Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 227 The Secret Space Undergoes a Dramatic Change

Jianchuan Ju originally thought that her trip back to the village to rest would not last long.

After all, it was said that the second air force squadron led by Tachibana Kenkawa would return to the front line along with the repaired third ship.

Although the Air Force's third aircraft carrier suffered heavy damage, its core propulsion system was not significantly damaged, and the hull repairs should not take long.

However, Tachibana Kenkawa actually stayed in the village for more than two months.

Furthermore, since the Air Force is a purely combat-oriented department, and the Air Force Minister Chunyu is serving on the front lines, the Second Detachment did not even have a decent mission during its rest period, apart from daily training.

Surprisingly, Jianchuan Ju has started a leisurely life where she has to clock in and out, and even has to be her own boss, supervising her own clocking in.

Every day, I would go to the empty base on the edge of the village to clock in.

Occasionally, we would assess the daily training of the second squad members and train the reserve members within the air force base.

By completing daily tasks, researching new drug formulas, honing ninjutsu, and training, one's strength steadily improves.

Even Jianchuan Ju managed to find time to complete her own (crossed out).

He completed his second major work, "Ninja School Teacher Bai Jie," and submitted it to President Mashiro of Shi Meng Publishing House for publication.

It can be said that, apart from not being able to leave the village at will, this is the life that Jianchuan Ju has always dreamed of.

And this isn't just the state of Tachibana Kenkawa herself.

The entire Hidden Mist Village seems to be in a strangely Zen-like state lately.

Even though the village's higher-ups often spread news about the war and condemned the Kumogakure attacks, neither the ninjas nor the civilians showed much negativity.

The number of regular B-level and C-level missions, which had been reduced due to the war, has started to increase.

For a moment, it seemed as if the Third Shinobi World War, which was still raging among the other three major ninja villages, had nothing to do with Kirigakure.

By the way...

The Sand Village has already signed a new peace treaty with Konoha and has completely withdrawn from the Land of Fire.

According to rumors heard by Tachibana Kanagawa, Minato Namikaze, after recovering from his injuries, stormed into the Sunagakure camp alone and carried out a day and night of slaughter. Although he was eventually wounded and had to retreat, he also threatened that the next time he would carry out the slaughter on Sunagakure's own territory, forcing Sunagakure to reopen peace talks.

However, given that this rumor has been passed around hundreds of times, its credibility is questionable.

In any case, judging from the fact that Sunagakure was actively deploying troops on the border of the Land of Stone, forcing Iwagakure to "have to" redeploy some of its forces for defense, it didn't seem like something a party forced to sign a peace treaty would do.

It seems that only the three major ninja villages of Konoha, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure are still truly engaged in continuous fighting.

It's unclear what kind of spell Onoki cast on those barbarians in Kumogakure, but the alliance between Kumogakure and Iwagakure is surprisingly strong.

With the two villages joining forces, they managed to force Konoha into a series of defeats, even though Kirigakure and Sunagakure were no longer strategically restraining Konoha.

However, having read the original work, Tachibana Kanagawa still harbored some dark resentment in her heart.

"Given Onoki's personality, it's like the Cloud Village's barbarians are charging ahead. But when it comes time to reap the rewards of victory, they'll definitely try to sabotage Cloud Village!"

Of course, this was purely a judgment made by Jianchuan Tachibana based on his strong personal subjective will after the previous attack by Kumogakure.

No one knows what the final outcome will be.

However, what puzzled everyone the most during this period was the attitude of the village's higher-ups.

Despite appearing to have completely withdrawn from the ninja war, the frontline camp on Uzushima Island remained completely inactive.

The promised reinforcements have only amounted to symbolic deployments of low-ranking ninjas, and the total number of people at the Uzushima camp has yet to exceed a thousand.

Despite this situation, the Hidden Mist Village's leadership has remained ambiguous about negotiating peace with Konoha.

Both Konoha and the Daimyo of the Land of Water have sent people multiple times to try to facilitate peace talks, but the higher-ups in Kirigakure are not interested.

It's not that they directly refused; occasionally, the higher-ups from Kirigakure would meet with representatives from Konoha, and even sit down at the negotiating table, but they could never take any further steps.

Unfortunately, given Jianchuan Ju's current level, she cannot know the specific details of the negotiations. However, Jianchuan Ju always felt that the village's higher-ups were plotting something.

Even Tachibana Kanagawa, a newcomer, was furious about the attack by the Hidden Cloud Village. Would the native Hidden Mist Village people, led by the Third Mizukage, swallow this insult so easily?

"But if they want revenge against Kumogakure, shouldn't they have reached a peace agreement with Konoha sooner? Promoting war while simultaneously dragging Konoha along is just doing all the work for Iwagakure and Kumogakure."

With too little information, Tachibana Kenkawa couldn't figure out the specific reason and could only temporarily set aside her doubts.

"Forget it, why think so much! Once I'm strong enough, I'll just go and blow up the Cloud Village's headquarters, won't I? Sooner or later, they'll feel the pain!"

Having reached his doorstep, Jianchuan Ju stopped thinking about things that were too far away; he had more important things to do today.

As soon as she opened her front door, Tachibana Kanakawa greeted her.

"I'm back!"

However, no one inside the house responded to Tachibana Kanagawa's greeting.

"Good grief, he's not here again!"

After looking around and confirming that Lanzi wasn't home, Jianchuan Ju decisively began forming hand seals.

"Secret Power"

"Bang!" A cloud of white smoke burst out.

The next instant, Tachibana Kanagawa appeared inside the secret space.

The secret space now looks completely different from before. Jianchuan Ju appeared in a spacious stone house made of bricks and stones as soon as she entered.

There was a large, soft mat under my feet, and a handmade wooden sign that read "Welcome Back" stood in front of me.

On the left are various first aid supplies and high-calorie military rations that can quickly replenish energy.

On the right-hand wall hung a huge weapon rack, displaying a dazzling array of weapons, hidden weapons, and traps. From grenades to submachine guns, kunai, shuriken, to spare short swords.

Any equipment that Jianchuan Ju could use or needed to access quickly was hung all over the wall.

Several clothes racks behind her still had clean clothes that had been washed, in order to avoid the embarrassing situation where Jianchuan Ju occasionally "bursts out" and is left with only her upper body bare.

Stepping on the cushions, which were even thicker and softer than the last time he came, Jianchuan Ju couldn't help but smile wryly.

"Are you afraid I'll faint again the next time I come in?"

He shook his head helplessly and walked out of the stone house. Outside, there was no trace of the wilderness that had once been there.

The training ground has wooden dummy and target, and weighted equipment.

A botanical garden planted with various fruits, vegetables, flowers and grasses, as well as a few systematic tree fruits that have just begun to sprout.

And the Guagua's exclusive water park, which has been expanded countless times and transformed from a swimming pool into a lake.

It's hard to believe that this renovation was completed in just three months.

Seeing that the little frog was still nowhere to be seen, Tachibana Kenkawa could only shout loudly.

"Blue Boy—"

「呱~ヾ(≧▽≦*)o」

(End of this chapter)