On Yukii's side.
Yagura and Fuguki Suikazan stood before and behind Yukii, preparing to surround and kill him.
The other three Anbu members waited not far away.
They were waiting for an opportunity while preventing Yukii from escaping.
At this moment, Yukii was surrounded in the middle.
Knowing that the Yuki Clan no longer existed, he became frantic.
"Hyōton: Sōryū Bōfūsetsu!"
Two giant dragons, one on the left and one on the right, rushed towards Yagura and Fuguki Suikazan respectively.
But both of them were elites; they each used their own methods to neutralize the attack.
Seeing that his techniques couldn't hurt anyone, Yukii's heart turned ruthless.
He immediately condensed a suit of ice armor on his body and then charged towards Fuguki Suikazan.
He had no choice!
Yagura seemed too difficult to deal with.
He couldn't get close to him in a short time.
But he didn't believe others could be that slippery.
No matter what, he was going to take someone down with him today.
Seeing Yukii's current appearance, Fuguki Suikazan and Yagura could both guess what he was planning to do.
Yagura immediately shouted for Fuguki Suikazan to retreat, while he himself intended to continue wearing him down with Mizukagami.
But Fuguki Suikazan did not do so; instead, he raised Samehada and met him head-on.
When he saw Yukii rushing towards him, he already knew what technique Yukii would use next.
That move was indeed powerful, but the Samehada in his hand was the perfect counter to it.
Crack!
Fuguki Suikazan swung Samehada and slashed down fiercely at the charging Yukii.
The massive impact carved a huge gap in the ice armor.
But immediately, the gap restored itself and locked Samehada in place.
It couldn't be pulled out in a short time.
"Hahaha, come down to hell with me!"
Seeing that Fuguki Suikazan actually dared to meet him head-on, the frantic look on Yukii's face became even more pronounced.
After successfully locking Samehada, he immediately prepared to perform a Ninjutsu, intending to take Fuguki Suikazan down with him.
"If you want to swallow my Yuki Clan, then I'll make sure you break a bone! Hyōton... Uh... How is this possible... My Chakra!"
Fuguki Suikazan, seeing Yukii preparing to use a technique, wordlessly controlled Samehada to absorb the Chakra from Yukii's body.
Under Samehada's absorption, Yukii's Chakra, which was originally in an explosive state, diminished at a rate visible to the naked eye, and finally, even the ice armor began to dissipate.
"Idiot! Just as much of an idiot as your clan's Third Elder!"
After saying that.
He swung the freed Samehada and directly beheaded Yukii.
[Heh, Ryū, you were right! The clan... ultimately lost its reverence for the Shinobi World...]
"Yagura-sama. It's settled."
After finishing off Yukii with one strike, Fuguki Suikazan ran to Yagura to claim credit.
As one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, he naturally belonged to the Sandaime Mizukage's inner circle, and he was quite good at social climbing.
Fuguki Suikazan could still guess one or two of the Sandaime Mizukage's thoughts.
Moreover, Yagura was in full charge of this mission to purge the Yuki Clan, which made the implications quite clear.
"Mm! Let's go to the Clan Head's manor and take a look."
"Yes!"
...Meanwhile.
On a cliff at a mountain peak.
The previously high-spirited Yukimo.
Was also exhausted and cornered, finally sent off by Jinpachi Munashi with Kibaku Fuda.
To ensure he was completely dead, Jinpachi Munashi used Shibuki in his hand to chop off Yukimo's head.
Looking at Yukimo's unwilling eyes, Jinpachi Munashi mocked him.
"Hmph! Idiot! It's not like I didn't see your clansmen using those mutual destruction techniques.
Did you think I'd be stupid enough to just rush in? Can't I just throw Kibaku Fuda?"
After saying that, he walked back the way he came.
"Just a little rookie spoiled by his clan..."
...The next day, inside the Mizukage's office.
Yagura was handing a scroll to the Sandaime Mizukage.
"Reporting to Mizukage-sama, this is all the property and land deeds we seized from the Yuki Clan.
The Yuki Clan's foundations were indeed very substantial. Although they took a hit a dozen years ago, it was only a slight impact; they didn't even touch their hidden assets.
According to the information we found in the Clan Head's manor, the Yuki Clan's hidden assets might be as high as three billion.
Adding these public assets, shops, and fields, it totals a full five billion in assets."
The Sandaime Mizukage spoke while looking at the documents Yagura handed over and listening to his summary.
"Normal! After all, it's the accumulation of a prestigious family over a thousand years. If they didn't have that much money, that would be abnormal!
Moreover, the Yuki Clan hasn't faced many enemies in a thousand years; they could be considered local tyrants in this region."
"Mizukage-sama! Since the Yuki Clan is so wealthy, then the other two clans..."
Hearing what the Sandaime Mizukage said, Yagura asked.
He couldn't help it; it was simply too much.
With this much money, Kirigakure could develop into anything!
Yagura himself didn't dare to imagine it.
"The other two clans are paupers!"
"Ah!" Hearing the Sandaime Mizukage's words, Yagura, who was still fantasizing, was stunned for a moment. "That's impossible, Mizukage-sama. Even the Yuki Clan has that much money, and the other two clans are equally famous. How could they be paupers?"
Looking at Yagura's face full of disbelief.
The Sandaime Mizukage expressed that he could understand, because he had the same expression before.
But to answer Yagura's doubt, the Sandaime Mizukage still spoke.
"The Kaguya Clan were originally refugees who fled here. Do you think they could have money after falling to such a state?"
"Uh..."
True!
How much money could a group of refugees have!
"Then the Hōzuki Clan..."
"The Hōzuki Clan is indeed a local clan! But who told Kirigakure to produce a Gengetsu Hōzuki!"
"???"
There's a story!
Seeing Yagura's eyes hungry for gossip.
The Sandaime Mizukage felt in a good mood today and said.
"Back then, Byakuren had an agreement with the Hōzuki Clan. He was willing to take the Hōzuki Clan Head's son as a disciple and let him be the next leader.
In exchange, the Hōzuki Clan needed to provide support during the construction of Kirigakure.
The Hōzuki Clan Head agreed at the time. After all, the next leader would be his own son; there was no reason not to support him.
Ultimately, before and after the village's construction, the Hōzuki Clan shelled out five or six hundred million in assets."
"That's not that much!"
"Mm. It's indeed not much, because the bulk hadn't been shelled out yet!"
"Finally, Byakuren passed away from illness, and Gengetsu Hōzuki successfully became the Nidaime Mizukage. This made the Hōzuki Clan extremely happy at the time.
Because through Byakuren's efforts, Kirigakure was already one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, and the village's leader was also called the Mizukage.
It was equivalent to someone originally just wanting to be a county magistrate, but suddenly becoming a provincial governor.
How could they not be happy?"
"True! Then what happened later? Logically, since Nidaime-sama became the Mizukage, shouldn't the Hōzuki Clan be even richer?"
"Haha! That can only be said that Byakuren taught him well!"