Pokémon Ninja Scrolls of the Mizukage

Chapter 54: Successfully Returning to the Village (Fifth Update! Please Subscribe!)
A somewhat unfamiliar blade flashed through the air.

The masked ninja stepped back effortlessly, dodging the attack.

However, before he could rejoice over this, a short figure appeared behind him.

"Bang~"

With a dull thud, the masked ninja's back caved in and he spat out a mouthful of blood before falling to the ground.

It was only then that the slender blue figure appeared.

It was the newly evolved Blue Boy.

"Blue, good job!"

Seeing that all the enemies had been eliminated, Jianchuan Ju immediately walked up and touched Lan Zai's head.

"Quack~(～￣▽￣)～" Lanzai happily enjoyed the praise from his master.

When Mei Terumi saw that the battle here was over, she walked up to Qing and said with some sarcasm.

"Teacher Qing, the enemy seems to be looking down on you. They even sent out Genin."

Qing could only smile helplessly.

This is the third attack Team Qing has encountered in the past two days, since they got off the passenger ship and returned to the Water Country.

At the beginning of the first attack, the other side even sent a Jonin to lead an attack team of several Chunins.

Fortunately, with the reminder from Jianchuan Ju, Qing was able to hold back the opponent's senior ninja in the first place.

And after a brief test, the jonin realized that he could not kill any member of Team Ao, so he chose to retreat in order not to reveal his identity.

In this attack, the enemy only left behind a few Chunin corpses and ended the attack hastily.

After Qing examined the bodies of these Chunins, he found that there was indeed a tooth with a spell engraved on it hidden in the mouth of each of them, and the identity of the attacker was revealed.

After the first attack, the three little ones were on high alert for a long time, fearing that they would be ambushed again.

Who would have thought that the senior ninja never showed up again in the subsequent attacks, and the quality of the attackers became worse and worse, and they were visibly perfunctory.

In this last attack, most of the enemies were only of the strength of ordinary Genin.

Qing did not take action, but just stayed beside Shimotsuki Ichiro and watched the enemy attack. Jianchuan Ju and the other two eliminated all the enemies without much effort.

In fact, Qing didn't quite understand why the enemy arranged the attack in this way, and why the senior ninja didn't show up again.

Moreover, he had already passed the information back to Goji Yagura a few days ago.

Now the account book in his hand and the two ninjas from the Land of Craftsmen were just ordinary evidence. Ninjas usually didn't pay much attention to evidence, and only needed a result.

"Forget it, let's go. We'll be back to the village soon, let's speed up."

Qing shook his head helplessly and motioned for his disciples to follow.

Starting to hurry on the road again, Zabuza walked up to Jianchuan Tachibana with small steps and spoke with some disgust.

"I think you should return the knife to me. Don't let the enemy kill you directly because of using it."

Obviously, Zabuza, who had defeated his opponent long ago, came to complain after seeing the horrible swordsmanship of Jianchuan Tachibana.

Jianchuan Ju smiled awkwardly and began to defend himself.

"Well, I only dare to try it out because Teacher Qing is here to help."

Previously on the passenger ship, Jianchuan Ju finally agreed to Shimotsuki Ichiro's suggestion and decided to use part of the "Flying Peacock Twin Swords" as reward and materials to let the other party help build a new weapon.

However, it would take time to forge a weapon, so Jianchuan Ju asked Zabuza for his spare dagger.

First, you can practice swordsmanship when you have nothing to do.

Secondly, Jianchuan Ju thought that even if his swordsmanship was not good enough, carrying a short sword on his back could mislead his opponents and prevent them from getting close to him rashly, so he could make better use of his long-range advantage.

"Tsk, with your level, it's useless to try it out. You should practice the basic skills."

It's no wonder Zabuza mocked him. Jianchuan Tachibana's current swordsmanship level is not even among the best among the students in the ninja school. But after all, he is only 10 years old, so he can still practice a little later.

Moreover, Jianchuan Ju also thought of the scene of the previous battle against pirates. Some close combat is always inevitable in ninja battles. Having a better melee weapon will avoid the embarrassing situation of being directly cut off by the opponent's kunai.

"Hehe, maybe your swordsmanship will be worse than mine in the future."

Jianchuan Ju thought that maybe one day he would draw some melee skills and his swordsmanship would immediately soar to the sky, so he immediately stopped caring about Zabuza's words.

However, Zabuza didn't think so. He glanced at Jianchuan Tachibana with disdain and didn't want to talk to this guy anymore.

"Hehe, don't worry. Even if I'm better than you, I won't fight with you for the long knife and stitches."

Jianchuan Ju put his arm around Zabuza's shoulders and forced him to continue listening to his bragging.

Zabuza's eyes were almost rolled up to the sky at this moment.

However, Jianchuan Ju still noticed the handle of his short sword. There was a ring there at some point, and the steel wire ninja tool that he had given him was tied to it.

"These two guys."

Qing and Mei Terumi, who were walking in front, looked at each other, feeling helpless about the two noisy teammates behind them.

The five of them accelerated all the way back to the Hidden Mist Village, and finally completed the mission safely without experiencing any attacks.

"I'm back. It feels like this mission lasted a long time."

Walking into the village gate, Mei Terumi couldn't help but stretch herself, obviously feeling a lot more relaxed.

"It's mainly because the journey took too long, and the actual task didn't take much time."

Jianchuan Ju replied casually that it took more than ten days just to travel back and forth, and during that time he also had to find opportunities to do daily tasks.

Although these are relatively simple tasks, Jianchuan Ju really doesn't want to jump into the sea in public again to clean the seaweed from the hull of a passenger ship.

"And there was an attack on the way back."

Zabuza spoke up to remind him, obviously he was also being tortured badly.

Qing saw that the disciples were all complaining, so he spoke up to attract the attention of the three.

"Okay, let's send Mr. Shimotsuki back first, then take the mission certificate to the Mizukage Building to hand it over, and then we can go home."

Then Qing looked at the three people who looked a little tired and added a sentence.

"Have a day off tomorrow."

"Long live~"

After hearing this, Mei Terumi immediately cheered.

Even Jianchuan Ju and Zabuza had a hint of joy in their eyes.

In the Mizukage Building, the Third Mizukage looked through the glass window of his office at the figures of the Ao Squad walking into the Mizukage Building and said something meaningful.

"Young people nowadays, aren't they pretty good?"

Elder Yuanshi, who was sitting nearby, smiled and adjusted his cane before answering.

“They are indeed very good young people.”

However, Yagura Karuji and Yukifune, the chief of the Snow Clan, who were standing in front of the desk, just lowered their heads quietly without saying a word.

Seeing the four members of Team Ao completely enter the building, the Third Mizukage also withdrew his gaze.

After turning around and sitting back at his desk, he glanced back and forth between Karuju Yagura and Yukikaze with an indifferent expression.

He tapped his fingers on the table and spoke slowly.

"Now that Team Qing is back, tell me how you plan to solve the problem later."

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