MTL NOVEL Chapter 224: Chapter 224: Dismissal
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Chapter 224: Dismissal
Although Kaito had rested for a night.
However, the questions raised by the Third Mizukage yesterday still made him unable to sleep well.
As a result, Kaito looked a little listless after getting up early in the morning.
Until now, he is still thinking about the Third Mizukage and asking himself what the purpose of all this was.
However, thanks to these confused thoughts, Kaito's worries and anxieties about his relatives and friends in the village were slightly alleviated.
'Isn't it that the old man feels that he still has ten years to live and wants to train me from now on?'
Kaito, who was washing up, began to have uncontrollable wild thoughts again.
'It's not impossible. The original novel doesn't say how the Third Mizukage abdicated. Besides, the plot is a mess now. Maybe he can stay in power for a few more years?'
'Hey, then should I be the Mizukage? Or not?'
Just as Kaito was thinking like this, there was a knock on the door.
"Captain Mirukawa, the Third Mizukage-sama has called a meeting of the Jonins!"
"Okay, got it."
Kaito quickly changed his clothes and walked out of the cabin.
That's right, Kaito was resting in his own No. 2 ship last night.
Previously, in order to support the battlefield as quickly as possible, and also because they were afraid that the aircraft carrier, which had no offensive or defensive capabilities, would be accidentally damaged and destroyed if it approached the battlefield, all the combat ninjas on the second ship abandoned the ship and rushed to the battlefield of the Land of Whirlpool.
The No. 2 ship was naturally abandoned at sea. After the battle, it would definitely have to be brought over, so Kaito simply stayed on the No. 2 ship.
Compared with those ninjas who could only spend the night in temporary camps, Kaito and his men were probably the ones who had the best resting environment last night.
However, he was indeed frightened by the old man, the Third Mizukage. Even though the rest environment was very good, Kaito, who walked onto the deck at this moment, still had a pair of dark circles under his eyes, which even scared Kisame who was preparing to go to the meeting with him.
"Doctor Kaito, are you okay?"
"Well, I didn't get enough rest after the battle yesterday, but it's nothing serious."
Seeing that Kisame cared about him, Kaito couldn't tell the truth and could only gloss over it.
Last night, Ao was responsible for arranging the perception ninjas for alert, so he could only stay in the temporary camp. Although Kisame was one of the new Seven Ninja Swordsmen, he did not have any actual duties, so he was able to return to the No. 2 ship with Kaito to have a good rest for the night.
The Third Mizukage called a meeting, and the two of them didn't want to delay too much, so they jumped off the boat without saying a few words and quickly rushed to the temporary camp.
Looking at the huge, crude stone house in front of him formed by the earth-style ninjutsu, Kaito couldn't help but curl his lips.
'As expected, infrastructure construction still depends on Yamato!'
When he walked into the stone house with Kisame, Kaito realized that they seemed to be the last to arrive, so they hurried forward and stood still.
The Third Mizukage, who was sitting on the only chair in the room, glanced at everyone and then coughed lightly to signal the start of the meeting.
However, what no one expected was that there was no discussion at all about the results of the meeting, and the Third Mizukage gave orders directly as soon as he opened his mouth.
And the first order dropped everyone's jaw.
"All wounded on the front line will return to the village to rest with the supply ship tomorrow."
"Mizukage-sama, you mean all the wounded?"
Someone immediately asked in surprise and doubt, but was met with a cold look from the Third Mizukage.
But this still couldn't stop the whispers in the stone house.
You know, although for ninjas, the so-called wounded certainly do not include those who have broken skin or cuts. But even so, there are only a few hundred people left on the front line.
With such a number of people, it can't be called a front-line camp, at best it can only be considered a larger outpost.
In theory, even those with moderate or even severe injuries, as long as they are not disabled or permanently incapable of combat, should be kept in the camp for treatment so that they can return to the battlefield as soon as possible.
Is the Third Mizukage going to give up this war?
Just when everyone was thinking this, the next sentence of the Third Mizukage made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
"The remaining personnel on the front line will hold on to the camp and wait for follow-up reinforcements."
Seeing that the other people around him had regained their spirits and looked eager to try, Kaito had different ideas.
'The Third Mizukage didn't say how many troops he would add, and he wanted to defend the camp? If he didn't want to start negotiations to stop the fighting, could a few hundred people really hold the camp?'
Kaito carefully looked at the Third Mizukage's expression, but unfortunately he had no idea what the other person was thinking.
As a result, the Third Mizukage dropped another bombshell.
"Yagura has resigned from his post as the frontline commander and will return to the village to continue his duties as the leader of the jonin squad."
There was an uproar in the audience, and even Yagura himself was apparently not aware of this news in advance.
Yagura asked in a somewhat dry voice.
"Third Mizukage-sama, I..."
However, before Yagura could finish his words, he was interrupted by the Third Mizukage.
"There won't be any fighting on the front line in the near future. Instead, the village needs your strength more. To prevent it from being attacked again!"
The Third Mizukage even put emphasis on the word "attack". For some reason, Yagura looked pale and retreated without saying a word.
The discussions of the others gradually died down, and they looked at the Third Mizukage and Yagura. However, since Yagura himself no longer opposed the order, it was not easy for others to say anything more.
"As for the work of the temporary commander on the front line."
The Third Mizukage paused here and scanned everyone.
When he swept past Kaito, he was almost scared to the point of shrinking behind Kisame.
Fortunately, his eyes did not linger on him.
Finally, the Third Mizukage's gaze slowly stopped on Harusame and Ao.
"The job of temporary commander on the front line will be taken over by Jonin Ao. Harusame, you will be in charge of assisting."
"Yes!" x2
They immediately stepped forward to receive the order.
Perhaps because the previous two pieces of news were too explosive, the rest of the people did not react much this time.
After all, there will only be a few hundred people left in the front-line camp, and Ao and Harusame, one is the Leader of the Perception Unit and the other is the leader of the Flying Unit, were originally high-level officials in the front-line camp.
Now that Yagura has been transferred to the village, and Kushimaru has a broken arm and is injured, they probably need to return to the village to rest. It is normal for Ao and Harusame to temporarily manage these hundreds of people.
What surprised everyone was that Ao was the commander, and Harusame, who had been active on the front line, was his deputy.
'Could it be that Harusame offended the Third Mizukage-sama in some way?'
This idea has popped up in many people's minds.
However, Ao, who had taken over the position of front-line commander, did not look happy.
This position is not a good one nowadays.
After Ao retreated, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
(End of this chapter)