Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 67 Palm Cultivation Technique

As Jianchuan Ju listened to the conversation of several wounded soldiers, she gained a better understanding of the situation on the front lines.

Previously, due to the frontline troops underestimating the enemy, all reconnaissance forces sent into the Land of Fire landed in one go and then dispersed to infiltrate and gather intelligence.

It is estimated that the commanders also felt that if they concentrated their forces to land, Konoha's weak defenses on the border would not be able to effectively stop them, and they might even be able to establish a landing point directly.

As a result, when Kurosuki Raiga and Nakaji led their team ashore, they were almost completely wiped out by Orochimaru, who had come to their aid, at the landing point on the coastline.

After being appointed to a critical mission, Ao led a new batch of ninjas from the Sensory Class to arrive. Learning from past mistakes, he immediately ordered all reconnaissance units to operate in small teams from the moment they set off.

Large numbers of Kirigakure ninja squads dispersed directly on Uzushima Island, all choosing to sail from the sea to the coast of the Land of Fire, landing at different locations to infiltrate, reconnoiter, and sabotage.

However, such small-scale confrontations have led to a gradual escalation of the war, inevitably resulting in a large number of wounded.

Infiltration, counter-infiltration, and intelligence gathering—this has been the main theme on the front lines these past few days.

Hengsongbu seemed to enjoy chatting with these wounded soldiers.

Even though the work at hand was temporarily finished, he didn't take a break. Instead, he sat with Tachibana Kanagawa and listened to the gossip about the battlefield.

However, seemingly feeling that it was inappropriate for him to be so gossipy in front of children, Kosho Ayumu only listened for a while before starting to discuss medical ninjutsu with Kenkawa Tachibana.

"I never expected that Senior Hengsong would have such a deep understanding of the Palm Healing Technique."

"After all, I'm a full-time doctor, unlike Tachibana who is a medical ninja and has to expend energy on combat."

Hengsongbu seemed quite proud of his identity as a doctor and casually shared some medical knowledge.

This was a significant help to Tachibana Kanagawa, who was recently learning the Palm Healing Technique, and it also gave him a deeper understanding of this iconic ninjutsu of medical ninjas.

The other party then produced a live fish from somewhere and began to teach Jianchuan Ju the Palm Immortal Technique, hand in hand.

Watching the live fish dwindle in Ayumu's hands, Tachibana even felt that the other party's skill in medical ninjutsu was no less than that of Keiko Saigyouji.

Not to mention her highly skilled chakra scalpel and the subtle ailment extraction technique she had previously performed.

But the more this was the case, the stranger it seemed to Jianchuan Ju became, so she simply asked him directly.

"Such an outstanding ninja as Komatsu-senpai, why have I never heard of you before at the Kirigakure Hospital?"

Hengsong seemed used to such questions and answered gently.

"For a long time, I was helping out at an orphanage, so it's been a long time since I've been back to the village."

"So, you're giving up your hospital job to take care of orphans?" Tachibana Kanagawa hadn't expected such an answer.

"Yes, I think that since we're both saving lives, instead of treating the ninjas, we should help the orphans who can't survive because of the war."

Looking at the radiance emanating from Hengsongbu's expression, even Jianchuan Ju felt somewhat ashamed of himself.

"Senior Hengsong is truly a kind person."

"Perhaps, there are always things in life that are worth giving your all for."

For some reason, Ayumi suddenly became a little sad, so Tachibana Kenkawa didn't continue the conversation on that topic.

"He's probably worried that if he goes to the battlefield, there will be no one to take care of the children. But given the other side's advanced medical skills, the village really can't refuse to conscript him."

Tachibana Kanagawa then steered the conversation back to medical ninjutsu, seizing the opportunity to efficiently absorb various medical knowledge.

Only when more wounded patients arrived for treatment did the two stop torturing the fish and return to their work.

Inside the main tent of the camp.

Ao looked at the somewhat lazy Watermelon Pufferfish Demon in front of him and sighed helplessly.

"Lord Suigetsu, all the sensory ninjas we can currently send out have entered the Land of Fire. If we continue to send sensory ninjas out, the defenses around the camp and on Whirlpool Island will be severely insufficient."

"The reconnaissance work at the front was ordered directly by the Third Mizukage. You just need to carry out the orders."

Suigetsu Hozuki casually flipped through the scroll in his hand, seemingly completely oblivious to what Ao was trying to say.

"What I mean is, could we send in a few more combat ninja squads to assist with intelligence gathering?"

Upon hearing this, the Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Demon's expression became even more disdainful.

As the self-proclaimed leader of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, Suigetsu Hozuki has a natural disdain for young sensory ninjas like Ao.

"Send additional combat squads? You should wait until Yagura Karatachi arrives and report that to him."

Hearing the same answer again, Qing could only feel anxious.

Perhaps because the village was about to send Yagura Karatachi to take over immediately after the defeat at the front, Sushiyama Fuguki harbored resentment and had been in a state of passive resistance for the past few days.

Fortunately, the camp's daily operations are still being managed as usual by the Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Demon.

However, because the squad leader of the perception team, Zhongji, was injured and returned to the village, the current reconnaissance and command work has basically fallen entirely on Qing's shoulders.

Ao, a young Jonin who had only recently joined the Sensory Team, was already quite remarkable for being able to command the ninjas within the team. It would be virtually impossible for him to obtain assistance from other sources without the approval of Suigetsu Hobuki.

"But Lord Suigetsu, the number of sensory ninjas on the front lines is insufficient to fully gather intelligence. If more regular ninja squads are dispatched to coordinate, efficiency can definitely be improved and the loss of sensory ninjas can be reduced."

The Watermelon Pufferfish Demon, who was fiddling with the scroll, looked up at Ao, grinned to reveal a mouthful of sharp teeth, and said in a cold voice.

"Reduce the losses of sensory ninjas? What about the losses of other ninjas? I remember the combat team we sent out two days ago suffered far more casualties than the sensory ninjas!"

"Alright, you can go now. That guy Yagura will be here in the next couple of days. You can decide these things yourselves."

As the vanguard of this support force, Ao was naturally assigned to the side of Yagura Karatachi by Suigetsu Hobuki. Seeing him going on and on here, he was even more displeased.

"well."

Qing sighed silently in her heart.

Although the support force led by Yagura Karatachi departed only two days later than Ao and his group, the Perception Squad received orders from the Third Mizukage to rush to the front lines at full speed.

Moreover, the large-scale march of the support troops would inevitably be slow, so it's hard to say whether Yagura will actually be able to arrive in the next two days.

Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Ghost Seeing Blue stood still without saying a word, then simply waved his hand to shoo people away.

Qing had no choice but to prepare to leave the main tent, as he still had a lot of work to do, including intelligence gathering and personnel mobilization.

However, just as Qing was about to leave the camp...

"Bang--"

Suddenly, a loud explosion was heard outside.

"Was that the sound of a signal flare? Is someone attacking the camp?"

(End of this chapter)