Shuimu had a plan for this mission.

The difference between Shimura Danzo and Tsunade as village leaders is very obvious. Shimura Danzo, who is used to acting in a sneaky way, has no impressive measures in the face of Deidara, except for his decisive killing. Blindly being tough will only make Konoha make enemies everywhere for no reason, and make the village unable to extricate itself from the quagmire of war. As for Mito Kado En and Utatane Koharu, their procrastinating attitude makes people understand that these two people are not magnanimous enough to support the village of Konoha. They are more than enough as consultants and assistants, but their qualities as Hokage are really mediocre.

After Tsunade came back, the situation was different. The original problems between the three ninja villages were quickly sorted out, and they went straight to the most critical issue. Some incidental matters were abandoned if possible, even if the person was Deidara.

Seeing that Mizuki knew his role, Tsunade nodded: "You also know the biggest problem of the village. As long as we don't make mistakes, external enemies are not scary, but the internal pests are more unbearable. This time we must do a good job of cleaning up."

In less than a month, the village suffered several attacks, which was unacceptable to Konoha, the overlord of the ninja world. Even outsiders found Konoha's current situation incredible. Orochimaru's Konoha collapse plan, until the end, except for the reliable information brought back by Gekko Gale at the risk of his life, the intelligence department did not play any role at all.

The attacks by Scorpion and Deidara were fine, but the invasion by Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame was unstoppable. If it weren't for Mizuki, no one in Konoha would have known about it. A few days ago, Orochimaru's subordinates also tried to sneak into the village, but they were not strong enough and were repelled soon. If it weren't for the attempt to find Orochimaru's base, it would have been a big question whether any of them could escape.

All of the above events showed that there was a big problem within the village: it was not just a lack of vigilance due to long-term slackness. More likely, there were some traitors or even spies among them, which made it easy for the enemy to attack, which made the village always unable to cope with the attack and reacted abnormally slowly. The situation in the Land of Earth was similar this time.

"The flaws revealed by the enemy in the Land of Earth are too obvious, making it difficult for the leaders of the Iwagakure Village to pretend not to see them. For a mere Deidara, they actually made such a big fuss." Tsunade took a sip of water from the teacup and said, "The village didn't seem to care that much about Deidara's affairs. It's not worth making enemies with a ninja village because of this young man."

"Don't care?" Mizuki asked doubtfully, "Deidara's identity is obviously not an insignificant little character, right?"

"We have another source of intelligence. Although it is not detailed yet, we are not completely ignorant..."

"In that case, I won't ask any more questions..." Mizuki also knew all this, and it must be news from Uchiha Itachi or news that Jiraiya had found out.

In this case, some things can be explained. It was not a big deal in the first place. For the two major ninja villages, as long as they did not deliberately obtain unnecessary information and did not use brainwashing or mind reading, which would cause bad feelings, it was a very simple matter. Unexpectedly, many people were exposed by accident. There are some in Konoha, and there will be more people exposed in Iwakage Village.

"It's good that you understand. In a few days, someone else will come to cooperate with the Tsuchikage. The people from the Rock Shadow Village these days are just to keep an eye on Deidara..."

"Keep an eye on us too..."

Tsunade nodded: "This is inevitable. We just need to make sure Deidara doesn't leak information that we shouldn't know. So, they are all a bunch of annoying guys..."

"I understand." If this bunch of losers really wanted to cooperate with him, Mizuki would have to consider giving up. A jounin-level mission with a few draggers would be too much of a test for Mizuki's ability. "Then I won't deal with them."

"It's up to you. We still have a few days to prepare. We also have to do something to cover up our tracks. The problem in Iwakage Village will only get worse. The Tsuchikage has even lowered Deidara's status to a very low level in order to clean up the internal situation."

"So, you need me to play the role of executioner?" Although he felt a little uncomfortable doing this, Shuimu still had this awareness. If he was not the child of destiny, could he save the world with his mouth? What's more, he was an enemy with whom he could not resolve his grudges at all. If there was a chance, Shuimu would not show mercy.

