"Lord Shiraishi, there's information from the Fog Hidden Village."

As usual, the staff of the Intelligence Department reported to Shiraishi the information they had received in the near future, including information about the Fog Hidden Ninja Village, which made the staff of the Intelligence Department take it very seriously.

"What's going on over there?"

Shiraishi pondered for a moment and asked.

The land of water is isolated overseas, and the Fog Hidden Ninja Village in the territory has a closed policy all year round, and it is very strictly managed regardless of entering and leaving.

The reason why Shionka Pharmaceutical Company was able to open a branch in the territory of the Fog Hidden Ninja Village was because the shrine maiden Maitreya wrote a letter to the daimyo of the Water Country, and for the reason of state-to-state diplomacy, she was able to nominally allow the opening of a branch in the Fog Hidden Ninja Village.

Naturally, this is indispensable to the thank you gifts from the Daimyo of the Water Country and many of the great nobles of the Water Country.

Otherwise, it would not be so easy to plant people inside the Fog Hidden Ninja Village.

The xenophobia in this village is beyond the imagination of outsiders.

In the past, when he was in Konoha, Shiraishi also learned about some of the situation in this village, but at that time, although Wuyin Village was xenophobic and closed, it was not to this extent.

The personnel who entered the interior of the Fog Hidden Village were under the surveillance of the Fog Hidden Ninja twenty-four hours a day, and all they could hear were some relatively fragmentary news.

And every other month, neutral people in the country of ghosts are allowed to enter and exit once, and if this number is exceeded, they can be forcibly imprisoned, which is also the content of the agreement, and the review is very strict.

"There seems to be a serious change of power within the Fog Hidden Village, and although it is impossible to determine who is guiding, the personnel stationed in the Fog Hidden Village in the last month can often hear the sound of battle at night. Even outside, there are frequent battles. ”

If you hear it by chance, it can also be regarded as an invasion by a foreign enemy.

If the sound of battle could be heard every night and foreign enemies could invade, Wuyin Village would not have the strength to become one of the five major ninja villages.

Obviously, this is the internal entanglement of the Fog Hidden Ninja himself, because some kind of contradiction is too intense, which leads to the confrontation between factions and factions, and the tragedy of cannibalism is staged in the village.

"Why?"

"According to the available information, it may be related to the ninja school graduation assessment in March and April this year. Leads to the sharpening of contradictions. ”

"Ghost man incident?"

Shiraishi nodded.

A recent graduate of a ninja school named 'Momochi Zai Bu Chop' in the Fog Hidden Village, in this graduation exam, he killed all the candidates of the same class, and he graduated alone.

This incident was not only Baishi, but the rest of the villages must have also obtained this information, and they are probably gloating.

In recent years, the Fog Hidden Village has adopted a cannibalistic two-person approach, and the winner has graduated from the ninja school.

Therefore, the legend of the 'Blood Mist' was created.

And according to the impression that most ninjas have of the Ninja of the Mist, they are also evaluated with words such as 'fierce', 'brutal', and 'bloody'.

Although the number of ninjas has been reduced to a certain extent, the fog ninjas who have successfully survived are all elites who can see blood at any time, and they can be called ninjas among ninjas.

This year, however, there was an accident in which only one candidate graduated, and even with the fog of implementing the 'elite' line, the top brass could not remain indifferent.

It is likely that there have been various discussions and opinions on this matter.

According to what Shiraishi knew, not all the high-level officials in Wuyin Village liked that their village was dubbed the 'Blood Mist Inside', and this kind of thing happened again this year, which would inevitably cause further conflicts.

The infighting in Wuyin Village is estimated to be an opportunity to completely tear the faces between the factions.

One side wants to continue to implement the policy of 'Blood Mist', and the other side wants to immediately cancel this unreasonable way of taking exams.

However, since Fog Hidden Village is one of the five ninja villages, a ninja village that has always practiced secrecy, Shiraishi can only make this degree of inference.

More clues can only be seen from the follow-up actions of the Fog Hidden Ninja Village.

"Let the personnel stationed in Wuyin Village not act rashly and do their own work."

"Yes."

After the staff of the Ministry of Intelligence went down, Shiraishi pondered.

