Although Tea tried to be as brief as possible, because there were too many things that had happened, it still took a while to tell the story.
Mei Terumī became more and more serious as she listened.
"The Land of Water is now on the verge of chaos, and we must use thunderous methods to eliminate all unstable factors."
"Continue to increase the investigation into Orochimaru. If he's still hiding here, find him. Also, didn't Konoha send a few people over? Give them the information that Orochimaru appeared here. Since they're unwilling to fight those monsters to the death, then they should at least contribute a little and clean up the missing-nin from their own village."
"Also, go back and tell the people in the elders' council. I don't care what their attitude is, in short, anyone who betrays the human camp will be killed without exception! On this point, there's absolutely no compromise! If anyone disagrees, then have Master Gengetsu remove me from the position of Mizukage."
"As for those wandering ninjas, if there's no concrete evidence, then don't touch them for now"
Mei Terumī, who had entered work mode, used practical actions to show what it meant to be decisive and never show mercy.
Of course, Hozuki Mangetsu didn't disappoint her either, and didn't submit a lot of information about Shinji and the others.
Tea nodded frequently while taking out paper and pen to record.
Don't think that Master Gengetsu was still clinging to the power in his hands, but in reality, the entire Land of Water couldn't find a second person more suitable to be Mizukage than Mei Terumī.
And the reason why he hadn't relinquished power yet was because he had been frightened by the incident of the previous Mizukage being controlled.
That time almost caused the Hidden Mist to be destroyed by internal strife.
If it happened again, the Hidden Mist could be removed from the ranks of the five great ninja villages.
Also, it took time to cultivate a qualified Kage.
Master Gengetsu taught Mei Terumī almost every day how to become an excellent leader.
So the transfer of power to Mei Terumī was almost a certainty, it was just a matter of time.
Even if she ran out on a whim.
"I've accepted these few missions, don't worry, you're not unaware of my speed, it definitely won't be delayed."
Tea thought to herself, "I'm just afraid that you're working too hard! What if you encounter some kind of accident!"
"Mizukage-sama is such a good person, she will definitely be safe and sound!"
.....
"This is the reward for the mission, please accept it. And here are all the newly released missions, the rewards are definitely satisfactory."
At the temporary mission processing center set up in the Hidden Mist Village, Shinji counted the gains from these few days, and then looked at the mission board.
Most of them were investigation and elimination missions, and the latter were almost all B and B-rank or higher difficulty, and there were even two S-ranks!
Of course, these difficult missions weren't left for these wandering ninjas to accept, except for those who didn't know their own limitations.
Shinji originally wanted to be low-key, but after he accepted a few B-rank and A-rank missions and completed them, he found that it was really impossible to be low-key.
The rewards were small, there was a lot of nonsense, and time was wasted on traveling, and he didn't earn a few Cursed Soul Points.
Then he understood that he should forget about being low-key!
He had to specialize in accepting S-rank missions!
"They're all S-rank difficulty missions, so I should get at least a hundred or eighty Cursed Spirits, right? There will definitely be Grade 1 Cursed Spirits, but I don't know if there will be any Special Grade Cursed Spirits. But if I encounter a Special Grade Cursed Spirit, this price is again."
Just as Shinji was staring at those two S-rank missions with a tangled expression, the staff member who was responsible for settling his rewards just now came over.
"Is there something wrong with these two missions?"
"Well, I think the rewards are still a little low."
He didn't think the mission was difficult, but he thought the rewards weren't enough?
If someone else had said this, then he would definitely think that the other party was pretending, did they understand what the gold content of an S-rank mission was!
But the person in front of him wasn't simple. In just a short period of ten days, he had completed several B-rank and A-rank missions.
Although they were accepted in the form of a team, it was enough to prove the team's strength.
This not only greatly boosted the morale of the wandering ninjas, but also made many Hidden Mist ninjas feel complicated.
Such a person wouldn't be here to show off for the sake of a few quick words.
Thinking of this, he wanted to invite the other party into the room to talk in detail.
Whether it worked or not, he would try it first, anyway, if the mission wasn't completed, he wouldn't get a penny.
But at this time, several Hidden Mist ninjas next to him happened to hear their conversation, and coupled with the dissatisfaction that had accumulated during this period of time, they directly launched an attack.
