Naruto: The Strongest Sage.

Outside the Hidden Mist Village, Mei Terumi and others were breathing heavily in exhaustion.

After several hours of bloody fighting and fleeing, they finally managed to get rid of the pursuers. Of course, more importantly, before that, the Anbu suddenly launched a large-scale hunt for them in the village.

Mei Terumi and her group could not stop and could only go on a killing spree. She was preparing for a coup, so she naturally had a large number of supporters.

This fight was essentially a bloody fight between two major factions. It quickly evolved into a civil war within Kirigakure. In half a night, the power of Kirigakure's Anbu was almost weakened by 70%.

Fifty percent of them died in the battle, and 20% escaped with Mei Terumi and others. Only about 30% of them were left in Kirigakure.

More than half of the Mizukage's guards were also injured, and the entire Kirigakure was almost completely destroyed.

Mei Terumi looked around and saw that there were only about a hundred people left who had fled with her. She felt that it was impossible for her to recapture and save the village with just these hundred people.

It is even unknown whether they can escape alive.

The key point is that she still doesn't know who betrayed them. The whole turmoil is a bit inexplicable.

If she had been given another day, she would have been able to successfully save the village. But last night, everything fell through.

Mei Terumi was very unwilling, but it was useless. Soon Qing gave the signal.

"The ANBU have caught up. We can't fight anymore."

Mei Terumi understood what Qing meant. No matter how they fought, the ones who died were the elites of Kirigakure. These Anbu members were not controlled. They were just loyal to the Mizukage. They were the most important backbone of Kirigakure.

Originally, after she came to power, she wanted to make use of these people. But now, they all died in these meaningless infighting.

"let's go."

"Where to?" Qing asked. This question made Terumi Mei stunned. Yes, where to? She herself didn't know.

After hesitating for a while, Mei Terumi made the decision reluctantly.

"Contact Zabuza."

"I see."

Zabuza came very quickly, or rather, he was always not far away. However, Aoba's order was that if Mei Terumi did not take the initiative to contact him, he could not take action.

To be honest, Zabuza really wanted to go down and save people. He had been observing people like Terumi Mei for some time. He could vaguely feel that Terumi Mei might be a good candidate for the Mizukage.

However, the complexity of the situation in Kirigakure made him dare not draw conclusions easily. Especially after the big fight last night, for a moment, Zabuza felt that this country was really hopeless. It was right for him to escape early.

Moreover, Kamikawa Aoba has been putting more and more pressure on Zabuza over the years. Zabuza is sure that he has the Flying Thunder God Mark on him. There may be other means. He knows very well that he cannot resist Aoba's orders.

It was not until Mei Terumi gave a signal that he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stepped forward to lead the way for them.

"Come with me."

Seeing how fast Zabuza appeared, Mei Terumi knew that they were destined to be eaten. But the irony was that someone wanted to eat them, which meant that they still had value. At least they could still save their lives.

If they don't even have this little value, they will have no choice but to fight to the death with those uninformed ANBU. And that is the result that Mei Terumi least wants to see.

Konoha's backup Anbu arrived soon.

Mei Terumi heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that they were from Konoha. Given the current situation, Konoha was the only one in the entire ninja world that had the position and courage to accept them.

Although I had guessed that Zabuza was a Konoha man, I still felt helpless when I saw him. Konoha's foundation was so strong and its layout was so far-reaching that Kirigakure would never be able to catch up even after several decades.

"I want to know, why did Konoha accept us?" Mei Terumi still hoped to gain the last bit of initiative.

"It depends on you." The captain of the Anbu team kicked the ball back with just one sentence.

Mei Terumi's last bit of hope was gone. They now had no choice.

Even though the five major villages all covet Konoha's prosperity, if they really had to choose a place to escape to, they would definitely choose Konoha.

Because among the five major villages, only Konoha would do some superficial work. This is a little inheritance left by Hashirama Senju. Konoha is one of the few ninja villages in the entire ninja world that has retained a trace of conscience.

Although not much, but there are some.

This conscience is a burden in wartime. But at this moment, it becomes the most gorgeous postcard. This is also one of the reasons why Mei Terumi decided to choose Konoha.

Apart from anything else, Sand Village is now in decline and is just a subordinate of Konoha. It has no power to protect them.

As for villages like Iwagakure and Kumogakure, Mei Terumi could even imagine that if a ninja like herself with double bloodline limits went there, she would be imprisoned and used as a breeding machine. Those two families definitely didn't even bother to save face.

She had no doubt that Kumogakure and Iwagakure were capable of such a thing, because Kirigakure could do it too.

In fact, only Konoha is reasonable in some cases. Four of the five major villages are pure hooligans. Konoha is a somewhat cultured...hooligan.

This is also the reason why Mei Terumi knew that Zabuza might be behind Konoha, but she still asked him for help in the end. This path is terrible, but in comparison, it is actually the best. I can only say that it is all thanks to the contrast of peers.

Konoha's Anbu was responsible for more than just receiving the defecting Kirigakure ninjas. After Mei Terumi and the others left, Konoha's Anbu quickly arranged the scene and set up a large number of traps.

Then, they set up an ambush around the area.

According to the order of Konoha's high-level officials, they will ambush the pursuing Kirigakure Anbu here and weaken Kirigakure's power as much as possible.

In fact, after the internal battle last night, Kirigakure, which was originally on the verge of death due to Obito's torture, has lost half of its last breath.

What Qingye has to do now is to break up the last half.

Black Zetsu obviously realized what Aoba wanted to do. If Aoba really unified the ninja world, the chance of Kaguya's resurrection would drop sharply. Even his own hiding space would be greatly compressed.

Over the years, there have been various wars in the ninja world, and many of them involved the sixth-oldest, Black Zetsu, secretly causing trouble.

This time, it was the best chance for it. It waited for the Samsara Eye and gained the trust of Uchiha Madara. If Uchiha Madara had not been too old when he awakened the Samsara Eye and was unable to gather all nine tailed beasts, the ninja world might have fallen by now.

Uchiha Madara chose Obito and Nagato as his backup. Unfortunately, both of them had second thoughts.

Obito only has Rin in his heart, while Nagato is only concerned about carrying rice. Then Aoba suddenly appears and kills Obito instantly.

This forced Black Zetsu to show up and play the game himself. This was Aoba's most successful record so far.

It’s a pity that this bastard just showed his face and immediately hid again.

The current situation is that Aoba and Black Zetsu are playing a game of chess with the ninja world as the chessboard.

Black Zetsu gathered three chess pieces, ready to overpower his opponent. Aoba made a move in secret and stole one.

Now it's two to two.