"Have the people over there been purged?"
"All purged! Kill, kill, kill, kill!!!"
"Down with all Kekkei Genkai clans!!! Just purge! Purge them all!"
"Does the Mizukage have any instructions?"
"Yes! The latest and highest instruction: Kill!"
Hidden Mist Village.
In recent years, Hidden Mist has been going further and further down an abstract path.
Originally, it was just about restricting Bloodline Limit families, then it turned into killing, and finally evolved into a complete purge.
During this period, the Ninja of Hidden Mist suffered immensely.
The few clans that helped the Third Mizukage usurp power have now been almost completely slaughtered.
The population of Hidden Mist Village has sharply decreased.
The foundation laid by the First Byakuren and the Nidaime(2nd)-sama Hōzuki Gengetsu has been utterly shattered.
However, the Third Mizukage intended to spread this Blood Mist policy throughout the entire Land of Water.
He began to extensively capture Bloodline Limit users across the Land of Water.
"Mizukage-sama... Hidden Mist... has already lost a large amount of its population now..."
(Some readers said one-third was too exaggerated, but considering Hidden Mist's rule where only one student from each class could survive, plus the clan exterminations, I don't think one-third is exaggerated. However, to accommodate everyone, I temporarily changed it to 'a large amount of population'.)
The Anbu Captain of Hidden Mist knelt before the Third Mizukage, enduring the pressure, trying to persuade him to stop this insane behavior.
"Nonsense! What do you understand?!"
"This is merely a winding path of exploration. Let the Ninja suffer a bit more..."
The Third Mizukage sat on his chair, his eyes closed, calmly looking out the window.
"Yes..."
The Anbu Captain's face looked grim, and then he quietly left.
After the Anbu Captain left,
The Third Mizukage glanced at the dark corner of his office.
"Go and deal with that Anbu Captain. He is no longer fit to carry out my orders!"
The Third Mizukage said calmly.
In the darkness, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, holding a Ninja sword, nodded silently.
"Yes!"
Behind the supervisory team, there was another supervisory team.
...
"How was it, Captain? Was the persuasion successful?"
At the door, a group of Anbu members waiting for their captain eagerly asked.
"Sigh!"
The Anbu Captain sighed deeply, indicating his helplessness.
"Damn it! The Third Mizukage is no match for Nidaime(2nd)-sama Gengetsu. During Nidaime(2nd)-sama's time, our Hidden Mist was flourishing and dominated the seas. Now, let alone the seas, we're almost done for just from internal strife in the village!"
An Anbu member said resentfully.
"Are you trying to die?! Stop talking!"
These words scared the Anbu Captain, who quickly covered his mouth.
"Captain, why don't we also stage a coup? For Hidden Mist!" the Anbu struggled to suggest.
"You're thinking too simply..."
However, the Anbu Captain shook his head again.
"Why?! In the past, the Bloodline Limit families united and still overthrew Nidaime(2nd)-sama. We are Anbu, the Third Mizukage's personal guard. As long as you give the order, we can do it!"
The Anbu member argued.
"Hmph! Back then, Nidaime(2nd)-sama didn't struggle because he was completely disillusioned with Hidden Mist. Now, the Third Mizukage is not someone to be trifled with, and besides..."
The Anbu Captain shook his head, then said despairingly,
"And we are already tied to the Third Mizukage. If we end this farce, will the Ninja below seek revenge on us? Will they execute us?
"We have killed too many people in this farce. Although the Third Mizukage is the commander, the actual executors are us. We are already bound to the Third Mizukage, for better or worse."
"The anger of Hidden Mist residents cannot be resolved by just killing one Third Mizukage!"
As the Hidden Mist Anbu Captain spoke, his eyes were filled with a clear despair.
He knew that continuing down this path would lead to death.
One day, it would all fall apart.
But to avoid falling apart now,
They could only go all the way down this dark path.
Hoping to find a way for a soft landing during this time.
