Chapter 120 - 15: The Fourth Mizukage
The assassination operation, which was both thrilling and chaotic, somehow ended in success.
Yeming, the once-renowned hero of Kirigakure (Hidden Mist Village), met his end in a similarly chaotic and inexplicable manner.
He became the shortest-serving Mizukage in the history of Kirigakure, so short that he didn't even complete the normal procedures for taking office before "passing away."
Moreover, due to his traitorous identity, the ninjas of Kirigakure generally refrained from addressing Yeming as Mizukage. Instead, he was mockingly referred to as the "Three-and-a-Halfth Mizukage."
Although Yeming's death was shrouded in mystery, Yagura Karatachi and his allies had no time to dwell on the matter. When Yeming's loyalists realized he had been gone for too long and noticed the commotion at the Genji Mansion, it was clear to everyone that something major had occurred. A massive storm of rebellion was imminent.
Without even tending to the wounded or the corpse, Yagura Karatachi immediately led Jūzō Biwa, Raiga Kurosuki, and their allies Sakumo Hatake and Fugaku Uchiha to the Mizukage Building to gather their forces and seize the initiative, aiming to crush the rebellion before it could take root.
The Genji Mansion fell into eerie silence. If not for the collapsed buildings and the courtyard littered with bodies, who could have guessed that a fierce battle had just taken place here?
"Shh! Huff!"
After a long while, Maki, who had sustained relatively minor injuries, was the first to wake up. He had only been knocked out temporarily when he hit his head on the ground after being swept by the shockwave of Yeming's Tailed Beast Bomb. Other than that, he was largely unharmed.
Holding his still-dizzy head, he shook it vigorously. As his blurred vision gradually cleared, he took in the sight of the people lying scattered across the ground. His thoughts began to sharpen.
"Not good! Hidan!"