For him, who had just gone to the Land of Water and slaughtered a group of Chunins from the Hidden Cloud Village, this was like a huge joke.

But at the same time, he knew very well that this was just a political tactic between major powers.

No matter how we fight in secret, we may even want to kill your entire village.

But on the surface, everyone still has to maintain the illusion of friendship and love.

Shaking her head, Kagura began to prepare for the Chunin Exam.

In order to prepare for the Chunin Exam, all members of Team 7 suspended their missions.

Everyone adjusts their own status in this short period of time.

As for Kagura, although his strength has far surpassed the Chunin level, out of habit, it is still necessary to search for information about the Chunin exam.

After all, according to his memory, the Chunin Exam had a “written test”…

The scene changes to the Hidden Cloud Village in the Land of Lightning.

A young man was standing in front of the third Raikage Ai.

The young man had an eyepatch on his left eye, a hat in the shape of the Chinese character “土” on his head, and was dressed in a black combat top unique to the Hidden Cloud Village.

Ai looked at the young man in front of him with satisfaction, and said in a deep voice:

“Tsuchiyo, as the main representative of our Lightning Country this time, you must work hard to win glory for me.”

When the young man in front of him heard this, he didn’t say much, but just nodded calmly.

The Raikage didn’t care. He looked at the map on his desk and continued:

“Although it is only a superficial peace, this kind of multinational joint assessment is still an important way to demonstrate our country’s strength.

What a pity…”

Speaking of this, he couldn’t help but feel a headache.

The rebellion of the Gold and Silver brothers several years ago was a fatal blow to the Hidden Cloud Village.

In addition to the shocking act of killing the Second Raikage on the spot, the most important thing is the hidden dangers that the will of these two brothers brought to the Hidden Cloud Village.

In fact, as a warmonger, he did not fail to understand the two brothers’ thoughts.

If you think about it, he is also a hawk in the village.

Since even he thinks so, one can imagine how many followers the two brothers have in the Hidden Cloud Village.

The rebellion was almost devastating to the village.

Take the 20-member Golden Horn Unit under their command, for example. They can almost be said to be the 20 strongest jonin in the Hidden Cloud Village.

However, these backbones of the village were slaughtered in the battle with Senju Tobirama.

After the news of Jinjiao and Yinjiao’s injury and escape came, many young people in the village who agreed with their ideas secretly left the village and chose to follow them.

These were the main reasons why he was in a hurry to go out and hunt down the two brothers.

If those two brothers hadn’t died, the Hidden Cloud Village would have been split in no time.

Fortunately, all this was stopped thanks to his efforts.

But at the same time, because of this, among the young people of this generation, only the local official in front of him can give him a little hope.

Just as he was lost in thought, an explosion suddenly came from somewhere in the village not far away.

Looking at the direction where the explosion came from, there was not much surprise on Raikage Ai’s face, but a trace of distress flashed across his face.

He murmured:

“Is there another problem with the containment of the two-tailed Nekomata? There is also the even more troublesome Eight-tailed.

Alas, it’s really hard to find a Jinchūriki…”

The scene changed again, to an island surrounded by the sea.

A young boy who looked unusually young was looking at the people below with his chin in his hand.

At this moment, seven young men of different appearances were standing below him.

Some of them have short black hair, no eyebrows, and a large cross scar on the right side of their face.

Some had long orange hair down to their waists, sharp teeth, and fluffy bandages wrapped around their necks.

There was another person who was tall, with slender limbs, and wore a Kirigakure ANBU mask on his face.

But no matter their size or appearance, they all have one thing in common.

That is, they all hold a strange-shaped weapon.

Although some of them can be seen as huge chopping swords, some are just slender bayonets.

But some of them look like long thick sticks wrapped in scrolls, making it difficult to tell whether they are weapons or scrolls.

The young man at the top scanned everyone with his scarlet eyes, and after a long while he slowly spoke:

“Today, I officially grant you the title of Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

I believe you all know very well what this title means.

