Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 121 Working People

Time slips away silently.

Looking at the completely dark night boredly, Jianchuan Ju leaned lazily against the outer wall of the Mizukage Building.

"Does the old man, the Mizukage, work this late every day?"

Looking down now, there were hardly any people to be seen near the Water Shadow Building.

The lights in most of the houses in Kirigakure had long been turned off.

However, the Third Mizukage continued to work diligently in his office.

On the contrary, Elder Yuan, who seemed to be more responsible, had already gone back to rest early in the evening.

Jianchuan Ju lifted her mask and, with a look of utter despair, tossed a soldier's ration into her mouth.

These are just ordinary military rations for sustenance.

After all, I'm on guard duty, and there's no time to eat if there's no shift change.

To be honest, Jianchuan Ju had only eaten this kind of hard-to-swallow food-type soldier ration pill a few times while on the battlefield.

However, just as Tachibana Kenkawa swallowed the soldier's ration pill, the Third Mizukage in the office stood up, seemingly preparing to go back to rest.

"This! I have a feeling something dirty is targeting me!"

Just when Jianchuan Ju thought he could finally take a break.

Kisame Hoshigaki, who had been standing ramrod straight, made a gesture to him and spoke.

"Come on, keep up."

Tachibana was a little dumbfounded, but seeing that Kisame Hoshigaki had already jumped to the other side of the roof, she had no choice but to quickly follow.

"Shou, what are we supposed to do next?"

Kisame Hoshigaki seemed a little puzzled as to why such a question would be asked, and turned to look at Tachibana Kenkawa.

"Of course, we will continue to protect you, Lord Third Generation."

"Didn't I tell Dr. Lu? The guard duties are rotated every day."

After hearing Hoshigaki Kisame's explanation, Tachibana Kanegawa almost lost his balance and fell off the side of the Mizukage Building.

"Don't ANBU ninjas need sleep?"

Unexpectedly, Hoshigaki Kisame said it as a matter of course.

"Tomorrow we will have time to rest and train, after which we will continue to rotate to other parts of the village for patrol or guard duties."

After thinking for a moment, Kisame Hoshigaki added one last sentence.

"This is how it's arranged when there are no missions. It's a perk for the Dark Division when they're resting."

"Is this still considered a benefit?"

Suddenly, Tachibana Kanakawa realized that she didn't seem to like her job in the Anbu as much as she used to.

"As expected, I hate working part-time the most!"

Jianchuan Ju silently complained about this weird working system in his heart.

You know, for some time before, the Jianchuanju team lived a very free and easy life.

Although they train very hard, the tasks they receive are very random. They usually only pick and choose a relatively easy task to complete after resting and training for 5 or 6 days.

"Sigh, working people have no choice in what they do."

Kisame Hoshigaki looked at Tachibana Kanagawa, who was sighing beside him, completely bewildered, and didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, the Third Mizukage had already left the Mizukage Building by then.

The two stopped talking and followed quietly along with the Anbu guarding other locations.

However, they hadn't gone far from the Water Shadow Building when they arrived at a house in a relatively open area.

"Is this the Mizukage's house?"

Jianchuan Ju looked at the house below in some disbelief.

It's not that the Third Mizukage's residence was particularly strange.

But Jianchuan Ju had never imagined that the Third Mizukage had been the absolute leader of the Hidden Mist Village for decades.

The place they're staying is surprisingly simple?

"That's right, this is the residence of the Third Generation Lord."

Fu, who had appeared out of nowhere, spoke with a hint of admiration in his voice.

"The Third Generation Lord has no family or relatives, and often sleeps directly in the Water Shadow Building."

Fuku seems to be explaining why the Third Mizukage's residence is so simple, or perhaps conveying some kind of emotion.

Upon hearing this, Tachibana Kanagawa felt as if she were getting to know the old man who had single-handedly propelled the Blood Mist Village in a whole new light.

It's no wonder that despite the flaws of the Blood Mist policy, so many Hidden Mist ninjas are still proud to be from the 'Village of the Blood Mist'.

"Captain Fu!" x2

After hearing this, Jianchuan Ju and the other person turned around and greeted each other.

Fu ignored their reactions and his tone returned to its coldness.

"You continue with your mission. I'm here to inform you that there's a change in your shift schedule. Meet at the Dark Army base tomorrow night at 10 PM."

"Understood." x2

When Fu saw that the two agreed, he left instantly.

I guess other staff on duty need to be notified.

After seeing the other person leave, Jianchuan Ju stroked his chin and thought.

"Could it be because of the mission the Third Mizukage assigned to the Anbu this afternoon?"

"But Captain Fu said there's a change in duty hours, not a change in the mission. It seems our squad doesn't need to go to the front lines between Wind and Fire."

"Hmm, it's possible that a large number of personnel from the secret service have been transferred out, so the workload for those remaining has increased?"

Jianchuan Ju was somewhat amused and exasperated, unsure whether to be relieved that she didn't have to carry out a dangerous mission, or to be annoyed that she might not have much rest time ahead.

"I was thinking of talking to Ming and the others about the situation after I rest tomorrow."

"Sigh, the flight training plan has to be postponed again."

Jianchuan Ju was daydreaming here.

Kisame Hoshigaki, standing to the side, remained silent.

Since everyone was wearing masks, it was impossible to know what expressions the others were making.

Nothing happened that night; the Third Mizukage was probably indeed resting.

They didn't send any more secret agents to deliver messages.

Like a dutiful doorman, Tachibana Kenkawa stayed up all night.

The sky is bright.

Jianchuan Ju yawned, exchanged secret signals with the Anbu who came to take over the shift, then said goodbye to Hoshigaki Kisame and went home to rest.

Upon entering the house, I discovered that the little frog was surprisingly making breakfast by itself.

Jianchuan Ju smiled and stepped forward to take a peeled egg and put it in her mouth.

"Quack! =.=#"

"Okay, okay, I'll peel one for you."

Rubbing Lanzai's little head, Jianchuan Ju picked up another egg and deftly twirled it between her fingertips.

In just a moment, a peeled, white and smooth egg appeared in Jianchuan Ju's hand.

Dispersing the chakra scalpel from her fingertips, and handing the egg to the somewhat delighted Lanzi, Jianchuan Ju continued.

"Why don't you go and train with Mei and Zabuza for the next few days?"

"The Dark Division will probably be quite busy with their missions soon, so it's not really appropriate to take you along."

Lan Zai held the egg, looked at it from left to right, and nodded nonchalantly, to show that he understood.

Tachibana Kanakawa didn't seem to care much about this.

While eating breakfast, he complained to Lanzi about how boring the guard duty in the secret service was.

"Okay, stop playing with the eggs and hurry up and finish your breakfast."

After lightly tapping Lan Zai, who had not taken a few bites of food yet, Jianchuan Ju gently pushed the plate towards him.

Lanzi reluctantly put the egg into his mouth, then quickly finished his breakfast.

Looking at Lanzai who went to wash the dishes on his own initiative, Jianchuanju stretched and walked into the bedroom.

"Lanzi, remember to wake me up when you get back from training tonight."

(End of this chapter)