Chapter 142: Kirigakure's Strategic Deployment

[Kirigakure Conference Room]

When the people below heard that Hiruzen actually had over a thousand private soldiers, they were all in an uproar.

There were even speculations that all these thousand ninjas belonged to the Sarutobi Clan.

If that was the case, then the Sarutobi Clan really had a lot of people.

When they heard that on Uchiha's side, Kirigakure had thrown out a proposal of cooperation.

If Uchiha wanted to stage a coup with force, they wanted the people of Kirigakure to come over and help.

Terumi Mei asked in confusion, "Why would they ask us, Mizukage-sama, aren't you...?"

She didn't finish her sentence, but everyone understood what Terumi Mei meant, wasn't Yagura under Uchiha's control?

Yagura denied, "That person is not one of the Uchihas."

"Although I don't know that person's identity, that person also holds hostility toward the Uchiha."

"Uchiha revealed that the person is very likely the mastermind behind the Nine-Tails' rampage, with the goal of destroying Konoha."

"Because of the conflict between Uchiha and Danzo, that person planned to attack Uchiha, but was discovered and stopped in time by Uchiha Rengoku."

At this moment, the faces of Terumi Mei and the others showed astonishment. They didn't expect there to be so many hidden matters involved.

She asked Yagura inquisitively, "Then what does Mizukage-sama think?"

A confident smile appeared on Yagura's face, "Right now, who knows how many eyes are watching Konoha. The likelihood of a fight breaking out over there isn't high."

"Moreover, our Kirigakure also needs to recuperate. We can't go out to war anymore."

Yagura's words made the other high-ranking officials relax in their hearts. They were just afraid their own Mizukage would suddenly be warlike and reckless.

Fortunately, the Mizukage was clear-headed.

Rengoku's clone was with Yagura, and even though he was beyond the sea, he still received the message.

"I received word from Uchiha: due to this matter, the Third Hokage and the others could only rely on Uchiha to control the Nine-Tails."

"So, part of the village's authority was handed over to them. Uchiha has now gained discourse power in Konoha."

"Uchiha wants to cooperate with us to recuperate, but Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure don't know this."

"Now, there's already news that Kumo and Iwa have sent people to Konoha's border to test Uchiha's response."

"As for Suna, they might have as well, but we haven't received any intel yet."

"Judging from the last time I fought with Uchiha, Kumo is very likely to suffer a huge loss."

Because Kirigakure had previously withdrawn a large number of intelligence personnel, returning to the Land of Water to stabilize the situation, so their channels for gathering information were limited, and what intelligence they had was patchy and fragmented.

After Yagura finished telling the entire chain of intelligence, everyone gradually began to relax.

Of course, the most important thing was that this matter was starting to involve Kirigakure's interests.

Terumi Mei cautiously asked, "Mizukage-sama, when you said that Kumo would suffer a huge loss, you meant?"

Yagura said in a low voice, "The combat strength of the Mangekyo Sharingan is far above that of a Jinchuriki."

"For a Jinchuriki, it can even be defeated in a single move."

"A Jinchuriki basically can't compete against the Mangekyo Sharingan."

Although everyone had mentally prepared themselves somewhat, they still felt a chill deep inside after hearing this.

At this point, Yagura changed the topic, "However, I am an exception."

'An exception?'

Everyone was a bit confused. Wasn't their Mizukage previously controlled by the Mangekyo Sharingan?

What did that mean?

Yagura didn't explain immediately and continued, "Hasn't Kumo always been probing us?"

"From now on, we can be a bit more forceful."

As major maritime trading nations, whether it was the Land of Water or the Land of Lightning, both sides had commercial exchanges.

But for the convoys from the Land of Water, they had to pay exorbitant fees during transportation.

It was very common for them to be extorted by Kumo's escort ships.

On the trade front, the Land of Water had always suffered losses, often getting their throats choked by Kumogakure.

If they wanted to sell something, they would. If they didn't, they wouldn't.

The prices were also outrageously high.

Especially during the chaos of the past few years in the Land of Water, it was even worse.

The reason was simple, Kumo had two perfect Jinchurikis, one of whom was the Eight-Tails.

Other than the Mizukage being strong, Kirigakure's Jinchuriki, Utakata, simply couldn't control his tailed beast.

It was already impressive enough that he didn't go berserk, thanks to his master's teachings.

Kirigakure could only remain on the defensive.

Hearing the Mizukage's words, everyone's expressions changed. Could it be that the Mizukage didn't want to fight Konoha, but wanted to fight Kumo?

Yagura said, "I'm not saying we're going to war with Kumo, just that we need to put pressure on them."

Everyone looked at each other, the other side is stronger than us, how do we pressure them?

A confident smile appeared on Yagura's face again, "Let everyone see what I meant when I said 'except me' and what applying pressure really means."

When everyone focused their attention, Yagura made a slash with his hand, and a Water Mirror appeared on the ground.

From the Water Mirror, a clone that looked exactly like Yagura crawled out.

Everyone wasn't too surprised by this. After all, the Water Mirror Technique was Mizukage's signature secret jutsu.

But what they didn't notice was that Yagura's shadow was beneath the Water Mirror.

Yagura directly donned the Tailed Beast Cloak.

Because he was a perfect Jinchuriki, no one panicked.

However, the clone that emerged from the mirror also donned the Tailed Beast Cloak.

Everyone was astonished and began murmuring in shock.

"What's going on? Mizukage-sama's Water Mirror Technique can even copy the Tailed Beast Cloak now?"

"Or did he split it into two?"

Ao even activated his Byakugan.

In the field of vision of the Byakugan, both Yagura and his mirror clone had the same Tailed Beast Chakra inside their bodies.

It wasn't that the Tailed Beast Chakra was split in two.

"It wasn't split! It was copied! It was copied!"

Ao shouted emotionally, and the entire room was in an uproar.

It actually copied even the Tailed Beast's Chakra?

With a wave of his hand, Yagura had the mirror clone begin condensing a pitch-black Tailed Beast Bomb in its mouth.

The immense energy stirred the entire conference room.

No one doubted that if this Tailed Beast Bomb were launched, this place would be blown to bits.

"Mizukage-sama, that's dangerous!"

"Mizukage-sama, please stop!"

Yagura burst out in hearty laughter, his tone filled with joy.

After all, he had been controlled by the Mangekyo Sharingan for so long before, and everyone had somewhat looked down on their Mizukage.

He couldn't even speak with authority anymore.

But since Kirigakure didn't have a better candidate, he was allowed to continue as Mizukage.

Now, with this advanced Water Mirror Technique on full display, all the high-ranking officials of Kirigakure were collectively trembling.

Yagura waved his hand, and the mirror clone cancelled the Tailed Beast Bomb in its mouth.

Only then did the people present breathe a sigh of relief.

If one of Yagura's nerves had short-circuited and he launched it at them, they'd all be getting boxed lunches.

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