"Shameless! Now any Tom, Dick, or Harry dares to show up, and you're still complaining that the rewards for S-rank missions are too low, even if you doubled it ten times, you'd have to be able to complete it with your life."
"Haha, who says it isn't."
"Don't ridicule people like that, after all, it's normal for wandering ninjas to have never seen the world."
"Hey, you're that Akagi who's been in the limelight recently, right? As a senior, I'm kindly reminding you, the difficulty of S-rank missions isn't as simple as you think, don't accidentally lose your life. Also, the rewards for S-rank missions are numbers that have been determined after repeated discussions, and it's not something that a wandering ninja like you can change!"
"That's right, where does a mere wandering ninja get his confidence from."
Several Hidden Mist ninjas ridiculed him to the extreme, and laughed at the other party to their heart's content.
The other Hidden Mist ninjas around were watching coldly, and some were even gloating, they had long been displeased with this guy.
A wandering ninja dared to be so high-profile, wouldn't that make them, the 'regular army', look like trash!
They originally looked down on these wandering ninjas, and now they were actually being compared to the wandering ninjas, even those who originally had no opinion now had an opinion.
And the other wandering ninjas or mercenaries present had very ugly faces.
Although the person being ridiculed wasn't them, wasn't this also mocking them all by pointing at the mulberry and cursing the locust tree?
Someone couldn't stand it anymore and took a step forward, but was stopped by his companion, who shook his head at him with a complicated expression.
This was, after all, the territory of the Hidden Mist Village. If they, these wandering ninjas, dared to cause trouble, would they have a good time?
Even a strong dragon couldn't suppress a local snake, it wasn't worth it to risk themselves for someone they didn't know.
So it could be seen that there was a reason why these wandering ninjas had never amounted to much, it wasn't just a matter of strength.
However, Shinji didn't care about these things at all.
He even smiled, "Are you done talking?"
"What do you want to do? You can't possibly dare to hit me in front of so many people, right?"
"Come, come, come, I'll just stand here and let you hit me, do you dare?"
"A guy like a stink bug should go back to your stinky ditch!"
Shinji looked at this guy who was sticking his face over and constantly provoking him, and suddenly smiled very happily.
"Hitting you is out of the question, I'm afraid of dirtying my hands"
The other party immediately revealed a disdainful expression, as if he had known that this would be the result.
"You have no bal."
Pfft!
Before he could finish speaking, his eyes widened, and everyone around him had a shocked expression!
"I thought about it just now, this way my hands won't get dirty."
After saying that, Shinji still had a smile on his face, and the Snake Skin Sword in his hand was pulled out and then stabbed in again.
Hit you?
No no no!
I just want to kill you!
"You're courting death!"
"Go, kill him!"
After that person fell into the pool of blood, his companions immediately roared and rushed up, and those Hidden Mist ninjas who were watching the show also had a restless posture.
Such arrogant behavior completely didn't put them in their eyes!
Even if they killed the other party now, there wouldn't be any consequences, after all, this bastard had attacked first.
Inside a certain room.
Hearing the noisy sounds outside, Mei Terumī, who had come to get supplies and update information, couldn't help but frown.
"Go out and see what's going on."
"Yes, Mizukage-sama."
The person in charge here hurriedly went out to check the situation, and then came back with the fastest speed, with one person behind him.
"Mizukage-sama, there's a fight outside."
"What happened?"
"Our people had a conflict with a wandering ninja. the specifics. Miyamoto Kyoji, you tell us."
"Yes. the thing is like this"
Miyamoto Kyoji was the person who had received Akagi Shinji before. He understood the cause and effect of the whole matter, and didn't favor any side at this time, he just narrated the matter completely, including the provocations and insults.
After listening, Mei Terumī's face suddenly became as cold as ice.
Boom!
She stood up and kicked the door open, walking out.
And in just this short period of time, the chaos outside was already about to be decided.
"Stop fighting!"
Looking at the unexpected scene in front of her, the anger in Mei Terumī's eyes almost burst out.
More than a dozen Hidden Mist ninjas were all lying on the ground, their life or death unknown, and at least a few holes had been stabbed in their bodies.
There were a few people who could still stand, but looking at their frightened eyes and trembling hands, it could be seen that they had lost their will to fight, and were even worse than these wastes who had fallen.
"Mizukage-sama?!"
