One Dragon Tail Kick will shatter your Susanoo dream!

Suddenly, someone in the Mist Ninja cried out in surprise.

"That man with the lewd smile, I think he used to be from the village..."

Before she could finish speaking, she shattered into pieces like a broken toy, leaving a trail of broken fragments on the ground.

Cao Zhi, as if nothing had happened, gently shook her hand and leaned against a tree.

"I hate it when people lie, and it's definitely not because he called me sleazy..."

While everyone was still in shock, Yekura had already broken into the Mist Ninja crowd, and the fireballs in her hands kept roasting the enemies into dried meat.

Looking at the extremely gruesome death of the Mist Ninja, Kusashiki swallowed hard, thinking to himself.

"This girl, killing is so inhumane. Couldn't she just sit down calmly and cut him in two with her ninja sword...?"

Having quickly completed his revenge, Yecang approached Kusashi with a blank expression.

"Grass Shadow, from now on my life is yours. If the battlefield ever requires me to die, just tell me!"

Kusaji watched intently, and Yekura, whose soul had been drained, couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"Being betrayed by the very beliefs you once fought for is incredibly painful, Rasa..."

"That was fantastic!"

Cao Zhi coughed lightly, then grasped Ye Cang's somewhat slippery hand and solemnly promised.

"From now on, we're all comrades. So don't say anything that's detrimental to unity!"

A strange power surged from his body. Kusashi felt that his understanding of fire-style ninjutsu was far greater than before. If there was any difference, it was that he used to be an ordinary fire-style ninja, but now he had become a messenger of flames!

Just as Cao Zhi was basking in the glow of the new hero template, a deep voice came from the stone wall.

The Third Mizukage stood on the cliff, his eyes filled with rage.

"What are you doing in Kirigakure again?!"

Cao Zhi ignored the other party's murderous gaze and raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Clan Chief Kaguya invited me to have a seat. Is there a problem?"

With a wave of his hand, the Third Mizukage summoned a large number of Hidden Mist Anbu members.

"This time, you won't get away so easily!"

Cao Zhi stared wide-eyed and complained.

"When did I run away? Last time, it was you who led the leaders of all the major ninja clans to escort me away. Are you getting senile?"

The Third Mizukage remained silent as the surrounding mist gradually thinned, followed by the appearance of numerous water columns that converged in mid-air to form a massive water dragon.

"Thank you. If I hadn't fought you, my forbidden water jutsu wouldn't have been completed so quickly. Let's determine who is the strongest water ninja!"

Cao Zhi smiled and shook her head slightly.

"I already said I'm a Sea Release user, but to reward you for your hard work over the years, I'll use my newly learned Scorching Release to greet you!"

Then flames appeared out of thin air, and with Cao Zhi's three hand seals, they instantly grew to a size of nearly a thousand meters.

Ye Cang, who was holding a shuriken, was full of questions.

"This... when did Lord Kusakage learn the Scorch Release?"

The Third Mizukage looked at the fiery clouds that were covering the sky and were still expanding, a bead of cold sweat sliding down his forehead, while the Mist Ninja beside him kept swallowing hard.

The old man with age spots, who was secretly observing, stared wide-eyed. He was enveloped by the swirling white Zetsu and spoke from the side.

"Even Lord Madara couldn't unleash a fire jutsu of this scale, and the range is still expanding!"

"Hmph, shut up. Have you ever witnessed my peak power? I can easily use this level of fire jutsu!"

"But that guy's fire jutsu is now almost ten thousand meters in range..."

"Ahem, Fire Release isn't important. The Uchiha's main fighting method is the Sharingan..."

Seeing that half of his proud forbidden technique had been evaporated before it could even be unleashed, the Third Mizukage immediately put on a smile, deliberately dispelling the forbidden technique and forcibly suppressing the chaotic chakra within his body caused by the backlash from the forbidden technique.

He spoke gently as he slowly stepped forward.

"Oh, my friend, I came here to show you my newly learned ninjutsu. As a friend, you wouldn't be so stingy, would you, Kusakage?"

Cao Zhi made a hand seal with one hand, feigning embarrassment on his face, while his free hand rubbed his chin.

"Oh dear, my Scorching Release, once successfully condensed, will cause great harm to my body if I don't release it..."

"Ahem," the Third Mizukage stepped forward slowly, a hint of heartache flashing in his eyes, and took out 500 million ryo from his person.

"This is just a small token of our friendship, please accept it!"

With a "whoosh," the banknotes in the Third Mizukage's hand disappeared, but the flames above his head grew even hotter.

"Oh dear, this little bit of money is enough to make up for the tiny bit of chakra I wasted..."

An hour later, several boxes of gold and silver treasures were carried to Kusashi by the Mist Ninja Anbu and opened.

The Third Mizukage clutched his heaving chest, his eyes bloodshot.

"These are specialties that were just collected from various ninja clans... and sent to our friends who have come from afar..."

Seeing this, Cao Zhi casually pointed upwards, and the flames instantly plummeted into the distant sea at an extremely fast speed, producing a large amount of water vapor.

"Oh, we're all friends, why bring local specialties?"

"Ye Cang, go up and give it a light tap. If it's worth less than 1 million, I'll give Lord Mizukage a performance of breathing fireballs!"

The banknotes were quickly counted, and Kusaji patted the Third Mizukage on the shoulder.

"Pakura, the hero of Sunagakure, has died at the hands of Konoha ninjas. You know what to do with the rest of you, right?"

The Third Mizukage squinted and said through gritted teeth.

"That's natural, that's natural..."

Ye Cang stared blankly at Cao Ying, who skillfully pulled out a scroll from his person and sealed the gold and silver treasures inside. The shock in his heart could not be calmed for a long time.

To directly extort an entire ninja village, one of the Five Great Nations, by force—her worldview has truly collapsed…

The next day, the ninja world was once again in turmoil. Sunagakure announced that their village hero had been killed by Konoha and formed a group of "old, weak, sick and disabled" ninjas, whose main members were all supporters of Pakura!

The demands were simple: Hiruzen Sarutobi had to give an explanation and hand over the culprit, or else they would join forces with their ally, the Mist Ninja, to attack Konoha!

Upon seeing this, both Iwagakure and Kumogakure stopped their fighting and issued a joint statement, the gist of which was...

"For the sake of peace in the ninja world and for the sake of Pakura, the heroine of Sunagakure, Konoha must give an explanation, or else they'll be facing a 1v4 situation!"

In response to this situation, Hiruzen Sarutobi of Konoha had countless whiskers plucked from his chin and his hair was falling out in clumps, almost turning him bald from worry.

Just as he was feeling angry, confused, and helpless, there was a knock on the office door, and then a burly figure entered. The man had white hair, but instead of a Konoha headband, he wore an oil-colored headband!

"Old man, it seems you haven't been doing well lately..."