Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 279 Just a Doppelganger

With the Third Mizukage injured, Tachibana Kenkawa naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity.

Once out of range of the water whip attack, Kanakawa Tachibana swooped down.

He flashed through the air, leaving afterimages, dodging the Third Mizukage's attempt to intercept Tachibana's water bullet attack.

At this moment, Tachibana Kanagawa had already rushed up to the Third Mizukage.

However, before Jianchuan Ju could make any other move, a large amount of water suddenly surged out from beneath him, instantly transforming into a spiraling, towering column of water that enveloped Jianchuan Ju.

"Water Release: Torrent Formation!"

The one who launched the attack was Yagura Karatachi, who had been plotting in the shadows for a long time. He used the Third Mizukage to draw fire and attempted to launch a fatal blow at the critical moment.

But who would have thought that Yagura's perfectly timed and sure-hit attack would miss completely?

The 'Jianchuan Orange' within the towering spiral water column exploded into countless feathers burning with white flames. As the water spiraled outwards, it froze the entire water column into ice.

At that moment, Tachibana Kanagawa, who had dodged the attack with the help of "One Life Feather Dance", curled her lips in disdain.

"Want to come a second time? Idiot!"

After landing, Tachibana Kenkawa crouched down and delivered a high kick straight to the Third Mizukage's chest, sending him flying backward and coughing up blood. Large patches of white ice crystals quickly condensed on his chest.

At the same time, Jianchuan Ju took advantage of the thick ice pillars that had already formed behind her to quickly form a hand seal with one hand.

"White Release: Ice Flame Clone!"

The white flames instantly separated from Jianchuan Ju's body, and after landing, they quickly condensed into ice, transforming into a clone that was exactly the same as Jianchuan Ju.

Although the "Ice Flame Clone" cannot inherit the attributes and most of the exclusive "traits" brought by "Acupoint Strike", it consumes a lot of chakra.

However, because it has the physical characteristics of a "wood clone" and is enhanced by White Release, when Tachibana Kenkawa activates double chakra, the amount of chakra contained in each clone is still enough to maintain basic combat, and its combat power is still considerable.

From Yagura's perspective, after his attack missed, the Third Mizukage behind the ice pillar was sent flying backward, and Tachibana rushed out to chase after him.

Before Yagura could even move around the ice pillar, two more "Kamakawa Tachibana" figures, their bodies wreathed in white flames, burst out from behind the ice pillar, one on the left and one on the right.

"An ice clone?"

Before Yagura could even think about which one was the real Kanagawa Tachibana, two Kanagawa Tachibana rushed in front of him, their two short swords blocking all of Yagura's movements.

"Clang~"

Yagura held the iron hook in front of him, blocking the two attacks.

However, that wasn't the end of it. The two Kanagawa Tachibana brothers moved in close coordination and rushed forward.

The short sword was constantly being swung, forcing Yagura to retreat repeatedly.

Left with no other choice, Yagura could only throw the iron hook in his hand at the "two people" while quickly retreating and forming hand seals to release a ninjutsu.

Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique

Yagura spat out a huge spiral of water, which shot straight at the two Tachibana Mizukawa, intending to force them back.

However, this move caught Jianchuan Ju's eye.

Suddenly, a burst of white flames erupted from the feet of Kanagawa Tachibana on the left. As he leaped into the air to dodge the impact of the water waves, white flames erupted again from his back as he swooped down towards Yagura Karatachi.

Meanwhile, on the right, Jianchuan Ju simultaneously formed a hand seal and released "Fine Snow," exhaling a burst of cold air that quickly froze the waves in front of him into ice.

As Tachibana Kenkawa swooped down, his hands moved rapidly, forming hand seals. When he reached Yagura Karatachi, a somewhat crazed smile appeared on his face.

"White Escape * Absolute Zero"

Unlike previous instances where the main body of Tachibana Kenkawa had to use a divine spear as a medium to release absolute zero, the clone "Tachibana Kenkawa" directly unleashed absolute zero around its body.

A loud "boom" resounded.

