NOVEL NEXT Chapter 72: Turmoil in the Mist.
Land of the Wind, Capital of the Wind.
The Kazekage on the highest cliff near the Wind Capital.
The capital was built on an extremely strategic place.
Freatic napes, numerous oases. Like a shining gem in the darkness the capital was glowing.
Chiyo by his side, asked again:
"Are you sure? Once we do that…There would be no turning back."
The Kazekage had a helpless face:
"After this day…I will be either remembered as the Worst Kage in the history of the Shinobi World or the Greatest one in the History of Suna."
He then titled his head:
"But honestly, that doesn't matter at all, to me."
"I will only do what I think is the best for the Sand."
He then looked up only to see the signal that all the Shinobi are deployed all over the Wind Country.
His smile then turned into a warm onne looking at his companion of forever:
"Chiyo-chan, Ebiso-kun…"
The other smiled warmly as he didn't call them those names for a long time.
"Let's meet on the other side."
They all disappeared as they all thought in the same time:
'We will face whatever comes head on, together!"
Land of Water, Capital of Water.
The third Mizukage was having the scare of his life!
"What did you say? The Daimyo? You mean all the nobles of the Water are dead?!!"
The ANBU by his side were also having a hard time breathing!!
"WHO DID IT? IS IT KUMO OR SUNA?!!"
The Mizukage felt so outraged that he already decided on a bloody war on whoever village did it!
Killing a Daimyo is violating an extremely big taboo!!
Shinobi are Shinobi!
But even Shinobi know their place!
The group of Shinobi of injured had solemn faces:
"They are probably from neither group."
"They were hooded. They are at least Elite Jonin Level."
The Mizukage had a deep look on his face:
"He said he is coming to visit us, huh…After killing the Water Daimyo what gal!!"
As he was about to make the preparation order! The door opened up!
As another group of even more injured Shinobi appeared.
Those were the Elites who patrolled the area around the village! But they were only three!
The group of injured Kiri Jonins had terrified faces, as some of them were wailing, some had their arms around their faces, like petrified little kids!
The Mizukage knew his village was lacking a lot of things but there was one thing he was sure off!
In terms of ruthless and cruelty, love for blood and fearlessness of death, there was none above his KIRIGAKURE!!
But what was that?
Are those really his Kiri Jonins hardened by the monstrosity of the First Shinobi World War?!!
Finally one spoke, deep distress in his voice:
"MONSTER!! THAT PERSON ISN'T HUMAN!"
"IT SAID IT'S COMING HERE!"
"PLEASE EVACUATE!!!
" THE VILLAGE MIZUKAGE SAMA!!!!"
Any Kiri shinobi is fearless of death…But only if his death is meaningful!!!
If his death contributes to the greater good! To a cause! To a memorable fight!
But fighting 'this thing' is actually nothing like that!!
It just a Dragon disposing of ANTS!
Such meaningless struggle! Such a fight is absolutely meaningless!
HELL, It isn't even actually considered a fight!!
It's no different from an elephant stepping on a plant!
It's just death.
Death. Alone.
Or as they saw...
Something…Much, much worse.
The Mizukage who became even more pissed off by his man reaction punched the one who spoke in the face!
"Make sense! Report what happened or I'll consider your words as Treason!"
"How many enemies were they?! How they look like? Who is their leader? What's their objective?"
Another Jonin spoke with deep dread in his voice:
"I don't know!! I DON'T KNOW! ITS…
"SHE IS!!"
The Mizukage also noticed that the leaders of the units were missing!
"Whers is Rarimaru and Matsuki ?"
The moment he mentioned their names.
One Elite Jonin started wailing smashing his head against the ground as if trying to get a gruesome memory of his brain:
"SENSEI!! MATSUKI-SENSEI!!"
"MAT!! AAAAAAAH!!"
Another female jonin started vomiting in place as if it was the first time she saw blood in her life!!
The calmer one started trembling, looking at the ANBU and the councilor by the side of the Mizukage.
He gulped up and down, before he crawled to everyone's feet:
"Please, Mizukage-sama…Don't ask me to report to you what happened."
"Please…"
"If you hold any respect for those as Shinobi."
The Mizukage felt his heart turned horribly cold as deep uneasiness invaded his heart.
But he was still relieved to find one 'sane' shinobi:
"Who are they? Were they hooded? Did they fight with hidden blades?"
The sane jonin had a weird expression on his face. The trembling in his voice increased as he continued to report :
"No. Mizukage-sama…It…She… was only one person."
The Mizukage's frown got even tighter.
'Fighting an unknown enemy, this is bad.'
He took a deep breath before asking the question he's been dreading the most:
"How strong is she?"
This time even in the calm jonin, incommensurable fear and pressure as he still felt 'it's' strength in every pore of his body.
His voice started trembling as he dropped the bomb on the Higher Ups of Kiri:
"Mizukage-sama please prepare for a calamity to descend on the village."
"It's...She already surpasses the Kage level by a big Margin!!"
The Mizukage felt an overwhelming cold on his chest, like a never-ending winter was invading his body:
"Is this information corroborated by all of you?"
All the other looked down in acknowledgement, some red-eyed, some trembling and the other one still smashing his head on the ground, crying his sensei's name
"Tell all the Shinobi to get prepared. An attack on the village is impeding."