Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 350 Eight Months

"Fourth Hokage, Konoha has sent an invitation, requesting that you attend the Fourth Hokage's inauguration ceremony."

Jianchuan Ju had just started working in the morning when she heard this rather uninteresting news from Elder Yuanshi.

Nearly eight months had passed since Jianchuan Ju made his "big purchase" in Konoha.

Over the past six months, the situation in the ninja world has gradually begun to stabilize.

After Konoha concentrated all its forces and made a desperate gamble, drove all the Hidden Stone Village and Hidden Cloud Village out of the Land of Fire.

The three parties then engaged in small-scale skirmishes that lasted for several months within the territories of the Land of Grass and the Land of Hot Water.

Until recently, Iwagakure finally couldn't hold on any longer and signed a peace treaty with Konoha.

On the contrary, it was the Hidden Cloud Village that lost the Third Raikage.

Even after the Fourth Raikage hastily assumed the position, he remained relentless.

They neither cease hostilities nor launch a full-scale attack, maintaining a low-intensity war with Konoha.

And even now.

On the Konoha side, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, suffered heavy losses due to a series of reasons, including poor command during the war and being captured on the battlefield.

He eventually resigned to take responsibility.

Minato Namikaze, the Yellow Flash, succeeded him as the Fourth Hokage.

Jianchuan Ju looked at the official document handed over by Elder Yuanshi and casually put it aside with some disdain.

"No way, no way. When I became the Mizukage, Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't come to congratulate me. Now Minato Namikaze wants me to go and celebrate for him? Konoha's got some nerve."

After thinking about it, Elder Yuan also felt that what Jianchuan Ju said made sense.

Although the two villages are now allies, Kirigakure is not like Sunagakure, an ally that was defeated and subdued by Konoha.

When it's time to maintain a certain level of composure, it's still necessary to do so.

Otherwise, they might be looked down upon by other small, ignorant ninja villages.

"Should I send them a letter rejecting them?"

However, after listening, Tachibana Kenkawa tapped her fingers slowly on the table, thought for a moment, and then spoke again.

"Just say I'm too busy with official duties to go."

"I'll have Senior Harusame lead the team to attend the ceremony on my behalf, and also have him sound out Konoha's higher-ups about Konoha's opinion on that S-rank rogue ninja, the Uchiha bandit."

Since the ceasefire with Konoha, the number of members in the Sky Division has been continuously reduced, and Harusame, the head of the Sky Division, has had his work become less demanding.

Moreover, compared to the other impulsive and murderous lunatics in the village, the calm and collected Chunyu is more suitable to serve as an envoy on official business.

With neither Tachibana nor Ao able to leave, the task of contacting smaller ninja villages often falls to him.

As for the so-called "Uchiha Great Thief".

Naturally, it's the name that Kenkawa Tachibana earned from his rampant looting in Konoha Village.

Although Tachibana Kanagawa claims to be "Uchiha Madara," the Konoha authorities clearly do not believe this claim.

However, that incident caused quite a stir, with the major ninja clans of Konoha suffering successive thefts. If it weren't for the fact that the front lines had already decided the outcome of the battle with Iwagakure that day, the situation would have been much worse.

His mere disturbance could destabilize the Konoha front lines and trigger even more violent unrest.

Konoha naturally issued a top-level S-rank arrest warrant for him.

Even if the Uchiha clan hadn't been robbed by Tachibana Kenkawa themselves, they might have been subject to investigation by the Konoha leadership.

Even so, it is said that the Uchiha clan's situation in Konoha has become even more difficult recently.

Of course, Jianchuan Juqian did not choose to hide these "good deeds" from Elder Yuanshi.

A large number of ninja tools, supplies, and other items have been moved to the Hidden Mist Village's inventory.

There are also many secret scrolls.

Shadow Technique, Mind Technique, Multiplication Technique, Izanagi, Orochi Technique.

A wide variety of things, everything you could want.

As a result, if Kirigakure were to have enough manpower and openly start its activities, it could easily create a new "Konoha Village".

Of course, Kirigakure does not intend to offend Konoha or the entire ninja world for the time being.

After discussing with Elder Yuan, they ultimately only selected a portion of the war orphans to train in loyalty first, and then taught them some secret techniques when the time was right.

As for Obito Uchiha...

Aside from Konoha issuing a warrant for his arrest, Tachibana Kenkawa also remained vigilant towards him.

Every now and then, a portion of the White Zetsu would be sent out to search for Obito Uchiha throughout the ninja world.

However, despite repeatedly finding White Zetsu hidden throughout the ninja world, Tachibana Kanagawa still couldn't catch them.

The closest they ever came was when Tachibana even managed to find the base where the elderly Madara Uchiha had hidden by gathering White Zetsu.

However, apart from a few bewildered white Zetsu hanging in the trees, the place had long been deserted.

If it weren't for the huge traces left by the existence of the Outer Path Demon Statue and a somewhat out-of-place stone throne, even Tachibana Kenkawa wouldn't have been able to recognize what that place was.

"Konoha is definitely having a bigger headache than we are right now regarding the Uchiha bandits."

"Right now, all the major ninja clans in Konoha are putting pressure on the higher-ups. Even if Minato Namikaze takes over, he still has to deal with this matter first. We just need to go and sound him out."

Elder Yuan nodded upon hearing this.

The matter of the Fourth Hokage's succession was considered a minor one, and that was that.

Compared to the troubles of others, Kirigakure is currently focusing more on its own development.

Jianchuan Ju opened a document, looked up and asked.

"How's the city development going on Whirlpool Island?"

"The daimyo has relocated some civilians from the Land of Water to settle there, and the basic outline of the city has been completed."

Elder Yuan paused for a moment, then continued.

"However, the daimyo wants us to send more ninjas to garrison there. Apparently, it's because the recent turmoil in the ninja world has ended, and many new pirate groups have appeared near the route to Uzushima Island."

Jianchuan Ju also felt a bit of a headache upon hearing this.

Currently, Kirigakure has a considerable number of Jonin and even elite Jonin, but the number of Chunin and Genin is severely lacking due to the great war.

Especially now that Kirigakure has gained a larger share of missions, they are already operating at full capacity just to maintain their daily ninja missions.

Not to mention that now there's also the overseas base of Uzushima Island.

However, this new city will inevitably bring a lot of benefits to Kirigakure in the future, and Tachibana Kenkawa cannot just leave it unattended.

"Is the mission to the Land of Waves in the New Moon area almost finished?"

"Once he returns, we'll convene a meeting with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and have them take turns leading teams to Uzushima Island to temporarily resolve the issue of the shipping route's security."

"As for the long-term stationing mission, tell the daimyo that we will establish a permanent base on Whirlpool Island once the city is fully constructed."

And so, the morning passed by in a flurry of activity.

After finishing some important tasks, Tachibana Kanakawa left the Mizukage Building.

After such a long period of getting used to it, Jianchuan Ju basically only works in the office for a few hours each day, and spends the rest of her time as she pleases.

After all, he was still in a period of rapid growth in strength, and Elder Yuanshi did not want Jianchuan Ju to spend too much energy on his daily work.

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After finishing work today, Tachibana Kanakawa did not choose to go on a spiritual journey.

Instead, he quickly returned to his residence.

(End of this chapter)