Mirai still remembered the scene from the day of the uprising. After entering the office, there really had been a dummy sitting in the Mizukage's seat, one made of wood. For a long time, everyone who had sat there had likely been a dummy. The puppet master hiding in the shadows had to be the one pulling the strings behind the scenes!
No wonder I heard that rattling sound that day. Though it had been faint, Mirai had still heard it. When nothing happened afterward, he had mistakenly thought he was just being paranoid.
"I remember..." Mirai pointed at the office door. "Do you remember that day? I jumped out the window with Terumi Mei in my arms and said there was an ambush!"
Yagura nodded. "I remember..."
Mirai said, "The sound I heard that day was the sound of a puppet moving. It seemed the enemy was still in the office at the time, but there were too many people, so he didn't make a move..."
Yagura said strangely, "No, that can't be. I watched it with my eyes that day. There was no problem..."
Mirai added, "The Byakugan focuses on humanoid chakra. Minato just said that the enemy's chakra form was extremely unusual—very thin, and hard to detect! Besides, so many people were involved that day that the enemy couldn't possibly have hidden behind someone. The other side is a puppet master, one who can control puppets with chakra threads! It must be that the Byakugan overlooked it..."
After hearing Mirai's analysis, Yagura had a very bad feeling. If any of it was true, then the Third Mizukage had been quietly killed by the enemy years ago, and successfully replaced.
"This is truly terrifying..."
Yagura pointed at the enemy and demanded loudly, "Who are you? Did you kill