"It was obvious that the Fourth Mizukage was being controlled by that masked man. That was why he adopted the Blood Mist Policy and plunged the entire Kirigakure Village into slaughter..."
Terumi Mei rose to her feet, her expression calm, with none of the anxious uncertainty she showed when facing Wuye.
Elder Genji was taken aback. "What? Yagura was being controlled?"
Terumi Mei spread her hands, looking helpless.
"Come to think of it, Yagura has changed quite a bit lately. He never would have adopted such a bloody policy before..."
Elder Genji fell into thought. Only after a long while did he raise his head again. "So that's why you returned from Konoha, and even brought help with you?"
His gaze turned peculiar. "If I'm not mistaken, according to the intelligence, that power just now should have come from..."
He paused before slowly saying, "The Fourth Hokage."
A few faint exclamations arose from the crowd, but most of the ninja remained silent.
Several months under the Blood Mist Policy had taught them all to look out for themselves. If they could avoid getting involved, they would.
"He... is indeed Konoha's current Hokage."
Terumi Mei pressed her red lips together.
"Then can I take this to mean," Elder Genji's gaze grew stern, "that you obtained the Hokage's support and returned to interfere in Kirigakure Village's affairs?"
"Not just that..."
Terumi Mei lowered her hand and swept her gaze across the crowd before fixing her sharp eyes on Genji's aged face. "I want to become the Fifth Mizukage."
"Whoa."
At last, the uproar was louder than before.
Shock was evident on Elder Genji's face. "You joined forces with the Hokage to seize the Mizukage's position?"
The moment he said that, the gazes of the many ninja turned wary.
Outside forces always made