Severed with a Single Slash

"What are your thoughts on Konoha's request?"

The Third Mizukage looked at Karatachi Yagura and Genji as he asked.

"I think we should refuse. Konoha clearly has ulterior motives, and those brats aren't weak," Karatachi Yagura said.

If Hidden Mist Village could win, then sending a few elite jonin over to offer Konoha's ninja some guidance would not have been a problem.

The problem was that Hidden Mist Village might not win.

He had been on the battlefield during the final battle and had some understanding of Obito and the others' strength.

"I think we can try agreeing," Genji said, holding the opposite opinion from Karatachi Yagura.

Of course, it was not because Genji was confident in the strength of Hidden Mist Village's ninja and believed they would definitely not be defeated.

Although he had not been on the battlefield, he had read the intelligence reports.

"There is already quite a gap between our strength and Konoha's. Since we have begun learning from Konoha, why not take this opportunity to give the village's ninja another push?"

"Letting them witness the gap between Hidden Mist Village and Konoha firsthand may be even more beneficial to their growth."

After the Third Great Ninja War ended, the Third Mizukage had personally proposed ending the village's high-pressure policy—the policy known as the Blood Mist.

Why had Hidden Mist Village implemented the Blood Mist policy? Was it not to strengthen the village's ninja, believing that ninja raised through slaughter from the Ninja Academy onward would be stronger?

The facts proved that Hidden Mist Village had been wrong. The brutal Blood Mist had not made Hidden Mist Village much stronger at all. Its strength was completely inferior to Konoha's.

Since even the village's policy for training ninja had changed because of Konoha, Genji felt that losing