Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha.

Chapter 226 The Fifth Mizukage! Mei Terumi!

Chapter 226 The Fifth Mizukage! Mei Terumi!

As the numbers between the two sides gradually widened, many ninjas who had learned the situation wanted to support Ao, but when they saw the familiar faces behind Kukulin and the fact that there were almost twice as many people on Ao's side, they couldn't help but stop in their tracks.

"Stand on my side, Ao, the infamous Byakugan killer. Are you really willing to kneel and submit to a Konoha ninja?" Kukuri glanced at Ao's eyepatch with a somewhat fiery look. Behind that eyepatch was the legendary Byakugan.

That was a trophy that Ao had captured by chance during the Third Shinobi World War, a member of the Hyuga clan's main branch. For this, he single-handedly defeated a mixed squad of Hyuga clan Chunin and Jonin, earning him the nickname "Byakugan Killer".

The only pity is that the Byakugan of the Hyuga branch family will be automatically sealed by the Caged Bird Seal, and the main family member did not forget to destroy his own eyes before he died. In the end, Ao only managed to snatch one Byakugan.

This Byakugan is quite famous even in the ninja world. Konoha even put up a bounty for Ao. The Byakugan greatly enhances Ao's strength, and his ability to become one of the elite Jonin is inseparable from this Byakugan.

It's only natural that Kukuri would be interested in Ao's Byakugan. If a taijutsu-type ninja like him could obtain the Byakugan, it would not only be like adding wings to a tiger, but it would also greatly enhance his combat power.

However, now is not the time to seize the Byakugan. Although Ao doesn't have that many supporters, there is an elite Jonin besides Ao, and Mei Terumi, that troublesome woman, could arrive at any time. If a real fight breaks out, Kukuri doesn't have much confidence in taking down these "weak" guys.

You can mock them for being weak, but in a fight, no matter how weak the enemy is, their blade can still be deadly!

"You have absolutely no idea what you're doing!" Ao couldn't tell if his clothes were soaked with rain or cold sweat. If he had known Kukurilin and his gang would be so stubborn, willing to drag all the Hidden Mist ninja to their deaths, even at the risk of civil war, he would have struck first to take down Kukurilin. "That monster is simply beyond human capability; continuing to resist is just a waste of time and death!"

Shocked and furious, Qing even suggested a one-on-one bloodbath with Kukulin, a popular way to resolve conflicts in the "Village of Blood Mist".

It can be started as long as both parties agree, and it will be a one-on-one battle until one side dies. The dead will naturally no longer argue with the living.

However, Kukuri wouldn't risk it when his side had the upper hand. Although he was a genuine Jonin from Kirigakure, he was still far inferior to Ao, the Byakugan assassin.

"So you're trying to make the Hidden Mist ninjas kneel and surrender to the Leaf Village ninjas?" Kukuri insisted on the opposing stances between the Hidden Mist and Leaf Villages. Even though more than half of the Hidden Mist ninjas had chosen to remain neutral, their gazes towards Ao now carried a hint of dissatisfaction.

Known for their ruthlessness and cruelty, the Hidden Mist ninjas naturally looked down on the sheltered flowers of Konoha. Even though Uchiha Izumi had single-handedly trampled the Hidden Mist Village's reputation underfoot, it would be difficult to change the Hidden Mist ninjas' self-righteousness in a short period of time.

"You bunch of cowards! If you're too scared to face the Konoha ninjas, then get out of our way and don't get in our way of avenging Lord Mizukage!"

"If you ask me, we might as well just wipe them out! If it weren't for these weaklings holding us back, how would Konoha's ninjas dare to invade the Land of Water!"

"Get out of the way, Ao! Do you really want to be Konoha's lackeys?!"

Before Kukuri could continue his verbal attack, the conservative Kirigakure ninjas couldn't hold back any longer and started shouting insults. Some of the more hot-tempered ones even drew their ninja swords, ready to fight.

The Hidden Mist ninjas on Ao's side were not to be outdone and drew their weapons one after another. What was originally just a tense atmosphere had now escalated to the point of swords clashing.

"Lava Release: Melting Monster Technique!"

Just as the battle was about to break out, a large cloud of highly corrosive acid rained down from the sky, landing on both sides.

In the middle of the camp, a moat completely separated the two sides.

"Damn it!" Kukulin couldn't help but curse under his breath. The iconic bloodline limit of Lava Release meant that the enemy's reinforcements had arrived. Don't underestimate Mei Terumi just because she's alone. She's good at large-scale group attacks and can hold off at least several Jonin squads.

Now that the balance of power that had been broken has been restored, even if Kukulin wants to take the risk, he has to consider whether Mei Terumi and Ao will prioritize targeting him.

"What's going on, Ao?" Mei Terumi, soaking wet, landed beside Ao and realized with just a glance that the situation seemed worse than she had imagined.

"Here's what happened—" Seeing Mei Terumi arrive, Ao finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly recounted the differences between him and Kukuri. However, Ao didn't embellish the story; his and Kukuri's thoughts were essentially the same.

The only difference is that Ao believes that Kirigakure does not currently have the ability to fight against Uchiha Izumi, and needs to choose to compromise and wait for the right opportunity before launching a reckoning.

Kukuri believed that Kirigakure was capable of driving away Uchiha Ikezumi on its own, so it rejected the pretense and wanted to lead the surviving Kirigakure ninjas to fight Uchiha Ikezumi head-on.

After hearing Ao's explanation, Mei Terumi felt a splitting headache. The classic conservative thought the radical was too conservative. The excuse she made up was just to reduce the antagonism of the Kirigakure ninja. But what she didn't expect was that Ao actually took it seriously.

Worse still, even this fake plan was rejected without hesitation by the conservatives led by Kukuri. If they found out that she planned to become a traitor to Kirigakure and send people who had committed unforgivable crimes to Uchiha Ikezumi for trial, even with her prestige, she probably wouldn't be able to protect herself.

"Hey! Gonbei, why aren't you guarding Genji's side?" At this moment, a Jonin in Kukuri's camp suddenly noticed that Terumi Mei had not come alone, and immediately had a bad feeling.

"Shall we announce it now, Lady Terumi Mei?" Ignoring the Kirigakure Jonin, Gonbei respectfully consulted Terumi Mei, and only after receiving her consent did he carefully take out the rosary from his robes. "In the name of Master Gen, we support Lady Terumi Mei becoming the Fifth Mizukage!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the noisy sounds immediately disappeared without a trace. Everyone present stared in disbelief at the prayer beads in Quanbingwei's hand. No one expected that the usually aloof Genshi would suddenly announce his support for Terumi Mei to become the Mizukage!