Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 285 Is Konoha up to something?

Six days later.

Once again, Jianchuan Ju arrived at the secret room in Elder Yuanshi's house.

This time, however, only Tachibana Kanakawa and Ao were waiting here. Quan Bingwei was also waiting outside the door, but the old man who was most looking forward to seeing Elder Yuanshi again was no longer there.

Time passed slowly, but neither Jianchuan Ju nor the other two showed any anxiety. They simply sat quietly in front of the door and waited.

Until a slight cracking sound was heard.

Suddenly, cracks appeared on the intricate sealing runes on the secret chamber door. As these cracks gradually widened, they spread across the entire door.

Suddenly, all the dark runes turned into tiny specks of light and shattered and vanished, as if they had never existed.

Seeing this, the two stood up and waited.

The next second, the heavy door was slowly pushed open from the inside, and Elder Yuan Shi's figure appeared in front of the two.

Meanwhile, in the room behind it, one can vaguely see a huge pottery jar covered with complex sealing runes, which is presumably the container that Elder Yuanshi wants to protect, sealing the Three-Tailed Beast.

"Elder Master Yuan."

Both Kanakawa Tachibana and Ao greeted them in unison.

Elder Yuan, who had just emerged from the seal, remained calm, seemingly unsurprised that Jianchuan Ju would be waiting for him there.

However, when Elder Yuan looked around, he did not see his old friend, and a slight look of loneliness appeared in his eyes.

However, upon hearing their greetings, Elder Yuan immediately suppressed his complex emotions, nodded to Jianchuan Ju, and spoke with satisfaction.

"Ju, you did a great job."

However, Jianchuan Ju did not show any joy at Elder Yuan's praise. She simply took out a scroll and handed it to Elder Yuan.

"This is...this is the last message left by the three generations of masters."

Despite her initial attempt to remain calm, Jianchuan Ju finally couldn't suppress a hint of sorrow on her face when she uttered the last two words.

Similarly, when Elder Yuan raised his hand several times to take the unremarkable scroll that Jianchuan Ju handed over, he failed to do so.

Just now, when Elder Yuan saw that it was Tachibana Kanagawa and Ao waiting for him outside the seal, he knew who the victor of this Yagura rebellion was.

Although the Third Mizukage was not seen, Elder Yuanshi comforted himself, thinking that the Third Mizukage might have been injured or had some other reason for not being able to attend.

But the scroll that Tachibana Kenkawa took out shattered the old man's illusions.

However, Elder Yuanshi, having seen many storms and life-and-death situations, managed to compose himself before taking the scroll from Jianchuan Ju and slowly unrolling it.

In fact, both Tachibana and Ao had already read this suicide note on the day the Third Mizukage died.

The content isn't extensive; it mainly consists of the Third Mizukage's arrangements for his death and his advice to the village.

The most important point was that the Third Mizukage wanted to keep his death a secret to stabilize the people's hearts and wait for Elder Genshi to break the seal so that he could temporarily handle all the affairs of the village, while Tachibana Kanagawa would assist him in his studies.

He suggested that Ao be appointed as the Three-Tails Jinchuriki and launch an attack on the Konoha forces together with Tachibana Kenkawa, explaining how the battle should be fought and to what extent.

It is suggested that his death be announced only after the war ends and a formal peace treaty is signed with Konoha, and that Tachibana Kenkawa succeed him as the Fourth Mizukage.

The remaining large portion of the text is filled with reminders and suggestions from Tachibana Kenkawa on how to balance the relationship between clan ninjas and commoner ninjas, how to handle relations with the Daimyo's mansion, the need to emphasize the training of the new generation of ninjas, and the importance of improving one's own strength.

And a letter to Elder Yuan Shi, hoping that he could help Jianchuan Ju become an excellent Mizukage.

It seems that this usually decisive old man suddenly became long-winded and weak before his death, as if he was afraid that he might forget or omit something he wanted to tell.

It seems that he felt that ten days of teaching by example was too short, and wanted to put all his expectations into this scroll of his last words.

Time flows slowly.

Jianchuan and Ju stood quietly inside the room, waiting for Elder Yuan to finish reading the contents of the scroll.

Elder Yuan Shi slowly closed the scroll after reading its contents.

"Old man, do you need to tell me?"

Elder Yuan muttered to himself, as if complaining about his old friend's excessive worries, or perhaps reminiscing about something.

However, Elder Yuan quickly regained his composure and looked at Jianchuan Ju and the other person.

How many people know about the Third Hokage's death?

The two looked at each other, and finally it was Tachibana Kanagawa who answered.

"Currently, only the two of us and your bodyguard, Konbei, know that these past few days, Ao-sensei has been disguised as the Third Hokage to conduct his work, but he only shows up for a few hours each day."

This was largely thanks to the actions taken by Yagura Karatachi during the time the Third Mizukage was under genjutsu control, so the others didn't have much doubt about the Third Mizukage's decision to reduce his outings.

After thinking for a moment, Jianchuan Ju continued.

"The remains of the Third Generation Lord are temporarily sealed inside the scroll, and I am keeping them safe."

In fact, Tachibana Kenkawa placed the scroll containing the sealed remains inside a "secret space." He wouldn't feel comfortable leaving such an important scroll anywhere else.

Elder Yuan simply nodded silently. Since the person was already gone, there was no point in continuing to ask where the body was, and with Jianchuan Ju keeping it safe, everything would be safe.

Elder Yuan then brought up the real matter, asking about the experiences of Jianchuan Ju and the others over the past few days.

Jianchuan Ju simply started from the previous "Zero" mission and explained in detail to Elder Yuanshi what everyone had done during this period.

At the same time, given the circumstances, Tachibana Kenkawa did not hold back too much.

This includes information such as the possibility that the Third Mizukage was controlled by Konoha's Sharingan, Obito's previous display of Wood Release and Mangekyou Sharingan's intangibility abilities, and the fact that the White Zetsu hidden in the village is codenamed "Madara." Tachibana has already confirmed a series of things, including in-depth information such as the identities of Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito as the masterminds behind the scenes. It can be said that everything has been revealed.

Many of these pieces of information were new to Qing as well.

After hearing this, the two immediately snapped out of their grief over the death of the Third Mizukage, and their expressions became extremely solemn.

In fact, Tachibana Kenkawa revealed these things simply to warn the two future village leaders.

As for how to deal with the so-called mastermind behind the ninja world, he has to figure it out himself. Otherwise, Tachibana Kenkawa wouldn't have kept it from even the Third Mizukage. Knowing too much without the strength would only add to his troubles.

However, Elder Yuanshi proposed another idea.

"Could Konoha be behind all of this?"

(End of this chapter)