A Mist Ninja spy wearing a Konoha forehead protector obtained some intelligence and sent it out through secret means.
He had heard that the command headquarters was using a certain case to stir the Uchiha into taking revenge with all their strength.
A Mist Ninja ANBU agent had actually transplanted two Three Tomoe Sharingan. The Uchiha considered the Mist Ninja utterly arrogant.
This intelligence eventually reached the Mist Ninja command headquarters.
Commander-in-Chief Aogetsu Hozuki looked at Yokozuki Hozuki. Yokozuki Hozuki shook his head and said:
"They're not our people. After obtaining Sharingan, we transplanted them one at a time. Each Mist Ninja only received one eye. Transplanting a pair at once would be too wasteful, and the test subjects wouldn't be able to endure it."
Aogetsu Hozuki said, "Then they must be the Third Mizukage's people?"
"Most likely."
Aogetsu Hozuki's expression turned livid.
The Hozuki Clan had fought and bled for the village, and Kuritsuki Hozuki, one of the clan's important jonin, had just died in battle. Yet the village was secretly pulling tricks at a time like this.
Not only did the Third Mizukage distrust him, but he had even sent ANBU to the front lines to reap the benefits.
The moment he heard that Sharingan could be transplanted, the Third Mizukage reached out faster than anyone else.
Aogetsu Hozuki silently made up his mind. Once this war ended, he would settle matters with the Third Mizukage. One side would have to die.
Kirigakure could only have one Kage, and that Kage had to come from the Hozuki Clan.
On the coast of the Land of Water, inside a large ship, the Third Mizukage was listening to Advisor Genji's report.
The Third Mizukage practiced a special secret technique that had blinded both his eyes, leaving him highly dependent on