Such a huge change has occurred in Kirigakure Village and caused such a huge fanfare. Naturally, it is impossible to cover up the news.

Almost as early as the next morning, the letter of the Third Mizukage's resignation and the secret report about the changes in Kirigakure Village were delivered to the Daimyo of the Country of Water. At the same time, they were presented with the information regarding the granting of

Petition for the position of the fourth Mizukage by Kirigakure jounin Kaguya Rei.

Such a thing happened in the Kingdom of Water, where the national economy was highly tied to employment and war activities in Kirigakure Village. Naturally, it was impossible for the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Water to sit idly by and ignore it. So on the afternoon of the next day, the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Water

The car driver appeared in Kirigakure Village, and together with the other leader of Kirigakure, "Genshi", they met the Third Mizukage and another protagonist in the intelligence, Kaguya Rei.

"...This is probably what happened."

The Third Mizukage finished his story about the causes and consequences of taking the blame and resigning. With a dry mouth, he picked up the strong tea at hand and drank it. After listening to his statement, the Daimyo of the Land of Water and the Genshi looked at each other.

At the same time, I saw a weird expression on the other person's face that I couldn't believe but had to agree with.

"Such a ridiculous thing actually happened under our noses..."

"Even if you, the Sandaime, explain it yourself, I still find it hard to believe the authenticity of this matter."

Facing the sighs of the Yuanshi and the Daimyo of the Land of Water, the Third Mizukage smiled bitterly. Looking at his hands that had obvious wrinkles and age spots, he sighed sincerely:

"I don't want to believe that this kind of thing will happen that puts my face and Kirigakure's face on the ground and rubs it hard... But now that it has happened, we have to face the many consequences of this incident.

Already."

The Daimyo of the Kingdom of Water was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Rei Kaguya, who was looking through various confidential information that only the Third Mizukage could access, and asked hesitantly:

"But, wouldn't it be a bit... overkill to entrust the future of the village and the Kingdom of Water to such a young man?"

"I, I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with replacing a young Mizukage to lead Kirigakure, but I am a little worried that young people will not be able to deal with things that they could have dealt with because they have not experienced enough things.

Too impulsive or something..."

"Are you impulsive?" The Third Mizukage glanced at Kaguya Rei beside him, and shook his head with a strange look on his face, "Well, I personally think that although Rei-kun does behave impulsively sometimes... but his strength

, is enough to provide sufficient support and capital for his impulsiveness and willfulness in most situations."

"Yes, judging from Lianjun's performance on the battlefield, his strength has surpassed several Mizukages in the past in all aspects. And he is still so young, and he still has enough time to grow and learn..."

The old Master Yuan nodded and said in agreement:

"What's more, according to the philosophy passed down by Byakuren at that time, Rei-kun, who has become the new strongest man in the village, should replace the Sandaime and become the new Mizukage."

"Don't make it sound like I'm a brat who doesn't know what the world is like because of my strength."

Kaguya Rei sorted out the information he would use next, and looked up at the two old men who could provide the necessary legitimacy for his position as Mizukage. "Let's put the topic of Mizukage aside for now. After all, it's still

There are many related rituals and procedures to go through, and the most important thing now is to end the war between us and Konoha."

"End the war?" The Daimyo of the Kingdom of Water touched his finger tangledly, then looked at Kaguya Rei, and asked in a low voice: "Well, I want to ask you a question, is it okay, Kaguya Rei?"

"Please speak frankly, Daimyo-sama." Kaguya Rei nodded, indicating that the other party should speak frankly.

"Kaguya, your strength... can you beat the strongest man in the Leaf Village of the Land of Fire?" The Daimyo of the Land of Water took a deep breath and asked this question that he cared about very much.

"If you don't consider that they may jump over the wall and use the taboo art of reincarnation, it will probably be ninety-one," Kaguya Rei roughly estimated the strongest lineup that Konoha could come up with at this time, and replied calmly:

"If I were to challenge all the masters in Konoha alone, I would be nine and they would be one."

"Then why do we take the initiative to end the war with Konoha?" The Daimyo of the Kingdom of Water heard this answer that far exceeded his expectations and asked with great confusion: "As long as you can kill the top leaders of Konoha, we

We should be able to quickly break down the resistance of the Konoha ninjas and turn the entire Fire Country into our territory, right?"

