Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 256 Still pretending to be a Konoha ninja?

After putting all the messy things back into the 'secret space' together with Lanzi.

Tachibana Kanagawa took Ranzi with her when they left the camp and headed to a secluded open space north of Uzushima Island to try out the two new ninjutsu they had acquired.

What was the result?

Absolute zero is indeed powerful; all plants and animals that come into contact with the extreme cold are frozen instantly.

Moreover, it was frozen thoroughly from the inside out. Objects with more moisture would be frozen very solid. After Jianchuan Ju painstakingly knocked open the big tree, its internal structure was completely destroyed.

The metal kunai that were hit by the freezing air became brittle and turned into powder with the slightest touch.

Fortunately, the short sword was only used to conduct chakra, and the ninjutsu was still released from the front of the blade. However, even so, for a while after releasing "Absolute Zero", Tachibana Kenkawa was not too daring to touch any object with his short sword.

However, in contrast to its power, this move also imposes significant limitations on the user.

Even if Kanakawa Tachibana releases her power through a short sword, it can only last for less than 3 seconds; otherwise, she will suffer severe frostbite.

What gave Jianchuan Ju a little comfort was that, among the "Acupoint Strikes," the "Physical Defense" bonus, which he initially thought was the least useful, actually increased Jianchuan Ju's resistance to freezing and extended the release time to 4 seconds.

"Now it truly is a case of 'sleeves of white snow.'"

Looking at the lifeless, desolate scene before her, Jianchuan Ju rubbed her temples, exhaled a puff of white breath, and thought to herself with frustration.

"It's a pity the water clone can't unleash ice release techniques. Hopefully, the ice release ninjutsu the Yuki clan will send later will include skills like ice clones."

"I just don't know if the ice clone itself can withstand the backlash from absolute zero."

As for the test of the 'Aurora Beam', Tachibana Kenkawa was both satisfied and somewhat dissatisfied.

This method is indeed not much different from the description of knowledge indoctrination.

but!

Kanakawa Tachibana had overlooked a very important point.

This ninjutsu utilizes the transformation of natural light to create an attack. In actual use, the power of the "Aurora Beam" is even affected by the intensity of ambient light, with the power at night and during the day potentially differing by several times.

This made Tachibana Kanagawa lose confidence in this ninjutsu.

"We still need to prepare a few more backup plans!"

Just as Jianchuan Ju finished the test, sighed for a moment, and was about to return to the camp to rest.

Lanzi appeared instantly beside Jianchuan Ju and tugged at his sleeve with a serious expression.

"Quick! Σ(ˇˇ)つ"

"Enemy detected? Nearby?"

Following the direction Lanzi pointed, Jianchuan Ju looked towards the northwest coast of Whirlpool Island, near the Land of Fire.

Just now, when Jianchuan Ju was testing her skills, the little guy got too bored and ran off to play somewhere else.

Although the frontline camps seem to have entered a ceasefire phase, Tachibana Kenkawa will not let his guard down.

Leaving aside the Hidden Cloud Village, even Konoha, which is currently pursuing peace talks with the Hidden Mist Village, still has a hawk like Danzo who could cause trouble at any time.

Jianchuan Ju immediately concealed himself and followed Lanzi stealthily toward the direction in which it had discovered the enemy.

Sure enough, as soon as the shore came into view, Jianchuan Ju noticed an old, manually propelled fishing boat moored on a beach.

Meanwhile, several ninjas dressed in Konoha vests and wearing Konoha headbands were quietly arguing about something around the ship.

However, when Jianchuan Ju took a closer look, her forehead was covered in black lines.

"What's going on? Do they think everyone else is an idiot?"

No wonder Jianchuan Ju was speechless.

The reason was that among those Konoha ninjas, one person's skin color was obviously abnormal, and even with Kenkawa Tachibana's sharp eyesight, he didn't notice the other person unless he looked closely.

"They're practically blending into the night, and they're still pretending to be Konoha ninjas?"

Of the five great ninja villages, besides Kumogakure, where are there any black ninjas?!

Seeing that these guys were clearly not from Kirigakure, sneaking ashore, Tachibana Kenkawa was determined not to ignore them.

He immediately called out to Lanzi to rush forward.

"Blue Boy!"

With a low shout, Jianchuan Ju gave the little guy a perfectly synchronized right hand, which stood opposite Jianchuan Ju's left hand.

A large water sphere with a diameter of over five meters quickly formed between the palms of a person and a frog.

Before the people on the shore could react, Jianchuan Ju suddenly flung his hand, and the huge water ball flew out and smashed into them.

"Combination Ninjutsu * Water Prison Wave Technique"

The massive water prison didn't explode immediately after crashing into the group. Instead, it swept up the three unlucky souls who couldn't dodge, capsizing the dilapidated boat and slamming it onto the sea.

At the same time, after throwing out the water ball, Jianchuan Ju didn't stop, and quickly formed hand seals again.

Ice Release: Fine Snow

"Phew~"

The cold, freezing wind, exhaled from the mouth of the jujube tree, instantly transformed into a gale mixed with fine snowflakes, blowing towards the enemy.

The three who had just dodged the sneak attack were immediately frozen and their movements became sluggish.

"Watch out! It's an Ice Release ninja!"

However, his words had no effect.

Only the person who shouted managed to break through the high speed and escape the coverage of the "fine snow".

The remaining two, along with the three unlucky souls captured in the giant water prison, were quickly frozen by the howling cold wind, turning into three strangely shaped ice sculptures, one large and two small.

The guy who was probably a Jonin dodged Tachibana Kanagawa's "Snowflakes" attack, but his speed was slowed down due to being frozen.

Before he could retaliate, Lanzi, who had rushed in front of him, flicked out his tongue and wrapped it around his body, causing him to be paralyzed and poisoned, and he collapsed to the ground.

Jianchuan Ju Shun stepped forward and kicked the guy into a sweet sleep.

However, Lanzi, who had just used the "tongue licking" technique, was now bitterly picking at the tiny snowflakes and ice crystals on his tongue with his little hands.

The battle ended surprisingly quickly, and Tachibana Kenkawa was able to relax a bit.

Smiling, he stepped forward and performed a simple treatment on the little guy's tongue.

"Don't lick things randomly with your tongue next time. Luckily, this person was just frozen and had some snowflakes on their body."

"If you accidentally lick that block of ice over there, your tongue might not be able to get off."

「呱~(.TロT)σ」

Patting the little guy on the shoulder, Tachibana Kanagawa turned to look at the few 'Konoha ninjas'.

"One Jonin leading five Chunin? Well, not necessarily, it could be two Jonin."

"Even so, how dare six people cause trouble near a frontline camp with hundreds of soldiers?"

That's why Jianchuan Ju thought of capturing Kou instead of using them to test the newly obtained 'Absolute Zero'; otherwise, these guys would probably be hand in hand reporting to the Pure Land by now.

"Look at him, acting so suspiciously, dressed in Konoha attire. He clearly doesn't seem to be here on a legitimate mission. Poisoning? A sneak attack? Gathering intelligence?"

"Wait a minute! Could there be more than just this one enemy group?"

Thinking of this, Jianchuan Ju immediately threw three signal flares into the sky.

(End of this chapter)