Naruto: I'm Not a Pokémon

These words seemed to have exhausted the Third Mizukage's last bit of strength. He collapsed on the seat, still mumbling, but no one could hear what he was saying.

"Huan Yue, that bastard, only defeated me half way at the beginning, and still left me with such a big mess. Damn it!"

Seeing this, Jianchuan Ju approached cautiously, wanting to check on the Third Mizukage's condition.

But I found that the old man had stopped breathing, his hands hung weakly to the ground, and there was a smile on his face, I don’t know what good things he was thinking about.

Previously, Jianchuan Ju had judged that the Third Mizukage had only eleven or twelve days left to live, but now he died before nightfall on the tenth day.

It’s not that Jianchuan Ju’s medical level was misjudged, but that the old man knew himself better.

He worked day and night during these ten days, and was eager to teach Jianchuanju by words and deeds, as if he wanted to pass on all his understanding and experience of the position of Mizukage to Jianchuanju.

With such consumption, if he wasn't worried that Konoha would send someone to negotiate within ten days, he wouldn't have been able to hold on until now.

Even until the moment before his death, the Third Mizukage did not show any signs of fatigue or weakness.

Jianchuan Ju walked forward, gently stroked the old man's eyes with his palm, and slowly closed his eyes, as if the old man who usually had his eyes squinted was just temporarily asleep.

Then he whispered beside him.

"Leave it to me next."

After hesitating for a long time, I finally posted this chapter.

Actually, I don’t have any chapters saved yet, I just finished writing this chapter.

But I really don’t want to end it at the previous chapter.

So I may need to take a day off tomorrow. Well, this time it’s a day off for the novel, not a day off for the company.

Chapter 285: Is Konoha up to something?

Six days later.

Jianchuan Ju once again came to the secret room in Master Yuan's home.

However, this time, only Jianchuan Ju and Qing were waiting here, Quan Bingwei was also waiting outside the door, and the old man who was most looking forward to seeing Elder Yuanshi again was no longer there.

Time passed by minute by minute, but Jianchuan Ju and the others did not show any anxiety. They just sat quietly in front of the door waiting.

Until there was a slight cracking sound.

The intricate sealing runes on the secret room's door suddenly showed some cracks, which gradually expanded until they covered the entire door.

Suddenly, all the dark runes turned into points of glow and shattered and dissipated, as if they had never existed.

Seeing this, the two stood up and waited.

The next second, the heavy door was slowly pushed open from the inside, and the figure of Elder Yuanshi appeared in front of the two.

At the same time, in the room behind him, one can vaguely see a huge pottery jar covered with complex sealing runes. This must be the container that Elder Yuanshi wants to protect and seals the three tails.

"Elder Yuanshi."

Jianchuan Ju and Qing both saluted together.

The elder Yuanshi, who had just walked out of the seal, had a very calm expression on his face, as if he was not at all surprised that Jianchuan Ju would be waiting for him here.

But when Elder Yuanshi looked around, he did not see his old friend, and a slightly lonely look appeared in his eyes.

However, in response to the greetings from the two, Elder Yuanshi immediately suppressed the complicated emotions in his heart, nodded to Jianchuan Ju, and spoke with satisfaction.

"You did a great job, Ju."

However, Jianchuan Ju did not show any joy at the praise from Elder Yuanshi. He just quietly took out a scroll, walked up to it and handed it to Elder Yuanshi.

"This is... This is the last words left by the third generation master."

Jianchuan Ju, who had been trying to remain calm, finally couldn't suppress a hint of sadness on his face when he said the last two words.

Similarly, looking at the ordinary scroll handed over by Jianchuan Ju, Elder Yuanshi raised his hand several times but failed to take it.

Just now, when Elder Yuanshi saw that the people waiting for him outside the seal were Jianchuan Ju and Qing, he knew who the winner of the Karuju Yagura rebellion would be.

Although he did not see the Third Mizukage, the elder Yuanshi once comforted himself by thinking that the other party might have been injured or unable to attend for some other reason.

But the scroll that Jianchuan Ju took out still broke the old man's fantasy.

However, Elder Yuanshi had seen many storms and separations, so he calmed down his emotions first, took the scroll from Jianchuan Ju, and slowly opened it.

In fact, both Jianchuan Ju and Qing had read this suicide note on the day the Third Mizukage died.

The content is not very long, all of it is the Third Mizukage's arrangements for his death and his suggestions for the village.

