A loud rumble echoed, and the air filled with dust. Mei Terumi emerged from the cloud of dust.
It seemed that she'd been struck by a powerful blow, and her body uncontrollably flew backward.
Mei Terumi crouched low, her long legs swinging through the air as she adjusted her posture and landed.
After landing, she looked straight ahead, a look of shock on her face.
When the dust cleared, Obito Uchiha emerged. He grabbed Ao by the neck and casually hurled him far away.
Mei Terumi grew worried about Ao. From afar, she saw Ao lying on the ground, unable to get up.
Mei Terumi no longer cared about others. She realized that the enemy in front of her was extremely powerful.
Mei Terumi wondered to herself: Is this guy in the orange mask the one controlling the Mizukage...
Obito Uchiha was filled with killing intent. He hated the ninjas of the Mist Village deeply.
The reason Obito Uchiha targeted the Mist Village traced back to an event long ago.
Back then, to strike at Konoha, the Mist Village ninjas forcibly sealed San within Rin Nohara's body.
Then, Mist Village ninjas forced Rin back to Konoha. Once Rin reached Konoha, the seal on San would be released, and San would destroy Konoha.
However, on the way, they encountered Kakashi. When Kakashi unleashed the [Lightning Release Chidori], Rin deliberately rushed into the Chidori, ending her own life and protecting Konoha.
Obito witnessed this scene, and from then on, he hated the Mist Village.
After Obito came of age, he set out to exact revenge on the Mist Village. He vanquished the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, forcibly expelled San from Yagura's body, and then used his Sharingan to control Yagura.
Once Obito had control of Yagura Mizukage, to better exact revenge on Mist Village ninjas, he intensified the Blood Mist policies.
In fact, the Blood Mist policy had emerged during the Third Mizukage's era, but it was relatively lenient at first.
When Obito secretly held sway over the Mist Village, he pushed the Blood Mist policy to extreme bloodshed and cruelty.
Initially, the Blood Mist policy aimed to select outstanding ninja prospects.
Later, as Obito controlled Yagura Mizukage, the Blood Mist policy kept expanding.
The Blood Mist policy's influence spread from students to Genin, Chunin, and even Jonin.
Obito forced all Mist Village ninjas to fight one another.
Even the Seven Swords of the Bloody Mist, Mist Village's top combat force, couldn't bear it and defected from the village.
The once - prosperous Mist Village, under Obito's meddling, saw the strong flee and the weak cower in fear.
All this stemmed from the Mist Village causing Rin's death.
The Mist Village took the brunt of Obito's wrath.
Mei Terumi seethed with fury. She hated the man in front of her. Anyone daring to control the Mizukage was an enemy of the Mist Village.
Obito, too, was enraged. He hated everything about the Mist Village. Had the Mist Village never existed, Rin might not have died.
Obito and Mei Terumi had no more words for each other. They were destined to have a blood feud.
Boil Release! Melting Monster Technique![b]Boil Release! Melting Monster Technique![/b] Mei Terumi directly used her Kekkei Genkai.
A torrent of magma gushed from Mei Terumi's mouth. That cherry - like mouth incredibly spewed out highly corrosive magma.
Obito was a bit surprised. He didn't expect Mei Terumi to possess a Kekkei Genkai.
"Never thought you could have lurked until now," Obito used the power of his Sharingan to turn his body intangible.
After turning intangible, Obito stood still on the spot. A large amount of magma poured down from above.
Mei Terumi was extremely surprised. She clearly saw the magma touch this masked man, but why did it have no effect on him?
Obito's Intangibility[b]Intangibility[/b] ability had a time limit. During the intangible period, all attacks would be ineffective and couldn't cause any harm to him.
Obito quickly jumped out of the magma's range. Once the time was up, the Intangibility[b]Intangibility[/b] ability would become invalid, and the magma would eventually hurt him.
"Never thought there were still Kekkei Genkai users in Kiri. They haven't all died out yet," Obito directly rushed towards Mei Terumi.
In fact, during the years when Obito controlled Yagura, the Fourth Mizukage, besides making the Mist ninjas kill each other, he also ordered to eliminate all those with Kekkei Genkai.
In the Land of Water, all those with Kekkei Genkai would be mercilessly killed, without leaving a single one.
Obito wanted to completely cripple Kiri, making it so that there would be no more Kekkei Genkai in the village and it would lose its powerful ninjas.
Fortunately, the Kekkei Genkai ability needed to be exposed to be discovered. If one usually paid attention to hiding it, it wouldn't be noticed at all.
Precisely because of this, Mei Terumi's Kekkei Genkai ability hadn't been discovered, allowing her to survive in Kiri all the time.
If Mei Terumi's Kekkei Genkai ability had been discovered earlier, she definitely wouldn't have survived to adulthood.
The one who had been protecting Mei Terumi all these years was actually Ao.
Ao got up from the ground. He was seriously injured and couldn't participate in the battle. He could only watch helplessly as Mei Terumi fought against the masked man.
Ao silently cheered Mei Terumi on in his heart, 'Come on! I've watched you grow up. I know you can definitely beat him with your strength...'
In fact, a long time ago, Ao had received an order to hunt down those with Kekkei Genkai throughout the Land of Water.
Ao led his subordinates and searched every settlement in the Land of Water. Anyone with a Kekkei Genkai was killed on the spot.
During this process, Ao discovered Mei Terumi. Even more shockingly, Mei Terumi actually possessed two Kekkei Genkai.
At that time, Mei Terumi was only eight years old, and Ao was still relatively young. Ao, holding a tanto in his hand, stood in front of Mei Terumi frostily.
The young Mei Terumi shed tears: "Don't kill me."
Ao showed no expression. Just as he was about to raise his knife.
Mei Terumi spat out a mouthful of magma.
Ao quickly stepped back, snorted, and then threw a shuriken.
Mei Terumi was so scared that she kept falling. Suddenly, a large amount of steam came out of her small mouth.
The steam that Mei Terumi spat out blocked the shuriken that Ao had thrown.
At that moment, Ao was utterly stunned.
It was the first time he had seen someone who could possess two Kekkei Genkai abilities.
Such a person would definitely become a powerful ninja and a strong combat force for Kiri.
Ao pondered for a long time and just couldn't figure out why Yagura, the Fourth Mizukage, had ordered to eliminate all those with Kekkei Genkai. It was simply self - weakening the village.
It was precisely because Ao witnessed that Mei Terumi possessed two Kekkei Genkai abilities that he decided to defy the orders of the Fourth Mizukage and secretly protect Mei Terumi.
From then on, Ao adopted Mei Terumi and trained her to become a ninja. However, she was always restricted from unleashing her Kekkei Genkai abilities. Therefore, in Kiri, apart from Ao, no one knew that Mei Terumi had Kekkei Genkai.
Boil Release! Skillful Mist Jutsu![b]Boil Release! Skillful Mist Jutsu![/b] After Mei Terumi got close to Obito, she opened her cherry - like mouth again. As soon as her mouth opened, a large amount of mist gushed out.
Obito was greatly shocked. He really didn't expect that after controlling Kiri for so many years, there was actually a ninja with such powerful Kekkei Genkai abilities hidden in the village.
Moreover, this ninja even had two Kekkei Genkai abilities.
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