"Genji, I'll go and prepare a replacement for Samehada."
"Go ahead, sigh... internal strife and external threats..."
"Usagi Xin? It seems we'll need to start gathering more intelligence quickly. Mist Village has been isolated for far too long."
As he gazed out the window at the thick fog surrounding the village, Genji couldn't help but wonder when Mist Village would finally recover. The village was sick, and the problem had begun at the source. Unfortunately, this sickness seemed beyond healing.
"Xin why do you think the Land of Water chose to isolate itself? Surely this has greatly hindered the country and the village's growth?"
"Mist Village's isolation and the Land of Water's closure seem to have started after the Blood Mist era began. It's been many years since then," Minato said, recalling this basic information. As a scholar, he remembered these details well.
Casting his line into the sea, Xin leaned back in his chair, covering his face with his hat and propping his feet up to relax under the sun.
"With a temperamental, ancient relic like the Mizukage in charge, Mist Village must be in despair. Not everyone enjoys the Blood Mist policy."
"I heard the Third Mizukage used to be the First Mizukage's bodyguard?"
"Well, that explains how old he is."
No wonder Mist Village had been suffering for so long. The Third Mizukage remained comfortably in power, even though the village was practically on its last legs. Despite turning Mist Village into a shell of its former self, there was no risk of him losing his position.
Under the Third Mizukage's leadership, Mist Village's military strength had diminished to the point where it was arguably weaker than even Sand Village.
Sand Village wasn't faring much better, though. The Third Kazekage was still struggling in the desert, flying around trying to find rare minerals to pay off debts.
The war reparations and the debts owed to the Daimyō of the Land of Wind were enough to keep the Third Kazekage busy for a long time.
That's the price of overestimating your strength and recklessly starting a war, only to end up defeated.
The Third Kazekage had been too young. If only he had waited another decade or so until the Third Hokage was older before launching a war. Even if he lost, he wouldn't have had to pay so much.
But, of course, there's no medicine for regret in this world.
Besides, the Third Kazekage wouldn't live much longer.
Soon, Sasori would target him. The death of Sakumo Hatake had been the signal.
Sakumo and the Third Kazekage were the two people Sasori hated the most. One had directly killed his parents, and the other had indirectly caused their deaths.
After Sakumo's death, the Third Kazekage would be next, and then Sasori would strike.
In the end, the Third Kazekage would die, and the Third Great Ninja War would break out. Konoha, having lost many of its strongest shinobi, would be left struggling.
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