Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 525 Coming to Watch the Show

"Let's go~ Elder Yuan, Teacher Qing, thank you for your hard work in the village."

With a grin, Tachibana Kanagawa grabbed his Mizukage hat, greeted Kisame Hoshigaki, and dashed out of the Mizukage's office.

Only Elder Yuan and Qing remained, looking at the huge pile of new work left behind by their Mizukage, each of them bewildered in the wind.

"How's it going, Kisame? It's been so long since we went on a mission together. Any different feelings?"

Tachibana Kenkawa took the lead and stepped out of the gate of Kirigakure. Then, looking at Kisame Hoshigaki, who was following behind him and seemed somewhat silent, he asked with a smile.

Tachibana Kanagawa has grown taller rapidly in the past two years, and is now over 1.7 meters tall. However, when standing next to Kisame Hoshigaki, who is over 1.9 meters tall, she is still a head shorter.

However, perhaps it is because of the influence of the Mizukage, or perhaps it is because Tachibana Kanagawa himself has the characteristic of "oppressiveness".

Therefore, in terms of momentum, he did not appear to be weaker than Kisame Hoshigaki at this moment.

Upon hearing Tachibana's question, Kisame Hoshigaki, for some unknown reason, abandoned his usual bloodthirsty and cold demeanor as the deputy head of the ANBU, revealing a rare, gentle smile as he replied, displaying a mouthful of small, sharp teeth.

"Yes, it's been a long time, Lord Mizukage. I look forward to your guidance along the way."

Seeing Kisame Hoshigaki suddenly become polite again, Tachibana Kenkawa chuckled and punched him on the shoulder.

"Please give me your guidance? It's like we never see each other. How's your Sage Mode training going?"

Kenkawa Tachibana often sparred with his subordinates in Kirigakure. Although Kisame Hoshigaki was much busier working in the Anbu than Zabuza, he would still receive guidance from Kenkawa Tachibana from time to time in his spare time.

For example, the latest Sage Mode training, a technique that requires a huge amount of chakra as a prerequisite, was something that Tachibana Kenkawa immediately thought of teaching Kisame.

However, Kisame Hoshigaki showed a slight look of shame on his face after hearing Tachibana Nagakawa's question.

"Lord Mizukage, you've gone to a lot of trouble. Perhaps it's because my talent is insufficient? There hasn't been much progress yet."

Seeing Kisame's expression, Tachibana Kanagawa couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"I was just asking casually. It's only been a few days, so it's normal for there to be no progress."

"Let's go, this time I'll show you how to interact between ninjas from other villages."

The main reason for bringing Kisame Hoshigaki on this trip is that he will be assigned to the Five Villages Union's peacekeeping force later.

This was a good opportunity for Tachibana Kenkawa to let Kisame get acquainted with how ninjas from other villages should handle the appropriate level of interaction. As for combat strength, with Tachibana Kenkawa himself there, he hadn't given much thought to the potential battles.

On the contrary, because this trip was mostly for watching the show and there were no real goals to achieve, I felt much more relaxed.

If we happen to encounter someone from Zero Organization who takes action, having Kisame make contact with them first would be a good opportunity to understand the enemy.

As for Zabuza and Mei Terumi, these are the two official members of the Shadow Guard.

Considering that the two had gained some insights after taking them out before, Tachibana Kenkawa simply left them in the village to train properly, and this time he only took Kisame Senshiki with him.

However, after taking only two steps, Tachibana Kanagawa seemed to remember something and suddenly stopped again, speaking to Kisame Hoshigaki beside him.

"Kisame, after you finish your reporting to the maintenance unit, why don't you transfer out of the Anbu?"

"The missions in the Dark Division are too oppressive; staying there for too long isn't a good thing."

Kisame Hoshigaki was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, and asked with some hesitation.

"Lord Mizukage, is there something I haven't done well enough?"

"Haha, don't overthink it. I just feel that Kisame, you should be more cheerful. When you have time, you can mentor the newcomers and let them experience the vibrant side of the village now. Maybe I can even introduce you to a wife or something."

Kisame Hoshigaki, who was already used to being teased by his Mizukage, subconsciously ignored the second half of Tachibana Nagikawa's sentence and just murmured somewhat helplessly.

"The vibrant side?"

However, Tachibana Kenkawa had already strode off into the distance and didn't hear Kisame's mutterings.

Watching Tachibana Kenkawa walk into the sunlight, Kisame Senshi then noticed the village entrance.

A bustling scene with people coming and going.

The smile on his face seemed to soften a bit.

"A village like this definitely needs to be experienced properly, Dr. Tachibana."

After whispering those words, Kisame Hoshigaki, not caring whether Tachibana Kenkawa heard him, also started walking.

They quickly followed.

Since this is just a ceasefire negotiation between Konoha and Kumogakure, the scale is naturally not as formal as the previous Five Kage Summit.

However, due to the previous great battle between the two villages, many ninja units from both sides remained on the front lines, remaining on guard.

Compared to the Five Kage Summit, the atmosphere was much more tense and tense.

On the surface, Kumogakure seems to have become much more docile. Although in the previous surprise attack, the main force even directly penetrated into the heart of the Land of Fire, they actually chose to withdraw from the Land of Fire after learning that the two sides were preparing to sign a ceasefire agreement.

The Cloud Village army withdrew its forces directly to the original Hot Springs camp.

Along with Konoha, the frontline troops have also returned to the Land of Hot Springs in these days.

The location for this peace talks was naturally set in the Land of Hot Water, in a central location not too far from either side's camp.

Konoha was naturally pleased with this outcome.

As for the Land of Hot Water, all the previous major battles between the two sides had taken place within its territory. Now that it's just a negotiation, no one cares about their thoughts.

As for the Cloud Village side, only a very few "Cloud Village high-ranking officials" probably know the real reason why they so decisively ceded the occupied territory before the negotiations.

However, none of these things were very important to Kanakawa Tachibana.

Since this trip involved only him and Kisame Hoshigaki traveling light, they opted for a simpler itinerary.

So even before the ceasefire negotiations officially began, Tachibana Kanakawa arrived near the negotiation site early on.

However, this negotiation seemed to be for security reasons, and it was not held inside any building, but rather on a simple stage-like frame temporarily erected by both parties.

Even the negotiators haven't arrived yet; only a few ninjas from Konoha and Kumogakure are stationed here.

It was impossible for Jianchuan Ju, who arrived early, to just sit idly in this open-air space waiting for the negotiations to begin.

Logically speaking, as an ally of Konoha and a "combatant" of Kumogakure, Tachibana Kenkawa should have gone to the Konoha camp to rest for a while first.

However, before the Konoha ninjas could approach Tachibana Kanagawa, the Mizukage, and invite him to the camp, they were already in a hurry.

Jianchuan Ju, however, darted around with her eyes and looked towards the direction of the Cloud Hidden Camp on the right with a mischievous smile.

"Ahem~ As witnesses to this peace talks, we in Kirigakure shouldn't show too obvious a bias."

"Since Miyo and Kirigakure are allies, I'd like to go check on Kumogakure before the peace talks officially begin."