One Dragon Tail Kick will shatter your Susanoo dream!

Raiga Kurosugi, wielding two blades, slowly emerged from the Mist Ninja crowd.

"Pufferfish Demon, remember your promise. After you kill this brat, the Mizukage will personally restore my identity as a Kirigakure ninja!"

The Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Demon grinned and nodded repeatedly.

"Lord Yagura, now is the time when we need manpower, so rest assured!"

Raiga Kurosuki walked up to Hozuki Mangetsu, who was frozen on the ground, raised his special ninja sword, and pointed the tip of the sword at the other's neck.

"Farewell, genius of Kirigakure!"

Suddenly, screams erupted from the surrounding Mist Ninja. The violent explosions ceased, and Kusanagi, holding a special card, slowly emerged from the smoke and dust.

"Looks like today is your lucky day. The criminal organization is currently short of an intern. Are you interested in that immobile guy?"

"Thunder Blade Technique? Thunder Gate!"

Black Hoshino Raiga plunged his twin swords into the ground, unleashing an astonishing burst of chakra. His ninja tool, Raiga, then drew out a massive amount of lightning, bombarding the area where Kusashi was located.

Cao Zhi was not afraid at all. With the power of a divine dragon, how could he be afraid of this little bit of lightning? His hair was slightly curled outwards by the electric shock, and he casually flicked his hands.

Three cards flew in three directions with fixed patterns, piercing through several Mist Ninjas who rushed forward to block them. Then, another card, flashing yellow light, landed in his hand.

"Everything is contained within the cards..."

Seeing the yellow card rushing towards him, Kurozuki Raiya exhaled a large amount of thick fog.

"Water Release: Mist Concealment Technique!"

As a result, the yellow card seemed to track him automatically. Even though he was holding his breath and trying to dodge, he was still frozen in place by the yellow card and momentarily lost consciousness. Seeing that the situation was not good, Suigetsu Hozuki threw several shuriken with explosive tags attached towards Hozuki Mangetsu's position.

Completely paralyzed and unable to dodge, Hozuki Mangetsu closed his eyes in despair, only to hear an explosion right next to him, yet he was unharmed.

He saw that he was surrounded by a thin layer of water bubbles. Cao Zhi appeared in front of him at some point and picked up the Ghost Lantern Full Moon.

"Let's go, intern!"

"Hey, wait a minute, I still have..."

Before he could finish speaking, Hozuki Mangetsu was taken away from the scene by Kusashi. Enraged by the loss of the two, Suigetsu Fuguki cleaved the other surviving Hozuki ninja in two.

On the same day, Hozuki Mangetsu was put on the kill list by the Mizukage for betraying the village and attacking village ninjas!

Meanwhile, Hozuki Mangetsu, who had recovered considerably, confidently led Kusashi back to his clan's territory.

"Don't worry, as a genius in the family, the elders will protect me!"

As a result, Hozuki Mangetsu, full of confidence, had just returned to his clan's territory when a large number of Kirigakure ninja appeared all around him, and even his own clan's ninja joined the attack.

Disheartened, with the help of Kusashi, Hozuki Mangetsu slaughtered nearly half of the clan's high-ranking members, leaving behind the rest of his ninja swords and taking only his favorite twin swords, Hiramekarei.

He returned these special ninja tools to Kirigakure on the condition that his family would take good care of his newborn younger brother, and then left Kirigakure with Kusashi!

If Hozuki Mangetsu weren't still relatively young, Kusashi would have wanted to turn him into a human seed-planting machine to create a new ninja clan...

Thus, Kirigakure lost one genius, while Kusagakure gained one. Hozuki Mangetsu, who arrived in the Land of Grass, was directly assigned to the Night Watch. His strength and diverse fighting style earned him Kisame's appreciation, and he was quickly promoted to a mid-level management position...

After refining his experience in managing the Anbu and some institutional plans, Hatake Sakumo, with Kusashi's consent, became a responsible ninja academy security guard.

In his words, protecting the village's new generation is the key to the prosperity of Kusagakure!

After defeating Shusui in Kirigakure and taking down a genius ninja, Kusanagi set his sights on his so-called "ally," Iwagakure!

