Konoha Village, East Gate.
The senior officials of Reishui Country who came to participate in the fight between Uchiha Makoto and Terumi finally arrived in Konoha.
In addition to the high-ranking officials of the Kingdom of Water who brought generous gifts, Yu Terumi, who later became the acting Mizukage as he recovered from his injuries and regained his strength, also led several elders and elite ninjas from Kirigakure Village to attend the wedding.
"Zabuza-sama, look over there! The ice is so strong..."
Among the Kirigakure team, a boy of about ten years old suddenly pointed to the forest in front and shouted. His face was as fair as jade, and at first glance he looked like a girl.
"Shiro, don't yell, it's too rude!" The Kirigakure ninja, who was called 'Zabuza-sama' by the boy, suddenly said seriously.
He looked to be in his early twenties and was tall, about 1.8 meters tall.
His eyes were ferocious, his face was bandaged, his upper body was exposed, he had two crossed straps on his chest, and he carried a large sword as tall as a person on his back. It was Zabuza Momochi, known as Kirigakure's "Ghost". , he is one of the current Seven Ninja Swordsmen and the owner of the 'Broken Sword, Beheading Sword'.
After Zabuza failed to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage Gotachibana Yagura, he became a rebel ninja and went into exile. Later, Kirigakure commissioned Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Makoto to assist in the coup. The Genshi and Terumi clan came to power. They were dissatisfied with the Fourth Mizukage. The ninjas who assassinated him due to his tyranny were forgotten.
After seeing the sincerity of the village's determination to reform, Zabuza returned to the village with the determination to die. As a result, he was reused by Yuya Terumi and is now his Mizukage bodyguard.
As for the boy who was turned into white by Zabuza, he was an orphan of the Snow Clan who was persecuted by the Fourth Mizukage Yagura. He was living in the ice and snow. When he almost starved to death, Zabuza took him with him because of his similar eyes. When he returned to the village, he naturally took Bai with him.
And because Shiro inherited the Snow Clan's blood inheritance limit, Ice Release, he also became Kirigakure's key training target.
"I'm sorry, Zabuza-sama, I'm sorry, Mizukage-sama." Haku shrank his neck in fright at Zabuza's serious expression, and bowed respectfully to apologize.
Terumi Yuya, who was surrounded by everyone, smiled and waved his hand, "It's okay, Shiro! It's a good thing for young people to be energetic!"
With that said, Terumi Yuya looked at Zabuza aside and said, "Zabuza, don't look so evil. People who don't know may think you are here to cause trouble in Konoha."
"Yes! Mizukage-sama!" Zabuza's face froze when he heard this. He had this look since he was born and couldn't change it, but he still saluted respectfully.
Seeing Zabuza-sama's embarrassed expression as he taught him a lesson, Haku immediately covered his mouth and chuckled. After being glared at by Zabuza, he suppressed his laughter.
"Mizukage-sama! I've missed you so much! Please forgive me!"
When the Konoha ninjas standing outside the east gate saw Kirigakure and his party arriving, they immediately welcomed them warmly.
The leader was none other than Konoha's elite Jonin Nara Shikaku, the leader of the Nara Shikaku clan who had received the Kirigakure envoys many times.
If they were envoys from other villages, he wouldn't be so enthusiastic. After all, Terumi Yuya and Uchiha Makoto's father-in-law status is much more noble than the status of the shadow of one village, so he waited at the door early in the morning.
"Shikaku-kun, you're welcome. I'm just acting as Mizukage's agent." Terumi Yuya started talking to Nara Shikaku in a very familiar manner.
At this time, Zabuza was looking at the young man behind Nara Shikaku with burning eyes.
Zabuza's fierce eyes immediately caught the other person's attention.
Terumi Yuya saw this and smiled: "This must be Uchiha Shisui known as 'Shunshen Shisui', right?"
Hearing this, Zhisui took a step forward, bowed and saluted again, and said, "Hello, Mizukage-sama! I am waiting for you again on the orders of Captain Cheng!"
