Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 61 Ninja Sword? Divine Spear!

The following morning.

Tachibana Kanagawa first went to Kirigakure Hospital and explained the situation to Keiko Saigyouji.

Then, the other party forcefully stuffed a large amount of antidotes, ration pills, and other similar items into my hands, and gave me many reluctant instructions before I left the hospital.

After that, since it was time to make preparations for the battle, Tachibana Kenkawa naturally thought of the ninja tool shop where Shimotsuki Ichiro was located.

In fact, since returning to the village, Jianchuan Ju has visited this ninja tool shop a few times.

It wasn't to urge him to finish his ninja sword, but rather because he was worried that old man Shimotsuki might be too lonely forging weapons by himself and develop some kind of illness, so he came to visit the old man.

However, Old Man Shuangyue clearly did not think so. The first two times Jianchuan Ju came, the old man invited him into the forging room in the backyard to drink tea and observe.

When he came for the third and fourth time, Old Man Shimotsuki simply had the receptionist kick him out. He told him that if he still wanted the ninja sword, he shouldn't bother him anymore.

However, now that Tachibana Kenkawa is about to go to the battlefield, he naturally hopes to bring his beloved ninja sword with him.

By the way, the village previously rewarded the three members of the team with a C-rank ninjutsu.

Mei Terumi chose a C-rank Fire Release ninjutsu because neither her father nor Ao had mastered the Fire Release chakra nature.

Tachibana Kanagawa chose to abandon ninjutsu and selected a decent sword technique scroll from the list.

However, due to his recent obsession with training in ninjutsu, Tachibana's current swordsmanship, in Zabuza's words, is at the level of "not being able to kill himself when fighting an enemy."

As for Zabuza himself, with Ao's help, he chose a C-rank sensory ninjutsu.

Although the range of this ninjutsu is far less than that of the sensory ninjutsu mastered by Ao, its advantage lies in sensing the enemy through the earth's tremors, making it very suitable for use in the Hidden Mist Technique.

Twisted into the ninja tool shop, Jianchuan Ju had already decided that if the clerk at the front desk continued to shoo him away, he would say that he was there to buy ninja tools and that he would see the old man Shimotsuki before leaving.

As soon as I entered the ninja tool shop, the lady at the front desk greeted me with a smile.

"Young Master Jianchuan, what a coincidence. Mr. Shuangyue was just saying he was going to send someone to inform you to come over."

A feeling of surprise welled up inside her, and Jianchuan Ju smiled brightly, asking the question.

"Miss Jing, is Mr. Shuangyue looking for me because..."

Miss Jing smiled and nodded.

"Yes, it's the kind of difficult thing you're thinking of."

At this moment, Tachibana Kanagawa couldn't care less about the excuse of buying ninja tools. After thanking Miss Shizuka, she hurriedly ran to the backyard.

Actually, Tachibana Kanagawa didn't particularly value this ninja sword; it was just like an unknown "toy" to him. After waiting and anticipation, it immediately became extraordinary.

Upon entering the backyard, Tachibana Kanagawa saw Shimotsuki Ichiro calmly rocking back and forth in a rocking chair, fanning himself with a fan.

The old man's robust body weighed down the rocking chair, causing it to creak and groan.

"Hey, you little rascal, what brings you here so quickly?"

Shimotsuki Ichiro looked at Kenkawa Tachibana, who rushed in with some surprise, and asked her a question.

Then, as if he had just thought of something, his face immediately turned as black as the bottom of a pot, and he waved the fan in his hand to chase the person away.

"Get lost! You're rushing me again! It's not done yet! It's not finished! Go home!"

Tachibana Kanagawa wasn't angry. She smiled and walked over to Shimotsuki Ichiro, taking the fan to fan the old man.

"Hehe, old man Frostmoon, I didn't come here to see you today. I'm about to go to the battlefield, so I came to buy some ninja tools. Who would have thought it would be such a coincidence?"

Upon hearing this, Shimotsuki Ichiro's anger did not subside; instead, his expression became even more serious.

"You brat, didn't you just graduate not long ago? Why are you going to the battlefield? Has Kirigakure really fallen so low?"

Knowing that Old Man Shuangyue was worried about her, Jianchuan Ju also stopped being playful and said softly.

"No, it's just that our team's instructor was sent to the front lines, and I'm just going along for training. I won't be doing any overly dangerous missions."

Seeing this, Shimotsuki Ichiro didn't say anything more, but just sighed and led Kenkawa Tachibana to the forging room.

Although the furnace fire in the forging room had been extinguished, a wave of scorching heat still wafted towards us.

Shimotsuki Ichiro was already used to this, and walked straight to a shelf, picking up a short sword wrapped in red cloth.

"That's her. Take a look for yourself."

Jianchuan Ju couldn't wait to lift the red cloth, inside which lay a black-sheathed short sword, completely unrecognizable from its previous appearance as the "Peacock Flying Twin Swords".

Slowly drawing his short sword, Tachibana Kanakawa examined it closely.

The short sword is less than 60 centimeters long, with the blade accounting for about two-thirds of its length. The blade is straight and slender, with almost no visible curves. It is single-edged, and the ripple-like blade pattern reveals a hint of cold glint. The oval-shaped black tsuba looks rather plain.

Strangely, the hilt of the short sword was not bound with the usual rope braid, but was covered with crisscrossing dark green patterns.

Seeing that Tachibana Kenkawa was looking at the hilt of the sword, Shimotsuki Ichiro began to introduce it.

"The hilt of this short sword is made by taking the gems off the previous pair of swords, reshaping them, and inlaying them. The main reason is that its effect on chakra conduction and amplification is so good that I couldn't bear to waste it."

"But don't worry, I've done a special treatment. Even if your hands are sweaty, the handle won't slip at all."

Upon hearing this, Jianchuan Ju tried grabbing the handle and shaking it. Sure enough, the handle, which felt very comfortable to hold, had surprisingly high friction.

"Secondly, as per your request, I have also specially reinforced the blade of this short sword. I think practically no one can cut it in half."

This was Jianchuan Ju worried about a repeat of the situation during the previous battle against the pirates, and it was also the key point emphasized by the old man Shimotsuki.

"Finally, the ability to control the whirlwind with those twin swords can't be retained; that's a magical artifact's effect. However, I added a new function to it during the forging process."

At this point, the old man excitedly pulled Jianchuan Ju to the edge of the yard and pointed to a wooden plank in the distance.

"Come on, little tachibana, point the tip of the knife in that direction. Yes, and then try to input chakra through the diamond pattern on the left side of the hilt. It's about the feeling you get when you release ninjutsu."

Jianchuan Ju did as instructed, pressing his thumb on the green diamond on the hilt of the sword and then channeling chakra into it.

"Whoosh—"

A very short whooshing sound rang out, and suddenly a white blade of light appeared from the short sword in Tachibana Kanagawa's hand, instantly extending out and piercing through the wooden board. Then, the remaining force of the blade of light pierced through the rocking chair where Shimotsuki Ichiro had been sitting.

Jianchuan Ju was startled by what she saw and subconsciously raised her arm slightly. However, the white blade light did not dissipate. Instead, it shattered the wooden plank and rocking chair.

Both Tachibana Kanagawa and Ichiro Shimotsuki exclaimed in surprise.

"Holy crap! A sharpshooter!"

"Ah! My rocking chair!"

Two updates today. Things should return to normal from here on out. As a new author, I really can't write fast, but I'll try to update more frequently if I have a lot of writing to do later. Thank you for your understanding.

(End of this chapter)