Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 206 Accident

"Captain, could the intelligence be wrong? We haven't found them after all this time?"

"You talk too much! Even if you have misinformation, it won't be wrong!"

At this moment, all members of the third squad participating in this mission were anxiously waiting in front of the catapult.

As the perception specialist for this mission, Ao led Zabuza, Mei Terumi, and Kisame Hoshigaki, who was providing cover, to search for enemies near the designated route early on.

After all, Kirigakure had a general idea of ​​the route of the Konoha escort team, and Ao's perception range was large enough, so there was no need for anyone else to participate in the search.

Otherwise, while air force deployment would make it faster to find people, it would also make it more likely that the enemy would discover them first, attracting more enemies.

Everyone could only wait anxiously for news from the Qing team.

It's not that these elite members of the Air Force lacked resolve; the ninjas present had done plenty of missions to infiltrate enemy lines and carry out sabotage.

However, this time they went far too deep. Sunagakure and Kirigakure were located to the east and west of Konoha, which made everyone nervous.

Watching the team members wipe their weapons again and again, Tachibana Kanagawa was actually a little anxious.

The mission failure itself wasn't a big deal, but he couldn't accept anything happening to any of the four people who went to search for the enemy.

However, as the current team leader, Tachibana Kenkawa must show enough composure.

Just as Tachibana Kenkawa was about to say something to boost morale...

In the distance, three green signal flares exploded one after another in the sky.

"Haha, looks like we've spotted the enemy!"

"Everyone, prepare for takeoff! Let's have a blast!"

"Yes!" xN

After Jianchuan Ju finished speaking, he took off first, flapping his wings and looking into the distance.

But deep down, he wasn't as relaxed as he made it sound.

Because if the original plan had been followed, Ao would have locked onto the enemy from a distance, quickly retreated, and then guided the flying units to pursue the Konoha escort team.

After all, this was an escort team from Konoha, so they didn't need to travel quickly. The fact that they arrived here almost exactly as expected also proves this point.

However, Qing has now chosen to launch a signal flare to notify others, which clearly indicates that an emergency has occurred.

"Did the enemy suddenly increase their pace, worried about wasting time turning back? Or have they already been discovered, or even engaged in combat?"

Jianchuan Ju frowned, deep in thought, but she couldn't be sure why Qing did this.

"This place may be remote, but it's not necessarily true that there aren't other Konoha ninja nearby. The visibility range of a signal flare is much farther than the aftershocks of a battle. Aren't you worried about attracting others?"

"Moreover, the simultaneous launch of three signal flares indicates a very urgent situation, but not a red danger signal."

Seeing that more than half of the members had already taken to the air, Tachibana Kenkawa simply stopped thinking about it.

"Once we get to the scene, we'll know the answers to these questions."

Jianchuan Ju immediately turned around and roared.

"Follow me! The rest of you, get on my heels!"

After saying that, Jianchuan Ju quickly rushed to the front with Lanzai and flew towards the direction of the signal flare.

The rest of the air force members immediately followed suit.

Jianchuan Ju had only flown halfway when, thanks to her excellent eyesight, she could already see the smoke and dust constantly rising in the distance.

The battle has clearly begun.

Immediately afterwards, surging waves spread rapidly from one spot, seemingly threatening to completely cover the path.

"Kisame's Exploding Water Wave? I need to speed things up!"

Seeing that her subordinates had already fallen some distance behind her, Jianchuan Ju couldn't wait for them any longer. She accelerated again and rushed towards the battle.

At this time.

Ao and his companions, who had originally come to scout out the enemy's situation, were now facing an attack by dozens of Konoha ninja.

No one expected that just a second ago, Qing was saying, "There seem to be too many enemies. It doesn't look like they're only here to escort Yecang."

The next second, three Konoha ninjas jumped out to launch a sneak attack.

Qing, who had been observing the distant enemy with his Byakugan activated, was completely unaware of the ambush that was right next to him.

The four were caught completely off guard.

Qing, who was focused on observing the enemy's situation, was even shot and injured on the spot by one of them.

Although the three ninjas who launched the sneak attack were eventually dealt with by the four of them working together, the sounds of the battle attracted the attention of the Konoha escort team in the distance.

Left with no other choice, Qing threw out three signal flares and immediately led his team to retreat.

What surprised them even more was that among the Konoha escorts were ninjas from the Hyuga clan.

Moreover, the other party seems to have discovered Qing's existence as someone who steals Byakugan.

Several Hyuga clan ninjas relentlessly pursued the group like mad dogs.

"Wind Release: Gale Palm!"

As Qing ran, he unleashed a fierce gust of wind with both palms, blowing away all the hidden weapons that were shot at him from behind.

However, his action only provoked even more intense anger from the two Hyuga clan ninjas who were charging at the forefront.

"A terrible clown!"

"Go to hell!"

Before they finished speaking, the two of them simultaneously raised their hands into palms and, from dozens of meters away, struck out with hatred towards the four people in front of them.

"Eight Trigrams! Empty Wall Palm!"

The air in front of the two Hyuga ninjas' palms suddenly compressed, even producing a popping sound.

Then, a gale, far stronger than Qing's "Gale Palm," surged forth, and two enormous air cannonballs blasted straight toward the four of them.

"Water Release*Water Formation Wall!"

Mei Terumi, who was about to form hand seals to cast a defensive ninjutsu but was a step too slow for Ao, now came in handy.

A stream of water quickly spurted from Mei Terumi's mouth.

It transformed into a thick wall of water in front of the four people, attempting to block the enemy's attack.

However, when the air cannons bombarded the water array walls, water splashed everywhere.

The seemingly incredibly thick and solid water wall was blasted open with two large holes in an instant, and the enemy's attacks continued to bombard the four of them relentlessly.

Kisame Hoshigaki saw that his teammates' water wall had not stopped the enemy's attack.

Without saying a word, he stopped and drew his twin swords from behind him, splitting the flounder in two and standing in front of the crowd.

Veins bulged on Kisame Hoshigaki's arms as chakra surged and poured into the flounder in his hands.

Two massive, azure-blue chakra hammers suddenly rose from between his twin swords. Kisame Hoshigaki wielded the two hammers and fearlessly slammed them into the enemy's attack.

The chakra hammer and the giant air blast collided violently, and two immense forces exploded instantly.

A loud "boom" resounded.

Kisame Hoshigaki was thrown away by the violent explosion.

Fortunately, the giant air blast was weakened once by Mei Terumi's water barrier; otherwise, Kisame Hoshigaki might not have been able to block both attacks simultaneously with just one hand.

However, the enemy's attacks did not stop there.

Two Hyuga clan members still charged ahead, leaping high into the air and attacking the four of them with their palms.

However, Kisame Hoshigaki, who was sent flying, had a mocking smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)