The most important thing is that the Third Mizukage hopes that his death will not be made public first in order to stabilize people's hearts. After waiting for the elder Yuanshi to lift the seal, he will temporarily handle all affairs in the village, and Jianchuan Ju will assist in his studies.

He also suggested that Aoki serve as the Three-Tails Jinchuriki and launch an attack on the Konoha forces together with Jianchuan Tachibana, and explained how to fight this battle and to what extent.

It is suggested that his death be announced after the war is over and a peace treaty is officially signed with Konoha, with Tachibana Jianchuan taking over as the Fourth Mizukage.

The rest of the long text is all about reminding Jianchuan Ju how to balance the ninja clan and civilian ninjas, how to deal with the relationship with the daimyo, the importance of cultivating the new generation of ninjas, and the importance of improving one's own strength. It is also written to the elder Yuanshi, hoping that he can help Jianchuan Ju become an excellent Mizukage.

It seemed that this usually resolute old man suddenly became verbose and weak before his death, fearing that he had forgotten or missed something he wanted to say.

It seemed that he felt that the ten days of teaching by example was too short, and he wanted to put all his expectations in this scroll of his last words.

Time flows slowly.

Jianchuan Ju and the other person just stood quietly in the room, waiting for Elder Yuanshi to finish reading the contents of the scroll.

Until Elder Yuanshi finished reading the contents of the scroll, he slowly closed it.

"Old man, do I need you to tell me?"

Elder Yuanshi muttered to himself, as if he was complaining about his old friend for worrying too much, or as if he was reminiscing about something.

But then, Elder Yuanshi regained his spirit and looked at Jianchuan Ju and the others.

"How many people know about the Sandaime's death now?"

The two looked at each other, and finally it was Jianchuan Ju who answered.

"At present, only the two of us and your bodyguard Quanbei know about it. In the past few days, Qing teacher has been disguised as the third generation to work, but he only appears for a few hours every day."

This was all thanks to the operations carried out by Yagura Karuta when the Third Mizukage was controlled by illusion, so the others did not have too many doubts about the Third Mizukage's reduced outings.

Jianchuan Ju thought about it and continued.

"The Third Master's body is temporarily sealed in the scroll and I am keeping it."

In fact, Jianchuan Ju placed the scroll that sealed the body in the "secret space". Jianchuan Ju was not at ease placing such an important scroll anywhere else.

After hearing this, Elder Yuanshi just nodded silently. The person was no longer there, and there was no point in continuing to ask where the body was. Besides, with Jianchuan Ju keeping it, it would be safe.

Then Elder Yuanshi asked about the main business, what Jianchuan Ju and others had experienced in the past few days.

Jianchuan Ju simply started from the previous "Mission Zero" and told Elder Yuanshi in detail what everyone had done during this period.

At the same time, having come to this point, Jianchuan Ju did not hold back too much.

This includes the fact that the Third Mizukage was controlled possibly because of Konoha's Sharingan, as well as the two abilities of Wood Release and Mangekyō Sharingan that Obito had previously demonstrated, and the fact that the White Zetsu hidden in the village was codenamed "Madara". A series of things that Jianchuan Ju has been able to confirm, in addition to in-depth information such as the identities of Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito's mastermind, all of which have been revealed.

Even Qing was hearing a lot of this information for the first time.

After hearing this, the two of them immediately came out of their grief over the death of the Third Mizukage and their expressions became extremely solemn.

In fact, Jianchuan Ju said these things just to make these two future village leaders alert.

How to fight against the so-called mastermind behind the ninja world still needs to be figured out by himself, otherwise Jianchuan Tachibana would not have not even told the Third Mizukage. Knowing too much without sufficient strength will only add to his troubles.

However, Elder Yuanshi proposed another idea.

"Could it be that Konoha is behind all this?"

Chapter 286 Let them go back to Konoha!

For Jianchuan Ju, who had read the original novel, it was obvious that Elder Yuanshi's guess was not correct.

Although Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito, the two masterminds behind the scenes, are both from Konoha, they are not really doing things for Konoha. It can even be said that both of them have caused harm to Konoha.

However, when Wood Release, Sharingan and Madara are put together, it is indeed difficult not to suspect the direction of Konohagakure Village.

Jianchuan Ju thought about it and decided to directly deny Elder Yuanshi's speculation.

"It shouldn't be Konoha's doing. If they have such ability, there would be no need for them to fight or even negotiate with us."

Elder Yuanshi thought about it for a moment and nodded in agreement with Jianchuan Ju's statement.

