The interviews did not go smoothly, as the various Kage were extremely wary of these Konoha Ninja.
In their eyes, these individuals were merely people openly trying to steal intelligence.
However, Konoha's open and straightforward approach made it difficult for them to simply drive them away, so they just wanted to get rid of them as quickly as possible.
"Mizukage-sama, these are the questions we will be asking in the upcoming interview. You can review them beforehand, and if there are any you don't wish to answer, you can cross them out now!"
A gentle-looking Uchiha clan member handed a question board to Mei Terumī.
The board was densely packed with dozens of questions.
From Mei Terumī's basic personal information, such as height, physique, and age, to her personal experiences, her approach to leading the Village, her Good at Ninjutsu, her Kekkei she possesses…
It covered almost all the intelligence a Ninja could have.
The later questions were even more outrageous: Hidden Mist's internal structure, departmental organization, operating mechanisms, and even more absurdly, the number of Genin, Chunin, and Jonin, the number of troops stationed at the border…
It covered every aspect of a Ninja Village.
Mei Terumī frowned after reading it. Although her relationship with Konoha was good, it wasn't *that* good.
Large sections of questions were crossed out by Mei Terumī.
And that Uchiha clan member, seeing Mei Terumī's actions, reminded her from the side.
"Mizukage-sama, are you sure you don't want to answer any of these questions?"
"Yes!"
Mei Terumī answered with certainty, without the slightest hesitation.
Upon receiving Mei Terumī's reply, this Uchiha clan member did not immediately begin the interview but placed a scroll in front of her.
"This was given to me by the Clan Head-sama. He instructed me to give it to you if Mizukage-sama refused to cooperate."
Mei Terumī honestly didn't want to pick up that scroll, but in the end, she picked it up with a somewhat displeased expression.
Mei Terumī, who opened the scroll, had a very interesting expression after reading its contents.
After a long while.
"Mizukage-sama, thank you for your cooperation. Finally, could you please provide a personal photo? If not, and if you don't mind, we can take one for you."
Mei Terumī pondered for a long time before saying.
"Then, I'll trouble the Konoha members."
After the photo was taken, this Uchiha clan member led the team away.
Not long after, they arrived at an office building next to the Hokage Building. After entering an office, they found that other colleagues had already started writing their reports.
And their boss, Uchiha Keigetsu, was also supervising. Seeing them enter, Kitsuki asked.
"How did it go? Don't tell me things didn't go smoothly for you either!"
"It went well. I originally thought it would be difficult, but after I presented the Clan Head-sama's scroll, the Mizukage was very cooperative."
Kitsuki nodded in satisfaction at this.
"Very good. With Hidden Mist, and the previously somewhat cooperative Kumogakure, plus our Konoha, three Great Ninja Villages are almost enough. Hurry up and draft the first version."
"Yes, Kitsuki-sama."
While Konoha's publicity department was working overtime to meet the deadline.
In the Land of Water, by a body of water outside Hidden Mist Village, two special visitors arrived.
It was Nagato, who should have been leveling up in Hidden Rain Village, and Konan, who was inseparable from him.
"Remove the hidden sentries around, but remember not to harm their lives."
Nagato's voice rang out, and as his words fell, Konan flew into the air, and with a 'bang' beside Nagato, the figure of Deva Path Pain appeared.
Many days had passed. Nagato, who had been beaten by Tomoki and then talked down by him, still hadn't found his own path.
After realizing that the path he had always believed in was no different from the Great Ninja Villages he originally harbored hatred for, Nagato fell into a long period of confusion, not knowing what to do all day.
Being conflicted all day was not a solution. In the end, Nagato decided to first improve his strength.
Even if he truly found a path to peace, everything would be empty talk if his own strength was insufficient.
Yahiko's death, in addition to teaching Nagato about the path to peace derived from the actions of the Great Nations, also made Nagato understand that strength was the foundation of everything.
Although Nagato had now reclaimed the abilities of the other five Paths besides the Deva Path, he was still crippled.
Without reclaiming the Deva Path, he would still need Konan's help to travel.
Nagato traveled the Ninja World in Yahiko's identity and appearance, while he himself remained hidden in the shadows, just as he and Konan had followed behind Yahiko in the past.
He had thought that with the development of the Rinnegan, he would be invincible in the Ninja World and become a new god.
However, being proven wrong always came unexpectedly. After witnessing Tomoki's strength, Nagato knew that with his current sickly appearance, he could not achieve his goal.
Nagato knew that to recover, he only needed to acquire a large amount of Chakra. Even though his legs had completely atrophied, under the power of the Rinnegan, they could still be restored.
He hadn't done this before, partly because he didn't want to, and partly because there was no need.
Times had changed; what was true then was not true now. Nagato now actively began to seek power.
To plunder Chakra, Tailed Beasts were the best choice, and currently, in the Ninja World, there was a wild Tailed Beast.
Deva Path Pain and Konan went to deal with the surrounding hidden sentries. Undoubtedly, they were Hidden Mist Ninja.
If it were the old Nagato, he would have unhesitatingly killed them all. But now, after realizing there was no difference between them, Nagato was unwilling to cause more hatred and suffering.
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