Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 582 Should we continue?

Over the past two years, the operational strategy of the peacekeeping force under the leadership of Kisame Hoshigaki has deviated significantly.

The shift from "fighting the Zero Organization" to "maintaining peace in the ninja world" was secretly orchestrated by Tachibana Kenkawa behind the scenes.

After all, dealing with Obito Uchiha can begin at any time, but increasing the influence of Kirigakure and controlling surrounding small countries is definitely something that should be done as soon as possible.

However, there were also the other four major ninja villages keeping an eye on the peacekeeping forces.

Although the other four major ninja villages have also frequently interfered with other forces that are not within their own sphere of influence during the activities of the peacekeeping forces.

But after all, the purpose of establishing the peacekeeping and mediation force is there.

It's not good that Kirigakure didn't accomplish anything 'real' during this entire term.

At this critical juncture as his term was drawing to a close, Tachibana Kenkawa took advantage of his contact with Orochimaru and used information about several bloodline limit ninjas to lure out Hiruko.

While provoking Obito Uchiha, it also adds some "achievements" for Kisame Hoshigaki.

Upon seeing the two pieces of information at the end of the document, namely "Bounty Hunter Activity Tracks" and "Large-scale Population Disappearances in the Land of Rivers," a glint flashed in Tachibana Kanagawa's eyes.

"They really have absolutely no sense of crisis!"

"Inform Elder Yuan for me... Never mind, I'll go directly there."

Tachibana Kenkawa, who had originally planned to have Mei Terumi make another trip to the Mizukage Building, stood up abruptly.

He placed one hand in front of his body and casually formed a hand seal.

Close your eyes and focus your breath.

The surging mental energy in his mind instantly spread out.

In the blink of an eye, it enveloped the entire Hidden Mist Village.

The "Spiritual Space" unfolds.

Then, Tachibana Kanagawa kept the hand seals unchanged and focused his attention on the Mizukage's office.

"Otherworldly Cave" activated.

A golden halo immediately appeared simultaneously in front of Tachibana Kanakawa and in the Mizukage's office.

Under the worshipful gaze of Mei Terumi, Tachibana Kanagawa took a step forward.

When the golden halo disappeared, the person had already arrived in the Water Shadow's office.

Upon seeing Jianchuan Ju suddenly appear before them, Elder Yuan and Qing both rubbed their temples in unison, feeling a headache coming on.

"Lord Mizukage, I am getting old. Could you please stop with these surprise attacks? My heart really can't take it anymore."

Seeing the awkward smile on Jianchuan Ju's face, Elder Yuan could only sigh helplessly.

Ever since our genius Mizukage developed this amazing space-time ninjutsu, things have become incredibly convenient.

Leaving aside the powerful tactical and strategic benefits this ninjutsu can bring, even in daily life, Elder Yuanshi often benefited greatly from the Mizukage's help in "opening the door".

It's just that after his own Mizukage acquired this ninjutsu, he started appearing and disappearing mysteriously all the time, and the old man's heart really couldn't take it.

However, Tachibana Kanagawa was ultimately the most outstanding Mizukage in the history of Kirigakure, so Elder Genshi only mentioned it briefly before returning to the main topic.

"Lord Mizukage, you came here after seeing the intelligence sent back by the peacekeeping forces, didn't you?"

Upon hearing Elder Yuan change the subject, Jianchuan Ju's embarrassed expression vanished, and she spoke seriously.

"That's right. Originally, we were supposed to let Kisame achieve something before he stepped down, but we didn't expect that they would catch Zero Organization by their own intelligence."

Upon hearing this, Elder Yuan first nodded, then gently shook his head.

"Actually, it's not entirely the result of the investigation conducted by the peacekeeping force itself."

"According to the information sent back from Konoha by the White Zetsu team, it was actually Konoha's Anbu who first discovered the whereabouts of the bounty hunter named Kakuzu."

"Later, even the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, personally led an operation to encircle and suppress them, but it seems that the enemy anticipated the operation and escaped the encirclement. The peacekeeping force then followed the clues and finally caught up with the enemy again."

Upon hearing this, Jianchuan Ju smiled slightly.

"Minato Namikaze personally went to confront them, but Kakuzu still managed to escape? When did this happen?"

Konoha, or rather Minato Namikaze, had been relentlessly investigating the Zero Organization's movements ever since the Nine-Tails' attack.

Tachibana Kanagawa actually knew about this matter a long time ago.

Initially, Konoha would share some of the intelligence gathered from their investigations with the peacekeeping forces led by Kisame Hoshigaki.

However, as time went on, perhaps because the peacekeeping force had not made any substantial progress, or perhaps because the spies Konoha had planted in Kumogakure had vaguely sensed something and no longer trusted the peacekeeping force.

After that, Konoha and the Investigation and Control Unit basically conducted their own investigations separately.

As the strongest ninja village in the past, Konoha has declined somewhat in recent years, but it still has a deep foundation, so it is not surprising that it was able to find Kakuzu's whereabouts.

He just didn't expect that even with Minato Namikaze personally taking action, Kakuzu was still able to escape alive.

Although Minato Namikaze, as Hokage, has no record of publicly taking action in the past two years.

However, all intelligence indicates that Minato Namikaze has successfully sealed half of the Nine-Tails into his body, officially becoming the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

And with the super mobility that Flying Thunder God Technique brings him, grabbing a corner would be a piece of cake.

After hearing Jianchuan Ju's question, Elder Yuanshi explained.

"Konoha's operation took place three days ago, and the intelligence was only sent back to the village yesterday. I was originally planning to report this matter to the Mizukage today."

Kanagawa Tachibana thought for a moment. At this time yesterday, Kabuto was still in the Land of Snow dealing with the aftermath. The failure of an operation in Konoha was not a big deal, and it was normal that he was not notified immediately.

Seeing that Jianchuan Ju indicated his understanding, Elder Yuanshi continued.

"As for the failure of Konoha's operation, the intelligence reports that after Konoha surrounded the bounty hunter who was suspected to be Kakuzu, Minato Namikaze killed him on the spot."

"However, since there was only a broken heart inside the body, and his teammates never showed up, it was confirmed that the other party had only left a clone to attract fire and escaped Konoha's encirclement ahead of time."

"The investigation team then noticed that several small-scale disappearances overlapped with the activity patterns of bounty hunters suspected to be Kakuzu, which allowed them to lock onto the target again."

Upon hearing this, Jianchuan Ju nodded.

Kakuzu's teammates, the "undying army" that created him, required the consumption of the souls of living people. This information was obtained by Tachibana Kenkawa from Orochimaru through a trade.

Currently, only a few people in the peacekeeping force know about this, so it's not surprising that they were able to lock onto the enemy before Konoha.

After explaining the reason for the matter, Elder Yuan looked at Jianchuan Ju who seemed to be deep in thought, and spoke slowly again.

"So, the key point now is..."

"Now that we've captured a full-fledged member of the Zero Organization, is it still necessary for Kisame Hoshigaki's team to continue tracking down Kakuzu and the other two?"