Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 433 Ambush

"Hey, look over there!"

In the bushes, Yuri Lin reminded him in a low voice.

The other two members of the team looked in the direction she pointed and saw a green flag, about a meter tall, standing alone on a mound of earth.

"They even have green ones? No wonder they're so hard to find!"

Hozuki Mangetsu couldn't help but make a comment upon seeing the flag.

After evacuating from the beach, the three decided to collect all three flags before trying to eliminate more other contestants.

Therefore, they basically avoided areas where enemies might exist as much as possible along the way and searched the island.

However, since the organizers have given all the teams five days, it is clear that the flag, which is the mission objective, will not be easy to find.

Even though the three of them didn't trigger a single battle, they only managed to find a single red flag in the past half day.

At this moment, the flag was rolled up and stuck behind Saigyouji Kabuto.

However, even though the flag was spotted again, Kabuto still cautiously reminded his two teammates.

"Be careful, the rock next to the flag has a rather strange shape."

After speaking, they immediately formed hand seals and activated sensory ninjutsu.

However, after activating the ninjutsu, there was nothing unusual within Kabuto's perception range.

"Am I being too cautious?"

Thinking of this, Kabuto spoke again to Hozuki Mangetsu beside him.

"Manyue, go and retrieve the flag, be careful."

Of the three members of the team, Hozuki Mangetsu, who possesses the Water Transformation Technique, is able to ignore most normal attacks and is clearly the most suitable for this kind of scouting work.

However, just as Hozuki Mangetsu was about to move, Kabuto grabbed his wrist again and whispered something.

"Wait, someone has entered my perception range!"

Upon hearing this, the other two immediately became alert and looked in the direction Dou was looking.

Sure enough, a moment later, the sound of rustling branches trembling could be heard from there.

It was clear that someone was indeed walking through the woods.

The three exchanged a glance and tacitly chose to lie prone and remain concealed, letting the newcomer test the waters first.

As the rustling sound drew closer, a somewhat shrill and unpleasant voice also came from that direction.

"You'd better pray you're pointing in the right direction this time! If you still can't find the quest item, hmph!"

No sooner had this person finished speaking than another voice spoke up.

"Alright, this guy's always had good luck. Besides, even if you really couldn't find it, were you really going to waste this blood pack?"

"Hahaha, crippling it is definitely not an option, but this guy's vitality is as strong as a cockroach's, it's not so easy to ruin it."

"Don't you dare tell anyone, or how will I be able to bring myself to do it later!"

The two voices kept talking in turn, leaving the three people hiding in the shadows somewhat confused about the situation.

"Are these people so brazen? Are they so strong that they can disregard the other examinees, or are they just two complete idiots?"

Of course, this idea only flashed through the minds of the three of them quickly.

Before figuring out the situation, the three of them naturally wouldn't rashly reveal their whereabouts.

As the voices drew closer, the three of them finally saw what the newcomers looked like.

Leading the way were two genin, one fat and one thin, whose sharp and mean-spirited appearances immediately struck them as sarcastic.

Behind them followed a woman with red hair, a hunched back, and a somewhat listless demeanor.

The three were noticeably older than the other candidates participating in the joint Chunin Exams.

However, if you look at the Grass Ninja headband he is wearing on his head, it doesn't seem so surprising.

In small ninja villages like Kusagakure, many Chunin are probably not as strong as ordinary Genin from large ninja villages.

Among ordinary genin, it might take more than a decade for a single young ninja to emerge who can be considered a genius.

Or rather, even if there were such geniuses among the genin, they wouldn't be willing to send them to a joint exam that could result in death.

In order to prevent their own ninja village from appearing too weak in this joint exam, they can only send some older and more experienced genin to participate in the exam.

After all, while the major ninja villages might dare to pull some tricks, such as having Chunin temporarily demoted to take the exam, they wouldn't dare to do that.

Even so.

Seeing that the three people in front of them lacked even the most basic vigilance, they couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh.

"This is just too outrageous."

Just as Dou was thinking this...

The three grass ninjas who emerged from the bushes also saw the green flag planted on the mound of earth in front of them.

The fat man's eyes immediately narrowed into slits with laughter.

"Haha, I knew this guy's always had good luck, didn't I?"

Upon hearing this, the skinny ninja looked at the red-haired female ninja beside him, kicked her in the back of the knee, knocking her to the ground, and said with some disgust.

"You're lucky, buddy."

After saying this, he ignored his 'teammate' kneeling on the ground and walked straight to the mound with the flag.

"That's one. Find two more and we'll leave quickly. If we can hold out until the third round of exams, the elders will definitely reward us handsomely."

However, his action caused the three people hiding in the shadows to frown.

All three received the Kirigakure-style education promoted by Tachibana Kenkawa.

It's clear that some people find this behavior unacceptable; it's obviously an insult to their companion.

If it were the Kirigakure ninja of the same generation as Tachibana and Zabuza, they might not feel much for such a scene.

Ringo Ameyuri, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but whisper something.

"Those two look rather annoying, and they don't seem very strong either. Should we take them out?"

Just as Kabuto was about to agree to Ringo Ameyuri's suggestion and show himself to deal with the two annoying bastards, he was about to...

But then a sudden change occurred on the field.

Just as the skinny ninja's palm was about to touch the flag.

The boulder that Dou had previously pointed out as somewhat out of place suddenly exploded, turning into a cloud of dust.

The sharp-eyed Hozuki Mangetsu even noticed that before the boulder exploded, a long strip of white cloth on it rapidly contracted inward.

There was definitely a problem!

Before the three could think further, two figures, one tall and one short, rushed out from the dust.

At the same time, dozens of tiny flying needles burst out from under the mound where the flag had been placed, shooting in all directions.

"Get down!"

Kabuto Saigyouji, who had been keeping a close eye on the flag, immediately noticed the hidden flying needles.

He immediately reached out and pressed down the two teammates next to him.

The flying needles, like a shower of flowers, whistled past the three people's heads.

However, the skinny Kusa Shinobu who went to pull down the flag wasn't so lucky.

More than a dozen flying needles pierced his body with a series of "puff puff puff puff," instantly turning him into a beehive.

Even the toxins on the flying needles hadn't had a chance to take effect yet.

The man immediately collapsed and died.

The two figures that burst out of the dust and smoke quickly arrived in front of the remaining two grass ninja.

(End of this chapter)