Chapter 129: Split Plan

That night, the Jōnin of the Hidden Mist Village avoided the eyes and ears of the Anbu of the Konoha Village, slipped out of his residence, and went straight to Shimura Shihui of the Shimura clan.

Now, there was no one else in the Shimura clan except Shimura Shihui. The Jounin from the Hidden Mist Village didn't need to hide at all. He walked into the Shimura clan with a swagger. After discovering the target Shimura Shihui, he knocked him out with ease, put him in a bag, and carried him away.

Also because there was no one else in the Shimura clan except Shimura Shihui, Shimura Shihui's disappearance was not discovered by anyone.

The Jōnin from the Hidden Mist Village used the same trick again and sneaked back to meet the Mizukage without alerting anyone.

"Lord Mizukage, I have already completed the tasks you have arranged."

The Kirigakure jonin said as he opened the sack, revealing the Shimura emblem inside.

"Well done, wake him up first, I have something to ask him."

After the Mizukage praised the Jōnin of the Hidden Mist Village, he turned his attention to Shimura Shiei.

The Jounin of Kirigakure followed the Mizukage's order and pressed Shimura Shiei's right eye with his hand. Shimura Shiei was immediately awakened by the pain, and blood oozed from the gauze on his right eye.

Shimura Shihui covered his painful right eye with his hand and used his left eye to observe the surrounding environment.

"Boy, be honest. Lord Mizukage wants to ask you something. You'd better tell the truth. Otherwise, you will suffer physical pain."

The Jonin of Kirigakure stood nearby and threatened.

"Okay, don't scare him, kid. You've been observing outside all day. Who sent you here?"

The Mizukage thought that Shimura Shihui was being instructed by someone, and he didn't think that this was Shimura Shihui's own initiative.

"No one sent me here. This is all my personal behavior. I have important information to tell you, Mizukage-sama."

Now that Shimura Shiei has met the Mizukage, there is no need to go through Hozuki Gengetsu to carry out the original plan.

"Oh, tell me, do you have any important information to tell me?"

The Mizukage showed some interest in the information from Shimura Shihui, but it was really just some interest.

"I wonder what Mizukage-sama thinks of the recent rumors circulating in the village?"

Shimura Shihui didn't get straight to the point, but instead went around in circles with the Mizukage.

"Boy, answer whatever the Mizukage asks you, put yourself in your proper place, and don't make yourself unhappy."

The Jōnin of the Hidden Mist Village was very dissatisfied with Shimura Shihui's half-hearted speech and decided to teach him a lesson. He immediately slapped Shimura Shihui to the ground.

Shimura Shihui covered his face and slowly got up from the ground. The blood flowing from the corner of his mouth proved that the slap from the Jōnin of the Hidden Mist Village was not light.

The Mizukage watched the whole process coldly. He also felt that Shimura Shiei lacked the proper respect in front of him, and that Shimura Shiei should be made to suffer so that he would remember this incident.

"Mr. Mizukage, the information I have is about the human experiment conducted by Tobirama Senju, who was pushed to the forefront by the rumors this time."

After being beaten, Shimura Shihui honestly told the information involving Senju Tobirama.

When the Mizukage heard that Shimura Shihui's information involved Konoha's high-level officials, he immediately became interested and said.

"Go on, and tell me all you know."

Upon hearing this, Shimura Shiei portrayed Senju Tobirama as an unforgivable villain and described the human experiments as inhumane, and explained them to the Mizukage.

After hearing this, Mizukage frowned and said.

"According to what you said, if Tobirama Senju did such a thing, the Hokage would be the first one who would not let him go. But now the Hokage has not pursued the matter, which means that the facts are not as you said. You lied to me."

Shimura Shihui's little tricks were no match for the old fox Mizukage, and the Mizukage noticed the problem immediately.

"Send him back and try to prevent him from telling anyone what happened today."

The Mizukage's patience was finally exhausted, so he ordered the Jōnin of the Hidden Mist Village to arrange the follow-up.

"Okay, Mizukage-sama, come with me, boy. I will take you home."

The Jōnin from the Hidden Mist Village walked closer to Shimura Shihui step by step, with murderous intent in his eyes not concealed at all.

Shimura Shihui was afraid. After all, he was just an inexperienced Genin. When facing the life and death decision, fear was his truest state at this moment.

Shimura Shihui fell to his knees with a thud and began to beg for mercy from the Mizukage.

"Lord Mizukage, please don't kill me. I have information to tell you. The ninja in your village was also taken away by Senju Tobirama for human experiments. That person is the uncle of Hozuki Gengetsu."

Shimura Shihui poured out everything he knew, begging the Mizukage to spare his life.

"and many more."

After hearing what Shimura Shihui said, the Mizukage stopped the next move of the Kirigakure Village's Jonin.

"Humph, you are lucky."

The Jōnin of the Hidden Mist Village saw the ugly behavior of Shimura Shihui who was trying to survive, which made him hate Shimura Shihui even more.

"You just said that Tobirama Senju used people from our Kirigakure for his experimental materials. What evidence do you have? How did you know about this?"

