NOVEL NEXT Chapter 76 The future is yours
"It's been such a long dream."
Lying flat on the ground with disheveled hair, the Third Mizukage slowly opened his eyes that had been squinting, looked up at the night sky where the red fire clouds had not completely dissipated, and spoke slowly with a somewhat jerky pronunciation.
"If you wake up from the dream, get up and face reality, Sandaime."
Kaguya Rei looked down at the Third Mizukage, who had suddenly become much older after being freed from the genjutsu, and said unceremoniously:
"Although I don't know when you were controlled by genjutsu, the fact that you, as the strongest Kirigakure, were controlled by the enemy without any resistance is enough. It becomes the reason for you to be held accountable and judged.”
"I know."
The Third Mizukage sat up from the ground with some difficulty, and while arranging his Mizukage Godly Robe that had been messed up by the dust from the fireworks, he sighed sincerely:
"I didn't expect that the person who rescued me from the seemingly endless Sharingan genjutsu would be a child of the Kaguya clan who is basically insulated from genjutsu... This is really an unpredictable world."
"Sharingan!? Genjutsu!?"
The Third Mizukage's speech aroused unanimous exclamation from the Mist Ninjas present. Although they had gradually believed Kaguya Rei's words based on the Third Mizukage's abnormal performance in the battle, when the Third Mizukage personally admitted it After the truth of this incident came to light, they, who had basically grown up under the rule of the Third Mizukage, still felt quite complicated emotions welling up in their hearts.
If the Third Generation-sama led Kirigakure to where he is today while being controlled by the illusion of the Sharingan, then the concepts that we ninjas who grew up under the teachings of the Third Generation-sama have learned, What does the will inherited and the sacrifices made count?
"Sharingan...?"
Unlike the surrounding Kiri ninja who were all silent because of this shocking fact, Kaguya Rei, who already knew the answer, put on a thoughtful expression on his face, and then used psychic techniques to bind the Uchiha Shisui summoned the Orochi to his side and asked the Third Mizukage who was still sighing:
"Sandaime, I said you were mentally controlled by the Sharingan's genjutsu, right?"
"Ah, yes, I will never forget it no matter what. Those blood-red eyes hidden in the darkness made me lose the power to resist in an instant..."
Speaking of this, the Third Mizukage's tone suddenly became gritted. Although he knew that there was a huge strength gap between himself and the Uchiha who controlled him, this did not prevent him from speaking. I feel sincerely angry and ashamed when I see the guy who has played himself like a puppet on strings for more than ten years.
"Wait, wait a minute!? Someone used the genjutsu of the Sharingan to control the Mizukage!? This is actually true!? No joke!?"
Uchiha Shisui's eyes widened. Originally, he thought this was just a lie concocted by Kaguya Rei in order to deny the legitimacy of the Third Mizukage's rule, but now the Third Mizukage, who was being criticized, publicly admitted that this was a fact. The situation changed so quickly that Shisui even had the illusion that he might have been under a genjutsu.
"Of course it's true," Kaguya Rei touched the head of the big snake that was courting her, and said in a cold tone: "If it hadn't been for this, the reason I used to attack the Sandaime would have been that he didn't listen. He gave advice but went against the grain and pushed the village over the cliff for his own selfish desires."
"You are so ambitious, Kaguya Rei..." The Third Mizukage shook his head and said with great emotion:
"You are only fifteen years old this year, right? If I remember correctly, you were not even born when I was controlled by the illusion of the Sharingan... The younger generation is terrifying, the younger generation is terrifying."
"Tsk, you have been controlled by illusions for more than fifteen years? Isn't this more than half of your reign?"
Kaguya Rei raised her eyebrows, turned her head to look at Uchiha Shisui with an expression of disbelief, and asked seemingly casually:
"Hey, Uchiha brat, although you are famous on the battlefield as the 'Shisui of Shunshen', your attainments in illusion are not bad, right? Tell me, if you want to use it, The illusion of the Sharingan can control a Kage-level warrior for more than fifteen years, what kind of strength is required?"
In an instant, the eyes of the hundreds of fog ninja present were all focused on Uchiha Shisui because of Kaguya Rei's speech.
"I have no idea."
Uchiha Shisui woke up from his sluggish state. First, he shrank because of the eyes of the Mist Ninjas that were almost murderous. Then he looked at Rei Kaguya with complicated eyes and said with confusion:
"I originally thought that if there was a Mangekyo Sharingan that was more advanced than the Three Magatama Sharingan, it might be possible to do this kind of thing..."
"But even Mr. Fugaku, who has the Mangekyou Sharingan, doesn't seem to have much resistance in front of you. If you want to silently control the shadows of a village with illusions for so many years, the strength gap between the two sides , at least as big as you and Fugaku-sama."