Countless pale flames exploded instantly, shooting into the sky.

The next moment, the white flames quickly dissipated, and a small iceberg with two pointed little hands stood on the ground, while Yagura's figure was frozen in the very center of the iceberg.

The guy on the right, Kanagawa Tachibana, looked at the somewhat comical-looking iceberg and muttered something strange.

"Is art just Patrick Star?"

However, just as Jianchuan Ju looked up and sighed.

"Pfft~"

A sharp spiral water blade pierced directly from behind Jianchuan Ju. Although the water blade was instantly frozen into ice by the white flames, it still pierced through Jianchuan Ju's chest.

At that moment, Yagura's sinister voice came from behind Tachibana.

"The one who can unleash a ninjutsu of the level of a great waterfall isn't necessarily the real person."

Although the water knife in his hand was frozen solid, and his right hand, which was holding the knife, was covered in frost, Yagura Karatachi still brazenly declared his victory.

"What a pity, you were originally..."

However, before Yagura could finish speaking...

"Pfft~"

Another sound of a knife tip piercing flesh.

Yagura looked down at his chest in disbelief, where a snow-white blade tip, gleaming with a chilling light, was protruding from it.

At that moment, Tachibana Kanagawa's voice also drifted out from behind Yagura Karatachi.

"There's nothing to regret, Yagura-senpai."

As Tachibana Kenkawa finished speaking, pure white flames rose from the blade and quickly spread across Yagura's entire body, freezing everything in their path into ice.

Seeing the speed at which the ice spread across the body, and confirming that this was the real body, only indifference remained in Jianchuan Ju's eyes.

With chakra being unleashed at full power, the flames erupted once more.

Yagura Karatachi, who didn't even have time to utter his last words, was completely turned into an ice sculpture.

With a slight tremor of the blade, he drew the divine spear and sheathed it behind his back, leaving behind only a cold remark.

"No one stipulates that one of the two must be the real one."

After dealing with Yagura Karatachi, Tachibana Kenkawa ignored the ice sculpture on the spot and looked at the Third Mizukage in the distance, who was fighting with another of his clones.

Just now, Tachibana Kenkawa's slash and kick had already seriously injured the Third Mizukage, and now he was actually fighting back and forth with one of Tachibana Kenkawa's 'Ice Flame Clone's'.

However, since the Third Mizukage's main methods are control-type ninjutsu, unless the "Ice Flame Clone" can seize the opportunity to use Absolute Zero to take the opponent down with it, there is no chance to take it down directly.

Of course, this was not the result that Tachibana Kenkawa wanted.

Ultimately, even though the Third Mizukage, relying on his own strength, truly demonstrated the diversity of Water Release ninjutsu to Tachibana Kenkawa.

However, after Tachibana Kenkawa himself joined the battle, the scales of victory continued to tip uncontrollably.

After the clone once again used "Ice Rock Hall" to block the Third Mizukage's "Rain Shower" water bullet, Tachibana Kenkawa seized the opportunity and flashed behind the Third Mizukage.

With a swift movement, the scabbard of the divine spear struck the Third Mizukage directly on the back of the neck.

This time, the Third Mizukage very kindly fainted.

After watching the Third Mizukage's body crash cleanly to the ground, Tachibana Kenkawa finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"What a troublesome old man!"

To be honest, I probably wrote seven or eight thousand words in these two chapters after making and rewriting them.

These two chapters were originally drafts from yesterday. I was supposed to write a new chapter today, but the reaction to yesterday's chapter where the protagonist suffered a setback was not good, so I didn't write anything today and spent all my time revising the text.

I was originally planning to take the day off, since tomorrow is Saturday and I'll have a day to rest and regroup, and maybe even revise the previous chapter.

However, as I revised these two chapters further, I found myself unable to distinguish between good and bad.

Sometimes I would write a thousand or two thousand words and then delete the entire paragraph.

In the end, I decided not to waste time on this and would stop taking leave and continue updating as usual.

If the problem is really serious, we'll talk about it later, probably.

(End of this chapter)