Naruto : Minato back to the past

Minato glanced to the side, met Terumi Mei's eyes, and then a wry smile appeared on his face.

For his own reasons, he certainly hoped that Mei Terumi would leave, because this was a matter of life and death for her.

But Minato knew that there were things in this world more important than life.

Mei Terumi was born in Kirigakure Village. No matter what this place is like, it is still her hometown. Her family and father are all here.

Where could she go after leaving the Hidden Mist Village?

"I understand, I respect your choice." Minato said, opening and closing his eyes.

A smile immediately broke out on Mei Terumi's childish face.

Minato also smiled, then turned around and looked at Ryuunosuke with a stern expression, and said, "Chief Terumi, I saved your daughter, and you want to kill me. I don't blame you, because I am a Konoha spy, and you have to do this for the sake of the village."

"However, this child's mother has already sacrificed herself for the Terumi clan and the Hidden Mist Village. As the clan leader and a father, I hope you are worthy of these two titles."

When Terumi Mei in the courtyard heard this, her already heavy eyes became even more complicated.

However, he never ordered another siege on MInato because he knew it was impossible.

"Minato-senpai, if I am still alive, the next time I see you, we will be enemies."

At this time, Terumi Mei, who was beside Minato, broke away from his support, forced herself to stand up with her shaky body, and said with a firm look.

Her dream is to change the status quo of the village, but the prerequisite is to protect it well.

"I know."

Minato smiled slightly, this reminf him of Killer B, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki of the Cloud Ninja, whom he had fought against in the Third Ninja World War.

Although they were on different sides, Minato admired him very much, and the same was true for Terumi Mei.

As soon as Minato finished speaking, he disappeared instantly under the gaze of many members of the Kiri Anbu and the Terumi clan.

"Take that little girl down!"

After Minato left, the desperate Kiri Anbu locked onto Terumi Mei, who was sitting paralyzed on the roof.

"Stop them!"

However, at the same time, Ryuunosuke 's fierce voice was heard again, and the two groups that had just become allies were in confrontation again.

Terumi Ryuunosuke even leapt forward and landed next to Terumi Mei.

"Father, I..." Terumi Mei's lips moved, her voice was extremely weak, and she didn't know what to say.

"Don't say anything."

 Ryuunosuke gave her a smile. Although his face looked a little stern at the moment, the tenderness in his eyes was clearly visible.

Terumi Mei's originally chaotic mind suddenly calmed down, and she hummed softly like a wounded deer: "Hmm."

"Terumi Ryuunosuke, you protected the person who destroyed the Mizukage's plan, aren't you afraid that it will cost the entire Terumi clan?" At this time, a member of the Kirigakure ANBU also had a gloomy look in his eyes and sounded extremely angry.

"I am loyal to the Mizukage-sama, but anyone who dares to touch my daughter must kill me first!"

At this moment, Ryuunosuke exuded an extremely ferocious aura, like a guarding beast.

"What now?"

Several members of the Kirigakure ANBU discussed with each other that if Terumi Ryuunosuke went crazy, they would not get much good out of it.

"Let's inform Lord Mizukage." said the ninja who seemed to be the captain of the Anbu.

"Understood!"

When he finished speaking, an Anbu formed a seal and disappeared.

"What a bunch of garbage!"

Ten minutes later, the angry voice of the Third Mizukage was heard from the Mizukage's office.

The water cup in his hand was instantly crushed into pieces.

In front of him, the Anbu who was reporting the situation had a look of fear on his face. He was afraid that the Third Mizukage might be so angry that he would kill him directly.

The handsome face of the Third Mizukage was twitching violently at this moment, but he had been plotting for a long time after all, and his character was not that of an ordinary person.

But as he gradually calmed down, his expression was still extremely cold.

"Then how should we deal with the Terumi clan? Should we send more people to encircle and suppress them?" the Kiri Anbu asked tremblingly again.

The Third Mizukage took a deep breath and said, "Withdraw the Anbu first."

The expression behind the Anbu mask flickered slightly, and it was obvious that he did not quite understand the Third Mizukage's actions.

This is somewhat different from his usual decisive killing.

"Understood."

But of course he didn't dare to question the Mizukage's decision. He responded and then returned to the Terumi clan compound.

The Third Mizukage pondered on the spot again, his face as gloomy as water.

After a moment, he turned and walked out of the Mizukage's office.

"That kid actually knows how to destroy the barrier!?"

In the darkness beneath the ground, Madara's shocked voice rang out again, and the magatama in his scarlet eyes spun, but his shock was even greater.

