Naruto: Modern Science in Naruto

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The Third Mizukage was definitely not a lightweight or a figurehead. Since he could be a Kage, he naturally had the strength of a Kage. But he had been forced into this current situation due to unavoidable and extremely desperate circumstances.

Haori had come deep into the Hidden Mist with a bunch of scrolls. He seemed like a ticking time bomb, ready to explode. But in reality, he wasn't that big of a deal. Because every single one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries had their own real ticking time bombs – Jinchūriki or Tailed Beasts.

Jinchūriki could indeed be a village's powerful force and fighting strength. But at the same time, because of their instability, they would also drain the village of a lot of manpower, resources, and energy to care for them. Even so, they would still cause trouble from time to time. So, they were a double-edged sword that could hurt both the user and the target.

From this perspective, the person who had distributed the Tailed Beasts had only left Konoha with one, the Nine-Tails. It seemed like he had some kind of dark psychology… This was probably influenced by his white-haired brother.

Each village had a different attitude towards the Tailed Beasts, but they definitely all had a sense of caution. For example, Konoha never let Kushina go to the battlefield. And Kumogakure, after the war ended, began to strictly control Killer Bee's actions.

The Mizukage's situation was enough to illustrate the drawbacks of having a Tailed Beast.

Shortly after the Hidden Mist's Seven Ninja Swordsmen left the village to carry out their final mission, the Hidden Mist's Six-Tails Jinchūriki went berserk.

Not only that, but his violent destructive behavior happened to destroy the seal of the Three-Tails. So, it split into two. The Hidden Mist and the Mizukage had to face the combined force of the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails.

After a night of fighting, the incident was resolved… The Six-Tails was resealed into a new Jinchūriki. This basically exhausted the Mizukage's last bit of strength. But the Three-Tails, Isobu, wasn't resealed. It was currently in a certain lake under the Hidden Mist's surveillance, in a state of being released into the wild.

After that, as for the Mizukage… well, he could still breathe.

But his life seemed to be reduced to just breathing.

Because all of this happened inside the Hidden Mist Village, and they had implemented extremely strict lockdowns since then, Konoha didn't receive any related information.

The recent unfavorable battles with Konoha, plus various reasons that had caused the Hidden Mist to suffer losses, led to the rise of the peace faction within the village. More and more Hidden Mist ninjas believed that it was impossible to fight both Konoha and Kumogakure at the same time.

Accepting the arrival of the Konoha envoy could be seen as a suppression of the war faction in favor of the peace faction.

At Mei Terumī's age, she couldn't possibly be the overall boss of the peace faction. But she had a very high position. Because she was seen as a future Kage candidate by the peace faction, her status was very important.

This was also natural. Although Mei Terumī was a female ninja, her strength and talent were undeniable. At her age, she could use two kekkei genkai. This was unheard of.

Throughout the entire shinobi world, Mei Terumī's situation was unique.

And she herself also hoped that the Hidden Mist could withdraw from this war as soon as possible. As the "rising star" of the peace faction, she was perfect for the role.

A ninja like her would inevitably become the Mizukage in the future. It was only a matter of time.

Besides, her most powerful competitor no longer existed. Yagura had the same status as Mei Terumī in the other faction. But when they sent him to ambush the Konoha envoy, they probably never imagined that a ninja of Yagura's level would be killed by an enemy who was at a disadvantage.

Yagura's death, no matter what Mei Terumī actually thought – since she was preparing to be a Kage, she had to think like a Kage beforehand. So, losing a combat force like Yagura was definitely a pity.

But for the entire faction, harming others was beneficial. They were happy to see this happen.

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Haori didn't know the detailed story, but based on his step-by-step guesses, his conclusion should be correct.

A peace treaty signed under threat wouldn't work. Because it wasn't based on their own will, the other side could go back on their word at any time. Besides, Haori didn't think that this kind of coercion would be enough to make the Hidden Mist submit. There wasn't anything that simple between villages.

The root cause was that Konoha's demands were consistent with the demands of the Hidden Mist's peace faction.

So, Haori had brought this matter up directly, hoping for a more direct and higher-level conversation. His target wasn't just Mei Terumī, but also the people behind her.

Originally, Mei Terumī had come to see Haori to inform him that he would have to wait longer. The matter of peace would take some time to resolve.

After all, the peace faction needed to completely suppress the war faction before a preliminary peace agreement could be reached.

But Haori clearly didn't have time to wait for them to take things slowly. After this incident was over, he had decided to return to the Konoha, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure front lines.

So, Haori still used his own theory: First, cause trouble, then you can better settle things.

After a brief exchange with Mei Terumī, Haori moved with them and, as he wished, met several of the Hidden Mist's advisors, starting a more direct conversation.

The people facing Haori were undoubtedly the top tier of the peace faction.

Then, he made a suggestion that they immediately agreed to.

Peace would inevitably require sacrifices. So, suppression was too slow and the effects were too poor. Why not just be straightforward?

The kind of "straightforward" that left no lingering effects.

The other side definitely wouldn't have thought of this beforehand. After all, the ideologies of the war faction and the peace faction were diametrically opposed. But considering the general trend, the two factions in the Hidden Mist couldn't possibly fight at this time.

No internal strife was the consensus of both sides.

Silently eliminating the leader of the other side… was a good option. But Mei Terumī and her group couldn't do it.

But if they couldn't do it, it didn't mean that others couldn't. For example, the person who had just shown off a certain sealing jutsu.

Haori could indeed "voluntarily cooperate," but before that, he needed to get a basic agreement about peace.

Now that the current Mizukage was basically unable to recover, once their plan succeeded, Mei Terumī would probably quickly become the Fourth Mizukage's proxy. But to become the real Mizukage, during this war, she might have to wait a few years. So, the people who could really make decisions in the Hidden Mist were actually these advisors.

No matter what measures they would take against the leaders of the war faction, Haori had to get a written agreement about peace first. Otherwise, it was off the table.

Not only did Haori have caution, the other side was even more cautious. After confirming Haori's strength, and verifying and preparing some things, the reply regarding peace was handed to Haori.

Next, he just needed to do his part as agreed, and he could leave the Hidden Mist with a sense of accomplishment.

So, the question is, Haori wasn't supposed to be delivering a letter. Why did he so strangely and accidentally get involved in a neighboring village's coup d'état?

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