Ninja is a profession that emphasizes efficiency, but major events involving the entire ninja world cannot be decided all at once.

It would be too strange for him to set out and reason like a street thug leader.

At every Five Kage Conference, they discuss major events that will determine the future direction of the ninja world, and there is no time to waste on minutiae.

Just preparing the venue will not take a day or two.

While others were busy preparing, Shuimu was relatively free.

No one goes to Shuimu for trivial matters now. Most of the people who go to Shuimu have troubles that are difficult to deal with.

During the snowy days, Shuimu had plenty of time to tutor Xiaochun in her training, and also to spend some time with Xiao Meixing.

Xiao Meixing, who is over two years old and almost three years old, is already quite big.

In the ninja world, children seem to grow very fast, especially Miyuki, who looks a little older than other children of the same age, but still within the normal range.

Different from Mizuki and Kotsubaki who are dull and conservative, Komiyuki is a somewhat outgoing girl and a household name in Konoha Village.

This is also due to the different educational concepts between Mizuki and other ninjas.

Ever since Miyuki was little and sensible, Mizuki has always treated her as a normal person and communicated with her on an equal footing. Even though he doted on her a lot, he rarely did anything superficial like teasing a child.

This has caused the child, who occasionally fell when walking, to become like a little adult today, with a huge gap between him and other children.

Sometimes, Xiaochun would complain that Mizuki had educated Xiao Miyuki so that she wasn't like a girl anymore. She was outside all day and was almost becoming the leader among her peers.

Coupled with the fact that other adults have warned their children not to bully Xiao Meixing, this carefree little girl has been living a very comfortable life recently.

Even so, Xiao Meiyuki still learned the restraint and education from her parents, and her popularity among the villagers of Konoha is even greater than that of Mizuki, a serious senior cadre.

At home and in front of her parents, Xiao Meixing is also a sensible child, which saves Mizuki and Xiaochun a lot of trouble.

It is quite nice for the whole family to stay in the warm home in the wind and snow.

It would be great if there were no disputes in this world, but it was a pity that within a few days, an important mission found Shuimu on the wood.

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"The Rain Country?"

Mizuki frowned as he looked at the task instructions in his hand.

"What's there to worry about?"

The country is covered by rain all year round and basically has no production. Even if there is any, it will be washed away by the continuous rain.

There was nothing noteworthy about this country in the past, and it had never achieved complete unification.

It was only when Salamander Hanzo was still alive that most of the power of the Rain Kingdom was integrated and they were barely able to unite against the outside world.

But there are also many ninjas and organizations who are dissatisfied with Salamander Hanzo.

When the Akatsuki organization was first established by Konan, Nagato, and Yahiko, they were also one of them, and had a relatively large influence, otherwise they would not have been wiped out by Hanzo of the Salamander and Danzo of Shimura.

This also led to the death of Yahiko, and the subsequent transformation of the Akatsuki organization into a rebellious ninja organization.

Although the Rain Country has become unprecedentedly united under the strong suppression of Nagato and Konan, with the death of Nagato, the focus of the "Akatsuki" organization will definitely shift to the Frost Country where Uchiha Obito and the Outer Path Statue are located.

The Rain Kingdom, a place without a leader, must be in chaos now.

It is hard to say whether Konan, who left with Nagato's body, still has the interest and ability to control the Rain Country. Perhaps now, it will return to the chaotic state of the buffer zone between the major powers.

So now, what's the point of going to the Rain Country?

But on second thought, Mizuki suddenly realized that not everyone knew the true strength of the Akatsuki organization.

All the information showed that the Rain Country was the headquarters of the Akatsuki organization, and now, Konoha's intelligence department must have detected the unrest in the Rain Country.

"Before the Five Kage Conference is held, we must have first-hand information about the Akatsuki organization. Otherwise, how can we convince the Tsuchikage and Raikage to form the Ninja Alliance?"

It is too unreliable to use specious intelligence as a reference to decide major events in the ninja world.

After a great war, most of the intelligence about Akatsuki was almost outdated.

Since the Land of the Rain was predicted to be dangerous, there were very few ninjas who could go and investigate.

"Jiraiya will go to the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth to talk to the Raikage and the Tsuchikage respectively..."

Well, Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas, does have more face than himself, so it is normal for Mizuki to do the dirty and tiring work.

Fortunately, Shuimu knew that the Rain Kingdom was now just an empty shell, so he could go and see if there were any good things worth looting there.

The Rain Country should no longer be under the constant surveillance of the Rain Tiger's Freedom Technique, nor be ruled by a powerful person that Shuimu fears. It is just a rural place where Shuimu can do whatever he wants.

"All right!"

There's nothing wrong with it except that it's a bit of a waste of time. It's just that it's too cold to go to a place where it rains all year round in the cold winter.

"There is no specific mission, just reconnaissance?"

Tsunade hesitated for a moment, but finally made up her mind and said:

"If there is no leader there, support a force that is friendly to Konoha Village and stop making this country an enemy."

"clear!"

This kind of thing, no matter who sits on the position of Hokage, after a long time, the way of thinking will be the same.

As the leader of Konoha Village, you naturally have to work hard for the interests of the village.

As for the tradition of not interfering in other countries' internal affairs, I'm sorry, there is no such thing in the war-torn ninja world.

There is only one unspoken rule in the war between ninjas, and that is to try not to affect civilians.

For a country that is now defenseless, it is conceivable that the surrounding major powers would want to find out the truth and intervene.

"If it is confirmed that the Akatsuki organization has withdrawn from the Rain Country, I will handle it. But what if I encounter ninjas from other ninja villages?"

Tsunade thought for a moment and then replied:

"Try not to cause any conflict. The Five Kage Tournament is coming up, so it's best not to create unnecessary complications."

Shuimu spared his head!

If you don't want to cause more trouble, you should restrain yourself and not do unnecessary things at this time.

But since it was Tsunade's decision, Mizuki could only follow the order.

Early the next morning, Mizuki said goodbye to Xiaochun and the reluctant Xiao Miyuki, and left Konoha Village in the wind and snow, heading for the country that had once suffered from war.