Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 237 Let's Call Him Kabuto (Third Update! Please Subscribe!)

"Ju, you're back."

A familiar voice came from behind Jianchuan Ju.

Tachibana looked back and saw Zabuza patting his butt and getting up from the ground.

"Wait, what are you doing hiding here, Zabuza?"

To everyone's surprise, Zabuza's expression froze upon hearing this, and he instinctively raised his arm to cover his chest.

"It's nothing!"

Seemingly afraid that Tachibana would continue to ask questions, Zabuza immediately changed the subject, pointing behind Tachibana.

"Who is this kid?"

Jianchuan Ju turned her head to look at the white-haired brat, who was about five or six years old and following closely behind her, and replied helplessly.

"Let's just call him Dou for now."

Almost a month has passed since Jianchuan Ju accepted the surveillance mission and left the front-line camp to roam freely.

This is the second time that Jianchuan Ju has returned to the camp to report for duty. She usually doesn't appear at the camp. There was another time when she returned and then left in a hurry.

Those familiar with Jianchuan Ju had a general idea of ​​what kind of solo mission he was carrying out, so no one asked him what he was doing.

However, this time they didn't return to the camp after half a month; they returned a few days earlier than originally planned.

As for the reason, it's naturally the little guy following Jianchuan Ju.

For the sake of prudence, both times when Jianchuan Ju went out, she went directly to the northern part of the Land of Fire, the front line of the three-way battle between fire, lightning, and earth, as required by the mission.

After all, there's a chaotic battle going on there right now, and countless ninjas are dying every day.

Whether it's ambushing from the sidelines or directly picking up corpses, Tachibana Kanagawa has plenty of opportunities to obtain the corpses of bloodline ninjas or secret technique ninjas.

Although there is a risk of being mistaken for an enemy ninja and dragged into battle, Tachibana Kenkawa is acting alone, making him a relatively small target.

With his current abilities, there are very few enemies below the Kage level who can stand against him.

Even if he encounters a top-tier powerhouse like Minato Namikaze or the Third Raikage, at worst he'll expose his identity, and Tachibana Kenkawa is confident he can escape.

Tachibana Kanagawa initially targeted the ninjas of Iwagakure, wanting to see if he could open the prize pools for both the 'Ground' and 'Rock' attributes at once.

However, the Iwagakure's special forces unit, the "Demolition Squad," mostly operates alongside the main force, so they don't have many suitable opportunities to act. They haven't even seen a "Lava Release" bloodline limit ninja.

After that, Tachibana Kenkawa had no choice but to capture an ordinary Earth Release ninja to test the 'Drawing' skill, and as expected, the secret technique failed to be executed.

It is clear that ordinary ninjas do not possess the 'characteristics' that can be recognized by secret techniques.

In the end, they only gathered some information hastily before returning to the Whirlpool Island camp.

The second deployment involved Tachibana Kenkawa targeting the ninjas of Konoha, given the village's numerous ninja clans. From Kenkawa's perspective, many of these clans met the criteria for the "characteristics" used in the secret techniques.

Initially, Tachibana Kenkawa wanted to bring back a member of the Uchiha or Nara clan to see if he could unlock the 'Ghost' or 'Dark' attribute pools through Yin attribute. At the very least, he could get a Byakugan to use temporarily, since it's all about extracting 'traits'. Hyuga branch family ninjas can also use 'Drawing', and maybe he could even unlock the 'Fighting' attribute pool.

As a result, none of the above were encountered.

Instead, Tachibana Kenkawa accidentally found the corpse of an Aburame clan ninja.

This time, the 'description' has finally been successfully released.

White, oil-paint-like lines meandered and connected across the corpse until they were completely joined together, forming a complex sealing spell.

The next moment, the corpse, which had only recently died, was quickly drained of all its energy by the sealed power, becoming withered and cracked. A gust of wind blew it away, and it turned into ashes scattered on the ground.

The white oil paint lines that had successfully extracted the 'characteristics' emitted a faint glow and quickly retracted.

