Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 201 Attempt

the other side.

After retreating to the coastline along with the ground troops.

Tachibana Kenkawa originally thought that Yagura Karatachi would summon all the high-ranking officers at the front lines to a meeting on the No. 1 ship where Harusame was located.

After all, there were too many ground troops this time, and it was impossible for them all to board the ships and return to port.

It's not a problem for a few high-ranking officials to go on the aircraft carrier.

However, Yagura Karatachi still chose to run back to the Uzushima camp on the sea with a large number of ground ninja troops.

As for the post-battle debriefing, that will be done after everyone returns to camp.

The three aircraft carriers and four escort ships returned to port along with a large number of Kirigakure ninjas running on the sea.

As for why there are only three aircraft carriers...

Naturally, this was because the third ship under Kaguya Rasuo's command was undergoing emergency repairs at the front-line camp, and would later be escorted back to the Land of Water by other ninjas for a complete overhaul.

At the same time, due to the special nature of each squadron of the Air Force being tied to the aircraft carrier, although there are actually four Air Force squadrons, the squadron leader of the first squadron is still concurrently held by Chunyu, the Minister of the Air Force.

Otherwise, it would be a huge loss of prestige for a commander not to have his own directly subordinate aircraft carrier and flight formation.

After landing back on the deck, he first arranged for his team members to go back and rest.

Then, Jianchuan Ju looked at Lanzi, who was still full of energy, and shook her head helplessly.

"Want to go back and continue organizing the secret space?"

「呱~(づヮ)づ」

Judging from the little frog's excited appearance, it was clear that the series of battles had not dampened his interest in exploring and modifying the secret space.

Jianchuan Ju smiled and rubbed the little guy's head.

"Alright, you can go now. I'll communicate with you through spirits if anything comes up."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Lanzi burst out of a puff of white smoke with a "bang," dispelling the summoning spell and disappearing from Jianchuan Ju's sight.

Although he's grown quite a bit taller, he's still just a little over a year old.

Jianchuan Ju shrugged and was about to step back into the cabin.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a logistics ninja stepped forward with some difficulty and called out to Tachibana Kenkawa.

"Um, Captain Jianchuan, what are you planning to do with your spoils?"

At first, Jianchuan Ju was puzzled, but she realized what was going on as she followed the direction of the other person's finger.

The other party was referring to the stone statue of Akimichi Torifu that he had previously retrieved.

At the time, because we needed to get to the front line as quickly as possible to provide support, we simply left it on the deck.

After returning to camp, they only made a brief stop to resupply and didn't even think about moving this thing down.

As a result, the stone statue has remained on the deck ever since.

Jianchuan Ju smiled and waved to the logistics staff member.

"Alright, you can go ahead and get busy. I can handle this myself."

After saying this, he let the other party agree and leave. Jianchuan Ju carried the stone statue, which was much taller than himself, back to his cabin alone.

However, looking at this stone statue now, Tachibana Kanakawa was also somewhat perplexed.

The reason we brought this stone statue back at the time wasn't for any war trophy or military merit.

Using enemy corpses as spoils of war was a strange hobby that Tachibana Kenkawa didn't have, and with so many people witnessing his killing of Akimichi Torifu, he naturally couldn't escape the credit for his victory.

Jianchuan Ju simply wanted to try out the secret technique 'Description' that she had just acquired, to see if she could extract a characteristic from the other party's corpse.

According to the knowledge transmitted by the system, characteristics can be extracted from living people who have lost their resistance or from corpses that have just died.

Kanakawa Tachibana doesn't expect the Akimichi clan to extract a trait similar to 'gigantic growth,' but it would be good to extract something like 'thick fat' to practice with.

Anyway, the characteristic seal runes can be dispelled on their own, so there's no fear that extracting negative characteristics will affect them.

But now it's this corpse.

"It's probably expired, right?"

Jianchuan Ju rubbed her temples, feeling a bit of a headache.

Despite saying that, Tachibana Kenkawa still decided to give it a try.

After all, this secret technique only consumes a small amount of chakra, so there's no harm in trying it.

Quickly form hand seals.

Then, Tachibana Kanagawa placed her right hand, which was glowing faintly, on the head of the stone statue.

A flash of white light appeared, and from where Kanakawa Tachibana's palm pressed, white oil paint lines quickly moved across the stone statue, forming a series of strange patterns.

However, it seems that these patterns are not yet fully formed.

The white oil paint lines immediately and quickly contracted back, along with the faint light on Jianchuan Ju's palm, instantly disappearing without a trace.

"So it really won't work?"

Jianchuan Ju withdrew his hand, touched his chin, and began to think.

"Is it because the time since death was too long? Or is it because non-bloodline limits don't count as characteristics?"

"Or perhaps it's because the Gale Wings completely drained the opponent's life force, rendering the statue not even a corpse?"

However, Jianchuan Ju then recalled the scene from earlier, where the white oil paint was almost complete.

'It doesn't seem like it lacks any special characteristics?'

That's what I thought, but because there are too many factors that could cause the secret technique to fail, Tachibana Kenkawa really couldn't make a judgment for the time being.

"Forget it, it's all just wild guessing. Next time I actually see a bloodline limit I like, I'll just be more careful when I attack."

Thinking of this, Jianchuan Ju shook her head, giving up on continuing to agonize over it.

"If I had known about that big battle just now, I would have taken the opportunity to go down and snatch a Konoha ninja's corpse."

"I wouldn't mind getting any Sharingan, even the Byakugan from the Hyuga clan wouldn't be out of the question."

"After all, I've been looking forward to having the ability to see through things for a long time!"

However, these words were purely the result of Tachibana Kenkawa's wishful thinking.

In that chaotic, disorganized battle, it wouldn't be appropriate for him to do the work of looting corpses on the battlefield all by himself.

Not to mention that they would have to specifically find the corpses of the Uchiha or Hyuga clans.

If the Hidden Mist Army wins in the end and stays behind to clean up the battlefield, that would be better.

After abandoning her pointless thoughts, Tachibana Kenkawa began tidying up the messy cabin.

First, they moved the stone statue in front of them into the equipment room of the aircraft carrier.

He had no interest in sharing a room with a corpse, especially the corpse of an enemy he had personally killed.

"I might as well go back and give it to Elder Yuanshi or the Third Mizukage as a decoration."

"Isn't this much more impressive to have in the house than a shark head pendant?"

However, Jianchuan Ju did not come away empty-handed; he managed to pry open a whole box of the three-colored secret medicine that had not been petrified from the stone statue's clothes.

Although it can't be taken directly, it would be nice to take it home and study it.

He then gathered up some miscellaneous items that the psychic Lanzi had left in the cabin when he came out earlier.

He randomly picked a box, packed everything in, and moved it all to his secret space.

Upon entering the secret space, they indeed saw Lanzi tidying up his things, going back and forth like a hamster.

The little guy really values ​​this space.

Seeing Lan Zai busy, Jian Chuanju didn't intend to disturb him.

After casually setting the box aside, Tachibana Kenkawa once again deactivated the "Secret Power" and returned to the cabin.

And not long after, the ship returned to the temporary port of the Whirlpool Island camp.

No sooner had they reached the shore than a ninja appeared in front of Tachibana Kanagawa in an instant.

"Jonin Kenkawa, Lord Yagura of Karatachi requests your presence in the main tent for a meeting."

(End of this chapter)