Then had Mei Terumi taken office yet? No, Mei Terumi had already become the Fifth Mizukage shortly after Yagura's death.
"That's right. Do you want to take a look, Toneri?" Matatabi nodded her feline head, then asked Otsutsuki Toneri.
She knew Otsutsuki Toneri was collecting tailed beast chakra, which was why she asked.
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Chapter 59: Mei Terumi Wants to Capture Isobu - Fourth Update
"Let's go take a look."
Otsutsuki Toneri pondered briefly, then decided to meet Isobu after all. Chakra had come knocking at his door; why turn it down?
Although there was no need to go out of his way to search for tailed beasts now, the tailed beast chakra was so close.
He could collect it first.
"This way. At our speed, it isn't particularly far." Matatabi nodded, then extended a long, slender feline paw and pointed in a direction.
Her sensory abilities were extremely powerful, and combined with the unique nature of tailed beasts, they allowed her to sense Isobu's presence.
Otherwise, Otsutsuki Toneri, whose sensory abilities were equally outstanding, would have sensed him too.
Otsutsuki Toneri nodded and hurried toward Isobu with Otsutsuki Quxian and Yugito.
Meanwhile, at a location far from the three of them, thick mist shrouded a huge lake, obscuring it from view.
"Ao, can you see anything? Are you sure this is the place?" On the lakeshore, a tall woman in a long blue off-the-shoulder robe dress asked the middle-aged man beside her.
Her voice was rich and resonant, with a faintly seductive quality, and her thick brown hair fell in overlapping curls, tied up at the crown.
Her figure was slender yet voluptuous. She was an exceptionally charming woman.
She was none other than Kirigakure's newly appointed Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi!
The middle-aged man called Ao had a solemn face and looked thoroughly meticulous.
"The mist is too thick, but I can sense an enormous mass of chakra at the bottom of the lake. It's definitely Isobu!" Ao's gaze kept shifting as his right eye examined the lake, and he shook his head as he spoke.
Surprisingly, his right eye was pure white. It was the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan!
"I see. It looks like we'll have to blow this thick mist away first." Mei Terumi nodded, gently tapping her chin with the slender fingers of her fair right hand as she looked at the mist-shrouded lake and spoke slowly.
She trusted Ao deeply. He was a ninja who had lived through the Third Shinobi World War and had received a transplanted Byakugan, a trophy from back then.
His sensory abilities were outstanding, and he was one of her most capable subordinates.
Moreover, Ao was also the one who had broken the genjutsu on the Fourth Mizukage!
However, Yagura had died shortly after the genjutsu was broken, and Isobu had returned to the wild.
Mei Terumi had only recently succeeded as Mizukage, and she had come this time to retrieve Isobu. After all, Kirigakure had only just emerged from the Blood Mist Era.
They needed Isobu's formidable fighting power to guard Kirigakure!
"Wind Release: Typhoon Passing!"
Mei Terumi rapidly formed hand seals and blew a violent gale from her mouth, instantly sweeping away all the thick mist above the lake.
This was a Wind Release ninjutsu the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, had previously taught her, a technique that countered the Hidden Mist Technique. However, Mei Terumi herself had no wind affinity.
As a result, it was not very powerful when she used it, but it was more than enough to disperse this mist.
With the thick mist scattered, the tranquil lake appeared before Mei Terumi.
Mei Terumi's gaze grew slightly grave, and she took two steps forward, preparing to force Isobu out from the bottom of the lake first.
"Lady Mizukage, Isobu's strength must not be underestimated, especially on such a huge lake. Please be sure to exercise caution." Seeing this, Ao stepped forward and carefully warned Mei Terumi.
Isobu truly was powerful, a fact demonstrated to the fullest by the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, a perfect jinchuriki!
Although Mei Terumi was exceptionally gifted, she was still only in her early twenties, and Ao remained somewhat worried.
Although they had brought quite a few Kirigakure jonin from the village, Ao understood very well that Mei Terumi would still be the main force in retrieving the Three-Tails.
"Oh my~ There's no need to worry, Uncle Ao. Nothing will happen to me before I've built Kirigakure up." Mei Terumi paused at his words, then gave a charming laugh and waved a hand.
Her slender figure slowly approached the lake. Although her words were full of confidence, her emerald eyes grew increasingly grave the closer she came.
After Ao had freed Yagura from the genjutsu, Yagura had spent some time devotedly instructing Mei Terumi, his extraordinarily gifted junior.
That was why Mei Terumi knew very well how powerful Isobu was!
"Water Release: Great Waterfall...?" Reaching the lakeshore, Mei Terumi rapidly formed hand seals, just about to use the Great Waterfall Technique to force Isobu out.
But out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly noticed three figures slowly emerging on the opposite side of the lake, having appeared at some unknown point.
Mei Terumi stopped her ninjutsu, a somewhat bewildered expression on her stunning face.
She should have already ordered this place sealed off. How had these three gotten in?
And there were even two children among them?
