Chapter 123: The Shock Brought by the Flame-Explosion Mage

"Lord Mizukage."

Haku bowed very obediently, treating the Mizukage with the attitude of a Hidden Mist ninja.

Since the other party was able to come and save Zabuza,

Haku, as a tool, naturally had to fulfill the promise and become a Hidden Mist ninja.

Terumi Mei nodded slightly, very satisfied with Haku's attitude; just as she was about to walk out of the cabin, she was stopped by Haku.

"Lord Mizukage."

Haku's expression looked somewhat grim as he said, "Gato has occupied the Land of Waves for many years, possesses immense financial resources, has obtained very powerful strength through the Samsara Game, and has also hired powerful ninjas from two terrorist organizations."

"Terrorist organizations?"

"That's right, they wear robes with red clouds on a black background. Our resistance army also has players who have reached the strength of a Jonin, yet they couldn't even last a moment in their hands before being killed by weird means."

Haku's face felt slightly numb, still shaken with fear.

The two ninjas from the terrorist organization were hired by Gato at a great cost, specifically to wipe out the resistance army of the Land of Waves that had gone into hiding.

After players accidentally encountered them and a conflict broke out, no matter what skills were released, they could not kill the other party.

Mr. Zabuza was also captured by them; after being seriously injured, he was imprisoned, all to lure out the remaining resistance army.

"Your name is Haku... is that right?"

Terumi Mei walked out of the cabin, scanning the thick, damp sea fog; there was no dissatisfaction at being slighted, and her expression remained calm.

A faint smile was mixed in the corners of her eyes, elegant and beautiful.

Haku did not quite understand why the Mizukage suddenly asked his name, but he still nodded.

"The Hidden Mist of the past may have been bound hand and foot, but it is different now; even the entire ninja world can no longer stop the Hidden Mist."

"From today on, you will deeply remember my name."

"The Fifth Generation of the Hidden Mist, Terumi Mei."

Eastern part of the Land of Waves,

A watchtower used to observe outsiders.

Four hired rogue ninjas had a rising campfire at their feet; these rogue ninjas from other countries could not stand the damp sea fog of the Land of Waves the most.

But there was no help for it, Gato paid simply too much.

Tap, tap, tap.

The crisp sound of shoe soles touching the rock floor suddenly rang out.

In the sea fog,

Terumi Mei walked along the road with a smile, strolling leisurely as if she were an elegant Noble woman visiting the Land of Waves.

Visiting?

How could that be? The Land of Waves Shipping Company had long since cut off all roads leading abroad; it was impossible for an outsider to appear suddenly.

"Sorry, my stomach is uncomfortable, excuse me for a moment."

A rogue ninja suddenly clutched his stomach and, without waiting for his companions to respond, quickly jumped onto a tree branch, his figure disappearing.

After running for a long time,

The rogue ninja with the stomachache finally let out a deep breath, revealing a look of lingering fear.

He took a palm-sized transparent glass orb from his pocket, infused it with chakra, and a transparent light screen popped up.

"What's going on?"

In the light screen, the image of Rasa was reflected; he was sitting at his desk processing documents.

He had never come into contact with this kind of long-distance communication item, so he was not very familiar with using it.

"Lord Kazekage, I have intelligence."

The rogue ninja tore off his disguise, revealing the face of a Hidden Sand ninja, and said nervously, "I just saw the Hidden Mist appear in the Land of Waves."

"Hidden Mist?"

Rasa frowned slightly and asked, "Who is it? The Seven Ninja Swordsmen, or the elites of the Genji Unit?"

He did not feel strange.

After the ninja world became turbulent, all Ninja Villages entered a War State, frantically dispatching various secret spies to gather intelligence.

The foolish president of the shipping company occupied the Land of Waves with cruel means, openly recruited rogue ninjas, and even advertised wildly in the game.

It would be hard not to attract attention.

It had long since been infiltrated by various Ninja Villages like a sieve.

"Neither..."

