Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 532 The Night of the Nine-Tailed Fox (Part 5)

At the same time.

Within the Land of Hot Water, negotiations between Konoha and Kumogakure remain stalled.

Kanagawa Tachibana, an onlooker, yawned listlessly to the side.

Kisame Hoshigaki, standing behind him, wanted to offer a word of warning, but due to the occasion and his status, he ultimately chose to pretend not to see and remain silent.

However, at that moment, Tachibana Kanagawa, whose attention was not on the ceasefire and peace talks, twitched his ears slightly and subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of the Konoha camp.

While the others didn't have as much time to care about their surroundings as Tachibana Kenkawa, many of them possessed perception abilities superior to Tachibana Kenkawa's.

The negotiations suddenly stopped, and everyone looked in the direction that Tachibana Kanagawa was looking.

Meanwhile, in that direction, Nara Shikaku, who was usually very calm and collected, was speeding towards them with a grim expression.

Upon seeing this, Minato Namikaze's expression immediately changed slightly.

He naturally understood why Nara Shikaku had not participated in the ceasefire negotiations today.

So when he saw Nara Shikaku appear, Minato Namikaze had no interest in what others thought and instantly appeared next to Nara Shikaku.

"Has something happened in the village?"

Hearing Minato Namikaze's anxious tone, Shikaku Nara's expression froze.

However, he still spoke in a low voice, his voice somewhat hoarse.

"Urgent report from the village: Someone has launched an attack on the village. The Nine-Tails has broken free and is wreaking havoc in the village. Please return immediately to provide support."

As soon as he finished speaking, Nara Shikaku felt as if the temperature around him had dropped by more than ten degrees.

Looking up, the Fourth Hokage, who was usually gentle and sunny, now had an expression of icy killing intent on his face.

Nara Shikaku naturally knew why this was the case. As the strategist of the Hokage of Konoha, he was well aware that for a Jinchuriki, the separation of a Tailed Beast from its body was essentially equivalent to death.

"fire"

But before Nara Shikaku could even utter the comforting words he had prepared on his way here, and advise Namikaze Minato to remain calm.

With a "whoosh" sound.

Flying Thunder God activated.

Minato Namikaze's figure had already disappeared from Shikaku Nara's sight.

Nara Shikaku instinctively turned around to look, but he could no longer see Minato Namikaze.

However, he also knew that Minato Namikaze did not directly use the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to Konoha.

Given the distance between the Land of Hot Springs and Konoha, even if Minato left multiple Flying Thunder God coordinates on his way there, he would inevitably consume most of his chakra upon returning to Konoha.

"Luckily, I was prepared in advance, and thankfully I have the Reverse Spirit Communication technique!"

Just as Nara Shikaku was thinking this, the others who were participating in the peace talks saw the Hokage suddenly disappear and quickly came to his side.

Jianchuan Ju was the first to speak and ask.

"Nara clan head, the Hokage's sudden departure, what's going on?"

Nara Shikaku turned around at the sound and saw Kenkawa Tachibana's gentle face.

However, he did not immediately answer Tachibana's question. After glancing at Tachibana's face, he looked at the Fourth Raikage, A, who had also rushed over and was silent with a serious expression.

Only then did he slowly open his mouth, his tone filled with sincere gratitude.

"Thank you for your concern, Mizukage. We just received intelligence that unidentified individuals have launched an attack on Konoha. Hokage has already returned to provide support."

"Really? Minato has already rushed back?"

Upon hearing this, Tachibana Kanagawa glanced slightly in the direction of Konoha and spoke to Kisame Hoshigaki behind him, seemingly oblivious to his surroundings.

"Kisame, wait for me at the Konoha camp. I'm going to Konoha to see if I can be of any help."

Those around them exchanged bewildered glances upon hearing Jianchuan Ju's words.

Keep in mind that this place is far from Konoha's headquarters. Even a Jonin skilled in taijutsu would need to run at full speed for one or two days to reach it.

The Mizukage's claim of going to help will likely be meaningless by the time he arrives; by then, the attack will probably be over, and he'll probably just be there to watch Konoha make a fool of itself.

Nara Shikaku clearly shared the same idea.

But before he could even offer any words of dissuasion...

Suddenly, a pair of transparent, bluish-green wings unfurled from behind Jianchuan Ju.

With a sudden flap of those enormous wings, a powerful gust of air instantly blew everyone around them back half a step.

Meanwhile, Tachibana Kanagawa himself shot into the air like a sharp arrow.

Just as the crowd below was recovering from the dust and smoke, they saw that the pair of blue wings behind Jianchuan Ju, who had been hovering in the air for a short while, suddenly doubled in size again.

As the wings flapped rapidly, invisible air currents created ring-shaped ripples in the air.

In the blink of an eye, Jianchuan Ju's figure disappeared, leaving only a series of faint afterimages slowly fading away in the sky.

Nara Shikaku, somewhat bewildered, withdrew his gaze from the sky and looked at Kisame Hoshigaki, who remained calm and seemed to have long been accustomed to it. For a moment, he was at a loss for words.

However, what no one noticed was...

An inconspicuous figure following behind Raikage A secretly sank his foot several centimeters into the ground to send out a message, using Raikage's body as cover.

"Flying straight towards Konoha from position 4."

This news was just released.

In the distant Land of Fire, in an inconspicuous grove, a pale white figure trembled slightly, surrounded by swirling light and shadow.

The white figure opened its eyes again in the next moment, and had transformed into a black-haired girl with a cool and aloof appearance.

In the sky, I could feel the air whistling past my ears.

The scenery beneath my feet rushed past me.

A strange sense of exhilaration welled up in Jianchuan Ju's heart.

To be honest, Tachibana Kenkawa had never flown at full speed before.

For Tachibana Kanagawa, when he's not in a hurry, he usually just runs like a ninja on the ground. When he really needs to get there quickly, he usually chooses to transform into a White Zetsu and travel through the earth using the Ephemeral Technique.

If it weren't for the fact that I wasn't in a hurry to go to Konoha to watch the show today, and that it was indeed inconvenient to use the "Mayfly Technique" in front of so many people, Tachibana Kenkawa might not have thought of using flight to travel.

The wings flapped again.

'Float' activated at full power.

The speed, which was already close to its limit, increased dramatically again.

The water vapor in the air in front of them was rapidly impacted and squeezed into cone-shaped white mist. A huge roar exploded in the air, and in the blink of an eye, the white ring-shaped airflow was left behind by Jianchuan Ju.

"Haha, that's awesome!"

Jianchuan Ju laughed wildly in the air, but his voice seemed to have been left behind.

Only the muffled sounds emanating from within his skull testified to his unbridled joy at that moment.

But the next moment.

While enjoying the thrill of high-speed flight, Tachibana Kanagawa's mind suddenly emitted a long-lost alarm from the "Danger Premonition" system.

Suddenly, an enormous, bright red, transparent arm rose from the ground.

Without warning, it blocked Jianchuan Ju's flight path.

(End of this chapter)