to accelerate the boat beneath their feet, sparing no chakra.

With this double combination, Mei Terumi and her group quickly caught up with Ao's tracking team. After pulling them onto the ship, they no longer concealed their intentions and charged towards the Konoha aircraft carrier at the edge of their field of vision with murderous intent.

At the same time, the Hyuga ninjas on the Konoha aircraft carrier fleet, observing with their Byakugan, immediately spotted the uninvited guests and reported them to their superiors.

"The Mist Ninja really have ill intentions this time."

Inside the aircraft carrier's main control room, Aokihara, the commander of the Konoha aircraft carrier fleet who had received the intelligence, picked up his binoculars and looked at a very small black dot in the distance, saying this.

His tone was calm, and he did not show any panic.

This was because Konoha had prepared for this in advance.

"As expected! Lord Shisui, your prediction came true."

Putting down his binoculars, Aokihara turned to look at Uchiha Shisui, who shouldn't have been there, and said with admiration.

"If I could, I would hope that my prediction wouldn't come true." Upon hearing this, the tall Shisui stood up, walked to Aokigahara's side, looked at the Kirigakure ships sailing towards them, and shook his head slightly.

For him, the best outcome would be to keep the Mist Ninja locked within the Land of Water without any unforeseen events, thus achieving the greatest results at the lowest cost.

Unfortunately, the Mist Ninja were not without the determination to burn their bridges.

"How did Lord Shisui foresee that the Mist Ninja would attack?" Aokihara asked curiously.

Zhi Shui humbly replied, "It's merely a prediction made based on a comprehensive understanding of the current situation, gathered from various sources."

As the current commander-in-chief of the Hidden Mist battlefield in Konoha, Shisui, whose status is second only to Kumo-tei and on par with Minato Namikaze, Tsunade, and others, has not only focused on the Hidden Mist ninja during this period, but also collected and transmitted all the intelligence of Konoha on other battlefields, so that he can have a clear understanding of the situation in the ninja world.

Upon learning that the Iwagakure and Sunagakure ninjas had abandoned their usual probing tactics from the beginning of previous Shinobi World Wars and launched numerous attacks on Konoha from the outset, determined to achieve their goals, the ninjas were shocked.

Shisui understood that the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, the Fourth Kazekage, and Rasa had clearly reached a consensus: they couldn't afford to delay and hoped to eliminate Konoha as quickly as possible.

As allies, the Mist Ninja naturally reached an agreement.

Although their ships were all destroyed, they were unable to mobilize a large army for the time being.

But seeing that the Iwa ninja and Sunagakure ninja who have been on the same side for the past few days are doing their best to play their part.

Whether out of morality or responsibility, the Mist Ninja cannot continue to use the ships as an excuse to do nothing.

They also need to make their voices heard.

This would not only give our allies a response, but also provide an explanation to the citizens of the Water Kingdom who are trapped on the island and unable to go out to sea.

It was based on the above speculation from the perspective of the Mist Ninja that Shisui predicted that the Mist Ninja would make a big move recently.

When news of the Mist Ninja's rapid and high-profile rebuilding of their fleet was relayed back to Konoha spies in the Land of Water without any hindrance, Shisui, who was already suspicious, began to speculate even further.

The most direct and simplest way for the Mist Ninja to break out of their current predicament is to destroy Konoha's carrier fleet, which has long-range strike capabilities.

Clearly, the Mist Ninja's high-profile actions this time are very likely a deliberate attempt to lure the aircraft carrier battle group to them, thus creating an opportunity to wipe them out in one fell swoop.

Therefore, Shisui personally came to the aircraft carrier to oversee the operation.

Not only that, he also brought two great helpers with him.

If the Mist Ninja really comes, then Konoha will give them a huge surprise.

It doesn't matter if they don't come; the airstrike mission has already been completed, and it's just that we've made a wasted trip.

Thinking of this, Shisui turned around and looked at the two people he had specially assigned from Konoha Village.

One of the men, a burly, dark-skinned man, was casually wearing headphones and lying on the sofa listening to a record.

The other woman, with fair skin and a sharp look in her eyes, remained sitting upright.

When she noticed Shisui looking over, she straightened her back and moved slightly, saying, "Do we need to take action now?"

“It’s not time yet, Yukito.” Shisui shook his head kindly and said, “As for the specifics, Aokihara, you should take charge from now on. After all, you are more familiar with both aircraft carriers and naval battles.”

"Rest assured, Lord Shisui." Upon hearing this, Aokihara nodded without hesitation.

The fair-skinned woman, Yugito, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki who was originally a ninja from Kumogakure and has now surrendered to the Cloud Court, also regained her composure upon seeing this. However, she secretly pinched Killer Bee hard with one hand.

"Yukito, what are you doing?"

Instantly, Killer Bee, wincing in pain, quickly got up and asked Yugito in a normal human voice.

Since his older brother's death, he has been in a bad mood and has lost interest in singing his favorite rap. He has also lost interest in speaking in his usual strange tone.

Of course, even if I don't sing, I'll still listen to the songs.

Just like it is now.

Yugito disapproved of this.

Two days before leaving, Toshiro had given her and Kirabi a serious talk.

Now that the Hidden Cloud Village no longer exists, if these survivors bearing the mark of the Cloud Ninja want to live well in the future Konoha, achieve a certain status, or even if they don't have the name of the Cloud Ninja, they can deeply embed the will of the Cloud Ninja into Konoha and continue it in another form, then...

In the upcoming battle, they must prove their worth and fight to the death for Konoha.

Yukito naturally took Tsuchishiro's words to heart.

Determined to fight for the future of the survivors, including four thousand ninjas and tens of thousands of villagers, she did her best to fulfill Konoha's orders without any resistance, striving to show the best side of herself as a ninja to the people of Konoha.

but!

Killer Bee, who came with him, was always acting strangely.

Will this make a good impression on the higher-ups in Konoha?

At that moment, facing Killer Bee's questioning, Yugito gave him a fierce look.

Kirabi naturally understood what his companions meant.

But he still yawned nonchalantly and said, "Relax, relax~~ I've told you so many times, Yugito, you don't have to be so serious all the time."

Compared to his companions who spent most of their time quietly petting cats while serving as hostages in Konoha, Killer Bee caused countless troubles within the village.

Therefore, he already knew many people in Konoha, especially the various high-ranking officials, so he didn't need to worry that his appearance would cause any dissatisfaction.

"Don't worry, just like when we're in Kumogakure, there's no need to be so reserved. Right, Shisui and that Aoki... what's-his-name?"

Killer Bee patted Yugito on the shoulder, then turned to Shisui and the other person opposite him.