"Terumi Mei, do you intend to rebel?" Yagura coldly questioned.
Although the hostility between the two sides was already obvious, the formalities still had to be observed.
Terumi Mei also didn't immediately attack, she retorted without showing any weakness, "Fourth Mizukage, during your administration, the entire village has deteriorated. If this continues, the village will be destroyed in your hands sooner or later. If you have any sense of shame, abdicate and let someone more capable take over, saving me the trouble of taking action."
The fact that the Fourth Mizukage was being controlled by Genjutsu couldn't be revealed in public, as that would be like grinding the face of the entire Hidden Mist Village into the dirt.
Terumi Mei was saying these words for Yagura's benefit.
Regardless of whether the Fourth Mizukage was still under the influence of Genjutsu, if the Fourth Mizukage could voluntarily step down, a lot of bloodshed and sacrifice could be avoided.
Unfortunately, this was just wishful thinking.
If Yagura had indeed been controlled by Genjutsu from the beginning, which led him to forcefully promote the Bloody Mist Policy, continuously draining the Hidden Mist Village, then he was now in a situation where he couldn't back down.
If he didn't eliminate all opposing forces, he would be overthrown by his subordinates, just like what was happening now.
No one is afraid of death, and Yagura could imagine how miserable his end would be if he compromised. From the beginning, he only had one choice.
This point was reflected in the manga.
After Terumi Mei and the others successfully completed the Coup, Yagura was released from the Genjutsu. It's unknown whether he was killed in battle with the Three-Tails or forcibly separated from the Tailed Beast, but he died nonetheless.
Moreover, at this moment, the Sharingan Genjutsu that Obito had planted on Yagura was still in effect.
"Enough talk, capture these traitors."
Yagura waved his hand, and immediately the Anbu elites and Shadow Guard Squad around him launched an attack.
Instantly, a dense barrage of Shuriken and Kunai were thrown, and more ninjas were forming hand seals, preparing to release Ninjutsu.
Seeing hundreds of elite ninjas, even Yagura was ready for battle.
Just as Terumi Mei and her group were about to act, Naruto stopped them with a hand, and said calmly, requesting, "These clowns are not worth your attention, Lady Terumi Mei, let me handle this."
Since Terumi Mei had offered a reward of Three hundred million taels to hire him, Naruto had to demonstrate his value.
If Terumi Mei and her group were to fight Yagura's group, the most likely outcome would be a pyrrhic victory for Terumi Mei's group. What would be the point of having him, Naruto, then?
"Alright, Yasuo, then we'll have to trouble you." Terumi Mei's eyes lit up.
Although she needed to overturn the Fourth Mizukage's reputation in order to become the Mizukage and govern the village, she wanted to minimize sacrifices in the entire village, even if it meant sacrificing some reputation.
From the bottom of her heart, Terumi Mei loved her village.
In this situation, it was naturally good that Naruto could take over the task.
Terumi Mei was very confident in Naruto's strength.
In any case, Naruto was now on her side, and the final achievements would still be attributed to her, it just wouldn't be as shocking as her personally defeating the Fourth Mizukage.
Naruto nodded slightly, glanced at the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, who was protected by many Anbu and Shadow Guard Squad, as well as the ninjas who had already rushed over, and said calmly, "Let's make this quick."
In the next instant, Naruto's figure flashed, and he appeared in front of everyone as if he had teleported.
"Wind Wall."
Naruto wielded his long sword in succession, and immediately the airflow in the air surged, forming dozens of Wind Walls under the manipulation of Wind Release Chakra.
Some time ago, when Naruto awakened the Sharingan and started practicing swordsmanship by the sea, he had a sudden idea to cosplay Swift Wind Swordsman Yasuo in this mission to help Terumi Mei with the Coup.
Swordsmanship, manipulating the power of wind, isn't that just him, Naruto?
In order to better cosplay the role of Swift Wind Swordsman Yasuo, Naruto had recently, during his sword practice, created all of Yasuo's active skills based on their performance.
Of course, only the appearance is similar; the rest, such as the method of force exertion, were all configured by him according to the actual situation.
With Naruto's Taijutsu and Chakra control ability, doing these things was not difficult.
Although such moves are useless against the strong, they are perfect for bullying the weak at this moment.
As Naruto used Wind Wall, these wind walls spread across the sky and the earth. The Kunai and Shuriken that were thrown over were blocked by the high-speed rotating wind wall as soon as they came into contact with it.
Even the Water Release Ninjutsu that followed were twisted into countless water droplets and dissipated by the high-speed rotating Wind Blade.
"Sweeping Blade!"
In the next moment, Naruto's figure turned into a phantom, passing through the Wind Wall and breaking into the crowd that rushed over.
At this moment, Naruto was like a wolf entering a flock of sheep.
His figure moved at high speed, constantly avoiding attacks, and also constantly attacking proactively.
Each swing of his sword pierced a ninja, either killing or wounding them.
And those ninjas who reacted and wanted to fight back with Kunai were easily avoided by Naruto's agile movements.
However, these ninjas were elites after all. Although they were caught off guard by Naruto's extremely fast speed at the beginning, they quickly reacted, changed their formation, and compressed Naruto's moving space.
"Last Breath!"
Naruto didn't care about this. When the space for dodging was completely lost, he held the sword with both hands and slashed wildly in all directions.
Powerful force burst out from the sword, and with the Wind Release Chakra, formed a visible milky white sword energy, which shot out around him as Naruto swung his sword.
Faced with Naruto, who had high movement speed, high attack speed, and could interrupt, most ninjas didn't even have time to use Ninjutsu to defend.
In an instant, a dozen ninjas around him were torn into pieces by Naruto's sharp sword energy.
And Naruto's figure did not stop at all, nor did he look at what kind of results his sword energy had caused. With a leap, he avoided the dense Kunai and Shuriken falling from around him.
Then, with a swing of his sword, a dozen small tornadoes shot out towards Naruto's front.
"Steel Tempest."
The tornadoes exploded, turning into a shockwave.
The air was cut with a sizzling sound, and more than a dozen ninjas were blown away by the Swift Wind, revealing a passage leading directly to Yagura's side for Naruto. He lunged forward, and a sword had already pierced in front of Yagura.
And Yagura, as expected of the Mizukage, was more than one level stronger than the previous small fries.
At the same time that Naruto's sword pierced in front of him, a Water Mirror appeared in front of him. In the Water Mirror, another Swift Wind Swordsman Yasuo appeared, swinging his sword and slashing towards Naruto.
Clang!
The two swords intersected, and a force similar to Naruto's came from the sword.
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