Uchiha

" It can't be! "

Exclaimed Ao, his voice trembling.

Mei and some high ranking members of the Mist village were frowning, everyone had a depressed look to their face.

Mizuki stood amongst them, with a steady look on his face too. He had changed his clothes so he wasn't shirtless anymore.

Looking at the tensed Mei, He put a hand on her shoulder and squeezed.

" I thought something was up, this confirms my suspicions. "

Mizuki's voice brought everyone's attention back to the topic, they wanted desperately for this to be false, but now that Mizuki spoke, they had to face reality.

Mei clenched her fist. Looking at Ao she asked, again.

" Yagura was really.. manipulated..? "

Ao heaved a sigh, infront of him was Yagura's charred body, still breathing, but knocked out cold.

That was how great the vitality of tailed beast and jinchuriki was, unless you vaporized them, they keep regenerating, and Mizuki had left Yagura's life for a reason.

" Hai Mei sama.. Yagura- Mizukage sama is under a genjutsu.. "

Looking towards the room, Ao told his horrific findings.

" It's an old genjutsu, a Sharingan one.. "

Staring towards the collective group shocked out of their souls, Ao continued.

" I had played against Shisui of the body flicker before, this genjutsu technique seems to be inspired from that, but it's less powerful and more direct. "

' Byakugan '

Turning on his byakugan again, Ao looked throughout Yagura's chakra system.

" Yes, this is a technique inspired by Shisui's Kotoamatsukami.. "

Looking towards Mei and Spectre, Ao concluded.

" It only does one thing, the part of the brain it is working on controls anger.. this genjutsu makes our lord more and more bloodthirsty as time goes by.. from the traces, this genjutsu was applied a long time ago, around the same time the blood mist era started.. "

* Sob *

An elderly man broke down and started crying, he was a staunch Yagura supporter in his youth, before Yagura had turned into a tyrant, looking towards Yagura's charred form, he got on his knees.

" I am sorry for doubting you my lord. You were suffering all this while, I should have known! You can't become a tyrant! Not with your dreams! Forgive me lord! "

Another elder looked absolutely livid.

" What is the meaning of this?! You all are just trying to save the tyrant! This cannot be true, Shisui wasn't even born back then, how could Yagura's actions be controlled by a jutsu similar to his?! "

Ao shook his head sadly.

" No, I am not making this up, please grab my hand. "

The elder grabbed Ao's hand, as Ao started sharing his vision, the mist had developed it after getting only one byakugan.

' Byakugan '

The elder's hands shook. His lips tightened.

" Ridiculous! Absolutely ridiculous! So just like that we were slaughtered all these years with no one the wiser?! Konoha's gone too far! "

Mei nodded, but still asked a question.

" How was this jutsu made? If Shisui wasn't even born..? "

Mizuki answered that particular question. Having knowledge about this scenario, he had answers prepared, this was the exact genjutsu which was cast by Madara in canon, how can Mizuki not be knowing it.

" Shisui wasn't the first uchiha to awaken Mangekyou you know, and mangekyou abilities aren't unique either, throughout the warring states period someone must have awakened Kotoamatsukami, the Uchiha's should have had records of this, maybe someone created a jutsu inspired by it.. this is quite an old genjutsu after all. "

Giving time to digest, Mizuki continued.

" And it worked on a perfect jinchuriki, something of the level of Kotoamatsukami is the only thing that can unknowingly affect a perfect jinchuriki. "

Looking at the ashen faced high levels around the room, Mizuki continued his theory.

" A jutsu needs to be developed before it is cast, so even before the blood mist era, this had to have been developed, mangekyou jutsus can't be copied if you want, a lot of effort has gone into this, even if it is a subpar copy. "

The elder pissed about all this questioned Mizuki.

" And how do you about all this?! Ao had played against Shisui, did you as well?! "

The elder mocked, he wasn't a fan of this scenario, nor was he a fan of Mizuki's presence here.

But Mizuki didn't give him the time of the day. Looking towards Mei, Mizuki spoke.

" Mei san, I can tell you this much, this wasn't done by Konoha. "

Mei frowned as the elder was livid at being ignored.

So Mei spoke out before the elder could make a fool of himself.

" And why is that Anata..? "

Mizuki smiled as he shook his head.

" I would know. "

Looking at the group, Mizuki said the words which sent thunder throughout the bodies of everyone.

" Because I am from Konoha. "

Widening her eyes, Mei's hand's shook.

" Don't joke like that Anata.. "

Asked Mei, a little hopeful that this wasn't as complicated as this was turning out to be.

But the smiling Mizuki told her this was reality.

" No, I am from Konoha.. Mizuki, Mizuki Senju is my name. "

Looking at the aghast Mei, Mizuki whispered.

" The grandson of second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, the current Hokage candidate, Mizuki Senju.. "

Mei just wanted to melt some people right now, what the hell! She just got someone and that someone is the to be Hokage?! Can their relationship get anymore harder than this.

" Nonsense! Why would we believe the words of a Konoha ninja?! Get him, arrest him! "

The elder growled, he was absolutely livid at being played by Konoha all these years, and now a Konoha ninja comes along and decided to play them again?!

But to his shock, nobody moved, not even his loyal anbu, they too hesitated.

Nobody wanted to fight the man who fought against a perfect jinchuriki for three days and nights, that's just asking for death, and Mist Shinobi weren't that loyal in the first place.

Seeing this Mei interjected, otherwise these Ninja's will be held accountable, they shouldn't lose any more manpower.

" Spectre.. please give us an explanation.. "

Mei changed her way of calling Mizuki, but Mizuki knew this was the life of a kage, they had to at least show they are working for the betterment of the village.

And besides, Mei was actually helping him, if not for her, currently this place would have been a warzone again.

So giving her a smile Mizuki dropped the bomb.

" I am sure this isn't done by Konoha, because Konoha is a victim too.. "

Giving a sharp look towards the direction of Konoha, Mizuki whispered.

" It's not only the Third Mizukage who was manipulated by this genjutsu.. it is also the Third Hokage."

Shock wasn't enough to describe Mist village's upper level's emotions right now.

If this was true, and two great villages were playing at the plam of someone's hand, that is a disaster, one of epic proportions.