The Fourth Mizukage had been taken right inside Hidden Mist village. They had all been in the village too, so they bore responsibility as well.
Failing to detect the intruder in time was also a major oversight.
The Fourth Mizukage's face twisted in pain. His apology had nothing to do with that.
Lifting his head, he said bitterly, "All of this is my fault. Actually, before this, I had already been controlled by a black-clothed, orange-masked man using genjutsu."
"While being controlled, I issued such cruel and inhumane training policies to the ninja school, as well as the policy of slaughtering those in the village who possessed kekkei genkai."
"This caused great damage to the village."
Everyone present was dumbfounded. Some ninjas even couldn't believe what the Fourth Mizukage had said.
"Fourth Mizukage, you must be joking, right? Is there really someone in the ninja world who can use genjutsu to control you? You are the perfect Three-Tails Jinchuriki after all."
No one dared to believe it, and no one wanted to believe it.
A Kage of a village is the strongest person in the village, how could they possibly be controlled?
And if such policies were given under manipulation, then wouldn't those of them who had faithfully carried out the Fourth Mizukage's orders be no different from executioners, pointing their blades at their own comrades?
Terumi Mei's expression suddenly changed.
She started to believe the Fourth Mizukage's words a little. If the previous Fourth Mizukage had been extremely cold and ruthless, now he showed a bit of humanity.
Suddenly, she also thought of something. She opened her mouth and asked, "Fourth Mizukage, could it be that you called that person the Mist Village's benefactor because this guy helped release you from the genjutsu?"
The Fourth Mizukage replied with a bitter smile, "Yes, that's right. So even though this guy took Ao's Byakugan and even the village's tailed beast, it doesn't matter."
"If I had still been under genjutsu, who knows to what extent the person controlling me would have continued to harm the Hidden Mist Village."
Even though that black-clothed, orange-masked man didn't use even crueler methods against the Mist Village, just maintaining the current situation, who knows how many ninja school students would've died in mutual slaughter.
These children, after all, were the future hope of the Mist Village. And many of the powerful kekkei genkai clans would have continued to be purged.
Doing this not only threw the Mist Village into chaos and drastically weakened its strength, but the Mist Village wasn't very strong among the Five Great Ninja Villages to begin with.
At the current rate, it had definitely become the weakest among the Five Great Ninja Villages. Even several members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had defected. This wasn't their fault, it was his own.
Thinking of this, the Fourth Mizukage's heart ached even more.
And Terumi Mei came to an understanding. 'So this was how it is.'
Those policies weren't made by the Fourth Mizukage himself. Those policies were far too extreme. Not only did they not lead the Mist Village onto a stronger path, instead, they made the village fall into decline.
Looking at it this way, that black-clothed, white-masked man really did do a favor for the village.
Releasing the Fourth Mizukage from the genjutsu was equivalent to saving the Mist Village. It was far more valuable than the tailed beast or the Byakugan.
The village had already been messed up beyond repair. Keeping the tailed beast or the Byakugan held no value anymore.
This outcome left Terumi Mei feeling conflicted. This guy really was the Mist Village's benefactor. Then should she still seek revenge on him? If only he were a handsome guy, there wouldn't be so much trouble.
Inside the conference room, the other Mist Village ninjas had just now realized, the Fourth Mizukage really had been controlled before.
And it was that black-clothed, white-masked man who broke the genjutsu.
They felt deep shame and extreme anger in their hearts. They had actually been played like fools and became tools for someone else to harm their village.
They were full of regret, why hadn't they noticed anything unusual?
At this moment, the conference room was covered in a heavy atmosphere.
The Fourth Mizukage let out a sigh. "This disaster caused to the village this time is all my responsibility alone. I will bear all the guilt for this incident. It was my carelessness that led to me being controlled by genjutsu."
"I will resign from the position of Fourth Mizukage. Elder Genshi will temporarily take command of the entire village, and after that, a new Mizukage will be chosen to lead the village onto the correct path."
Elder Genshi sighed. He was getting old and dim-sighted too. The Fourth Mizukage had actually been controlled by genjutsu, bringing such disaster to the village. He also had an inescapable responsibility.
"Just as the Fourth Mizukage said, now step down from the position of Mizukage. Now we must figure out who that black-clothed, orange-masked man who controlled the Fourth Mizukage really is."
"Fourth Mizukage, do you know his identity?"
The Fourth Mizukage shook his head. Back then, the person wore a mask and faced three people.
He hadn't expected that among them, two actually had such strong power, he was controlled in an instant, and even the tailed beast inside him was put under genjutsu. But he still remembered the eyes that used the genjutsu.
"I don't know that person's identity, but I do know that he used the Sharingan."
Hearing this, the expressions of the other Mist Village ninjas changed drastically.
Back in the Third Great Ninja War, their Mist Village had fought against this clan. The Fire Release and genjutsu of that clan had left a deep impression on them.
So even though their Water Release had an advantage over Fire Release and genjutsu, they were still at a slight disadvantage.
What shocked them more was that this clan was on the rise again.
They faintly showed the momentum of becoming the greatest clan in the ninja world once more. Because a peerless genius named Uchiha Ryosuke had appeared.
He had burst onto the scene, one man against one village.
Someone asked in shock, "Could it be that newly emerged genius, Uchiha Ryosuke? This person even awakened the legendary Mangekyo Sharingan."
"It's possible he used genjutsu to control both the tailed beast and the Fourth Mizukage at the same time."
Others found this very reasonable. The legendary eyes, the Mangekyo Sharingan, were said to have such abilities. It was said that the legendary ninja who rivaled the God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju, Uchiha Madara, possessed those very eyes.
This newly emerged peerless genius had strength comparable to Uchiha Madara.
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