Naruto: I'm Not a Pokémon

"Well, this is the style of the Anbu."

Qing nodded in a serious manner, but when he thought about the fact that the Mizukage had summoned him at this time and asked the Anbu to take away Baogui and Caique.

It must be related to the matter that Karatachi Yagura entrusted him with.

However, Qing had nothing to be nervous about. After all, his team was only following the instructions of the jonin squad leader to investigate.

As for whether Lord Mizukage had said that it was forbidden to investigate this matter as war was approaching, how could a newly promoted ordinary jonin like me know so many inside stories.

Thinking of this, Qing turned around without hesitation and walked back to the Mizukage Building.

"Boom~boom~boom~"

"Please come in."

The old voice of the Yuanshi elder came from the Mizukage's office.

Qing pushed the door open and saw the back of the Third Mizukage looking out the window and the Yuanshi elder who was working with his head down.

"Mr. Mizukage, Elder Yuanshi."

Elder Yuanshi spends most of his time working here, and Qing doesn't find it strange. It is a good thing for him to have Elder Yuanshi here.

After greeting everyone one by one, Qing stood still and waited for instructions.

Elder Yuanshi looked at Qing gently and nodded.

"Qing, you did a great job this time. Now that the Water Country has officially declared war on the Fire Country, the information you brought back may help the village control some of the top leaders of other ninja villages."

"Thank you for the compliment, Elder."

There is nothing wrong with what Elder Yuanshi said. After all, this time the smuggled ninja tools from the Land of Craftsmen were not only sold to the Hidden Mist Village. The five major ninja villages had more or less families or organizations recorded in the account books of the Four Symbols Workshop.

It’s just that because the location of the Kingdom of Craftsmen is close to the Kingdoms of Water, Fire and Thunder, and maritime smuggling is more convenient, there are relatively more orders from these three countries.

If the Hidden Mist Village had this evidence, whether through threats or deals, it might be possible to plant a few spies in other villages.

For example, a certain "Pot Shadow" recorded in the account book who does not want to reveal his name would not mind reaching some deals with the Water Kingdom.

Even if these people finally firmly reject the kindness of the Hidden Mist Village, at least they can release evidence at a critical moment and cause some turmoil within other ninja villages.

However, Qing subconsciously touched the account book in his arms.

"Should I remind Elder Yuanshi that I haven't submitted my evidence yet?"

Qing secretly cursed Karatachi Yagura for being unreliable. He had only passed the detailed information of the mission to him through Shinobu.

Now it seems that the Mizukage and the Elder Yuanshi know more about this mission than he does.

It couldn't be that the three Genin in his family reported this matter to the village leaders. Just when Qing was still struggling about whether to take out the account book quickly.

The Third Mizukage also turned around and looked at Qing calmly.

"Ao Jonin, in view of your performance this time, the village has decided to appoint you as the vice-class leader of the perception class. What do you think?"

When Qing heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he spoke cautiously.

"Mr. Mizukage, if I take on the role of vice-squad leader, will my team need to be disbanded?"

"You seem to care about your teammates?"

Ao saw that although the Third Mizukage raised questions, he didn't seem angry, so Ao had to grit his teeth and continue.

"The three members of my team are all very talented young people, but Mei Terumi is not yet qualified to be a chunin captain. Momochi Zabuza and Jianchuan Tachibana have just become genin not long ago. I am worried that changing the team leader at this time will affect their future development."

For some reason, after hearing what Qing said, Elder Yuanshi suddenly laughed out loud. Even the Third Mizukage, who had been expressionless before, had a slight smile on his face.

The Third Mizukage coughed twice and said to Qing.

"Okay, then you will continue to be the captain of these three young people." When saying this, the Mizukage also emphasized the word "young people".

"As for the work of the perception team, you will need to balance your time. However, the village should send another group of perception teams to the front line in a while. Whether to take them to the battlefield will be up to you as the captain."

"Thank you, Lord Mizukage." Qing accepted the appointment with great gratitude.

"As for your three team members, each of them will be rewarded with a C-rank ninjutsu this time. When you have time, take them to the Merit Office to choose one."

After Elder Yuanshi finished speaking, he signaled Qing that he could leave.

Qing didn't care much about the so-called C-level ninjutsu, as he had mastered quite a few ninjutsu himself. He had already recognized the three little ones as his disciples, so he would naturally teach them some of this kind of basic ninjutsu.

