Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

"Are you going out on a mission again, Rei?"

"Well, it's a simple little task. I should be back in a few days."

In the simply decorated living room, looking at the backup ninja bag being sorted, Rei Kaguya looked like he was about to go on a long journey. His sister Kaguya Kazumi, who was five years older than him, hugged her newborn son, who was less than six months old, tightly. The child said with a dissatisfied look:

"Huh? A simple small task? Have you not already become the ANBU directly under the Third Generation? Why do you still have to carry out that kind of mission that anyone can complete? Shouldn't the Third Generation give you more orders? A difficult mission to help you quickly accumulate reputation and be promoted to Jonin?"

Then you are absolutely right. The mission assigned to me by the Third Mizukage this time is slightly simpler than beating up an unlucky guy who was killed by the Seven Ninja Swordsmen...

Kaguya rolled her eyes and replied without looking back:

"That's what the big shots above need to think about. I just need to complete the tasks assigned to me without any mistakes."

"Hmph, if you missed the great opportunity to accumulate fame during the Ninja World War, do you know how much more time it will take for you to be qualified to be promoted to Jonin? After wasting so much time, when will you be able to take the next step? ?”

Kaguya Kazumi couldn't help but stamp her feet. The excessive movement even woke up the sleeping baby in her arms. "Rei, the clan's expectations of you are not just an ordinary jounin." , you should understand, right?"

"Yes, yes, everyone knows that the elders want me to become one of the seven Ninja Swordsmen of the next generation..."

"If you know, work harder, Rei!"

Kazumi Kaguya patted her younger brother's shoulder angrily, "If you can become the next generation of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, you will be able to influence Mizukage-sama's thoughts to a certain extent. After more than ten years and three generations, After my lord had to abdicate due to lack of strength, you even had the opportunity to run for the position of the fourth Mizukage. In that case, why do we need to worry about not having any war mercenaries to do in the future?"

"well."

Kaguya Rei let out a long sigh.

The layout is too small. The layout is really too small.

In a great ninja war, would you be satisfied with the position of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen? It will take more than ten years until the third generation Mizukage is almost old before he dares to think about the position of the fourth generation Mizukage?

Then if I tell you that I plan to take the opportunity of the Third Ninja War to oust the Third Mizukage and take the seat of the Fourth Mizukage myself, wouldn't you be so excited that you faint?

It’s really worthless to a certain level.

"I'm leaving. Sister Hemei, please remember to eat well. Don't starve Kimimaro to crying all day long. It sounds so pitiful."

After the words fell, Kaguya Kazumi just blinked her eyes, and the figure of Kaguya Rei was lost in her sight. Suddenly, in the spacious living room, only Kaguya Kazumi, whose face turned red with anger, and the girl who had just woken up in her arms were left. The little baby turned around, Kaguya Kimimaro.

"No, isn't it just that the talent is better? As for when I go out like this, you have to use a teleportation technique that is so fast that I can't see it to stimulate me!?"

"Oh, ah..." Little Kaguya Kimimaro tilted his head for no apparent reason, stretched out his little hand and grabbed the clothes on his mother's chest.

"Kimimaro, why are you hungry again? Please spare mom, there really isn't a drop left..."

…

One day later, in the Kingdom of Fire.

Four ghostly shadows passed through the forest under the moonlight. They were obviously flying at a very fast speed, but the leaves falling behind them and under their feet did not appear to be particularly sparse, as if they were just a normal and harmless group. The gentle breeze was just supposed to blow by at the right time.

"We have found the marks left by others, Master Lian... It seems that everyone's infiltration went smoothly."

The slender figure wearing a mask stopped lightly on a towering ancient tree, stretched out his hand to gently touch the contact mark carved on an inconspicuous place on the branch, turned around and said to Rei Kaguya and another companion behind him. . .

"Ha, it's so easy to infiltrate that it doesn't look like a infiltration. Have all the ninjas in Konoha died on the battlefield? How dare you adopt such an unsuspecting posture facing us? Damn it, it's really embarrassing. I'm so disappointed..."

