Naruto: I'm Not a Pokémon

"Speaking of which, if I just disappeared for two days, wouldn't Mr. Qing and the others think I'm dead?"

However, Jianchuan Ju was aware of his current condition. Although the ninjas of Konoha would not wait for him, he was too exhausted to even move his fingers to form seals, let alone go out to report the news.

If he goes out like this, any ordinary wild beast might be able to carry him away.

"I should have brought the psychic scroll on board. This way, at least Lanzai could have lifted the psychic spell and helped me get back to report my safety."

It’s a pity that Lan Zai’s psychic scroll had long been transferred to a secret space for safekeeping, and now he couldn’t even go back to the village to communicate directly.

Jianchuan Ju looked at the little frog squatting obediently beside him and said helplessly.

"Lan Zai, please go out and help me check the situation. If there is any problem, just cancel the psychic spell and come back. Got it?"

Fortunately, the little frog only needs a thought to cancel the summoning technique and return to the scroll, which is even more convenient than Jianchuan Ju using his own seals and the "secret power" to return here. Jianchuan Ju is not too worried about its safety.

"Quack!o(｀-′o)"

Chapter 215 The Dilemma

at the same time.

On the Sora No. 2 ship, which is anchored on the sea at the border of the Land of Fire.

Everyone is gathering for a meeting.

"Still no news from Orange?"

Qing rubbed his brows with a worried look, but no one could give an answer to his question.

Everyone bowed their heads and remained silent. The atmosphere in the cabin seemed particularly depressing for a moment.

"Why don't we just retreat? If the ship stays here, it's likely to be discovered by Konoha or Sand Village ninjas."

The captain of the escort team suggested quietly, but was met with angry glares from everyone else.

However, the captain of the guard's suggestion is not without reason.

In the past two days, this originally remote land of the Land of Fire has become a battlefield between Konoha and Sunagakure. Both sides have sent a large number of ninjas to frequently engage in small-scale conflicts here.

The source of this was the day when the Fourth Kazekage Rasa led a team to rob Konoha of supplies.

Although this place is not a strategic location and this small-scale conflict on different battlefields will not last long, at least for now, the entire surrounding area is no longer safe.

Even though neither side is likely to think of fighting at sea in the short term, the risk of the No. 2 ship being exposed is increasing day by day because everyone is frequently searching for Jianchuan Ju's traces near the battlefield.

"Let's not talk about retreating. The search and rescue of Jianchuan Ju was also an order issued by the front-line headquarters."

Although Qing felt a little troubled, he still directly rejected the other party's proposal.

However, the captain of the guard seemed determined to persuade everyone to retreat. Even though Qing had already cited the orders from his superiors, he was still muttering to himself.

"That was an order from two days ago, but the frontline camp has not responded in the past two days."

What he said was one of the reasons why everyone was worried.

In theory, although the second ship is on an outbound mission, the communication ninjas can still transmit information back and forth within a few hours.

However, except for the response to the mission report sent to the front-line camp after everyone returned to the ship on the first day, all the subsequent information transmissions seemed to have fallen on deaf ears.

Now everyone is wondering if there is some serious situation on the front line, and they are becoming more and more anxious about finding Jianchuan Orange.

In fact, this situation is normal. Although they all belong to the Air Force, after all, when they are on most missions, the escort team and the Air Force flight formation travel on two ships.

The missions they performed were not completely overlapping, and Jianchuan Ju was naturally closer to the members of his direct flight formation and was more supported by them.

But this time, before Qing could say anything to reprimand him, the already depressed members of the Sky Department surrounded the captain of the guard one by one.

The captain of the second team, Toshio Utsumi, flashed in front of him, grabbed his collar and lifted him up.

At this moment, veins on Utsumi Toshio's arms were bulging, his eyes were bloodshot as he stared at the man, and he let out a suppressed growl.

"Asshole! Are you trying to abandon your superiors and run away?! Huh!? Believe it or not, I will kill you right here!!!"

The captain of the guard, who was somewhat indignant when Qing rejected him just now, was now silent as a cicada and dared not say another word.

When the others saw that Utsumi Toshio had even taken out his kunai, they hurried forward to stop him to prevent him from doing anything stupid.

