Chapter 167: Mei Terumī, Would You Like to Go on a Date?
However, the current Three-Tails was different from the Nine-Tails that had attacked Konoha back then. In Konoha, Obito had extracted and summoned the Nine-Tails. This time, it was Yagura himself who had transformed into a complete Tailed Beast and gone on a rampage.
Perhaps this was the key to breaking the situation?
[Seeing the Three-Tails rampaging, you do not rush to act. You are well aware that your identity is unknown, and acting now might lead to you being mistaken for the instigator of the chaos. At the same time, you are also searching for Obito's figure, but you do not find him.]
[You feel that Obito has probably just hidden himself and has not left. Because if the Three-Tails were to die under these circumstances, it would take several years for it to revive. The work of collecting the Tailed Beast could only be carried out after its revival, which is probably not what Obito wants.]
[As you observe the battlefield, Ao also discovers your existence. He leads a team to try and surround you, but you easily evade them, and the Chūnin he brought with him are taken down by your genjutsu. Realizing your extraordinary strength, Ao does not dare to waste any more manpower. For now, dealing with the rampaging Tailed Beast is more important.]
[Faced with the retreating Ao, you do not pursue him either, but instead give Zabuza a signal. Under Mei Terumī's lead and with Zabuza's support, the Three-Tails is gradually put at a disadvantage. However, on the issue of whether to kill it, Mei and Zabuza are at odds.]
[At this moment, Zabuza introduces you to everyone, and you have no choice but to step forward and meet the questioning gazes of Mei and Ao. Zabuza asks for your opinion. You look at the exhausted Three-Tails and sense that Yagura, who is enveloped by it, is nearing his end.]
[You try to communicate with the Three-Tails with your spiritual energy. At first, it is very resistant. But when you call out its name, Isobu, it quiets down.]
Akiyama Makoto nodded to himself. Calling out the Tailed Beasts' names was indeed a method of communication they couldn't refuse. But by doing this, wasn't his simulated self afraid of the Sage of Six Paths showing up at his door in the middle of the night to cause trouble? At that time, if he generously admitted that he was the Sage's "second dad," he wondered if he would get an easier death.
[You tell Isobu that Yagura's body can no longer hold on. It would be better to end the fight and let him speak with the people of his village. You can maintain his life for the last ten minutes. Isobu asks for Yagura's opinion, and he finally regains his senses, recalling the rampaging Isobu.]
[As promised, you step forward to treat Yagura. With the infusion of your life force, he slowly opens his eyes. The genjutsu he was under has been dispelled by Isobu's efforts, but after a long struggle against it, he is physically and mentally exhausted, with no possibility of survival.]
[He thanks you for your existence, then begins to leave his last words and arrange his affairs. Finally, he invites you to stay in the Hidden Mist and become the village's advisor, to protect the next new Mizukage. At this time, you notice that Ao's expression is very ugly, as he feels you might be trying to take his position.]
He showed a strange expression. Was this Ao fellow so intolerant? He was indeed in a high position of power, but this guy... his strength was lacking! In his memory, Ao's few outstanding performances had all relied on the Byakugan he had stolen during the Third Great Ninja War. Other than that, his battle record was a complete mess.
He had been defeated by a child-Shisui in the Third War, so scared he had fled with his team. During the Five Kage Summit, he was hit by Yamanaka Fū's Mind Puppet Switch and nearly died. Even in Boruto, after being mechanically modified, he ultimately died to a jutsu that just... collapsed a food stall.
His position was equivalent to Danzō's, but his strength was inferior. To be seen as an enemy by such a guy... the sense of déjà vu was overwhelming. But the current him was not the him of the past. He had just finished off Danzō; was one more Ao going to be a problem?
As expected, his simulated self did not give Ao a good face.
[You say directly in front of everyone that you will not be the Mizukage's advisor; if you are to be anything, it will be the Mizukage. Ao immediately reacts, wanting to have his men capture you. But Zabuza's team surrounds him, and a new round of civil war is about to break out.]
[In the end, it is Yagura who leaves his last words. He tells everyone that it is not impossible for you to become Mizukage. But you must train under the supervision of the "Genji" for three years and then gain the approval of more than half of the village's Jōnin before you can become the new Mizukage.]
