Starting with the usurpation of Akatsuki, the ninja world was overthrown.

Chapter 215 Making Wedding Dresses for Them

Shiba Kiyokawa knew very well from the beginning that Black Zetsu's techniques could be almost omnipresent, and if the time dragged on, he would eventually lose his disguise.

When the other party is focused on their own script, he can barely predict Black Zetsu's behavior, but once the war ends and Black Zetsu is watching him from the shadows, his margin for error becomes too low.

So Shiba Kiyokawa decided to go all the way and, as the war in this region was about to end, discarded his disguise without a second thought.

After he faked his death and left the scene, all the prestige and reputation he had accumulated using this pseudonym over the previous two weeks were given back to Hibiki Juzo!

Thus, through his own "death," he elevated Pipa Juzo to a height that no one could reach!

On this day, the savior, Shizou, rescued the mist from the fire and water!

As for why they were caught in this predicament, that's no longer important.

When the news reached Black Zetsu's ears, his pitcher plant opened and closed rapidly, and he even had trouble breathing.

"Damn it! This is a conspiracy! It's fake! They're in cahoots! These despicable bastards, I should have exposed them sooner!"

However, it's no use for him to say anything now.

No one will believe him, even if he does possess the truth.

On one hand, the Hidden Mist Village, now standing on the edge of a precipice, desperately needs a hero;

On the other hand, the fact that the white monster had infiltrated the Fog Village had become common knowledge over the past two weeks, and they had long since lost their credibility.

Black Zetsu looked at A Fei, his meaning clear: Use your clever little brain to think of a solution.

But now, Ah Fei has seemingly returned to his initial state of giving up.

"Oh dear, it seems we've been doing all the work for someone else."

Looking back, it is indeed true—the cleanup of the Watermelon Pufferfish Demon a while ago ultimately benefited Juzo Biwa.

The elite ninjas who were capable of competing with him have been almost all ruined by Suigetsu Hobutaki.

The situation in the Hidden Mist was on the verge of collapse. At this time, a savior stepped forward, and his appeal was unparalleled!

In the following days, Kirigakure successfully regained its footing.

Especially Pain, who came to provide support, suddenly stopped acting after the death of the Leaf Village's demon sword!

Konoha's several reckless attacks in an attempt to end the war were intercepted by Pain's team.

This further increases the value of the Demon Blade—because before this, the Demon Blade had single-handedly defended against Pain!

When Konoha's attacking forces were once again battered and bruised by the unstoppable Shinra Tensei, the surviving ninjas sighed with regret.

"Ah, what a pity, how could the demon sword have died?"

"If the demon sword were still intact, and could continue to hold off the salamanders, we might have truly ended the war."

That day, only Root ninjas accompanied the demon sword in its attack. The battle was so intense, yet the distress signal never returned. Do you think that's possible?

This was actually a misunderstanding with the Root ninjas; it was Shiba Kiyokawa who deliberately didn't send a distress signal that day.

But who could have guessed that someone would be so eager to die?

So naturally, the blame could only be placed on the head at the base.

"Damn Root, it was almost disbanded, how come this organization has recently resurfaced?"

Damn it!

Back when Root was at its peak, very few people in Konoha would have dared to comment on Root so sharply.

Unfortunately, times have changed.

However, as time unknowingly approached the end of the year, the war along the coast finally came to an end.

After stabilizing the battle lines and preventing a large-scale collapse of Kirigakure, Juzo Biwa quickly took the initiative to negotiate with Konoha.

This was also at the behest of Shiba Kiyokawa.

Payne cannot be held captive on the southern coast indefinitely.

At the same time, when the time is right, it's time for Biwa Juzo to go back and take over the village.

Now that things have come to this, it's a foregone conclusion that Juzo Biwa will return and become the Fourth Mizukage. Once he has complete control of the village, the benefits he can provide to the Akatsuki will be substantial.

Moreover, this also involves a deal between Shiba Kiyokawa and Orochimaru.

As news of the negotiations spread, the conflict, which had been raging for over half a month, gradually cooled down.

That day, Mei Terumi finally had the chance to find Juzo Biwa, and questioned him with a complicated expression.

"What exactly did the Akatsuki promise you that made you so obediently follow their orders?"

After experiencing so much, Mei Terumi is no longer the naive and innocent girl she once was.

Before all of this happened, she would most likely have fought Hibiki Juzo without hesitation at this moment, and would never have tolerated such behavior of betraying the village and serving another organization!

However, after experiencing the previous battles and tasting the bitter fruit of almost killing all her subordinates because of her naivety, Mei Terumi quickly matured.

She now understands that sometimes naive efforts can't change anything, while despicable scheming can really overturn the status quo.

It was precisely because the injury inflicted by the Water Spinach Fuguki was so deeply etched in her memory that Mei Terumi was successfully persuaded by Juzo Biwa afterward.

In her view, whatever the future holds for the village, it will be better than falling into the hands of someone like the Watermelon Pufferfish Demon.

But she still wanted to hear the reason why the loquat was stored away.

In that instant, Juzo Biwa lowered his head, and in the brief silence, he suddenly remembered many things from a few months ago.

He used to be a very pure ninja, thinking that the village's problems were all due to war, hatred, the enemy being too strong, or that his own ninjas were not working hard enough.

Until that day, Shiba Kiyokawa, who completely overwhelmed him in strength, also displayed a level of insight and wisdom that he could not even dream of reaching.

"The Akatsuki organization promised me a different world, a completely new future!"

Seeing Mei Terumi's completely disbelieving expression, Juzo Biwa smiled and offered no further explanation, instead opting for a more easily understood version of the story.

"They promised to rid the village of the blood mist, and they also promised to help resolve the troubles caused by Sunagakure."

"Sunagakure?" Mei Terumi suddenly remembered: Kirigakure not only declared war on Konoha during this Shinobi World War, but they also had many battles with their old rival Sunagakure further south.

However, the intensity of the war in that war zone was much smaller than that in the Land of Fire; it could even be said to be the most insignificant war zone in the entire Shinobi World War.

Regardless, Sunagakure and Kirigakure are old rivals.

Mei Terumi then realized: Now that Kirigakure has been ravaged like this, even if they can make peace with the weak Konoha leadership, how will Sunagakure respond?

"The Akatsuki of the Land of Rain hasn't declared war on the Sand Village, has they? What makes them think they can promise to help us resolve the Sand Village's problems?"

Juzo Biwa shrugged and answered frankly, "I don't know."

"Then why are you so sure?"

"In short, believe first, don't doubt. Just like not long ago, I didn't believe they could make me the Mizukage."

But what about now?

At that moment, Mei Terumi was speechless.

Yes, if someone had told her a month ago that Juzo Biwa, who had defected from the village, could return and become the Mizukage, would she have believed it?

People would probably just think the person who said that is crazy. But now, the facts are undeniably right in front of us!

"The Akatsuki organization—do they really have such abilities? Just who are they?"

At this moment, the young Mei Terumi finally couldn't help but feel a strong curiosity about Akatsuki in the distance.