At this time, Kono walked forward, snatched the kunai from Utsumi Toshio's hand, and pushed the captain of the guard aside.

At the same time, he patted Utsumi Toshio on the shoulder and spoke to comfort him.

"Captain Jianchuan will definitely be fine. If you cause trouble here, won't the captain have to clean up the mess for you when he comes back?"

"And the Konoha ninja we captured two days ago also said that the Yellow Flash did not catch the captain. The captain is usually so timid, he must be hiding somewhere to recover from his injuries at this time."

With the presence of team leader Kono who stepped in to ease the situation, the atmosphere among the group finally became a little better.

But the problem still remained unsolved. Qing frowned and sighed helplessly.

He didn't think that Jianchuan Tachibana would die in battle or be captured by Konoha.

It's not just because of the words of the captured Konoha ninja. After all, he is just an ordinary ninja and the information he obtained has little reference value.

But Qing has been Jianchuan Ju's teacher for so long, and he has a deep understanding of this kid.

In Qing's opinion, with all the various life-saving methods developed by Jianchuan Ju, it is impossible for him to be defeated so quietly, even if his opponent is the Yellow Flash, which he himself cannot deal with.

Smoothing his frown again, Qing looked at Kono and asked.

"Has Hoshigaki Jonin not come back yet?"

When asked the question, Kono just nodded helplessly without saying much.

But the others also knew what he meant.

Because since the mission started two days ago, Hoshigaki Kisame, Mei Terumi, and Momochi Zabuza have not returned to the ship.

At that time, after Jianchuan Ju stopped the pursuers for them, he flew to lead the air force. Originally, he wanted Qing and his companions to retreat directly back to the ship.

But after a little hesitation, they decided to go back and help provide cover.

At that time, the mission had basically failed due to intelligence errors, so everyone felt that there was no need to act according to the previous arrangements.

But there is still a difference between running on the ground and flying in the sky, and the battle between Jianchuan Tachibana and Namikaze Minato did not last long.

By the time the four of them approached the battle site, it was already Luo Sha's turn to appear, and several of them were nearly affected by the 'Gold Dust Burial'.

However, the few of them did watch the entire battle between Konoha and Sunagakure. It was not until they met up with the Akagi team that had lost their flying equipment that they learned about Jianchuan Tachibana's situation.

Hoshigaki, Kisame and the other two started looking for Jianchuan Tachibana directly, until now.

Qing had to return to the boat because he had to take command from Jianchuan Ju.

"I heard that Hoshigaki Kisame has killed a lot of ninjas from Konoha and Sunagakure in the past two days."

"He is a flounder user after all."

Several members of the Kongbu discussed quietly.

What Hoshigaki Kisame did and the strength he displayed in the past two days have been recognized by his subordinates including Jianchuan Tachibana.

"Shh-"

A huge blue blade light slashed across, cutting off the Sand Village puppeteer in front of him and his puppet together.

On the other side, Zabuza, who had also defeated his opponent, looked at the flounder in Hoshigaki Kisame's hand with some envy.

Mei Terumi also ran over from a distance.

"Kisame-senpai, the escaped ninja has also been dealt with."

Hoshigaki Kisame nodded when he heard that and silently hung the double swords, Flounder, back on his back.

The three of them did not intend to fight, but there were too many teams from Konoha and Sunagakure on the battlefield. In order to avoid being surrounded and attacked, they could only eliminate all the enemies they saw.

Zabuza on the side also sheathed his 'short sword*sewing needle', took out a map and walked over.

"We've already searched these places. The terrain ahead is relatively hidden. Maybe that guy Ju will..."

However, before Zabuza could finish his words, a blue figure quickly passed by from a distance.

"Blue boy!"

Chapter 216 Water Dragon Bomb Advanced Tutorial

"What the hell? Ye Cang defected?"

Jianchuan Ju suddenly exerted force and sat up from the bed.

However, his body, which had not fully recovered, obviously could not support him to do such strenuous movements.

Jianchuan Ju almost rolled off the bed.

Mei Terumi, who was standing by, walked forward with some disdain and helped him up, then slowly laid Jianchuan Tachibana flat again.

