Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 26 Successful Rescue

Seeing the pirates approaching so cooperatively.

This was the first time Jianchuan Ju had smiled since landing on the island, but if others had seen it, they probably would have thought the smile was somewhat sinister.

Stand still in place, and rapidly form hand seals with your hands.

"Water Release: Flying Water Shuriken"

Jianchuan Ju stomped one foot hard on a puddle, instantly splashing a large amount of water around him.

As the hand seals were completed, the water droplets immediately began to converge into a stream at more than twenty points. In the blink of an eye, all the water droplets around Tachibana Kenkawa disappeared, replaced by more than twenty shuriken, slightly larger than ordinary shuriken, spinning rapidly in the air.

Jianchuan Ju clasped his hands together, and instantly all the sailors' shuriken, accompanied by splashing water, spun through the air and flew towards the pirates attacking from all sides.

"Pfft~ Pfft pfft~"

The sounds of sharp weapons piercing flesh rang out continuously.

Faced with such a wide-ranging ninjutsu attack, the pirates at the front were instantly struck by several sailor shuriken and collapsed to the ground.

Many of the pirates who were running behind also suffered multiple cuts from the rapidly spinning blades.

Seeing such results, Tachibana Kenkawa was quite satisfied with his new method of using the flying water shuriken.

Previously, because a single Sailor Shuriken was easier to control and more powerful, Tachibana Kenkawa would usually only make one Sailor Shuriken and continuously add more chakra to it.

However, thanks to recent advancements in medical ninjutsu and improved chakra control, the Flying Water Shuriken has been able to perform well in group attacks.

On the other side, seeing the battle coming to an end, Zabuza, who had already released the Hidden Mist Technique, happened to witness Tachibana Kenkawa displaying his incredible ninjutsu.

He also raised both hands, preparing to form hand seals and unleash the Water Dragon Bullet technique to reap the harvest.

However, seeing the few remaining pirates and the child not far away, he decided to give up the idea and drew his short sword again, charging forward with Lan Zai.

Among them, the short Blue Boy was the first to use "Lightning Flash," and in the blink of an eye, he passed right under the feet of several pirates.

Lan Zai's figure was like a blue phantom, only revealing itself when he rushed to the enemy's feet.

This brief pause was often followed by Blue Boy reaching out his little hand and giving the pirates' legs a 'slap'.

The crisp sound of bones breaking rang out one after another, and pirates collapsed to the ground, clutching their broken legs and howling in agony.

However, they were lucky. If Zabuza had charged forward first, they probably wouldn't have even had a chance to cry out in pain.

Meanwhile, Mei Terumi quickly arrived after dealing with the pirates heading towards the "landslide".

What I saw was Zabuza pulling a short sword out of the heart of the last pirate who was still standing.

"Is it over?"

"Hmm, I overestimated the fighting ability of these pirates."

While knocking out a pirate who was still clutching his broken leg and groaning, Tachibana Kenkawa answered Mei Terumi.

Upon hearing this, Mei Terumi didn't refute anything, but simply stepped forward and kicked a wounded pirate unconscious.

Zabuza then turned around, holding his short sword as if ready to end the pirate's life.

"Don't kill them! Leave a few alive!" Jianchuan Ju hurriedly spoke up to stop them.

Zabuza glanced at Tachibana with a somewhat indifferent look, neither speaking nor putting down his short sword.

A faint purple aura seemed to flash across his body.

"Maybe I'm seeing things?"

Seeing that Zabuza seemed to be in a bad state, Tachibana Kenkawa ignored his gaze and still offered an explanation.

"We haven't confirmed whether the child who is our target is still at the camp. Perhaps the pirates haven't returned after raiding Apple Village. Also, don't forget those two 'dark agents'; we might need to gather intelligence on them."

"Tachibana is right, let's knock out the pirates who are still alive first," Mei Terumi agreed.

"Alright." Zabuza's eyes returned to normal, and he silently sheathed his short sword.

However, although the three did not intend to kill all the pirates for the time being, they obviously would not treat the prisoners well either.

Those pirates whose injuries were not fatal were simply kicked unconscious, while those with more serious injuries were simply relieved of their pain.

Just as the three were dealing with the pirates, the children who had been captured noticed that the battle was over.

The incident happened suddenly, and most of the cages were not closed. However, the fighting continued, so no children managed to escape.

At this moment, some people are still peeking around, while some of the bolder ones have already come out.

"It's over. We're here to rescue you."

Seeing these children, the oldest only 7 or 8 years old and the youngest only 4 or 5 years old, Mei Terumi spoke with exceptional gentleness.

Perhaps it is also because the three of them are only a few years older than these children that more children are starting to leave the cage.

One of the older children mustered up his courage and walked up to the three of them, asking a question.

"Excuse me, are you ninja masters?"

"We are ninjas from Kirigakure (Hidden Mist Village), and we have been sent on a mission to rescue the children who have been kidnapped by pirates."

Although the mission was simply to rescue seven children from Apple Village, Tachibana Kenkawa would never say something so jarring at this moment.

As a result, Zabuza, who was standing to the side, became somewhat impatient and asked directly.

"Were any of you kidnapped from Apple Village?"

"Huh? I'm from Apple Village." Although he was startled by Zabuza, the youngest boy who walked over still spoke up.

"Are all seven of them here?" Mei Terumi immediately asked.

"Ah, several people from our village were just arrested, but only one person was taken away." The boy looked somewhat sad as he said this.

Suddenly remembering the red-haired child she had knocked unconscious in the house, Tachibana Kanagawa turned to Mei and said.

"Ming, you tell these children what's going on. I'll search these houses to see if there's any information or anyone who's escaped."

"I'll go too." Seemingly not very good at dealing with children younger than himself, Zabuza turned and walked towards the other side of the house.

When Jianchuan Ju finished searching all the houses and carried the red-haired child back to the center of the camp.

Mei Terumi and Zabuza have gathered all the surviving children together and are giving some of the injured children basic first aid.

Seeing this, Tachibana Kanakawa approached and took over the treatment, while explaining her search results.

"There's only one child, and no intelligence letters. Let the people from Apple Village identify him."

"I didn't find anything here either," Zabuza said casually after hearing the news.

Fortunately, after confirmation, the red-haired child was indeed captured from Apple Village, and the team's mission objectives were all found.

Furthermore, after her brief exchange with the children, Mei Terumi had also learned some general information.

(End of this chapter)