Before the Hidden Sand ninja could finish speaking,

Behind him, monstrous flames directly shattered the rocky earth, the sea fog was evaporated, and a heatwave swept through, mixed with gravel and air pressure, slamming into him and directly blowing the Hidden Sand ninja away.

He broke several thick tree trunks and rolled countless times before barely managing to crawl up.

The Hidden Sand ninja turned his head in a daze, his whole person frozen on the spot.

"Impossible, this must be fake..."

His voice was trembling.

In the sky, the clouds were torn open to reveal a huge gap, like an Abyss, exposing the long-lost blue sky of the Land of Waves.

With the watchtower's location as the center, half the forest had been burned to ashes by fire, and the earth was charred black.

Near the ocean, the edges of the island were shattered into countless floating giant landmasses, solidified into black crystalline states by the high temperature.

Doomsday disaster.

God's punishment.

The Sunagakure ninja had this thought, standing rooted to the spot in terror, his entire body trembling.

If he had been even a step or two slower, or had failed to recognize that the other party was the Shadow of Kirigakure, he feared that by now, even his corpse would no longer exist.

Shock.

"Terumi Mei, how could she be this strong!"

Rasa held his breath, his eyes bloodshot from intense emotional fluctuations, staring fixedly at the edge of the island that looked as if it had been crushed by a falling meteorite.

He even forgot to breathe.

Even the successive generations of Kazekage, and even he himself, could not unleash such a monstrous Ninjutsu.

Is this Kirigakure? Is this... the power of the Samsara Game?

Kankuro, who barely had the strength of a Chunin, could defeat a Jonin in a short time; just how strong was Terumi Mei, who was originally a Shadow, now?

"Do not approach, continue to observe the Mizukage's actions!"

A destructive opening, in the most brutal manner, awakened the tranquil Land of Waves.

Countless wandering samurai and mercenary ninja rushed toward the eastern part of the Land of Waves at top speed.

When they saw clearly the tragic state of the coastline that had been encroached upon by the shipping company, everyone froze in place.

"Did a meteorite fall?"

"A tsunami, a volcanic eruption?"

They crouched at the edge of the shattered island, picking up black crystal fragments, and could only imagine this level of damage as a natural disaster.

The spies, unable to make sense of the situation,

one after another took out their communication items, hiding in the shadows to contact their respective Ninja Villages.

"Flames fell from the sky in the Land of Waves?"

"The entire island has been smashed; go investigate the status of those factories, have they been affected?"

The higher-ups of the Ninja Villages did not care about the tragic state of the Land of Waves; they cared more about the factories that could bring wealth.

At the edge of the island, two figures in black robes printed with red clouds stood there, dumbfounded.

"Kakuzu, am I having an illusion?"

Hidan shook his head vigorously, spreading his chakra perception.

On the shattered island and the land, a wave of extremely powerful energy permeated everywhere, mixed with chakra, but far more violent.

"It's definitely a natural disaster, right?"

"Is this level of destruction something a human can cause?"

Even Hidan, who feared not even death, found his breathing somewhat rapid as he spoke at this moment.

Curse Technique: Death Controlling Possessed Blood is a special curse of Jashinism; it requires chakra to activate and can grant him the effect of an immortal body.

When it comes down to it, it is still within the realm of Ninjutsu.

The members of the Akatsuki are all Shadow-level experts standing at the pinnacle of the ninja world; Hoshigaki Kisame's Ninjutsu bombardment, or the various abilities of the bounty-target ninja they hunted, had always remained within their understanding.

But the sight before them, of the island destroyed by mixed, violent energy, forcefully shattered Hidan's perception.

Can a ninja reach this level?

Beside him,

Kakuzu remained silent.

His heart felt empty; he could not help but raise his hand to pull up his mask, covering most of his face.

This feeling opened the seals of his memory; having lived from the era of war to the present, he had seen countless powerful people and recorded countless chakra signatures in his mind.

The last ninja to give him this feeling was the God of Shinobi, who was once worshipped, revered, and feared by all ninja, and who had not appeared again since the changing of eras.

Senju Hashirama!

(End of chapter)