Chapter 99: Madara's Misstep, Unexpected Chess Piece (Seeking Monthly Votes!!)

The Land of Water.

All you can see is the vast white mist, and the faint light of the sky is completely blocked by the mist.

From a distance, you can only see the black shadows hidden in the clouds, and the outline of the Hidden Mist melts into a misty milky white.

The Hidden Mist Village is always so hazy, and the tall water towers are hidden in the mist.

It looks like it is covered by a white tent, and the villagers stand up in the fog with their collars covering their mouths and noses.

Maybe they have always believed that when the wind comes, the fog will dissipate and there will be sunshine.

But the wind has never come. If there really is wind, the fog will have dissipated long ago.

It seems that the noisy wind from the outside world has traveled a long way to blow here, and will leave behind the noise and disturbance on the way, leaving only silence and loneliness.

So, no matter what happened in this village, the big country ninja village living on the mainland can hardly hear the wind blowing from the Hidden Mist, and can only hear "as usual" forever.

However, this time, they encountered an exception.

The noisy wind outside blew into Kirigakure, and the wind of Kirigakure also blew elsewhere, as if the entire ninja world was filled with the sound of wind.

"Third-generation sir, the action of Xiguashan Puffer Ghost and Xueyue failed."

The third-generation Mizukage just stood in front of the only window of the Mizukage building, looking down at the slightly dark Kirigakure in the fog, and watching the crowd crawling on the ground like ants below.

In the village filled with white fog, a bloody color lingered for a long time, gradually invading the Mizukage office, and gradually filling the entire space.

"Failure?"

After a long period of dead silence, the third-generation Mizukage with his eyes closed seemed to retract his sight and looked at Yagura, whose forehead was already covered with fine cold sweat.

"Yes, Third-generation Lord."

The other party still had his eyes closed, but when he looked over, Yagura felt a chill, subconsciously lowered his head, and whispered: "I have received the news that the invasion has failed."

"..."

The Third-generation Mizukage's face, as silent as a dead man, seemed to flash a trace of pain at this moment, but soon fell into silence and dullness again.

It was a very short and subtle change, but at this moment, Yagura, who slightly raised his eyes, took it all in his eyes, and his eyebrows subconsciously frowned.

"What amazing news."

The Third-generation Mizukage slowly turned around, looked out the window, and said with his back to Yagura: "So, where are Xiguashan Pufferfish Ghost and Xueyue now? Don't you have the courage to face me?"

Hearing this, Yagura put away the messy thoughts in his mind, and replaced them with a deeper and more complicated breath of depression.

"I'm sorry, Third-generation Lord."

Even though he had been shocked once before coming here, Yagura's expression was still strange when he talked about it again, and he said in a deep voice: "They may not be able to come to you in person to report their duties and admit their guilt."

"Because the decapitation team led by Xiguashan Pufferfish, including Goyajogo, Kurisan Kushimaru, Kurochu Raiga and Muri Shinpachi, and the main force led by Xueyue... have all died in the Land of Whirlpools."

"At the same time, according to the information we know, no survivors have been found yet!"

After saying that, he raised his eyelids slightly again, but this time he only saw the back of the Third-generation Mizukage.

Yakura felt that the sense of disharmony was getting stronger and stronger.

"...What happened?"

The Third Mizukage paused for a moment before continuing in a calm tone, "Even if Konoha intervened in time and caused the mission to fail, they couldn't all die in the Land of Whirlpools."

Yakura naturally understood what he meant. With the shrewd character of the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Ghost, he would run away directly once he found something unusual.

Even if other people were sacrificed by him, he couldn't die in the Land of Whirlpools for no reason. He didn't care about the success or failure of the mission at all, let alone the life and death of those so-called companions.

Because he was the right-hand man of the Third Mizukage, he would be held accountable by the top management at most after he came back. The Third Mizukage would only give a symbolic punishment, and no one dared to oppose the Third's current decision.

"Perhaps in the eyes of the teacher, the importance of the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Ghost has already surpassed me." Yakura thought to himself.

But now, Xiguashan Puffer Ghost is dead...

"According to the traces and intelligence we collected, someone knew about our actions in advance and carried out targeted ambushes and attacks."

Speaking of this, Yagura suddenly paused and whispered: "I received news from the underground money exchange that many bounties against us in Kirigakure have been collected, including those of Xiguashan Puffer Ghost."

"Moreover, based on the traces at the scene, we finally concluded that perhaps, possibly, it was not done by Konoha, but by an unknown force."

As soon as these words came out, the air around them seemed to be quiet.

"..." The Third Mizukage repeated, "Not done by Konoha? An unknown force?"

Not to mention the old man hiding in the dark at the moment, Yagura himself doubted his own speculation.

As for the details of the few old, weak and sick people in the Whirlpool Country, with the secret guidance and help of White Zetsu, the intelligence department had already investigated them thoroughly.

Unless Konoha is truly sincere and assists Whirlpool Country as soon as it receives the intelligence of the unusual movement of Kirigakure, even at the risk of risk, it is possible to stop the attack of Kirigakure.

Otherwise, relying on the two cats and dogs of Whirlpool Country, they, who have long been addicted to false peace, cannot deal with Kirigakure's premeditated actions.

However, reality is so absurd...

"Although we did not find the body of the Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Ghost, the bodies of others with their heads chopped off have been recovered."

Yakura lowered his head, puzzled in his heart, but still said truthfully: "According to our calculations of the traces of the battle at the scene of Whirlpool Country, it is still the case in the end, no matter how unbelievable it is."

Those traces do not seem to be done by Konoha.

Because Konoha can no longer find a second "White Fang".

After telling the speculation process of himself and others, Yagura looked up slightly as if he felt something.

Seeing the cold breath of the Third Generation Mizukage, the terrifying chakra has become substantial and flows on the surface of the body like water.

The atmosphere of the entire space gradually became extremely heavy, making Yagura feel that it was difficult to move and breathe.

"I don't want to hear about anyone's death now. Those who didn't complete their mission should have died."

The Third Mizukage slightly turned his head and seemed to look at Yagura. His originally calm tone was a little colder, and he said, "I just want to know how many surviving Uzumaki clan members there are, and where those surviving Uzumaki clan members have gone."

Since Xiguashan Puffer Ghost and the others are already dead, it doesn't matter if things can't be reversed.

What's more, the "Third Mizukage" doesn't care about the life and death of the "tools".

If a useful "tool" breaks down, just replace it with a slightly inferior one.

The most important thing now is.

Where did the chess piece suddenly jump out from behind to play tricks, and actually avoided the eyes of Uchiha Madara, the chess player.

Not only did it completely disrupt his plan to wipe out the Uzumaki clan, but it even made the chess piece of the "Third Mizukage" in his hand fall into an embarrassing situation where no one could use it!