Looking at the intelligence data that Wu Sheng had handed over, Cao Zhi rubbed his chin.

"The neighboring village has people who play with insects, so my Grass Village must have them too!"

"This is a long-term task, so I'm entrusting it to you, Comrade Wusheng!"

Wu Sheng was speechless. He pointed to himself, then looked at Cao Zhi, who was engrossed in his own world, and couldn't help but speak up to remind him.

"Lord Kusakage, the reason we were able to successfully recruit the Uzumaki and Blood Pond clans earlier was because both clans were impoverished ninja clans, even on the verge of extinction..."

"The Kamimizu clan is considered a prestigious family in Iwagakure, even though they were relegated to obscurity after their defeat in a battle against the Aburame clan of Konoha..."

Before Wu Sheng could finish speaking, Cao Zhi raised his hand.

Have you ever heard the saying, "Better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix"?

Wu Sheng gave Cao Zhi a look that said, "You're dreaming," which made Cao Zhi a little unhappy, but she still maintained a smiling expression.

"I didn't ask you to recruit them in a big way. I already said it's a long-term mission. According to intelligence, this clan's status in Iwagakure has declined significantly, and they are not well-liked. When the time is right, you can make your move!"

"Just like dealing with a woman, be gentle, lay the groundwork, and the rest will fall into place naturally..."

Looking at Cao Zhi's serious expression, Wu Sheng couldn't help but mutter something under his breath.

"If things are exposed, Lord Kusakage, you won't abandon me, will you?"

Cao Zhi frowned and made a serious promise.

"Don't worry, you're a high-ranking member of my Kusagakure village. How could you just give up like that? It's all for the sake of making the village better!"

Wu Sheng lowered his head, gritted his teeth and agreed, then slowly left the office. This time, he would use the excuse of mining the vein to secretly contact the Water Flow Clan!

Half a month later, Wu Sheng, with many injuries on his face, came to Cao Ying's office, hanging his head dejectedly.

"All the details for mining have been agreed upon, except for a slight discrepancy in the water flow. Luckily, I ran fast..."

Kusashiba slowly closed the drawer. Inside was a letter written by Onoki himself, the contents of which were roughly as follows.

"You fucking come to my village again to poach my son, I'll fucking @~%*..."

The messages were full of insults and extremely arrogant. Knowing he was in the wrong, Cao Zhi not only showed no fear, but also retaliated with insults and wrote a righteous and righteous reply.

"This matter has been investigated and clarified. It was our village's senior advisor who acted on his own initiative. Kusagakure was completely unaware of it. I, Kusagakure, have always advocated for peaceful and win-win cooperation and have always upheld the principles of mutual respect for territorial sovereignty and non-aggression and non-interference in the internal affairs of other ninja villages. We have already imposed a severe punishment on our village's senior advisor for his actions!"

Cao Zhi stood up and took an envelope out of his sleeve.

"This is my personal reward for your heroic act. Don't worry about the pressure from Onoki in Iwagakure; I'll take it on for you!"

Wu Sheng looked moved, but also felt somewhat guilty for his actions being exposed and causing trouble for the village.

After dismissing Wusheng, Caozhi whispered instructions to a corner nearby.

"Ahem, let's switch the border garrison under Yahiko's command with the Muichi clan. I'm afraid it might cause unnecessary conflict..."

Kisame emerged from the shadows, holding a small notebook in his hand with something written on it. The cover had several large characters on it!

"Grass Shadow's Classic Quotes!"

Three days later, the delegation from Iwagakure arrived at Kusagakure with the first batch of collected mineral samples. The leader of the delegation, Huang Tu, squinted and clutched the grass stalks that were there to greet them.

"Lord Kusakage, what a brilliant move! You've managed to sow discord between the ninja clans and our village!"

"Enough said, Brother Huangtu. I'll raise the price a bit. Everyone makes mistakes, so Iwagakure will be lenient!"

Huang Tu was slightly taken aback, then revealed a warm smile.

"Hehe, then I'll trouble you!"

However, what Huang Tu didn't know was that the price of the ore had already been reduced several times over before the so-called "layer" was added. After all, in the current ninja world, most ores were just considered useless stones, except for gold, silver, copper, and iron ore...