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Others might care about Uchiha Miyuki's intentions in disguising himself as Hozuki Suigetsu, but Terumi Mei didn't care at all. She had seen everything Uchiha Miyuki brought to Kirigakure and had her own judgment. If she only wanted to know these things, she wouldn't have left Kirigakure to come to Konoha herself.

There's only one thing she cares about.

"Those things don't matter. I just want to know... why you chose me back then."

Uchiha Miyuki was taken aback. Wasn't this the key point he had been making?

He paused for a moment before speaking.

"Because I see the future of Kirigakure in you."

Mei Terumi glanced down instinctively, and apart from the bulge in her chest that blocked her view, she couldn't even see her toes. Her expression immediately turned strange.

"You have a really peculiar way of looking at people."

Uchiha Miyuki was speechless.

"What are you thinking?! The future I'm talking about isn't about breasts! It's about the qualities you possess!"

"Back then, I was just an ordinary Jonin in the village."

“That’s just because you didn’t realize it.” After a pause, Uchiha Miyuki continued, “Actually, I was secretly watching you on the battlefield in the Land of Bears. It wasn’t until the situation stabilized that I decided to entrust the future of Kirigakure to you… As it turns out, I didn’t make the wrong choice.”

Mei Terumi paused for a moment before speaking.

"Since you've already become the Fifth Mizukage, why did you leave? In that situation, no one would have doubted your identity."

Uchiha Miyuki said with a wry smile.

"I don't want to live a life where I have to be careful about my identity being exposed all the time. That's too depressing and too tiring!"

Mei Terumi couldn't help but pause in surprise.

"Just because of that?"

"Yes! The reason I promoted you to Shadow Guard ahead of schedule was because there were just too many official duties."

"..."

Now it was Mei Terumi's turn to be speechless.

"Don't reveal the truth like this."

Uchiha Miyuki couldn't help but chuckle before speaking again to Mei Terumi.

"What else do you want to know?!"

Mei Terumi paused for a moment before asking the question that was most important to her.

"What am I to you?!"

As for whether Uchiha Miyuki took advantage of Kirigakure's affairs?!

Mei Terumi didn't care or pay attention.

Unlike the original story, Mei Terumi did not become the Mizukage to bring about change to Kirigakure. The current Mei Terumi is a follower of the Fifth Mizukage, Hozuki Mizuki. Just as Mei Terumi always emphasizes... she is not the Sixth Mizukage, but merely a shadow guard who temporarily takes over the reins of the Fifth Mizukage.