Chapter 342: Collecting Detailed Information on the Tailed Beasts

After the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen left, Yahiko couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. After all, he was the Kage of a village. Although he had a kind look on his face, the aura of a superior who had been facing Sarutobi Hiruzen for many years made him a little nervous and breathless...!

After all, when they were in the Hidden Mist Village, the three of them were disciples of the Fourth Mizukage Seiji, and the other Hidden Mist high-ranking officials were relatively friendly when facing them.

As for Qingsi, he was the teacher who brought them up since they were little, and they couldn't even feel the aura of the Mizukage from Qingsi!

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After such a disturbing thing happened, the three members of Yahiko's team no longer had the desire to continue wandering around, so after resting for a night, they rushed to the vicinity of the central tower of the Death Forest on the morning of the next day.

Then, after easily defeating the two teams, he collected the scrolls of heaven and earth, entered the central tower, and completed the second exam.

As for Mei Terumi's team, they had a smooth journey. Finally, on the afternoon of the second day, halfway to the central tower, they unexpectedly ran into a team from the Hidden Cloud Village that was also proficient in perception abilities. After defeating them, they collected all the scrolls the team needed.

Of course, when Yahiko's team was trapped in the Four Purple Flame Array barrier by Danzo, Mei Terumi, Uzumaki Kana and Hoshigaki Kisame also thought about rushing to support them. After all, the Four Purple Flame Array barrier might be a little troublesome for other ninjas, but for the perfect Six-Tails Jinchuriki Mei Terumi, it was just a matter of one Tailed Beast Ball.

However, in the end, Mei Terumi still chose to believe in Nagato's abilities. Having sparred with Nagato before, she clearly knew how powerful the various abilities of the Rinnegan were when combined with each other.

It can be said that as long as Nagato lets go and fights, even if there are ninjas in Konoha who can stop him, the area around Konoha will probably be destroyed into ruins...!

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The second round of the Joint Chunin Exam has finally come to an end.

The number of "Genin" who finally passed not only achieved the examiner Akimichi Choza's goal of eliminating half of the candidates, but was also much less than he had originally expected...!

In this exam, except for the two teams from the Hidden Mist Village, the "Genin" from the other ninja villages acted ruthlessly during these three days, sparing no effort to eliminate possible threats to their own ninja villages in the future.

Of course, this does not mean that Team Yahiko and Team Mei Terumi have good hearts. What they did was no less than killing. After defeating other teams, although they did not kill them directly, they also left almost incurable hidden injuries in their bodies, cutting off their subsequent ninja path...!

And even if the other ninja village has top-level medical ninjas who can detect the methods of the Hidden Mist Village and heal their hidden injuries, it will cost an extremely high price. So, no matter what, the Hidden Mist Village is the winner!

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The third round of the Joint Chunin Exam will be held in a week.

This free week was used to wait for the shadows from other villages to come and watch the battle.

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In the Hidden Mist Village, the Mizukage Building, the Mizukage's office, Seiji was currently talking to the ANBU Chief Sword.

"Tenshin sent a message saying that he has contacted the Hyuga clan branch and reached an agreement. After I arrive in Konoha, I will meet with the Hyuga branch again. If there is no problem, I will help them remove the 'bird in a cage' curse." Qingji informed Ken of the results of the meeting between Otsutsuki Tenshin and Hyuga Mukai.

After hearing this, Anbu Changken's face instantly became serious. This was extremely good news for the Hidden Mist Village. Without the "bird in a cage" curse, the Hyuga branch family was much stronger than those useless members of the main family who mostly did not go to the battlefield.

"Lord Mizukage! The Anbu will send enough people to provide support!" Jian immediately understood what Qingsi meant. The task of supporting the Hyuga branch to evacuate Konoha must be undertaken by their Anbu in the Hidden Mist Village!

Jian was well aware of the danger of this journey, and those Anbu members who went to support them would most likely suffer heavy casualties, but he still resolutely accepted the mission. After all, everything was for Kirigakure!