Hearing Uchiha Makoto's name, Terumi Yuya's expression was a little unnatural, but soon he was smiling.
"This is my guard Zabuza. Don't look at his fierce eyes. In fact, he is a very kind person." Terumi Yuya introduced with a smile.
"The 'Instant Technique' is well-deserved."
"I've heard the name 'Ghost Man' before!"
Shisui and Zabuza smiled and shook hands, exchanging business blows.
"I wonder who is faster between Shisui-kun's teleportation technique and Makoto-sama's speed?" Terumi Yuya was talking to Nara Shikaku and others, while Zabuza walked side by side with Shisui and asked in a low voice. .
Hearing this, Zhishui couldn't help but smile and waved his hand.
Zabuza was stunned for a moment, frowned and said, "Why is Shisui-kun laughing?"
Shisui looked at Zabuza's fierce eyes, and unknowingly thought that he was going to take action, so he immediately explained:
"I was laughing because there is no comparison between me and Captain Cheng.
Even if Captain Makoto doesn't use the Flying Thunder God Technique, his speed is more than ten times that of mine! "
"Ten times?! How is this possible?" Zabuza couldn't believe it, his eyes were full of shock. Although he knew that Uchiha Makoto was the number one person in the ninja world, Uchiha Shisui was also able to compete head-on with the Eight-Tailed Jinchuuriki. A powerful ninja in battle, Shisui's speed is said to be not inferior to that of the Fourth Raikage.
When Uchiha Makoto defeated the Fourth Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki, he relied on Susanoo, not speed.
Now Shisui says that Uchiha Makoto is ten times faster than him, which is outrageous!
"To say ten times is actually less than that! Captain Cheng's speed is ten times or even dozens of times faster than mine! The gap between me and him is even greater than the gap between me and the Konoha genin!"
When Zhisui talked about this matter, he didn't show any emotion at all, and his expression was very natural, as if it should be like this.
But compared to Shisui's relaxed and carefree mood, Zabuza's heart was a little heavy.
His intuition told him that this seemingly harmless young man was far more powerful than him.
And there is such a big gap between such a person and Uchiha Makoto.
During the conversation, Shisui also said that besides Uchiha Makoto, there were many people in the Uchiha clan who were stronger than him, which made Zabuza's mood even more complicated.
The Uchiha Makoto clan alone was more powerful than Kirigakure's entire village, how could he not be surprised by this!
Fortunately, the alliance between the two villages was extremely strong, and Kirigakure had enough time to regain its former strength.
"Roar~"
Just as a group of people were marching towards the embassy, a shocking roar sounded from the north. Zabuza's expression suddenly changed, and he appeared in front of Terumi Yuya in a flash. He held the decapitating sword behind him with one hand and looked around with a wary expression. .
Several other jounin and a boy named Shiro also guarded several elders behind them.
But Nara Shikaku looked embarrassed, and then explained with a smile: "Don't worry, everyone, this is not an enemy attack, it is...Kyuubi-sama!"
"Kyuubi...sir?"
Kirigakure and his group were suddenly stunned.
At this time, a huge fox head as big as a hill suddenly appeared on the wall on the back. He gathered his hands into a trumpet shape and shouted into the village:
"Why haven't my dorayaki takeaways arrived yet? If you don't come, I'm going to go crazy! Do you believe it or not if I give you a negative review?"
"It's coming! It's coming! Lord Kyuubi! Don't give me bad reviews!"
At this time, there was a commotion in the street ahead, and a dozen strong young people were seen pushing carts quickly on the street. On the carts, there were mountains of freshly baked Dorayaki.
When the pedestrians passing by saw this, they all automatically stepped out of the way to let the cart go first.
Bang!
The beheading sword in Zabuza's hand fell to the ground without realizing it.
Only then did everyone come back to their senses, and Zabuza felt very ashamed of his rude behavior, but his mind was still in a state of confusion.
Was that Kyuubi just now?
You must have read that correctly, right?
"Shikaku-kun, if I'm not mistaken...that Kyuubi? Why...it's a bit..."
