Pokémon Ninja Scrolls of the Mizukage

Chapter 563: Defending the Ring, Any Cat or Dog~
This so-called Rain Village Jonin Pain is naturally the new identity disguised by Nagato.

Of course, the name was also the work of Jianchuan Ju, a guy with a bad taste.

When Nagato saw that Rasa was so disrespectful to his friend, he must have looked unhappy.

But there was nothing wrong with what Luo Sha said.

You Kages came to the Rain Country in your busy schedule, not to attend any ribbon-cutting ceremony, but to quickly select the commander of the maintenance force.

Upon seeing this, Yahiko first winked at Nagato secretly, and then spoke to the five Kages present with his smile still on his face.

"Then everyone please come to the training ground first."

Different from the previous Chunin Exams.

After all, the selection of the commander of the peacekeeping force is an internal matter of the joint force and is not a show or publicity in itself.

So naturally there is no special selection venue or attention from outsiders.

Of course, it is also necessary to establish prestige for the future commander of this force in advance so that he can better command this complex force in the future.

Therefore, the ninjas sent by the six families were the only "audience" present.

Instead, the battle location was randomly set in a huge training ground next to the headquarters base of the maintenance and coordination force.

Similarly, since there is no need to consider the viewing experience, the selection process is also quite simple.

"Everyone in the maintenance and coordination team, there is only one selection rule this time."

"One on one defense!"

"From this moment on, any member of the maintenance team from the five major ninja villages who is confident in his own strength can take the initiative to stand in the center of the training ground to accept the challenge, until he defeats all opponents and wins the final victory, and then he will automatically become the first commander-in-chief of this team!"

Although Yuyin was allowed to join the maintenance and coordination force this time, he did not participate in the fight for the power of commander-in-chief.

So as the host and presenter, Yahiko took the initiative to step back after saying the above words and made room for everyone.

In fact, although Yahiko said that all members of the maintenance forces of the five major ninja villages present can participate in the competition for the position of commander-in-chief.

But in fact, when each village was selecting personnel, they had already decided who was truly qualified to compete for this position.

At best, we can prepare one or two more candidates just in case.

So even if the rules allow for round-robin battles, the five major ninja villages would not really do so for the sake of face.

As the shadows of the five villages took their seats, Jianchuan Tachibana also looked at the ninjas sent by each ninja village this time.

Apart from those Chunins and Genins who were destined to be just ordinary team members, each village basically only sent three to four Jonins.

Among them, there is Hoshigaki Kisame of Kirigakure, Magnetic Release Troy of Kumogakure, Yellow Earth of Iwagakure, and um, the puppeteer who accompanied Rasa to the Five Kage Summit last time, and whose name Tachibana Jiangawa still doesn't know.

and Uchiha Fugaku of Konoha.

It is estimated that he is the real candidate for the position of commander-in-chief this time.

Yes.

Although Jianchuan Ju had previously told Uchiha Fugaku that there was no need to abandon the reorganization work within the Uchiha clan in order to come to the maintenance troops for help.

However, I don't know how Uchiha Fugaku convinced the Konoha's top leaders.

This time, he was still among the personnel selected by Konoha to join the maintenance force.

When Jianchuan Ju learned about this later, he did not choose to continue persuading.

Anyway, as long as there is no problem in the general direction, he is too lazy to undermine the subjective initiative of his subordinates.

However, just when Jianchuan Ju was thinking about whether to signal Hoshigaki Kisame to let him go first and end this boring fight as soon as possible, someone in the crowd of Konoha took the initiative to stand up and walked slowly towards the center of the training ground.

But this person was not Uchiha Fugaku who was standing at the forefront of the Konoha troops.

Instead, he was a skinny middle-aged man who looked to be about 40 or 50 years old, carrying an iron pot on his back.

"They actually sent this guy out? Konoha really spent a lot of money!"

When he glanced casually earlier, Jianchuan Ju did not notice this person.

But when he walked out of the crowd, the big iron pot behind him was so dazzling that it was hard not to be impressed by him.

"My name is Maruboshi Kosuke. Although my strength is mediocre, I should be able to serve as a guide for you gentlemen."

That's right, the Konoha ninja who walked out at this time with an iron pot on his back could certainly not be the legendary 'Pot Shadow' Danzo Shimura.

But it is another legend, the representative of Konoha's ten thousand-year-old Genin, Maruboshi Kosuke.

In the original work, he was clearly one of the strongest jonins, but because he had killed his teammates in his youth, he was filled with remorse and was willing to be a genin for the rest of his life.

Unexpectedly, he was invited by Minato Namikaze to join the maintenance force.

"So, the commander of the maintenance and coordination force doesn't count as a promotion, right?"

While Jianchuan Ju was silently complaining in his heart, many people also cast puzzled glances at Maruboshi Kosuke.

In fact, more than ten years ago, Maruboshi Kosuke was ordered by the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen to only accept missions at the Genin level.

Therefore, even most of the ninjas on the Konoha side are not aware of his true strength.

There was a lot of whispering in the room.

The burly man standing at the front of the Sand Village crowd, whose name is still unknown, may have heard the word "Genin" repeatedly mentioned by the Konoha ninjas next to him.

With a look of disdain on his face, Maruboshi Kosuke, carrying the puppet behind him, strode towards the center of the training ground.

"Are all the Genin in Konoha so unruly? Old man, the position of commander is not something that just any Tom, Dick or Harry is qualified to compete for!"

As he spoke, the burly man slowly untied the huge puppet wrapped in bandages behind him.

With a loud 'bang', it hit the ground heavily.

The flimsy dirt floor of the training ground was instantly smashed into a medium-sized pit by the strange puppet standing in front of him.

As the bandages wrapped around the puppet slowly fell off, a slightly bloated black humanoid puppet was exposed to everyone without reservation.

In theory, in order to make the puppets more controllable, most puppeteers would choose lighter wooden materials.

However, this person's puppet also has wood texture on the surface.

But no matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with lightness.

The man and puppet in the Sand Village both have a solid and heavy style.

It formed a sharp contrast with the slightly thin figure of Maruboshi Kosuke in the distance.

However, facing this man's merciless ridicule and this strange puppet that was full of oppression, Maruboshi Kosuke still had a smiling look on his face, without any sign of fear or hesitation.

"Since the rule is that everyone can run for election, then an old guy like me certainly has the qualifications."

"As for whether it is just a cat or a dog, you need to test it yourself~"

(End of this chapter)