"But if you can't even do the illusion of the Mangekyō Sharingan, what kind of power can you do to do this..."
"Mangekyo Sharingan, Mangekyo Sharingan..." The Third Mizukage heard this term, and a look of understanding and confusion appeared on his old face, "So, those pairs of Sharingan, also It’s true that it’s not like a normal Sharingan… but is it even more powerful than the Mangekyo Sharingan?”
"Have you got an idea, Sandaime?"
Facing Kaguya Rei's question, the Third Mizukage was silent for a while and nodded with a heavy expression.
"As for the Uchiha who possesses a power greater than the Mangekyou Sharingan, I can only think of one person's name... that is the one who founded the hidden village of Konoha with the first Hokage Senju Hashirama and stood in the entire Warring States Period. The pinnacle legend, Uchiha Madara."
"But Madara would have died in the battle with the Senju Hashirama in the Valley of the End a long time ago..." Hearing the Third Mizukage mentioning his ancestor, Uchiha Shisui couldn't help but remind him: " How can someone who has died come back to life to interfere in the world?"
"Hmph, I have to ask the second generation Hokage of Konoha about this question," the third generation Mizukage's face darkened and he said in a bad tone:
"When the First Ninja War broke out and Konoha was besieged by various countries, he specially developed a filthy reincarnation technique that could resurrect the dead, and secretly threatened the shadows of each village, if the war was extremely unfavorable to Konoha If so, he might consider resurrecting his dead brother Senju Hashirama and letting him resolve disputes with various countries..."
"puff."
Kaguya Rei couldn't control her expression and laughed very wickedly.
As expected of the despicable and adaptable Second Generation Hokage, I really have you...
"How, how could..."
Uchiha Shisui was stunned by the news. After a long time, he stammered and defended at a loss:
"But, but, the second generation has been dead for a long time, right?"
"The man is dead, but the forbidden techniques he created have been passed down well... For example, wasn't the Flying Thunder God that Namikaze Minato was good at created by the Second Hokage?" Kaguya Rei joined in at the right time. topic, and after giving an irrefutable example, he said lightly:
"Perhaps the art of reincarnation from dirty soil was also recorded by him. As a trump card used by the village to reverse the situation in critical moments, it was passed down to someone in the top management, and then he used it on us Kirigakure. ?”
Uchiha Shisui was silent.
This kind of topic is no longer something he, a nine-year-old child, can handle. Even though he is the pride of the Uchiha clan and is known as a precocious genius with a Hokage-like way of thinking at a young age. The huge gap between them also forced him to face such sharp questioning with silence.
Seeing Uchiha Shisui completely silent, Kaguya Rei temporarily let go of the child who was alone in the enemy camp, and turned to look at the Third Mizukage.
"As for whether you, Sandaime, were controlled by someone using Sharingan genjutsu, let's leave it until we go to negotiate with Konoha... Then you should know what to do next, right? The Sandaime?"
"nature."
The Third Mizukage sighed, turned and walked towards the fog ninja gathered around.
"I will submit an application to resign from the position of the Third Mizukage to the Daimyo of the Land of Water, and submit your name to the Daimyo as the only candidate for the Fourth Mizukage... Finally, I will give full play to the role of the Third Mizukage. Announce the end of the war with Konoha, and go to the Land of Fire to make final negotiations with Konoha."
"Thank you for making such a general decision, Sandaime." Kaguya Rei bowed slightly to the back of the Sandaime Mizukage and thanked her in a calm tone.
"Anyway, I am destined to be nailed to the pillar of shame. No matter how hard I struggle, I can't get out. Now that this is the case, no matter how guilty and shameful I am, my reputation will not be the same. It might have gotten worse.”
"The future is yours, Yondaime."
The third generation Mizukage's self-deprecating words drifted in the wind, and together with his heart, his will, and his will to live, he entered a clearly visible countdown.
Kaguya Rei raised her head and looked at the brilliant starry sky that was not obscured by fog, which was rare for the residents of Kirigakure Village.
The position of the stars and moon showed that it was already a new day.
The last day of Konoha's 48th year has become a thing of the past, along with the Third Mizukage who is dragging his dying body towards the Mizukage Building and the blood mist policy he implemented.
The first day of Konoha's 49th year will be the starting point for Kirigakure to enter a new era, and will be forever recorded in the history of Kirigakure and the entire ninja world.
I'm stuck in a chapter that should be pretty easy to write, so I'm sending it to you.
Sorry, this is the only update today. Once the update is released, it will be counted as double the amount of the update that is due.