Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 133: The Tavern in the Hidden Mist Village

Soon, Uchiha Tokou obtained the eye power control technique of the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, from Black Zetsu and became the underground emperor of the Hidden Mist Village.

Then, Black Zetsu summoned several White Zetsu and introduced them to Uchiha Douguang: "They are all creatures created by the special abilities that Uchiha Madara gained after summoning the Outer Path Demon Statue. You can call them White Zetsu."

"Salute to Lord Dou Guang!" Among the five White Zetsu who appeared, one looked a little abnormal. After appearing, he turned around to look at his four companions, then raised his hand and shouted loudly, "Loyalty!"

Seeing this, the other four White Zetsu followed suit and raised their hands in salute: "Loyalty! Honesty!"

Uchiha Douguang: ...

"Haha, they usually move around in the outside world, so they've learned some etiquette." Black Zetsu said with a dry laugh, "They're very useful for lurking and gathering intelligence, and they can also move quickly underground."

"So that's how it is. The letter that was sent to my house was sent by them, right?" Uchiha Douguang said.

"Yes, you can give them orders from now on." Black Zetsu said.

"I understand. Thank you for the gift from our ancestors." Uchiha Douguang said with a smile, then turned around and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute, junior." Black Zetsu suddenly called out to Uchiha Toguro.

"Ancestor, is there anything wrong?" Uchiha Douguang asked, turning around.

"You haven't told me your plan yet, junior." Black Zetsu reminded, "I want to know how you plan to gather the tailed beasts from the other four major ninja villages, so that I can cooperate with you better."

"Need I say more?" Uchiha Douguang smiled crazily upon hearing this, then said, "Of course, it's to unify the entire ninja world. The ninja world is so small that only one country is enough. And in the process, after defeating the other ninja villages, it will be easy to collect all the tailed beasts. Then, we can use the Infinite Tsukuyomi to usher in eternal peace! Hahaha, ancestor, what do you think of my plan?"

Uchiha Toguro laughed loudly towards the sky, and Black Zetsu's scalp tingled instantly when he heard that. Uchiha Toguro's madness was beyond his expectations. Even Uchiha Madara had never said that the ninja world only needed one country.

"By the way, how long will it take to take me from here to the Hidden Mist Village?" Uchiha Douguang turned his head and looked at a White Zetsu beside him.

"Report to Lord Dou Guang, it will only take two hours for us to take you to the Hidden Mist Village from underground!" said the White Zetsu who led the salute before.

"Very good, what's your name?" Uchiha Douguang nodded and asked.

"Lord Dou Guang, you can just call me A Fei." A Fei said respectfully.

"Can I bring the shadow clone?" Uchiha Douguang asked.

"Of course." Ah Fei nodded.

Uchiha Douguang immediately created a shadow clone. After the shadow clone appeared, it directly said to Bai Jue Afei: "Now, take me to the Hidden Mist Village."

"I will follow your orders." A Fei nodded, turned into a pool of white substance and wrapped around Uchiha Douguang's shadow clone, then dived underground with the shadow clone.

"What are you going to do?" Hei Jue asked hurriedly.

"Of course we should go to the Hidden Mist Village to see how they are doing now." Uchiha Douguang said, "Why don't you go with my shadow clone?"

After a moment of silence, Black Zetsu also went underground, following in the footsteps of Uchiha Douguang and White Zetsu Afei.

Two hours later, Uchiha Douguang's shadow clone was brought to the Hidden Mist Village by Black Zetsu.

Uchiha Tokou looked at the village with interest. Although he killed many Kirigakure ninjas in the Third Shinobi World War, this was his first time to visit Kirigakure Village.

Uchiha Douguang's shadow clone's nose twitched slightly. The air in the Hidden Mist Village was very unique. The salty and humid sea breeze was filled with a strong smell of blood. It was not even evening yet, but the residents of the entire village had locked their doors and windows. Only a few ninjas were still wandering on the street.

Under the disguise of White Zetsu covering the surface of Uchiha Tokou's shadow clone, Uchiha Tokou is now dressed as an ordinary Kirigakure ninja.

At this time, a figure emerged from the ground beside Uchiha Touma's clone. After Black Zetsu merged with the White Zetsu he possessed, his face began to transform into a human form.

