Although this Konoha shinobi was only thirteen years old, his name had already spread to many countries.
Over the next ten years, the shinobi Konoha feared most would be neither Hatake Sakumo nor the Three... but Namikaze Mirai.
"I heard that the Third Hokage held great hopes for him, but he sent him on such a dangerous mission?"
Later, the Third Mizukage was also baffled. A genius shinobi like Namikaze Mirai should have received boundless protection from the village, until he had fully matured.
After all, while his strength was nothing to scoff at, someone like Namikaze Mirai absolutely should not have been assigned a mission such as infiltrating Kirigakure.
"Looks like your intelligence network is no better," the old man said with a mocking smile. "This Namikaze Mirai has already mastered the Flying Thunder God. That is why Huo Ying sent him to gather intelligence."
"The Flying Thunder God!?" The Third Mizukage's expression changed. An ordinary shinobi might never have heard of this technique.
But as the First Mizukage's guard, he had attended the first Five Kage Summit.
Back then, the First Hokage had been the developer of the Flying Thunder God Technique.
He had also been the fastest shinobi of that era, surpassed only by the First Hokage and the elder before him.
The fastest shinobi of all, the future Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama!
With that, the Third Mizukage finally understood the Third Hokage's intentions.
Namikaze Mirai, who had mastered the Flying Thunder God, would be virtually invincible once he entered Kirigakure.
Even if he acted personally, he likely would not be able to take Namikaze Mirai's life.
Yet the Third Mizukage showed no sign of confusion. Instead, he chuckled. "If it were anyone else, you truly would have no way to deal with that boy. But since