Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 129 An Unexpected Enemy

Three days later, in an abandoned village on the border of the Land of Water.

A burly member of the ANBU crouched down, examining the ashes in the abandoned house that still held a trace of warmth.

"Captain, that bastard has been gone for no more than two hours."

Fu ignored his subordinates' somewhat impatient mood and instead turned his gaze to another member of the Dark Guard wearing a shark-tooth mask.

Having been misled by the forged traces of the other party several times before, Fu now had to be cautious.

Upon seeing the look Fu cast at him, the other person immediately understood and spoke up.

"You can use it again in 10 minutes."

Fu nodded upon hearing this and gave the order.

"Rest here for 10 minutes and then continue."

Upon hearing the captain's order, everyone began to rest and recover, but a somber atmosphere still permeated the pursuit team.

Of the nine secret agents who set out, only six remain.

As for the three who were missing...

Ironically, the last time a Chunin tracked down a village, they discovered traces of the enemy.

Everyone immediately split into groups to search, and they thought that grouping three people together was already taking the attacker very seriously.

As a result, all three members of the group were ambushed and killed by the enemy.

What made these secret agents even more ashamed was when their comrades were killed by the enemy.

The others who rushed to the scene after hearing the commotion didn't even get a chance to touch the attacker's clothes before he escaped again.

As the most elite ANBU ninja of Kirigakure, he was repeatedly outmaneuvered and even killed by the enemy without losing track of them.

This left the somewhat arrogant Anbu ninjas, who had been holding their breath, feeling resentful.

Moreover, the Third Mizukage had assigned them the task of hunting down the person who attacked the Jinchuriki. If they returned empty-handed, they could forget about ever surviving in Kirigakure again.

Although Tachibana Kanagawa has a variety of abilities, she lacks any ability in pursuit, so at this point she can only follow the main force and obey orders.

As Jianchuan Tachibana sat down to rest, she looked at the Shark Tooth Masked Dark Member who had spoken earlier.

After working together for several days, Tachibana Kanagawa had gained a general understanding of this ANBU member.

This person's code name is "Shark".

After so many days of pursuit, the fact that he hasn't completely lost track of the enemy is largely thanks to his abnormal tracking ability.

As the ace of the Anbu pursuit ninja squad, Shark had previously been assigned to guard the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, Utakata.

With its special electromagnetic induction ability, it can continuously lock onto the marked target and sense the direction of the locked target every once in a while.

The Hidden Mist Village leadership placed him in the nameless valley as a precaution in case the Jinchūriki were lost.

However, this time, just as the enemy was attacking, Shark used his hunter's mark-like ability to mark the enemy.

This prevented the pursuit from failing outright due to the opponent's cunning and skillful disguise.

In fact, the enemy's difficulty this time was somewhat beyond Tachibana Kenkawa's expectations.

There was only one enemy who actually infiltrated the nameless valley in three days, attempting to get close to the Tailed Beast.

However, the opponent escaped multiple times using his skillful disguise techniques, and continued to roam freely within the Land of Water, even managing to turn the tables and kill his opponent.

The bodies of the three ANBU members who died were disposed of by Tachibana Kenkawa.

All three were killed by a single, powerful punch. One of them had his sternum completely collapsed from the front, while the other two were attacked from behind, their bodies pierced through by the punch.

If the body hadn't shown no signs of being burned by lightning, Tachibana Kanagawa would have even suspected that it was an act of revenge by A from Kumogakure.

It should be noted that ninjas who can achieve this level of taijutsu are rare even in the entire ninja world.

Ten minutes passed quickly.

Everyone immediately turned their attention to the shark that was twitching its nostrils.

Suddenly, the shark opened its eyes and pointed to a grove of trees in the distance.

"West! The enemy is moving rapidly, approaching the coastline!"

Everyone immediately realized that the enemy was trying to escape by sea.

Upon hearing this, Fu immediately ordered, "Chase!"

The six members of the secret service immediately set off, speeding up to chase after the direction Shark had pointed.

They hadn't gone far when they discovered traces of the enemy fleeing into the woods.

It wasn't that the group was too busy rushing to carefully search for any traces.

Instead, a straight path suddenly appeared in the dense forest.

The area ahead looked as if it had been trampled by a raging wild boar. Large numbers of trees had collapsed, and dirt and grass clippings were scattered everywhere.

Fu, who was leading the way, kept walking and shouted a reminder.

"Looks like they're no longer going to hide! Full speed ahead, take this guy down!"

"Yes!" x5

With a command from Fu, all the pursuing members accelerated again, rushing at full speed along the path opened up by the enemy.

However, Tachibana Kanakawa, who was also accelerating along with her teammates, was secretly on high alert.

At this moment, the group was very close to the border of the Land of Water.

Although the enemy may have discovered that their hidden forces had caught up with them, leaving them no choice but to flee at all costs.

But what makes this person think that by running to the sea, he can escape the pursuit of these Hidden Mist ninja?

The memory of being ambushed by Konoha while chasing Yakushi Nono is still fresh in my mind.

"Captain! They're right ahead!"

Since the pursuit team had reached the edge of the forest, there were basically no obstacles in front of them.

With the blessing of "sharp eyesight", Tachibana Kenkawa was already able to see the figure running wildly in the distance.

The opponent's somewhat burly physique, and the fact that each stomp he made when he ran created a considerable crater, seemed to confirm everyone's previous guess that he was a martial arts expert.

"Why does that figure's clothing look so familiar?"

Regardless of what Tachibana Kanagawa was thinking, everyone prepared for battle upon hearing that the enemy was ahead.

Then, just as the members of the Dark Guard were chasing the fleeing enemy to a cliff.

The other person suddenly turned around to face the crowd, gripped the ground with both hands, and used all four limbs to stop their steps.

After leaving four long tracks on the ground, they finally stopped at the edge of the cliff.

The six members of the Dark Guard, including Tachibana Kenkawa, quickly spread out and surrounded the man on the edge of the steep cliff.

However, before the leader, Fu, could even step forward and say a few polite words, the burly man in front of him suddenly began to shrink.

One second he was a muscular hunk like Shimotsuki Ichiro.

The muscles that were about to burst out of his clothes disappeared in the next moment, and he returned to being a white-haired old man who looked somewhat elegant.

Jianchuan Ju stared blankly at this person.

If she had only thought the other person's attire was somewhat familiar before, now that she saw the ability to urinate and defecate anywhere, Tachibana Kanagawa immediately recognized the other person's identity.

He is the villainous boss who calls himself Shennong in the original theatrical version.

As one of the few Naruto movies I've ever watched, Tachibana Kanagawa has a very deep impression of this guy.

Because in my previous life, I watched the Shippuden movie after watching the Shippuden movie.

Whether it was the Void Ninja, the Zero-Tails, or the opponent's claim that he could open all eight gates without taking any damage, all of these completely overturned his understanding at the time.

However, what Jianchuan Ju couldn't understand was why the other party would dare to come to Kirigakure to provoke the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.

(End of this chapter)