"Just lie still. You're a medical ninja and yet you're so careless!"

Looking at Mei Terumi who carefully covered the quilt for him, Jianchuan Ju could only smile awkwardly and did not dare to move any further.

But he was really surprised by the news.

Unexpectedly, after all the efforts to kill Ye Cang and disrupt the peace talks, it turned out that the Sand Village had no intention of negotiating with Konoha from the beginning, and was just trying to cheat some supplies. Ye Cang did not need anyone to stop him at all, and he chose to defect directly.

'How could this mission be completed so inexplicably?'

At this moment, Jianchuan Ju and his group were already on their way back to the front-line camp by boat.

Lan Zai, who had come out to explore the way earlier, ran into Hoshigaki, Kisame and the other two who were looking for Jianchuan Ju. Naturally, Jianchuan Ju didn't have to hide in the secret space anymore.

Lanzai first took the three of them to the place where Jianchuan Ju and Namikaze Minato fought, and then entered the secret space to report.

After learning about the situation, Jianchuan Ju also forced himself to form seals and retreat to reunite with the others.

However, Jianchuan Tachibana was still in a weak state, and was finally carried all the way back to the boat by Hoshigaki Kisame.

They did run into several teams of Konoha and Sunagakure ninja teams on the way, but the people had already been found, so Hoshigaki Kisame and his companions no longer acted cautiously and ran all the way to the sea.

Then, under the cover of dozens of Sorabe ninjas, everyone quickly boarded the ship and ran away without looking back.

As for now, Mei Terumi is telling Tachibana Kanegawa what happened in the past two days.

"So the Sand Village fought with Konoha here for two days?" Jianchuan Tachibana gestured for Mei Terumi to continue.

"That's not the case. After the Fourth Kazekage Rasa repelled the yellow flash, most of the Konoha ninjas were dealt with on the spot. But the Sand Village seemed to be looking for something there and never left. That's why they have been fighting with the ninjas who came from Konoha later until now."

Mei Terumi spread her hands and denied what Tachibana Jianchuan said.

However, Jianchuan Ju didn't hear what Mei Terumi said next and sat up suddenly again.

"What the hell? Luo Sha defeated Namikaze Minato?? Do you want to listen to what you are talking about?"

Mei Terumi looked at Tachibana Kanegawa speechlessly, totally not understanding why he had such a big reaction.

"Is there anything surprising about this? Luo Sha is still the Kazekage after all. Even if the Yellow Flash is very famous, why is it so strange that he was repelled by the Kazekage?"

Upon hearing this, Jianchuan Ju rolled his eyes, lay back on the pillow and didn't want to talk.

"What's so strange about this? Rasa, the disgrace of the Kazekage who couldn't even beat his own son, actually defeated the three-time invincible Namikaze Minato. Kishimoto should have jumped up and cursed, right?"

In the end, Jianchuan Tachibana could only attribute it to the fact that Namikaze Minato was fighting with an injury and was unable to exert his full strength.

If I just think like this, I will realize that I tried my best to beat Minato Namikaze to half his health, but all the credit went to that guy Rasa, and my record of being beaten by Minato Namikaze and escaping was increased by one.

No matter how I think about it, it feels a bit depressing.

"If Luo Sha had such a record in the original novel, he wouldn't have been called a gold miner."

"Forget it, forget it. I'm already conspicuous enough now. If I stand out too much, the bounty at the gold exchange will exceed 1 Asuma. That won't be good."

Mei Terumi saw that the guy in front of her started to get distracted again. She was used to this and just briefly explained what happened next.

When he heard that everyone was trying their best to rescue him, Jianchuan Ju was still a little moved.

"But I still need to discuss with Captain Fu and replace the captain of the guard!"

Having such thoughts is definitely not because Jianchuan Ju is narrow-minded.

The escort team is such an important position, originally meant to protect the existence of the Air Force's warships. How can they be afraid before the battle and always think of escaping?

"It's definitely not that I'm petty!"

Just when Jianchuan Ju was thinking about what reason he should find to apply for a replacement of his subordinates, Zabuza walked in with food in his hand.

"Captain Qing asked me to bring this to you. Do you want to eat it now?"