Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 573 Formal Appointment

"Alright, everyone."

"I think the outcome of this duel is already obvious, isn't it?"

Jianchuan Ju smiled as she looked at the several figures whose expressions were not so pleasant, but the figures present all remained silent.

Perhaps because the cheers of the Hidden Mist ninjas in the distance were too jarring, Kazekage Rasa snorted coldly, turned around, and jumped off the ice wall where he was watching the battle.

On the contrary, Tsuchikage Onoki, who had also looked rather pale, put on a smile again after letting out a long sigh.

"The members of Kirigakure are indeed young and promising, and the Mizukage also possesses remarkable courage!"

"I hope that in the future, under the leadership of His Holiness the Mizukage, this unit will be able to play its due role in the ninja world."

Whether intentionally or not, Onoki deliberately emphasized "Mizukage leadership" and "the role played by the ninja world" when he spoke, causing the others to cast strange glances at him.

"Kisame Hoshigaki is undoubtedly the rightful commander. The ninjas dispatched by Konoha will fully cooperate with him in his work with the peacekeeping force."

This quote was spoken by Minato Namikaze.

Now that the outcome is set in stone, Minato Namikaze, with a clear direction, will certainly not choose to deny it.

Instead, he made a very sincere promise to Jianchuan Ju.

As for whether the Mizukage in front of him would believe his guarantee, Minato Namikaze didn't care.

After the two Kage had given their affirmative answers, Tachibana Kenkawa turned her gaze to the last one, Raikage A.

Throughout the entire selection process for commander, the Raikage remained remarkably calm.

Logically speaking, at this time, Kumogakure was the only village that had not been attacked by any organization, and its two Jinchūriki were also "well protected".

It's normal that they don't take this so-called "mediation force" very seriously.

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"Obito didn't take this opportunity to cause trouble? He can't really think that retreating to Turtle Island will guarantee his safety, can he?"

What is he still waiting for?

While guessing at Zero's plans, Tachibana Kanagawa still smiled and looked at Raikage A.

Ai was quite straightforward; he simply nodded and, like Luo Sha, jumped off the ice wall without saying a word.

After that, things became much simpler.

Kisame Hoshigaki had already held back when he was dealing with the weaker ninjas.

Tachibana Kanagawa unleashed a massive "Revival Wind" to heal all the injured ninjas.

Although the two oldest among them, one was Masaki Seiko, a perennial genin of Konoha, and the other was Teacher Chen, the number one taijutsu master of Konoha who had previously released the "Konoha Dragon God", both of them felt somewhat empty after receiving treatment.

However, since others were unaware of the principles behind the "Revival Wind," Tachibana Kanagawa's actions actually garnered more goodwill towards Kirigakure.

After that, Kisame Hoshigaki's inauguration ceremony was also very simple. Yahiko, representing the small ninja village, joined the five Kage to issue the formal appointment.

For the next two years, Kisame Hoshigaki nominally held supreme command over this peacekeeping force.

Then, the leaders of the six ninja villages took this opportunity to discuss and define the general authority within the unit.

As expected, Fugaku Uchiha became the deputy commander of the peacekeeping force.

The Jonin from the other three ninja villages were also symbolically assigned honorary positions such as advisor, intelligence officer, and instructor—positions that sounded nice but were actually quite useless.

On the contrary, Pain, the Jonin disguised as Nagato representing Amegakure, is neutral because he does not belong to the Five Great Ninja Villages.

He was eventually appointed as the logistics officer of the peacekeeping force, a position that still held some real power.

After a flurry of activity, and having reaffirmed the mission of the peacekeeping force, which was to primarily target organized crime, the shadows of each village chose to return to their own villages.

Tachibana Kenkawa himself wanted to stay a few more days to see how Kisame Hoshigaki planned to train the ninjas from the other villages.

Unfortunately, he also had a lot of things to do in Kirigakure, so he simply chose to leave the base with the other Kage.

However, before leaving, Fugaku Uchiha and Yahiko still found an opportunity to make a private contact with Tachibana Kenkawa using the "Illusionary Body Technique".

There wasn't anything major going on with Yahiko; he mainly discussed the future development strategy of Amegakure with Tachibana Kenkawa, the "village chief."

According to Yahiko's plan, he intends to first reduce the support that some of the daimyo of the Land of Rain provide to Amegakure.

Strengthen Amegakure's intelligence capabilities, and after figuring out the opinions of the other ninja villages regarding the Land of Rain, which has now become a neutral country, then gradually make changes.

Although Jianchuan Ju didn't think it was necessary, it was, after all, an internal matter of Amegakure. He only offered a few words of advice and didn't get involved any further.

On the contrary, it was Fugaku Uchiha's side.

Through this secret agent, I explained to him why I had taken the initiative to reveal my Mangekyou Sharingan in this battle for the commander position.

It turns out that just before the Konoha team set off, Minato Namikaze and Danzo Shimura approached him.

It highlights the existence of the Mangekyou Sharingan of the Uchiha clan and expresses the hope that he can exert his full strength to win the position of commander of this force for Konoha.

The reason why the Konoha higher-ups were able to guess that he possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan was actually because of the 'deaths' of his two sons, Itachi and Sasuke, that Fugaku Uchiha had arranged himself.

As a disciple of Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage, who spent his entire life keeping an eye on the Uchiha clan, Danzo Shimura already had some understanding of the Mangekyou Sharingan.

They even knew about Susanoo, the kaleidoscope technique.

As a result, by sheer chance, Fugaku Uchiha was forced to admit that he had "just" awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Even so, in the previous battle, Fugaku Uchiha did not use the exclusive abilities of his Mangekyou Sharingan, and in fact, he still held back.

Of course, in Tachibana's opinion, even if Fugaku Uchiha fought at full strength, relying solely on his heavily burdened Mangekyou Sharingan, he would most likely be no match for Kisame Hoshigaki in Sage Mode.

After figuring out the whole story, Tachibana Kenkawa could roughly guess why Minato Namikaze valued command of this unit so much, but he didn't pay much attention to Fugaku Uchiha's earlier actions.

On the contrary, it was his demonstrated fighting prowess that made Kisame Hoshigaki's victory even more meaningful.

After giving him a few brief instructions, telling him to cooperate well with Kisame Hoshigaki in his future work and not to expose himself in Konoha, he officially set off on his journey back to Kirigakure.

"So, things should be peaceful for a while now, right?"

(End of this chapter)