Chapter 149: Yagura vs. Terumi Mei

After fighting for about ten minutes, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were completely wiped out; except for the unlucky Biwa Juzo, the other six members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were all captured alive.

"Did these guys really fall under a Genjutsu? I feel like I can't tell at all!"

Yagura circled the six men, looked at the fierce expressions they were giving him, frowned, and asked.

"They have indeed fallen under a Genjutsu. If you don't believe it, Lord Yagura, you can use chakra to probe their brains, and you will discover the chakra entrenched there!"

Ao, glaring with his Byakugan, said to Yagura in a low voice; it was precisely by relying on his Byakugan that Yuanshi confirmed all the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had fallen under a Genjutsu.

In reality, Yuanshi did not just have Ao look at the heads of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen; Yuanshi had Ao examine every ninja present, especially Yagura, Terumi Mei, and Utakata.

These three were currently the strongest ninjas in the entire Mist Ninja Village; if they were also controlled by Genjutsu, the Mist Ninja Village would be completely finished, so Yuanshi naturally had to be extremely careful.

Unfortunately, Uchiha Feiyu had long been prepared; the control ability of the Joyous Union Canon's Dual Cultivation Technique was not a Genjutsu, and from the flow of chakra, no abnormalities could be detected, and Ao's Byakugan was naturally no exception.

It was precisely because he had already checked once that Yuanshi was relatively trusting of everyone present.

From his ears and nose, a pinkish, semi-coagulated substance gradually flowed out; it was a mixture of blood and brain matter.

Not only did he frown, but the group of Mist ninjas gathered around all showed expressions of surprise, worry, and even fear.

After all, although ordinary Genjutsu is quite powerful, it is not so unsolvable, and it usually does not penetrate deep into a ninja's brain, so it would not be affected by sealing.

"Uh... actually, I didn't mean to..."

Ao glared with his Byakugan, stated the series of changes that had just occurred in Ameyuri Ringo's head, and simultaneously frowned.

Chakra slowly penetrated into the body; soon, Yagura felt a strange chakra in Ameyuri Ringo's head. He frowned and directly erupted the chakra within his own body, wanting to disrupt that strange chakra.

"You triggered the Genjutsu chakra in Ameyuri Ringo's brain. As the Genjutsu chakra is triggered, all the chakra in Ameyuri Ringo's brain will become chaotic and violent, directly turning his brain into a mush!"

"Ugh, ugh, ugh, ahhh!!!"

Think about it carefully, isn't this kind of Genjutsu super terrifying?!! And even big figures like the Seven Ninja Swordsmen or even the Third Mizukage could not be immune to this kind of Genjutsu; who else in the Mist Ninja Village could resist it?

Yagura's face flushed red; he withdrew his hand as if nothing had happened, seemingly not hearing the snickering behind him, and reached out to press his hand on Ameyuri Ringo's head again.

After hearing Ao's words, Yagura was the first to reach out, wanting to press his hand on Suikazan Fuguki's head, but he was born with a childlike physique, and Suikazan Fuguki looked like a mountain of meat even when sitting down, so after Yagura reached out, he actually only managed to press onto Suikazan Fuguki's shoulder.

The one who spoke was Terumi Mei; she had long known that the Genjutsu transformed by Uchiha Feiyu via the God-Controlling Technique was not easy to break, at least not with the current foundation of the Mist Ninja Village; without researching it for ten or twenty years, it would be impossible to solve.

Yagura thought for a moment and provided a solution; leaving a seal in the brain was a normal thing for ninjas, the most common being those used by Anbu ninjas, but most seals were used to prevent memories in the brain from being read, and there had never been a seal like this to prevent Genjutsu.

"This is not your problem, but the reason for that Genjutsu... The Genjutsu has already penetrated deep into Ameyuri Ringo's brain, and has even completely fused with the flow of chakra within his brain."

"Breaking the Genjutsu is too difficult; it seems we can only find a way to prevent this kind of Genjutsu!"

This kind of Genjutsu can completely change a ninja's mental will, and ordinary methods of disrupting chakra clearly have no effect on it at all; if an outsider inputs chakra into the brain, wanting to use the most direct method to dispel it, it will blow the ninja's brain into brain matter...

"Not dispelling the Genjutsu, but preventing it? Thinking of it that way, it is indeed a method..."

"To prevent this kind of Genjutsu... this Genjutsu must control the chakra in the brain to be fully effective, so as long as some seals are left in the brain, it is enough to prevent the Genjutsu."

