Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 160: The comics are all lies.

They traveled in silence for the rest of the journey, day and night, until they reached the front-line camp.

However, unlike the last time Jianchuan Ju came to the front line, Fuku had no intention of going to the command post to register and report.

Instead, he led Jianchuan Ju around to an inconspicuous tent on the side of the camp.

Lifting the tent flap, they found all the members of Fu's team resting inside.

However, it might be to maintain the sophistication of the darker areas.

When Jianchuan Ju entered, she glanced at the group and realized that they seemed to be posing for a photo.

"This isn't a good habit; groups that like to pose rarely last long."

Jianchuan Ju silently complained to himself about the group of pretentious geeks from Wuyin.

Of course, upon seeing Fu Jin, all the team members stopped what they were doing and greeted him.

"team leader."

"Captain, you've arrived."

Fu simply nodded slightly to everyone, then walked over to the Dark Guard who had temporarily taken charge of the squad's affairs after the death of the previous "acting captain" to hand over the duties.

"Hey, isn't that a harpoon? You've already become an acting squad leader?"

Jianchuan Ju chuckled inwardly, feeling that Harpoon was the one who truly seemed destined to survive until the very end.

Should I observe and learn from this myself?

After casually making a joke about this acquaintance in his mind, Tachibana Kanagawa turned to look at the other members in the tent.

The number of people was indeed much smaller than what was seen in the village.

"Was he on a mission? Or... dead?"

Tachibana Kanagawa was only slightly puzzled, but did not feel sad about the deaths of his teammates.

Since joining the Anbu, the only contact between Tachibana Kenkawa and most of the members of the Fuku Squad has been a simple greeting in the locker room when they report for duty in the morning.

Moreover, the overall atmosphere of the dark area is evident here.

These people are more like ordinary "colleagues" than companions or teammates.

Tachibana Kenkawa simply walked into the tent and greeted the two people he was more familiar with.

"Shou, it's been a while since we last met."

"Dr. Lu, it's been a long time."

Kisame Hoshigaki greeted Tachibana Kanagawa with a smile, revealing his sharp teeth.

Tachibana Kanagawa nodded, walked straight to Kisame Hoshigaki's side, and then turned to look at the other person next to him.

"Hey~ Spider, still alive?"

The spider was clearly not as enthusiastic as Kisame Hoshigaki. Just hearing Tachibana's voice made his arm start to ache.

He glared at Jianchuan Ju with a grim expression, but didn't say anything. Instead, he turned his head and put the Spider-Man-patterned mask directly on his face.

"Tch~ Stingy."

Seeing that the spider ignored her, Jianchuan Ju did not continue to pursue it to cause trouble.

As for the other person's arm hurting?

That certainly doesn't mean there's a problem with my treatment skills.

Seeing that no one else seemed to care much about her, Tachibana Kanagawa pulled Kisame Hoshigaki aside and asked him about the progress of the mission.

However, they haven't even exchanged more than two words yet.

After communicating with Harpoon, Fu stood in the middle of the tent.

Clapping your hands lightly will draw everyone's attention.

"The task that Lord Mizukage has assigned us is still to cooperate with the front lines to gather intelligence."

"Silver, you and Eel stay at the camp and wait for orders."

"Yes." x2

"Harpoon, you take Shou and Lu as your team. Flower, you take Spider and Tea as your teams."

"Your two teams are responsible for intelligence on the logistical routes southwest of Konoha's front. Recently, Konoha has been withdrawing a significant number of troops from the Land of Wind. You can go deeper into the area and pay close attention to whether there are any signs of them reinforcing their troops here."

"Yes."

Harpoon and another female ANBU member named Hana nodded in agreement to accept the mission and then walked over to the group of Jianchuan Ju and the others.

"The rest of you will join me in scouting the area around the Konoha camp to the west."

"Remember, you are the Dark Division. Keep your positions hidden unless absolutely necessary, and just complete your intelligence gathering mission."

"Understood!"

"Everyone, let's go."

Having just arrived at the front-line camp after two days of travel, Jianchuan Ju hadn't even been sitting down for ten minutes. She glanced weakly at the group, who looked like they hadn't rested for a long time but were definitely full of energy.

She gave Fu a resentful look.

"I haven't rested yet!!"

Six days later.

Jianchuan Ju lay listlessly on the top of a cliff, staring at the deserted path below.

This should be considered a relatively important node in the logistics of Konoha's front lines.

However, the fighting on the front lines was not intense, so naturally there weren't people transporting supplies every day.

The logistics department in Konoha was finally relaxed, but it was tough on the three members of the Kanagawa Tachibana team.

After parting ways with the Flower Squad, the three of them basically followed Konoha's logistics and transportation lines, carefully making their way back to their hometown in Konoha Village.

There were occasional outposts of Konoha along the way, so the three of them couldn't travel in a high-profile manner.

Even during rest and resupply periods, they mainly ate cold meals such as soldier's rations to avoid revealing their whereabouts.

In the last two days, the three of them have come very close to the Konoha Village headquarters.

Harpoon then decided to stop, observe the scale of the most recent supply transport, and do some basic intelligence gathering.

"As expected, comics are all lies!"

The weary traveler, Jianchuan Ju, looked at the enormous baggage beside him and was already too exhausted to even complain.

With the three of them in their current state, they no longer possessed the dashing and agile demeanor of ANBU ninjas.

An imagined ANBU operation: traveling light and efficiently, under the cover of darkness, countless ANBU members suddenly appear, cleanly and swiftly killing the rogue ninja, and then disappearing without a trace.

In reality, covert operations involve a few people carrying huge supply packages, sneaking forward furtively and anxiously behind enemy lines, going without a bath for more than ten days, and not even being able to see the enemy's shadow.

Although all three were equipped with a small number of sealed scrolls.

However, such valuable items can only be used to seal a small number of key items or enemy corpses with intelligence value. They are not used easily, let alone used to store supplies.

Jianchuan Tachibana had previously suggested to Harpoon whether they should use their flying ability to conduct aerial reconnaissance, which would save a lot of time.

After all, when Fuku was forming teams, he didn't assign Kenkawa Tachibana to his own team, which must have been to ensure that there were ninjas with flight abilities in both directions.

However, Harpoon rejected the proposal, perhaps due to concerns about secrecy.

I looked up at the scorching sun, and the morning had passed by quietly.

"We don't know when the next logistical transport will be available. Are we just going to have to wait for over ten days?"

Just as Tachibana was thinking this, Kisame Hoshigaki, who had finished resting, stepped forward and patted Tachibana on the shoulder, coming to relieve her.

However, just as Jianchuan Ju had gotten up and was about to retreat to the shade to rest,

But instead, Harpoon, who should have been resting and waiting to take over the surveillance work from Kisame Hoshigaki, walked over quickly.

"What happened?"

Jianchuan and Tachibana immediately put away their previous lazy mood and looked at the harpoon with serious expressions.

"Intelligence has arrived from the rear: an urgent mission!"

(End of this chapter)