A Few Things at the Mist Village Gate

But!

The Kubikiribōchō was given to him by the Fourth Mizukage, and no one can make him hand it over unless the real Fourth Mizukage asks for it.

So, after the Hidden Mist Village's pursuit force withdrew, he sneaked back.

There was nothing we could do; the sword was left in Kirigakure.

What Ninjutsu did Uchiha Obito use? Why couldn't the swords hit him?

Not only did they fail to cut him, but they also had their knife stolen.

But it doesn't matter, Zabuza Momochi Kirigakure, so he's been brought back here, hasn't he?

Gripping his Kubikiribōchō tightly, Zabuza Momochi.

A demon without Kubikiribōchō is incomplete.

But even with Kubikiribōchō, a demon still has to run away when the time comes.

Behind them, the sound of Shuriken cutting through the air came again.

Oh ho! They're getting anxious!

Knowing that if he went back to the Land of Fire, he would return empty-handed once again.

At this time, the Hidden Mist Village's ANBU dared not infiltrate Leaf Village.

Because the current Leaf Village is abnormally strong.

The Kirigakure currently lacks the capacity to wage war against Leaf Village.

Zabuza Momochi walking, swinging his Kubikiribōchō to knock down the Shuriken behind him.

Suddenly, he noticed two people standing there in front of him.

Those in green vests are Konoha Ninja.

How dare you block the escape route chosen by this demon? Don't you want to live?

Let's chop them all up then.

Anyway, whether they're being chased by Hidden Mist Village or Leaf Village, they're still being chased; the more debts they have, the less they have to bear.

A sinister smile crept across Zabuza Momochi's face.

He sped up.

As they drew closer, his smile gradually faded.

The White Ghost of Leaf Village and Body Flicker Shisui?

What kind of weird setup is this? Wait, why are these two ominous signs here?

Uchiha Shingen and Uchiha Shisui watched with strange expressions Zabuza Momochi intent, then slowed down and finally stopped, the murderous intent gone.

"Zabuza, what a coincidence." Uchiha Shingen stared at him. "Is he planning to kill us?"

Uchiha Shisui, seeing the approaching Hidden Mist Village ANBU.

Zabuza Momochi didn't even bother to read what happened next.

Either the ANBU were stopped, or ANBU were killed.

Killing Body Flicker Shisui, and then the rest? Forget it.

He wasn't trying to make a quick getaway; he'd already taken care of the rest of them.

Then he heard Uchiha Shingen speak.

"Zabuza, I told you guys last time, don't be reckless, and you actually went and went to assassinate someone?"

Zabuza Momochi asking, "What kind of Ninjutsu does your clansman use?"

"The Mangekyō Sharingan's Dōjutsu vary from person to person; your methods are ineffective against him." Uchiha Shingen Zabuza information about Obito. "I won't tell you anything extra. Based on your actions and current situation, you are no longer a suitable partner in this matter. So, tell me, what are you doing in the Land of Fire?"

"How arrogant, White Ghost. I have connections in Kirigakure too." Zabuza Momochi lied. "My value is far beyond your imagination."

"Enough with the nonsense. Even if you had people to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage, most of them would be dead by now. Answer my questions properly."

"Hmph, I'm just borrowing this land to rest for a bit." Zabuza Momochi spoke with the most ferocious tone of his life, uttering the most polite words he had ever spoken. "I'll leave once I've rested."

"Alright then, go ahead." Uchiha Shingen stepped aside. "As long as you don't cause trouble within the Land of Fire, we won't bother you."

"Okay, I'll give you that face..."

"If you keep pretending, I'll beat you up right now!"

Zabuza Momochi vanished like the wind before Uchiha Shingen.

Uchiha Shingen glanced at his disheveled figure, snorted coldly, and then walked towards the Hidden Mist Village ANBU who were confronting Uchiha Shisui.

Well, in a sense, it's a standoff.

One is standing, a group is lying down.

No one died, so it's considered a standoff.

"Who are you?" Uchiha Shingen pretended not to see the obvious ANBU uniforms on the other side.

The Hidden Mist Village ANBU lying on the ground looked up at the two people, each feeling bitter inside.

They shared the same thoughts as Zabuza Momochi.

What kind of crazy configuration is this!?

"I'm asking you a question, speak up!" Uchiha Shingen frowned. "If you don't speak, I'll kill you."

"We are from the Hidden Mist Village ANBU," a Mist Ninja said.

He really wanted to stand up and say that; it would have made him seem very imposing.

However, those who tried this before were all knocked unconscious by Uchiha Shisui using the hilt of his sword.

The current Uchiha Shisui is nothing like the kind, gentle man he was in the village.

They were incredibly fast and ruthless.

The Mist Ninja even wondered if his companion had fainted or died.

"Just by wearing a mask you think you're an ANBU from Hidden Mist Village? That's too easy, isn't it?" Uchiha Shisui said, his voice completely flat, which was quite intimidating. "Without Hidden Leaf Village's permission, foreign ninjas are not allowed to enter the Land of Fire. That's the rule."

"We are indeed Kirigakure Ninja, here to hunt Zabuza Momochi," the Mist Ninja said immediately.

It's not that I'm afraid of dying, but I feel it's really not worth dying here for no reason.

They hadn't even entered the Land of Fire yet; they were still several steps away.

"Then let's say you are." Uchiha Shingen tapped his Forehead Protector. "I am Uchiha Shingen from Hidden Leaf Village, and this is my comrade Uchiha Shisui. We represent Hidden Leaf Village and are here to visit Kirigakure to discuss the renewal of our treaty. Since you're here, please show us the way."

