Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 152 Soaring Net Worth

"Knock knock knock~"

"Please come in."

Upon hearing this, the secret agents outside the door immediately jogged into the office.

He knelt on one knee and spoke respectfully.

"Third Hokage, Jonin Namikaze has returned."

The Third Hokage raised his head slightly, a kind smile appearing on his face.

"Shuimen has returned to the village? Let's call him over."

"Yes."

The ANBU ninja accepted the order and withdrew.

Not long after, Minato Namikaze, who had just led his team back to the village, arrived at the Hokage's office.

"I apologize, Third Hokage, for this mission..."

Minato apologized with a guilty look on his face, but was interrupted by Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"I've already reviewed the mission intelligence; this wasn't your mistake. No one anticipated that Kirigakure would send so many ninjas to infiltrate the Land of Fire."

"If you can drive them all out, Minato, your mission will not be considered a failure."

Hearing that Hiruzen Sarutobi was still comforting himself, Minato Namikaze felt even more ashamed that he had suffered too many losses in this mission and had not even managed to leave behind the Kirigakure invading forces.

Seeing Minato Namikaze bow his head and remain silent, Hiruzen Sarutobi did not continue to offer words of comfort, but instead spoke up.

"I noticed that your intelligence report mentioned Pakura, the Scorching Release user from Sunagakure?"

"Yes, Lord Sandai."

When it came to serious matters, Minato Namikaze perked up again.

"This time, the Hidden Mist ninja invaded the Land of Fire because the Scorching Release user, Pakura, led a team to pursue the Hidden Mist Anbu within the Land of Fire, which attracted the support of a large Hidden Mist front-line force."

"And the Sunagakure forces led by Yekura have been completely wiped out."

"As for Pakura herself, who uses the Scorch Release technique..."

Minato Namikaze paused briefly at this point before continuing.

"I thought her presence might be helpful for the peace talks between the village and Sunagakure, so I captured her."

"Well done. You were able to arrive at the scene in time and capture the Sand Village commander. That's quite an achievement."

Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled and nodded, seemingly quite satisfied with Minato Namikaze's actions.

However, whether he truly agrees with Minato Namikaze's views, given his greater understanding of the current situation in Sunagakure, is something only he himself knows.

Perhaps because of the mention of Scorching Release: Pakura, Minato Namikaze thought for a moment and then spoke up.

"Actually, this mission might not have been possible in time."

"The day before I led my team to arrive, Sunagakure had already encircled the fleeing Kirigakure ANBU."

"If it weren't for that unexpected incident, the Sand Village troops might have already achieved their objective and withdrawn. There wouldn't have been any further fighting."

Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had read the mission report, was unaware of this, but upon hearing this, he became somewhat interested.

"Has something happened?"

"Yes, Lord Sandai."

Minato Namikaze adjusted his words slightly before continuing his explanation.

"When the mission report was sent back, Yecang was still unconscious, and I only learned about what happened on my way back."

"At first, Yekura, who had just woken up from her serious injuries and coma, refused to communicate at all. It wasn't until I mentioned the flying Kirigakure ANBU that she gave a rough account of what had happened before."

Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but interrupt.

"Is that the Kirigakure ANBU genius you highlighted in the intelligence report, the one who could fight you for several rounds? How does he compare to Kakashi?"

Minato Namikaze looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi with slight surprise, wondering why the Hokage would ask such a question.

"Does the Hokage really think Kakashi can withstand several rounds if I attack at full power?"

However, Minato Namikaze still answered.

"Um, he should be about the same age as Kakashi, but his strength far surpasses Kakashi's."

Hiruzen Sarutobi seemed to realize he had asked a stupid question and gave an awkward laugh.

"Minato, you continue."

"Good three generations of adults"

According to Yekura, the Hidden Mist boy had also fought with her before.

"It was because of his sudden appearance and the use of wide-range ninjutsu to cover his tracks that the Hidden Mist Anbu broke through the blockade, allowing the Sand Village to stay in the Land of Fire for a longer period of time."

Hiruzen Sarutobi rested his arms on the table, propped his chin up, and narrowed his eyes.

"A flying ninjutsu I've never heard of before, a wide-range ninjutsu with considerable destructive power, and at the same time, close-combat swordsmanship that allows you to fight against Minato?"

"His chakra reserves must be quite high."

"And he's only eleven or twelve years old. It seems Kirigakure has produced an extraordinary genius."

Minato Namikaze nodded solemnly.

"Yes, after that brief exchange, I considered probing further, or even trying to eliminate him. But I ultimately failed."

Minato Namikaze did not attribute the failure to injury or the enemy's ability to fly.

However, this also made Hiruzen Sarutobi pay more attention to Tachibana Kenkawa.

"What a pity," Hiruzen Sarutobi murmured.

It's not that it's a pity Minato Namikaze didn't nip it in the bud, but rather that it's a pity such a genius wasn't a Konoha ninja.

"Pass the intelligence down and add it to the Dark Side Handbook. Temporarily designate it as a Rank A target!"

"Yes."

Koharu Utatane, who had remained silent until now, agreed and then casually summoned an ANBU member, ordering him to gather information on Tachibana Kenkawa to facilitate the Third Hokage's future arrangements.

Minato Namikaze was already used to this kind of scene, and then turned the topic back to Yekura from the beginning.

"Third Hokage, Pakura, who uses the Scorch Release technique, is still seriously injured. The accompanying medical ninja can only stabilize her condition. Do you think we should send her to the medical ward first?"

"Send it to Tsunade."

As soon as Hiruzen Sarutobi opened his mouth, the entire Hokage's office fell silent, and even Hiruzen Sarutobi himself fell silent.

Since everyone knew Tsunade's current situation, they were all at a loss for words upon hearing this.

Instead, Koharu Utatane, who was about to leave the Hokage's office, stopped and spoke up to help Hiruzen Sarutobi out of the predicament.

"Hiruzen, Tsunade is still at the front lines in the Land of Rivers dealing with the evacuation of medical ninjas. Have you already forgotten?"

"Ahem, yes, yes."

Hiruzen Sarutobi coughed a few times to cover his embarrassment, then forced a smile and said to Minato Namikaze.

"Minato, take Yekura to the interrogation department first, and then leave the coordination with the medical team to them."

"Yes, Lord Third Generation."

"Shuimen, you can go down now. You'll be given a few days' leave after the handover of troops."

Upon hearing this, Minato Namikaze smiled sincerely, thanked him, and then gladly withdrew.

the other side.

At this moment, Kanagawa Tachibana, who was still on her way back to Kirigakure, was obviously unaware of this.

Ye Cang, whom he had previously thought was most likely dead, was actually captured by Konoha.

It's even less likely that he would have known that in just a few days, his own net worth would increase countless times.

I'm adding an extra chapter today, mainly because I'm not sure if everyone will like the next chapter. So I've decided to put it in the extra chapter.

(P.S.: Just to avoid being criticized for counting this as an update?)

It's just a pity that I haven't written much this week at work.

This suddenly puts a lot of pressure on me to update, 555

(End of this chapter)