Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 170 Better to Stay in the Land of Fire

This time, Konoha sent more than a dozen ninjas.

However, their overall strength is not considered strong.

Jianchuan Tachibana probably doesn't know that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist are causing trouble here.

They were probably just troops who came to investigate after hearing the sounds of battle earlier.

However, once Might Guy and the other two return and report the situation, Konoha will certainly not let go of the opportunity to eliminate all the ninja swords in one fell swoop.

So when the last Jonin was quickly killed by the four ninja swordsmen who arrived last.

Kanakawa Tachibana simply gave the flower and the spider some homemade healing medicine and told them to bandage and treat themselves.

It then flapped its wings and flew into the air, scanning its surroundings.

Although this dense forest environment is not friendly to the kengawa tangerines which have no perspective, if a large group is traveling, they can still see some clues.

"No large force has followed yet; these people are probably from a nearby outpost, scouting the situation."

Tachibana Kanagawa didn't stay in the air for long. After landing, she immediately reported the situation to Kushimaru Kurihara.

Upon hearing this, Kushimaru Kurihara did not intend to waste time cleaning up the battlefield.

At this point, concealing one's identity or any trace of it is no longer necessary; leaving as soon as possible is the only real chance of survival.

He immediately gave the order.

"withdraw!"

Kisame Hoshigaki came to Tachibana Nagakawa's side and tossed him two ninja tool pouches belonging to Konoha ninjas.

Jianchuan Ju didn't have time to check, so she simply hung it on her waist.

The group ignored the scattered corpses of Konoha ninjas on the ground and quickly retreated towards Kirigakure.

On the way, Kisame Hoshigaki, who had been staying close to Tachibana Kenkawa, suddenly spoke.

"Tea is dead."

"??"

While on his way, Tachibana Kanagawa turned back to look at Kisame Hoshigaki, somewhat puzzled, wondering why he had suddenly brought this up.

Cha is another member of the Flower Squad's ANBU. When I went to provide support earlier, I didn't see her, so I already had a guess.

Perhaps they were already surrounded and killed by Konoha ninjas before Kisame Hoshigaki and Harpoon arrived.

After all, the other party was only an elite Chunin, and he wasn't very familiar with Tachibana Kenkawa, so he didn't care about it.

It's perfectly normal for one or two members of the Anbu ninja to die when they're on a mission.

Kisame Hoshigaki noticed Tachibana Nagakawa's confusion and offered an explanation.

"When I first joined the Dark Division, he was the one who showed me how to do the work."

"Mr. Tea is a very good person."

Looking at Kisame Hoshigaki, who had fallen silent after saying all this, Tachibana Kanagawa didn't know how to comfort him.

Previously at the Anbu base, Tachibana Kenkawa hadn't noticed that Kisame Hoshigaki and the other person had much interaction, and he didn't expect that the two had this kind of relationship.

"This is what a ninja is like."

In the end, all Jianchuan Ju could say was this dry sentence, and she didn't know if it could be considered a word of comfort.

Kisame Hoshigaki merely grunted in response before continuing on his way.

Watching the other person's back, Tachibana Kanagawa sighed silently in her heart.

"He's still just a younger version of Kisame, far from being the kind of person who can execute his teammates without batting an eye, like in the future."

However, it seems that Kisame Hoshigaki is actually a person with rich emotions, but others are often deceived by his fierce appearance.

Two days later.

"Tooth-to-teeth!"

Two rapidly spinning black tornadoes twisted in the air and rushed toward Kanagawa Tachibana.

next moment.

Two giant axes, one black and one blue, were placed in front of Jianchuan Ju, accurately blocking both black tornadoes.

The attackers inside the tornado were also killed instantly by the sharp axe blade.

*Bang!*

A cloud of smoke exploded.

A huge black hunting dog and the corpse of a female ninja from the Inuzuka clan fell to the ground.

"The ninjas of Konoha, they just won't stop!"

After wiping the blood off his helmet, he couldn't help but curse under his breath.

Jianchuan Tachibana and his group had only been away from Konoha for less than half a day when they began to be attacked one after another by Konoha's pursuing ninjas.

Even though most of them were from the secret service and had excellent counter-surveillance skills.

However, they couldn't withstand the diverse sensory tracking ninjutsu employed by the Konoha ninja.

Fortunately, with the flying ninja Tachibana and the sensory ninjutsu master Juzo Biwa, the group was never surrounded by the main force of Konoha.

Even so, all eight of them were injured and their condition never fully recovered.

Oh, as for why there are eight people, it's because Spider, being the weakest among them, was killed by Konoha ninjas who caught up with them on the very first day of their escape.

In their efforts to retrieve his body and prevent Konoha from obtaining further information, the group wasted considerable time.

I still feel a little sorry for the death of the spider, as it's rare to find such an interesting guy in the Anbu.

However, the spider's death served as a wake-up call for others.

Even the four usually arrogant ninja swordsmen remained focused throughout the journey, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

As for the only medical ninja, Tachibana Kanagawa, who also possesses aerial reconnaissance capabilities, he is closely protected by everyone.

Unless absolutely necessary, there's no need for Tachibana Kanagawa to intervene, as Harpoon and Kisame Hoshigaki always protect her.

In order to save chakra for Tachibana Kanagawa so that he can treat everyone.

"Dr. Lu, we found some medicine in the enemy's ninja tool kit."

Tachibana Kanagawa took the things handed to him by Kisame Hoshigaki and quickly looked through them. In the end, he only picked out a few ordinary soldier rations to distribute to everyone.

Somewhat reluctantly, he put the remaining pills into another pocket.

"These are the only usable ones; the rest are veterinary medicines."

After all, he's a ninja from the Inuzuka clan, so it's understandable that he carries so much animal medicine.

Tachibana Kanakawa turned her gaze to the corpse of the female ninja from the Inuzuka clan.

"I think I just heard another Konoha ninja call her Claw? Or was it Zhu?"

"Never mind, it's not important anymore."

There was no time to think about it too much. After replenishing their supplies, the group set off again.

Even as they moved, Jianchuan Ju didn't forget to quickly form hand seals and cast Water Flow Ring to heal everyone.

As his strength continues to improve, Jianchuan Ju can now completely separate several streams of water to treat multiple people simultaneously while moving, even for relatively simple external injuries.

"We're almost at the border of the Land of Fire. Once we reach the sea, the Konoha ninjas shouldn't pursue us any further."

"Moreover, the intelligence should have already reached the front-line camp. Perhaps we won't even need to go to the sea; front-line ninjas will come to our aid."

No one was in good condition. The continuous battles had brought not only physical fatigue, but also constant mental tension.

There was no other way, even the usually quiet Kushimaru Kurihara had to speak up and explain the situation.

Let's boost everyone's morale.

However, he had only just finished speaking when...

A hoarse voice, not loud, seemed to transcend space and appeared in everyone's ears.

"I think there's no need for you to wait for reinforcements."

"Why don't we just stay in the Land of Fire?"

(End of this chapter)