"It seems like Kirigakure has had a very interesting time these past few years." Uchiha Douguang came to a pool of blood by the wall, examined it carefully, and then said, "This was left there two hours ago. Judging from the movement, it's probably caused by the blood spurting out after being pierced through the back by a kunai. Is there a direct fight in the village with ninja tools? Kirigakure is even more chaotic than I imagined."

"Ancestor, is this the backup plan left by Lord Madara?" Uchiha Douguang's shadow clone turned around and asked.

"Yes, in order to weaken the strength of other major ninja villages, your predecessor Uchiha Madara left a backup plan in each major ninja village. In Kirigakure, the backup plan he left behind was to control the Mizukage through the Three-Tails' eye power seal and set the Blood Mist Village policy against the bloodline ninja in the village."

"Isn't that right?" Uchiha Douguang narrowed his eyes slightly at this time, "I remember that Madara-sama died in the battle with the Shodaime-sama in the ninth year of Konoha, but this Blood Mist Village in the Hidden Mist Village seems to have been created in recent years. Could it be that Madara-sama was still alive before?"

"Of course not. Uchiha Madara did die in Konoha's ninth year." Black Zetsu raised his hand to wipe away the nonexistent beads of sweat. His brain raced, trying to find a way to fill in the gaps he had accidentally created. "Although Uchiha Madara is dead, he had already anticipated the possibility of his own defeat and death before his battle with Senju Hashirama. Therefore, he left behind many backup plans throughout the ninja world, and entrusted me to pass these preparations on to his next descendant, you, who will inherit our clan's ultimate dream."

"So, this village of blood mist was actually created by you, our ancestor, right?" Uchiha Douguang's shadow clone narrowed his eyes and said softly.

Uchiha Douguang's words made Black Zetsu's heart tighten, and he pretended to be calm and asked, "Is there any problem?"

"The efficiency is too low!" Uchiha Douguang's shadow clone clapped his hands and said.

"Huh?" Black Zetsu was also taken aback. He didn't understand why Uchiha Douguang said that. "I understand a little bit about your tactics, ancestor. Are you planning to incite a conflict between the bloodline ninjas of the Hidden Mist Village and the ordinary ninjas, thereby inciting civil unrest within the Hidden Mist Village? There's nothing wrong with the idea, but the method is wrong." Uchiha Douguang smiled a little crazily. "Relying solely on the Mizukage's orders to carry out this matter will be effective in the short term. However, once it reaches a certain point, the remaining ninjas will spontaneously stand up and resist the Mizukage's orders, and the final effect will be negative."

"Really?" Black Zetsu hesitated. Did Obito really think so much when he launched the Blood Mist Village policy? Wasn't he simply seeking revenge for the murder of the girl he loved by Kirigakure?

"So, if it were you, what would you do?" asked Black Zetsu.

"There should be no problem with White Zetsu's disguised identity, right?" Uchiha Douguang asked back.

"Don't worry, Lord Dou Guang. The people we are disguising ourselves as are all ninjas who went missing during missions. We have simply replaced their identities. As long as we don't take any action, no one will notice anything unusual." The voice of White Zetsu Afei sounded in Uchiha Dou Guang's ears.

"Really?" Uchiha Douguang's expression changed slightly. It seemed that after finishing things here, he would have to go back and check on the people in the village.

"In that case, please come with me, ancestor. I will tell you how to stir up their conflicts from the bottom up." Uchiha Douguang chuckled and walked towards the Hidden Mist Village.

Black Zetsu hurriedly caught up, and the two of them walked through the streets of Kirigakure at night. Soon, they found a tavern in the center of the village.

"According to the intelligence, those who come here are almost all ordinary ninjas in the village, right?" Before entering the tavern, Uchiha Douguang confirmed with the possessed White Zetsu.

"That's right." Bai Jue A Fei replied.

Uchiha Douguang nodded, pushed open the door of the tavern, walked to the bar, sat down with a swagger, and then looked around.

This tavern is not too big, but it is already full of people. Everyone in the tavern, regardless of gender, age or status, is wearing Kirigakure forehead protectors in various ways. In other words, at this moment, this tavern is full of ninjas.

