Became the mastermind behind the Akatsuki organization

Chapter 338 Yuanshi
After sneaking into the Hidden Mist Village, Zabuza and Biwa Juzo did not immediately go to the Mizukage Building.

After the assassination attempt failed, Zabuza realized the gap between him and the Fourth Mizukage. Even if he joined forces with Biwa Juzo this time, he still could not be a match for the Fourth Mizukage.

If you want to overthrow the Fourth Mizukage and find the mastermind behind the scenes, you must find more collaborators.

Biwa Juzo didn't have so many thoughts. He just came here to cooperate with Zabuza. In his mind, only the Akatsuki organization and the adults Nagato and Byakuya could save the Hidden Mist Village.

After finding a base they had left behind and changing their clothes, the two of them came to Kirigakure Street.

Before taking formal action, they needed to gather information in the village to see if they could collect any useful intelligence to prepare for the next action.

Walking on the familiar streets, looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar villagers and ninjas, Zabuza and Biwa Juzo's faces gradually became gloomy.

The Hidden Mist Village is not a poor ninja village, but the lives of the villagers here are very bad.

The reason for all of this was the blood mist policy promulgated by the Fourth Mizukage and the purge against the bloodline families. Because of the purge, many innocent ninjas and civilians were implicated.

Among them are ordinary ninjas from the bloodline family, and even ninjas related to the bloodline family.

It even developed to the later stage of the Great Purge, where even ninjas who had nothing to do with the bloodline family could use this excuse to attack each other without incurring any punishment.

In this environment, all the villagers in Kirigakure lived cautiously, fearing that they would be involved with the bloodline ninja.

It was precisely because of this environment where everyone was in danger that Biwa Juzo chose to leave the Hidden Mist Village, and Zabuza chose to assassinate the Mizukage and overthrow the rule of Karatachi Yagura.

It has been a long, long time since the great purge.

Zabuza and Biwa Juzo thought that the Fourth Mizukage would be more restrained, but they didn't expect that the current situation is no different from that time. The Fourth Mizukage is still issuing orders to hunt down bloodline ninjas, and the villagers of Kirigakure are still living in panic.

After strolling around the street, Zabuza and Biwa Juzo returned to their temporary base.

Thinking back to the skinny villagers on the street, and the ordinary people living and working in peace and contentment in the Land of Fire, Zabuza clenched his fists and said:

"Biwa Juzo, after we defeat Karatachi Yagura this time, we must let the villagers of Kirigakure live the life of the Fire Country. We can't let the villagers continue to fall into panic."

Biwa Juzo nodded, but he was thinking about the scene of the Hidden Rain Village, so he said: “I think it’s better to let them live in the Hidden Rain Village, that is the real holy place of the ninja world.

"The Hidden Rain Village is the holy place of the Ninja World?"

After hearing this, Zabuza showed a suspicious look and said to Biwa Juzo: "I don't know why you joined the Hidden Rain Village and what happened in the Hidden Rain Village."

"But as far as I know, the rule of Hanzo of the Hidden Rain Village is even more brutal than our Hidden Mist Village. The climate there is not suitable for human survival. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is hell on earth."

Biwa Juzang shook his head:

"That was all in the past. Ever since Akatsuki overthrew Hanzo and took over the Hidden Rain Village, the Land of the Rain has become different. Ninjas and ninjas are like family, and there is not much of a gap between them and ordinary people."

"The relationship between ninjas is like that of family? Isn't that what Konoha preaches?"

Zabuza was dismissive of this and continued, "Can a ninja trained in such a greenhouse environment really accept the baptism of war? I'm afraid they will become weak as soon as they go to the battlefield."

Biwa Juzo looked at Zabuza and explained:
"Of course, Akatsuki ninjas cannot fight as well as the Mist ninjas, but they do not need to go through cruel tests, and they will not be abandoned during the mission due to lack of ability."

"In addition, the Akatsuki organization has developed many new weapons, which are enough to make the Genin have the strength of Chunin or even Anbu ninja. They use chakra technology to make up for their own shortcomings."

Facing Biwa Juzo, the "Akatsuki flatterer", Zabuza didn't know what to say.

If the Akatsuki organization was really as powerful as Biwa Juzo said, would they still hide in the small Rain Country? They would have stood up to compete for the position of the five major ninja villages long ago.

As for what Bai Ye said about wanting the Hidden Mist Village to become a vassal of the Akatsuki organization, he naturally took it as a joke.