Seeing Qing leave respectfully, the elder Yuanshi nodded slightly to the Third Mizukage and started working again.

It seemed that because of the mention of war, the Third Mizukage also wanted to discuss the situation on the front line with the elder Yuanshi again.

"What's Konoha's reaction now?"

Elder Yuanshi replied without any hesitation.

"We haven't sent a large force to the Fire Country border yet. The previous garrison personnel are still confronting us. However, the several attempts to spy on the front-line camp were dealt with by the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Ghost and his men."

"At present, Xiguashan Fugugui and Kurishan Kushimaru are still setting up a front-line camp at the site of the old Whirlpool Country. Kurochu Raiga and Nakayoshi are leading a small force to the coastline of the Fire Country to explore the terrain and intelligence as planned."

The Third Mizukage pondered for a moment.

At present, everything seems to be going according to plan, but what the Hidden Mist Village did not expect was that Konoha's reaction would be so slow.

Logically speaking, the only village that is truly at war with Konoha right now is the Sand Village, the Iwagakure Village is only in the early stages of contact and trial, and the Cloud Village has not even officially entered the battlefield yet. It is impossible for Konoha to be unable to mobilize troops to defend the Mist Village.

It was as if they had determined that the Hidden Mist Village would not impulsively invade the territory of the Land of Fire.

If they had known this would be the case, the Hidden Mist Village might have established its frontline camp directly on the Fire Country mainland.

"Let's proceed as planned. The island of Whirlpool Country is close enough to the mainland, so there is some room for both defense and attack."

After thinking about it, the Third Mizukage did not make any changes to the plan.

After all, the Water Kingdom did not participate in the Second Ninja World War.

Although we have never relaxed our efforts in obtaining intelligence on the Fire Nation, we still need to conduct more detailed inquiries before the war.

Moreover, the Third Mizukage did not want to launch a large-scale advance too early. Declaring war so early was more of a statement of attitude and a way to lure the other villages to send more troops to the Fire Nation.

However, if they really launched a large-scale attack on the Fire Country at the beginning of the war and attracted Konoha to send more ninjas to defend the Hidden Mist Village, in the end it would only allow the Hidden Cloud and Hidden Iwagakure to gain the upper hand.

"But if Konoha continues to maintain this attitude, then Watermelon Mountain should not be polite to them either."

As he said this, there was a hint of cruelty in the eyes of the Third Mizukage.

Chapter 57 Perception Ninja

The next morning.

Jianchuan Ju first got up early and went to the hospital to report to Saigyouji Keiko that he was safe.

Aunt Huizi also forced him to stay and take a series of medical knowledge tests.

To use Keiko Saigyouji's original words.

"The medical field is a field that always requires exploration and learning, even if you have become a medical ninja. However, any mistakes and lack of knowledge on your part may result in the death of your teammates. So as a backup for your teammates, you must keep learning."

In this way, after completing the assessment given by Aunt Huizi in the hospital, Jianchuan Ju participated in two more operations. He did not leave the hospital until the afternoon with a thick stack of information.

After returning home and putting down the documents, Jianchuan Ju, who was no longer in the mood to rest, decided to take Lanzai for a good stroll in the Hidden Mist Village.

In fact, from the last time he drew from the limited-time event UP pool to now, Jianchuanju has already accumulated enough gold coins for two ten-draw draws.

However, I am worried that I will encounter this kind of embarrassing situation again, where a limited-time prize pool suddenly appears and I don’t have enough gold coins.

Jianchuan Ju decided to save up gold coins for a while longer, and if there was no event prize pool, he would draw the lottery all at once.

Anyway, the water attribute UP is still some distance away from guaranteeing a gold prize. At present, simply adding one more water attribute ninjutsu or item will not improve it much.

Jianchuan Ju was wandering aimlessly, and suddenly stopped in silence.

"I really don't have a leisurely life. How did I end up here for no apparent reason?"

He scratched his head helplessly. In front of him was the No. 9 training ground where the Qing team usually trained and assembled.

"Well, now I'm here."

Since he had no purpose at all, Jianchuan Ju simply walked into the training ground and prepared to do some simple exercises with Lan Zai.

But I didn't expect that as soon as I entered the training ground, I saw my two teammates and the captain from afar. All three of them were practicing on the field.

"We agreed to take a break today, so why did you guys gather here secretly? No one even notified me."