"Do it cleanly and don't let anyone catch you, otherwise you'll lose face. If it doesn't work, it's okay to give up. Wait for our news."

Everything is known to everyone, even if they know that it was Konoha who was behind it, as long as it is not leaked, everything will be fine. But if it becomes known to everyone, the Tsuchikage will never let it go for the sake of the Iwakage Village's face.

"I already know the situation, but what is the attitude of the Sand Village? Why are they involved in this?" Mizuki was actually quite curious about this. It was really hard to understand why they could live in peace with their arch-enemy, the Iwagakure Village.

"The situation in the Sand Village is very complicated, but what we can confirm is that they can be trusted for the time being."

"That's the best. At least we're not isolated and helpless." The situation of the Sand Village is worse than that of Konoha. They directly attacked their allies and then surrendered after being defeated. Not to mention the heavy losses, they are still without a Kazekage. For the time being, a group of elders such as Chiyo are acting as the Kazekage. At this time, as long as they don't cause trouble and be a good ally, Konoha will naturally help them deal with other things. This time the losses are really huge, and they are in the wrong. If they had watched Konoha and its arch-enemy Iwagakure reconcile and cooperate before the Konoha collapse plan, they would have fallen out long ago.

"You don't have to worry about manpower for now. This matter is of great importance. Although the village is the top priority, we will still send you a few helpers. You can also propose a list of up to three helpers."

"Is that so? That's great." Mizuki was overjoyed at this kind of treatment. "First of all, I want Nara Shikamaru as my first helper."

"That won't work." Tsunade flatly refused, "He has another mission, and many things in the village now depend on him to handle."

"Is that so?" Mizuki was very disappointed that the first person was rejected. It was true that a talent like Nara Shikamaru would be used desperately by Tsunade.

"Then let's change to Hyuga Neji." Since the brainy Nara Shikamaru who he wanted the most and had the best compatibility with him was not available, it would be a good idea to change to the powerful Hyuga Neji. Hyuga Neji, whose overall strength was not inferior to that of a Chunin, would be as powerful as a Jonin if he could fully exert his soft fist specialty.

"That's fine. After Neji was injured during the Chunin Exam, he had no missions scheduled. He is free now."

"Next, Yamashiro Aoba." Yamashiro Aoba is a very capable comrade. He is not only a comrade who has been through life and death with Mizuki, but also has a very good personal relationship with Mizuki. They know each other well and there is no problem in cooperation. Of course, Shiranui Genma and Bianzu Leitong are stronger, but their personalities are also stronger. Mizuki is not familiar with them and may not be easy to get along with. However, Yamashiro Aoba's confident and gentle personality is more compatible with Mizuki himself.

"Yamashiro Aoba..." Tsunade thought for a moment and then said, "Okay, there's one last one, who do you want?"

"Aburame Shino, I need his reconnaissance ability." Now that the position is established, Mizuki can make a very complete plan, but it will not be so convenient when he is away from home.

"Sure, no problem. Since Kurenai Yuhi is injured, there is no teacher assigned to lead them yet. There are no free jonin at all. The three members of the genin team are all free now."

"That's it, I don't have any additional requests. The only thing you need is to give me the personnel information of Iwagakure and Sandagakure as soon as possible."

"Of course, it will be handed over to you soon. You should prepare well first, it should start in a few days." Mizuki's request was normal, Tsunade agreed immediately, "Originally this mission was very dangerous and extremely troublesome. But several senior jonin recommended it, and I also believe in your ability."

Then Tsunade raised the ninja information of Mizuki in her hand, "Now, you can call yourself a jonin, but if you fail to complete the mission, your jonin career may only last a few days..."

Mizuki was surprised to find Tsunade also able to tell jokes, and then said with a smile, "I'm finally getting a raise, I won't fail..."

"I hope so. Although the village is in a bad situation now, we can still afford the salary of a jonin." After finishing the business, Tsunade changed the subject, "Didn't Jiraiya ask you for your 'omnipotence potion' a few days ago?"

"Yes, I happened to have some in stock, so I gave you some."

"Really! That idiot." Tsunade couldn't help but say to herself after hearing Mizuki's confirmation.

