Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

"Master Kaguya Rei, this is the list of families and ninjas that have been submitted in the past few days and are interested in the Hyuga clan's Byakugan..."

In the repaired Mizukage office, a female ANBU placed a thick stack of application forms on Kaguya Rei's desk, and said to him who was immersed in his work somewhat unaccustomedly:

"According to statistics, two hundred and thirty-seven eligible women have submitted applications, and almost twice the list of unqualified women have been returned by us... When do you plan to let that Hyuga Makoto start working? "

"After I get back from the meeting."

Kaguya Rei looked at the surprisingly large list that had clearly been carefully selected, and pressed her eyebrows helplessly.

"Really, although the Byakugan is indeed a very powerful blood successor, there are too many married female ninjas in the application list, right?"

"Well, if we talk about the family that has the largest number of married women signing up, the Kaguya family leads the whole village with an absolute advantage, Kaguya Rei-sama..." the female ANBU added cautiously.

"Ahem...this is probably my problem."

Kaguya Rei coughed violently for a while because of the other party's words. After finally recovering a little, he leaned back on his chair and said with half helplessness and half headache:

"I don't know where the news leaked from. I just casually said, 'Compared to the Sharingan, I should prefer the Byakugan.' As a result, after the guys in the clan heard the news, they all Everyone here and there arbitrarily believes that the white eye is the only and absolute accessory of the corpse vein..."

"Huh? Isn't it?" The female ANBU was stunned for a moment and asked in disbelief.

"forget it."

Kaguya sighed and turned to look at another pile of documents.

"If I remember correctly, although I only opened applications for the Byakugan, there are still many people who expressed more interest in the Sharingan, right? Have you calculated the number of people in this area?"

"It's almost the same as the total number of people who applied for the Byakugan. Because you said it would take a few more years before Uchiha Shisui could be granted the right to use it, we didn't exclude candidates according to the conditions you set..."

"... Let's raise the daily dietary treatment of Hyuga Makoto and Uchiha Shisui to the highest level," Kaguya Rei mentally calculated the approximate work intensity of the two unlucky guys in the future and couldn't help but shuddered, " It would not be beautiful if they died suddenly at a young age at their workplace."

"I received it."

The female ANBU nodded and disappeared into the room as quietly as she came, leaving Kaguya alone, facing the mountain of various matters alone.

"Damn it, why don't the Kirigakure clan have a civil service group that is good at using their brains like the Nara clan? If I have to do everything, how can I have time to do research and become stronger?"

Just when Kaguya was grabbing her hair irritably and trying hard to think of anyone in the village who could share the work pressure with her, a short shota-face knocked on the door of Mizukage's office. He walked in with a somewhat embarrassed and uneasy expression.

"Yakura? What's wrong?"

Seeing that the person who came was Goju Yagura, who was the fourth generation Mizukage in the original world line, Kaguya Rei couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he asked proactively.

"Um, Rei Kaguya," Goju Yagura took a deep breath and asked slowly: "Do you want me to join you as the third generation's bodyguard to attend the peace talks with Konoha... Are you serious?"

"Why do you think I'm not serious, Yagura?" Kaguya Rei held her cheek with one hand and asked in a relaxed tone.

"I am a ninja who was born, raised, and promoted during the reign of the Third Generation. Even if the Third Generation is indeed a puppet controlled by illusions for so many years, as you said, the person I am loyal to is originally It’s the third generation of adults I’ve seen over the years.”

Having said this, Goju Yagura looked up at the portrait of the third Mizukage in the Mizukage's office with a complicated expression, and then continued:

"Do you think that I can really go the same way as you who overthrew the rule of the third generation of adults and let him bear so much infamy?"

"A boring tangle."

Kaguya rolled her eyes and asked without any fluctuation in her tone:

"Yakura, you think you are a loyal supporter of the Sandaime, so you can't get along with me, right? Then let me ask you, why do you think you are loyal to the Sandaime? It's because you think he can bring Kiri Is the Hidden Village governed better, or is it simply because he is the one sitting in the Mizukage's position?"

"this……"

Goju Yagura was stunned by this question.

Yes, why did I become a loyal supporter of the Third Mizukage?

Is it because the Third Mizukage promoted his young self to become a Jonin? No, it's not. As a ninja of Kirigakure, I have talents and strength far beyond ordinary people. Even if it were someone else to be the Mizukage, I could still become a Jonin early.

So is it because the Third Mizukage managed Kirigakure well?

Before, Gotachibana Yagura did think so, but when Kaguya Rei put Kirigakure's pitiful and irrefutable data in front of everyone, allowing everyone to see the lack of talents for Kirigakure's successors, combined with Kirigakure's unbearable performance in the war with Konoha made it impossible for him, even if he was loyal to the Third Mizukage, to say that he had done a good job without conscience.

Is it because of pure loyalty to the village and to the person sitting in the Mizukage's seat?

But if this is the case, shouldn't he not hesitate to offer his loyalty to Kaguya Rei, who has been recommended by the third generation of Mizukage, and has been recognized by both the Genshi and the Water Country Daimyo as the next generation of Mizukage? ?

"You see, such a simple question can make a genius jounin like you Yagura not know how to answer. I can only say that Kirigakure's work in building spiritual civilization still has a long way to go."

Kaguya Rei stood up, walked to Goju Yagura, who was beginning to fall into self-doubt, looked into his eyes and said:

"There should be many people in the village who have similar thoughts and positions to you, right?"

"Yes." Yagura bit his lip and responded in a low voice.

"But the education that everyone has received should have mentioned that even if they have to give up their feelings and sacrifice their lives, they must still complete the tasks assigned by the village."

Kaguya Rei leaned down and whispered into Yagura's ear:

"Since the concept of completing the tasks assigned by the village is above all else, what is the meaning of your entanglement? Is Mizukage Kirigakure's Mizukage, or is Kirigakure Mizukage's Kirigakure? This question is important to you Is it really difficult to give an answer?"

"Are you a deceptive evil spirit, Kaguya Rei?"

After Goji Yagura was silent for a long time, she muttered to herself in an extremely weak voice.

"I just pointed out some facts that everyone knew the answer in their hearts, but subconsciously chose to avoid it for various reasons, so as to avoid unnecessary internal friction and bloodshed."

Kaguya Rei patted the shoulder of Goju Yagura, who had been entangled by him, and then stretched her body, which was a little uncomfortable due to sitting for a long time, and said in a low mood:

"It doesn't matter if you can't figure it out at once, or if you can't turn around. I'm still young, and I have plenty of time to let you guys with a little rigid brains understand and accept my thoughts..."

"If there is nothing else, let's go back and adjust our mentality first. We will set off for peace talks with Konoha in two days. Then don't let them think that I am the only one in Kirigakure who can stand up and support the scene. Yagura.”

Third update

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