At the entrance to the underground cave, a cold wind swirled up fallen leaves all over the ground.
Zabuza Momochi held the water-soaked bamboo scroll stained with dark red blood in both hands, knelt on one knee, and his expression was extremely solemn.
He was Anbu assassin who had once defected from that hellish village.
On Zabuza's Zabuza cold, bandaged face, a rare and indescribable complexion and anxiety were revealed.
Kenya, wearing flip-flops, wobbled forward.
He casually snatched the bamboo scroll from Zabuza's hand, roughly tore off the waterproof seal, and unfolded it in the wind.
A pungent smell of blood, mixed with a faint acidic sulfur odor, wafted from between the bamboo strips.
The writing on the bamboo slips was messy and hurried, clearly hastily written in blood during a break in an extremely dangerous battle.
And at the very end of the signature.
It was conspicuously stamped with a bewitching begonia flower seal, forged from Lava Release Chakra!
"Boss, this letter was written by Mei Terumi herself, there's no mistake."
Zabuza his teeth, slamming his heavy black iron sword into the muddy ground, his voice low and hoarse:
" The Land of Water... is about to completely sink."
Zabuza a deep breath and recounted the current state of that closed island nation, once known as the " Bloody Mist Village," in detail:
"In recent years, the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, seems to have been possessed by an evil spirit. His personality has drastically changed, becoming cruel and licentious to an appalling degree!"
"He not only pushed the infighting tests at the Ninja Academy to their extreme, causing immense suffering to the entire village's civilians."
Zabuza's eyes turned red, and veins bulged on his forehead.
"Furthermore, a secret extermination order was issued targeting all Kekkei Genkai families in the entire village!"
" The Kaguya Clan, possessing the Shikotsumyaku, was driven to a clan uprising, and was ultimately wiped out in a civil war!"
"Bai's Yuki Clan was forced to hide their identities and scatter in all directions; anyone exposed was executed on the spot!"
"Even the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist have fallen apart; some have died, some have fled. When I failed to assassinate Yagura, I was forced to flee to the Land of Waves..."
Hearing Zabuza mention his clan.
Bai, who had been quietly following behind, unconsciously clenched the hem of her clothes with her small hands, and a trace of undisguised sorrow and heartache appeared in her beautiful eyes.
Kenya, with a white jade pipe dangling from his lips, remained silent, slowly and methodically scanning the text on the bamboo slips word by word.
In the letter, Mei Terumi thoroughly analyzed the desperate situation within the Land of Water.
He was the leader of the Kirigakure and the enlightened bloodline ninja of Kirigakure.
Mei Terumi rallied a group of loyal officials, including elders Ao Chōjūrō, and formed a resistance army, attempting to launch an armed coup to overthrow Yagura's reign of terror.
However.
The combat prowess displayed by the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, was so bizarre as to be unbelievable.
He not only perfectly controlled the power of the Isobu Tailed Beast, making him elusive, but he was also shrouded in a layer of pitch-black death energy that could not be touched by ordinary Genjutsu or Sealing Jutsu.
After several direct confrontations, the resistance suffered heavy losses, with more than half of its elite troops killed or wounded.
Now, Mei Terumi and the rest of her forces have been forced to retreat to a remote, deserted island group on the outermost edge of the Land of Water.
Surrounded by the ironclad encirclement of the Kirigakure pursuit force, and without any supplies of food or Explosive Tag, they were on the verge of total annihilation!
With no other options available...
After learning that Senju Kenya Konoha had emerged out of nowhere, reshaped the fate of Konoha, brutally defeated Orochimaru, subdued the One-Tail with a single kick, and even controlled the immense wealth of the Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce of the Land of Waves.
This desperate female leader placed all her last glimmer of hope on this blood-soaked plea for help that crossed the ocean!
In the latter half of the letter, Mei Terumi offered a reward that was practically handing over the future lifeline of the entire Land of Water:
[If Senju the Great were to offer swift and decisive assistance, helping the rebels overthrow Yagura's tyranny.]
[ Mei Terumi hereby swears that after Fifth Mizukage, Kirigakure and the Senju Clan will forever form the strongest alliance of offense and defense!]
[All deep-water ports throughout the Land of Water are fully open to the Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce duty-free, and all near-shore shipping and logistics are under the Emperor's exclusive control!]
Even at the very very end of the letter, the future female Mizukage, with her fiery and mature personality, added a sentence in delicate handwriting, tinged with a hint of resentment and teasing:
[If Your Majesty feels that material possessions are still insufficient... Mei Terumi is willing to serve Your Majesty with her virginity for life, as a deposit for this grand cross-sea deal~]
"Puff--!"
Upon seeing the last sentence, Zabuza, who was standing to the side, coughed Zabuza, his ears turning bright red with embarrassment.
"Boss... although Mei Terumi is a bit gossipy and likes to make suggestive jokes, she's extremely shrewd!"
Zabuza explained on behalf of his old acquaintance:
"The fact that she could write something like that shows she's truly been driven to the brink of suicide!"
Kenya slowly exhaled a puff of green smoke, a curious smile curving his lips.
Others don't know why the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, went mad.
Doesn't he know about the Senju Kenya?
That was clearly Obito Uchiha, that masked, delusional teenager, using the profound power of his Mangekyō Sharingan to manipulate Yagura like a puppet for several whole years!
Obito had just been so frightened inside the secret tower of Amegakure that he retreated back into the Kamui Dimension.
So this backyard stronghold is still stirring up trouble in the Land of Water?
"Interesting, fucking interesting."
Kenya rolled up the bloodstained bamboo slip with two fingers and patted it in his palm like a brick.
The Land of Water is located on an isolated island overseas, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. It also possesses the largest deep-sea shipping route and aquatic and mineral resources in the entire Shinobi World.
If the Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce wants to completely monopolize the overseas supply chain of the entire Shinobi World, the Land of Water is an indispensable stepping stone!
As for the so-called Perfect Jinchuriki, Yagura, the Three-Tails, and Obito Uchiha, who was hiding behind the scenes manipulating the threads.
Before Lao Tzu's absolute physical Iron Fist.
He's just another wild turtle that deserves a beating!
Orochimaru has already dutifully gone down to the lab to work as a research assistant.
With Tsunade and Shikaku handling the internal affairs of Konoha, the various clans are busy making big money by screwing screws in the blast furnaces of Iron Fist Heavy Industries.
The entire village was so peaceful that you couldn't even find a thief.
He, the behind-the-scenes big boss who holds the title of "Supreme Security Chief Steward," spends his Tenten eating cucumbers in the back mountain and watching Uchiha Sasuke get beaten up; his bones are practically rusting from boredom!
" Yosuke!"
Kenya casually tossed the blood-written letter behind him, Kato Yosuke caught it easily.
Kenya, with a white jade pipe between his teeth, gleamed with the excited glint of a bandit acquiring a foreign company.
"Go to the port of the Land of Waves and fill up the tank for the Chamber of Commerce's largest Black Iron Wood flagship, the ' Iron Fist '!"
"Bai, prepare ten boxes of top-grade cured seafood meat and two boxes of fine cigars!"
Kenya patted the bankbook and large amount of gold notes he had just stolen from the pocket of his floral shorts, then grinned and laughed loudly: