Two hours later, the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Ghost showed up at the agreed upon location with forty-nine Mist Ninjas.

The falling out incident with the Third Kazekage that Toneri was initially worried about did not happen, which also meant that the arrangements for Gotachibana Kuraya and Terumi Mei were not put to use.

However, Toneri can be regarded as confirming Gotachibana Kuraya's desire for change.

To be honest, he actually didn't expect that things would go so smoothly and that Uchiha Madara's name would be so useful.

I was originally worried that he came not to negotiate terms with the Third Mizukage, but with Uchiha Madara, but I didn’t expect that Uchiha Madara was not in Kirigakure Village. It seemed that he had more important things to go to.

busy.

Glancing around the fifty Kirigakure ninjas led by the Watermelon Mountain Blowfish Demon, he confirmed that the Third Mizukage had indeed not deceived him. There were a total of twenty genin, twenty Chuunin, and including the Watermelon Mountain Blowfish Demon.

There are ten jounin in total.

Considering the current situation of the Third Mizukage, this can indeed be regarded as the most power he can bear.

There is absolutely no question of killing a small hidden village with such power.

After all, their ninja level is jounin, but it does not mean that their upper limit of strength is just jounin.

Moreover, none of these genin and chuunin who traveled together had that childish aura and feeling. Instead, each of them faintly exuded a bit of blood.

This is the difference between blood mist ninjas and ordinary ninjas.

Like ordinary genin in Konoha, who have just graduated from the ninja school, they have to follow the leading teacher and start with D-level missions step by step. After a month of D-level missions, they will become C-level missions before they can fight.

B-level missions are the true ninja combat missions.

But what about genin like these who graduated in the blood mist?

What they faced when they first graduated was a bloody fight, and their opponents were the classmates they had been with for so long.

For them, there is no so-called friendship between classmates, they are in a competitive relationship with each other, and what the loser needs to face is death.

Under the pressure of death, everyone worked hard to learn and grow, and fell to the ground at the moment of graduation.

It is precisely because of this that even newly graduated genin are not immature ninjas. They have all seen blood.

Whether or not you have seen blood is the minimum standard to test whether a ninja is immature.

Toneri must admit that the ninjas trained under this blood mist policy are indeed stronger than the ninjas who have just graduated from Konoha.

Therefore, these outstanding ninjas will proudly say that they are "Blood Mist Ninjas" when registering their numbers!

Apart from these genin and chuunin, the ten jounin that Toneri paid the most attention to were the main force in this operation.

But what Toneri paid the most attention to was a ninja who followed closely behind the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Demon, wearing a Mist Ninja ANBU combat uniform and carrying an ordinary long sword on his back.

He has long dark blue hair, a face similar to that of a shark, shark gill-like lines on both sides of his cheeks, a skin color similar to that of a shark, sharp teeth, and golden pupils.

This Kirigakure jounin who looks cold and cold but has a trace of confusion in the deepest part of his eyes is named Mikigaki Kisame!

He was a mist ninja who was raised by the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Demon. Because of his excellent talent and outstanding chakra capacity, he became a jounin at a young age.

The Pufferfish Ghost of Xiguashan attaches great importance to him and takes him with him as the most obedient confidant.

However, from the vague repulsion and disgust in the eyes of other ninjas looking at him, it can be seen that his popularity in Kirigakure Village is not very good.

Noticing Toneri's gaze, the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Ghost's expression changed slightly, and he immediately came to him with a smile on his face.

The Watermelon Mountain Puffer Ghost is very large. At a rough glance, it is estimated to be two and a half meters tall. Standing among the many ninjas, it seems to be the most conspicuous existence.

Toneri's height of 1.8 meters was obviously not enough in front of him. Even Kisame Akisaki's height of about 2 meters was dwarfed by him.

Looking at him condescendingly, Xiguashan Pufferfish Ghost had a smile on his face, "Sir, don't know what to call me?"

"Sancai." Sheren said calmly, giving himself a nickname casually.

"Mr. Sancai, according to Lord Mizukage's order, fifty Mist ninjas including myself are at your disposal." The Watermelon Mountain Puffer Demon smiled and put his right hand on his chest and bowed slightly.

"Mr. Sancai!" The other ninjas followed his example and bowed slightly and shouted.

Toneri nodded, looked past the pufferfish ghost and looked at the dried persimmon Kisame behind him, pointed at him and asked: "What's your name?"

Being suddenly pointed at by Toneri, Inikisaki Kisame was not surprised because he had sensed Toneri's eyes on him before.

He bowed respectfully and said: "Dried persimmon Kisame, Mr. Sancai!"

"From today on, you will follow me."

He didn't shy away from others and directly stated his purpose.

Hearing this, Gansaki Kisame was startled and looked at the Watermelon Mountain Fugu Demon with a questioning look.