"My lord, just like before, they're Kirigakure ninja." On the other side of the lake, Yugito glanced at Mei Terumi and the ninja behind her, then spoke quietly to Otsutsuki Toneri.
A few Kirigakure ninja had blocked their way when they approached this place earlier, but they had dealt with them easily.
"They're probably here to capture the Three-Tails, but with so few people?" Otsutsuki Toneri pondered briefly, his clear, beautiful Tenseigan looking at that tall, slender figure and the Kirigakure ninja behind her.
It was indeed Mei Terumi, along with those ninja, but they actually dared to capture the Three-Tails with so few people?
Were they dreaming?
Although Mei Terumi had already reached Kage level, she clearly was not particularly strong yet. Her two kekkei genkai, Lava Release and Boil Release, did make her quite formidable.
But they were clearly still not enough to deal with the Three-Tails.
As for the dozen or so jonin behind her, they were nothing but small fry.
A single Isobu Great Waterfall Technique from Isobu could wipe them all out at once.
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Chapter 60: Would Lady Mizukage Be Willing to Take Toneri and His Two Companions In? - Fifth Update!
Tailed beasts possessed enormous amounts of chakra, and combined with their immense size and excessive destructive power, this was why they had become the ultimate weapons of war for the major ninja villages.
Once unleashed on a battlefield, if no one restrained them, they could turn the entire course of a battle upside down.
But by the same token, if a tailed beast went berserk, it would also inflict tremendous losses on its ninja village.
Even so, the power of tailed beasts remained something the major ninja villages coveted!
Because of Yagura's death, Isobu was now in the wild, and Kirigakure would certainly want to retrieve him.
After all, to a village, a tailed beast was not merely a symbol of power, but also an overt deterrent.
Kirigakure had only recently ended its Blood Mist Era. Although its policies had now changed, the influence of that era remained profound.
That made retrieving the Three-Tails especially important. It would make certain old men in the village with disloyal intentions put those thoughts aside.
Kirigakure's geographical location and unique environment ensured its safety, but precisely because of that...
The internal struggles within Kirigakure were actually extremely fierce.
If not for that, Mei Terumi would not have risked bringing only a dozen or so jonin to capture the Three-Tails.
She needed the Three-Tails' power to intimidate those clans that were itching to act!
But in Otsutsuki Toneri's eyes, Mei Terumi's actions were undoubtedly extremely foolish.
The power of a tailed beast was not as simple as she imagined!
However, Otsutsuki Toneri did not particularly care, and this was also a good opportunity.
"Who are you? How did you get in here?" Mei Terumi had noticed Otsutsuki Toneri and his two companions, and naturally, Ao and the others had noticed them too.
Ao swiftly brought the dozen or so jonin before Otsutsuki Toneri and his companions, frowning as he questioned them in a low voice.
Their subordinates should have already sealed off this entire lake area.
These three were definitely not ordinary!
They all possessed enormous amounts of chakra, and he did not know whether they were enemies or friends...
Ao observed the three through his Byakugan, thinking to himself. And that girl had the Byakugan too!
"Otsutsuki Toneri. My greetings. It's a great honor to meet the beautiful new Lady Mizukage." Otsutsuki Toneri paid no attention to Ao and the others' wariness, turning his gaze toward Mei Terumi as she slowly approached behind them.
As expected of the immensely popular Fifth Mizukage. That figure, that face, that bearing. Tsk, tsk~
Otsutsuki Toneri's clear, flawless Tenseigan looked the graceful, alluring Mei Terumi up and down, and he could not help marveling inwardly.
Her bearing was exceptionally mature, dignified, and elegant, yet she radiated a powerful seductive allure from within.
This woman perfectly embodied that saying: a slut in bed, a lady out of it!
"Otsutsuki Toneri? The one wanted by Konoha and Kumogakure?" Mei Terumi paused at his words, blinked, then looked the child over with interest.
It had already been more than a full week since Otsutsuki Toneri had attacked Kumogakure, and following Konoha, Kumogakure had also issued a bounty for him.
The bounty notice had quickly spread throughout the continent, and Kirigakure, which had now begun opening itself to the outside world, had naturally received the news as well.
"Merely some incompetents comforting themselves. I imagine the beautiful Lady Mizukage wouldn't concern herself with that, would she?" A faint smile curled Otsutsuki Toneri's lips at her words.
Kumogakure's bounty was within his expectations. After all, he had dealt Kumogakure a devastating blow and had even taken their village's Two-Tails.
By any reasonable measure, Kumogakure was bound to put a bounty on Otsutsuki Toneri, even if only to appease the anger of its leadership and residents.
It counted as giving them an answer!
"You certainly are an unusual child. Then why have you come to my Land of Water today?" Mei Terumi smiled, her beautiful eyes briefly sweeping over Otsutsuki Quxian and Yugito before finally settling on the blue cat in Otsutsuki Toneri's arms.
All three of them, as well as that cat, gave her a considerable sense of alarm!
These people really were no ordinary bunch...
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