"Don't be too nervous!" Qingsi waved his hand at the serious-looking sword, and smiled mysteriously, "I know what you mean, but as the Mizukage, how can I watch my subordinates go to die? You know, we also have helpers, and they are great helpers!"

Jian couldn't help but look puzzled when he heard Qingsi's words. He didn't know who the helpers Qingsi was talking about were, nor did he know how these helpers would help them.

However, looking at the confused Ken, Qingsi did not explain anything, but asked Ken to go back and make preparations. When the Anbu ninja responsible for picking up the Hyuga branch to Kirigakure arrives in the Land of Fire, they will naturally know...!

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The helper that Qingsi was talking about was the White Zetsu who was proficient in the "art of disguise" and the "art of mayfly".

Although most of the White Zetsu clones are now conducting a carpet search for Uchiha Madara in Loulan, there is no problem in extracting a few or a dozen of them to replace those members of the branch family who have irreconcilable grudges and feuds with the main family.

According to Kiyoshi's idea, when he arrives in Konoha and meets the head of the Hyuga clan branch, Hyuga Mukai, and confirms that the Hyuga branch is truly loyal and there are no problems, he will immediately take action to remove the "bird in a cage" curse for them, and then the Hyuga branch can evacuate.

During the evacuation process, only some of the White Zetsu clones needed to use the "Disguise Technique" to transform into their appearance to delay for a while, while the other part of the White Zetsu clones used the "Ephemeral Technique" to take them away from Konoha and connect with the Kirigakure Anbu who came to support them.

And after the Hyuga branch leaves, even if this matter is exposed and discovered by the Hyuga clan or Konoha, it doesn't matter...!

Of course, the best way would be for Kiyoshi to take the Hyuga branch away quietly. But on the other hand, as the Mizukage, Kiyoshi's every move in Konoha would be completely monitored by Konoha. After all, Konoha would not allow him to "make trouble" inside Konoha. Moreover, this kind of surveillance could even be said to be in the open, which was also a tacit understanding...!

However, more importantly, if he, the Mizukage, has to do such small things himself, then what is the point of him having the Hidden Mist Village and these subordinates?

On the other hand, that is of course Uchiha Madara. Qingsi doesn't know when White Zetsu will discover Uchiha Madara's hiding place. Therefore, he must be prepared at all times. As long as White Zetsu has the news, he will rush over as soon as possible and completely put an end to Uchiha Madara!

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In the evening, Qingsi returned home, had dinner with his grandfather Yuanshi, and then returned to his room.

At this time, a pool of dark liquid emerged from the ground. It was Qingsi’s eldest son, Hei Zetsu.

"Father!" Black Zetsu gurgled into Seiji's sleeves, greedily feeling the chakra aura of Seiji and Kaguya, both of whom were from the Otsutsuki clan. Since he couldn't see his mother for the time being, it would be nice to feel his father's love!

"I've already found out. The Two-Tails has been sealed into the body of a Jinchūriki, a little girl named Ni-Yukito." There was a hint of happiness in Black Zetsu's tone. He was getting closer and closer to seeing his mother.

(According to the information in the Book of Formations, the two-tail was implanted in her body when she was young, and she was 29 years old when she died. Therefore, according to the timeline, her birth time was 34 years old in Kirigakure. In the current timeline of 44 years in Kirigakure, she is exactly 10 years old and has become the Jinchūriki of the two-tail.)

"Well done! Black Zetsu!" Qingsi was not stingy with his praise. Being able to find out the top secrets of the Hidden Cloud Village in just a few days was enough to prove Black Zetsu's eagerness to save his mother!

"It's the One-Tail's turn next. If the intelligence is correct, the One-Tail Jinchuriki should still be the monk named Bonfuku. However, it is said that he was imprisoned by the Sand Village's high-ranking officials, and the Kirigakure Village has never found out his whereabouts!" Qingsi changed the subject and instructed Black Zetsu, "After the One-Tail, there is only the Seven-Tail left. The Seven-Tail is in the Takigakure Village, but little information about it has been leaked!"