If Konoha could really control the Kage of a village silently, especially a Kage like the Third Mizukage who had accumulated power in the Hidden Mist Village for a long time and had the final say, then there would be no need to fight the Ninja World War. Konoha only needed to make some moves in secret to make the other four major ninja villages surrender.

However, thinking in this way, Elder Yuanshi became even more worried about the strength and purpose of the mastermind behind the scenes.

As for Qing, he still spoke with some reluctance.

"Even if it wasn't done by Konoha Village, we can still use this as an excuse to attack Konoha. After all, whether it's the Sharingan or Wood Release, they are all related to Konoha."

This time, there was no need for Jianchuan Ju to refute, and Elder Yuanshi spoke directly.

"It's useless. We don't have any evidence right now, and we're already preparing for another battle with Konoha. This kind of attack won't change anything. But."

Elder Yuanshi paused for a moment before continuing.

"But we can directly announce the cause of the Third Hokage's death and pin the blame on Konoha Village. This should greatly boost the morale of the ninjas in the village."

"We may even let Tachibana be the commander-in-chief of this attack to accumulate experience for the next succession as the fourth generation."

After finishing speaking, Elder Yuanshi looked at Jianchuan Ju, as if he had already placed Jianchuan Ju in the position of leader and was waiting for him to make the final decision.

However, Jianchuan Ju rejected Elder Yuanshi's proposal without any hesitation.

"No need. Let's proceed according to the plan left by the Third-Hero. Otherwise, with the absence of the Third-Hero and the death caused by being controlled by the enemy, it is hard to say whether it will have a positive effect on improving morale."

"But we can define Karatachi Yagura's rebellion as being bewitched by Konoha ninjas, which may have some effect."

Elder Yuanshi knew that Jianchuan Ju wanted to protect the reputation of the Third Mizukage, so he didn't dwell on this matter any further.

But in fact, Jianchuan Ju didn't just hope that the fact that the Third Mizukage was being controlled would not be exposed.

There is another reason.

Because at the time of the Second Ninja World War, the Hidden Mist Village was very empty. The Third Mizukage, who was appointed to the position after the First War, had been concentrating on development and did not participate in the war at that time to prove himself.

The Third Mizukage has always been brooding over this matter, and this Third War is a battle to restore his reputation for him.

So even though the Third Mizukage was dead, Jianchuan Tachibana wanted the Hidden Mist Village to achieve the final victory in this ninja war under the leadership of this old man.

Even if it's just in name only!

Therefore, Tachibana Jiangawa supported concealing the death of the Third Mizukage and waiting until the end of the Third Ninja World War before succeeding to the throne.

Elder Yuanshi saw the determination in Jianchuan Ju's eyes and would not choose to oppose it.

"Then all that's left is for Ao to become the Jinchūriki."

After saying that, Elder Yuanshi looked at Qing, then turned back to look at the huge pottery jar in the secret room.

Jianchuan Ju had no objection to this matter. Anyway, he really didn't want to put a monitor inside his body. Even if the Tailed Beast Jinchuriki could solve his biggest shortcoming at the moment, he had never considered it.

"The sooner the sealing is done, the better. After becoming a Jinchūriki, Ao-sensei will need some time to get familiar with the use of the Tailed Beast Power. If it's delayed too long, I'm afraid the situation in the ninja world will change in other ways."

Elder Yuanshi also nodded in agreement.

Although Qing was a little embarrassed and nervous, he did not raise any other opinions. "How about tomorrow? I will arrange for the Sealing Class to do this."

"can."

After everything was finalized, the few of them had little time to rest. Even the Elder Yuanshi, who had just been released from his seal, was ready to go to the Mizukage Building to work.

The next step is to prepare for war with all our strength. Although we are not going to attack the Konoha Village this time, we must inflict heavy losses on Konoha, so there are still many things that need to be prepared.

However, just as the three of them walked out of Elder Yuanshi's residence, Quan Bingwei, who had been waiting outside, suddenly came with an Anbu to report.

"Master Yuanshi, the envoys from Konoha are here and would like to see the Third Mizukage."

Upon hearing this, Jianchuan Ju and the other two all stopped in their tracks.

Elder Yuanshi, who already knew everything that had happened before, was so angry that he laughed out loud after hearing this.

"Haha, what do these Konoha bastards think of our Kirigakure? They want to continue the negotiations?"

Quan Bingwei could see the anger in the Yuanshi elder, but was afraid that he might not be clear about the situation, so he continued speaking awkwardly.

"Konoha said that the war was at a stalemate some time ago and they couldn't spare any personnel to come for negotiations. Now they want to meet the Third Hokage."