Pokémon Ninja Scrolls of the Mizukage

Chapter 318 Funeral
Elder Yuanshi standing by looked at Jianchuan Ju with eyes full of kindness.

It seemed that Jianchuan Ju was satisfied with the welcome today, and he himself felt happy too.

As for what Jianchuan Ju said about the "change in village style", Elder Yuanshi didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Since it has been confirmed that Jianchuan Ju will be the next Mizukage, the general direction of the matter will naturally be decided by the Mizukage.

When they arrived at the Mizukage's office, Qing did not follow the two in.

After the front-line troops withdrew, there was still a lot of personnel arrangement work that needed his attention.

The other accompanying personnel basically did what they were supposed to do.

In the end, only Jianchuan Ju and Elder Yuanshi stayed.

Elder Yuanshi's original intention was to talk to Jianchuan Ju about the previous peace talks with Konoha and the village's future arrangements.

After all, although we had been in contact through letters before, it was not as convenient as communicating face to face.

However, as soon as he walked into the Mizukage's office, before Elder Yuanshi could speak, Jianchuan Ju, who was rubbing his face, suddenly spoke.

"Why didn't Mizukage-sama show up today?"

Upon hearing this, Elder Yuanshi's expression tightened, and then he immediately sighed.

Jianchuan Ju asked this not because he was arrogant enough to think that the 'Third-generation Mizukage' must come out to greet him in person.

Instead, the so-called 'Third Mizukage' has always been impersonated by the elder Yuanshi's bodyguard Quanbei.

Given Elder Yuanshi's character, he would not have forgotten to ask the Third Mizukage to show up since he had made such a big scene to welcome him and his group today.

On the contrary, if the 'Third Mizukage' does not show up at this time, it will arouse others' suspicion.

The cane in Elder Yuanshi's hand trembled slightly, and he spoke slowly.

"I have informed all the jonin in the village of the Sandaime's death."

Upon hearing this, Jianchuan Ju stopped what he was doing and looked at the other party with puzzled eyes.

"why?"

Originally, Jianchuan Tachibana hoped to announce the death of the Third Mizukage after he officially succeeded as the Fourth Hokage after the war was over.

This also allows the old man who has been leading Kirigakure to be able to complete this Ninja World War from beginning to end.

For some unknown reason, Elder Yuanshi suddenly announced the news ahead of time.

Elder Yuanshi stared at Jianchuan Ju's face, revealed a somewhat complicated smile, and explained.

"That old guy probably also hopes that it is you who will lead the Hidden Mist Village to victory this time."

Upon hearing this, Jianchuan Ju was stunned.

Just as he wanted to give the credit for this victory to the Third Mizukage.

Elder Yuanshi also believed that the old man would rather leave this victory to pave the way for Jianchuan Ju, the future Mizukage.

Seeing Jianchuan Ju fall into silence and remain silent, Elder Yuanshi still spoke to comfort him.

"Don't have too much psychological burden, this is your victory."

"Ah."

In the end, Jianchuan Ju just responded lightly and stopped talking.

After the room was silent for a while, he spoke again.

"Prepare for a funeral."

Elder Yuanshi, who had been silently accompanying Jianchuan Ju, originally wanted to persuade him to wait a little longer.

After all, the village had just been celebrating a great victory, so it might be inappropriate to hold a funeral right away.

But after seeing Jianchuan Ju's determined eyes, he didn't say anything more.

Turn around and arrange the relevant matters.

The next morning.

The Hidden Mist Village, which was bustling yesterday, now seemed unusually quiet. The village was always covered by fog, and today there was a thick layer of dark clouds in the sky, making the atmosphere in the village even more depressing.

This funeral was not only held for the Third Mizukage, but also for all the Kirigakure ninjas who died in this war.

The Kirigakure ninjas dressed in black stood in a neat row in front of the memorial tablet in the village.

The silence is unsettling.

It seemed that the dark clouds had gathered to a certain extent, and a drizzle began to fall from the sky, dripping on everyone's head.

Elder Yuanshi stood in front of the tombstone and read the eulogy in a calm voice.

After discussing with Jianchuan Ju yesterday, the two defined the death of the Third Mizukage as being due to severe injuries sustained on the battlefield, coupled with illness caused by overwork.

Perhaps in the eyes of most Kirigakure ninjas, the Third Mizukage showed more majesty and even cruelty.

But maybe it was influenced by today's atmosphere.

The passing of this old man, who may have been in office longer than most ninjas, still leaves many people a little overwhelmed.

It was as if the old man should sit in that position forever.

Similarly, the Kirigakure ninjas seem to have become indifferent to life and death.

When I heard the names, familiar or unfamiliar, appear on the death list, I seemed to feel the heaviness of war a little.

Following the calm voice of Elder Yuanshi, the final eulogy was read out.

Standing at the front of the team, Jianchuan Ju, who was also dressed in black, walked forward slowly.

Recalling his promise to the Third Mizukage in his mind, he placed a white flower in front of the memorial tablet and quietly stepped aside.

Watching a ninja holding a white flower walk forward and leave the flower behind.

I also thought that these people might have been surrounded by colorful flowers yesterday.

Jianchuan Ju slowly raised his head, his mind cleared, and looked at the dark clouds in the sky.

"Ninjas are a strange bunch."

Fine raindrops slowly slid down Jianchuanju's cheeks.

Time seemed to slow down at this moment.

It was unknown how long it was before Jianchuan Tachibana came to his senses when the last ninja left the cemetery.

The drizzle had stopped at some point.

At this moment, a ray of sunlight penetrated the dark clouds in the sky, and also penetrated the fog that lingered in the Hidden Mist Village all year round, and splashed in front of Jianchuan Ju.

Seeing this beam of sunlight, even Jianchuanju himself suddenly smiled for some reason.

Then he casually shook off the raindrops on his hair and strode out of the cemetery.

Over the next two days, there was wild celebration followed by a solemn funeral.

Most of the people in the Hidden Mist Village seemed to have consumed too much energy in this tug of war.

For more than ten days thereafter, the entire Kirigakure Village was eerily peaceful.

It seemed as if everyone had suddenly returned to the unchanging daily life before the war began.

Jianchuan Ju also officially moved into the Mizukage office, and with the assistance of Elder Yuanshi and Qing, he handled various affairs in the village.

"Orange."

Jianchuan Ju, who had just approved the "Application for Subsidy for the Injured", heard the elder Yuanshi calling him, and immediately looked at him.

Elder Yuanshi walked in with a scroll in his hand and spoke.

"The reply from the Daming side came, and they want to invite you to go to the Daming Mansion."

Fortunately, I typed a lot of words on the high-speed rail today.

I didn’t get back to the hotel until nine o’clock in the evening, and I almost didn’t finish writing two chapters.

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(End of this chapter)