"If that's the case, why did you attack us?" the Mist Ninja asked, but he still didn't dare to get up.

Because Uchiha Shisui's Sharingan was scanning him up and down, seemingly considering where it would be best to knock.

"Attack?" Uchiha Shingen formed a hand seal and unleashed a Great Fireball in an unoccupied direction.

Boom--!

A mushroom cloud rose from the explosion, and a heat wave swept over where everyone was. A few people who weren't lying down properly were blown over by the wind.

"Did you see that? Do you have some misunderstanding about what an attack is?" After unleashing his Great Fireball, Uchiha Shingen looked at the Mist Ninja and gestured for him to get up and take a closer look. "We were just being cautious and preventing you from escalating the conflict further, to avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings."

The Mist Ninja, who had gotten to his feet, looked at the crater on the ground that could have swallowed them all, and swallowed hard.

"I'm sorry, I misunderstood. It's just that Zabuza Momochi is a very dangerous person. If he enters the Land of Fire, he will bring trouble to Leaf Village."

"Oh? Was that Zabuza Momochi just now?" Uchiha Shingen asked sincerely. "I thought he was a refugee because he didn't even have eyebrows."

Mist Ninja: "... Can you help my comrades get up?"

"Shisui, stop staring at them. They're all friends from Kirigakure." Uchiha Shingen patted his companion on the shoulder. "You'll make people misunderstand."

Uchiha Shisui sheathed his kodachi back into its sheath and took a step back.

The Mist Ninja on the ground quickly got up.

No one mentioned Zabuza.

This is a situation beyond their control; it exceeds both their capabilities and their authority.

"Please, gentlemen."

Chapter Fifty: A Few Things About the Kirigakure

Upon entering the Land of Water once again, Uchiha Shingen clearly sensed that the atmosphere of the country was different.

The state of confrontation is already evident.

It's not just a conflict between ninjas...

It's about the conflict between ordinary people and ninjas!

Of the Five Great Nations, the Daimyo's Court of the Land of Wind has a poor relationship with Sunagakure. The Land of Wind even entrusts some missions to Leaf Village instead of Sand Village.

To be fair, the Daimyo's Daimyo's Court and the Sand Village are not adversaries. At most, the Daimyo feels that the Sand Village's ninjas are a bit underwhelming. The mechanism of the Daimyo's Court and the ninja village operating as one entity still works perfectly.

However, in the Land of Water, this generation of Daimyo may have experienced some kind of power struggle or similar events, leaving them severely insecure. Meanwhile, Hidden Mist Village, which operates the Bloody Mist Village, is exceptionally adept at instilling a sense of insecurity, resulting in a very tense relationship between the Daimyo's Court and Kirigakure.

The Water Daimyo always felt that the Mist Ninja would cut him down along with them when they went crazy, and he dreamed more than once of the Mist Ninja swinging his head on a swing.

The daimyo's attitude naturally influenced the entire Land of Water's system's attitude towards Kirigakure, ultimately leading to a tense relationship between ordinary people and ninjas in the country.

The Mizukage was assassinated by his own people; although the attempt failed, it ignited a fire within the conflagration.

Ultimately, the Third Mizukage's policy of the Bloody Mist Village was the root of everything.

Distrust has begun to turn into hostility.

This isn't entirely Obito's fault; it's a problem that existed in the Land of Water itself.

"Brother Shingen." Uchiha Clan Shisui seen everything along the way, and his doubts were growing deeper. "I just feel that whether or not the contract is renewed is no longer important."

"We still need to continue," Uchiha Shingen said. "The Land of Water is a ninja country, and this country needs ninjas. It's just that Kirigakure has been acting abnormally for too long."

Despite their opposing sides, all the turmoil still unfolds in Kirigakure.

The annihilation of many ninja clans in the original timeline was also accomplished through the military force of the Mist Ninja Army.

But the chaotic Kirigakure does not meet Leaf Village's needs; no one wants a bunch of lunatics lurking behind them.

Under the guidance of the Hidden Mist Village ANBU, Uchiha Shingen and Uchiha Shisui continued to penetrate deeper into the country, and the civilians along the way would avoid them whenever they saw them.

In front of the Hidden Mist Village ANBU, Uchiha Shingen hadn't used the Flying Thunder God even once; this was just the beginning, and he didn't want these Mist Ninja to know about the spacetime nodes he had set up.

They found out, and so did Obito.

Uchiha Shingen wanted to give his younger brother a surprise.

However, thinking back to his past plan to use Hidden Mist Village as a backup option, he was secretly glad that the plan hadn't been used.

The divide between the ninjas of the Land of Water and the nation is so deep that, given the nature of the Uchiha Clan ninjas, few could tolerate it.

This discomfort only disappeared after they entered the misty valley.

Entering here is like entering another world; everything outside the valley is irrelevant here.

Uchiha Shingen suddenly realized that this might be one of the reasons why Mist Ninja village) didn't care much about how the people viewed them.

Living in such a secluded place, dealing with the policies of the Bloody Mist Village is exhausting enough; there's no time to care whether people outside like you or not.

Finally, he saw Kirigakure).

The fortresses stand silently in the deep valley.

The most feared place in the Ninja World appears at first glance to be a tranquil place.

However, in Uchiha Shingen's perception, this place was filled with countless cold Chakra.

Some of them were relatively comfortable, but few were.

Suddenly, the Hidden Mist Village ANBU stopped in their tracks.

Because a large group of people appeared ahead.

Uchiha Shingen glanced at it.

Oh wow, they're all old friends.