In front of him, the Third Mizukage said nothing, with anger and also some fear in his expression.

Although what Namikaze Minato did was beyond the plan, the key to the failure of the plan this time was the Kirigakure ninja.

"If we let him get away this time, it will probably be even more difficult to get rid of him next time."

The Third Mizukage said that he regretted taking action himself this time, but who could have imagined that a young ninja who had lost his chakra could escape from the siege of nearly a hundred ninjas.

"What on earth did this guy do to offend you that you would go to such great lengths to get rid of him?"

At the same time, the Third Mizukage was also puzzled. According to the personality of the man in front of him, even if Namikaze Minato was from Konoha and his talent was amazing enough, with his vision and personality, Madara would not target him so easily.

"This does not seem to be within the scope of our cooperation." The old man said without answering him.

"Then let's talk about the scope of cooperation. How should we deal with the Terumi clan?" The Third Mizukage immediately changed the subject.

The old man smiled faintly upon hearing this and said, "You have just eliminated the Reigen Clan and the Hozuki Clan, who are against you. The power of the Hidden Mist Village has been greatly reduced. If you eliminate the Terumi Clan at this time, your position as the Third Mizukage will be in great danger."

The Terumi clan is different from the other two clans. They support the Mizukage, but if they are eliminated due to a single act of incompetence, it will cause panic among the other clans that support the Mizukage.

In fact, the Third Mizukage already had a conclusion in his mind, but he wanted to test the old man's attitude first.

After all, the Terumi clan's incompetence made his plan fail.

"What about Terumi Mei?" the Third Mizukage asked again.

"A Kekkei Genkai genius who awakened the Lava Release at the age of five, are you willing to kill her?" The old man spoke again before he finished speaking.

"If this girl is trained well, she will definitely be a help to me!" The Third Mizukage couldn't help but chuckle.

The Terumi family has a Kekkei Genkai that has been lost for three generations.

At this time, Terumi Mei had already awakened the Lava Release at the age of five. In addition, she was still very young, so by using some means, training her to become his subordinate would definitely be a powerful trump card.

In this way, he can more firmly control the Terumi clan.

"However, the little girl was saved by Namikaze Minato. How to train her is up to you. I just hope that you don't make me doubt that the idea of ​​cooperating with you is wrong."

The old man said that he had no interest in the life or death of Terumi Mei.

Because whether it is Terumi Mei or the Third Mizukage, they are just his pawns.

"Where is that guy in white?" The Third Mizukage glanced around when he left, but he didn't see the strange guy who always stayed beside the old man.

In the darkness, the old man's face twitched slightly.

Because the boy, who was like an ant in his eyes, had ruined his plans time and time again.

As the Third Mizukage asked before, the reason why he really wanted to kill Namikaze Minato was certainly not because of his talent or his mastery of Flying Thunder God.

Rather, his plan to weaken Konoha's power during the Second Ninja World War was destroyed by the appearance of Namikaze Minato.

Danzo, the leader of the Konoha Root, coveted the position of Hokage. In order to weaken the power of Hiruzen, he informed the Sand Ninja of the information about Konoha troops. However, he did not expect that Hiruzen's disciples were so powerful that they could compete with Hanzo.

The second leak of information was caused by White Zetsu, which was of course also at the old man's instruction.

He didn't want to attract the attention of the major ninja countries at this time, but after what Danzo had done before, he could only swallow his anger.

Danzo would never tell this to Hiruzen, so naturally, Hiruzen would only doubt him.

But he never expected that the reinforcements, which were supposed to be wiped out, would fail because of Minato.

After that, Konoha's momentum rose again, and it invaded the Land of Wind in one go.

It was this Namikaze Minato again. Because of him, this war, which could have lasted for a long time and even ended with Konoha's defeat, ended with the Sand Shinobi's disastrous defeat in just over half a year.

In this way, his plan to secretly weaken Konoha was completely destroyed by Minato's accidental action.

This touched Madara's bottom line.

because he knew that he would not be able to complete his plan with the remaining life span he had, so he took such pains to plan it.

"Hashirama, you are already dead, but you still left some obstacles for me."

In the darkness, the old man sighed. In this world, the only man who could rival him was dead. Although he was old and weak now, he still did not take the ninja world and ninjas seriously.

In his eyes, all the ninja countries and villages today are nothing more than his chessboard.

And all the ninjas are chess pieces on his chessboard.

The only person who could play chess with him is dead. Now he can only manipulate the chessboard alone in the dark .

No matter how powerful the chess pieces are, in his eyes, they are still chess pieces.

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