Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 550 The Troublesome Mediation Force

"As expected, it's another letter from that Minato guy..."

Inside the Water Shadow's office.

Jianchuan Ju put down the scroll in her hand with some helplessness and rubbed her temples with a headache.

Just as he had expected, the letter was from Minato Namikaze, urging him to quickly form the "Peacekeeping Force".

More than a month had passed since the night of the Nine-Tails' rampage.

Two months have passed since the Five Kage Summit, which determined to form a peacekeeping force to target the Zero organization, which was hiding in the shadows and was tasked with "protecting the peace of the ninja world."

However, deciding to form a joint force and actually starting to establish it are naturally not the same thing.

Preliminary preparations, resource allocation, site selection, and selection of personnel to participate in the joint force.

Each and every one of these matters was not something that could be easily finalized or completed.

This time, the mediation force was jointly established by the five major ninja villages, making the various matters even more complicated.

Currently, apart from Konoha Village, which has just experienced the Nine-Tails' attack and hates the Zero Organization to the core, constantly sending letters to other villages urging the establishment of the peacekeeping force, the other villages are basically still in the early preparation stage, and there are quite a few things to deal with.

The selection of a site for a military base alone has been dragging on for more than a week and has not yet been finalized.

Konoha wanted to locate its base within the Land of Fire for a simple reason: the Land of Fire was situated in the center of the ninja world, making it very convenient for all parties to move around.

But naturally, the other four parties would not agree to this.

Jianchuan Ju never actually considered setting up the base on his own land.

The Land of Water's geographical location is indeed inconvenient.

Whirlpool Island is alright, but it's practically become the most prosperous commercial city in the entire Land of Water now.

Tachibana Kanagawa didn't want Obito, who was having an episode, to cause any trouble and affect Kirigakure's income.

After all the calculations, it might end up in the territory of the neutral country of the Land of Iron.

However, the Land of Iron itself also has some objections to this matter, so it has not been finalized yet.

Of course, these are all minor issues.

At worst, Tachibana Kenkawa could forcefully "persuade" the other ninja villages to establish their base near Uzushima Island, and then leave some backup plans for the base. He might even be able to outmaneuver Obito Uchiha.

However, another matter also put Tachibana Kanakawa in a difficult position.

"Ju, how about I register my name with that peacekeeping force first?"

Seeing that Jianchuan Ju had a headache, Qing couldn't help but offer some words of comfort.

However, Tachibana Kanakawa's answer was very firm.

"Don't even think about it! Teacher Qing, you just stay in the village and help Elder Yuan with his official duties."

Don't wander off anywhere!

That's right. Another thing is that Minato Namikaze suggested that Ao, the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, should personally join the Restoration Force.

At first, Minato Namikaze sent the letter in his private capacity, wanting to discuss it with Tachibana Kenkawa, the Mizukage.

Furthermore, it was stated that if Ao were to join the peacekeeping force, Konoha would fully support Ao serving as the commander of this force.

However, how could Tachibana Kanagawa and Elder Yuan Shi not see through Konoha's intentions?

The suggestion to bring in Ao, the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, was simply to use the Three-Tails as bait to actively lure out the Zero Organization, a big fish.

The root cause is the "Zero Organization," which has been making moves since the start of the Joint Chunin Exams.

After the Nine-Tailed Fox's rampage, they suddenly disappeared without a trace, and there has been no news of them since.

This not only made the Leaf Village, eager for revenge, anxious and worried, but it was also one of the reasons for the slowdown in the establishment of the peacekeeping force. However, even so, Tachibana Kenkawa could not let Ao go out to attract fire.

Knowing full well that their opponents would target the Jinchuriki, they still deliberately caused trouble in the ninja world.

Do you really think that a lack of organization means there won't be any gang fights?

With his current strength, including the Byakugan, Samehada, and Three-Tails, Ao could easily defeat an ordinary Kage-level opponent, but he's not quite at the level of someone like Tachibana Kenkawa who can act recklessly.

Moreover:

The daily office work is currently being handled entirely by Elder Yuan and Teacher Qing. If Teacher Qing, being so skilled, were to go out and wander around, wouldn't I be overwhelmed with work?

However, the current situation is...

After being rejected several times in private letters and negotiations with Tachibana, Minato Namikaze managed to persuade several other ninja villages to agree to the proposal and unanimously agree to let Ao serve as the commander of the troops.

After all, among the five great ninja villages now.

Konoha only had half of the Nine-Tails left, Iwagakure only had one Five-Tails Jinchuriki, Sunagakure only had one One-Tail Shukaku from beginning to end, and Kumogakure was even worse...

In short, the other four factions are all hoping that Kirigakure will send out their own tailed beast jinchūriki to fish for prey.

As a result, Tachibana Kenkawa was forcibly propped up like that.

Damn it, if you piss me off, I'll flip the table right now!

Jianchuan Ju's gaze sharpened, and she had already made up her mind. She turned to look at Elder Yuan Shi beside her.

"Elder, send a message to those four families, saying that we will be sending Kisame Hoshigaki to lead the initial formation of our peacekeeping force."

"The same rules apply: the commander of the unit will be selected based on military strength. If the ninjas sent by the other four clans can defeat Kisame Hoshigaki, then Kirigakure will not only send Ao-sensei to assist, but will also voluntarily relinquish the position of commander in this competition."

"But if the trash they send out can't beat Kisame, then they should all shut up!"

Upon hearing this, Elder Yuan was slightly taken aback, but then a gratified smile gradually appeared on his face. He immediately bent down and wrote the letter himself.

On the contrary, Qing, who was the person involved, hesitated slightly after hearing Jianchuan Ju's arrangement and asked.

"Tachibana, isn't this a bit too forceful?"

Qing asked this question not because she was weak and wanted to compromise.

He was aware of both the strength of Tachibana Kenkawa and the foundation that his Mizukage, who was good at "digging," had built for Kirigakure.

However, this is somewhat different from the original plan for Kirigakure to develop steadily and to gain prestige by helping the peacekeeping forces.

As a high-ranking member of the Hidden Mist Village, it was necessary for him to offer different opinions at this time to prevent his disciple from acting impulsively. Naturally, Tachibana Kanagawa would not have any other thoughts because of Ao's hesitation.

He simply shook his head slightly at Qing.

"It's alright, Ao-sensei. This is also to let the other ninja villages see the strength of our new generation of Kirigakure ninjas."

Well, it sounds a bit strange that Kisame Hoshigaki, who is even older than Tachibana Nagakawa, is called a "new generation ninja".

However, Qing could understand what Jianchuan Ju meant.

Currently, Kirigakure's most prominent fighting force includes Tachibana Kenkawa, the Mizukage, and Ao, the Three-Tails Jinchuriki who demonstrated his strength in the Third Shinobi World War.

The previous Chunin Exams were meant to showcase the future of Kirigakure to the ninja world.

So, it's time for Kisame Hoshigaki, a ninja who closely followed in the footsteps of Tachibana Nagakawa and reached the level of Kage, to change the ninja world's perception of him.

However, just in case, let's prepare some other methods for Kisame!