Uchiha Douguang noticed that although everyone present had a wary look in their eyes, they all tacitly put away their weapons. Occasionally, conflicts occurred, but they were resolved with fists and did not involve life and death. This was inconsistent with what Uchiha Douguang saw outside.

So, this place in the Hidden Mist Village is a place similar to a recognized safe zone?

"What would you like to drink?" At the bar in the tavern, a woman with reddish-brown hair came to the person disguised as Uchiha Douguang and asked.

Uchiha Douguang looked back at the person who came and his expression froze. The waiter who came to talk to him was none other than the future Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi.

Mei Terumi is only in her early twenties now. Although her figure has not yet reached its future peak, it has already shown some signs of improvement.

However, Uchiha Douguang was very surprised to see her here. After all, according to the information provided by A Fei, this tavern was one of the gathering places for non-bloodline ninjas in the Hidden Mist Village. Once a ninja like Terumi Mei who possessed two bloodlines was exposed here, she would probably be besieged by the ninjas in the tavern in an instant.

"Why is this guy looking at me like that?" Terumi Mei said with a chuckle.

"I don't mean anything else, I just think you look a lot like an old friend of mine." Uchiha Douguang shook his head slightly.

"Hasn't anyone ever told you that your pick-up lines are really old-fashioned?" Terumi Mei laughed. "Would you like something to drink?"

"This is the best wine you have here!" Uchiha Douguang took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket, slapped it on the bar, and then shouted loudly.

Uchiha Douguang's words attracted the attention of the entire tavern almost instantly.

Mei Terumi, who was inside the bar, reminded him at this moment, "Our best wine isn't cheap. Judging from your attire, you're probably not even a jonin yet. You'd better save your money and use it to buy ninjutsu. After all, in our village, if you don't have enough strength, you might die one day."

"Saving money to exchange for ninjutsu?" Uchiha Douguang laughed at the words, "What's the point?"

After that, Uchiha Douguang suddenly raised his voice and asked, "Miss, do you know how much a C-level ninjutsu costs in the village?"

Although Uchiha Douguang was asking Terumi Mei, he had already turned around and looked at the people in the tavern who were looking at him.

"Five hundred thousand taels! A full five hundred thousand taels!" Uchiha Douguang held up five fingers. "That's the price of the village's most basic Mist Hidden Technique! A Genin would need to complete two hundred missions without food or water to earn that much! A Genin who just graduated from the ninja academy could die in the process at any time!"

"But what about those ninjas from the bloodline families?" Uchiha Douguang slowly walked towards the center of the crowd. "They were born with powerful bloodline ninjutsu. The ninjutsu we save up for is nothing compared to them. But what do they do? To prevent us from threatening their abilities, they tightly control the ninjutsu, forcing us to risk our lives countless times just to acquire even the most basic ninjutsu. And yet, they still want us to be grateful to them!"

"That's not all!" Uchiha Douguang clasped his hands together. "In the face of war, they are clearly more powerful with their mastery of bloodline ninjutsu, yet they send us to the battlefield to die! They hide in the rear, afraid to face Konoha's Blue Death God, yet they send batch after batch of us to the bloodless blade!"

"Who made our village become like this? Is it the Land of Fire? Is it Konoha? Or is it that blue shinigami Uchiha Toukou? None of them! Then who exactly made our village come to this point? And who should be held responsible for this?" Uchiha Toukou stood in the center of the gaze and asked loudly.

"It's those bloodline families!" At this time, a person in the crowd who was infected by Uchiha Douguang's words stood up and shouted loudly.

"Yes! Those are the bloodline families!" Uchiha Douguang shouted loudly!

"It was us, ordinary ninjas with mediocre talents, who built this village!" Uchiha Douguang clenched his fists. "Yet, they occupy high positions! They enjoy the fruits of our hard work! But we have to beg them for even the most basic ninjutsu! Is this reasonable?"

"It's unreasonable!" The atmosphere in the entire tavern became more and more fanatical under the instigation of Uchiha Douguang.

At this moment, Meito Terumi in the bar was already numb, and Black Zetsu who followed Uchiha Tokou was even more scalp-numbing.

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(End of this chapter)