Chapter 315 Mei Terumi's Determination

Looking at the girl in front of him who looked somewhat similar to Kushina, Minato felt warm in his heart.

She has a natural talent as a ninja, but she is also naive for her age.

After all, as a member of the Hidden Mist Village, even if she is not a ninja, he is afraid that when she finds out about his identity as a spy, she will probably do everything she can to expose him as soon as possible without hesitation.

Even though he had saved her life, this was the deep-rooted barrier that existed between the major ninja nations.

Even those who grew up in an environment like Konoha probably have this idea, let alone those who grew up in the Hidden Mist Village.

"Little girl, you are from the Terumi clan, right? What's your name?" Minato asked with a smile.

When the girl heard this, a sly smile appeared on her young face, like a little fox.

"Is this also part of your intelligence gathering as a spy?"

Minato was stunned, suddenly not knowing how to answer.

However, the girl smiled again and said, "My name is Terumi Mei. How do you know I'm from the Terumi clan?"

"It's a good name." Minato commented and said, "Last night, your clan members were looking for you like crazy throughout the entire Mist Village. I think only the daughter of the clan leader would attract such attention."

"You are very smart. No wonder you were able to sneak into our Hidden Mist Village." Mei Terumi said, but both of them felt a little awkward when she said this.

She was praising a spy who might leak information about the village.

"Even though I know you won't tell me, I still want to ask, what's your name?" Mei Terumi asked again.

Minato smiled and shook his head, but of course he couldn't tell her.

Mei Terumi didn't ask any further questions. She just stood there in a daze for a moment, and fear suddenly filled her big eyes again.

"Are you thinking about what happened last night again?" Minato deliberately interrupted her memories.

Mei Terumi shuddered, then turned to look at Minato and asked with a slight tremor: "They..."

"They were all killed, not a single one was left alive, and you were the only one who escaped."

Minato didn't even need to go back to investigate to come to this conclusion.

Mei Terumi seemed to have known the outcome a long time ago, but she still had a glimmer of fantasy in her heart.

Her big eyes were suddenly filled with mist, and crystal tears gathered.

"Why? Did they have to destroy someone else's entire clan just because of a difference in political views?" Mei Terumi murmured while sobbing.

Minato was surprised. Although he guessed that Mei Terumi was the daughter of the leader of the Terumi clan, he did not expect that she seemed to know something.

Terumi Mei blurted out the extremely sad thing, and immediately realized the presence of the "spy" Minato beside her, and immediately looked sideways slightly.

Minato looked very embarrassed at this time. He could only smile bitterly and said, "This is politics. It is not something you and I can control now."

"Because of my greed for fun, I harmed my aunt, and even more likely my own family!"

Mei Terumi's eyes were filled with regret. If she hadn't begged her mother to let her go out to play yesterday evening, she wouldn't have been involved in the extermination of that clan.

Her aunt would not have lost her life protecting her.

She is not dead, and what she has seen may affect the Terumi family.

"That won't happen." Minato, who was standing by, knew her inner worries and said immediately.

"Since the Third Mizukage mobilized the Anbu of the Hidden Mist Village for this, it seems that except for the clan that was exterminated, the other clans may have known all this in advance."

The noise caused by killing a large clan in the Hidden Mist Village would definitely be noticed by other ninjas in the Hidden Mist Village, but no ninja appeared there last night.

This means that the Third Mizukage probably notified other clan in advance, and these clan should all be affiliated with him.

This is what is called tyranny, using blood and killing to make one's subordinates fear and obey him, so as to achieve the goal of monopolizing power.

Minato was once the Fourth Hokage, but his approach was completely opposite to that of the Third Mizukage.

"You mean, my father already knew that clan would..." Mei Terumi looked incredulous, her eyes widened.

Minato nodded.

"So the Terumi clan should be fine. After all, they are a big clan in the Hidden Mist Village. After the Third Mizukage eliminated his political enemies, he still needs a lot of power to shock other ninjas. Your Terumi clan is an important chess piece in this."

"But you"

Minato hesitated to speak, looking very uncomfortable.

After hearing this, Mei Terumi was slightly stunned, and then she said firmly: "Since you said that the Terumi clan is an important pawn of the Third Mizukage, then even if I saw the thr Kiri ANBU destroy that clan with my own eyes, he should not kill me."

Minato found her sudden remark strange; she was different from other girls of her age.

So he looked at Terumi Mei meaningfully and asked softly, "How can you be sure?"

"It's not that I'm sure, but to Lord Mizukage, I'm just an insignificant person in the Terumi clan. He's probably too lazy to focus his energy on me, that's all." The sadness in Terumi Mei's eyes was actually gradually calming down.

Minato did not comment on her idea, but he did not completely agree with it either.

However, at her age, she can think of so many things. He has to say that this girl has a political talent that ordinary ninjas do not have.

"So you agree with the Mizukage's approach?" Minato asked tentatively, wondering what Mei Terumi was thinking now.

Mei Terumi shook her head like a wave drum, and then said, "Mizukage-sama's method is too cruel to his companions. I cannot agree with it. So, I will rely on my own efforts to slowly change all this!"

She clenched her pink fists tightly, and in her eyes, there was an emotion that was even more determined than that of an adult.

Minato smiled. When he was as old as Mei Terumi, he also dreamed of becoming Hokage.

If Hokage is his dream, then changing the status quo of the Hidden Mist Village is Mei Terumi's dream.

Compared to Minato, who lost his parents in an accident, Mei Terumi, who witnessed the tragedy of a clan's annihilation and experienced the brink of life and death, matured much faster.

Both of them are undoubtedly geniuses, but it seems that only under certain adversities can geniuses fully demonstrate their talents.

Perhaps, this is the fate of genius.

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