If the Five Great Villages were ranked for cohesion and loyalty, Kumo would be at the top—and Kiri would be dead last.
Under a monstrosity like "Blood Mist," it's understandable that any shinobi would defect.
And "any shinobi" here includes Mei Terumi.
Kiri's policies have always been extreme—completely dismissive of comradeship.
That's why the Third Mizukage isn't even deemed worthy of a name; it's as if Kiri itself refuses to mention him.
By the Fourth Mizukage's era, things should have been looking up.
Don't let Yagura Karatachi's unreliable baby face fool you—he, Minato, and the Fourth Raikage standing together (plus one tentacle monster) give you the doujinshi "Four Heavenly Kings" in one frame.
In truth, Yagura was a rare strategist for Kiri. He moved to overturn the previous regime and implement a more open, gentler rule.
Kiri's new generation dared to hope—maybe under the Fourth, the village would grow strong again.
And then—Obito happened.
Yorin doesn't know when, in canon, Obito went to Kiri to brainjack a little boy Mizukage.
But in Yorin's world, after losing to Yorin one-on-one, Obito ran straight to Kiri at full tilt, mind-controlled Yagura to the stratosphere, and gleefully rolled out a spree of reactionary policies—especially horrific crackdowns on bloodline clans.
Think Konoha's pressure on the Uchiha was bad? Obito's measures were about five times worse.
In canon, a swath of Kiri's bloodline clans were wiped out under Obito's boot.
Most famous: Haku—gender ambiguous, Naruto's awakening—whose Yuki clan was straight-up annihilated.
Hopes high, disappointments higher.
The policies crushed Kiri's shinobi morale. Clans led by the Hōzuki planned a lower-overthrows-upper assault on the Mizukage's mansion to lay out the truth.
The new Seven Ninja Swordsmen—including Zabuza and Kisame—approved. Civil war loomed.
In that atmosphere, Kiri was all panic—deserters soared.
Mei Terumi didn't choose to run, but her loyalty and confidence in Kiri took a serious hit. On top of that, under a low roof one must bow her head—so she steeled herself and swore fealty to Uchiha Yorin.
Uchiha Yorin: "OK—then let's record this."
Mei Terumi: "Huh?"
Yorin: "A pledge of loyalty. You didn't think I'd trust you just because you said it out loud, did you?
I only trust leverage in hand."
Mei: "But—why doesn't she have to?"
She pointed at Pakura, watching the show from the side.
Yorin: "Because Pakura has no way back. Her village literally sold her. Aside from staying with me, she has nowhere to go.
You're different. You could slink back to Kiri, spin a yarn about seducing me and escaping. And I'd be the idiot."
As he spoke, he pulled a camcorder from a scroll and aimed it at Mei.
"But…"
She hesitated. Yorin pressed: "Hurry it up. Or I can use the Sharingan and make you. At least this way you get a say."
Mei made a tiny, bullied-animal squeak—but Yorin did not budge.
After internal struggle—bargaining, frustration—Mei accepted her fate.
Fighting back a tidal wave of embarrassment, she took part in Yorin's "pledge video."
First: Q&A.
What's your name? How old are you? Do you have a boyfriend?
Watching the back-and-forth, Tsunade rubbed her chin and muttered:
"Why does this feel… familiar?"
Pakura: "You've seen something like this?"
Tsunade: "No!" (instant reply)
…
If the intro Q&A gave a sense of déjà vu, the next part dove into the deep end.
Now it was Mei's solo—Yorin served as the human cue card.
Reading from the board he held up, Mei wore a deeply unwilling look, eyes wet and pleading like "Yorin-nii, please no."
Yorin's heart stayed cold, his tone firm—the cue cards had no rearview.
Facing the Sharingan-bright Yorin—like he'd segue into R-rated content any second—Mei could only give in.
"Down with the Fourth's tyranny—Kiri belongs to the people!"
She thrust her fist up and shouted the slogan, then, following the prompts, laid out the First–Fourth Mizukage's reactionary, deranged policies that made life in Kiri unbearable.
Guess what—it was all true!
Kiri is the least humane of the Five. Yorin didn't need to embellish—simply listing Kiri's sins had you slapping your thigh and yelling, "My god, I've never seen such shamelessness!"
Because it was true, it was gripping—especially from Mei, a firsthand witness.
At first, she was stiff. But as the content got more explosive, Mei sank into the role—she was a revolutionary fighting village tyranny.
Her voice grew more impassioned—she even dropped bombshells Yorin didn't know, helping record Kiri's "great insufficient virtue."
"One day we'll storm Kiri HQ, lay out the truth, and crush Yagura that bastard! Bring peace back to Kiri!
You hear that, Yagura? You're a piece of garbage! Get over here—we're going to slap your face and tear off your Tailed Beast!"
Panting, spent, she finished. Yorin closed the camera, and slowly: clap. clap. clap. clap. He applauded—then praised:
"Good. Very good. You've got guts."
He summoned a ninja cat, handed over the tape and a can of fish as a tip:
"Run this back as fast as you can—then copy ten million. I want the whole shinobi world to enjoy Mei Terumi's performance!"
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