Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 69 Pursuit

"A spy? Where?"

Hearing what Jianchuan Ju said, everyone around was somewhat bewildered.

Only Suigetsu Hozuki changed his previous lazy expression, immediately raised his hand, clenched his fist, and shouted.

"All patrolling ninjas, seal off the surrounding area!"

"Yes!" xN

Regardless of whether they realized what was happening, the surrounding Hidden Mist ninjas immediately obeyed the order.

Instantly, more than half of the ninjas present scattered, warily watching their surroundings.

"Kid, you'd better take responsibility for what you said."

After making the arrangements, the Watermelon Pufferfish Demon spoke ominously to Tachibana Kenkawa.

"Master Xiguashan"

"Shut up!"

Ao, who was standing nearby, wanted to say something on behalf of his disciple, but even as a Jonin, he was intimidated by the imposing presence of Suigetsu Hobutaki.

"Kid, you tell us."

Tachibana Kanagawa never expected that the lazy and listless Suigetsu Hozuki, who was ridiculed in the original work for raising swords for Kisame Hoshigaki, would have such a side.

Fortunately, Tachibana Kenkawa had already prepared herself mentally when she fired the signal flare, and was able to remain calm and speak at this point.

"Lord Sugiyama, I suggest sealing off the entire camp, because I am not the spy we just discovered here."

Suigetsu Hozuki's sharp gaze fell upon the brat who was still able to remain calm. Without saying a word, he raised his hand and threw out a red signal flare.

These days, although the Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Demon has been too lazy to manage things, it's only because he's about to be stripped of his power.

However, he didn't want to make any major mistakes on the eve of the handover of command, which would make his short frontline command career even more embarrassing.

Seeing that Suigetsu Hobutsuki was cooperating so well, Kenkawa Tachibana also spoke up to explain.

"Lord Sugiyama, just now, I spotted Tsunematsu from the medical team using a summoning beast to transmit information from the west side of the camp."

"I even suspect that the other party is not Tsunematsu at all. I am the only participant in the village's current medical ninja selection, and I have interned at Kirigakure Hospital for a long time. Given her level of medical ninjutsu, I should have heard of her."

These were all excuses that Jianchuan Ju made up, after all, he couldn't say that he recognized the other party as a "walking shrine maiden" because he had read the original work, as this was not information he should know.

They could only rely on some dubious information to corroborate their claims, and as for the excuse that "Honson Ayumi" had mentioned before about leaving the hospital to take care of orphans, Kenkawa Tachibana didn't even mention it.

"Really? Then why didn't you suspect the other party before?"

Suigetsu Hobutaki clearly wouldn't completely believe Kenzawa Tachibana just because of a few words, and continued to stare intently into Kenzawa Tachibana's eyes.

"She was already working in the medical team before I arrived with the sensory team. Moreover, she seemed to be very familiar with most of the medical ninjas. At first, I just thought that I hadn't seen her before for some reason."

This is indeed why Tachibana Kenkawa didn't doubt it before and chose to believe what the other party said. But now that I think about it, in other people's eyes, I seem to be an old acquaintance of "Ayumu Tsunematsu".

"But it wasn't until just now, when I saw the other person secretly using psychic magic in the shadows, that I began to doubt their true identity."

Suigetsu Hobutaki did not immediately respond to Kenkawa Tachibana.

Instead, he summoned a ninja dressed as a Jonin and gave him the order.

"Wuhu, go to the medical unit and find Hengsongbu. If you can't find her, search the entire camp for her and gather all the doctors to see if anyone can identify her."

"Yes." After accepting the order, the Jonin immediately set off for the medical camp.

"Kid, you better pray your guesses are right."

Hearing this, Tachibana Kenkawa breathed a sigh of relief, because even if all his deductions were wrong, the 'danger warning' was not wrong. At that time, 'Honson Ayumu' did want to kill him to silence him.

Therefore, Tachibana Kanagawa did not regret directly firing the signal flare and causing such a big commotion.

He could have reported this to Qingbing first, but Jianchuan Ju's first thought after ensuring his own safety was to make a big fuss and catch her before she could run out of the camp.

Regardless of whether the other party wants to kill her, and whether she is a character from the original work or not, and whether she has an orphanage to take care of, Tachibana Kenkawa will do everything she can to get rid of her.

Furthermore, since he is now wearing the Hidden Mist headband, the people of Konoha are his enemies. Even the gentle and sunny Minato Namikaze from the original story didn't earn his title of "Yellow Flash" just because he was popular.

At that moment, a sinister voice came from behind.

"Kid, since you discovered the other party was a spy, why didn't you sound the alarm on the spot?!"

Kanakawa Tachibana subconsciously turned her head away.

A tall, thin man wearing a mask from the Hidden Mist Anbu appeared behind him at some point, bending down to look at him.

"Kurihara Kushimaru-senpai, Tachibana is just a genin. If he raises the alarm in front of the other side, he will likely be stopped by them."

Qing hurriedly appeared beside his disciple to defend him.

"Is that so? But if we're even a step too late, the other side might escape."

When Kushimaru Kurishari said that there was no way to escape, he was referring to the fact that after Tachibana Kenkawa gave the signal, he used his life to hold off the enemy, giving the others in the camp a chance to capture the spy.

"Lady Kurihara, I didn't realize the other party's identity on the spot. I was in a hurry to get back and deliver the medicine. I only thought of these things when I got here, and then I immediately sounded the alarm."

With a calm expression, Jianchuan Ju raised the antidote in his hand and gave an explanation. As for whether the other party believed his explanation, Jianchuan Ju didn't care much.

"Whoosh~"

A figure instantly appeared beside the spectator, Sushio Fuguki, and whispered something to him.

Suigetsu Hobutaki first glanced in the direction where Kenkawa Tachibana was, and then spoke.

"Confirmed. Komatsu Ayumu is an unidentified spy who has escaped from the west side of the camp. Kushimaru Kurihara, you and Yako will lead the pursuit. Regardless of whether they have any undelivered intelligence, capture them alive if possible."

Kushimaru Kurihara didn't speak, but simply nodded, which was considered as accepting the task.

Then, Suigetsu Hobutsuki seemed to have thought of something else and added to Ao and Kenkawa Tachibana.

"Qing, since it was your team members who discovered this spy, then your team should also participate in the pursuit mission."

Ao immediately wanted to refuse, not to mention that he himself was responsible for coordinating the sensory team, and his three disciples were all still genin.

"Lord Sugiyama, my subordinate."

Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Demon didn't even glance at Qing, and said in an icy voice.

"Blue Jonin, this is an order!"

Ignoring Ao's reaction, he continued speaking to Kushimaru Kurihara.

"If anything else happens, at least bring her body back."

Seeing that the matter was already settled, Aoya had no choice but to immediately return and summon Mei Terumi and Zabuza.

At this moment, Tachibana Kanakawa felt a little irritated. She thought that since Yakushi Nono hadn't killed her, she must think that her identity hadn't been exposed yet.

Later, the Watermelon Pufferfish Demon sealed off the camp in time, which might have allowed them to capture the enemy directly.

Unexpectedly, not only did Yakushi Nonou escape from the camp, but her own team was also forced to participate in this uncertain pursuit mission.

"We can only hope she hasn't run away from Whirlpool Island yet."

Ah, it wasn't easy! I broke my own record today! I wrote over 6000 words! But please allow me to only post two chapters, keeping one as a reserve. I'm worried that I might get writer's block and be unable to write 4000 words before having to stop updating.

Hehe, but the plot of this third chapter is quite interesting, so everyone can look forward to tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)