"This is about some of the problems left behind after the Sandaime was controlled by illusions."

Kaguya Rei unfolded a scroll in his hand, pointed at the numbers on it and said:

"As of the official war between us and Konoha, Kirigakure Village had ninjas with their own ninja numbers, a total of 3964 people. Fifteen years ago, this number was 3157."

"Our Kirigakure Village did not participate in the Second Ninja War. In other words, in the long ten years without a war, the number of new ninjas in our Kirigakure was even less than a thousand.

After excluding those ninjas who died on missions and those who retired due to injuries, age, and personal reasons, the number of active ninjas Kirigakure can use before the war begins is only about two thousand at most."

"Two, two thousand people?" The Daimyo of the Kingdom of Water showed a surprised expression, "Only, are there only that many?"

"It's probably around one thousand three or four now."

Kaguya sighed, took out another scroll containing information, and said in a low tone:

"The current number of medical ninjas owned by Kirigakure is only 50, including 2 jounin, 9 chunin, and the rest are just genin... Under the premise that someone must stay in the village, they can go to the front line for medical treatment.

There are only 30 ninjas... How many people can 30 medical ninjas save on such a large battlefield?"

The third Mizukage lowered his head, and the Master shook his head and turned away. Even the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Water, who had previously wanted to persuade Kaguya Rei to continue fighting the war, faced this unbearable data.

I was completely speechless.

"Has the national power...has declined to this point?"

"Souda yo."

Kaguya spread her hands and said in annoyance and helplessness:

"Under this situation, even if I can blow up the entire Konoha Village by myself, we don't have enough ninjas to take over the basics left by Konoha. If we must take into account the benefits of both the Fire Country and the Water Country,

If so, we can only expand the recruitment of ninjas without any limit, and capture all talented children within sight regardless of their origins for ninja training.

In this process, how many spies and spies from other villages will sneak in, how many remnants of Konoha who want revenge will lurk in, and the land under our rule will be ruined by them and those rebellious ninjas.

I don’t need to explain it clearly, right?”

The daimyo of the Kingdom of Water nodded stiffly.

"Similarly, if we defeat Konoha but don't take over the Land of Fire, it will be equivalent to making a wedding dress for the people of Sunagakure, Kumogakure and Iwagakure. Giving them a free gift will make us stronger.

It’s just a gift.”

Kaguya Rei clasped her hands together and concluded:

"So, we must now negotiate peace with Konoha, stop this war that will bring no more benefits to both of us, and then transfer all our energy to domestic construction and reform.

While the reform of the Ninja School and Kirigakure's industry is being carried out, families such as Onito, Terumi, Kaguya, and Minazuki who have blood inheritance limits or special secrets, all work hard to have children for me! There are not enough people who are loyal to Kirigakure.

As a ninja, can I still rule the entire ninja world by myself?"

"Um, Rei-kun?" The Third Mizukage opened his eyes and asked cautiously: "Aren't you the one who captured a genius from the Uchiha clan? Don't you consider keeping his blood? Or do you plan to bring him back?

Did he return it as a bargaining chip for peace talks with Konoha?"

"I will definitely keep the Uchiha bloodline and start researching it, but..." Kaguya Rei glared at the Third Mizukage speechlessly, "That boy Shisui is only nine years old. Even if I drug him, he will still

Do you have that ability?"

"Yeah, that's right..."

Just when the Third Mizukage was embarrassed because of his thoughtless remarks, an ANBU in charge of security suddenly pushed open the door and said to the four people in the room:

"Sandaime-sama, Rei-sama, good news! Jounin Ao's team captured a careless ninja from the Hyuga clan on the battlefield and successfully brought him back to the village!"

Ninjas from the Hyuga clan? Captured alive? And brought back to the village?

Kaguya Rei and the Third Mizukage looked at each other and asked in unison to the ANBU who came to report the news:

"What gender!? How old are you!?"

"Ah? Ah?"

The ANBU who was questioned was stunned for a moment, and then said at a loss:

"Male, male, under twenty years old... Is this some important information?"

"Very important, very important."
Chapter completed!