Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 25 First Blood

Mei Terumi, who was temporarily leading the team, looked at the two of them with a firm gaze.

After so many days of practice, Mei Terumi was very clear about the strength of her two teammates, and she also knew that Tachibana Kenkawa was definitely not just a simple medical ninja.

Although the three are still quite young, they all possess strength approaching that of a Chunin. Their only deficiency might be experience in combat.

After a brief tactical arrangement, they tacitly began to split up and take action.

After a while.

With Lanzi by her side, they stealthily made their way to the two largest adjacent stone houses on the inner side of the camp. Jianchuan Ju nimbly flipped over and hid by the window of one of the houses.

really!

Even without further confirmation from Jianchuan Ju, one could clearly hear deafening snoring coming from one of the rooms.

Jianchuan Ju didn't make a sound, but gestured for Lanzai to go to another room to investigate.

He gripped the kunai in his hand tightly, grabbed the bottom edge of the window with his other hand, and with a little effort, nimbly climbed into the house.

Ignoring the strength of the person currently fast asleep inside, Jianchuan Ju barely touched the ground before arching his foot and exerting force again, leaping to the bedside and instantly piercing the throat of the still-sleeping pirate with a kunai.

"Pfft~"

The pirate struggled slightly, splattered a small amount of blood, and then fell silent.

From breaking into the house to killing the pirate, Tachibana Kanagawa didn't even think much. He simply followed the steps taught in the ninja academy and easily finished off his opponent.

Life is truly fragile.

[Ding! First enemy kill unlocks achievement "First Blood!"]

The cold system notification sounded in her mind, leaving Jianchuan Ju with somewhat complicated emotions.

Knowing that she had arrived in this chaotic ninja world, Tachibana Kenkawa had long been mentally prepared to get her hands dirty.

However, the system's notification sound seemed to be mocking Jianchuan Ju.

Just then, there was no more snoring from the pirates or system notifications.

In the quiet room, a faint breathing sound from a corner clearly reached Jianchuan Ju's ears.

Without a second thought, Tachibana Kanagawa tensed instantly, pulled the kunai out of the pirate's neck, and flung it forcefully toward the corner behind him from which the sound had come.

At the same time, he quickly turned around, unleashing chakra beneath his feet, preparing for a follow-up attack.

"Thump."

The kunai was driven straight into a wooden wardrobe, but it missed its target.

However, even though Jianchuan Tachibana had rushed in front of the opponent in an instant, she did not launch any further attacks.

Instead, they stood there dumbfounded, staring at the 'enemy' in front of them.

The reason the kunai missed its target was not due to a mistake, but because the target was too short.

At this moment, standing in front of Jianchuan Ju was a red-haired child who looked only four or five years old and was chained to the ground.

This little child, whose gender was indistinguishable due to his filth, was thin and had empty eyes.

Clearly, this child's spirit has been utterly shattered.

He showed no reaction whatsoever to either the kunai stuck less than a centimeter into his head or the fist standing in front of him.

If it weren't for that faint breathing sound, Tachibana Kanagawa would have even doubted whether the other person was alive.

"Gua~O.O?"

Lan Zai's soft call from the window brought Jian Chuan Ju back to her senses.

"Get some sleep first, you'll be free when you wake up."

There was no time to mourn for the other person. With a gentle chop, she knocked him unconscious. Jianchuan Ju turned around and walked out of the house with Lanzi.

"Thanks to this child, at least I feel completely free of any psychological burden after killing someone for the first time."

After quickly searching several houses, they found no other pirates resting. The fog in the camp was also thickening, so Jianchuan Ju gave up searching other rooms.

"Is Zabuza's task complete yet?"

Previously, Mei Terumi assigned Tachibana Kenkawa the task of investigating whether there were any high-level pirates inside the two obviously better houses, and then deciding whether to launch a surprise attack or raise the alarm.

However, since the opponent happened to be fast asleep, Tachibana Kanakawa chose to kill him directly.

Zabuza went to the port to kill the pirates guarding the ships and used the seawater to perform a wide-range mist concealment technique.

Now that both sides had completed their tasks, Tachibana Kenkawa stealthily made his way to the most important training ground.

The noisy shouts and curses of the pirates could already be heard.

"What the hell is this weather? Is the fog usually this thick?!"

"Alright, stop complaining. These brats in the fog don't need to train, so we can get some rest earlier."

"Good my ass! If those officials come to inspect the goods and the pass rate isn't high enough, are you going to pay with your life?"

"Shut the hell up, all of you brats! Stop it! Go back to your cages!"

Although the dense fog had successfully separated the pirates from the children, Tachibana Kanagawa did not act immediately.

Instead, with an icy expression, he continued to move forward according to the plan.

On the other side, on a low hill near the camp.

Seeing that the thick fog still enveloped the entire camp, Terumi Mei's furrowed brows finally relaxed slightly.

At this point, there was still no signal in the camp, indicating that both teammates were making good progress.

However, unable to hear the sounds below, she was unaware that the pirates below had stopped the children's fight due to the mist. After all, when the three of them devised their plan, they were still considering it from the perspective of ninjas.

Mei Terumi followed the plan, forming hand seals to perform a ninjutsu.

Earth Release: Earth Split Palm

In an instant, a section of the mountain collapsed and slid down towards the camp below with a rumble.

Of course, in order not to accidentally harm the children in the camp, the landslide that Mei Terumi created was only to make noise and attract the attention of the pirates, and did not consume too much chakra.

The broken clods of earth stopped advancing before they even reached the edge of the camp.

"What the hell is that noise?"

"Damn, could it be a landslide?"

"Send two people over to check what's going on. And hurry up and get those brats back into their cages."

At this moment, Tachibana and Zabuza, who had finally received the attack signal below, immediately launched an attack on all the pirates around them.

Although they couldn't see far in the fog, most of the pirates still instinctively looked in the direction from which the loud noise came from.

The two men and the frog silently dealt with a large number of pirates, but their tracks were eventually discovered.

"Enemy attack! Watch out!"

The remaining dozen or so pirates then realized that the camp had been attacked and immediately moved toward the person who had made the sound.

Fortunately, by this time, Jianchuan Ju and his companion had already dealt with all the pirates who were close to the children.

"Now that we have nothing to worry about!"

Jianchuan Ju sensed that the remaining pirates seemed to be gathering towards him, and did not choose to disappear into the mist again.

Instead, he stood still and suddenly burst out laughing.

"Since you're all being so cooperative, then I won't hold back!"

(End of this chapter)