Chapter 258: Mei Terumī, You Already Have the Answer
But at this moment, Jūzō Biwa's suddenly chilling voice caused Zabuza Momochi to freeze.
"I know you were also dissatisfied with the Fourth Mizukage and the Bloody Mist Policy. But don't feel relieved or lucky just because he was killed by an Uchiha member, or because those who supported the Bloody Mist Policy are basically dead."
Jūzō Biwa gazed intently at Zabuza Momochi, speaking slowly to his junior from the Hidden Mist Village: "Demon. I've heard about some of your actions. On the matter of the Bloody Mist Policy, your stance is indeed the same as mine and Ikeizumi Uchiha's."
"But in other aspects, your stance is fundamentally different from ours. In Ikeizumi Uchiha's eyes, you are a member of the villains. Don't tell me that you, as a Hidden Mist Anbu member, have never done evil."
"The killing on the battlefield is arguably not an evil act, but during the ninja missions you executed for the Fourth Mizukage, can you truly say with a clear conscience that you never crossed any moral line?"
Jūzō Biwa's warning and questioning plunged Zabuza Momochi into silence.
He could clearly feel a killing intent directed at himself emanating from Jūzō Biwa.
And the other party already had the Executioner's Blade in hand.
Clearly, Jūzō Biwa had sided with the Konoha ninja, and he understood the Konoha ninja's style. Zabuza Momochi's existence was something that Konoha ninja would not tolerate.
"Heh " But the next second, Zabuza Momochi, whose body was exhausted and lacked the strength to even leave the Hidden Mist Village, suddenly laughed.
He even laughed with a hint of relief.
"Jūzō Biwa. Even though you were once an elder I respected, you shouldn't underestimate my resolve." Zabuza Momochi raised his head with a sneer, meeting Jūzō Biwa's gaze directly.
"For a man like me, the only meaning of life was to kill the Fourth Mizukage! And dismantle the Bloody Mist Policy!"
"My internal planning, my covert actions, were all preparations for the Mizukage's assassination. Since that bastard is already dead, and since the Bloody Mist Policy has been fundamentally dismantled, the purpose of my pathetic survival is gone."
"Do you think I fear death? Are you deliberately reminding me, trying to make me run away with all my might, to spare my life in this manner? Heh, if that Ikeizumi Uchiha knew you were doing this, he definitely wouldn't trust you, would he?!"
Speaking so many words in one breath seemed to have triggered his internal injuries. Zabuza Momochi coughed a few times.
He reached up to wipe the blood that had stained his chin.
His other hand had moved to his ninja tool pouch at some point and pulled out a kunai.
Zabuza Momochi gripped the kunai, breathing heavily, and stared directly at Jūzō Biwa: "My life will not end in the hands of a Konoha ninja. Jūzō Biwa, if you choose to be a dog for the Konoha ninja, that's your choice, I have no right to interfere."
"Let me witness the true power of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the "
Pfftt! Zabuza Momochi's words were cut short. He felt Jūzō Biwa's figure suddenly become very blurry, as if the person had completely vanished in the blink of an eye.
Zabuza Momochi murmured in a daze: "So fast but if I wasn't injured, I definitely would have reacted "
A soft ding echoed as the kunai in his hand dropped to the ground. Zabuza Momochi collapsed forward, his blood spilling onto the damp ground beneath his feet.
Jūzō Biwa was now standing behind Zabuza Momochi.
He stared at the blood on the Executioner's Blade, which was gradually being absorbed by the sword, and then sighed softly.
On the other side.
Mei Terumī, Ao, and Gensui had reunited with Ikeizumi Uchiha.
To be honest.
Even the most senior and respected Gensui felt a pang of nervousness growing within him when the Konoha Uchiha ninja, clean-clothed and unsullied by a single drop of blood, stood before them.
"I am actually feeling unprecedented pressure from a young man like this. It's truly incredible."
Gensui lamented inwardly.
He felt that the era belonging to his generation had already passed.
Now.
The ninja world was the stage for these young people.
"Your Excellency " Gensui said to Ikeizumi Uchiha: "You have already killed the incompetent Fourth Mizukage in our village, and you have also killed many of the incorrigible individuals who supported the Bloody Mist Policy, which led to the Hidden Mist Village and the Land of Water becoming increasingly dilapidated and backward..."
With just a brief sentence, Gensui defined the nature of today's event in the Hidden Mist Village and decided who was right and who was wrong.
He paused, and continued: "Then should the slaughter stop now?"
Ikeizumi Uchiha glanced at the elderly man.
He slowly spoke: "Do you believe the sin of the Hidden Mist Village or the Land of Water has been completely eradicated?"
Gensui was taken aback.
"...It has been completely eradicated!" After a moment of thought, Gensui nodded solemnly. At least in his eyes, it was. After all, it seemed only the Bloody Mist Policy had been constantly hindering the development of the Land of Water and the Hidden Mist Village, and it was the Bloody Mist Policy that had been plaguing the citizens.
Ikeizumi Uchiha then looked at Mei Terumī: "What about you? Do you think it's over?"
When the question was directed at Mei Terumī, Gensui was sweating profusely because he felt he had given the wrong answer.
Mei Terumī also realized that Elder Gensui had given an incorrect answer.
She could only desperately hold back the words "it's over" in her throat.
With a tense expression, she answered: "Not yet!"
"Where do you say it's not over?" Ikeizumi Uchiha asked again.
The problem was, how could she know where it wasn't over? So many people had died. Had the sin of the Hidden Mist Village truly not ended?
Where else was there sin?
Was this man going to kill every single person in the Hidden Mist Village before stopping? What did she need to do to prevent the Hidden Mist Village from being completely annihilated by Ikeizumi Uchiha?
Just as Mei Terumī was covered in cold sweat, a flash of insight suddenly crossed her mind.
But she hesitated.
"You seem to already have the answer. Why don't you say it?" Ikeizumi Uchiha took a few steps forward, now standing in close proximity to Mei Terumī.
This extremely close distance caused cold sweat to bead in Mei Terumī's palms.
"There's also..."
Mei Terumī bit her lip. Whether it was her survival instinct or some other reason, she finally abandoned her hesitation.
She said: "There are also the people who profited from the Bloody Mist Policy! And those who took advantage of the chaos brought by the Bloody Mist Policy to commit evil the people who stirred the waters. These people are mostly individuals who wield a certain amount of power or who hold a certain status within the territory of the Land of Water "
"To be precise it's that group of merchants, nobles, and the Daimyō!"