At this time, Terumi Yuya also asked the thoughts of everyone in Kirigakure.
It's just that the situation in front of him is really weird, and Terumi Yuya doesn't know what words to use to describe it for a while.
"Mizukage-sama, as you can see, that is indeed the Kyuubi!" Nara Shikaku nodded.
Seeing this, Shisui stepped forward and added: "Kyuubi recently lost a lot of money playing cards, so he volunteered to take on the role of guard during the wedding.
Let all the ninjas in the village come to Captain Cheng's wedding!
As for these snacks, they were given by the ninjas to express their gratitude! "
play cards?
Lose money?
Volunteer to take on escort work?
Everyone in Kirigakure felt a little confused. Was Shisui talking about the point?
Isn’t the point that the Kyuubi, the strongest among the nine tailed beasts, is willing to guard the door? How does this happen?
Is it really because the gatekeeper lost money playing cards?
Tailed beasts playing cards?
How can these two words be combined together?
Konoha can actually tame tailed beasts to the same level as domestic dogs. Is there some secret technique?
The sealing technique of the Uzumaki clan is powerful in the ninja world, and Uzumaki Kushina, the wife of the Fourth Hokage, was once the princess of the Kingdom of Uzumaki. Could it be that she brought the secret technique?
Seeing that Terumi Yuya and others were still in a daze, Shisui continued to explain:
"The card game I'm talking about is different from the ninja cards we usually play. It's a new game invented by Captain Cheng, called 'Fighting Landlords'!
It’s very fun and easy to use. I’ll teach you how to play it later! "
"Okay! Okay!" Terumi Yuya smiled, and the Kirigakure elders next to him also showed awkward yet polite smiles.
Thinking about it, how could Konoha tell them such a secret casually? Although Konoha and Kirigakure are allies and are about to get married, they are not the same village after all. There is still a competitive relationship, but it is just the honeymoon period now.
At this time, the trolley had just been pushed to the back, and Kyuubi could not wait to stretch out its paws, grab the trolley, and pour the dorayaki inside into its mouth. After pouring, it carefully put the trolley back above ground level streets.
If it had been before, Lord Kurama would definitely have replayed it, but recently he lost too much money playing cards, and the pocket money Uchiha Makoto gave him was a bit insufficient. If not for his mother, Reika, who stuffed it with 100 million in snacks. , it may not even be able to afford snacks, so save it if you can.
In the blink of an eye, seven or eight carts of Dorayaki were poured into the bottomless pit of Kyuubi's throat, making Zabuza's scalp numb for a while.
Not to mention whether Kyuubi's behavior is reasonable or not, a wealthy family might not be able to support this amount of food alone.
Boom!
"Boss! Can you stop shouting and disturbing me to sleep?"
Along with the ground shaking, a child-like voice sounded from behind Zabuza and the others.
Kirigakure and his party turned around and saw a scaly turtle head emerging from above the east gate, looking dissatisfied at the Kyuubi to the north.
"Stop blabbering!" Kyuubi saw that his younger brother dared to express his dissatisfaction with him in public, and he became furious. He grabbed two carts, one on the left and one on the right, and threw them at Sanwei Isofu!
Whizzing!
Chakra enveloped the cart, two sharp sounds of breaking through the air sounded, and the cart shot towards the three tails like cannonballs.
After throwing two carts, Jiuwei seemed to be still angry and threw two more carts.
In response, Isofu stretched his neck and opened his mouth, accurately received the feeding of the nine tails, and swallowed the four carts and dorayaki into his belly with a few crunching sounds, and then said:
"Thank you, boss!"
With that said, Isofu dwarfed and disappeared outside the wall of the east gate.
At this time, watching the four carts disappear, the pot-bellied boss walked closer. He crossed his palms on his chest, with a flattering smile on his face, rubbed his hands together, and said to Jiuwei:
"Kyuubi-sama, look at this... In addition to the money for Dorayaki, there is also damage to the cart... Hehe!"
If he hadn't already dealt with Jiuwei for nearly a year, the boss would never dare to ask Jiuwei for the money for the damaged cart, let alone the cart, even for the money for the gong.
