Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 124 Peeping from the Dark

Fuku didn't react much to the suggestion from Kanakawa Tachibana that he needed more rest.

I don't know if they actually listened to me or not.

He simply suggested again that Tachibana Kenkawa help Utakata get a checkup.

The other four members of the secret service also seemed to take Fu's words very seriously.

After confirming that the Jinchuriki's seal was intact, he consciously stepped aside to allow Tachibana Kenkawa to come and check.

However, these members of the ANBU kept their eyes fixed on Tachibana Kenkawa the whole time, which made them seem somewhat dutiful.

"Aside from some malnutrition, she's fine and should wake up in a little while."

After a quick check, Jianchuan Ju didn't do anything extra.

The treatment I just gave Fuku actually took a lot of energy, and besides, Jinchuriki can heal their injuries on their own.

Therefore, Tachibana Kenkawa didn't bother to use medical ninjutsu on the other party.

Seeing that the medical ninja had reached a conclusion, the leader of the ANBU was relieved and directly picked up Utaka and led him into the still intact thatched hut on the other side.

Ignoring the other person's actions, Jianchuan Ju returned to Fu's side and asked.

"Captain Fu, what's the plan next?"

Fu glanced at Jianchuan Ju, hesitated for a moment, and then answered.

"I requested your transfer here to assist the Six-Tails Jinchuriki in his training, and your other Anbu missions will be temporarily suspended."

"However, it seems that the subsequent training may be delayed by a few days. You can choose to continue to go back to carry out the mission, or go back to wait for orders."

I will notify you when I need your assistance.

Upon hearing this, Jianchuan Ju's eyes lit up.

"Is this for real? Going back to standby is practically a holiday!"

These past few days, the work done in the shadows has been incredibly busy.

After arriving home, Tachibana Kenkawa basically fell asleep immediately, having no time to practice her long-awaited flying skills.

Even the newly acquired golden skill, "Wings of Return to Heaven," was only tested twice during a few nights of staying up late before I didn't delve into it further.

Besides, the pay for these routine missions in the shadows is pitifully low; who would want to go back to carry out missions?

"Captain Fuku, I choose to go back and await further orders! The mission here is more important, and I'm afraid that going back to participate in other missions will interfere with my training as a Jinchūriki!"

Fu watched Jianchuan Ju's excited expression with some speechlessness, selectively ignoring the other party's blatant laziness.

"Okay, then you can go back and wait for orders. I'll contact you in advance when it's time to train Yugao next time."

Seeing the other person waving them away, Jianchuan Ju didn't care and happily turned to leave.

But then he suddenly remembered something and stopped to look at Fu.

"Captain, it might not be a good thing to invest too much emotion in a Jinchuriki."

After saying that, Tachibana Kanagawa took out two packets of medicine from his ninja tool bag and tossed them to the other person.

"Your injuries are still quite serious. This is a medicine I prepared myself, half for internal use and half for external use. Remember to take good care of your injuries."

Ignoring the other person's reaction, Jianchuan Ju strode towards the entrance of the valley.

"Did you invest too much emotion?"

Fu looked at the medicine in his hand, muttering to himself, seemingly lost in thought.

After leaving the valley where the Jinchūriki were imprisoned, Tachibana Kenkawa regretted his meddling earlier.

Mainly, after getting to know Fu over this period of time, I feel that he is a pretty good person.

Jianchuan Ju vaguely remembered that in the original work, Utakata seemed to have defected from Kirigakure due to some misunderstanding about the cleric killing.

Although I don't remember what that teacher from Yugao High School looked like, I wonder if he is the current Fuku.

However, Tachibana Kanakawa still offered a word of advice.

"Forget it, why worry so much? We don't even know what the future holds."

With all the distractions gone from her mind, Jianchuan Ju just wanted to go home and rest as soon as possible to relieve the fatigue from working for so many days.

However, what Tachibana Kanakawa didn't know was...

After he left the valley, a pale-skinned, green-haired figure slowly peeked out from the ground, looked at his back, and muttered to himself.

"Oh dear, it's that interesting brat again. Should I go and tell Lord Madara?"

"Let's forget about it. Reporting something like this is pointless; I'll probably get yelled at by Madara again."

After muttering a few nonsensical words, the pale figure slowly disappeared back into the ground. Surprisingly, none of the numerous secret agents stationed around the valley noticed its presence.

"Bluey~ I'm back~"

Unaware that she had been noticed by White Zetsu, Tachibana Kanagawa excitedly called out to Ran-zai as soon as she got home.

However, there was no response.

"Could it be that he went to training with Ming and the others?"

Jianchuan Ju went into the bedroom again to check, and after confirming that Lanzi was indeed not at home, she decided not to summon it back.

However, after working overtime continuously, he used up a lot of chakra today to treat Fuku's injuries.

After thinking about it, Jianchuan Ju decided to give up the idea of ​​going to the training ground.

He collapsed onto his soft bed and fell asleep.

It wasn't until after nightfall that Tachibana Kanakawa woke up from her sleep when she heard the door open.

"Quack~Σ(￣д￣)"

Lanzi, carrying a small dried fish in its mouth, was somewhat surprised that its owner had come home to rest so early today.

Even after confirming that it was Lanzi who opened the door, some sleepy-eyed Jianchuan Ju did not get out of bed.

He mumbled a greeting and then went back to sleep.

After swallowing the half-eaten dried fish in one gulp, it put away all the other snacks that Mei Terumi had given it.

Lanzi then hopped over to the bedside and looked at the exhausted-looking Jianchuan Ju.

Lanzi reached out her little hand and gently smoothed Jianchuan Ju's furrowed brows. After tidying up her own little bed, she quickly fell asleep as well.

"Ha~~~"

Jianchuan Ju stretched out a big yawn and immediately rolled over and got up.

Jianchuan Ju, who was initially a little sleepy, became much more energetic after smelling the delicious aroma of breakfast.

"Lanzi~ Your cooking skills are getting better and better."

Jianchuan Ju licked her cheeks and praised her increasingly all-around capable little frog.

I don't know when it started, but the job of cooking at home fell from Jianchuan Ju to Lanzai.

However, when Jianchuan Ju came out of the bedroom, she was shocked by the scene in front of her.

「呱~ヾ(*OO*)」x3

Jianchuan Ju rubbed his eyes.

However, there were still three blue-clad men bustling about in front of them.

"Blue Boy? You've learned how to use water to create clones?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words were spoken, the figures of the three "Blue Boys" quickly became illusory.

Then the three little frogs slowly disappeared while their images were flashing at high speed, leaving only the last one in the middle, Blue Boy, holding a water bottle.

"Shadow clone?"

Seeing its owner's still somewhat confused and puzzled expression.

Lanzi jumped happily in front of Jianchuan Ju and nodded repeatedly.

"Croak~(≧≦)"

Seeing the little frog's pleading look, Jianchuan Ju decisively picked it up and rubbed its head.

"Lanzi is getting more and more amazing!"

Here's an update: I wrote 8000 words today, but please allow me to keep some drafts on hand.

This week, I've been working myself to the bone trying to keep updating, and I feel the quality has dropped a bit. Actually, before, I would always read through each chapter again and make some adjustments before publishing, but now that time is too tight, I sometimes skip this step.

Having some drafts saved up over the weekend can help me relax a bit.

Writing novels is something I enjoy very much right now, and I don't want it to become a burden too soon.

Please bear with me.

(End of this chapter)