Chapter 446: Stubborn Terumi Mei
Facing Kaito's question, Ao was only slightly stunned, and then immediately replied.
"Jonin Shingetsu took Mei and Zabuza out on a mission a while ago."
As soon as Kaito heard this combination, he knew what was going on without Ao continuing to explain, and asked in a very confident tone.
"The three of them have accepted another mission at sea, right?"
"Uh, yes, this time we are catching rare marine fish."
Ao's eyes were a little vague, as if he didn't dare to look directly into Kaito's eyes.
Kaito became even angrier when he heard the content of the task.
"An elite jonin who is one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and two elite chunins who are close to jonin strength, this combination goes to the sea to catch fish? Does the village already have enough manpower now?!"
Hearing Kaito getting angry, even Ao, as a Sensei, shrank his neck and could only explain in a low voice.
"It's a rare sea fish, and it has a reward for a B-rank mission."
Looking at Ao's cautious explanation, Kaito resisted the urge to roll his eyes, took a long breath, and calmed himself down.
But it's no wonder he got angry.
This story began when Hozuki Shingetsu reported to him about the mysterious disappearance of pirates.
After Hozuki Shingetsu's report, Kaito had appointed him to lead a team to investigate the matter in the waters around Sea Mist City.
However, for a period of time afterwards, their investigations were always fruitless.
The post-war Kirigakure Village was in a period of rapid development and reform, and it could be said that there was a shortage of manpower everywhere.
The Kirigakure Village is not yet rich enough to allow dozens of ninjas to be left on the sea to conduct an aimless investigation.
And after all, the existence of pirates themselves is not worthy of the Kirigakure Village's excessive attention.
Kaito simply stopped the investigation and asked all the ninjas involved in the mission to return to their original positions.
However, perhaps Hozuki Shingetsu was still skeptical about this very strange thing, or perhaps it was just out of the stubbornness of a young man.
After that, the Team Shingetsu deliberately chose to carry out several missions near this sea area or in areas related to Sea Mist City, and continued to conduct investigations privately.
At first Kaito didn't notice this.
After all, Sea Mist City is quite prosperous nowadays, and is closely connected with the Kirigakure Village, so there are indeed quite a few tasks related to this place.
But they did this so many times that it was inevitable that Kaito would find out.
It's just that the three of them are quite capable in their own right, and even though they just took those missions casually, they did achieve a 100% completion rate.
It is not appropriate for the Mizukage Kaito to interfere with his subordinates' overtime work.
It wasn't until later when Zabuza came to him that he found out.
Hozuki Shingetsu was really suspicious about the disappearance of the pirates, so he thought of investigating the matter.
But he didn't have any strong obsessions. If someone really persuaded him, he might not keep focusing on this trivial matter.
But Mei Terumi and Zabuza are both obsessed with this matter.
In fact, it was because Mei had made a decision before.
After completing this task, they applied to Kaito together to join the Kage Guard directly under his command, and returned to his side to fight with him.
However, before the investigation results could be found, the mission was stopped.
This made Terumi Mei, who was already feeling awkward, a little confused, and she felt as if it was God's will.
After that, several people fell into a vicious circle.
The more the investigation fails to produce any results, the deeper the obsession becomes.
The deeper the obsession, the more they want to find out the truth of the matter.
After completing several missions back and forth, the three of them were almost able to draw a complete nautical chart of all the large and small islands in the waters near Sea Mist City.
Several pirate lairs that had mysteriously disappeared were discovered, but the truth was never revealed.
Only then did Zabuza, who was relatively rational among the three, come forward and explain the matter to Kaito.
However, Kaito did not expect that he had just arranged for the three of them to rest for some time.
The three of them went back to the sea to carry out their mission.
But now everyone has run away, and it is impossible for Kaito to send a team to capture them.
Helplessly, he had to consider entrusting the task of bringing Karin back from Kusagakure to someone else.
'Raiga and Harpoon accompanied Nagato on his mission to the Amegakure Village, and Kisame will come to the Sea Mist City to assist with security work.'
'Ao-sensei is definitely not allowed to leave the village at will, and Kushimaru must also be responsible for the operation of the Anbu.'
'It seems that among the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, only Biwa Juzo is relatively free.'
Thinking of this, Kaito's mind immediately flashed through.
Biwa Juzo carried an executioner sword, bared his sharp teeth, and smiled at the one-year-old Karin.
'Come on, uncle will take you away!'
'No, no.'
Kaito shook his head repeatedly.
If Biwa Juzo was really sent, Karin would probably be traumatized by the Kirigakure Village from an early age.
There are still some good players on the bloodline clan side.
However, Kaito was still a little worried about sending these bloodline ninjas to bring Karin, a descendant of the Uzumaki clan, back to the village.
The words of an ordinary jonin.
After all, the Kusagakure Village still has some strength. If any mistakes are made, it will only cause unnecessary trouble.
'Sigh, the high-end combat power is still not enough!'
Thinking of this, Kaito stopped hesitating and said to Ao.
"After Shingetsu and the other two returned from their mission. Tell them not to go anywhere and notify me immediately!"
Kaito thought that Kusagakure didn't know what he was thinking for the time being, so it didn't matter if he brought Karin back later.
Even if Nagato finishes his operation, it would not be a bad idea for him, a descendant of the Uzumaki clan, to pick up Karin along the way.
After receiving Ao's affirmative answer, Kaito briefly discussed some daily affairs with the two of them before ending the call.
Afterwards, Kaito also contacted Nagato.
However, he now accompanies Yahiko in handling government affairs in the Amegakure Village every day, and he feels that he has become reluctant to leave.
Kaito only confirmed with him the time of the next action and the matter of Yahiko leading the team to Sea Mist City to take part in the third exam, and did not disturb the two of them any further.
Regarding the follow-up policy of the Land of Rain that he had discussed with Konan before, Kaito was still planning to wait for Yahiko to arrive before discussing it with him in person.
After finishing all the trivial matters, Kaito finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Afterwards, he did not leave the secret room immediately. Instead, he left a clone behind and his real body entered the "secret space".
Blue also gave the three little ones and Guren special pre-exam training at the Sea Mist City training ground.
While the little frog was away, Kaito went up and rubbed Little Yoshi's head for a long time while he was sleeping, to share in his joy.
Only then, under the resentful gaze of Little Yoshi, did he open his system panel.
"The last three draws of the water pool will produce a gold prize. I'll also see if there are any suitable new skills. The time before the exam is just enough for the three little guys to study. This is also a little help from their sensei."
(End of this chapter)