Naruto followed Team 7 and returned to Konoha Village smoothly. On the other side, Shadow Clone, who was acting as [Menma], started to inquire about the current situation of Mist Village after handling the follow-up matters of Land of Waves. A question hovered in his mind. In the current timeline, has the Bloody Mist Village policy ended?
He used the intelligence network initially established by the [Jin] organization and quickly obtained some key information.
Feedback intelligence shows that Bloody Mist Village's terror policy has not completely ended, but Fourth Mizukage Yagura Karatachi has stepped down.
Currently, Mist Village is temporarily in a leaderless state. Genji, the oldest and most senior elder, has stepped forward to temporarily lead the daily affairs of the village and maintain the basic operation.
This result made Naruto feel a little surprised and confused. His original understanding was that the reason why Mist Village became the feared "Bloody Mist Village" was entirely due to Obito's hacking after Lin's death and using Sharingan to control Fourth Mizukage Yagura.
However, a detail that he ignored or misunderstood surfaced. It turned out that the prototype of the cruel and high-pressure "blood mist" policy had already begun to take shape as early as the Third Mizukage administration, and it did not completely begin during the Fourth Mizukage period. Mist Village Due to its unique geographical environment and historical origins, there are always radical and xenophobic forces within it.
If Naruto could review the original work of Hokage at this moment, he would see that on the night when Obito witnessed Lin's death and completely fell into darkness, Kirigakure Ninja who participated in the siege had already called his village "Bloody Mist Village".
Of course, it is undeniable that after Obito later successfully used Mangekyō Sharingan to control Fourth Mizukage Yagura, he greatly intensified and distorted the existing Blood Mist Policy, pushing it to a more extreme and inhumane peak.
Such stupid things as forcing Ninja Academy to learn to kill each other as a graduation exam, persecuting and purging the family that owns Kekkei Genkai... These stupid things were largely made worse by the secret manipulation and fueling of Obito.
Now, Fourth Mizukage has stepped down... This probably means that Obito's direct control over Mist Village has ended, and the man behind the trouble has most likely left.
After comprehensive analysis, the current Mist Village has experienced decades of internal strife, self-mutilation and brain drain. Its military strength and economic strength have fallen to the lowest point in history and are extremely weak.
The village's current top priority is undoubtedly internal rectification, appeasement of the people, and restoration of vitality. It has no time or ability to expand externally or stir up trouble.
Now that the Land of Waves incident has been settled, and the "death" news of Zabuza Momochi and Bai has not been confirmed, there may be some clues indicating that they may still be alive... So, what will they do for Mist Village, who is in an extremely weak and talent-hungry state?
The answer is almost certainly yes.
The senior officials of Mist Village, especially the temporary elder Genji, are likely to immediately try to send people to contact and find Zabuza and Bai, trying to lure the powerful "Demon of the Hidden Mist" rebel and the more precious young man with the rare Ice Release Kekkei Genkai back to the village.
Of course, with Menma's strong intervention and "life-saving grace", Zabuza Momochi and Bai have already been branded as the [Jin] organization. If Mist Village is still thinking of poaching people at this moment, then I'm afraid it's just lovesickness.
Menma was extremely confident in his ability to single-handedly bring Bai back from hell, and the system's prompt sound immediately confirmed his judgment on Zabuza's loyalty.
[bite!]
[Congratulations to Su Yu: You have established Bonds level 4 with the original character "Zabuza Momochi"!]
[Points obtained: 600 points!]
Good guy... Menma was slightly surprised. The first time he created Bonds, he jumped to level four? This is enough to show that his position in Zabuza's heart is far more important than imagined, and perhaps even more important than Zabuza himself admits.
In his Bonds record, except for the time when Satsuki's emotional impact was too severe, which caused the level to explode to "Beyond Calculation", and the time when Might Guy's "Youth Resonance" reached level three during their first meeting, Zabuza's initial four-level favorability ranked firmly in second place.
However, in the organization's stronghold, the next scene made Menma feel a little speechless.
Although Bai was completely cured of his fatal injuries by [Crazy Diamond], he was still comatose for two days because of excessive chakra consumption in the previous battle.
In the past two days, Zabuza stayed by Bai's bedside almost every step of the way. He even skipped meals and just stared at Bai's sleeping face quietly and motionlessly, waiting for those eyes to open again.
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Finally, Bai Youyou woke up. Zabuza first suppressed the excitement in his heart and explained the current situation and the fact that they had joined the [Jin] organization as calmly as possible.
But when explaining the reason, this guy began to modify the "script" without authorization.
He never mentioned that it was because of Bai Cai that he gave in. Instead, he made up a story, claiming that on that day Gato betrayed him, he was in a desperate situation and almost died, but it was the leader of Menma who saved his life.
In order to repay this life-saving grace, he Zabuza Momochi decided to be loyal to the [Jin] organization. As for saving Bai... he said that Menma conveniently "added the head" to it.
He also deliberately spoke in a tone that seemed cold but was actually awkward. "Listen, Bai, this life of yours and mine was bought by that organization from the edge of hell. From now on, my sword and my life belong to [Jin]."
Finally, I did not forget to add, "Don't ask unnecessary questions. Just follow me like before."
Menma was speechless listening on the sidelines. "..."
Why are you being so tsundere? Who was crying so hard that he got down from his seat and begged me to save people? Now that the person has been revived, he is being carried again? This drama of trying to save face and suffer hardship is really...
As if to ridicule Zabuza's awkward statement, just as he finished speaking, a new prompt sounded in Menma's mind.
[bite!]
[Congratulations to Su Yu for establishing the initial Bonds with the original character "White"!]
[Points obtained: 150!]
Menma is not surprised at all. Given Bai's almost blind loyalty and dependence on Zabuza, and hearing that it was Menma who saved Zabuza's life, it would be strange to not have a good impression of [Jin] and the leader of the organization.
For Bai, the details of how he miraculously survived from that fatal injury were not important, and he would not even delve into the extraordinary power involved.
As long as he can continue to stay with Zabuza, no matter where he is, which organization he belongs to, or in what capacity he exists, it makes no difference to him.
If the system could measure the level of Zabuza and Bonds, the value would have already been level 10.
After that, Menma made arrangements for their work. He incorporated Zabuza and Bai into the [Jin] organization Anbu, with Shisui Uchiha responsible for leadership and dispatching.
Although Zabuza is very powerful and can be called an elite Jonin, among the current group of monster Yunmei combatants in the [Jin] organization, it is indeed a bit underwhelming.
On the contrary, Bai is still young and still in the period of rapid growth. He possesses the rare Ice Release Kekkei Genkai and is extremely talented. It is almost inevitable that he will grow into Kage Level in the future.
Now that Zabuza has given up his ambition to change Kirigakure, it is just a good time for him to practice in the organization with peace of mind and see if he can go further under the leadership of Shisui, or develop a new way of fighting.
After properly settling Zabuza and Bai, Menma withdrew a large amount of funds from Kakuzu that had just been "squeezed" from Gato, and prepared to purchase a large amount of Explosive Tags to prepare for possible subsequent tactics.
At this point, Menma and Land of Waves related matters have come to an end.
(No update tomorrow morning, will be updated in the afternoon)