It was impossible to slaughter a major clan in Kirigakure without the village's other ninja noticing, yet none of them had appeared there last night.
This indicated that the Third Mizukage had likely notified the other clans in advance, and those clans should all have been under his command.
This was the so-called force of violence—using bloodshed and slaughter to make people fear the shadows, thereby achieving the goal of seizing power alone.
Mirai had been the Fourth Hokage in the past, but his methods were completely opposite to those of the Third Mizukage.
"What do you mean? My father already knew which clan would..." Terumi Mei stared wide-eyed in disbelief.
Mirai nodded.
"So the Terumi clan should be fine. After all, it is one of Kirigakure's clans. After purging his political opponents, the Third Mizukage still needed considerable strength to intimidate the other ninja. The Terumi clan is a very important piece..."
"But you..."
Mirai felt uncomfortable, because he had not said anything.
Terumi Mei was somewhat shocked by his words, then immediately said with conviction, "Since you say the Terumi clan is an important piece to the Third Mizukage... even if I saw Kirigakure's people slaughtering the clan with my own eyes, he should not have wanted to kill me."
Mirai was surprised by her sudden remark. She was different from girls her age.
She had not said something like, "My parents will protect me."
So he looked at Terumi Mei with interest and asked softly, "How can you be sure?"
"I'm not sure. But to Lord Mizukage, I'm only a dispensable member of the clan. He probably cannot be bothered to focus his attention on me, that's all." The sorrow in Terumi Mei's eyes gradually settled.
Mirai neither confirmed nor denied her thoughts, but he did not