The ninja swords in your hands are masterpieces made by the ancestors of the village. I hope you will not disgrace them.”

After hearing what the young man said, the seven of them knelt down and responded in unison:

“We understand, Mizukage-sama!”

The person who spoke above was the newly appointed third-generation Mizukage of the Hidden Mist Village – Karatachi Yagura.

(Here is an explanation of the timeline. Some people may ask if the ages here are not correct.

But the official did not provide his actual age.

But according to official statements, this guy is born with a baby face.

Although he seemed young when he became the Mizukage, he actually already had grandchildren.

If we really compare them, he may be older than Sarutobi Hiruzen.

In addition, since there is no information or appearance record of the third generation Mizukage, in order to ensure the normal development of the plot, we can only make adjustments.)

If Kagura were present at this time, she would definitely be surprised to see the third-generation Mizukage in front of her.

Although the name of the third Mizukage has never been revealed in the plot, according to his impression, the third Mizukage should be a person with long straight black hair.

The baby-faced man in front of me should actually be the Fourth Mizukage.

It seems that due to his arrival, the butterfly effect took effect again, allowing this Yagura Karatachi to become the Mizukage ahead of schedule.

Looking at the people who saluted respectfully in front of him, Karuju Yagura nodded with satisfaction and said:

“I deliberately suppressed your application for the Chunin Exam last year so that you could perform well in this joint exam.

But I guess Konoha and the Hidden Cloud Village will also have similar preparations.

It seems that an Uchiha genius has appeared in Konoha in recent years?

Even a team of Chunin from the village was defeated by him earlier.

snort!

Is he really worthy of the name ‘Monster’?

Go ahead, get ready.

I’m afraid this exam is not as easy as you think.”

After hearing the order, the people who were lowering their heads below flashed and left.

As everyone left, Karuta Yagura looked up somewhere.

There was an enclosed body of water, and there seemed to be some huge creature swimming underneath the water.

You can vaguely see its back shell covered with spikes floating on the water.

This is none other than the Three-Tails taken in by the Hidden Mist Village – Isofashi.

Like the Third Raikage Ai, Karuta Yagura was also having a headache thinking about the Jinchūriki at this time.

However, unlike the Raikage, Karatachi Yagura has already planned several plans.

Including the mission that was ruined by Kagura and others not long ago, the candidate for the Jinchūriki was specially selected by him from the Land of Whirlpools.

As the well-known best container, the girl from the Uzumaki clan is undoubtedly the best candidate.

But after all, in order to maintain superficial peace among countries, he could only secretly send a Chunin-level team to capture the target.

However, he did not expect that several teams of Chunin who were sent out for the sake of safety would be completely defeated by a team of Genin.

Looking at the three-tailed beast that seemed to be enjoying its freedom, he murmured:

“It seems that we have to choose other targets. If it really doesn’t work out in the end, then I will have to…”

At this time, somewhere very far away from the three major countries, in a dark underground space.

This underground space is full of tree roots and branches. On top of one of the largest roots, there is a huge human-shaped statue.

It has the appearance of a giant humanoid with nine eyes, and its color and body are like a dead tree, with ten column-like protrusions on its back.

At this moment, a pair of samsara eyes opened in the darkness.

He connected his body to the tree trunk behind him. This person was none other than Kagura’s ancestor – Uchiha Madara.

His sight seemed to penetrate the layers of land and look towards the water kingdom on the sea.

A hoarse and deep voice echoed throughout the space:

“It seems that we have to start implementing the plan.”

Chapter 41 Say it again?

The Land of Water is a country consisting of a huge island with dozens of small islands surrounding it.

It is precisely because of its special geographical location that the country suffered the least damage during the Warring States Period and the First Ninja War.

But the unique environment undoubtedly also limits the country’s resources and development.

Therefore, after the establishment of the Water Kingdom, compared with the other four countries, the top leaders of the Water Kingdom had a stronger obsession with strengthening the village.