Finally, the oil paint gathered on Kanagawa Tachibana's arm, solidifying into a beetle-shaped mark.

However, what troubled Jianchuan Ju was yet to come.

Kenkawa Tachibana, who had successfully formed the seal, did feel a slight difference. In particular, when chakra was poured into the seal, Kenkawa Tachibana could even attract some wild flying insects.

However, the "characteristics" stolen by the "Description" secret technique are different from the system lottery; no one explains what they are at all.

More importantly, Tachibana Kanagawa needs to learn an insect-type ninjutsu before she can unlock the "Insect-type UP Pool".

Tachibana Kanagawa had absolutely no clue how to develop ninjutsu based solely on the chakra properties that attract insects.

Fortunately, the secret technique "Drawing" can be used and changed at will, and the strength of the "Bug-type prize pool" is not so great that Tachibana Kenkawa would give up other prize pools for it. Afterwards, when she encounters an enemy with the right "trait", she can just dispel this seal.

Then, as Tachibana Kenkawa continued to wander alone near the battlefield, she encountered this white-haired brat.

At that time, Tachibana Kanakawa was indeed located near Mount Kikyo, and this kid was also wandering alone near the battlefield.

However, Tachibana Kenkawa dared to do this because he was confident in his abilities, while this kid was completely lost and aimlessly wandering around.

When she first saw this kid, Jianchuan Ju didn't want to pay attention to him. There were just too many tragedies on this battlefield. At first, Jianchuan Ju would give some supplies to these displaced civilians. But after seeing so many, she gradually became numb to it.

However, just as Tachibana was about to turn and leave, a group of Konoha ninjas passing by actually tried to kill the brat.

Then, Jianchuan Tachibana had no choice but to take care of those Konoha ninjas as well.

While Tachibana was killing these Konoha ninjas, the white-haired brat just stood there without dodging or flinching, without any other reaction.

Even after the battle was over, Tachibana Kanakawa was still worried. She went up to the white-haired kid, squatted down, and used her Water Ring to heal all the minor scratches on his body.

It wasn't until Jianchuan Ju wanted to ask him his name and found him standing there blankly, not saying a word, only occasionally shaking his head, that she realized the little guy seemed to have lost his memory.

Looking at the other person's white hair, coupled with their blank and amnesiac appearance, and after testing them, Jianchuan Ju discovered that this kid was also a little nearsighted.

Ultimately, Tachibana Kenkawa decided to take the kid back to camp ahead of schedule.

Before leaving the battlefield, Jianchuan Ju looked at the little brat who was only up to his chest, laughed, ruffled his white hair, and said casually.

"Since you've lost your memory, shall your name be Kabuto from now on?"

Jianchuan Ju hastily decided on the little guy's name.

As for whether it is really the "Yakushi Kabuto" from the original work?

Does it matter?

Last day. Work starts tomorrow.

PS: Regarding Kabuto's situation, the original work only states that Kabuto became an orphan after the Battle of Kikyo Mountain, but the exact timing of that battle is never clearly stated. However, after Kabuto was adopted by Nono Yakushi, three years passed between his mastery of medical ninjutsu and his praise for his medical skills in treating Orochimaru. During that time, Orochimaru and Danzo were still leading their forces in the war. Yet, the Battle of Kikyo Mountain was won by Minato Namikaze, and the Third Shinobi World War ended quickly afterward, leading to Hinata Hyuga being captured by the Kumogakure peace negotiators. In short, after searching for a long time, I found that various timelines don't match up.

Fortunately, the battlefield in my book is already in complete chaos, so let's just assume it's like Mount Kikyo, which has just been destroyed. As for whether it's called Mount Kikyo or Mount Kikyo, it's probably just a matter of translation; I'll use Mount Kikyo here.

PS2: However, Kabuto's age is accurate; he is six years younger than the protagonist and Kakashi.

(Because the timeline in the original Naruto manga is a bit messy in some places, I often use Kakashi's age as a reference point. Haha, Kakashi is more than just a unit of chakra for me.)

(End of this chapter)