"Sigh! If Nidaime(2nd)-sama were still here, it would be great..."
An Anbu member cried out in sorrow.
...
And what was Hōzuki Gengetsu doing at this moment?
He was filming an Iwagakure soda commercial with Kakuzu.
In front of the camera,
Hōzuki Gengetsu and Kakuzu were holding orange sodas, promoting them with slogans.
"So cool! Super cool! Drink up!"
"We drank this soda back then, which is why we were able to pin Senju Hashirama to the ground and beat him!"
"Kids and Ninja, come and drink! This summer, I only drink Iwagakure soda!"
Hōzuki Gengetsu and Kakuzu held up their sodas and chugged them.
Although they could have hired advertising actors, Hōzuki Gengetsu and Kakuzu felt that using celebrity endorsement would be better.
Mu sat aside, watching the two of them, nodding silently.
"Hehehe! This will definitely sell big!"
"By then, Kakuzu, all you'll have to do is count money..."
Hōzuki Gengetsu and Kakuzu looked at the advertisement, grinning.
Kakuzu also looked at the advertisement and nodded.
Although it was a bit hard to bear, once he thought about counting money, Kakuzu ignored everything else.
"Kakuzu, you've made a lot of money, haven't you?"
Mu said with a slight smile.
Kakuzu instantly tensed up, immediately becoming serious.
"Cough, cough, where? How could I have that much money..."
Kakuzu said tensely.
"Cough, cough, Mu, don't believe Kakuzu. Last time I went to Kakuzu's house, his refrigerator was full of money."
Hōzuki Gengetsu teased from the side.
"All wealth belongs to the people of Iwagakure, and I, Kakuzu, merely have the authority to manage the wealth!"
Kakuzu said seriously.
At this moment, an Anbu rushed over.
He whispered a few words into Mu's ear, and Mu's expression subtly changed, then he immediately left in a hurry.
.....
The laboratory 100 meters underground in Iwagakure.
A pulsating piece of flesh was stored in a large cultivation tank.
"Sandaime, we have the latest research."
"We have successfully fused Senju Hashirama's Chakra, Nine-Tailed Chakra, and the cells of the Gold and Silver Brothers..."
The Iwagakure experimental Ninja reported the experimental situation to Mu.
"Can a person withstand this power?"
Mu asked, looking at the pulsating flesh in the cultivation tank.
He currently sensed that this flesh had very strong vitality.
"It's not yet certain, because there haven't been any real live experiments. We've only used mice, but the mice exploded."
"Because experimenting on humans requires your approval, what do you think..."
The experimental Ninja looked at Mu tentatively.
"For the sake of science, find some people to dedicate themselves."
Mu pulled down his Tsuchikage hat, directly choosing to approve.
If this research still couldn't make progress,
Then to extend his own lifespan, he might only be able to choose Kakuzu's Earth Grudge Fear...
Kakuzu's Earth Grudge Fear was also a good choice.
After giving the order, Mu left.
He arrived at his own experimental ground.
Mu began to constantly try out the Dust Release series of Ninjutsu he had conceived in his mind.
There was only one successful case:
That was, his Dust Release could now split into multiple beams.
Just like when he fired a single beam of Dust Release, he could also generate branching Dust Release beams from it.
This greatly compensated for the problem of not being able to hit targets.
Especially when encountering targets that just barely grazed by, his Dust Release could split to resolve it!
The next step
Was for him to research how to make Dust Release curve.
To chase enemies and kill them!
There were also some more difficult ones,
But they hadn't been successful yet.
For example, the Dust Release Rasengan he had always wanted to combine.
The difficulty of this Ninjutsu was relatively high.
A slight mistake, and Dust Release might accidentally harm himself.
Mu chose to use Shadow Clone to practice.
Mu followed the principle of Rasengan, incorporating Dust Release into it.
Finally, after a series of rotations, the Rasengan collapsed.
Pfft!
"It seems it's still a bit difficult to combine two Ninjutsu..."