Of course, if Zabuza knew that the Akatsuki organization had already controlled the northern border of the Ninja Continent and was secretly controlling the Wind Kingdom, he would probably have a different mentality.

However, after hearing about how the Akatsuki organization gets along internally, Zabuza still feels a little envious.

During his time at the Ninja Academy, he made a lot of friends, but they all died in the graduation examination, and it was he who killed them.

After collecting his gradually scattered thoughts, Zabuza sighed towards Biwa Juzang:

"Okay, okay, let's just assume that what you said is true. However, no matter how good the Akatsuki organization is, it has nothing to do with the Hidden Mist Village. Let's just focus on our own business."

"Didn't your Lord Byakuya ask you to assist me? At least during this period of time you are still a Kirigakure ninja."

Now it was Biwa Juzang's turn to be speechless. This was indeed what he thought.

……

After chatting for a while, Zabuza and Biwa Juuzou left their hiding place and began to prepare to overthrow the Fourth Mizukage.

Zabuza came to the residential area and quietly found his former comrades and subordinates.

When they saw Zabuza, these ninjas were stunned at first, then they sighed softly and asked about Zabuza's experiences in the past few days and why he wanted to assassinate the Mizukage, with regret in their tone.

After all, with Zabuza's talent, it is very easy for him to become one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

The Seven Ninja Swordsmen are already high-ranking members of the Hidden Mist Village. If they can hang on for another ten years, they will have a chance to become candidates for the Mizukage, and it will not be too late to consider becoming the Mizukage then.

Zabuza didn't waste any time and directly stated his suspicion of the Mizukage and extended an invitation.

When they heard that the Fourth Mizukage never left the Mizukage Building all year round and might be controlled by someone else, these people fell silent, then looked up at Zabuza and gave their own answers.

"Master Zabuza, what you said makes sense. We also doubt the identity of the Mizukage, but I'm sorry that we can't follow you to overthrow the Mizukage. This is a plan to get yourself killed!"

This is what most ninjas said. They suspected the Fourth Mizukage and wanted to know the truth.

But it is impossible for them to risk their lives to follow Zabuza and overthrow the Fourth Mizukage, who is not only the strongest ninja in the village, but also the Three-Tails Jinchuriki.

So what if we know that the Fourth Mizukage is being controlled?

Could they be the mastermind behind controlling the Fourth Mizukage? Who can guarantee that the next Mizukage will not be controlled by a mysterious person?

However, they were unable to stop and relieve Zabuza.

Perhaps it was because they were extremely disappointed with the Fourth Mizukage, or perhaps they hoped that a hero would appear and save them from the dire straits.

Only a very small number of people are willing to follow Zabuza and overthrow the Fourth Mizukage together with him.

In one day and one night, Zabuza found more than a dozen ninjas who were capable of participating in this matter, but there were only two or three ninjas who agreed to assassinate the Mizukage with Zabuza. These two or three ninjas were ninjas with no worries, or in other words, their only worry was the village.

These people were more than capable of assassinating the dignitaries of a major country, but they had no chance of assassinating the Fourth Mizukage. After returning to the temporary base, Zabuza's will was greatly depressed.

Zabuza began to doubt whether his plan could succeed and whether he really needed Bai Ye's help.

At this time, Biwa Juzo also returned to the temporary base.

Zabuza looked at Biwa Juzo, and was somewhat curious about how many ninjas Biwa Juzo had won over, so he asked, "Biwa Juzo, you are one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and there should be a lot of ninjas who responded to your call."

"How many jonin have you found in total, and how many are willing to follow you?"

Biwa Juzang shook his head and said, "I didn't look for any Jonin. I just followed Lord Baiye's instructions and went to look for the retired Yuanshi."

"Master Yuanshi?"

After hearing the title of Yuanshi, Zabuza's face changed, and then he said: "Why are you looking for that old guy? He can hardly walk. Can he help us deal with the Fourth Mizukage?"

Biwa Juzo looked at Zabuza and thought that the one who doubted Zabuza was a fool:
"With the support of Master Yuanshi, those wavering jonin in the village may not necessarily support us, but they will not become an obstacle to us. Do you really think that many ninjas will follow you?"

Biwa Juzo's words touched Zabuza's sore spot.

His appeal is indeed not comparable to that of the Master. If he had received the support of the Master back then, he might have been able to overthrow the Mizukage.

Thinking of this, Zabuza said stubbornly:
"That old guy is indeed still somewhat useful, but it's been so many years since the Fourth Mizukage issued the order for the Great Purge, and I haven't seen that old guy come forward to stop it."