The Three-Tails and the Six-Tails belong to the Hidden Mist Village, and the Hidden Mist Village also has information on the Four-Tails, Five-Tails, Eight-Tails, and Nine-Tails. In addition to the information on the Two-Tails that we just got, the only ones missing at the moment are the One-Tails and the Seven-Tails!!!

As long as all the information about the tailed beasts is in hand, once the war starts, Seiji can use White Zetsu's positioning to quickly obtain these tailed beasts, which will become an important resource for Kaguya to restore her strength after she is freed from the seal!

Of course, Qingsi still wanted to keep the Three-Tail and the Vulpix. After all, Qingsi had promised to protect them. Moreover, over the years, the Three-Tail and the Vulpix had been working diligently and made many contributions to Kirigakure, and Qingsi had developed some feelings for them.

In addition, the chakra amount of the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails does not account for a large proportion of the entire Ten-Tails. Therefore, Kiyoshi only needs to use Yin-Yang Release to cut off some chakra from the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails. You know, the tailed beasts can restore chakra by absorbing natural energy. Therefore, today, a thousand years later, the total amount of chakra after the nine tailed beasts are combined into one is more than Kaguya's original Ten-Tails.

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"Okay! Father!" Black Zetsu accepted the task with great enthusiasm. After all, these were all the information that he must know in order to rescue his mother!

So, the next day, Black Zetsu set out for the Sand Village again to find out the whereabouts of the One-Tailed Jinchuriki Bonfuku...!

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The day before the third exam, outside the Konoha Village, Otsutsuki Tenshin was standing solemnly.

Suddenly, a barely perceptible ripple appeared in the air that was originally as calm as water, as if an invisible hand was gently stirring the void.

The ripple was very weak at first, but as time went on, it spread rapidly and became stronger and stronger.

In front of Otsutsuki Tenshin, the space began to twist and deform violently, like a crumpled canvas. Then, these distorted spaces gradually converged together to form a high-speed rotating space vortex.

Then, Seiji, wearing the Mizukage hat and the blue and white Mizukage divine robe, stepped out and appeared in front of Otsutsuki Tenshin.

"Lord Mizukage!" Otsutsuki Tenshin saluted respectfully, his face full of awe.

Although Qingsi did not deliberately release his aura, as a member of the Otsutsuki clan, he could sense that during this period of time, the strength of his clan leader had become stronger than before...!

Qingsi nodded to Otsutsuki Tenshin, "Thank you for your hard work!"

In order to provide Kiyoshi with a suitable coordinate location, Otsutsuki Tenshin came to this place some distance away from Konoha Village after receiving Kiyoshi's notification yesterday.

Of course, Qingsi could also follow his perception and open a space channel directly inside Konoha Village and then move directly from the Hidden Mist Village. However, in this way, his spatial ability to move freely would be sensed by Konoha's perception barrier and thus exposed, which would be greatly detrimental to his subsequent plans and actions.

Therefore, in order to cover up, Qingji could only ask Otsutsuki Tenshin to greet him outside the Konoha Village...!

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The entrance to Konoha Village.

The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen and several other Hokage, who knew that Kiyoshi would arrive today, were already waiting here.

The Third Kazekage Tessa of the Sand Village, the Third Raikage Ai of the Kumo Village, and the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki of the Iwagakure Village had already arrived yesterday. Therefore, after learning from the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen that Seiji would arrive today, they came together with the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen to greet him.

After all, except for the Third Kazekage Tessa, the other Kages have not had a real "communication" with Seiji!

They really wanted to see what kind of confidence the Fourth Mizukage of the Hidden Mist Village, who was also the first Fourth Kage of the Five Great Ninja Villages, had that made him choose to be the last one among them and come as the finale!!!