Since this matter concerns the people of the Hidden Mist Village, the Mizukage had to take it seriously, so he asked Shimura Shihui.

“I saw this with my own eyes.”

Shimura Shihui replied.

"You said you saw it with your own eyes. The place where Senju Tobirama conducted human experiments must be a secret place. How did you see it?"

The Mizukage demanded.

"Senju Tobirama is my teacher. I naturally know where he conducted human experiments."

Shimura Shihui replied.

"Then I'm even more puzzled. Since Senju Tobirama is your teacher, why did you reveal his human experiments to an outsider like me?"

The Mizukage continued to ask.

"Because Tobirama and I have a clan-annihilation feud, my entire Shimura clan was slaughtered by Tobirama Senju."

When Shimura Shihui said this, a hint of hatred unconsciously appeared in his eyes, and this hatred was caught by the Mizukage.

"Since your entire clan was killed by Senju Tobirama, how did you survive? And how did you become Tobirama's disciple?"

The Mizukage did not miss any details in Shimura Shihui's words and pressed them all to the end.

"It was my father who begged for mercy from Senju Tobirama, and finally allowed me to become Senju Tobirama's disciple."

When Shimura Shihui said this, his eyes were filled with complicated emotions.

After asking around, the Mizukage didn't find any flaws. The situation described by Shimura Shihui was basically the same as what he knew, so he believed that Shimura Shihui was really here to deliver information.

The Jounin of Kirigakure stood aside, listening to the question and answer between the Mizukage and Shimura Shihui. He felt even more disgusted with Shimura Shihui's behavior, but because the Mizukage thought Shimura Shihui was useful, he couldn't show it.

"Since Tobirama Senju is using people from the Hidden Mist Village for human experiments, we can't just let this go. Go and invite the Tsuchikage here to discuss countermeasures."

At the Mizukage's order, the Jōnin of the Hidden Mist Village went to the temporary residence in the Hidden Iwagakure Village and asked the Tsuchikage to come over.

After the Jōnin from the Hidden Mist Village left, only the Mizukage and Shimura Shiei were left in the room. The Mizukage said nothing as he was thinking about how to attack the Konoha Village. Seeing that the Mizukage didn't say anything, Shimura Shiei naturally didn't dare to say anything either and just knelt there obediently.

Soon, the Jōnin of the Hidden Mist Village led the way and invited the Tsuchikage over.

"Mizukage, why are you rushing to find me so late at night? What happened?"

As soon as the Tsuchikage arrived, he asked the Mizukage directly about the purpose of calling him here.

"I'm here to talk to you so late at night. Boy, tell me what you know again."

The Mizukage first answered the Tsuchikage's questions, and then asked Shimura Shiei to tell the Tsuchikage what happened.

Shimura Shihui told the Tsuchikage the truth, not daring to play any tricks.

"Oh, there is such a thing. How does the Mizukage plan to deal with this matter?"

After listening to this, the Tsuchikage calmly asked the Mizukage what his plan was.

"Of course we have to hold Konoha Village accountable."

The Mizukage said without hesitation.

"Don't worry. If we want to target Konoha Village, it's not enough for us two families alone. We must first pull both Sand Village and Kumo Village to our side, and then choose a suitable time to detonate this matter. The current Chunin Exam is a good time. When the Daimyo is present, it will be a good opportunity to strike a thunderous blow to Konoha Village."

"During this period of time, what we have to do is to stir up internal strife between the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan and publicize the contradictions between the two clans. By then, it will not be easy for the Hokage who comes from the Uchiha clan to deal with Senju Tobirama from the Senju clan. By then, the disintegration of Konoha Village will not be far away."

The Tsuchikage has made every possible effort to overthrow the huge mountain called Konoha that has been oppressing the Iwagakure Village.

This time, the Tsuchikage is determined to win. He doesn't believe that God will always favor Konoha.

Shimura Shihui was kneeling on the ground, listening to the Tsuchikage's plan against Konoha Village. At this moment, he actually regretted what he had done. He originally wanted to bring disgrace to Senju Tobirama, but he didn't expect that he would end up harming the entire village by accident.

What Shimura Shihui was thinking was unconsciously reflected on his face. Everyone present was an old fox. Seeing the worried look on Shimura Shihui's face, they had already guessed what was going on.

"You are Shimura Shihui, right? Your father is Team Leader Shimura, right? He has been providing intelligence to the Iwagakure Village. We can be considered friends, and we often communicate through letters. Whenever he mentioned you in his letters, he was full of praise, and he almost said that you would be the next Hokage. Unfortunately, the truth was revealed in the end, and he was secretly executed by Konoha Village. Son, you have been wronged during this period."

The Tsuchikage played the emotional card and blamed the Konoha Village for the intentional or unintentional mistakes in his words.

When Shimura Shihui heard these heartwarming words, tears couldn't stop flowing.

During this period of time, Shimura Shihui has been living in indifference and abuse. No one has ever shown him such warm concern as the Tsuchikage, which made him unable to control his emotions for a while.