Seeing that the three people didn't pay any attention to him, Jianchuan Ju simply spoke up to remind them.

All three of them looked towards the entrance.

"Haha, I told you that Ju would definitely come over too."

Mei Terumi put down the kunai in her hand and walked towards Jianchuan Tachibana happily.

"So when did you guys secretly make the appointment?"

"No, Zabuza came here to train very early. I practiced at home in the morning and came here after lunch. As for Mr. Ao."

At this point, Terumi Mei stuck out her tongue at Ao, indicating that Ao should speak for himself.

Seeing this, Qing smiled awkwardly and said.

"I just got here not long ago. I have something to do this morning."

In fact, Qing went to report to the Perception Class in the morning, but the squad leader Nakayoshi had already followed the first batch of ninjas to the front line to be responsible for intelligence work.

The remaining members of the perception class were doing their own jobs, and Qing, the parachuted leader, was unable to intervene. After briefly understanding the situation of the perception class, he also came to the training ground.

Zabuza, who was standing by, stopped training when he saw Jianchuan Tachibana arrive, turned his head away and did not go forward to talk to him.

After such a long period of contact, Zabuza found that he still needed to talk less to this guy Jianchuan Tachibana, otherwise he might not be able to resist drawing his sword and chopping this guy at any time.

However, Jianchuan Ju secretly glanced at the cool-looking Zabuza who was secretly hiding a short steel knife behind his back.

"Hey, Zabuza, it's a coincidence that you're here too. I was worried that my swordsmanship would not be standard when I came to the training ground."

Zabuza's veins popped up when he heard that, and he no longer hid the dagger behind him, ready to train Jianchuan Tachibana's swordsmanship.

Fortunately, Qing interrupted what was going on and said, "I wanted to tell you tomorrow, but now that everyone is here, I have something to inform you."

"What? Teacher Qing, you are going to be the monitor of the Perception Class?" Mei Terumi looked at Qing in surprise.

"It's the deputy monitor."

"But Teacher Qing, haven't you just become a Jonin not long ago? Your strength..." Zabuza asked doubtfully.

After telling his disciples the news, Qing wondered whether the three little brats would worry about the team being disbanded or the captain being replaced. Who would have thought that they would actually question whether they were capable of doing the job first.

"The Perception Class doesn't value combat power! And there are only a few Perception-type ninjas in the village."

Since the Hidden Mist Village does not have families specialized in perception like the Hyuga and Inuzuka families, many common means of perception will be weakened by the Hidden Mist technique.

Moreover, under the previous blood mist policy, ninjas with skills such as medical treatment, perception, and illusion had relatively weak combat effectiveness in the early stages and were easily killed in cruel eliminations.

Therefore, the number of sensory ninjas is at the bottom among the five major ninja villages.

Fortunately, on the battlefield, the Hidden Mist technique suppressed the perception abilities of some ninjas in disguise, and the Hidden Mist Village also had a specially developed "silent killing technique", so it was not a big disadvantage.

Qing saw that the three little ones all had an expression of "Oh~ No wonder~" on their faces.

He got straight to the point and gave each of them a slap.

Seeing the three of them covering their heads, Qingcai continued speaking with satisfaction.

"I have already requested the Mizukage-sama that the Blue Team will not be split up. You will still be my subordinates and carry out missions together."

"But Mr. Qing, none of us three know how to sense ninjutsu." Jianchuan Ju asked.

"It doesn't matter. Like I said before, there are few perception ninjas in the village, so not all the perception ninjas in the perception squad are perception ninjas. Some of them are responsible for guarding the perception squad or handling other related tasks."

"So we are now also members of the Perception Class?"

"You should be considered as a subordinate of mine, and become a non-staff member of the Perception Squad."

Although it was a bit strange for three Genin to guard Ao, who was a Jonin, but thinking about the Shadow Guards, they accepted the appointment.

Then Qing seemed to have thought of something and continued speaking.

"By the way, because of this mission, the village will reward each of you with a C-rank ninjutsu. And as I said during the previous mission, I will teach you some ninjutsu after you return to the village to help you improve your strength."

When Qing said the second half of the sentence, he looked at Jianchuan Tachibana and Zabuza.

"So, if you are interested in perception ninjutsu, I can also teach you how to get started."

Mei Terumi looked at the two of them, shrugged and spoke.