But as long as the respected Makoto-sama is around, even tailed beasts have to pay to eat in Konoha.
So the boss naturally felt free to ask Kyuubi for money.
But he didn't dare to be too straightforward.
After all, Kyuubi is his most important customer. Just one Kyuubi has allowed him to open five branches a year.
It's just that custom-made trucks for transporting goods are not cheap. It can be done once or twice, but he can't bear to keep giving it away for free.
"Hmph! Do you think I can't afford to pay for this small amount of money?" Jiuwei snorted coldly, crossed his arms over his chest, and groped behind him with one hand. His eyes glanced at the lower body covered by the wall, and then Pointing in the direction of the east gate and saying:
"The trolley was damaged by Iso, you go to him to compensate you! The money for the dorayaki will be given to you at the end of the month! Send me ten more dorayaki carts!"
With that said, Kyuubi also disappeared above the wall.
The boss's expression froze and he opened his mouth in the direction of the east gate.
Although this Kyuubi-sama seems to have a bad temper, and is also a ferocious giant beast in the Konoha Chronicles, but when it comes to the truth, except for his loud voice, he is quite reasonable, and usually does it on credit. It's polite.
It's just that the three-tailed man with the turtle head looks much more terrifying, and he will even eat carts when he's hungry. Who knows if he can eat people?
There were only four carts, so the boss decided to forget it. The price of each dorayaki increased by 1 tael, and he would be able to make money back soon.
"This, this, this, this..."
"I am not wrong, right?"
"Isn't this... the three tails of our village? Why is Mu..."
"Lord Zabuza, look, I just said that I sensed the powerful ice escape chakra just now!"
Kirigakure and his group looked at the three tails that emerged with stunned eyes.
Terumi Yuya looked at Nara Shikaku thoughtfully.
Shikaku Nara, on the other hand, looked at his nose, his nose and his heart, remaining silent. Then he looked up at the sky and took a look at the weather. Well... that cloud was quite white!
"Mizukage-sama, isn't the three-tailed beast the Yondaime-sama's? Our village's..." At this time, an accompanying Jonin approached Terumi Yuya and whispered.
Terumi Yuya looked as usual, as if he didn't hear.
The elder on the side pushed up the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose and patted the accompanying Jonin on the shoulder, "You read that right, that is indeed the Three-Tails, but you said it wrong! It is the Three-Tails of Konoha now!"
"But..." The accompanying Jonin was about to argue again.
"It is a common practice in the ninja world that when a tailed beast dies, it belongs to the village that caught it. If you think the three-tailed beast is ownerless, I give you permission to go out and capture it alive now!" The elder's face was serious.
The accompanying Jonin smiled and immediately shut up.
Just kidding, even if he could beat the Three-Tails, he wouldn't dare to cause trouble in Konoha.
And didn’t you hear the three-tails calling the nine-tails boss just now?
What if, in the middle of the fight, the three tails start calling people... and calling them beasts?
"I'm sorry, Shikaku-kun, I kept you waiting for so long!" After his people finished whispering, Terumi Yuya walked up to Nara Shikaku and apologized.
"Mizukage-sama, you're welcome, please!" Nara Shikaku said with a smile on his face. If someone else said this, even if it was said quietly, he would respond rudely, but for Uchiha Makoto's father-in-law, Then it would be better for him to check the weather. Anyway, he would just turn a blind eye and pretend he didn't hear anything.
At the same time, various forces in the ninja world entered Konoha from the east, west, and north gates, and the gate guards were the two-tailed Mata Brigade, the nine-tailed nine lama, and the three-tailed Isobutsu.
Just by walking through the gate, many people feel that they have passed through the gate of hell, and the last little thoughts in their hearts disappear in an instant.
...
February 10th came and the wedding came as scheduled.
Since there were too many guests, the wedding venue was arranged in the open-air square in the south of Konoha Village. Only people with a certain status could enter the room to sit.
In the morning, there was still some time before the wedding, and the couple was not as usual yet, but the guests had already arrived at the venue.