The xenophobia in Wuyin Village is getting more and more serious, so sooner or later, the garrison personnel in Wuyin Village will definitely be kicked out. Even if there is a guarantee between the Daimyo of the Land of Water and those great nobles, this transaction cannot be taken lightly.

In addition, there are a lot of guarantee fees to be given to the daimyo of the water country and those big nobles every year.

If it weren't for the fact that he was trying to bury some chess pieces inside the Fog Hidden Village and obtain more information, he would not be willing to have anything to do with the nobility of the Water Country.

As far as Shiraishi knew, the reason why Wuyin Village became like this was inseparable from the fact that the nobles of the Land of Water continued to reduce the funds of Wuyin Village.

The Land of Water is isolated overseas, except for the participation in the First Ninja World War, it has been dormant since then, and it does not have any intensive contact with the countries on the mainland.

In this way, it has created a situation where the ninjas of the Fog Hidden Village are almost useless.

Unlike Konoha, the Land of Fire is surrounded by enemies on all sides, so among the five major powers, the annual development funds given to Konoha by the Daimyo of the Land of Fire are all numbers that make other ninja villages blush.

However, the fog wants to develop, but the daimyo and nobles of the Land of Water are unwilling to bear heavy military expenses, after all, the ninja only need to maintain the status quo, and there is no need to expand externally, enough to guard the territory is enough for the daimyo and nobles.

Although this is a very stupid policy in Shiraishi's opinion.

But from the perspective of those with vested interests, the daimyo and nobles also cut the expenses of the ninja based on their own interests, and enjoyed themselves extravagantly and wastefully.

As for the commoners, they were the poor and weak class who were collectively ignored by the ninjas and the aristocracy.

If the Fog Hidden Village wants to transform and break this deadlock, most of the high-level internal leaders will inevitably be implicated, and may even be implicated on the side of the daimyo and nobles.

"Let's wait and see for a while."

In the end, Shiraishi didn't do anything.

The situation in Wuyin Village is uncertain right now, and it is not clear to what extent the fighting between the factions has reached, and what the leaders of the various factions are.

As neutral, he just needs to do his job.

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"Ahem...... Ahem......"

In the white room, there is a dim yellow light illuminating.

Under the rendering of the late-night environment, the room is filled with a shadow of death.

A woman was lying on the hospital bed in great pain, her eyes barely open, staring at the ceiling light with a somewhat blank expression, her face was abnormally pale and terminally ill.

At this moment, a figure wearing a mask and a ninja costume walked in from outside the door, holding 10,000 potions in his hand, and slowly approached the woman on the hospital bed.

Wearing such a costume means that he is a direct Shadow Ninja of the Fog Hidden Water Shadow.

It is also a well-known fog hidden pursuit force.

Through the eye hole of the mask, the ninja revealed a cold and unsympathetic gaze, and only obeyed Mizukage's orders to carry out his mission.

"Yuuri-sama, it's time to take your medicine."

The woman on the hospital bed turned her head and looked at the bowl of soup medicine in the hands of the Fog Shadows, with a look of fear in her eyes, and shook her head on the bed.

"I'm not sick...... Take ......"

"Only patients say they are not sick. This is a medicinal soup that Mizukage-sama personally has people concoct, and it is very good for your body, so drink it while it is hot. ”

The Fog Shadow tried to slow down his tone and said to the woman on the hospital bed.

“…… Take ......"

"You're one of the seven ninja swords of our Mist Concealment, don't be so willful. After recuperating from his illness, he will go into battle to kill the enemy. I'll feed you. ”

As he spoke, ignoring the woman's struggle on the hospital bed, the fog was forced to grab the woman's shoulder, make her body up, and put the bowl full of medicinal soup on the woman's pale lips.

Just when the fog was about to tilt the mouth of the bowl and force the woman to drink the medicinal soup, she suddenly noticed something, and suddenly dodged to the side, and the bowl full of medicinal soup fell to the ground, and the medicinal soup was scattered all over the ground.

Click!

The sound of a broken neck.

After dodging in time, he still couldn't dodge the attack of the sneak attacker.

