Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 34 Ninjutsu and Bloodline Limits

Seven or eight days have passed since Jianchuan Ju and the others returned to Wuyin Village.

Upon returning to the village, Qing immediately reported the mission's progress to the higher-ups.

Even though it's wartime, the appearance of unidentified ninjas impersonating Kirigakure's ANBU within the Land of Water's territory, even without considering the kidnapping of civilians from the Land of Water, should be a very serious matter.

However, the village didn't seem to take it seriously, only saying they understood and letting the Qing team continue as usual.

"Perhaps the village has already sent its secret agents to investigate, and they think we don't need to know the follow-up."

This is how Qing explained it to the team members.

However, it doesn't matter what the village's higher-ups think; these things are ultimately too far removed from the lives of a few low-ranking ninjas.

What upset Tachibana Kenkawa the most was that, despite the fact that two Chunin appeared in the three-on-one battle, the ninja mission log only recorded it as a C-rank completion.

It was after this incident that Tachibana Kanagawa learned that if a ninja team discovers that the difficulty of a mission issued by an outsider does not match the information provided, they can choose to abandon the mission.

However, if the task is exceeded, the village will not raise the task level afterwards.

After all, the task commission fee is limited. Since the task issuer won't compensate for the amount, the village leaders are even less likely to grant a higher-level task registration.

Of course, if it's a war mission issued within the village, there's a possibility of receiving a higher-level mission reward afterward, but this usually only happens with missions of grade B or higher.

In short, the task seems to have been abandoned.

After returning to the village, the group intended to complete some more C-level missions, but the number of missions available in the village had been too small recently.

Over the course of several days, I only completed one C-rank mission: protecting a merchant within Kirigakure. There were no unexpected incidents during the mission, and I simply accompanied the merchant on a tour of Kirigakure.

Helpless, he could only wait for a suitable task while continuing his daily cultivation.

Tachibana Kanagawa was quite happy with this arrangement, but Kisame Hoshigaki had recovered and been discharged from the hospital a few days ago, which meant he had one less person to exchange water-style ninjutsu with.

I wonder how his new team is doing.

As usual, Tachibana Kanakawa finished her daily tasks first, and then went to the training ground to prepare for some routine training.

These past few days, Lanzi has indicated that it might evolve soon, and it's just waiting for the right opportunity. Therefore, Jianchuan Ju mainly wants to accompany Lanzi in doing some basic training.

Another option is to try and learn the new skill "Water Pulse" that Blue Boy just mastered after leveling up.

There was no way around it; this skill was just too similar to Naruto's Rasengan. Tachibana Kenkawa felt that it would be a disservice to his genin status not to learn it.

Although the Water Pulse in his hand doesn't condense into a pure chakra ball, but rather a light blue water ball, it doesn't produce the high damage generated by compressing chakra during the extreme form transformation of the Rasengan.

However, the water ball created by Water Wave can be thrown, which is more advanced than the ordinary Rasengan.

Just as Jianchuan Ju was thinking about these random things, she found herself already at the training ground.

However, Zabuza was not seen today. Only Mei Terumi was sitting alone at the edge of the training ground, holding a small booklet and studying something.

Jianchuan Ju originally planned to walk over quietly, but she didn't expect that she would be discovered first.

Mei Terumi turned around and looked at him with a somewhat dazed expression.

"What are you studying? You seem completely out of your mind!"

Seeing Mei Terumi act this way was rare, and Tachibana Kanagawa found it somewhat amusing, so he asked a question.

Mei Terumi hesitated for a moment before answering.

"My father's previous research notes were about the fusion of water and earth attribute chakra into a bloodline limit."

Tachibana Kanakawa was slightly surprised to hear this.

He knew about Mei Terumi's father; he had once been a powerful Jonin in the village and was Ao's senior.

According to Qing himself, he had taken good care of him, a junior, and had helped him on many occasions.

However, he suffered severe injuries during a mission a long time ago, which made it impossible for him to continue serving as a ninja.

Fortunately, he is still alive, and his previous connections are still intact.

Therefore, Mei Terumi's life in the village was much better than that of pure orphans like Tachibana Nagakawa and Zabuza.

Tachibana Kanagawa had always wondered why Mei Terumi, who clearly possessed two bloodline limits in the original work, was now just an ordinary ninja.

It now appears that both of these bloodline limits were indeed fused together by Mei Terumi herself later on, although she received some help from her father during the development process.

Bloodline limits are generally divided into two types. The physical bloodline limits, such as Shikotsumyaku, Sharingan, and Byakugan, are mostly inherited from ancestors who are related to the Otsutsuki clan.

Ice Release, Lava Release, and Boil Release, which are types of kekkei genkai, allow ninjas to fuse two different types of chakra together to form a new ninjutsu through their mastery of chakra nature.

And once this bloodline limit fusion is successful, it can be passed on to one's descendants.

Mei Terumi in the future should be considered the first generation of bloodline ninja.

"You, a mere genin, are already researching the fusion of bloodline limits?"

Although she herself admits that Mei Terumi is definitely a genius, isn't it a bit too early for her to start researching the fusion of two chakra natures at the age of ten?

Mei Terumi was immediately annoyed when she heard that Tachibana Kenkawa had looked down on her.

"So what if you're a genin! You're a genin, and you've developed several ninjutsu on your own."

Jianchuan Ju then realized that the problem still lay with him.

"But I'm using cheat codes!" Of course, it was impossible to say this to Terumi Mei, so Tachibana Kenkawa had to explain.

"I did this out of desperation because I had no other way to learn more ninjutsu; it was purely a waste of time and effort."

"Right now, learning mature ninjutsu will definitely improve your combat power faster. You can study these things later when you have a more detailed understanding of chakra nature, which will definitely be much more efficient."

Mei Terumi felt a little embarrassed upon hearing this. Although her father could no longer be a ninja, he was still alive and could guide her in her training.

As for Tachibana's parents, they both died during the mission, so it seems that she really can only rely on herself.

"I didn't say I was going to try it now; I was just sitting here and looking around because I was tired of cultivating!"

Seeing that Terumi Mei's tone was somewhat guilty, and that she was trying to make excuses while avoiding eye contact, Tachibana Kenkawa was also a little confused.

"What's wrong with this little girl now? She looked so fierce just now."

However, if you can't figure it out, don't think about it. As long as she doesn't dwell on how to develop ninjutsu, that's fine.

Jianchuan Ju has always been good at comforting herself.

The little incident passed by in a blur, and the two resumed their training as usual.

However, fearing that it might further upset Mei Terumi, Tachibana Kenkawa didn't rush to research how to turn the Water Wave into a ninjutsu today. Instead, he focused on helping Ran with basic training, hoping she could evolve as soon as possible.

It's just a bit strange today. The two humans and the frog have been training for a long time, but Ao and Zabuza haven't arrived at the training ground yet.

Normally, Jianchuan Ju, who always does the daily system tasks first, is usually the last to arrive.

However, neither of them took it too seriously.

After all, it's still in the village, so there shouldn't be any danger.

It's probably just something that happened temporarily.

(End of this chapter)