Meanwhile, outside the Mizukage Building.
BOOM!!
Zabuza cleaved through the entrance with a single swing and led his men inside, laughing.
The defenses outside the Mizukage Building were pitifully weak, and the clans in the village that supported the Fourth Mizukage hadn't come to his aid in time.
The coup was progressing remarkably smoothly.
Looking at the gloomy Mizukage Building, Zabuza seemed to picture himself killing the Fourth Mizukage.
He waved his Ninja Blade and shouted to his men, "Find the Fourth Mizukage. Once we kill him, it'll all be over."
Zabuza and his men had only just entered the Mizukage Building when they ran into Kisame and the three men Obito had just recruited: Genji, Sora, and Kanryu.
Zabuza narrowed his eyes at them, thinking that these four were probably the Fourth Mizukage's final line of defense.
He shouted to his men, "Kill them, and I'll reward you handsomely!"
With a generous reward on offer, there would always be brave men willing to fight.
Besides, their enemies weren't the Fourth Mizukage himself, so Zabuza's men weren't afraid in the slightest. They charged at the four of them as if they'd been injected with stimulants.
On a tall building nearby, with a view of the Mizukage Building,
Orochimaru stood quietly on the rooftop, watching Kirigakure descend into chaos. A relaxed, carefree smile touched his delicate face.
"Another coup? What a deeply troubled village."
Orochimaru stuck out his pink tongue and licked the corner of his mouth.
After a while, Orochimaru left the rooftop and went to a laboratory.
He had secretly released many White Snakes. Through the information they sent back, he could keep track of everything happening at the Mizukage Building without having to watch it himself.
"Haku, how are you feeling?"
As Orochimaru examined the Heavenly Cursed Seal