His attainments in the teleportation technique are obviously far superior to that of this ninja of the Fog Hidden Shadows.

The visitor walked to the side of the hospital bed, looked at the woman on the hospital bed with her face twitching in pain, and sighed softly.

The woman on the hospital bed relieved herself, looked at the person who came to the bedside, and her lips opened lightly:

"Long time no see...... I've heard that you've taken refuge in the third generation...... Are you here to kill me? ”

The man did not answer, but reached out and placed it on the woman's forehead.

The woman on the hospital bed immediately felt tiredness and fell asleep on the hospital bed.

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Morning.

Sunlight shines through the mist on the buildings of Wuyin Village.

On this silent morning, a force of more than a dozen ninjas hurried towards the outside of Fog Hidden Village.

Led by two male ninjas.

A woman with long yellow thorn-like hair, a mask on her face, and slender limbs like a young age, but her real gender is male, and she carries a prop as slender as a needle behind her back.

The ninja knife is a group of seven people, and the holder of the long knife and stitch - Kuri Hail Kushimaru.

The other has long black hair, a vertical whip and long beard, a black cloth covering his left eye, and sharp teeth, giving him a cruel and vicious image.

The Seven Ninja Blades, the Explosive Knife Droplet Bearers - No Pear and Eight Pieces.

As the 'ruthless duo' among the seven ninja swords, Kuri Hail Kushimaru and Muri Shihachi are often inseparable, fighting in pairs, and in the ninja world, because they always execute their enemies by means of torture, it can be said that they are notorious ninjas.

But the two of them took it for pleasure and glory.

Behind them were also the elite ninjas of the Fog Hidden Village.

Now with the two of them, he is on a confidential S-class mission that is personally conveyed by the three generations of Mizukage.

When they arrived outside the village, they also kept moving at a high speed.

"Really, let the two of us deal with this kind of task, and it seems that there is really no one available in the hands of the third generation."

The arrogant voice of Muri Shihachi spread through the misty forest.

They were followed by cronies of the two of them, so there was no need to be secretive and afraid to talk nonsense as they did in the village.

And to say such things is just to complain.

"After all, when you are so old, it is inevitable that you will be a little inadequate. It has long been said that it will not be so much trouble for him to execute people directly, but it must be said that it is a companion of the village who made her seriously ill and died young in the name of genius. Old eyes are dizzy. ”

"Hmph. I care more about who let that woman out without permission. ”

"There are too many people to doubt."

Kuriyal Kushimaru replied.

There are also many people in the village who oppose the glorious 'blood mist' policy, although some of them have been cleaned up before, but it seems that the effect is not very good, and they are still stubbornly resisting there.

"After dealing with this sick seedling, come back and kill it. The blood of those opposition parties will be blown up everywhere with my blasting knife. ”

Muri Shihachi grinned, baring her sharp teeth and letting out a cruel and grotesque laugh.

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The Land of Fire, Konoha.

In the conference room, where only three people existed, Hokage Hitoshi stared at Koharu and Mito Menyan coldly.

In the face of Hizai's eyes, the two advisors hesitated for a moment, and before they could speak, Hizaku had already taken the lead in questioning them: "Why did you privately pass on my order and search the Hyuga clan?" ”

At first, he didn't want to believe it.

Turning to Koharu and Mito Menyan will be bold enough to pass on his Hokage's warrant privately to investigate the information related to the white eyes of the Hyuga clan.

After learning about it, Ri Chop almost vomited three liters of blood, and his face was extremely angry.

If it weren't for the fact that these two people were his comrades-in-arms since childhood, he really wanted to let the dark department immediately put them in Konoha Prison and reflect on them for a while.

As advisors, they really don't know what level of felony it is to fake the Hokage's order?

If one is not good, and even has to be deprived of his status as a consultant, he will enter Konoha Prison, and there is almost no possibility of getting out of prison.

However, these two men not only did it, but they were also at this juncture.

If the Hyuga clan is dissatisfied with him as the Hokage because of this incident, then no matter how they make up for it later, it will be difficult to fill this scar.

"We're doing this for the sake of you. The situation that has been finally balanced cannot be broken because of the Hyuga clan. ”

Zhuan Xiaochun said.

