Chapter 198: MSIN: Chapter 197
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"The area has been cleared, all the preparations are in place…"
Mei Terumī explained to Haori inside a low building.
Everything was ready.
This place was on the edge of the Hidden Mist Village, a place that was rarely visited. Further away was a solitary, tall, cylindrical high-rise building.
That was where the two factions had agreed to meet for negotiations.
In the past, the peace faction and the war faction had held several rounds of talks there.
"Did you send my scroll?" Haori nodded and asked back.
"It's been placed in the designated location and hidden very thoroughly. The other side has already entered the venue. You can make your move."
Besides Mei Terumī and Haori, there were also her three subordinates and two Hidden Mist advisors. From this distance and angle, they could clearly see the situation on the other side.
The war faction's leaders had already entered the negotiation venue, where Haori's Four Symbols Seal scrolls were hidden.
The agreement to negotiate with the other side, under the pretext of discussing their attitude towards Konoha and the information about Yagura, hadn't raised any suspicion. After all, the former was a negotiation that both sides had been carrying out without success, and the latter was information that the other side highly valued.
As for Mei Terumī herself, she didn't have much resistance to what was happening now. If she were a Kage, she would feel sorry for losing a capable ninja like Yagura, or a group like the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. But for those advisors who were just holding on to their positions, they were just obstacles to her management of the village. If she could remove these obstacles beforehand, she wouldn't say anything about it.
"Then, I'll start."
As he said this, Haori's hands, hidden inside his sleeves, came together, and he began to form hand seals quickly. Because his clothes were covering them, the Hidden Mist ninjas couldn't see his hand seals.
What was happening now couldn't really be said to be the other side readily following Haori's instructions. On the contrary, no matter what faction they were from, the Hidden Mist wouldn't trust a Konoha ninja.
It was just that they had a common understanding about eliminating the war faction. Completely eliminating the opposing faction was something that the peace faction had always considered but was unable to achieve. Haori's suggestion was a rehash of an old idea.
Politics is like that. Doesn't the village committee have ugly political struggles?
It was like, "You're spreading rumors, but I have a gun." Haori and the peace faction had the same ideology and complemented each other's strengths, so they were able to agree immediately and act in unison.
As Haori finished forming his hand seals, Mei Terumī and the others watched as a giant black sphere rapidly expanded from the center of the building.
The sphere went from a black dot, rapidly expanded to a huge size, then quickly shrank back to its original size from that exaggerated size.
The Four Symbols Seal only existed for a few seconds. For a moment, Mei Terumī thought it was an illusion in her vision. But then, she looked at the building. It was as if something had taken a huge bite out of the center of a French baguette. The middle part of the building, where the Four Symbols Seal had swept through, everything had disappeared. Only the curved, smooth edges and the large, spherical gap remained.
Completely annihilating everything within the space of effect. That was the biggest characteristic of the Four Symbols Seal. Once you were hit by this jutsu, death was inevitable.
After lasting for two or three seconds, a loud "boom" echoed. The upper half of the building collapsed onto the ground due to gravity, having lost its support.
Only then did Haori utter four words:
"Mission complete."
Eliminating the war faction's leaders, who had been a huge headache for the peace faction, in this way, in this instant, gave Mei Terumī and the others a sense of unreality.
But besides those four words, "Mission complete," what other possibility was there? If the other side had really entered the sealing space, with the Four Symbols Seal, could they possibly escape?
When the Hidden Mist ninjas finally reacted, they understood the power of Haori's sealing jutsu. And then, they thought about the fact that he was still carrying dozens of the same scrolls… They couldn't help but move a little further away from him, as if that extra distance would increase their sense of security.
"White Fang-sama, thank you very much for your cooperation. Now peace between Konoha and the Hidden Mist is a done deal. After you return to Konoha, we can start the next round of formal talks."
One of the Hidden Mist advisors said to Haori in a very polite tone. But when he said this, his eyes seemed to flicker, as if they held some other intention.
"It's nothing. Peace is our shared desire." Haori responded as if he hadn't noticed anything.
But the next moment, as if he had realized something, his expression instantly tightened. Then, he stood with his feet together, turned around, reached out his hand, and stomped his foot.
This sudden, strange movement caused all the Hidden Mist ninjas around him to quickly retreat, then surround him from a distance.
"What is that?"
"Is that a Konoha taijutsu?"
"Or is he preparing a new sealing jutsu?"
"Hypnosis?"
"Or is he performing some kind of ritual?"
"Ao!"
Mei Terumī called out.
"Yes!" Without any specific instructions, Ao knew what Mei Terumī's order was. His Byakugan had already activated…
"There's nothing. He's not preparing a jutsu. His chakra is very calm."
Because Haori didn't say anything, the other side had no idea what he was doing. Plus, they were wary of his Four Symbols Seal. So, the Hidden Mist ninjas just kept watching Haori's strange movements with nervous expressions.
For four minutes, Haori danced the devil's dance without interruption. But when he stopped moving, Haori "poof" and disappeared.
The opportunity to ask questions was completely gone. What he had just done became an eternal mystery in the history of the Hidden Mist.
"A clone? When?"
After Haori disappeared, only a piece of white paper fluttered down.
After confirming that there was no danger, Mei Terumī picked up the paper and looked at it. It said:
"Mission complete. I have already left early. Friends of the Hidden Mist, don't worry. Long live friendship, long live peace, long live unity among all the villages in the Shinobi World!… (I'm not taking the blame for this.)"
Mei Terumī and the others looked at each other. What was this?
They were confused again. The person facing them was completely unpredictable, someone who didn't follow any rules.
But Haori was indeed gone.
Even the Hyūga couldn't keep their Byakugan activated for 24 hours. And Ao was no different. The moment he left his room and came here, Haori used the Shadow Clone Technique, sending his clone to carry out the mission. His real body stayed behind.
After everyone left, Haori's real body began to act. He quickly snuck to the edge of the Hidden Mist's barrier.
Once the Four Symbols Seal activated, he knew the mission was successful. Then, he violently broke the barrier and left the Hidden Mist without any hesitation.
As for his clone's final mission, it was just to buy him some time. So, he went through a complete "Pure Land," something that no one could understand, as a kind of farewell performance, all the way from the Hidden Mist.
Those four minutes were enough for Haori to run so far that the other side wouldn't be able to find him, no matter how hard they looked.
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Although the Konoha envoy had secretly come to the Hidden Mist, only a handful of ninjas knew about it. But now, many of the Hidden Mist's "big shots" were gone. To maintain the unity of the Hidden Mist, the blame for the assassination would probably be pinned on Haori. This was almost inevitable. So, to prevent any accidents, he chose to leave early.
Even though he was gone now, although the other side had no concrete evidence, they would probably still try to pin the blame on him. But it didn't matter. He would take the blame. After all, he was safe, and more importantly, the mission was complete.
Peace between the Hidden Mist and Konoha was coming soon.
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