Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 197 What kind of mess is this?

As soon as Tachibana Kenkawa emerged from the sea carrying the petrified corpse of Akimichi Torifu, several Kirigakure ninjas immediately surrounded him.

"Captain, the support troops have arrived."

"Captain Tachibana, the Konoha ninjas who came to attack have all retreated, and our men who went out and those from Squad Leader Kaguya's side have all returned."

Seeing how closely the group was gathered around, Jianchuan Ju quickly waved for them to move aside.

"Get out of the way, are you digging a well here? Move aside."

After Jianchuan Ju leaped out of the water and landed steadily, he finally spoke.

"Let's get back to the ship first."

Having said that, he picked up the stone statue of Akimichi Tokifumi and took the lead.

However, as soon as he stepped onto the deck of his own aircraft carrier, Jianchuan Ju was surrounded by a group of people again.

"Captain Jianchuan! My boat!"

Kaguya Rakuso walked up with a face full of anger.

Actually, this guy has a fairly good temper among the Kaguya clan.

However, anyone who returns from an attack to find their flagship utterly destroyed would likely find it difficult to control their temper.

After all, when two aircraft carriers are on a mission together, they have a responsibility to support each other.

What's more, the aircraft carrier belonging to the Jianchuan Ju squad was still completely intact.

However, Tachibana Kanakawa didn't waste any words and waved his hand to interrupt the other party.

"First of all, this is the village's boat, the Kongbu's boat."

Kaguya Rakuso clearly wasn't buying it.

The anger only intensified.

Unexpectedly, Tachibana Kenkawa then took the Akimichi Torifu stone statue off his back and threw it in front of Kaguya Rakuso.

"Secondly, the death of Akimichi Tofu, an elite Jonin of the Akimichi clan, from Konoha's higher-ups, should be enough to appease Senior Rasso, shouldn't it?"

Looking at the lifelike stone statue before him, Kaguya Rakuso's anger instantly dissipated. His mouth moved slightly, but he ultimately did not open it again.

"Well, actually, my third squad's aircraft carrier wasn't damaged too badly; it can still be repaired."

Seeing that the other party was no longer going to waste words, Jianchuan Ju turned to look at the others.

He recognized everyone in the Air Force, even the maintenance personnel responsible for cleaning the equipment.

These unfamiliar faces were naturally the reinforcements that had come from the camp.

However, he had already met almost every ninja in the camp who was well-known, so how could the one leading the support team be a complete stranger?

"Has Yagura Karatachi changed his ways? Didn't he act like anyone who dared touch the Air Force was his father's killer? This time, he didn't even personally lead the support team?"

However, there was no need for Tachibana Kanakawa to ask.

Upon seeing his gaze directed their way, the leading ninja immediately began to explain.

"Jonin Kenkawa, a large-scale battle has broken out between the front-line troops and Konoha and Kumogakure. Lord Yagura Karatachi led most of the ninjas in the camp to provide support half an hour ago."

"Currently, only Lord Kushimaru Kurihara is in command. He has ordered your two air squadrons to return to base and rest as soon as possible before heading to the front lines to provide support."

Jianchuan Ju was slightly taken aback when she heard the news.

"I called for backup, and now I'm the one going to provide backup? No wonder there weren't many reinforcements coming, and most of them looked like Chunin or Genin."

"Wait a minute! Where did Cloud Village come from?"

The thought flashed through her mind quickly, but time was of the essence, so Jianchuan Ju didn't immediately ask for details.

Instead, he immediately shouted.

"Repair team! Repair team!"

The leader of a maintenance team from the third ship next to him immediately jumped onto this deck and respectfully accepted the order.

"Captain Jianchuan!"

"How's the repair work on Ship No. 3? Can it sail back to camp?"

Upon hearing this, the repair team leader wiped the cold sweat from his brow and said cautiously.

"Captain Jianchuan, the third ship is severely damaged and will probably need to return to the front-line camp for full repairs."

After saying that, he glanced at Kaguya Rakuso, whose eyes seemed a little off, and quickly added something else.

"However, the leak on the third ship has been fixed, and it can be towed back to port by the second ship. We had similar contingency plans before."

After hearing this, Jianchuan Ju nodded and did not continue to make things difficult for the other party.

He then gave the order.

"First, we will tow and connect the parts. The repair team will continue to carry out emergency repairs on the third ship to prevent problems from occurring on the return journey."

"The rest of you, board the three intact ships and stand by. Return at full speed!"

"Yes!" xN

Everyone immediately agreed.

After thinking for a moment, Jianchuan Ju turned to look at Kaguya Luosuo beside her and spoke very sincerely.

"Senior Luo Suo, is my arrangement alright?"

Kaguya Rakuso looked around and saw everyone, including her own team members, already busy in an orderly manner. She said through gritted teeth.

"You little brat, come back and fight me!"

However, as if she had thought of something, Kaguya Rakuso added another sentence.

"Ground warfare!"

After saying that, Kaguya Rosso ignored the others' suppressed laughter and angrily walked down the deck and into the cabin.

Seeing this, Jianchuan Ju shook his head and laughed.

Seeing the ninjas starting to board the ships one after another, it was fortunate that the remaining three ships were large enough, otherwise these people would have had to run back on the sea.

"But could Konoha be behind this Kumogakure intervention? Otherwise, the timing of their attack seems too coincidental."

Thinking of this, Tachibana Kanagawa waved and stopped the team leader who wanted to go and help the support troops board the ship.

"I haven't asked yet."

"Jonin from the Jianchuan River, my name is Gu Ci. I was recently promoted to Jonin and then transferred to the front lines."

Looking at this polite guy, Tachibana Kanagawa was surprised to find that he was also a Jonin.

It's not that I look down on this middle-aged man, but the Jonin on the front lines are qualified to attend meetings, and I'm sure I've met Tachibana Kanagawa before.

However, he didn't dwell on the matter and continued to ask for the information he wanted.

"Jonin Guzi, what's going on with Kumogakure? We haven't had any conflicts with them before, have we?"

As the ship set sail, the Jonin named Gu Ci gave Jian Chuan Tachibana a brief overview of the current situation.

However, since he only arrived at the front line in the last two days when Jianchuan Ju led the air force on a mission, he was not very clear about many things.

According to him, several Kirigakure squads encountered fierce resistance when they attacked Konoha outposts last night.

The squads immediately sent out signals.

Several squads carrying out clearing missions rushed to the scene, destroyed the Konoha outpost, and continued to pursue the fleeing ninja.

However, during their pursuit, these ninjas stumbled into an encirclement set up by the Hidden Cloud Village.

Although both the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Mist Village are fighting against the Hidden Leaf Village, they have never formed an alliance.

Once someone makes the first move, no one will hold back.

As a result, the three-way battle continued to escalate, with more and more ninjas from nearby areas arriving to join the fight.

This morning, even Yagura Karatachi had to lead a large force to provide support.

Otherwise, in such a three-way battle, whichever side has fewer troops will inevitably be cleared out by the other two first.

This has resulted in a severe shortage of troops at the Mist Shadow frontline camp.

Jianchuan Ju was speechless and rubbed his forehead after hearing this.

"What kind of mess is this?"

(End of this chapter)