NOVEL NEXT Chapter 27: 027 Mei Terumi's Visit
At nightfall, Night Star casually found a cave to rest in and took the opportunity to organize the day's experiences in her journal, wrapping things up.
The next morning, after waking up:
[Ding! Daily recording task completed.]
[Reward obtained: Orochimaru-style Ninjutsu (Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, Multiple Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, Twin Snakes Mutual Death Technique, Triple Rashomon, etc.), slight improvement in chakra control.]
Hearing the system notification, Night Star felt a bit surprised.
Today's reward turned out to be those signature ninjutsu techniques of Orochimaru?
Could it be because she spoke up for Orochimaru in her journal?
It seemed that the recorded content had a certain connection to the rewards.
At that moment, footsteps gradually approached the cave from outside.
Judging by the rhythm of the steps, the person had no intention of sneaking up, showing no trace of concealment.
Moments later, a woman wearing a light blue long dress, with long hair and an exceedingly beautiful face, walked slowly into the cave.
When she saw Night Star is face, she couldn't help but pause slightly, hesitating as she spoke.
"You... are Night Star Uchiha?"
Night Star glanced at her and replied indifferently.
"You're Mei Terumi from the Mist Village?"
"Yes, it seems I can't hide anything from you."
Mei Terumi regained her composure, showing a charming smile as she replied softly.
The reason for her earlier surprise was simple.
She hadn't expected the owner of the journal, Night Star Uchiha, to be this handsome.
She knew the Uchiha clan was famous for producing good-looking men, but for someone to be this strikingly attractive was a bit exaggerated, wasn't it?
No wonder characters like Yūgao Uzuki and Kurenai Yuhi wanted to get close to him.
Despite her amazement, Mei Terumi also noticed a detail.
Before she had introduced herself, the other party had already called her by name.
This indicated that Night Star Uchiha had already known what she looked like.
Mei Terumi remembered that the two of them shouldn't have met on the battlefield before.
As expected, the other party indeed possessed some mysterious abilities, not only able to foresee the future but also having a certain understanding of her.
"May I sit down?"
"Please, go ahead."
Mei Terumi sat down on a stone opposite Night Star, adjusted her dress, and smiled lightly.
"It's truly surprising to me that you managed to single-handedly eliminate nearly a hundred ninja from our Mist Village and even forced those lunatics, Mangetsu Hozuki and Fuguki Suikazan, to flee in disarray."
Hearing this, Night Star gazed at Mei Terumi's face and slowly spoke.
"Since you're aware of this, yet still approach me voluntarily, I assume that with your intellect, you're not here to seek death, are you?"
As a transmigrator, Night Star naturally wouldn't underestimate the woman in front of him.
In the original storyline, Mei Terumi appeared as the Fifth Mizukage.
The question was, how did she become Mizukage?
Under the "Blood Mist Village" policies of the Mist Village, the attitude toward those with Kekkei Genkai was extermination upon discovery.
In such an environment, Mei Terumi not only survived but also successfully became the Fifth Mizukage, fundamentally changing the internal atmosphere of the Mist Village.
The difficulty of this feat was self-evident.
Compared to individuals like Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura, who made countless foolish decisions, Night Star believed that the seemingly alluring and beautiful woman in front of him had a far deeper and more fearsome mind.
Mei Terumi pressed her lips together and smiled sweetly.
"Of course, I'm not here to die. Today, I've come to propose a collaboration."
Hearing this, Night Star is brow twitched slightly.
"Don't tell me... you're also planning to wear something to show me?"
"Huh?"
Mei Terumi froze for a moment, then covered her mouth and laughed lightly.
"How could that be? Collaboration isn't child's play. I know I'm very beautiful, but using such things as a bargaining chip would be too frivolous."
This remark alone demonstrated that Mei Terumi was nothing like Konan, who naively believed that seduction would solve everything.
Hearing her response, Night Star secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness. If yet another kunoichi came along saying strange things, he'd start wondering if he had awakened some kind of "human artillery" constitution.
He looked at Mei Terumi, speaking calmly.
"In terms of strength, the gap between you and me is vast."
"In terms of village status, I hold considerable influence within the Uchiha clan, while you're merely an ordinary Jonin in the Mist Village."
"What makes you think collaborating with you could bring me any benefits?"
Mei Terumi had anticipated such a question and responded calmly.
"Let me be honest with you. I deeply despise the current atmosphere of the Mist Village. If this continues, the Mist Village is doomed to destruction."
Night Star had long expected Mei Terumi to harbor such thoughts.
In the high-pressure environment of the Blood Mist Village, Mei Terumi wasn't the only one dissatisfied with its internal atmosphere.
Almost every strong figure of this generation, such as Kisame Hoshigaki and Zabuza Momochi, chose to defect.
The Mist Village had long earned the nickname "Blood Mist Village," but after Obito used the Mangekyo Sharingan to control Mizukage Yagura, things had only worsened.
As a ninja possessing both Lava Release and Boil Release Kekkei Genkai, Mei Terumi had not chosen to defect like the others.
The only plausible explanation was that she wanted to change the Mist Village.
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