Naruto: All depends on Kyuubi C

The border of the land of water.

"who!"

After taking the boat, not long after getting off the ground, Naruto and the others noticed the sight of others in the woods almost the moment they entered the Kingdom of Water.

Then the Kirigakure Village ninjas responsible for protecting the country's borders appeared in front of them.

"it's me."

"You are... Terumi Mei-sama!"

The leading Kirigakure ninja was startled, but he did not immediately take off his guard, but maintained a certain safe distance to communicate.

"They are ninjas from the ally Konoha Village. This time they came to the Kingdom of Water with a mission..."

Terumi Mei gave a brief introduction to their group.

However, the Kirigakure Village ninjas who thought they would withdraw still stood still.

Even the weapons and equipment were not withdrawn.

"......what happened?"

Terumi Mei frowned.

"Isn't Sister Ming a well-known person in Kirigakure Village? Aren't they companions of Kirigakure Village? Why do I feel that something is not right?"

Naruto quietly came to Kakashi's side in front of the crowd and whispered.

"There seems to be some situation, but I don't notice any hostility..."

"There's really no animosity."

Naruto replied firmly.

"Then tell Sasuke and Hinata first and wait for Terumi Mei to deal with it. We will wait and see what happens."

"However, exercise the necessary caution."

He didn't wait long, and soon the leader of this group of Kirigakure ninjas came over.

"Qing? Why are you here? You..."

Terumi Mei's expression changed when she saw the person coming.

"Terumi Mei-sama, it's hard to explain." Ao's expression was serious, he glanced at Kakashi and the others, and then turned his attention back to Terumi Mei, "Please come here and talk."

"I'll come when I go."

Terumi Mei nodded to Kakashi, and then followed Ao to a place away from everyone.

"What's the situation? Aren't you supposed to be protecting Master Yuanshi in the village? Why are you here?"

"Alas, Terumi Mei-sama, Genshi-sama... is already dead."

"what!"

Terumi Mei was shocked, but soon a figure appeared in his mind.

"Did the Mizukage do it?"

"After Mr. Mizukage returned to the village, many high-level officials in the village, including Mr. Yuanshi, were placed under house arrest for investigation. According to Mr. Mizukage, he was attacked by the [Akatsuki] organization that year, and it was the collusion of the high-level officials in the village... .."

"Following the investigation, many Su Lao were suspected, and since it was impossible to prove that they had nothing to do with [Akatsuki] in a short period of time, Lord Mizukage ordered the assassination of all of them."

"I'm afraid...it's not just suspicion." Terumi Mei said coldly, "I know them too well. According to their temperament, I'm afraid they have already planned something unfavorable to the fourth generation since they were put under house arrest. Instead, they became Evidence that led them to this end.”

"You guessed it right..."

"who is it?"

"Zabuza, but he escaped."

"...I don't care about other people, but although Mr. Yuanshi is also an elder in the village, there is no way he can participate in their plan against Mizukage.

Genshi-sama has the same attitude towards Kirigakure and Mizukage. He had already held important responsibilities in the village when Kirigakure was established..."

"Terumi Mei-sama, you have met Mizukage-sama before. Don't you think that if it were him now, he wouldn't care about this at all?"

"Master Yuanshi once told me after you left that Master Mizukage transferred you away for the purpose of his life.

He has long since awakened, and he only hopes that the Hidden Mist Village can regain peace as soon as possible, and at the same time, he will not return to the blood mist... Master Yuanshi deliberately wanted to die. "

Terumi Mei was silent.

"Master Terumi Mei, before Master Genshi passed away, he asked me to tell you something."

"......you say."

"Never go back to the village again, otherwise there will never be peace." Ao told Terumi Mei about Genshi's last words.

Terumi Mei didn't understand the meaning of Genshi's words. She had already vaguely had this hunch after hearing what she just heard. As a person whom Genshi-sama values ​​​​she, if something happens to Genshi-sama, if he goes back... ...

The Fourth Mizukage might not let him go either.

Terumi Mei was silent for a moment, and then said softly: "I understand."

Qing looked at Terumi Mei's leaving figure, and sighed deeply in his heart. Yuanshi had half a sentence before, but he didn't say it -

"Unless she is willing to come back and seize the position of the Fifth Mizukage!"

Terumi Mei and Qing returned to the crowd.

"Sister Ming, you are back!"

"Well, I'm sorry, there are some things about the village. It's okay now. Let's go."

Terumi Mei gathered all her thoughts in her heart, with a very relaxed expression on her face: "Let's go according to the original plan. There is no need to go to Kirigakure Village."

Hearing Terumi Mei's words, Kakashi's mind moved and he seemed to understand something.

The Kirigakure ninjas led by Ao also moved out of the way.

However, when passing their checkpoint, Kakashi still noticed that the Kirigakure who were blocking the direction of Kirigakure Village were still waiting in place and did not give way.

It's just that Naruto and the others didn't pay much attention because they didn't know the location of Kirigakure Village.

"Where are we going next?"

Mei Terumi asked Kakashi.

"... According to the original plan, we were to divide into two teams, and let you go to the capital of the Kingdom of Water to explore the news first." Kakashi retracted his gaze from sizing up Kirigakure and said to everyone, "Then I will go and inquire. Underground intelligence sources.”

"But now it seems that we should act together. Then we must first find a gold exchange place near the Kingdom of Water."

"A gold exchange?"

"An organization that offers rewards for assassinating important figures in the ninja world in exchange for money. It has branches in various countries and is an underground organization. Where can I get some information that cannot be obtained through formal channels."

Kakashi explained to them, and then looked at Terumi Mei: "Is there a channel?"

"I have fought against some branches of this organization before, and I have some clues." Terumi Mei nodded.

At this time, in Konoha Prison on the other side.

"Tuanzang."

"Huh? You two?" Danzo, who was blind in one eye, raised his head and couldn't help but sneer when he saw a familiar face, "You came too slowly."

I saw Konoha consultant, Koharu who had transferred to the dormitory, and Mito Kadenyan standing outside the prison, with no one following them.

"Duanzo, you also know the purpose of our coming..."

"What's unclear? Isn't it because I'm worried that Sarutobi will judge me in front of others, and I will 'accidentally' reveal everything I've done before?"

"Why, are you afraid now? When you followed Sarutobi to arrest me, weren't you on his side?"

"At that time, the evidence was conclusive, and even we didn't have any reason to stop Hiruzen... We don't have much time. Danzo, please tell us honestly, where did you hide Uchiha Shisui's body?"

"Corpse? Hahahaha, do you really believe Sarutobi's lies? That's a frame-up. The coffin is empty. Sarutobi did all of this to give me a guilt that I can't escape!"

The two advisors glanced at each other, as if confirming whether they believed the truth about Danzo's story.

They are also assessing how much damage Danzo will bring to them and Konoha once the fish is dead and the net is broken.

After a while, Mito Kadoyan made a decision: "In short, we will arrange for someone to send you out of Konoha, and you will never return to the village after that..."

"That won't work."

Suddenly, an old voice that was extremely familiar to them sounded behind them.

The expressions of the two consultants changed drastically. The voice behind them was too familiar to them.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi!