Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 398 Jianchuan Guang?

"Ming? What are you doing standing here? Isn't there..."

"So verbose!"

Mei Terumi, who was still in a daze, was suddenly awakened after hearing Zabuza's voice.

She immediately glared at him fiercely, interrupting what he was about to say.

At the same time, he secretly hid his hands behind his back.

Zabuza looked at the scroll behind Mei Terumi, which was almost deformed from being gripped so tightly, with some confusion. He wondered what his teammate was going on about again.

The back-and-forth movements of the two brought Jianchuan Ju back to her senses.

He touched his nose somewhat awkwardly, then reached out to introduce himself to Uchiha Hikaru.

"These are Mei Terumi and Zabuza Momochi. They were my teammates before, and they are also the comrades I value most."

"Is he/she the most important companion?"

Upon hearing Tachibana's introduction of Uchiha Hikaru, he silently recited it in his mind, then nodded slightly to Mei Terumi.

Similarly, when Mei Terumi heard this, she turned her head slightly to the side and replied in a low voice.

"Thank you so much for your high regard, Lord Mizukage."

Seeing Mei Terumi's unusual behavior, Tachibana Kanagawa was slightly confused, but she still pointed to Hikaru Uchiha next to her and continued to introduce her.

"Who is this?"

However, before he could finish speaking, Uchiha Hikaru, who rarely spoke to outsiders, took the initiative to introduce himself.

"My name is Hikaru Kanagawa. I was picked up by Tachibana from outside."

These words were spoken softly, even with the lightness of a young girl's voice.

But to others, it sounded like a thunderclap.

Everyone, including Tachibana Kanagawa, stared wide-eyed at the girl who had spoken.

Even the Chunin and Genin brought by Hozuki Shingetsu couldn't care less about maintaining their image in front of the Mizukage and all fixed their gazes firmly on Uchiha Hikaru.

Mei Terumi, who was still muttering the word "comrade" to herself, was now as if struck by lightning.

He quickly pulled his hand out from behind his back and pointed it tremblingly at Uchiha Hikaru.

He didn't even notice that the precious scroll of bloodline limit development had fallen to the ground.

"You, you, you, you. And, hehehe, orange, orange, orange."

Tachibana Kenkawa, who was the first to come to his senses, also realized what kind of outrageous statement Uchiha Hikaru had made.

He immediately wanted to explain to everyone.

After all, surnames are no joke in the ninja world.

"Um, that, light."

However, before Jianchuan Ju could even ask a question.

Mei Terumi, whose trembling arms had turned into a full-body trembling, was like a wind-up rabbit.

With a "whoosh," it darted away.

Ignoring everyone's astonishment, he ran towards the camp.

Seeing this unexpected scene, Jianchuan Ju was at a loss for what to do.

On the contrary, Uchiha Hikaru, who had just made his explosive remarks, was still somewhat confused.

Tilting his head, he asked Jianchuan Ju.

"Tachibana, is there something urgent that you need, my companion?"

With Uchiha Hikaru interrupting, Tachibana Kenkawa stopped thinking about chasing after Mei Terumi and instead asked the girl with a hint of helplessness.

"Hikaru, why did you choose such a surname for yourself?"

At this moment, Tachibana Kanakawa also remembered.

When I first returned to this timeline.

Because of the surname "Uchiha" and the Sharingan ability, their reputation throughout the ninja world is too great.

As the leader of Kirigakure, Tachibana Kenkawa's bringing back a girl with Uchiha blood could easily cause conflict between Kirigakure and Konoha.

Kirigakure had only recently entered a period of peace, and Tachibana Kanagawa didn't want to cause any conflict with Konoha over such a trivial matter.

Therefore, I had previously instructed Uchiha Hikaru not to use the Sharingan's abilities unless absolutely necessary.

And it would be best to temporarily change your surname first.

However, Tachibana Kanagawa, who was terrible at naming things, gave Uchiha Hikaru several surnames in a row, but neither of them were very satisfied.

Later, they let the girl think of a good surname herself, and that was the end of it.

After that, there was no need for them to address each other by surname in their daily interactions, so Tachibana Kanakawa put the matter out of her mind.

Let's just assume that Uchiha Kō couldn't figure it out, and that's that.

After all, there are plenty of ninjas in the ninja world without surnames.

Unexpectedly, the girl ultimately chose to name herself after the surname "Jianchuan".

However, Uchiha Hikaru did not sense anything amiss.

Instead, he asked somewhat blankly.

"The name Hikari was given to me by Tachibana, so what's wrong with me sharing the same surname as Tachibana?"

At this point, Uchiha Hikaru seemed to notice the strange expressions on everyone's faces, and continued speaking cautiously.

"Is that not allowed? Then let me think of something else?"

Seeing Uchiha Hikaru's pitiful expression, Kenkawa Tachibana could only sigh and facepalm, but did not directly reject the idea.

"Okay, let's leave it at that for now."

Ultimately, it was his own mistake.

Furthermore, the girl will definitely revert to the Uchiha surname in the future, so it's not a big deal to leave it as it is for now.

Those who overheard the conversation realized that there had been a slight misunderstanding between the two.

The idea that they followed the Mizukage's surname was probably just a misunderstanding on their part.

Even so, everyone still looked at Uchiha Hikaru with somewhat strange eyes.

However, due to the Mizukage's status, these people did not dare to look too closely, and they quickly banished the wild thoughts in their minds.

Only Zabuza, who came with Mei Terumi.

He rolled his eyes at his old teammate with a hint of disdain.

Then he bent down and picked up the scroll that Mei Terumi had dropped from the ground.

After thinking about it, he decided not to hand Mei Terumi over to Tachibana Kenkawa himself, but instead to take her back and let her decide for herself how to get out.

"Lord Mizukage, I'll head back now."

Zabuza bowed to Tachibana Kanagawa and then prepared to turn and leave.

However, in Jianchuan Ju's eyes, no matter how she looked at it, this guy without eyebrows seemed to be gloating.

"etc."

Although somewhat speechless at the guy's gloating, Tachibana Kanagawa still subconsciously called out to him.

However, under Zabuza's somewhat strange gaze, he awkwardly whispered something.

"Um, could you please explain this to me later?"

Jianchuan Ju didn't know what she wanted the other person to explain, but she still followed her instincts and said what she thought.

After all, he was a former teammate and also the Mizukage.

Zabuza did not refuse Tachibana's request.

She simply waved the scroll in her hand, which she didn't know what it was, and then followed in the direction where Mei Terumi had 'escaped' without looking back.

And then he was caught in this mess by his two former teammates, who were both so individualistic.

Tachibana Kanagawa, the Mizukage, could only awkwardly cough twice, forcibly regaining some of his dignity as Mizukage, before looking at the people behind him.

"Hey, don't stand at the door, let's go inside first and talk."

(End of this chapter)