Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 562 The base is completed

The Land of Rain, a dozen kilometers west of Amegakure.

This place was originally a dilapidated and abandoned village, but it was completely demolished and transformed a few days ago.

Its purpose, of course, is to build the so-called headquarters base for peacekeeping forces.

At this point, the project had clearly entered its final stage, and many ordinary villagers in the Rain Country were busy cleaning up the construction debris left behind after the project was completed.

These ordinary villagers didn't really understand why a joint force created by a major ninja nation would build its headquarters in the Land of Rain.

When asked about the benefits of peace in the ninja world or becoming a neutral country, they only have a superficial understanding.

However, at this moment, these villagers, who were as busy as ordinary worker ants, were physically exhausted, but their faces still had smiles on their faces.

It seems that building this bizarre base brings them more joy than building their own houses.

The reason why these villagers were able to work so hard on this construction work, which had nothing to do with them, is that...

Besides the daily payment of ten cents.

This was because of the second blazing sun that was currently high in the sky.

Even working in such hot weather will consume more physical strength.

These ordinary people of the Rain Country, sweating profusely, always found joy in their hard work.

"If you ask me, these ninja masters are really amazing. Look at Chief Yahiko, he just casually raised his hand and created such a huge sun in the sky."

After unloading the heavy load from his body onto the open ground, a middle-aged man took a short break, wiping the sweat from his neck while looking at the small sun in the sky with a smile.

Even though his eyes were slightly uncomfortable from staring directly at the blazing sunlight, he still seemed reluctant to look away.

Another young man from the same village saw the middle-aged man stop and sigh again, and couldn't help but tease him.

"Uncle, I don't remember you saying that before? Haha, I wonder who said it back then: if you're going to work for those ninjas, run away as fast as you can and never get involved."

The middle-aged man blushed slightly as he was teased by such a young man.

Some, whose speech was slurred, tried their best to refute.

"I was talking about ordinary ninjas. Someone like Lord Yahiko, who's practically a god, is he even more like an ordinary ninja?!"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the middle-aged man seemed to realize that what he had said was inappropriate. He quickly and cautiously looked around and, seeing that there seemed to be no ninja masters around, he was slightly relieved.

Seeing his thieving actions, the young man who had just mocked him found it even more amusing and immediately started showing off the gossip he had just heard.

"And you should thank Lord Yahiko! Although Chief Yahiko is very powerful, this magic that can conjure the sun in the sky was taught to Chief Yahiko by the leader of the Land of Water, the Mizukage, because he felt sorry for the hardships our Land of Rain was going through!"

His words were completely nonsensical, and he couldn't even distinguish between ninjutsu and magic.

However, he still attracted admiring glances from many villagers who were resting nearby, who crowded around to ask him where he had heard the news.

This made the young man very proud, as if the sun in the sky was something he had "created" himself.

However, what the villagers, who were having such a lively discussion, didn't know was that the Water Shadow, whom they said was even more powerful than a god, was also talking to someone about the blazing sun hanging high in the sky.

On the road leading from Amegakure Village to the maintenance and mediation force base.

Nearly three hundred ninjas were marching in a grand procession toward the base.

The group at the head were the Kage of the five great ninja villages who had come to observe the ceremony today.

On the contrary, Yahiko, the leader of Amegakure, could only quietly follow behind the five Kage, even on his own territory, without any right to interrupt.

Ōnoki, who was floating beside Tachibana Kenkawa using the "Light and Heavy Rock Technique," looked at the smaller sun in the sky and muttered to himself with a hint of dissatisfaction.

"Lord Mizukage is truly generous, isn't he? Giving away such a secret technique that can easily change the course of a battlefield just like that?"

Tachibana Kenkawa, who was lost in thought, just smiled indifferently when he heard Onoki's words.

"Is it that precious? Actually, it's just a little ninjutsu I casually made up to enjoy some more comfortable weather. Lord Tsuchikage, you don't need to take it too seriously."

This sudden silence not only struck Onoki, who had spoken, but also caused the other Kage who had been eavesdropping on their conversation to choke.

However, no one present could refute what Jianchuan Tachibana said.

There's no other reason than that the number of ninjutsu that this Mizukage "casually concocted" was truly astonishing.

The ninjutsu and secret techniques known only to the intelligence of the major ninja villages are enough to arm a small ninja village from scratch.

There are quite a few A-rank and even S-rank ninjutsu.

If he weren't so young, the title of "Professor of Ninjutsu" might have fallen on the head of this Mizukage.

For a moment, all the figures fell silent.

Then, in this quiet and eerie atmosphere, the group of several hundred people finally arrived at the location of the peacekeeping force base.

By this time, the ordinary civilians who had been busy here had already finished their work and left, leaving only a few Amegakure ninjas waiting at the brand-new base.

One of the ordinary-looking, black-haired youths, Yu Yin, quickly stepped forward, bowed respectfully to the group, and then spoke softly.

"Chief, gentlemen, the construction of the headquarters base of the peacekeeping force has been completed. Please move into the base. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will begin soon."

Seeing the black-haired youth step forward and speak, Yahiko, who had been following behind the Five Kage without saying a word, also stepped forward with a smile to introduce him.

"This is Pain, an elite Jonin from our Amegakure. He will be joining the Peacekeeping Force as our representative. He has already familiarized himself with the entire base these past few days. You may all..."

However, Yahiko was interrupted by the somewhat impatient Kazekage Rasa halfway through his introduction.

"Stop with the nonsense! We can postpone the ribbon-cutting and base familiarization ceremonies! Let's elect the commander of this unit first, then we can have all this pointless formalities!"

Rasa interrupted at this point, which was somewhat disrespectful to Amegakure.

However, even Tachibana Kanagawa and Minato Namikaze, who had relatively good relations with Amegakure, did not speak up to criticize Rasa at this time.

As Amegakure is not one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, joining this force was bound to be met with much criticism.

This current dissatisfaction is merely the tip of the iceberg.

However, the Amegakure Jonin named Pain frowned slightly at Rasa.

(End of this chapter)