Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 261 The New Divine Gun

Jianchuan Ju took out the strange bracelet from the wooden box and looked at Elder Yuanshi with a puzzled expression.

"This thing can temporarily protect you from the village's barrier, although it seems you've already done so on your own."

Jianchuan Ju looked at the bracelet, then at Elder Yuanshi, and put it back into the box.

The current situation is still a bit strange. Before you figure it out, it's best not to bring these messy things on yourself.

According to Elder Yuanshi, the current situation is caused by the village's barrier, and this "attack" is not very powerful after it is dispersed onto him.

Maintaining the "Mysterious Guardian" doesn't consume much mental energy, so there's no need to use this bracelet for now.

"Elder, what exactly is going on? Could the village have caused this themselves?"

Jianchuan Ju couldn't understand it.

"Could it be that Kirigakure has started pursuing some kind of harmonious society? And is that something that can be created just by wishing for it?"

However, this time Elder Yuan simply smiled and shook his head, offering no direct explanation, but instead speaking vaguely.

"This matter is related to your upcoming mission, so let's wait until tomorrow when the Third Hokage will explain it to you together."

"Um, tomorrow?"

"That's right. The Third Hokage has been dealing with this matter recently, so he can only show his face for three hours each day. You can come to the Mizukage Building again tomorrow morning."

Elder Yuan still had a smiling face, but he resolutely refused to speak.

Is it really necessary to make it so mysterious?

That's what I thought, but since they were indeed high-ranking officials in the village, there was nothing I could do if they didn't want to talk about it.

"What about Minister Chunyu?"

Jianchuan Ju noticed the anomaly and flew over directly, while Chunyu was still left at the village gate by him.

However, Elder Yuan Shi did not care.

"The barrier only absorbs negative emotions and will not affect a person's mind. Chunyu should come over on her own soon."

"absorb?"

Jianchuan Ju immediately grasped the key words in Elder Yuanshi's words, but quickly made a mental retort.

"Everyone on the street is like that, and you say it doesn't affect their mental health? The village leaders must be incredibly thick-skinned!"

Unfortunately, there was too little information, and Jianchuan Ju had no clue whatsoever.

After bidding farewell to Elder Yuan, he left the office with a heavy heart.

"Hopefully, it really was the village that did it; please, don't let some mastermind emerge."

"But now that I think about it, Kakashi seems to have just become a Jonin, right? There should still be quite a bit of time before Obito finishes his training with Madara Uchiha."

Perhaps because Kirigakure produced a prodigy like Tachibana Kenkyuu, Konoha has been frantically promoting Kakashi Hatake's achievement of becoming a Jonin at the age of twelve, seemingly wanting to compete with Kirigakure.

Although the battle at Kannabi Bridge from the original manga is definitely not included, the important milestone of Kakashi becoming a Jonin has given Tachibana some idea of ​​what will happen next.

Otherwise, judging solely from the current situation of Kirigakure or the ninja world's current state, Tachibana Kenkawa would really have a hard time figuring out the timeline.

"Forget it, even if it really is Madara Uchiha pulling the strings behind the scenes, it's not like we're completely without a chance to deal with him."

Jianchuan Ju clenched her fists and strode towards the outside of the Shuiying Building.

"But since we won't know the mission until tomorrow, we might as well go and check with Old Man Frostmoon first."

Jianchuan Ju carefully avoided the friendly people on the street, always feeling that she was the strange one.

It wasn't until they arrived at Shimotsuki Ichiro's shop and saw that it was deserted that Kanakawa Tachibana relaxed a little.

"Grandpa, I...sigh."

Jianchuan Ju let out a long sigh.

The whole village is like this, so how could Old Man Frostmoon be spared?

But since it was something the village caused, there shouldn't be any lasting consequences, right? Probably.

"Hey, Orange Boy's back in the village?"

Although Shimotsuki Ichiro greeted her warmly as always, Kenkawa Tachibana only responded with a somewhat listless reply.

Even when the old man asked some questions of concern, Jianchuan Ju only gave perfunctory responses.

Seeing Shimotsuki Ichiro, who remained enthusiastic even after being dealt with perfunctorily, only intensified the strangeness of the situation.

It wasn't until Shimotsuki Ichiro took out the newly modified "Divine Spear" that Tachibana Kenkawa regained some of his energy.

"This is?"

Jianchuan Ju noticed immediately that the scabbard of the divine spear was completely different from the previous one.

No wonder the old man said he didn't want a scabbard last time.

Upon hearing Tachibana's question, Shimotsuki Ichiro seemed to become quite smug, and explained with a smile.

"As I said before, it's extremely difficult to further optimize the structure of the Divine Spear's blade. Even adding more materials would only increase its hardness and flexibility. The Divine Spear's function is still based on the original pair of longswords, making it very difficult to enhance it further."

"But your scabbard from last time reminded me that since the blade structure can't be changed, we can try to find a breakthrough by working on the scabbard!"

Then Shimotsuki Ichiro began to give a detailed introduction to the brand-new divine spear.

Just as the old man had said before, the focus of this modification was placed on the scabbard, while the blade itself was simply reinforced.

Thanks to the previous 'flying gem', the new scabbard has gained the ability to continuously accumulate energy. Originally, this gem was embedded in the hilt by Shimotsuki Ichiro, but its overall enhancement to the divine spear was really mediocre.

It was re-inserted into the scabbard by Shimotsuki Ichiro, and reforged with a lot of materials that Kenkawa Tachibana obtained from the system lottery.

Now, once the divine spear is sheathed, it will automatically absorb free energy through the scabbard.

Once the divine spear is drawn, it can continuously increase the strength and sharpness of the blade, and can also be activated all at once, greatly extending the attack range of the "God-Slaying Spear".

According to Old Man Frostmoon, a single activation can extend the attack range of the "God-Slaying Spear" by a hundred times, which is 40 meters long, and also improve the activation speed and the hardness of the "blade".

If the goal is simply to maintain the strength and sharpness of the blade, it can last for an hour. Ordinary swords will break upon contact, and even inferior chakra metal weapons can be shattered in a few strikes.

Moreover, these two additional capabilities consume virtually no resources for the user.

Of course, you can also choose to actively inject chakra into the scabbard, but the speed is not fast, and it takes about ten minutes to fully charge it.

It's not that this action consumes a lot of chakra, but rather that Shimotsuki Ichiro actively limited the charging speed; otherwise, given the quality of the "Flying Gem," it might not be able to withstand a few rapid charges before being destroyed.

"However, if you find a more suitable energy storage gem later, you can simply replace it."

As he spoke, Shimotsuki Ichiro actually removed the jewel from the scabbard.

(End of this chapter)