Yagura let go of his palm, opened his mouth, and with a look of panic on his face, hurriedly defended himself:

"I only input a little bit of chakra; logically speaking, it's impossible to cause any impact, right? At most, it would just give someone a headache..."

As Yagura's chakra collided with the strange chakra in Ameyuri Ringo's head, Ameyuri Ringo trembled, let out a series of screams, then his eyes rolled back, his head slumped, and he lost his breath.

Yuanshi nodded, feeling that Terumi Mei's idea was good; since this kind of Genjutsu could not be dispelled, then find a way to prevent it!

Anyway, such a terrifying Genjutsu certainly could not be used without limits; as long as all the Jonin of the Mist had the ability to prevent it, the vast majority of the harm caused by this Genjutsu could be limited.

"Setting a seal in the brain to prevent this kind of Genjutsu? Theoretically, there is no problem; this kind of seal should be easy to develop, as long as you take the seal that restricts brain memory from leaking and reverse it!"

A sealing ninja born in the Mist Anbu thought for a moment and gave the answer. After hearing this, many Mist ninjas finally breathed a sigh of relief; if there were no solution at all, then the entire Mist Ninja Village would likely have to live in an atmosphere of terror from now on.

"Alright, as long as there is a way to solve this problem, lock these five ninjas up first, put away the ninja swords, and have the Sealing Class quickly research the brain sealing technique according to the sample; we will talk about the brain sealing matter later."

"The most important thing now is, for the Mist Ninja Village, who should be chosen as the Fourth Mizukage?"

As soon as Yuanshi finished speaking, Yagura's expression shifted, his gaze swept around, and he looked at Terumi Mei.

Terumi Mei also returned a bright smile to him and stood out without hesitation:

"Yuanshi, what do you think of me? I feel that I am already the strongest ninja in the Mist Ninja Village; if not me, who should be the Fourth Mizukage?"

The Mist Ninja Village is not like the Leaf; in this village where the Blood Mist Policy runs rampant, there is no such thing as the Will of Water, nor is there any such redundant act as Jonin voting; wanting to be Mizukage is simple: ninjas who aspire to it, go ahead and have a fight, whoever wins is the Mizukage!

There is also no prevailing style of modesty and yielding here; apart from keeping one's own ninjutsu secret, the more aggressive and sharp one's personality is, the more one can receive the support of the ninjas in the village.

Therefore, Terumi Mei did not say a word, was the first to stand out, and revealed the spirit of "if not me, who?"; this was also because she was a female ninja, so she had to be even more aggressive and domineering.

Although gender discrimination in the ninja world is not serious, in the end, it still exists a little; female ninjas, due to natural physical and personality factors, are indeed not as powerful as male ninjas when looking at the overall big data.

"Is that so? I don't think so! If you want to obtain the position of Mizukage, pass me first! It just so happens that I am also very interested in the position of the Fourth Mizukage!"

Yagura gritted his teeth and also stood out; he had long since reserved the position of the Fourth Mizukage, so what was this about being intercepted by a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl?

You must know that Yagura looks like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child, but in reality, he is already thirty years old, and his son has already graduated from the Ninja Academy!

So Yagura is actually a whole generation older than Terumi Mei! He is the true ninja who has fully entered his prime.

The strength of a ninja at this age can be said to be at the peak of his life; if he didn't dare to compete with Terumi Mei for the position of Mizukage under these circumstances, then he wouldn't need to hang around in the village in the future.

However, Yagura had just seen Terumi Mei's moves; it must be said that a ninja with a dual Bloodline Limit did indeed startle Yagura.

Moreover, Terumi Mei's two Bloodline Limits both belong to the kind of ninjutsu with great lethality; clearly, the synthesis was relatively successful. Although the characteristics of the two ninjutsu both lie in extremely high corrosiveness and are slightly repetitive, they are definitely much harder to deal with than ordinary single Bloodline Limit ninjas.

And the Awakening of the dual Bloodline Limit also caused Terumi Mei's foundation and basic qualities to skyrocket to a very high level; anyway, in Yagura's feeling, the opponent's chakra volume was not a bit worse than his own, and her physical quality was far above his.

"And the opponent's ninjutsu is too terrifying, and her physical quality is far beyond mine; the Coral Palm, a close-combat ninjutsu, can be said to be useless... so if I want to win... I can only rely on the Mirror Water Technique!"

