In Naruto, you can become a god through gacha pulls.

Regarding the Hyuga matter, we'll have to discuss it with the higher-ups tomorrow.

The Konoha Anbu's investigation into the Hyuga clan is not yet over, and the Hyuga clan has also promised to find out the truth about the rebellious boy with the Byakugan.

"Who could it be? A powerful genius boy from the Hyuga clan."

Hiruzen Sarutobi had no recollection of this person. In fact, before seeing the Byakugan, he had once thought that the boy was Yoriichi Uchiha from the Uchiha clan.

But the appearance of the white eye overturned his idea.

"Who exactly is it?"

Crows cawed outside the window, and the bright full moon faintly illuminated a corner of the Hokage's office, where Hiruzen Sarutobi, exhausted, was fast asleep.

Chapter 30 Hozuki's Full Moon, New Clues

The Land of Water, the Hidden Mist Village.

Under the Blood Mist Policy, Kirigakure implements closed management, and those who wish to enter the inner ninja village must pass through a smoke-shrouded path treated with special chakra.

At this moment, Haku was leading Yoriichi and Deidara into this path. According to Yoriichi's previous understanding of the Land of Water, this path was very easy to lose one's way and could easily lead one to other areas without being able to enter Kirigakure.

Even worse, some people completely lose their way in the fog, leading to the loss of food and water and eventually dying from exhaustion.

Therefore, it is best to find a guide who is skilled at navigating this path to avoid wasting too much time and energy on it.

Clearly, Bai was such a guide. His fair face remained expressionless, and he could find the right direction on this winding path simply by sensing the breath.

According to him, Kirigakure is a place where the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist often gather, and as Zabuza's assistant, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, he is naturally very familiar with it.

I've traversed it dozens, if not hundreds of times.

Sure enough, led by Haku, Yoriichi and the others only spent half an hour passing through the mist and arriving at a peaceful town.

Deidara watched this scene with excitement and began to praise it.

"Is this Kirigakure? I've heard of it before, but I never imagined it would be so beautiful!"

The surrounding buildings are all built along the water, crafted from stone mills, and are exceptionally exquisite and magnificent, possessing a harmonious aesthetic.

Yoriichi was full of praise for it. If we were to use the places he had stayed in his previous life as an example, this place was very similar to the scenery of the water towns in Jiangnan.

A damp feeling filled the air, and a cool autumn breeze felt wonderful on their faces!

Compared to the hot and dry Land of Earth, this place is indeed much more refreshing, surrounded by beautiful scenery, and there's even a beautiful mist-shrouded beauty on the bridge...

"How could I have been born in the Land of Earth? I wish I had been born here..." Deidara was lost in reverie, his impression of the Land of Water was rising rapidly.

After all, the Land of Earth is all dry soil and ugly rocks, sometimes with sandstorms that make it hard to open your eyes, and old men nagging. The scene is really terrible!

Deidara couldn't help but complain, while Yoriichi noticed a slight change in Haku's expression and quickly asked him carefully:

"what happened?"

Haku glanced over, his brows furrowed as he stared intently at Deidara, a hint of displeasure on his face, followed by a sigh.

"Under the command of the Fourth Mizukage, the Land of Water implements the Blood Mist policy, where ninjas begin to kill each other during their ninja training period, fighting to the death."

"This place may look like a beautiful waterside village, but in reality, its long-term isolation has caused the Mist Village's strength to decline and its technology to become outdated!"

"Bloodline limit ninjas were deemed ominous, persecuted, and their entire clans were slaughtered! The name of the Blood Mist was spread."

"Under the oppressive policies, the people of Renmin live in constant fear, and everyone here is at risk of death at any moment. Do you still love this water country?"

Haku's long and complex sentence completely stunned Deidara, who had never considered such profound matters. In fact, back in the Land of Earth, he had only focused on diligently training in ninjutsu and having fun...

Deidara wiped away a cold sweat and awkwardly replied:

"Then I still don't like it..."

This scene amused Yoriichi, but then again, the Land of Water at this time was indeed not a good place. Under the control of Obito Uchiha, the Fourth Mizukage implemented a "high-pressure policy" to select powerful ninjas. However, due to its extreme cruelty, Kirigakure was also known as the "Village of Blood Mist" at this time.

This is the deep-feeling Tu Zi's revenge against Kirigakure. Just because his beloved Nohara Rin died in Kirigakure's encirclement, the entire Land of Water was plunged into a state of utter chaos and suffering.

This policy was not implemented until several years later, when Mei Terumi united with other ninjas to overthrow the rule of the Fourth Mizukage.

"Haku, do you know anything else about Kisame?" Yoriichi looked at Haku beside him and asked softly. As someone who was close to Zabuza, Yoriichi naturally knew something about Kisame, one of the former Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. This was one of the reasons why Yoriichi thought of recruiting Haku into the team.

"I don't know, but he's probably in this area," Bai Weiwei said, gesturing with her hand.

"Alright then." Yoriichi sighed slightly. Since there was no concrete information about Kisame, he would have to rely on himself to search for him slowly.

As Yoriichi took a deep breath, he activated Ryuchi Cave Sage Mode, amplifying the surrounding chakra aura, visual environment, and sound effects.

"Clang clang..." The sounds of hammering metal, vendors hawking their wares, and ninjas talking came from all around.

