Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 144 Conflict

Bored, Tachibana Yamakawa yawned as he watched the Sand Village troops chasing after them in the distance.

Perhaps there are skilled tracking ninjas like Shark in Sunagakure, because the enemy's main force has been moving in one clear direction ever since it began its operation.

This made Tachibana Kenkawa want to fly forward in the direction the Sand Village was heading to see if the escaped Anbu from the Mist Village were ahead.

However, thinking that if he were to expose his whereabouts again now, it probably wouldn't be as minor as before.

Jianchuan Ju managed to restrain her impulse.

Just as Tachibana Kenkawa was still wondering whether the Kirigakure frontline support troops would arrive first, or whether the Sunagakure pursuit troops would catch up with the Anbu first.

Several figures landed beside Jianchuan Ju with a series of 'whoosh' sounds.

She instinctively reached for the short sword and spear behind her back, but stopped after seeing who it was.

No wonder there was no warning about the danger.

"Captain Fu, it seems you didn't miss anything. Water Wrist and Illusion Butterfly relayed the information about this place to you, right?"

Yes, Water Arm and Phantom Butterfly are the codenames of Hozuki Shingetsu and Tamura Yuka in the Dark Side.

As she spoke, Jianchuan Ju waved and called the little frog to her side.

"I have already said that."

Fu replied succinctly.

"But Captain Fu, how did you find me?"

As soon as the question was asked, Jianchuan Ju seemed to understand something, and looked at the silent shark with a somewhat unfriendly gaze.

It must have been tracked by this guy's strange electromagnetic induction, but I don't know when he left me his coordinates.

The shark's ability was indeed somewhat strange; he hadn't even noticed before it locked onto him.

However, the feeling of having one's whereabouts completely controlled by others is not very pleasant.

Shark didn't seem to care about the somewhat malicious look in Tachibana Kanagawa's eyes.

"Just a little brat who can fly."

Although he had a general understanding of Tachibana Kenkawa's combat strength and his role in the Anbu, Shark, as the ace of the Anbu's pursuit ninja squad, didn't take this young Anbu member, Tachibana Kenkawa, too seriously.

He merely snorted dismissively, completely ignoring Jianchuan Ju.

Tachibana Kanagawa silently reached for the divine spear behind her back again, wondering whether she should show Shark her medical ninjutsu skills.

For a moment, the atmosphere between the two became tense.

Seeing this, Kisame and the other two instinctively moved closer to Tachibana.

In the end, Fu stepped in to smooth things over.

"As required by the mission, Lu, please explain the current situation."

Tachibana glanced at the arrogant shark standing alone, then looked at the Sand Village troops still in sight in the distance.

Only then did he begin to discuss the current intelligence.

"After that previous encounter, there should be more than a dozen ANBU who broke through the encirclement. The Sunagakure forces are now continuing to pursue them."

"However, I have been keeping an eye on the movements of Sunagakure, but I haven't spotted any of the Anbu members."

After saying that, Tachibana Kenkawa pointed in the direction where the Sunagakure troops were located.

However, the others didn't have his abnormally wide field of vision, and when they looked in the direction of his finger, they didn't find anything.

"How many Sand Village troops are there?"

"There are probably around sixty or seventy people. I'm not sure how many are Jonin, but there should be about seven or eight."

Tachibana Kenkawa didn't mention his previous aerial attack on Sunagakure, since it was a private attack that violated mission requirements.

Fu also became somewhat serious upon hearing this.

A small force of sixty or seventy ninjas isn't too many, but seven or eight Jonin is a significant number.

Actually, if it weren't for the Sunagakure's Scorching Release user, Pakura, leading the team, a team of 100 people consisting of two or three Jonin and one Chunin or Genin would have been the norm.

"Captain, should we slow down the Sunagakure forces' advance a little?" Kisame Hoshigaki suddenly asked.

It wasn't that Kisame Hoshigaki cared much about the lives of the fleeing Anbu, but rather that he was worried that if the Sunagakure forces caught up with them, quickly annihilated them, and then chose to retreat directly.

At that time, the Kirigakure support forces might not be able to arrive in time to encircle and annihilate them.

"No need, we just need to complete our own tasks."

Fukude decisively refused. Having witnessed Kisame Hoshigaki unleash the Thousand Shark, he knew that Kisame's immense chakra might actually slow down the Sand Village's pursuit.

"If we launch a rash attack, and the enemy realizes that we have a large number of reinforcements coming, they may abandon the pursuit and choose to retreat."

"Yes, Captain."

Kisame Hoshigaki stopped talking after hearing this.

Indeed, as an ANBU ninja, all you need to do is complete the tasks assigned by the Mizukage.

Jianchuan Ju overheard their conversation and secretly wiped away a bead of sweat.

"By the way, there should also be a small number of puppeteer squads in this batch of Sand Village troops."

Jianchuan Ju thought of the last few puppets that took off and casually mentioned it.

"No problem, a small number poses no threat."

The profession of puppeteer was originally created by Sunagakure to address their sparse population.

It can reduce troop casualties to some extent and increase the number of combat units.

However, if they cannot form a certain scale, they can be treated as ordinary ninjas.

After hearing this information, Fu fell into deep thought.

Although the number of reinforcements sent by the Hidden Mist frontline forces will definitely exceed that of the Hidden Sand Village, this place is still within the Land of Fire, so we still need to be wary of being discovered by the Hidden Leaf Village ninjas.

If there are too many people, it would be too ridiculous for Konoha to catch them off guard.

However, if these Sand Villages cannot be completely annihilated, the effect of retaliation and deterrence will inevitably be much less.

"Forget it, let's just pass the intelligence on to the front-line troops. This isn't something we should be concerned with."

Kanfu took out a strangely shaped scroll and began to record information.

Kanagawa Tachibana guessed that the new contact information with the front-line command was probably delivered by the village's ninja gulls after he left.

"I wonder when we'll be able to use radio communication again. It seems the Yamanaka clan has always been Konoha's biggest pawn in all these wars."

Honestly, even an outsider like Tachibana Kanagawa is a little envious of Konoha's luxurious setup.

The Ino-Shika-Cho trio, the Nara clan's excellent intellect and strategic vision, the Yamanaka clan's unimpeded communication over vast distances, and even the Akimichi clan's Super Expansion Technique, which is like a natural disaster against low-level ninjas on the battlefield.

These three non-bloodline limit families are the true foundation of Konoha's war effort.

After Fuku finished sending the intelligence, Tachibana Kenkawa also noticed that the Sunagakure forces were about to leave his field of vision.

After saying goodbye to the others, he took off again and followed them.

"Captain Fu, I will slow down the flight speed. Just follow me."

The group looked at the strange sight of Jianchuan Ju flying away with a frog on its back, and couldn't help but exchange bewildered glances.

(End of this chapter)