"I suspect that the old man wants to destroy the Hidden Mist Village on purpose...!"

Hearing this, Biwa Juzo also agreed to some extent. If the master had stepped forward earlier to stop the Fourth Mizukage, the village would not have been in this situation now.

But on second thought, if Master Yuan really stood up, he would have probably been killed by the mastermind behind the scenes.

After a moment's silence, Biwa Juzang said, "I believe in Lord Bai Ye's judgment. If we can get the support of Lord Yuanshi, this plan will definitely go much more smoothly."

Zabuza looked at Biwa Juuzou and suddenly remembered something, and said, "If we ask Master Yuanshi for help, it shouldn't be considered as accepting Bai Ye's help."

Biwa Juzang shook his head: "Of course not, Lord Bai Ye is not such a fussy person."

Zabuza nodded: "That's good, so we don't have to argue with Bai Ye anymore. Let's wait for the Master's reply while contacting other people."

……

Inside the elders’ residence.

After reading the scroll sent by Biwa Juzang, Yuanshi sighed softly and looked towards the location of the Mizukage Building with melancholy in his eyes.

There is not much recorded in the scroll, but the amount of information is very large.

It records in detail the policies issued by the Fourth Mizukage over the years, as well as various doubts about the Fourth Mizukage, and finally gives the speculation that the Fourth Mizukage may have been controlled by an illusion.

Faced with this speculation, Master Yuan did not deny it.

In fact, he had long suspected that something was wrong with the Fourth Mizukage. Since becoming the Mizukage, he rarely left the Mizukage Building and seldom came to visit him.

Even before he became the Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura always came to visit him for various reasons.

He also knew that Karatachi Yagura wanted to get his support so that he could gain a greater advantage in the election for the Mizukage.

However, he was very satisfied with Karatachi Yagura and believed that this young man could lead the village to glory.

But from some day on, Karuju Yagura stopped visiting him and started issuing a series of incredible orders.

I can understand why people stopped visiting me, but I am old.

It was normal for him to be abandoned after being used as a tool by the upper-level Mizukage. He was also happy and could live a leisurely retirement life.

But the policies enacted by Karuta Yagura were a bit too extreme.

Although the blood mist policy is the tradition of the Hidden Mist Village, the capriciousness of the bloodline family has also shaken the stability of the Hidden Mist Village.

It was obvious that the authority of the Mizukage could be guaranteed by supporting one bloodline family and suppressing another, but he chose to deal with all the bloodline families and launched a large-scale purge.

After several years of cleansing, the bloodline family in the village was eliminated, and the Hidden Mist Village would no longer be threatened by the bloodline family, but the village was also severely damaged and it would take at least a dozen years to recover.

If other ninja villages take the opportunity to attack during this period, it would be hard to say whether the Hidden Mist Village will still exist.

As the policy continued, more and more jonin came to him to complain. He also sheltered many persecuted jonin and gradually became suspicious of the Fourth Mizukage.

For example, maybe the Fourth Mizukage was provoked by something, so he issued such a cruel order.

Or, the Fourth Mizukage might be a spy for other ninja villages, so he issued these orders to weaken the Hidden Mist Village. It can even be said that the Fourth Mizukage was controlled by illusion.

But even though he was suspicious, he would never take action against the Mizukage before he had enough evidence.

Firstly, it was because he was the one who recommended the Fourth Mizukage, and secondly, it was because the status of the Mizukage was supreme, although because of his seniority, his say in the village was higher than that of the Mizukage.

But the power of the elders cannot be higher than that of the Mizukage, and they cannot lead people to overthrow the Mizukage.

Once he takes action against the Mizukage, it will become a routine for the elders to interfere with the Mizukage, and the Hidden Mist Village will be even more chaotic than it is now and will be in an even worse situation.

Therefore, even after reading the letter, he still couldn't convince himself to take action against the Fourth Mizukage.

The best they can do is take in some ninjas who are dissatisfied with the Mizukage and let them try to deal with the Mizukage, hoping that they can get close to the Fourth Mizukage and find out the secrets of the Mizukage.

Just as Yuan Shishi was making a decision secretly, he suddenly picked up the scroll and his eyes instantly became solemn.

There seemed to be some text recorded in the interlayer of the scroll.

After opening the mezzanine, Master Yuan took a deep breath and his face became gloomy and uncertain. That was a piece of information that was more important than the Mizukage being controlled. It recorded in detail the major events that had happened in Kirigakure over the years.

At the end of the intelligence, there appears a mark that has disappeared in the ninja world for many years.

(End of this chapter)