In the corner of the crowd, two inconspicuous ninjas were talking.
"Naoki-sama, Konoha has neglected you too much. As the Sokage, shouldn't we send someone to receive you?" One of the young ninjas looked a little indignant.
"Don't mention the matter about Cao Ying!"
The man named Naoki-sama next to him was about thirty years old. He was Kanda Naoki, the leader of the Grass Ninja Village. Konoha did not invite him this time, but he came in person with generous gifts. It was to 'please' Ippo Konoha. After all, he had 'offended' Uchiha Makoto because of Uzumaki Shino's incident before, so he had to explain it specifically this time.
In fact, last time it was Uchiha Makoto who forcibly took away Uzumaki Shino from the Grass Ninja Village and killed the Jonin of their village. However, in Kanda Naoki's view, it was indeed the Grass Ninja Village that offended Uchiha Makoto.
There is no way, if there is any conflict with the new 'Ninja God', they are definitely at fault.
Because as Uchiha Makoto said, as long as he has a whim, the Grass Ninja Village will disappear from the map.
And now there is no need for him to do it himself.
"But..." The young man was about to argue again.
Kanda Naoki waved his hand, "Kenta, stop talking! The principle of the ninja world is strength. Konoha is the strongest now. You just need to understand this truth!"
"But I see that this No. 1 Ninja Village doesn't even have guards, and the gates on three sides are open. It's too unorganized!" Kenta Fujii couldn't help but ask.
Kanda Naoki's eyes showed deep disappointment. Fujii Kenta was the best and youngest chuunin among the younger generation in the village, but from the moment he asked this question, Kanda Naoki felt that he was not useful.
Seeing that Lord Kusukage was silent, Kenta Fujii became more and more enthusiastic as he spoke, and then continued with a look of pointing the country:
"Lord Naoki, look, if there is an invasion by a foreign enemy, for example, if several other villages join forces, wouldn't Konoha suffer heavy losses? Most of the ninjas in Konoha are here now, right?"
Kenta Fujii said as he was minding his own business. Suddenly he saw Naoki Kanda looking at him with a sullen face, and he closed his mouth.
Kanda Naoki's face was as dark as water. Suddenly his face relaxed, he chuckled and said:
"Kenta, do you think you are funny?"
"Ah? Naoki-sama, what did you say?" Fujii Kenta thought he heard wrongly.
"There are tailed beasts guarding the gates in the east, west and north directions. Can you tell me how others can invade Konoha?" Kanda Naoki said expressionlessly.
"Then the south gate is still empty..." Fujii Kenta lost his voice midway through his words.
Enter Konoha from the south gate, and then walk for a few minutes to the venue. You will encounter tens of thousands of ninjas from Konoha, including hundreds of Jonin, the Third Hokage, the Fourth Hokage, and Jiraiya among the Sannin. Also with Tsunade, as well as the clan leaders of various major clans.
In fact, Kenta Fujii didn't understand anything at all, but he was a little dissatisfied with Konoha.
Not only was he the center of attention in the village, he was also a genius among his peers, but when he arrived in Konoha, let alone him, even Naoki Kanda, whom he had always admired, seemed not to be taken seriously by Konoha.
He just subconsciously wanted to make a point.
Kanda Naoki shook his head and said no more.
...
In a cave about ten miles away from Konoha Village, a group of ninjas gathered.
They were all wearing trench coats with red cloud patterns on a black background.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out that all members of the Akatsuki organization were dispatched.
Tendo Pain stood in front of everyone, while Xiaonan was accompanying Nagato on another mountain.
Obito, Black and White Zetsu, Uchiha Rei, Kakuzu, Akasaka no Scorpion, Gigangaki Kisame, and the new member Hidan are all here.
"Counting the time, it's already time for the wedding!" Bai Jue on the side spoke first.
"It's time for Konoha to feel the pain!" Tendo Payne, who was resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes.
at this time.
Behind the cave.
Dark place.
The other five Pain slowly walked out.
"Set off."
