Passing Along the Message

After making another round of the temporary camp, Suikazan Fuguki glanced at the small courtyard where the Mizukage was staying, then silently left the camp.

"Mei Terumi and Kisame Hoshigaki are the Mizukage's guards and never leave his side, yet he sent them out on a mission at a time like this. That's highly unusual! Could the Mizukage have left too? Is the one in the courtyard just a water clone?"

The thought made him feel uneasy.

With the situation so tense, the Five Kage wouldn't act rashly. Besides, the Mizukage was a Jinchuriki and a target of the Akatsuki Organization, which made it even less likely that he would act recklessly.

If the Mizukage himself had to take part in an operation, it had to be a major one!

"Damn it, I hope nothing's gone wrong with those Akatsuki people!"

As the thought crossed his mind, Suikazan Fuguki could no longer suppress his urge to contact the Akatsuki Organization.

There was no doubt about it.

The Akatsuki Organization's spy hidden in Kirigakure was none other than Suikazan Fuguki, the current leader of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist!

He was also the one who had previously leaked the whereabouts of the Six-Tails Jinchuriki!

Ordinary people might think that a high-ranking Kirigakure official like him shouldn't betray his village. But in reality, those who betrayed their villages—or got caught up in power struggles—were precisely the high-ranking officials who stood just one step away from becoming their village's leader.

Similar things had happened in every village.

Kumogakure had once seen a coup by the brothers Kinkaku and Ginkaku. The coup not only sabotaged peace talks between Kumogakure and Konoha, but also led to the deaths of the Second Raikage and Second Hokage.

In the original timeline, Sunagakure had also seen