Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 41 An Encounter

"Hey kid! You bumped into someone, and you didn't even apologize?"

"It's clearly you!"

The commotion across the street grew louder and louder, but Tachibana Kanagawa didn't go over to join in the fun right away. Instead, he turned to look at Grandpa Shimotsuki Ichiro.

Who would have thought that the old man, at such an advanced age, would have a heart set on joining in the fun? He didn't even notice the questioning gaze of Jianchuan Ju, and was already preparing to step across the deck to take a closer look.

Seeing this, Tachibana Kenkawa had no choice but to hurry up and follow. Although her "danger prediction" didn't work, she was still on an escort mission, so she didn't want anything to go wrong.

However, when Tachibana Kenkawa approached and saw the two arguing, she was shocked.

There's not much to say about the ordinary-looking young man; judging from his attire, he's probably just a regular Kirigakure genin. The two similarly dressed men lurking behind him are likely his teammates.

The focus was on the weaker party, a boy around ten years old; Tachibana Kanagawa's gaze involuntarily locked onto him.

With messy short black hair, wearing a dark blue ninja outfit, and two bulging ninja tool pouches at his waist, the boy's appearance was rather ordinary. However, the Konoha headband on his head, the Uchiha clan crest on his back, and the somewhat comical goggles on his face all clearly identified him as a young man.

Uchiha Obito!

"How did he get here?" Tachibana Kanagawa was astonished, but before he could think any further, several Kirigakure members were already preparing to attack Obito Uchiha.

Seeing that the brat was still being arrogant, the leader of the genin swung his fist and smashed it towards Uchiha Obito's face.

"Whoosh~"

Just as the Hidden Mist genin's fist was a few centimeters away from hitting Obito Uchiha's visor.

A figure with silver-white hair suddenly appeared between the two and firmly grasped his fist that was about to fall.

The ninja tried to pull his hand away several times, but couldn't.

"Kakashi! You don't need to do anything, I was just about to take care of him!"

Despite being stunned by the opponent's direct attack, Obito Uchiha shamelessly refused Kakashi's help.

Seeing their comrade being subdued by a mere brat, the two teammates of the genin immediately rushed to help, even preparing to draw their weapons to retaliate.

At the same time, a handsome young man with blond hair appeared beside the two men with a smile on his face and grasped their hands as they drew their weapons.

"It's just a small misunderstanding; it shouldn't have reached the point where weapons need to be used, right?"

At this moment, the three Hidden Mist Village genin had their backs soaked with cold sweat. Judging from how easily their opponent could subdue the three of them, taking their lives would be an easy task for them as well.

However, out of pride and unwilling to openly admit fault, they could only say strange things like, "This is the Land of Water," and "Don't underestimate the Blood Mist Ninja."

Seeing that the other party had no intention of continuing the conflict, the blond youth naturally released his hands.

"Alright, Kakashi. Let him go. It's just a small misunderstanding."

"Yes, Mr. Minato."

The three men who were released by the other side felt they had lost face, so they didn't say another word and quickly left the deck and returned to their cabin.

Jianchuan Ju estimated that the others would probably not leave the cabin for the next few days.

Seeing that there was no more excitement to be had, the people around dispersed one by one.

When Jianchuan Ju saw the brown-haired girl who had rushed over and was scolding Uchiha Obito, her heart was not as calm as it appeared.

Minato Namikaze, Kakashi Hatake, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara. What are the famous Minato Team doing on a flight from the Land of Water to the Land of Craftsmen?

At this moment, Tachibana Kanakawa's brain was working at lightning speed.

At this time, Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara should have just graduated from the Ninja Academy, Kakashi was only a Chunin, and Team Minato had only been established for a short time.

Although Konoha has already started a war with Sunagakure, it is only a small-scale conflict in the early stages of the war. Iwagakure is just taking the opportunity to denounce Konoha, and it is hard to say whether they have sent troops to the Land of Earth.

Minato Namikaze's true reputation as the "Yellow Flash" was earned during the Third Shinobi World War. Although he may be quite strong now, he is still considered a capable young Jonin in Konoha, not an indispensable combatant on the battlefield.

That's why he was able to take his three disciples out on some ordinary missions to train newcomers.

Having cleared her mind, Jianchuan Ju breathed a sigh of relief.

There was no way around it; none of these people were easy to mess with. Even though they were all familiar characters from the original work, their sudden appearance in front of me was still a bit intimidating.

Just now, Tachibana even thought about whether to take advantage of the fact that Obito Uchiha was still a loser and kill him.

After all, he caused quite a stir in Kirigakure after awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan in the future.

By controlling the Fourth Mizukage with genjutsu, intensifying the Blood Mist policy, and massacring bloodline clans, Kirigakure was effectively brought to the point of becoming a disgrace among the Five Great Shinobi Villages.

Fortunately, Tachibana still retained some rationality; the future was uncertain. If she dared to ambush Obito Uchiha now, even Ao-sensei might not be able to protect her.

"Hey kid, let's go."

Seeing that things had calmed down, Tachibana Kenkawa was still staring blankly in that direction, so Ichiro Shimotsuki had to gently pat him to remind him.

"Oh, okay, Mr. Shimotsuki."

Tachibana Kanakawa withdrew his gaze at the opportune moment, but as he was about to leave, he noticed that Minato Namikaze seemed to glance in their direction almost imperceptibly.

Jianchuan Ju almost couldn't keep her expression down.

Fortunately, nothing serious happened in the end, and the group from the Water Gate crew left the deck amidst much noise.

"Kid, you seem to have something on your mind."

"Uh, it's nothing, it's just that those guys were really strong."

Of course, Jianchuan Ju couldn't tell the truth, so he just made up an excuse.

"Haha, that blond one is alright, but that black-haired brat is all frivolous and won't amount to anything. This old man's judgment of character is still pretty accurate."

"Hehe, right?"

Jianchuan Ju smiled awkwardly, but didn't refute anything.

"But you, kid. I have a feeling you'll amount to something someday. How about I forge you a ninja sword? I guarantee your strength will improve by leaps and bounds!"

"Free?"

Upon hearing Tachibana's answer, Shimotsuki Ichiro's eyes widened in disbelief.

"How could that be! Do you even know how valuable a famous sword is?"

"Mr. Shimotsuki, have you ever forged any famous swords?"

Seeing that Jianchuan Ju actually questioned his forging skills, the old man Shuangyue became even more furious and immediately retorted.

"What do you know! Even the best swords need a master to make a name for themselves. It's not that my swords are bad, it's just that those guys were too weak and did a disservice to my swords!"

Jianchuan Ju glanced at the overly excited old man and thought to himself.

"You just said you have a really good eye for people."

However, considering that the other party is, after all, my client, it would be bad if they were not harmed by the enemy but instead suffered internal injuries from my anger.

He promptly shut up and signaled that he had given up.

Seeing that the brat was so tactless as to refuse him again, Shimotsuki Ichiro gave up trying to promote his forging business.

(End of this chapter)