The so-called "Genji" was a special person in the village. He was an elder of the Hidden Mist, possessing power and status equal to the Mizukage, and was in charge of all of its affairs. The most important matters in the village had to be consulted with him. As for why he had so much power, it was simple: he was ninety years old. A true antique who had lived from the Warring States period to the present. Even the First Mizukage had to listen to his opinions, let alone his successors.
Understanding this, he had even less of an idea of taking the Mizukage position. Becoming the Kage of a village was already a hassle, and now he had to share half the power with this ninety-year-old man. No wonder the future Mei Terumī began to look old after just a few years as Mizukage; she had probably been angered to death by these old men.
[After Yagura finishes speaking, he goes offline. The Three-Tails also dies at the same time. It will be three years before it revives. The Hidden Mist begins to rebuild. The already-not-rich village's economic situation is made even worse by this rampage.]
[At the same time, the issue of your and Zabuza's status is still being fiercely debated. Ao intends to support Mei Terumī's rise to power and is very hostile towards you. After the villagers learn of Zabuza's return, they intend to recommend him for a high position.]
[Zabuza, in turn, supports you in becoming a high-ranking official. Even if the village does not appoint a Mizukage for now and has the Genji lead everything, they should still give you a high office and generous salary to keep you. If they can't even do that, he doesn't mind leaving with you again.]
Zabuza really was a loyal guy!
But he knew this was also just an act on his part. What he wanted was for him, the suspected successor of the Fourth Hokage, to become the guardian deity of the Hidden Mist. In comparison, what was Ao but a stinking fish or rotten shrimp?
It was just a pity that none of them would have thought of one thing: he was about to make a move on Mei Terumī.
[While the higher-ups are in a fierce struggle, you gradually make a name for yourself in the village with your medical ninjutsu. Mei, who has been secretly observing you, begins to appear and strike up conversations with you. As someone who is highly appearance-conscious and also desires the position of Mizukage, she can no longer ignore your existence.]
[And the first thing you say to her makes her stand there, stunned. You ask her if she is willing to go on a date with you. She agrees almost without hesitation, subconsciously. Then, to the astonishment of the entire Hidden Mist Village, you and her go from strangers to friends in a flash, and are developing towards a romantic relationship.]
The corners of his mouth curled up. It was that simple?
Well, it really was that simple.
What was his configuration right now?
Immense strength, righteous good looks, and a temperament tempered by so many simulations. For the Mei Terumī of this time, who was only in her twenties, it was a complete dimensional takedown. One had to know that besides being the Mizukage and revitalizing the village, her greatest life goal was to find a handsome, good man to marry.
[The arguments about you in the Hidden Mist gradually disappear, and Mei also immerses herself in the joy of love. You also have time to return to Konoha and continue your own business. During this time, you have been appearing in Konoha as a shadow clone, so few people know you have left.]
[Right now, the topic you want to research is spiritual energy, so you ask Ino about her clan's secret techniques. She hesitates to tell you, not because she is reluctant, but because this is the foundation of the Yamanaka clan's survival.]
[Seeing this, you tell her that in the future, you will have a son, and his name will be Yamanaka Shin. At the same time, you will also find a way to solve the problem of the Yamanaka losing consciousness after using their secret techniques. Ino chooses to trust you and teaches you all of her clan's secret techniques.]
His spirits lifted. The Yamanaka excelled in Yin Release spiritual control. This shouldn't just be a matter of talent and jutsu inheritance. He was curious if there were any deeper secrets.
As it turned out, it was just as he had expected.
[It turns out that from a young age, the Yamanaka ninja use aromatherapy to train the strength and resilience of their spiritual energy. This is how they are able to shoot out their entire spiritual energy at once like a cannonball. Only in this way can they fight for control of the enemy's body within the enemy's body.]
[If a Yamanaka's spiritual strength and resilience are insufficient, even if their spirit rushes into the enemy's body, it will be squeezed out by the enemy in various ways. At that point, their secret techniques will lose all meaning. Therefore, the Yamanaka's secret techniques are a kind of spiritual self-sacrifice technique.]
Seeing this, he could confirm that his previous deduction was correct. There was indeed a problem with the Yamanaka's secret techniques, a problem of both strength and concept.
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