Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 217 Tailed Beast Ball

Watching Zabuza's departing figure, Tachibana Kanagawa's back was already completely soaked with sweat.

The feeling was no less intense and exciting than fighting Minato Namikaze.

The main issue isn't that Zabuza was exposed, since it's not him who will die anyway.

If "Cut Again" is exposed, I will only have one option left: to defect!

They might even pull off another "Mist Collapse Plan" or "Make the Land of Water Feel Pain" to erase all traces.

"I can't let them reveal themselves with another strike! I'm doing this so that Kirigakure won't be destroyed!"

Thinking of this, Tachibana Kanagawa's mood finally calmed down, and she was immediately moved by her own words.

"I truly love Kirigakure."

Jianchuan Ju even felt as if a beam of holy light was shining on her, and she began to feel lightheaded.

"Click~"

Before leaving the cabin after finishing her meal, Mei Terumi casually turned off the lights in the room for Tachibana Kenkawa.

And he didn't forget to give a word of advice.

"Ju, you're feeling unwell, you should get some rest. Teacher Qing will help with the other things."

After turning away, Mei Terumi vaguely heard strange words coming from inside the door, such as "What do you mean by 'hollow'?!" and "Are weakness and 'hollow energy' the same thing?"

Mei Terumi revealed a playful smile.

If Zabuza noticed this book because of the author's pen name, wouldn't others have noticed it too?

All of this was just a minor incident in the end.

The following morning.

After a full day of rest and replenishing her energy, Jianchuan Ju finally recovered to about 70-80% of her original condition.

I even vaguely felt that my physical fitness had improved slightly.

I don't know if this improvement is due to repeated exploitation or just a misperception after I've recovered from my weakness.

Upon reaching the deck, they saw Kisame Hoshigaki practicing his swordplay.

However, upon seeing Tachibana Nagakawa approach, Kisame Hoshigaki stopped what he was doing.

The two stood facing each other, and then Tachibana Kanakawa laughed first, extending her right arm.

Kisame Hoshigaki grinned, revealing his sharp fangs. The two men bumped fists together, needing no thanks; everything was understood without words.

"By the way, have you seen Teacher Qing?"

After recovering, Tachibana Kanagawa came out mainly to find Ao to understand the current situation, but she happened to run into Kisame Hoshigaki and asked him casually.

"Mr. Qing has been in the captain's cabin the whole time."

Kisame Hoshigaki waved his finger at Hiramekarei, and if it weren't for his extremely polite tone, one might have thought he was going to chop up Ao.

Inside the captain's cabin, watching Qing's back as he stared at the nautical chart, Jianchuan Ju asked a question.

"Teacher Qing, how much longer until we get back to camp?"

When Qing turned around, his face was visibly exhausted. Even Jianchuan Ju, who had just recovered from her weakness, looked better than him.

"We'll arrive tonight, Ju, would you like to rest a bit more?"

"Um, I think Teacher Qing needs more rest, right? How long has it been since you slept?"

Qing did not answer Jianchuan Ju's question, and stared intently at the map in front of her again.

After a long pause, Qing suddenly spoke.

"The ninja gulls sent to the village have returned."

"?"

Jianchuan Ju was slightly taken aback, then her face lit up with joy, and she asked.

"What instructions have been given from the village? Any information about the situation at the front-line camp?"

Because Tachibana Kanagawa was going out on a mission, the main contact was naturally the front-line camp. However, the front-line camp stopped responding two days ago, so Ao had no choice but to contact the village directly. However, due to the distance, the ninja gulls were obviously much slower this time.

At least there was a response, so everyone wasn't completely in the dark.

However, Qing's reply was...

"no."

Jianchuan Orange has crashed again.

"What do you mean, 'nothing'? The village didn't give any instructions?"

Qing shook his head with a grim expression and replied in a somber voice.

"There was no news. The gull flew out with the letter for two days and then flew back untouched."

Jianchuan Ju felt a buzzing sound in her head.

"Something happened in the village too? That can't be!"

Rather than believing that the problem occurred simultaneously at the front-line camp and the Kirigakure village itself, Tachibana Kenkawa was more inclined to believe that the problem stemmed from the ninja gulls deployed on the second ship.

The frontline camps are doing alright, after all, they are currently facing pressure from both Konoha and Kumogakure, like a powder keg that could explode at any moment. Even if they are suddenly flattened, it can only be said to be a slight surprise.

However, the Third Mizukage is currently in charge of Kirigakure, and nearly half of the village's ninja force is still within the village performing routine tasks, guarding, and resting. Various ninja clans also have a large number of personnel on standby within the village who are not participating in the war.

Now Ao is saying that they've lost contact with Kirigakure?

Jianchuan Ju felt like she wasn't fully awake yet.

"Teacher Qing, how about I fly back to the front-line camp first to check on the situation?"

Although a few of the previous air force ninjas had their equipment preserved intact, the air force was not suited for long-distance flight and therefore could not conduct reconnaissance in advance.

However, at this moment, Jianchuan Ju's strength had recovered to about 70-80%, and the speed of "Wind Wings" was still much faster than that of the ship.

"There's no need. Even if something does happen, there's no point in you going alone."

Actually, let's not even talk about how Jianchuan Ju alone is useless. If something really happens at the front-line camp, even if the entire crew of the second ship arrives instantly, it won't change anything.

After all, there are less than a hundred people on this ship at most, and the most important flight squadron has lost its core equipment that made it famous, so the impact on the overall battle situation is negligible.

The atmosphere remained somber throughout the afternoon, even though the others were unaware that they had also lost contact with the village.

However, the low mood of the two commanders also made everyone else feel quite heavy-hearted. But at this moment, Tachibana and Ao didn't have the time to comfort the others.

"Captain Jianchuan, Jonin Ao. We're almost near Uzushima Island. Should we head towards the original Uzushima Island camp, or proceed to the new camp location mentioned by command before the mission?"

The ship's captain turned to look at Jianchuan Ju and the other two, awaiting instructions from his superiors.

However, when the captain turned around, he only saw the two men's horrified gazes, and no one spoke.

At that moment, the two men looked out through the glass of the captain's cabin, their pupils contracting.

A dazzling light froze everything on the distant horizon, followed by an enormous mushroom cloud that rose slowly and began to expand at an incredible speed.

The mushroom cloud produced by Tachibana Kenkawa's "Exploding Egg," which once released double the chakra, was utterly insignificant compared to this explosion.

It wasn't until a loud "boom" that everyone came to their senses.

"That's a front-line camp!" Qing said, his voice trembling.

Meanwhile, Tachibana Kanagawa, standing to the side, also clenched her fist slightly.

"Tailed Beast Ball!"

(End of this chapter)