"If you really take me as Hokage in your eyes, you won't do these superfluous things. The same is true of the Uchiha, and now even the Hyuga clan is the same...... Are you going to push them all to the opposite side? ”

Hizai angrily questioned the two.

The sound was so loud that it was estimated that even the dark part of the guards outside could be heard clearly.

It was also the first time they had seen Hokage-sama, who had always been gentle and charitable, to explode into such a terrible rage.

"This ...... We didn't force it, in fact, after we went there, the people of the sect family quickly allowed them to look through the relevant information of the white eyes there, and there was no dissatisfaction. ”

Mito Menyan shifted the topic to other places as much as possible to cool down the sun.

“…… That's not the problem. You ......"

Ri Chop had a headache, and he really didn't know what words to use to reprimand these two comrades.

Why disrupt his deployment every time?

"The matter of the white eye is very important, no matter what, we are also to protect the village of Konoha and adhere to the concept of Kajima-sensei."

Hearing the words 'Teacher Kajima', Hizai's face was complicated, and his heart obviously softened, and he sighed.

"Yes, and only then can we rest assured. After all, Hinata's white eyes play a role on the battlefield for all to see, and there can be no accidents. And this time, we went to the Hyuga clan to discuss, and we did learn a lot of secrets about the white eyes. We'll put this information together and leave it to you to decide. ”

Mito continued to change the subject, mentioning the gains he had gained after he and Zhuan Koharu went to Hinata.

"Don't take it as an example."

Saying this, Hizai felt that he had aged a lot in an instant.

The body is not yet old, but it is gradually feeling powerless inside.

"I will deduct your two of you from your salary for the next three years. Besides, don't pass on my orders privately! ”

"We get it."

The two breathed a sigh of relief, and the matter was reluctantly revealed.

Just as the two were about to continue talking, there was a knock at the door.

"Come in."

A shadow ninja walked in and said to the sun, "Hokage-sama, the Mist Hidden Messenger asks to see you." ”

"Foggy?"

After hearing this, the three of them all looked at each other in surprise, wondering what the purpose of coming to Konoha at this time was Wuyin?

The Shadow then presented the letter from the Mist Ninja.

Hizai opened it, and after reading the contents of the letter, his face frowned.

After that, Koharu and Mito Menyan also read the letter one after another and frowned.

The content of the letter is simple.

Hoping to get Tsunade, one of the three ninjas, to take action and cure the illness of Hayashino Yuri, the holder of the Thunder Tooth of the Seven Ninja Swords, Kirigakure is willing to start diplomacy with Konoha.

"What do you think?"

"If you ask for something, then say yes. Now that the war is so fierce, Konoha is now in dire need of an ally with weight. ”

Although the reputation of the 'Blood Mist of the Fog' has not been very good recently, this is a family matter of someone else's family, and as a high-ranking Konoha executive, he can't judge anything about it.

All they value is Kiri's attitude towards Konoha.

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Konoha Hospital.

Tsunade held the printed materials, not only with drawings of the human body structure, but also with ominous black dots in many places, and the more he looked at it, the deeper Tsunade's brow furrowed.

She looked at the woman on the operating table who felt like a cold corpse, breathing weakly and threatening to die at any moment.

Then, she put down the information and walked out of the operating room, and in the next room, there was a female ninja sitting anxiously waiting.

Seeing Tsunade coming in, the female ninja immediately stood up and asked eagerly, "Tsunade-sama, how is the situation with Ringo Kamishinobi?" Can it be cured? ”

Tsunade could see the anxious state of mind of the misty ninja, shook his head and said, "Forgive me for my incompetence, what she has is not an incurable disease at all, but a long-term poison that has destroyed her bodily functions. It's a miracle that I'm still alive now. ”

The Fog Hidden Female Ninja was stunned.

"Tsunade-sama, you're the strongest medical ninja in the medical world, aren't you kidding?"

She was a little incredulous.

"You're also a medical ninja, right? It should be known how bad the situation of this Miss Ringo Yuri is. To be honest, this is no longer the category that medical ninjas can treat. The poison had been ingrained in her marrow, becoming one. ”

"Can you just give up?"

