Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 75 Poaching

the other side.

A giant, battered serpent leaped from the water off the coast of the Land of Fire, spitting out a large amount of soil and several Konoha ninja, including Orochimaru.

After landing, Orochimaru looked at the giant brown snake that was on the verge of death, then pulled the Kusanagi sword from his mouth and casually swung it, relieving the snake's pain.

Then, with a loud "bang," the giant snake's corpse turned into smoke and vanished without a trace.

"Lord Orochimaru, the Nara Jonin and Akimichi Jonin are mainly exhausted from chakra depletion, but their other injuries are no longer a problem."

Yakushi Nonou knelt respectfully on one knee and reported the situation to Orochimaru.

"Um."

Orochimaru nodded nonchalantly, his mind still replaying the memory of that somewhat amusing brat.

Although genjutsu wasn't his forte, the kid, who was at most a Chunin, seemed to have no reaction at all.

Unfortunately, this excellent research subject is a ninja from Kirigakure. I wonder if I will ever have the chance to see him again.

Once Orochimaru came to his senses, he looked at Yakushi Nono, who was still kneeling on one knee, and said softly.

"Tell me the reasons for the failure of this mission."

Yakushi Nonou organized her thoughts and recounted the events of the day to Orochimaru in detail.

"I was careless at the time and wasn't sure if the other side suspected my identity. I was worried that taking action on the spot would alert them. It wasn't until the signal flares were launched into the sky in the camp that I realized the mission had failed."

"Hehehe, was it that brat who discovered it too? What an interesting little guy."

Orochimaru licked his lips with a hint of lingering satisfaction and continued speaking.

"Get up. I won't tell Danzo about this. For now, you can stay at the medical camp and help treat the wounded."

"Thank you, Lord Orochimaru!"

Yakushi Nonou respectfully stood up and took it upon herself to carry the two unconscious Jonin on her back.

However, Orochimaru waved his hand to stop them, and summoned another giant snake to carry the two people and the other corpses.

Upon returning to the camp, Ao and Kurishan Kushimaru were immediately taken to the medical tent.

Yagura Karatachi was supposed to replace the frontline commander, but instead of going to rescue the pursuit team as soon as he arrived at the camp, he...

Instead of rushing to hand over his position to Suigetsu Hozuki, he accompanied the Jianchuan Tachibana squad to the medical camp.

However, since the other party was the highest-ranking person in charge at the front line, Jianchuan Ju and the others couldn't control what he wanted to do, so they could only quietly stay by Qing's side.

Fortunately, doctors on the front lines confirmed that although Qing's injuries were serious, they were treatable and would not have any long-term effects.

This is similar to the judgment made by Tachibana Kenkawa himself.

After all, there are quite a few people in the large frontline medical force whose medical skills surpass those of Jianchuan Ju. Even Jianchuan Ju herself, given enough time, could completely heal Qing's injuries.

Not to mention the current head of the medical unit, whose medical skills alone surpass those of Pharmacist Nonou.

Unfortunately, the other party was mostly busy with management work, which is why Jianchuan Ju had been constantly seeking medical advice from a spy.

Seemingly seeing that the others had put aside their worries about Ao, Yagura also turned away and began chatting with Tachibana.

"I remember that Genin Kanagawa was in the same class as Zabuza before?"

On the way back, the group had already given Yagura a brief report on the general intelligence of the pursuit mission.

So Jianchuan Ju didn't understand why the other party was asking about her identity again at this time.

"You're acting like you don't know me at all?" However, Tachibana Kenkawa didn't dare to directly confront Yagura Karatachi, so she could only go along with what he said.

"Yes, but I didn't graduate from the Ninja Academy. I switched to medical ninja training and eventually became a genin as a medical ninja."

"I heard you've developed quite a few ninjutsu techniques yourself?"

"Well, these are just minor ninjutsu techniques, nothing compared to Jonin Karatachi's Water Mirror Technique."

Unaware of what was going on, Tachibana Kenkawa started an awkward conversation with Yagura Karatachi.

"That's already amazing. I never thought that Genin Jianchuan could kill Jonin on his own. It's a real shame that a genius like you is still just a Genin."

"You flatter me, Jonin Karatachi. It was just luck."

"Tachibana, you don't seem to be a sensory ninja, do you? Have you considered transferring out of the sensory team?"

Okay, now Jianchuan Ju finally understands. All that awkward chatting here was just an attempt to recruit her for a job change.

However, although Yagura Karatachi is currently a representative of the civilian faction and a frontline commander, and may even become the Mizukage in the future, he is really involved in too many vortexes.

Moreover, with their captain currently injured and unconscious, switching sides at this time might mean having to change their surname to Lü in the future, so Jianchuan Ju was prepared to decisively refuse the other party.

However, Yagura spoke first.

"This matter isn't urgent. You can wait until Jonin Ao recovers and then discuss it with him before making a decision."

After saying that, Yagura turned and left the tent, leaving the three little ones looking at each other in the corner.

"Does Jonin Karatachi want to transfer Kiku to his command?" Mei Terumi asked with a hint of disbelief after listening to the whole story.

"Maybe? But I don't really have any plans to switch teams."

Although Qing never formally accepted the team members as disciples, his actions had completely exceeded the scope of a team leader, so Jianchuan Ju naturally had no intention of switching allegiances.

I might as well just say it directly, so my teammates won't overthink it.

Zabuza, standing to the side, had a rather strange expression, but ultimately didn't say anything.

After a flurry of treatment by the medical team's doctors, Qing also woke up from her coma.

However, his more seriously injured left leg has not fully recovered, so it is estimated that he will not be suitable for going out on missions for a while.

However, since the squad leader of the perception team, Zhongji, had returned to the village for treatment after being injured, Qingye had no choice but to continue to be in charge of coordinating and dispatching work on the front line despite his injured leg.

The fact that two consecutive commanders of the perception unit were ambushed and injured is indeed quite ironic.

This has led some high-ranking members of the camp to have less confidence in the current strength of the Perception Class.

Fortunately, the commander-in-chief at the front has now been replaced by Yagura Karatachi, who has some connection with Ao, and the two have a certain understanding in handling many matters.

It's much more comfortable than when the Watermelon Pufferfish Demon was in charge of the camp.

Therefore, Tachibana Kenkawa didn't tell Aota about Yagura's attempt to poach her.

To avoid creating a rift between the two.

In the following days, perhaps because of the performance of the three members of the Jianchuan Tachibana Trio in the previous pursuit battle, Qing had some confidence in their current strength.

Now that he is injured and unable to move around easily, Qing no longer simply assigns routine patrol tasks.

Feeling at ease, they sent the three little ones and other sensory ninjas to the Land of Fire to carry out some dangerous missions.

However, the conflict on the border of the Land of Fire is escalating, which makes them feel that a storm is brewing.

(End of this chapter)