These troubles exist in every ninja village, but none is as exaggerated as that in the Sand Village. Even the shadow of the entire village remains unresolved, which really makes people doubt the leadership of the village's top leaders.

If he interferes in the affairs of the Sand Village and gets too deeply involved, it will be troublesome if other allied villages are wary of him. The most worrying thing is whether he will get into trouble.

Moreover, the situation has not yet reached the point where Konoha Village needs to intervene. Although Chiyo and Ebizo have caused dissatisfaction among many people, their prestige accumulated over the years remains. Before their death, it is impossible for anyone to take the position of Kazekage without their consent.

The ninja world is ultimately a world that worships elders and authority, and the power of tradition is still very strong.

"Kakashi, I'm here." Before they knew it, the two people who were chatting had walked a long way. "Then I'll go back first."

"Well, see you tomorrow."

Mizuki, who was about to leave, suddenly turned back and said, "By the way, are you ready for the promotion to Chunin?"

"Don't worry!"

"That's good."

After saying that, Shuimu turned around and left with peace of mind.

After all, it's not a big deal. It's just making an ambiguous matter a certainty, not forcibly promoting an unqualified Genin to a Chunin.

It is a good thing that this task has been completed. Konoha has a lot of work to do. Having a few more capable Chunin helpers can also allow the senior ninjas to deal with fewer trivial matters.

Mizuki pushed the door open and found that Xiaochun was already asleep.

He walked into the study quietly, sat down lazily, and relaxed himself to his heart's content.

This period of time is indeed a bit too depressing. Most of the things that people worry about in their lives are because they know too much and cause trouble for themselves. It's not bad to live a life like an ignorant person. As my strength improves, the dangers are much less, and no one bothers me with some trivial matters anymore. But as I understand more about this world, I am more and more worried about the future development.

Since crossing over, I have been busy and running around, and now the important things are basically coming to an end. The previous traces have been almost completely erased. The only thing that still proves Yuan Shuimu's existence is the soul fragment that has long lost consciousness in my mind.

To say that it was a hidden danger was actually overestimating him. The key point was that this trace of residual soul was combined with the curse seal on his right arm, which was not easy to handle. Forcibly peeling it off was equivalent to splitting the soul, which would cause too much damage to the spirit, and the harm would not be less than that of Orochimaru's reincarnation.

If I really do this, it will greatly affect my mental power. My chakra control and perception will be greatly affected. The foundation of my strength built on this will be shaken. I don't know how much time it will take to recover to its full potential.

There are still three years left... No, not three years!

During this period of time, if you reveal a flaw in your strength, your enemies might retaliate.

"Don't show your weakness!"

Also, Shuimu has recently realized that he has been a bit too high-profile recently. Although he has strength as a backing, he is not afraid of anything. The problem is that he has no foundation and cannot transform his strength into maximum benefits. Being too arrogant, in addition to making people dissatisfied, actually has not much benefit. Anyway, others already know that he is not easy to mess with, and that is enough. Shuimu still understands the principle that too much is as bad as too little.

"It seems that I have to keep a low profile for a while. At least I have to save face."

It was a good opportunity for me to think about my own problems, especially not to leave any loopholes in my spirit.

Just as Shuimu was lost in thought, there was a knock on the door, and then Xiaochun appeared at the door.

"It's you, why haven't you rested yet?"

The person who came was a physical clone who stayed with Xiaochun to take care of her daily life. He even specially cleaned a small room as a place to rest.

"The main body is tired and sleeps, I still want to read more books!"

The physical clone formed by the fake Jinchūriki, the thinking body is the overflow of the shadow clone's will, mentally there should be no need for sleep, but the body is made of flesh, and it needs rest after long-term activities.

Shuimu stood up and made way for a small chair for him to sit down.

"Why, you want to tell me something?"

As an extension of Xiaochun's will, the clone has no qualms about any requests!

"I heard some rumors recently that you offended Lady Tsunade some time ago!"

"How did this come about?" Mizuki replied in surprise, "I am at least a cadre of the Security Department. If I were really disliked by the Hokage, I would not be the captain!"

Xiao Chun shook her head and said, "I'm not saying that you have a problem, but someone is slandering you, which means that you have offended a lot of people. Some people would rather believe these rumors than trust you."

"Rumors?"

Shuimu actually knew about this, but didn't take it seriously.

"Your contempt is growing, Mizuki!"

Xiaochun said with some concern.

"Recently, I read some biographical stories. Many of the villains in them did not intend to be bad people. They may have various reasons, but pride and prejudice are the most poisonous drugs that can easily corrupt people."

"Is it obvious?"

Xiaochun nodded.

Shuimu raised his hand and pressed his temple to refresh himself, and said in confusion: "How should I put it? I may be too focused on certain things, so I may care less about some small things."

"Don't think about taking it all on your own, Mizuki. You're the Jonin of Konoha, and the whole village has your back..."

"I understand, Xiaochun, thank you!"

When he was weak, he struggled hard to survive, even if it was dirty water thrown on him, he had to integrate into the collective of Konoha Village to seek shelter. But when he became stronger and the village could no longer give him too much sense of security, and he even relied on his own protection, arrogance appeared silently in the depths of his heart like a ghost.

The sudden change in mentality made me drift away from the mainstream of the village. If things continued like this, I would be excluded. It was not impossible for me to have the ridiculous idea that "it was not me who was wrong, but the village".

"To be frank, the difference between me and Hara Mizuki is not as big as you might think. Hara Mizuki has no self-awareness, but how much better can I be? If I were to go back to the time when I first crossed over with my current strength and mentality, what would I choose? Defection should be a foregone conclusion."

With this thought, Mizuki was secretly alert. Seriously speaking, there was actually no essential difference between him and Nagato, Uchiha Obito and others. It was just that they cared about different things and had different positions.