The tall man with a huge long knife tied to his back stopped at another tree. In a tone of displeasure mixed with bloodlust, he turned to Kaguya Rei, who landed on the same tree as him, and said:

"Lord, let's just go to Konoha's main village. Since they opened the door so enthusiastically, it would be unfair not to accept this invitation and then blast into their vital points and leave them with a lesson they will never forget. Isn’t it a little too confusing to understand the style?”

"Oh, then it's up to you to deal with Konoha's Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, Yoshida... Although it may be a bit difficult for me to take on the siege of the Third Hokage and several Hokage advisors at the same time, but in order to pave the way for you It’s not like I can’t reluctantly give it a try on the road to becoming a Jonin.”

Kaguya turned her face sideways, staring at her subordinate with a cold and sharp gaze that could still make people feel cold even if it was covered by a mask. In a calm tone, she began to assign the opponent the combat mission of raiding Konoha Village.

"I'm very sorry. I was too arrogant, sir."

Kaguya Rei's words instantly cooled down Yoshida Makoto's arrogant mind. Realizing that his idea was ridiculous, he straightened up and bowed deeply in Kaguya Rei's direction, expressing his disapproval. I would never say this stupid thing again.

Seeing this, Kaguya Rei did not continue to dwell on this topic. Instead, she asked Eri Mikazuki, who was responsible for the sensory reconnaissance work in the team, to follow the marks left by several other Kirigakure ANBU and take this team directly belonging to the third generation of water. Kage's ANBU team moved on.

Not long after, the ANBU team led by Rei Kaguya met up with a Jonin team carrying the three-tailed Isoho seal, and as the ANBU captain, they exchanged words with the Kirigakure Jonin. After receiving the information, Kaguya Rei discovered a problem that she didn’t know if it should be considered a problem——

Among the ANBU and Jōnin who participated in this secret mission, none of them had a named character.

It is not surprising that there are no named characters, because in the original history, there were few Kirigakure ninjas who left their own information in this battle that led to the evil fall of Uchiha Obito, the black hand of the ninja world in the future. What made Rei Kaguya feel a little uneasy was actually the two jonins leading the team, Ringo Mirai and Matsuda Takuya.

As the ANBU team leader directly under the Third Mizukage, Kaguya Rei can use the convenience of his work to openly collect information about the high-level combat forces in Kirigakure Village. According to the information he has collected, The strength of the two Jonin who performed the mission with him this time was indeed a little...subtly weak.

This is not to say that Ringo Mirai and Matsuda Takuya are not worthy of their title of Jonin, but judging from their mission resumes, their strength is not outstanding. They have no shortcomings, but they also have no outstanding advantages. Probably on the same level as Yuhi Kurenai from Konoha.

If we also take into account that Kurenai Yuhi also has a very good and rare genjutsu as a specialty, then the two veteran Kirigakure jounin can probably only have the experience brought by the word "old" .

Kaguya Rei even felt that even if the two of them fought together and had the advantage of a sneak attack, it would be difficult to say that they would be able to take down Kakashi Hatake with complete certainty. And if he did not intervene in the battle between them, he would be With the strength Kakashi Hatake showed in the battle of Kannabi Bridge, it is not really difficult for him to fight back one against two.

And once the two Kirigakure jonins who were nominally higher than themselves were killed on the battlefield, then as the captain of the ANBU directly under the Third Mizukage, he would have to take over the command that originally belonged to them and be responsible for the three generations of Mizukage. The mission assigned by Mizukage himself will continue to be carried out...

So of course, the responsibility for the failure of the mission that should have been shouldered by them will naturally fall on Kaguya Rei.

"Interesting, am I being targeted by Uchiha Madara and planning to kill two birds with one stone by scheming against Uchiha Obito, or... due to the operation of the short-sighted and unpromising insect clan elders in the family, the third generation Mizukage Did you give me a chance to become famous?"

Kaguya Rei thinks there are two possibilities.

But no matter which party the people who assigned themselves to this task belong to, they probably don't want to see themselves floundering in this task and retreating without any effort.

Tsk, now I have to exert more strength.

At least the two Kirigakure Jōnin, who are apparently higher in status than themselves, must live long enough to take responsibility for the mission's failure, and they must also keep a few witnesses who can prove this.

Otherwise, if the blame for mission failure falls on you, it will not be a good thing for your future plans.

Looking up at the figure flying through the forest in front of him, Kaguya Rei silently made a decision.