The moment Yagura Karatachi achieved complete tailed beast transformation into the full form of Isobu, he fell victim immediately.
Obito Uchiha used his Sharingan-based Genjutsu to take control of Isobu's consciousness.
Pain followed up right away, impaling dozens of Black Receivers into the body of the tailed beast.
These Black Receivers disrupted the chakra flow between Isobu and Yagura Karatachi, preventing Yagura from helping the beast break free from the illusionary technique.
Working in coordination with the effects of the Black Receivers, Obito manipulated the tailed beast into reverting from its transformed state.
At the very moment Yagura Karatachi returned to his human form, Obito immediately cast another Sharingan-based Genjutsu directly onto Yagura himself.
Yagura's eyes instantly transformed into the pattern of the Sharingan.
This was Obito Uchiha's brilliant plan.
Since jinchuriki and tailed beasts could dispel Genjutsu from each other, then the solution was simple—just put both under Genjutsu simultaneously.
Under the spell, Yagura Karatachi stood motionless with a vacant stare.
The battle concluded as Obito Uchiha, Pain, and Konan stood before the dazed Yagura Karatachi.
Pain asked, "Since you've already controlled Yagura Karatachi with your Sharingan, you're definitely planning to enter the Hidden Mist Village together with him, correct?"
Obito nodded. "Exactly. If we want to recruit new members, naturally I must go inside Mist Village. Let's go."
Pain glanced at the hypnotized Yagura Karatachi. "That's no longer necessary. Now that we have Yagura Karatachi, the Fourth Mizukage of the Hidden Mist Village himself, leading the way, you can proceed alone. Konan and I won't accompany you further."
Obito replied in surprise, "Oh? You're not going to watch me?"
Pain gave Obito an intense look. "I trust you."
Obito scoffed bitterly to himself.
You must be joking.
Still, it was actually convenient that Pain and Konan wouldn't be tagging along.
So Obito replied, "Since you trust me, I won't abuse your trust. Leave the rest to me."
Then Pain turned to Konan and said, "Let's go, Konan."
After watching Pain and Konan leave, Obito activated Kamui and vanished into the space-time dimension, pulling Yagura Karatachi along back toward the Hidden Mist Village.
Once Pain and Konan had departed,
Konan asked curiously, "Nagato, is it really okay to just let that guy go alone to Mist Village? What if something happens..."
Pain snorted slightly before replying, "Konan, we don't need to worry about that man who claims to be Uchiha Madara—at least for now. Our goals temporarily align. His objective is the tailed beasts; ours is the same. Therefore, until those objectives are fulfilled, we won't come into conflict.
Whatever actions he takes next will benefit us, as well as the Akatsuki organization. Only when the Akatsuki becomes stronger can we capture the tailed beasts more effectively.
Thus, although we may distrust the man himself, we can trust the actions he is taking right now.
Besides, we've got our own plates full—we can't follow him around all the time to monitor his every move.
However, we should remain cautious regarding any new members he brings into the organization."
Konan nodded. "You're right, Nagato. So what do we do next?"
Pain explained, "I heard about a Rogue Ninja from Takigakure. During the Warring States era, he once assassinated Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage of Konoha. Later he betrayed Takigakure, stealing their most valued secret technique. Using this skill, he took the hearts of all high-ranking officials in Takigakure and has survived until today.
We should find trustworthy members for our own organization instead of relying on him completely. Therefore, our next step is to seek out this Rogue Ninja from Takigakure.
I already have a lead on his whereabouts, so we can go straight there."
The Rogue Ninja Pain referred to was Kakuzu.
Pain and Konan left the Land of Water to seek out Kakuzu.
...
Before Yagura Karatachi returned to Kirigakure, numerous Mist ninjas had already found him.
Considering how intense the battle had been, it would've been strange if Kirigakure's ninja hadn't noticed anything.
"Honored Water Shadow, what happened?"
Yagura Karatachi, controlled by Obito Uchiha, replied, "Nothing much. I encountered three ninja attempting to invade Kirigakure, but I've already dealt with them. Let's return to the village."
Looking at the devastated battlefield in the distance, the Mist ninja exclaimed in admiration, "Truly worthy of the Honored Water Shadow."
Surrounded by Kiri ninja, Yagura Karatachi returned to Kiri.
With Yagura Karatachi's return to Kiri, the village was about to enter a cruel period.
After returning to Kiri, the first thing Obito Uchiha did was cast Genjutsu to control part of Kirigakure's leadership.
Because after all, since Kirigakure was one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, merely controlling the Kage wouldn't be enough to fully dominate the village.
Therefore, Obito Uchiha needed some high-level officials from Kiri who could become his puppets.
But even that wasn't enough.
Obito Uchiha also wanted to significantly weaken Kirigakure's power.
Because Kirigakure had rather unique characteristics where many ninja possessed Kekkei Genkai.
In reality, Kirigakure resembled Konoha quite a bit, being basically composed of ninja clans possessing bloodline limits.
These clans held considerable influence within Kirigakure.
To gain full control over Kiri, these clans needed to be broken up.
Wiping out these bloodline clans would eliminate most resistance and plunge Kirigakure's power into a new era of weakness, leaving no one daring to defy Yagura Karatachi anymore.
This way, Obito Uchiha could maintain better control over the entire village.
Five days after returning to Kiri,
Obito Uchiha manipulated Yagura Karatachi to convene a meeting together with Kiri's leadership.
Originally, after The Third's death, the Blood Mist Policy had been temporarily suspended.
Now, during this gathering in the Meeting Room, the manipulated Yagura Karatachi proposed reactivating the Blood Mist Policy once again.
[The Blood Mist Policy] introduced by Yagura Karatachi was far crueler and more ruthless than the one under The Third.
During the meeting, Yagura Karatachi proposed that ninja from Kekkei Genkai clans were the biggest source of instability within the village. He directly mobilized the ninja forces and secretly initiated a purge against clans possessing Kekkei Genkai.
He also introduced the survival-of-the-fittest Chunin Exams. To graduate, candidates had to fight each other in deadly battles—one on one—and only the survivors would make it through.
Now Yagura Karatachi had restarted the Blood Mist Policy—it was just a show, nothing more. After all, nearly half the people present inside this Meeting Room were already under Obito Uchiha's control.
If not for his fear of being found out, Obito would've already put them all under his Genjutsu.
Though some tried to oppose, their voices didn't matter at all.
The plan to restart the Blood Mist Policy had become set in stone.
That very night, the controlled Yagura Karatachi led the secretly assembled ninja force in beginning a cleansing operation against families bearing Kekkei Genkai.
The bloodiest era in Kiri's history—the Blood Mist Village period—had officially begun.
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