Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 71 Hidden Mist

Although Zabuza was completely bewildered, he immediately understood what Tachibana Kenkawa meant.

Despite the dizziness caused by the loud noise, he immediately formed hand seals and used a ninjutsu.

Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique x4

Tachibana looked at Kushimaru Kurishari with astonishment.

He wasn't surprised that Mei Terumi, being his teammate, understood him just like Zabuza did.

But how did you, Kushimaru Kurishari, an Anbu Jonin, interpret this single-point-to-the-sky gesture as the Hidden Mist Technique?

However, reality did not give Tachibana Kenkawa time to continue observing Kurishari Kushimaru.

The quadruple fog concealment technique instantly turned this beach into a dense fog where you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.

Several Hidden Mist ninjas instantly leaped backward, leaving their original positions.

It's Kirigakure's home turf now!

Kushimaru Kurihara and Yako disappeared immediately after the fog completely covered them, clearly believing that fighting alone was more suitable for them at this point.

Aomoto wanted to hide and find an opportunity to ambush his opponent, but he was stopped by Tachibana Kenkawa.

"It's Tachibana Kanagawa," she said softly.

"Teacher Qing, I remember the Yamanaka clan's sensory ninjutsu can see through the Hidden Mist Technique. Be careful, or find an opportunity to take him out first!"

Qing didn't seem to mind Jianchuan Ju's instructions, and instead reminded the three disciples.

"The three of you should not split up. The enemy is mostly composed of Jonin. Prioritize protecting yourselves."

After saying that, Qing's figure disappeared into the mist.

Both sides seemed to be on guard, looking for an opportunity, and the fog made it unusually quiet for a moment.

Suddenly, a somewhat hoarse voice came from all directions.

"Throat, spine, lungs, liver."

It was Kurihara Kushimaru's voice, Tachibana Kanagawa thought to himself, somewhat speechless.

"Good grief, this is a tactic passed down through generations of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, isn't it?"

However, the inner grumbling did not interrupt the action. Jianchuan Ju quickly wrote an information scroll, handed it to Lanzi who had just been summoned, and then immediately dispelled the summoning.

"It's relatively safe for now. If the battle isn't over by the time the intelligence reaches us, we can summon Blue Boy then."

Seeing that Jianchuan Ju had finished his work, the trio moved again, silently changing their positions.

At this moment, the sounds of fighting could be heard in the distance, but it was unclear who had already engaged in combat with the Konoha ninja.

Suddenly, several whooshing sounds came from the mist, followed by more than a dozen shuriken flying out, colliding and changing direction in the air, before all of them shot towards Jianchuan Ju and his two companions.

The three had barely managed to dodge the attacks when they were immediately stabbed in the back by three Uchiha ninjas wielding weapons.

"Wait! Watch out!"

The Uchiha clan Jonin noticed something was wrong and quickly spoke up to warn him.

However, it was too late.

Several steel wire traps suddenly rose from the ground and rapidly wrapped around the ankles of the three Uchiha members.

Only then did the three attackers realize that the wounds of the three imps that had been pierced were flowing with clear water.

"Snap~" x3

The three water bodies simultaneously burst into splashes.

The Jonin who first noticed something was wrong immediately jumped away to avoid the trap.

However, the two Chunin were not so lucky. They reacted a fraction of a second too slow and the steel wire got wrapped around their legs and embedded in them.

Fortunately, Tachibana Kanagawa was kind-hearted. Before the two could even scream in agony, he immediately drew his dagger and delivered the fatal blow.

"Swallow Returns"

With a soft murmur, a bluish-white blade of light slashed through space in an instant, leaving a fleeting afterimage in the mist.

If it weren't for the thick fog swirling up from Jianchuan Ju's rapid movements, one might even doubt whether an attack had just occurred.

As Jianchuan Tachibana sheathed his sword and his figure was once again obscured by the returning thick fog, large amounts of blood gushed from the necks of the two Chunin.

This scene was so terrifying that the Uchiha Jonin, who was still in the air, was furious. However, Tachibana and the other two had prepared a backup plan for him.

Dozens of clods of earth formed a barrage that shot out, completely covering the Jonin's figure.

However, the opponent was a Jonin after all. He rapidly formed hand seals in mid-air, his head slightly tilted back. Then, a huge fireball was spat out of his mouth.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique"

This signature ninjutsu of the Uchiha clan instantly burned away all the incoming clods of earth.

"Zabuza! Come back!"

A loud shout stopped Zabuza, who was about to launch a sneak attack from behind.

A hint of regret flashed in the eyes of the Uchiha Jonin as he withdrew the longsword he was about to use to strike behind him.

The three, including Tachibana Kenkawa, reunited and cautiously watched the Uchiha Jonin who was on guard in the mist.

"What a pity, we only managed to take down two Chunin." Zabuza muttered under his breath, somewhat dissatisfied, after his final sneak attack failed.

"Not bad, Jonin aren't that easy to kill. It's only because we had the advantage of striking first and were under the Hidden Mist Technique that we could have managed to kill Chunin."

"I don't know what Konoha was thinking, sending the Uchiha here."

Mei Terumi, after hearing Tachibana's explanation, was also somewhat confused about Konoha's actions.

Let's not even talk about how effective the Uchiha clan's Fire Release techniques are against the Hidden Mist Village ninjas.

Even the Sharingan, the signature bloodline limit of the number one clan in the ninja world, was completely countered by the Hidden Mist Technique, a D-rank ninjutsu.

Instead of focusing on the Sand Village battlefield where fire counters wind, they dumped the Uchiha clan onto the Kirigakure battlefield.

When faced with Mei's question, Tachibana could only give an awkward smile, unsure how to begin the explanation.

It's worth noting that in the original work, Mei Terumi, the one who dragged the Five Kage down, used Water Release to extinguish Madara's Great Fire Extinction Technique and even tried to use Hidden Mist Technique to block the Rinnegan.

This shows how deeply ingrained the idea that the Uchiha clan was countered by the Hidden Mist ninja was in people's minds.

"Stop talking nonsense, should we kill this Uchiha Jonin or not?" Zabuza looked at his two teammates with some impatience.

Jianchuan Ju thought for a moment, then spoke.

"Okay, I'll try to attract their attention directly, then find another opportunity to try again. If that doesn't work, I'll back off."

Just as Tachibana Kenkawa finished speaking, Zabuza suddenly raised his hand and said a reminder.

"Two more have arrived; they seem to be the last two Chunin."

"What are Teacher Qing and the others doing?! Let's get out of here!"

Without prior planning, Tachibana Kenkawa wouldn't want to rashly face a team led by a Jonin.

Moreover, since they were in the fog, they could find another opportunity to launch a sneak attack at any time.

"It's too late!"

A sudden gust of wind swept up to the left front of the three, dispersing some of the fog. Fortunately, the four layers of fog were thick enough that the fog only partially dispersed before it began to flow back quickly.

However, by then it was too late for the three of them to retreat.

"You two go and take care of those two Chunin, I'll handle the Jonin."

Taking advantage of the moment when the three enemies discovered her, Jianchuan Ju quickly formed hand seals to cast a summoning jutsu while instructing her teammates.

Seeing that the summoned Lanzi no longer had the intelligence scroll in his hand, Jianchuan Ju felt somewhat relieved.

There wasn't time to discuss any tactics with the little frog. I just gave him a look, and the rest was up to our tacit understanding.

"Lanzi, let's go."

(End of this chapter)