When the people outside saw Mei Terumī, they were immediately shocked and quickly saluted.
And those who had been frightened out of their wits regarded Mei Terumī as their savior, with Mizukage-sama here, see if you can escape death this time!
"Mizukage-sama, this person openly committed murder and attacked us."
"Enough! I already know the cause and effect of this matter. What are you still doing here? Why don't you hurry up and send people for treatment, are you going to stay here and continue to embarrass yourselves?!"
These people were scolded by Mei Terumī in public, and their faces flushed red, but they didn't dare to disobey the Mizukage's order, and immediately left in a sorry state with their people.
"This. um, Akagi, right? Come in and talk."
Shinji first glanced out the window, and then indifferently put away the murder weapon and followed Mei Terumī into the room.
Outside the window, Tobi, who understood his meaning, muttered helplessly twice, but still chased after a certain direction.
Since he had already made enemies, then he had to strike first and not give the other party any chance.
Shinji originally planned to kill all the people here and then pretend that they had been attacked by Cursed Spirits.
However, the unexpected presence of Mizukage Mei Terumī immediately made him change his mind.
But no matter what, the group of guys just now had to die!
Even the Sage of Six Paths couldn't stop it!
I said it!
After entering the room, the two sat opposite each other, and neither of them spoke first, and the atmosphere was a little heavy for a while.
It wasn't until the door of the room was urgently reinstalled that Mei Terumī looked at the other party and spoke.
"You're that wandering ninja Akagi who's been rising recently?"
"Before asking the other party, shouldn't you introduce yourself first? That would be more polite?"
Slap!
"You just seriously injured more than a dozen of my subordinates, and now you're hoping that I'll be polite to you? You must have some misunderstanding about our Hidden Mist Village."
"Then can I understand that the dignified Mizukage-sama is threatening me? Just because I taught a lesson to a few pieces of trash who spoke rudely? It seems that the so-called Hidden Mist Village is really nothing more than this, they both hope to get help from others, and are unwilling to give equal respect. They secretly despise and openly ridicule and insult the people who came to this country to help you, so this is the way the Hidden Mist Village does things, I've learned a lot today."
Mei Terumī bit her lip slightly, her eyes were very unkind.
But as the other party said, the impact of this matter itself could be big or small.
To put it lightly, it was just a personal conflict, and it would be easy to solve.
But to put it seriously, their Hidden Mist Village was a petty person who acted one way to their face and another behind their back!
They said so nicely when asking for help from the outside world, but this was the treatment they gave when people came? Then why should they cross the sea from thousands of miles away to come here and suffer?
Just to hear how others ridiculed and insulted them?
If this was spread out, the Hidden Mist's already not-so-good reputation would probably stink.
It could be said that every bit of strength was precious for the stability of this country at the moment.
Even sending people to fail to solve the mission and not having anyone at all, not caring and not asking were two different concepts and attitudes.
The former represented that I was working hard to change all of this, giving people hope.
The latter meant giving up, whatever happened, and would only lead people into despair, and then the entire country would completely collapse.
So this was also why Mei Terumī, as the Mizukage, didn't stand up for her own people just now.
If she had helped at that time, the whole matter would have been completely unrecoverable.
Taking a deep breath, Mei Terumī calmed down and said calmly, "I've understood what happened just now, and I'm now apologizing to you in the capacity of the Mizukage."
As she said that, Mei Terumī even got up and bowed.
"But, about the matter of you taking the initiative to injure people"
"Heh, if I wasn't strong enough, the person lying on the ground right now would be me. Surely, when facing more than a dozen people, I should act like an idiot and wait for the other party to attack first? Don't say such laughable words again."
"Mizukage-sama, we all respect you, but trash is trash, even if it happened again, I would do the same."
Mei Terumī frowned slightly, the other party was difficult to deal with, whether she was soft or hard.
She now had two choices, one was to capture the other party now, and handle the matter according to official business, investigating the responsibilities of both parties in this matter.
The consequence was that the Hidden Mist's reputation would be ruined and difficult to recover.
The other choice was to settle the matter and not pursue it further, and then properly appease these wandering ninjas, letting them know that those Hidden Mist ninjas who spoke rudely just now were just exceptions, a very small minority.
Of course, doing so would also disappoint some Hidden Mist ninjas.
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