Chapter 15: Inside the Hidden Mist Village

After showing his ID from the daimyo prefecture at the door, Qingsi was immediately allowed by the respectful guard to enter the Hidden Mist Village.

"Father, I have arrived at the Hidden Mist Village!" Kiyoshi whispered to himself, his tone full of sighs and longing for his father Genji.

For Kiyoshi, he lived in a peaceful era in his previous life, and in this life he has lived outside the village since he was a child, so he has no feelings for the current Kiyoshi of the Hidden Mist Village.

The reason he came to the Hidden Mist Village this time was, firstly, to see the place where his father grew up and to inherit his father's will and unfinished dreams, and secondly, as one of the five major ninja villages, the Hidden Mist Village could greatly help Seiji's growth and development, and he also wanted to use the power of the Hidden Mist Village to plan the resurrection of his parents.

Although Isshiki Otsutsuki does not have the Samsara Eye, and does not know that the Samsara Eye has the ability to reverse life and death, Kiyoshi, who had seen some clips of Uchiha Madara's resurrection and Nagato's use of the Samsara Jutsu in his previous life, although Kiyoshi did not know the specific information, he still knew clearly that there were means in the ninja world to revive the dead, although the process would be difficult.

But Genji is different. The Hidden Mist Village was built by Genji and his people themselves. Genji has deep feelings for the village. Even at that time, he was the captain of the guard of the Second Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu, and was trained by the Second Mizukage as a reserve Kage.

Looking around, Kiyoshi, who came to the Ninja Village for the first time, felt the difference between this Ninja Village, which he had only heard from his father Genji, and an ordinary town. More than 10 years had passed since the first Five Villages Fight, and Kirigakure had long since gotten rid of its depression. As an island country adjacent to the ocean, the Land of Water has a unique locational advantage. The ocean's products are far richer than those on the mainland. Thanks to this, both the Land of Water and the Kirigakure are currently in a relatively prosperous stage.

After finding a hotel to stay in, Qingsi began to plan his subsequent actions.

He definitely cannot go back to the Kaguya clan, and even within the Kaguya clan, he is already considered a dead man.

Although the Kaguya clan has almost fallen out with the Hidden Mist Village and the Third Mizukage because of Kaguya Musashi's ambition, and the entire clan has completely moved out of the Hidden Mist Village, and the Kaguya clan now rarely takes on any tasks for the village except for war, but Kiyoshi still has to prevent himself from being seen by Kaguya Musashi's subordinates who are familiar with his appearance. Although there are many ninjas with strange looks in the Water Kingdom, he is the only one with double horns on his forehead, and this feature is too easy to recognize.

Therefore, even when Seiji entered the Hidden Mist Village where there were no Kaguya people, he maintained the transformation technique. Although the horns on his forehead and the red dot between his eyebrows disappeared, his basic appearance did not change. After all, the only thing he was known for was his unique pair of horns.

In fact, joining the assassination tactical special forces directly under the Mizukage, namely the Anbu, is the best choice for Kiyoshi. First, he wears a mask most of the time to cover his face, so he doesn't need to maintain the transformation technique all the time. Second, according to his father Genji, almost all the high-ranking members of Kirigakure have served in the Anbu.

But unfortunately, Qingji is not even an officially registered ninja of the Hidden Mist Village. He does not have a ninja number or a ninja forehead protector, let alone joining the Anbu.

It has been almost five days since he arrived in the Hidden Mist Village, and Qingsi is still worried about how to join the Hidden Mist Village.

During the reign of the Third Mizukage Bing, Kirigakure gradually began to implement an elite soldier policy called "Blood Mist", requiring students graduating from the Ninja School to kill each other in groups of two until only one was left, with the aim of giving birth to the best and most ruthless ninjas.

It was just an experiment at first, but with the continuous growth and good performance of the first batch of "Blood Mist" ninjas, this bloody policy can now be said to be carried out openly in Kirigakure.

Therefore, under the premise of having a relatively stable source of elite ninjas, if Kiyoshi did not reveal his identity, it would be almost impossible for him to join the Hidden Mist Village as a wandering ninja.

In the past five days, Qingsi has hardly left the hotel. Distressed, Qingsi decided to change his mood and go for a walk in the village to get some fresh air.

Coming to the street, Qingsi walked aimlessly when suddenly there was a commotion in front of him.

"Master Yuanshi!"

"Lord Elder!"

As greetings were heard, the villagers consciously made way and respectfully saluted the approaching old man.

An old man with an old face but very kind appearance came slowly accompanied by two guards. The old man held a snake-shaped wooden staff and wore a huge brown robe. He also responded to the villagers' greetings one by one.

This person is none other than the Elder Master who holds a very high reputation in the Hidden Mist Village.

Qing Si, who did not know Master Yuan, hurriedly followed the villagers' example and saluted the old man.

Yuanshi, who is 54 years old this year, is still full of energy. As a follower of the first Mizukage Byakuren and one of the founders of the Hidden Mist Village, Yuanshi has served as an elder when the village was first established.

After the death of the first generation and the rise of the second generation, because of his outstanding administrative ability and no desire for power, he was given power equivalent to that of the Mizukage by the second Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu.

By the time of the Third Mizukage, Yuanshi was already a veteran who had served through three dynasties, and the only surviving old man from the first generation.

The Third Mizukage also gave the Master a power almost equal to that of the Mizukage, but the Master did not agree with the Blood Mist Policy implemented by the Third Generation. He believed that the cold-blooded and twisted ninjas trained in this way would eventually bring disaster to the Hidden Mist Village. However, due to the support of most of the Hidden Mist senior officials, the Master could only gradually retire, leaving only the power over civil affairs in his hands, and no longer interfering in the military and political affairs of the village.

Coming close to Qingsi and looking at Qingsi who was bowing to him, a gleam of light flashed in Master Yuan's slightly cloudy eyes, and then quickly disappeared.

Qingsi, who is already 9 years old, now has facial features that are more like his mother Kaguya Yukiko. However, Yuanshi, who happens to have a good personal relationship with Kaguya's six elders and has also met Kaguya Yukiko, couldn't help but have some guesses in his mind when he saw Qingsi's face that was extremely similar to Kaguya Yukiko's.

Ten years ago, the Master was still at the peak of power in the Hidden Mist Village and had a deep control over it.

The Master was well aware of the causes and consequences of the power struggle within Kaguya. Not to mention that Kaguya Genji was able to join the Shadow Guards because of the Master's recommendation, so the Master felt sorry for Genji's experience back then and paid more attention to him later. However, because this was just an internal family matter, he could not break the rules to help Genji.

That's why Master Yuan recognized Qing Si at the first sight.

"Go and ask the young man just now if his name is Qingsi. If so, ask him to come to my house later." Master Yuan turned around and whispered to the guard Bi who was following behind him.

"Yes! Elder." Bi took the order and left.

After the master left, Qingsi continued to walk forward with the crowd on the street. At this time, he sensed an aura of the strength of a special jonin coming straight towards him without any concealment.

After a brief identification, Qingsi recognized that this was the chakra aura of the guard behind the elder who had just passed by, and he slowly stopped.

"Swish!" Bi instantly appeared in front of Qingsi. Because of Master Yuan's just instructions, Bi's attitude was quite respectful.

"Young man, the elder wants to ask your name."

"Me?" Qingsi asked in confusion. The arrival of Aoi made him subconsciously think that his identity was exposed, but then he thought that an elder so loved by the villagers could not possibly have any connection with the reckless men of the Hyuga clan, and he did not sense any malice from Aoi and the Master he had just met.