"Hmm...... Not really. ”

Tsunade's words gave the Misty Hidden Ninja a hope.

"How?"

"I've cleaned Miss Ringo of the poison from her body. But if I guess I'm right, this poison has been deeply rooted in Miss Lin Yi's body for a year, and the poison has already eroded all her bones, and even if the poison is removed, the bones of her whole body will become fragile because of it. The price of saving one's life is that he can only spend his life in a hospital bed after that. ”

“……”

The female ninja of the fog was silent.

This is no different from death to a ninja.

"Anyway, thank you very much, Tsunade-sama. The fog will remember your kindness. ”

"You're welcome, that's all I can do."

Tsunade sighed.

Seeing Lin Yuyuri's appearance, she probably guessed that the fog was now in chaos.

Instead of directly killing Hayashi Yuri, the holder of the Thunder Knife Fang, he slowly eroded her with poison and disguised her as a genius who died young...... For a woman, for a ninja, more cruel than death.

"Well, then, I'll take my leave."

No matter what, it is necessary to heal Ringo Shango's injuries, which is an order given by her immediate superior, and must be carried out steadfastly.

However, even Konoha's medical holy hand, Tsunade, one of the three ninjas, couldn't do anything, and the misty female ninja was extremely dazed.

You can only take one step at a time.

As he walked out the door, Tsunade hesitated behind him and called out to the Mist Hidden Ninja:

"Well, please wait."

"Is there anything else, Tsunade-sama?"

"It's nothing, I just want to ask, do you still have to run around for Miss Lin Ringo's affairs next?"

Tsunade asked.

"Yes. I knew there was little hope, but I didn't want to give up. ”

"The idea is good, but the merits are unrealistic. Moreover, if you rush to the doctor like this, you will only waste time. ”

Tsunade said.

The Mist Hidden Ninja's eyes rejuvenated and asked, "Does Tsunade-sama know that someone can heal Ringo Kamishinobi's injuries?" ”

"Hmm...... To be honest, I didn't really want to mention that person's name. ”

There was a hint of complexity in Tsunade's eyes.

"That person's name?"

The Mist Hidden Ninja tilted her head.

"Chiba Shiraishi."

“？”

Haven't heard of it, is this person famous?

A blank look flashed in the eyes of the Misty Hidden Ninja.

Among the ranks of famous medical ninjas in the ninja world, there doesn't seem to be an excellent medical ninja named 'Chiba Shiraishi'.

Even if they were to be closed in the fog, it would be impossible for them to be ignorant of this.

However, the name is a little familiar, but I just can't remember who it is.

"The S-class defector ninja who escaped from our Konoha before is one of my students."

"Tsunade-sama's ...... Student? ”

"It's not a master-apprentice kind, I taught him some medical ninjutsu when I was in the ninja school."

Tsunade said.

The Fog Hidden Ninja seemed to remember something about this person.

"Is his medical ninjutsu even better than Tsunade-sama?"

"No, on the whole, his medical ninjutsu shouldn't be exaggerated to this extent. But there is a better way to treat this injury than I am. ”

Tsunade guessed that Shiraishi, who had studied immortal arts, must have mastered the extremely powerful healing immortal technique of the living slug.

It shouldn't be difficult to transform chakra into a strong vitality and bring Ringoyuri's body back to life.

"The problem is, I don't know where he is."

“……”

The Fog Hidden Female Ninja didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

"Is there any other way?"

"Go to the land of ghosts."

"The land of ghosts?"

"The drugs developed by Aster Flower Pharmaceutical Company have the function of active body, and according to my inference, there should be more effective body active drugs within their company, but they are not sold on the market."

Tsunade tells the Fog Hidden Ninja that there is another way.

"That pharmaceutical company in the country of ghosts?"

The Mist Hidden Ninja looked pensive.

Indeed, that company's drugs did work very well, and they also cooperated with them.

"I see, thank you very much, Tsunade-sama, then, without further ado, this is my leave. Say hello to Hokage-sama for me, and Kirikin will remember Konoha's friendship. ”

"Goodbye."

Tsunade watched the Fog Hidden Ninja leave, sat on a chair and looked out the window.