Chapter 408: Secret Talk
In the Kirigakure Village, in the Mizukage's office.
"Mizukage-sama, are you bringing people back again?"
Facing the strange look of the elder Genji, Kaito looked at Uchiha Hikari beside him with some embarrassment.
But what needs to be said still needs to be said.
"Well, I'll explain it to you later. Elder Genji, please help her arrange an identity first."
After Kaito said this, he noticed that there was a guy wearing an Anbu mask behind the elder Genji, looking at him with resentful eyes.
'Who is this? What's that look?'
As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, Kaito suddenly realized.
The Anbu in front of him is Nagato who disguised his identity through "transform".
It was agreed that he would stay with Kaito so that Kaito could protect him.
As a result, it has been almost a year since he was thrown into the Anbu.
Apart from the occasional training sessions between the two of them, Kaito almost forgot about this guy.
No wonder the other party looks at him like that.
What was even more embarrassing was that Elder Genji spoke up and added another blow.
"Mizukage-sama, will this person also be included in your direct guard?"
Helplessly, Kaito could only stare at Nagato's resentful eyes and nodded reluctantly.
"Elder Genji, please arrange an Anbu for Hikari to familiarize herself with the situation in the village. As for Naruto..."
Having said this, Kaito turned and looked at Nagato.
"I may have a task for you later."
Watching Elder Genji begin to arrange the work, Kaito looked around and asked.
"Where's Ao-sensei? Is he out on a mission? Why can't I see him?"
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Ao walked out cautiously from the shadows at the corner.
Kaito was puzzled, wondering what was going on.
"Ao-sensei, what are you doing?"
Ao seemed to be in a difficult situation. He stopped when he was four or five meters away from Kaito and spoke with an embarrassed look on his face.
"It's mainly because it's a little resistant to you."
'Hmm? Wasn't it fine before I left?'
Kaito first sighed that Ao and the three-tailed beast had a good relationship and the three-tailed had already told its real name to him.
However, his expression suddenly became serious and he immediately asked Ao.
"Did the three tails say what the reason was?"
"It's not a big deal, but Isobu had a dream a while ago, and it seemed that he was beaten by you again."
As soon as Ao finished speaking, his body trembled and he took several steps back.
Without thinking too much, everyone at the scene knew that it must be the angry Three-Tailed Fox causing trouble in Ao's body.
The elder Genji, who had just arranged for the Anbu to take Uchiha Hikari away, seemed to be unaware of this matter. He looked at Ao with some curiosity.
"Do tailed beasts also dream?"
However, compared to Nagato and Elder Genji who were completely confused, Kaito thought of another thing.
'Could it be that the Three-Tailed Beast has received the consciousness of the Dragon Vein World?'
Of course, although he thought so, Kaito was not in a hurry to confirm this matter immediately.
Instead, he spoke to Elder Genji.
"Elder Genji, please activate the barrier of the office first. There are some things I think you need to know."
When Elder Genji and Ao heard this, their expressions suddenly became serious.
The Mizukage's office is one of the most heavily guarded places in the Kirigakure Village.
Whether it is near the Mizukage Building or inside and outside the office, there are a large number of Anbu guarding it.
This is the case where a shielding barrier is needed in the office.
Obviously, what is to be discussed next is the most important secret that even the most trusted Anbu who are responsible for guarding the Mizukage's office cannot know.
After hearing this, Nagato consciously decided to leave the Mizukage's office directly.
But before he could take two steps, he was stopped by Kaito.
"Naruto, you should stay and listen to this as well."
Elder Genji and Ao both looked at Kaito with some confusion, but did not choose to question his decision out loud at this time.
Even Nagato himself hesitated for a moment and then stopped moving.
After, the Anbu in the surrounding area have been arranged to be on guard and the protective soundproofing barrier in the office has been fully deployed.
Kaito slowly spoke.
"I haven't told you what I was doing outside during this period of time. Actually..."
After listening to Kaito's brief account of his experience in the Dragon Vein World, all three people present fell into a daze.
The entire office was silent, and no one spoke first for a moment.
Kaito didn't say anything else, just waited quietly.
This gave the three of them enough time to digest the explosion of information that had occurred previously.
In fact, the reason why Kaito chose to tell the stories about the Dragon Vein World.
Mainly because with his current strength, there is no need to keep hiding many things.
And there are a lot of inside stories, and Elder Genji himself knows some of them.
Although Ao knew less before, he was trustworthy enough. Now as a senior leader of the village, he will inevitably be involved in many of the next decisions.
Let's make it clearer now to avoid disagreements on the route later.
As for Nagato, Kaito was more concerned about winning over the other party.
Letting Nagato know the real threat of this world will also allow him to choose to stand on the side of Kirigakure when Kaito does something next time.
However, even if they listened to Kaito's complete account of the whole story.
The three still felt that this was a bit too magical.
However, the increased height of Kaito and the previous appearance of Uchiha Hikari cannot be fake.
Besides, as the Mizukage, there was no need for Kaito to deceive them with such information.
Finally, it was Elder Genji, an old fellow who had experienced countless storms, who came to his senses first and asked with a serious expression.
"So, Mizukage-sama, what is your current strength?"
For the elder Genji who had already been informed about the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan by Kaito, traveling through time and space was not important.
What he cares most about is knowing the extent of his own Mizukage's strength.
Kaito naturally would not choose to avoid this question and gave a direct affirmative answer.
"If I use some unconventional means, no one in the ninja world should be my opponent, even if Uchiha Madara is resurrected."
The unconventional means that Kaito mentioned were naturally referring to Uchiha Hikari's eye technique "Eight Thousand Spears".
But actually, this is just a relatively modest statement.
With his current combination of Rinnegan + Hashirama's physique + White Style + Gigantamax Phantom Ghost + Roar of Time, even without the assistance of Uchiha Hikari, he would probably be only slightly worse than Uchiha Madara.
This is because the talents brought by Hashirama's physique have not yet been fully realized, so it is said to be a little bit worse.
As time goes by, Kaito's strength will only get stronger.
(End of this chapter)