With his mind made up, Yagura had already walked out directly, and Terumi Mei also chuckled and stood opposite Yagura.

As for the group of ninjas around, seeing that someone wanted to compete for the position of Mizukage, they all showed excitement and retreated into a large circle.

The battle of Shadow-level Ninjas is not something that can be seen at any time; having just finished watching the battle between the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and Terumi Mei's group of three, this time they could see the infighting of Shadow-level Ninjas; the group of naturally combative Mist ninjas could be said to be more excited than the last.

Yagura didn't wait for Terumi Mei to make a move; he drew a water mirror in the first instant, and in an instant, it also reflected a Terumi Mei.

It's just that Terumi Mei could become the Fifth Mizukage in the original work, so her combat talent was also top-notch; naturally, she had long thought about what ninjutsu Yagura would use.

Even long before this, she had also observed Yagura's various ninjutsu and had a great understanding of Yagura's Mirror Water Technique.

"The Mirror Water Technique does indeed look unsolvable, but if I'm not mistaken, the Bloodline Limit ability it replicates should be very chakra-consuming!"

A smiling expression appeared on the corner of Terumi Mei's mouth; she formed seals with her hands, and in an instant, terrifying acid sprayed from her mouth, surging over like a waterfall.

"Lava Release—Acid Waterfall!"

A thick, yellowish liquid gushed out like a waterfall, and with a sizzling sound, even the ground was eroded by this concentrated sulfuric acid-like liquid, emitting dense white smoke.

Seeing this terrifying acidity, the group of ninja watching from the perimeter immediately scattered in a panic, scrambling and rolling to get away.

Don't look at the fact that the acid waterfall Terumi Mei spat out is a size smaller than a standard Water Release Great Waterfall Technique; the power of this thing is not something the Water Release Great Waterfall Technique can compare to. Even a tiny splash of it can erode a person right down to the bone, skin and flesh alike!

And at the same time, the Terumi Mei reflected in the mirror also formed the same Seal and unleashed the same ninjutsu!

Damn it! The chakra consumption for this woman's ninjutsu is too high, isn't it!

Yagura stumbled, feeling the chakra inside his body plummet as if a circuit breaker had tripped, disappearing by half in an instant.

Just as Terumi Mei said, although Yagura's Water Mirror Technique can copy Bloodline Limits, it is just like Kakashi, who transplanted a Sharingan and consumes far more chakra using the Sharingan than a normal Uchiha; Yagura's Water Mirror Technique has the same drawback.

If the chakra consumed by the ninjutsu Terumi Mei unleashed is one, then Yagura must spend at least three times more than Terumi Mei! Even though Yagura possesses the potential of a jinchuriki, Terumi Mei's chakra reserves are not inferior in the slightest; the nearly five-fold difference in chakra consumption made Yagura's face turn pale instantly.

At this moment, the two acid waterfalls had already collided, and the yellow sulfuric acid liquid spread outward, causing the faces of the ninja on the perimeter to change drastically. Fortunately, several ninja from the Barrier Class rushed out and immediately set up a simple Barrier, which finally blocked the spread of the sulfuric acid liquid.

Seeing the aftermath of an acid waterfall rushing toward him, Yagura hurriedly reached out to form a Seal and summoned an Earth Style Wall. With a sizzling sound, the entire earthen wall was pierced through by the sulfuric acid liquid, leaving a large hole.

Yagura summoned three Earth Style Walls in succession before finally blocking the terrifying sulfuric acid liquid. He turned his head to look at Terumi Mei, only to see Terumi Mei standing directly on top of the sulfuric acid liquid, her clothes not even having a single wrinkle.

"What is going on... I understand, this person is actually immune to her own ninjutsu!"

Yagura looked at Terumi Mei standing on the acid, first with a hint of confusion, and then he realized.

Most ninja who unleash ninjutsu can also be harmed by it themselves; ninja who can be immune to the power of their own ninjutsu are extremely rare, and only those who have reached the limit of Nature Transformation for their ninjutsu can achieve this.

And Terumi Mei is undoubtedly such a ninja. In the original timeline, she was a woman who would directly lick the acid off the corner of her mouth after using Lava Release to spit out sulfuric acid; if she didn't have the ability to be immune to her own ninjutsu, she would have likely been disfigured by the acid long ago!

"Damn it... This woman can be immune to her own ninjutsu; in that case, my Water Mirror Technique is almost completely ineffective!"

(End of chapter)