All these voices were crammed into Yoriichi's mind. Yoriichi wanted to find information about Kisame in them, but after looking through them for a while, there seemed to be no information about Kisame.

Yuan Yi turned his head slightly, lost in thought.

Seeing Yoriichi's distress, Hakujian stepped forward and hesitated before speaking:

"Actually... there is another way."

Haku's voice was somewhat hesitant, and Yoriichi could tell from his state that he was hesitating.

We have to ask quickly, otherwise we might regret it later!

Yoriichi smiled slightly and immediately asked:

"Speak quickly, so we can rescue Zabuza as soon as possible."

Moved by the name Zabuza, Haku finally spoke nervously:

“I know someone who should still be in Kirigakure. If we find him, we’ll definitely know Kisame’s location.”

"Who?" Yoriichi's eyes lit up as he quickly asked.

“Hozuki…Full Moon.” Haku stammered, but finally managed to say it, his eyes giving him a hint of warning.

"Mr. Full Moon has a very strange personality. You must be careful what you say and not offend him, otherwise you won't be able to get any information from him!"

"Okay." Yoriichi responded softly, recalling the man named Hozuki Mangetsu in his mind.

A descendant of the renowned Hozuki clan, and the older brother of Hozuki Suigetsu, he possesses the bloodline limit: Water Transformation Technique. He is one of the strongest members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and is proficient in all the ninja swords.

In summary, he is a talented person.

"Then let's go quickly." Yoriichi smiled slightly, a new idea forming in his mind: to recruit Hozuki Mangetsu and Kisame into the team.

"Is he eccentric?"

After finishing his story, Haku turned his gaze to Deidara, who was immediately embarrassed. Haku's anger earlier had left him somewhat at a loss, unsure of what to do next.

Bai Qing's cold gaze was fixed on Deidara before he spoke:

"Especially you, did you hear that! Don't you dare offend Mr. Full Moon!" After saying that, Bai turned around and walked forward.

"Huh? What do you mean, especially me?" Veins bulged on Deidara's face.

"Hey, can you explain this to me properly! What the hell!" Deidara, his face full of anger, caught up with the two of them.

Chapter 31 Iron Country Samurai - Murasame Kagura

As the clanging sound of blacksmithing grew closer, Bai slowly stopped in his tracks.

"This is it." Haku pointed to a stone house with a closed door in front of him and gestured slightly toward Yoriichi.

Yoriichi nodded slightly and looked at the door. It had no exquisite carvings and was similar in structure to the other doors around it. Above it was a simple sign that read "Hozuki Family".

If Haku hadn't reminded him, Yoriichi truly wouldn't have guessed that this was where the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were currently staying...

"Wow!" Deidara exclaimed excitedly, his eyes darting around in front of a shop.

Before my eyes, a bearded, rugged-looking man was forging a ninja sword with a hammer. The crackling sound brought with it a few sparks flying, and the forging was carried out in an orderly manner, with the clanging sound lingering for a long time.

"Why are there so many ninja tool shops here?" Deidara leaned closer to Haku, his eyes still glued to the sparks flying from the hammer, grinning foolishly.

"This place used to be the gathering place of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, which sparked people's interest in ninja tools, and all sorts of things related to ninja tools were born here..."

Bai raised a finger, quickly recalling the events:

"For example, ninja tool museums, ninja tool forging workshops, ninja tool martial arts schools, and so on."

Yoriichi gave a slight nod, which was probably why Kirigakure was able to produce seven super-powerful ninja swords. Although other villages also had their own famous ninja tools, the ninja tool industry chain in Kirigakure was not as complete.

Yoriichi walked up to the front of the Hozuki family house and knocked on the door. Deidara and Haku immediately turned their attention to Yoriichi.

"Is anyone there?" Yoriichi asked softly.

After a long while, there was no response from anyone inside the house, and Deidara's eyes narrowed with disdain.

"Could it be that this full moon is so eccentric that it won't open the door for anyone?"

"No!" Bai retorted, staring intently at the door.

“Brother Manyue may be a bit arrogant, but not to this extent.”

"He might not be home."

"Why don't we just ask the old man over here?" Deidara said with delight, and scurried off to the ninja sword forging shop.

Yoriichi covered his face and smiled. Deidara seemed quite interested in sword forging?

Deidara's tastes are quite strange...

"Grandpa, could you tell me why your neighbor Hozuki Mangetsu isn't home?" Deidara asked excitedly as he ran towards the forging workshop, looking at the old man who was forging.

The blacksmith, addressed as "Grandpa," glanced at Deidara, stopped what he was doing, and his expression was unreadable.

You mean...full moon?

A surge of overwhelming killing intent instantly permeated Yoriichi's body. Yoriichi's eyes widened, and his scalp tingled as he looked towards Deidara's location.

"Flying Thunder God Technique!"

In a flash, a long knife appeared in the old man's hand, and he slashed at Deidara, his murderous aura almost overflowing.

Yoriichi swiftly drew a kunai from his chest. The kunai was entirely golden and shone with golden light as it moved swiftly to Deidara's side.

This Flying Thunder God Technique is the new talent unlocked from Yoriichi's last SSR card, [Minato Namikaze] (Young)!

"Bang!" The sound of ninja tools colliding rang out, and Deidara's eyes widened.

Yoriichi stood in front of Deidara, blocking the old man's long sword with a kunai. With the R-card [Tenten], Yoriichi's mastery of the kunai, a basic ninja tool, had reached the proficient level.