Haku walked up to one of the hunter-nin and removed his mask.
Beneath the mask was a young face.
No more than a teenager.
Haku's eyes dimmed slightly.
Kirigakure.
Hunter-nin.
Bloody Mist.
These words were not unfamiliar to him.
Kakashi examined them and frowned.
"They have Curse Seals on them."
Shingetsu crouched down and looked at the black markings on the hunter-nin's nape.
Black Zetsu's traces.
They were not entirely Curse Seals.
They were more like remnants of some kind of mental manipulation.
Shingetsu reached out and pressed a hand against them.
The System Prompt sounded.
[Abnormal Yin Release contamination traces detected.] [Source: Black Zetsu.] [Related lead: Fourth Mizukage control chain.] [Consume Causality Points for temporary tracking?]
Shingetsu's gaze turned cold.
There it was.
"Track it."
The next instant—
An image exploded in his mind.
Kirigakure.
A bloodstained Training Ground.
Children slaughtering one another.
Deep within the shadows of the Mizukage Building.
A small figure sat high above.
Long green hair.
Purple eyes.
A hooked staff in hand.
The Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura.
His eyes were hollow.
Behind him, a scarlet Sharingan slowly spun.
The image vanished in a flash.
Shingetsu abruptly opened his eyes.
Kakashi noticed his expression.
"What did you see?"
Shingetsu rose to his feet and looked into the sea mist.
"The Fourth Mizukage."
"He's being controlled."
Haku's pupils contracted.
Zabuza's voice came from the mist at the bridgehead.
"What did you say?"
He was back.
Blood stained the Kubikiribōchō.
Clearly, things at the docks had not been peaceful either.
Shingetsu looked at him.
"The Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura."
"There's a Sharingan behind him."
Zabuza walked over step by step.
His expression was terrifying.
Haku instinctively murmured, "Mr. Zabuza..."
Zabuza did not look at him.
He stared fixedly at Shingetsu.
"Are you sure?"
Shingetsu said,