He is a close confidant of the Pufferfish Ghost in Xiguashan, and he cannot decide on his freedom.

But after hearing Toneri's words, the expression of the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Ghost became cold, and he frowned and looked at Toneri.

She didn't say anything, and the smile on her face remained unchanged.

The Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Ghost clenched his fists tightly and said viciously in his heart: "I'll let you be arrogant for a while first!"

Immediately, his smiling face returned to his normal state and he looked at Kisame Kisaki, "Since Mr. said so, Kisame, just follow Mr. to protect his safety."

"yes!"

When Suiguayama Fugu Oni ​​agreed, Kisame no longer hesitated, nodded and walked behind Toneri, silently, just like he was standing behind Suiguayama Fugu Oni ​​in the beginning.

However, Toneri knew that Kisame could not be subdued so easily. As long as the Watermelon Mountain Fugu Demon said a word, he would become a sharp sword in his hands again.

"But what if...the Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Ghost dies?"

Shiren thought silently in his mind, and the smile on his face became more and more obvious.

Both of them are plotting against each other.

Moreover, as long as there is a chance to get along with Kisame, Toneri imagines his deception... Bah! His "sincere" words will definitely convince him emotionally and rationally.

After all, the dried persimmon Kisame has only one role under the hands of the Watermelon Mountain Fugu Demon.

That is, after the mission fails, kill all the companions who performed the mission together in order to prevent the mission information from being exposed.

But as a result, Kisame Inikisaki, who was not popular with others because of his appearance, became even more disliked by others.

Repulsion, exclusion, disgust, etc. are all things Kisame feels from others.

He was very confused and didn't know why he existed or what the meaning of his existence was. He only knew that his mission was to complete the mission assigned by the pufferfish ghost in Watermelon Mountain. This seemed to be the only direction for him to live.

But the more he does these tasks, the less he understands the meaning of his existence, and the less he understands the meaning of his existence, the more he has to do these tasks to make himself forget.

It's like entering an infinite vicious circle.

Toneri was the first person Kisame met who didn't hate or reject him. Although he didn't show it, his first impression of Toneri was very good.

Moreover, he was sensitive and could clearly feel that Shiren's attention to him was not a pretense, but came from the bottom of his heart.

With different moods, Toner and fifty Mist Ninja left the Kingdom of Water.

When he came, he was alone and could move directly on the sea, but when he left, there were more than fifty people. Others could not have as much chakra as him, so they had to take a boat when they left.

Fortunately, the ninjas in Kirigakure Village still have relatively strong control over the ship. Almost everyone can steer the ship, and with the blessing of water escape, the ship can sail fast enough.

As a person with a special status, Tonero has a separate room just like the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Ghost.

Although he failed to deliver the real letter that Sarutobi Hiruzen told the Third Mizukage to the hands of the Third Mizukage, he only sent an empty envelope, and he could not persuade the Third Mizukage to declare war on Kumogakure, but he was able to borrow five pieces from him.

Ten fog ninjas are already a good result.

The first thing Toneri did after boarding the ship was to tell Sarutobi Hiruzen this information and let the senior management of Konoha and Jiraiya know, so that they could feel relieved and better cooperate with Toneri's operation.

But while he was doing this, Inikisaki Kisame stood outside Toneri's door, like a devoted bodyguard.

Since his mission is to protect Toneri, he will not leave Toneri even if it is not necessary.

After doing this, Toneri opened the door and called Kisame the dried persimmon in.

Looking at his unique, almost shark-like appearance, we also know why he is not very popular.

The mission is only part of the reason, and his appearance is also part of the reason.

"Sit down." Toneri stretched out his hand and motioned for Kisame to sit down and talk.

Hearing this, Kisame was stunned. This was the first time for him to face such a conversation.

Normally, when someone comes to talk to him, they are very serious. How can it be so relaxed as giving up others.

However, Kisame only hesitated for a moment and sat down obediently.

"Kisame, are you a little confused?" Toneri waved his hands gently, as if with some special rhythm, but if you look closely, it seems to be just an ordinary wave.

This time, Kisame was really stunned. He didn't know what Toneri's question was, but he suddenly understood why Toneri's hand became so conspicuous.

Toneri smiled and continued: "I know what your main tasks are under the Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Ghost, and I also know what kind of impact such a task will have on a person."

At this moment, Kisame felt that Toneri's eyes seemed to see through everything, and his words seemed to have some special magic power, which made him feel relaxed all over.

In this regard, it was just because of some small tricks that Shiren used. Whether it was the way he swung his arms, the way he spoke, his voice, etc., they all vaguely conveyed an affinity and a relaxing feeling.

This is a kind of illusion, an invisible illusion, a subtle influence.

Of course, in Toner's own words, it is actually hypnosis.

It won't have any substantive effect, it won't produce obvious hallucinations or anything else, but it will allow a person to naturally and unconsciously relax their vigilance.
To be continued...