Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 577 Maintaining Peace in the Shinobi World

Compared to those aristocratic officials who had no moral compass and were all obsequious.

Uchiha Shisui was more concerned about the black-haired girl who stood alone to the side, looking helpless.

The girl's once exquisite princess dress was now covered in dust and looked quite disheveled.

Her big eyes were full of confusion and helplessness, just like a lost fawn.

Despite being the sole heir of the Snow Country, despite her father being killed by her own uncle, and despite needing comfort at this very moment.

However, those ministers who used to greet her with smiles and treat her with utmost care now seemed to have completely forgotten her existence.

She was left alone, standing helplessly in the corner.

Tears welled up in the girl's eyes, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall. Her face grew paler as she struggled to keep from crying out loud.

However, just as Uchiha Shisui was about to step forward to comfort the pitiful-looking little girl...

A blue-haired figure got there first.

Honglian impatiently pushed aside the ministers surrounding the three of them, showing them no respect whatsoever, and walked straight to Feng Hua Xiaoxue.

He bent down and gently pulled the little girl into his arms.

The girl, who had been able to grit her teeth and hold on, completely lost control of her emotions the moment Honglian pulled her into her arms, and burst into tears.

Hearing Feng Hua Xiao Xue's heartbroken sobs, all the officials who had previously fawned over Xue Huo and the others stood there awkwardly, their eyes darting around in a panic, unsure of what to do.

Fortunately, no one knows what Honglian whispered in Feng Hua Xiaoxue's ear.

Before long, the girl gradually stopped crying and slowly fell asleep, sobbing.

However, this little incident ruined the otherwise lively atmosphere.

Having already grown somewhat impatient, Guren, Uchiha Shisui, and the others used the excuse of not wanting to delay the cleanup work in the Land of Snow to refuse the so-called victory banquet and took their leave.

Perhaps they felt embarrassed by what had happened earlier, or perhaps they each had their own ulterior motives.

The officials of the Snow Kingdom did not try to persuade them to stay. They exchanged a few simple pleasantries and then saw the group of six off from the capital of the Snow Kingdom.

On the way back, before the three from Konoha who had been ignored earlier could say anything, Xue Huo, who had just been transferred to the Maintenance and Investigation Unit, was the first to speak up and complain.

"By the way, why are we doing this kind of mission? Shouldn't these things be posted to the village normally?"

Honglian, standing to the side, looked at her new teammate with his hands behind his head, looking completely silly, and complained with a look of disgust.

"I saw you were quite pleased with those people flattering you just now, so why are you dissatisfied now?"

That being said, Honglian did not explain to him why the work of the peacekeeping force had changed.

Although Xue Huo, a newcomer to the maintenance and control unit, was unaware of this, the other Chunin who had been there for more than half a year knew about it.

The original task force was naturally to fight against the Zero Organization, which was hidden behind the scenes of the ninja world.

However, in the nearly two years since the establishment of the peacekeeping force, that Zero organization has remained well hidden.

Although intelligence gathering has been ongoing, there have indeed been a few times when they caught the other side red-handed.

However, despite several attempts, the opponent managed to shake them off each time.

Such a large joint organization of five villages can't just enjoy resource support and do nothing of substance, can it?

Therefore, starting last year, the work of the peacekeeping forces has gradually shifted towards "maintaining peace in the ninja world".

Normally, such tasks would indeed be handled by the five great ninja villages.

Or to put it more bluntly, it is usually the smaller country that issues a mission to the larger ninja village to which it belongs, requesting help.

However, when it comes to tasks that concern the entire nation, seeking help from the suzerain state inevitably involves issues of influence and autonomy.

Now there is this so-called neutral organization called the Peacekeeping Force, which claims to maintain peace in the ninja world.

Smaller countries naturally prefer to seek help from peacekeeping forces first.

This is not the first time the peacekeeping force has intervened in missions like those in the Land of Snow.

Occasionally, ninjas from one of the Five Great Nations would even cause bloodshed in smaller countries.

In the past, these small countries would have had no one to turn to for help.

Currently, among the investigation teams, there are always guys from the other major ninja villages who are looking for opportunities to annoy their opponents, and they are particularly enthusiastic about conducting investigations.

This has resulted in the peacekeeping forces having a relatively positive reputation in smaller countries.

Of course, even Honglian, as a teammate, couldn't openly discuss with Xue Huo the fact that he started taking on "side jobs" because he couldn't do his "main job" well.

However, that's not what Xue Huo really cares about.

Before he even joined the peacekeeping and mediation unit, he had already inquired about the unit and learned that its work was relatively safe, which is why he decided to come and gain some experience.

If he were really asked to deal with some kind of behind-the-scenes organization in the ninja world, a job that sounds dangerous, he would back down.

"I just think that if a major ninja village were to step in, it might be easier for that little princess to take over the Land of Snow later."

"Right now, she's still so young... sigh."

Upon hearing this, apart from Honglian's somewhat strange expression, the others present all sighed silently.

They had seen the true colors of those Snow Kingdom officials just now.

Can a princess who is only five or six years old and has no relatives to take care of her really become a daimyo smoothly just by virtue of the title of heir?

In the end, it was the relatively composed Uchiha Shisui who broke the silence first.

"Non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries is the most important principle of our peacekeeping force. If we were to actively intervene and provide support, why would these small countries even bother to contact us? And what about those large ninja villages?"

Seemingly realizing that what he was saying was not quite in line with the identity of a Konoha ninja, Uchiha Shisui stopped immediately after only speaking halfway through.

However, the others already understood what he was trying to express.

In fact, Shisui, who was born into the Uchiha clan, had gradually come to accept his identity as a member of the Peacekeeping Force in the nearly one year since he joined the Peacekeeping Force.

Compared to being in Konoha, where they bear the Uchiha surname and face discrimination from their fellow villagers.

On the contrary, within the maintenance and mediation forces, they had the protection of their clan patriarch, and the commander-in-chief, Kisame Hoshigaki, was fair in rewarding and punishing.

Although there are occasional minor conflicts between the ninjas from different villages, they have become more like a unified whole due to their long-term cohabitation and shared meals.

If anyone dares to cause trouble, that lord's forty-meter-long sword has no eyes.

Especially those young people who were rotated in later due to the change in the route of the peacekeeping force.

Because they had not experienced the previous Ninja World War, and had lived together for a long time.

Many people have even entrusted their backs to comrades from different ninja villages for protection during missions.

Uchiha Shisui himself felt that maintaining peace in the ninja world made his ninja career more meaningful.

(End of this chapter)