"Um? If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

"Well, when you get out, call in Nara Shikamaru who's waiting outside."

…

It was a rare few days of free time before the mission, and Mizuki didn't have anything much to do. Everyone was very busy, like Sarutobi Asuma, who hadn't been seen for two days. It was said that it was because Konoha had changed the Fifth Hokage, and there were many things that needed to be negotiated with the Fire Country Daimyo. Asuma, a familiar face who had been a guardian ninja, would be a little more approachable.

But surprisingly, Mizuki actually ran into Uzumaki Naruto who was wandering around, which was quite rare.

"Why didn't you go to practice? Naruto…"

"I'm looking for Kakashi-sensei, have you seen me? Mizuki-sensei?"

"I don't know, maybe with Sasuke."

"Damn it, Sakura actually trained with Sasuke every day during my absence." Naruto said, still a little indignant about being left aside, "And Kakashi-sensei always goes to teach Sasuke."

"Didn't Lord Jiraiya teach us well?" Mizuki asked.

"Not really." Naruto thought for a while with a different face and said, "The lecherous sage did teach me a lot of good things. For example, this..."

As he spoke, Uzumaki Naruto created two shadow clones and began to use the Rasengan.

"See, Mr. Mizuki, I used this technique to defeat a very powerful enemy in one go." Naruto said proudly in front of Mizuki, "This is not worse than Sasuke's Chidori."

"Are you talking about this?" Mizuki stretched out his right hand, and a light blue Rasengan appeared in his palm. Anyway, he had nothing to do now, so he might as well tease Naruto.

"Huh? How come Mizuki-sensei also knows this?" Uzumaki Naruto said in surprise, "Didn't the lecherous sage say that this was a technique invented by the Fourth Hokage? How come Mizuki-sensei can use it too? And it's much better than mine..."

"It's not just me who can do this. Kakashi-sensei can also use the Rasengan."

"Damn it, it looks like I've been tricked by the lecherous immortal. Next time I must ask him to teach me a more powerful one."

Mizuki couldn't help but smile as he watched Uzumaki Naruto leave with a sullen face. Although the Rasengan is the ultimate manifestation of the change of chakra form, to be honest, it doesn't have much technical content. For someone like Mizuki who has excellent chakra control, it is too easy to achieve this. This technique has enough attack power, but it doesn't match Mizuki's style. Ninjutsu that can't stack chakra property changes is not very useful to Mizuki for the time being. And the consumption of the Rasengan is a little bit high. Even with the Breathing Technique, Mizuki doesn't like to use this technique. At close range, it is really not much more powerful than Mizuki's Fire Style with the property changes stacked.

"Are you so free that you want to tease the Genin like this?" As soon as Naruto left, Kakashi's voice came from behind him.

"Don't mind, Kakashi, it was just a little joke. What, is everything ready?"

Kakashi handed over a stack of documents, and Mizuki took it and looked at it. The first page was the information of a ninja. Seeing that he had the things in his hands, Mizuki put them away first, and planned to take a closer look after returning home.

"Thank you, Kakashi." The ninja information of Iwagakure and Sandgakure is in hand. So the mission time is not far away.

"Mizuki, it's fine if you're looking for Yamashiro Aoba, but what about Aburame Shino and Hyuga Neji? It's not appropriate for a Genin to participate in such a dangerous mission, right? What are you thinking?"

"Kakashi, I also want to find a few more capable people, even Yamashiro Aoba, and Lady Tsunade hesitated for a long time. It is even more impossible for other people to give it to me. The main combat force for this mission is me..."

"It's good that you have this awareness and confidence, but are these two people suitable?" Apart from anything else, Neji and Shino are both members of the family, and it would not be good if either of them were harmed.

"I have considered these two people carefully. Not only is Hyuga Neji very powerful, but Aburame Shino is an insect manipulator and can stay away from direct danger as much as possible. They will be fine before I fall."

Moreover, one thing that Shuimu did not say is that the Sage Mode finally has some clues. With the birth of Sage Chakra, the high-quality chakra that Shuimu has been pursuing tirelessly since the beginning has finally been found.