Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 46 Coincidence

"Was the leader of the Craftsman Ninja Village kidnapped by the people of the Four Symbols Bureau and taken elsewhere?"

This was the first possibility that Jianchuan Ju thought of, but after hearing this, Qing's expression became even stranger.

"No, his house was very clean. There was only a letter left on the table addressed to a man named Bao Gui. It said that he knew Bao Gui's purpose and would not get involved. He then took his wife and children to visit friends in Daming Prefecture."

"this"

The three little ones looked at each other in bewilderment.

Tachibana Kanagawa finally understood why Ao had such a strange expression.

The leader of this Craftsman Village probably ran away with his family, and even abandoned the entire village to escape alone.

"alright."

Qing raised her voice slightly to draw the three people's attention back, and continued speaking.

"The affairs of the Land of Craftsmen are none of our business; all we need to do is find evidence of smuggling."

"Captain Qing, shall we infiltrate again tonight and find the evidence directly?"

When Zabuza asked him this, Ao's face turned slightly red with embarrassment.

Seeing this, Tachibana Kanagawa quickly pulled Zabuza back.

Given the heightened alertness of the Four Symbols Pavilion after being overheard, Tachibana Kanagawa estimated that Ao could easily storm in. However, infiltrating and stealing would be a bit more difficult for these guys in the Naruto world who are ninjas in name only but are actually sorcerers.

Moreover, although the Four Symbols Pavilion is located in a remote area, it is still within the village of Craftsmen, so the group could not cause too much of a commotion.

Qing didn't offer much explanation, but simply glanced at the sky, which was beginning to brighten.

"The enemy is already on guard tonight, which makes infiltration difficult. Tomorrow during the day, Mei Terumi and I will visit them under the guise of a transaction. Tachibana, you and Zabuza will find an opportunity to infiltrate the workshop from another direction."

"Understood." x2

The three of them looked at Jianchuan Ju, who had not spoken.

"Um, what I meant was, are we just going to abandon Grandpa Shimotsuki? Protecting him is our mission, isn't it?"

"Don't worry, since it's a door-to-door transaction, Mr. Shimotsuki will naturally be with me."

Well, that's the confidence a Jonin from a major ninja village has in his own abilities. Even a young Jonin like Ao doesn't believe anyone from Takumi Village could defeat him in a head-on confrontation.

Keeping the protected object close to you is naturally the safest option.

Now that the plan was finalized, the group went back to their rooms to rest.

Considering that it would be incongruous to conduct a transaction so early in the morning, and that the group hadn't gotten much rest the night before.

It wasn't until nearly noon that Qingcai called Shimotsuki Ichiro to go out together to the Four Symbols Pavilion.

Upon seeing Ao accompanied by Mei Terumi and Shimotsuki Ichiro on their visit, Tachibana Kenkawa and Zabuza quietly made their way around to the back door of the workshop courtyard.

Before the two could even get close, they saw the middle-aged woman named Caique carrying a strange box that looked like a mummy's coffin, sneaking out from behind.

This unexpected situation caught the two off guard. Zabuza, too lazy to think, looked directly at Tachibana and waited for him to make a decision.

After a moment's hesitation, Jianchuan Ju still felt he needed to follow them and see what was going on. So he quickly wrote a note and handed it to Lanzai, asking it to go to the main gate and find an opportunity to inform Captain Qing. He and Zabuza then quietly followed Caique.

Seeing the colorful bird carrying a box walking into the woods ahead, Tachibana Kanakawa felt much more at ease.

Since the other party came to such a remote place alone, wouldn't it be more convenient to take her down quietly and without anyone noticing than to look for some kind of account book?

Before long, the two who had been following them saw that they had left Takumi Ninja Village far enough away and were preparing to take down their opponent. But then they saw Ayako stop in front of a building.

Even though it's so far from Takumi Village, there's a strange building that looks like a temple or an altar.

"Bao Gui, I've brought the man over."

As Cai Que finished speaking, the gaunt young man from last night actually walked out of the strange building.

"Are we still going up?"

Zabuza, who was squatting on a tree, eagerly asked Tachibana Kanagawa a question, but while asking, he had already slowly drawn the short sword from his back.

Tachibana Kanagawa hesitated. Although the Four Heavenly Elephants were somewhat comical and weak villains in the original work, neither he nor Zabuza were particularly strong.

If it were just one person, a sneak attack wouldn't be a problem to take them down. But now that it's two against two, I'm a little unsure of myself. I'm wondering if I should wait for Qing to arrive before making my move.

Just as Jianchuan Ju hesitated, Caique had already untied the box on her back and pulled out a black-haired boy who had fallen into a coma.

Looking at the somewhat foolish-looking goggles on the black-haired boy's face, who else could it be but Uchiha Obito?

"How did this guy end up here?"

The sudden turn of events left the two people in the shadows somewhat bewildered.

Both of them had previously thought that the Konoha team had already left Takumi Village, and besides, their team had a Jonin like Minato Namikaze, so how could they have been captured here?

They were naturally unaware that their actions the previous night had alerted Bao Gui and Cai Que, leading them to suspect that the Watergate Squad was secretly investigating them.

Even more coincidentally, Minato Namikaze had planned to take his disciples to broaden their horizons in the relatively safe Land of Craftsmen after completing his mission, but he was suddenly summoned by the Hokage and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to quickly return to Konoha Village.

Of the three who remained, Obito Uchiha, dissatisfied with Kakashi being the temporary squad leader, sulked and went off to wander around alone, only to be caught by Ayako, who was trying to gather information about Minato's squad.

Just as Jianchuan Ju was sorting out her thoughts, a new change occurred below.

A dazzling white blade of light sliced ​​through the air, swiftly slashing towards the arm of the rainbow bird that was holding Uchiha Obito.

However, Bao Gui, who was standing opposite Cai Que, noticed the attack first. He drew the black sword from his back and swung it to unleash a burst of flames, forcing back the attacker.

The person who arrived was none other than Kakashi Hatake, who had come to the rescue after discovering that his silly teammate had gone missing.

After Kakashi stopped, he gripped his sword in the back of his hand and looked warily at the two people wearing the headbands of the Takumi Ninja Village, and slowly spoke.

"Why did the ninjas from Takumi-nin Village kidnap my comrade?"

"Ha, another brat."

Bao Gui obviously didn't answer Kakashi's question, and immediately stepped forward to take him down. In an instant, the two were locked in combat.

The two, Jianchuan Ju and Jianchuan Ju, who were hiding in the shadows, looked at each other in surprise, not expecting the plot to develop in such an unexpected way.

When he saw that the kidnapped person was Uchiha Obito, Tachibana Kenkawa was thinking that it wouldn't be bad if this guy who would bring disaster to Kirigakure and even the entire ninja world in the future could just die here.

However, upon reflection, it becomes clear that everything Obito Uchiha did was ultimately guided by Madara Uchiha.

Even without Obito Uchiha, there would still be people and sects associated with him, which wouldn't solve the fundamental problem. Instead, it would cause him to lose his foresight.

So when he saw Kakashi rush out and hold one person back, Tachibana Kenkawa decisively decided to take action.

"Zabuza, prepare to attack. Ignore the Konoha people, we just need to capture one person alive."

After saying that, he ignored Zabuza, who was already grinning maliciously, bit his finger, and summoned Blue by forming hand seals.

Having followed him for so long, Lan Zai had enough time to deliver the note to Qing. And seeing Lan Zai being summoned away, Qing could probably guess that a battle had taken place on his side.

Jonin reinforcements will arrive soon, so there's no time to hesitate.

(End of this chapter)