As the only other ninja village leader present at the Chunin Exam, the Fifth Mizukage Mei Terumi had already arranged his trip to Konoha.

For the first time in so many years, the Hidden Mist Village has formally communicated and visited other ninja villages. The leaders have to have necessary guards when they travel. Qing, who has excellent perception and the Byakugan, naturally occupies a place. However, in terms of absolute combat power, Qing is still a little weak, so it is very necessary to choose another powerful ninja.

Unfortunately, given the current situation of the Hidden Mist Village, the lack of talent in the village is not enough to describe it. Ever since the Hidden Mist Seven Ninja Swordsmen were beaten and fled by Might Guy's Eight Gates, only the "Three Ninja Swordsmen" remained. Since then, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen seemed to be cursed, some died and some fled. The Seven Ninja Swordsmen have never been fully staffed, and more than one or two died of illness.

In addition, the Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Demon was killed by Hoshigaki Kisame, and Samehada was taken away; Momochi Zabuza defected and took away the beheading sword. There are also various other reasons. Now the Hidden Mist Village cannot even gather the Seven Ninja Swords, let alone the successor. At least three of the swords were taken away by the rebels. Except for the flounder in the hands of Chojuro, the whereabouts of the others are unknown, and they disappeared in a series of coups and wars.

In this situation, every powerful fighting force is invaluable to the Hidden Mist Village. Therefore, at the strong request of Mei Terumi, Yan Liu, who was imprisoned in the cell, reappeared in public and, as the guard of the Mizukage, together with Qing, will go to Konoha Village with Mei Terumi.

Yan Liu picked up the sword again without saying much. He ignored all the doubts and rumors, and together with Qing, he led the accompanying team and accompanied Mei Terumi on board the warship to the Land of Fire.

Even on the way, there was still a steady stream of intelligence sent to Terumi Mei from time to time. At this moment, sitting in the cabin, Terumi Mei used her green eyes to carefully check the information about the Chunin Exam and Konoha Village that had just been sent back.

"Choujuro is the only one who passed the test? What a pity!"

Even Aoi, who holds one of the Seven Ninja Swords, had to fight hard to qualify. The elimination of the female ninja Ran was expected, and it was a pity that Ryuka, who was highly expected, could not go further.

Judging from the current situation, the purpose of deciding to participate in the Chunin Exam can only be said to be barely qualified. Chojuro was able to stand out among many excellent Genin, which was already a face for the Kirigakure Village, and it was much better than the annihilation of the arch-rival Iwagakure Village.

However, with just one ninja like this, it's really not enough. The Sand Village is fine, and it's not unacceptable that there is one less than the Cloud Village, but compared with the Konoha Village, it's too ugly. Konoha's seven Genin entered the third round. The difference of seven to one, this is simply not the performance of competitors of the same level.

Such a situation also made Chojuro's excellent performance less attractive.

Fortunately, the powerful Konoha is not without problems, otherwise it would be too despairing.

Another piece of intelligence in hand showed that the legendary Dark Ninja was colluding with the rebel ninja to launch a coup. Rumors were of course not to be trusted, but a few days later, a very fierce battle took place not far from Konoha Village, and it was very likely that Shimura Danzo was also involved.

Such a big thing happened, but Konoha Village did not respond, and Tsunade, the Hokage, did not give any explanation. To outsiders, it seemed that they had tacitly accepted these rumors. This also made these rumors spread more and more widely, and more and more outrageous.

Regardless of how true these rumors are, they all reflect that there is definitely discord within Konoha Village. This also made other ninja villages feel a little relieved. If Konoha, which has a lot of talent, is united like an iron plate, there will be no chance for other villages. Even as allies, they will be overwhelmed by Konoha's dominance.

However, Mei Terumi was concerned about another thing.

"Yan Liu, how confident are you that you can defeat Hoshigaki Kisame and take back Samehada?"

Yan Liu thought for a while and answered seriously: "If it is an assassination, I am 30% sure that I can kill him. In a head-on confrontation, I need help to block his endless water escape."

Outside the Konoha Village, there were traces left after the battle. I don't know how many people have explored them, either openly or secretly. Judging from the existing eyewitnesses, one of them can be basically confirmed to be Uchiha Itachi, whose Susanoo was too conspicuous.

There is another person, most likely Hoshigaki Kisame. Not everyone can use that level of water escape. From the information exchanged in Konoha, it can be known that the person with Uchiha Itachi is most likely the traitorous ninja Hoshigaki Kisame.

As for who the other strong man who used Fire Style is, it is not known yet. Many people speculate that it was Jiraiya who secretly returned to Konoha and repelled the attack of the Akatsuki organization. Only the famous Jiraiya could be worthy of such a powerful Fire Style.

However, Mei Terumi thought that it could be someone else from Konoha Village, like Mizuki, who was famous but not very prominent. He could also use the Sage Mode and was good at Fire Style.

Of course, the Mist Ninja still pays more attention to the news of Hoshigaki Kisame. The number of Mist Ninja traitors may be the highest in the entire ninja world. This is also the sequelae of the blood mist policy for many years, which cannot be solved for the time being. But Samehada must not be left alone like this.

Unfortunately, the current situation of the Mist Ninja is really embarrassing. The Six-Tails Jinchuriki is on the run and there is no way to capture him. The rebel ninja Hoshigaki Kisame is showing off his Samehada, but the Mist Ninja has no strength to change the status quo. It is not realistic to rely on Mei Terumi for everything.

Since Yan Liu said he wasn't sure, we could only forget it.

"What a pity, we can't rely on Konoha for everything, otherwise, the Hidden Mist Village will sooner or later be reduced from an ally to a vassal!"

Now that things have come to this, we can only hope that some brilliant newcomers in the next generation will grow up as soon as possible.

As for the Chunin Exam, Mei Terumi looked at Chojuro's battle situation. His opponent was the Uchiha orphan, also a strong opponent. The reputation of the Sharingan was known to everyone in the ninja world. Even Chojuro with the Sharingan might not be able to win.

"Some things can only be known in detail in Konoha. It's useless to guess here. By the way, Qing, be careful not to expose your Byakugan casually. It's not good to anger the Hyuga family in Konoha Village!"