Naruto: I'm Not a Pokémon

Mei Terumi picked up Lan Zai and looked at Jianchuan Ju with a smile.

Lanzai immediately agreed.

"Quack~(＞＜)"

"I'll treat you."

Qing arrived at the training ground at some point and instantly landed in front of several people.

"Teacher Qing, you came really early today~"

Qing looked up at the sky somewhat embarrassedly, and decided to ignore Mei Terumi's teasing and continue with his own topic.

"Let's go, let's go eat now. It's been a while since I treated you all, teacher."

No one had any objections, and since it was about time, they just packed up their things and prepared to leave.

In fact, the last time Qing treated everyone to a meal was just a few days ago. However, perhaps because it was his first time as a team leader, Qing always felt that he needed to give more.

Afterwards, they went to a barbecue restaurant that they frequented frequently.

While chatting about the training in recent days, we waited for the restaurant to serve the food.

Maybe it’s because the training is very exhausting and it’s the time when they are growing, so the three little ones eat a little too much.

After Qing finished eating, he did not urge anyone else. He just watched his three disciples eat quietly.

Not until Zabuza finally put down his chopsticks did Qing speak at the right time.

"Have you finished eating?"

After seeing the three people and the frog nodded in confirmation, Qing's expression became more serious, and he spoke after a brief pause.

"I have some bad news to tell you. In three days, our team will be ordered to go to the front line."

The three of them were stunned for a moment.

Jianchuan Ju had noticed just now that Qing seemed to be in a bad mood during dinner today, and he wanted to say something, but he didn't expect that his team would go to the battlefield so soon.

The other two were also very surprised.

The main reason is that the daily training and rest have been too regular recently, making everyone forget that the Hidden Mist Village and Konoha are now at war.

And recently, some ninjas in the village often complain.

'The frontline troops have been sent out for half a month, but they are just hiding in the old site of the Whirlpool Country and have not really invaded the Fire Country. This is a bit embarrassing for the Blood Mist Village.' Topics like this.

This made everyone think that this was only the early stages of the war and the village would not send additional troops to the front line in the short term.

"Teacher Qing, is there something wrong on the front line?"

Qing nodded with a somewhat unpleasant expression and replied.

"Yes, the reconnaissance team sent out by the village to the front line happened to run into the ninja team that came to support the border defense."

"Kurochu Raiga, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and Nakayoshi, the leader of the Perception Squad, were attacked in the Land of Fire. The teams they led were almost completely wiped out, and they luckily managed to escape back to the frontline camp."

"what?!"

The three of them exclaimed in surprise at the same time. These two men were definitely not weaklings, but the team they led was completely wiped out.

And Qing actually used the word "lucky" to escape.

Qing looked at the three of them and said in a very serious tone.

"The commander Konoha sent to the front line is Orochimaru!"

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Chapter 60 Frontline Situation

"What? It's actually Orochimaru, one of the Three Ninjas!"

Mei Terumi cried out in surprise.

Fortunately, there were few customers in the barbecue restaurant at this time, and no one noticed this direction.

"Yes, the troops that the village sent to the front line to set up an outpost camp were intended to put pressure on Konoha and let the other major ninja villages see Konoha's weakness and share the spoils. So the village did not immediately launch a large-scale attack on the Land of Fire."

"However, what we didn't expect was that the Land of Earth, which had declared war on the Land of Fire before us, withdrew the large force that had already penetrated into the Land of Grass back to the Land of Earth after seeing the forces sent by the Hidden Mist Village."

"As a result, Konoha Village, which was supposed to be attacked on three sides, immediately dispatched enough troops to the eastern border to fight against our Kirigakure troops."

"Even Orochimaru, who was supposed to be the commander of the northwest front against the Iwagakure Village according to the original intelligence, was transferred to the eastern border. And it was precisely because of the untimely intelligence on the front line that the perception team ran into the enemy's support troops head-on."

After Qing's explanation, the three little ones finally understood the current war situation and the purpose of the village.

Jianchuan Ju followed Qing's line of thought and thought about it carefully.

It is estimated that the top leaders of the Hidden Mist Village did not originally intend to fight so early. They just wanted to send a large army from several major ninja villages to attack Konoha together, making it difficult for Konoha to cope with it, and then look for an opportunity to steal the spoils.

Perhaps he also wanted to trick those reckless men in Yunyin into getting killed sooner.

Anyway, the Hidden Mist Village is isolated overseas, and the frontline troops can defend the Whirlpool Island. Unlike other ninja villages that march on the mainland, as long as the troops enter the small country that serves as a buffer, they will have to fight even if they don't want to.

Who would have thought that not only did the Cloud Village side not take action for some unknown reason, but the Iwagakure side also played a trick and directly withdrew its troops from the Grass Country.

Now it is the Wind and Water countries that are taking the lead.

"So Mr. Qing was sent to the front line because the leader of the perception class, Nakayoshi, was injured?" Mei Terumi asked with a worried look.

"That's just one reason. Too many perception ninjas have been sacrificed on the front lines. If we don't send reinforcements, it may affect subsequent operations."

"On the other hand, the village will send a large number of ninjas to the front line. The front line suffered a lot of losses this time, and Konoha may launch an attack on the camp at any time. And..." Qing hesitated, but after thinking about it, he continued.

"And if we lose troops at the beginning of the battle and the village does not fight back, it may damage the dignity of the Mizukage-sama."

What Qing said was indeed correct. Some time ago, the Kirigakure Village troops were not making any progress, which caused quite a lot of complaints in the village. Now, if they don't fight back after being beaten, some people might think that the Kirigakure Village's top leaders are too weak.

"But Mr. Qing, Konoha may just want to hurt us as quickly as possible and force the Hidden Mist Village to withdraw from the war first. If the village is too aggressive, it may..."

Jianchuan Ju didn't continue speaking because no matter what they discussed, they couldn't change the decision of the village's top leaders.

The Hidden Mist Village needs to regain its ground, and the Konoha Village needs to eliminate the Wind and Water families directly while it still has the advantage in military strength.

Both families are now ready to fight.

"Teacher Qing, if you take another group of sensory ninjas to the front line, what will happen to the village's defense?"

Jianchuan Ju suddenly remembered that he had heard Qing say before that the village’s perception ninjas were already somewhat stretched.

We are still filling the holes on the front line, and we don’t want our hometown anymore?

"It's okay. We have Lord Mizukage in charge of the village, and the ninjas in those ninja families who have mastered perception ninjutsu will also participate in the defense of the village. There is no need to worry about the safety inside the village." Although the Hidden Mist Village does not have a special perception family, most ninja families will still appropriately train some perception ninjas, but normally the village will not let them directly participate in these tasks.

Zabuza, who had been silent, looked at Jianchuan Ju with a strange look, as he had asked a lot of questions today.

His eyes revealed an expression that said, "You, a Genin, have a lot to worry about."

Seeing this, Jianchuan Ju scratched his head in embarrassment and stopped asking questions.

The main reason is that the shock of encountering Orochimaru on the battlefield was too great, which made Jianchuan Tachibana eager to know more information.

But thinking back, if he really went to the battlefield, there would be danger everywhere. It didn't make much difference to him whether he met an ordinary jonin or Orochimaru.

Seeing that the three disciples understood the current situation, Qing spoke up to give them a few reminders.

"The team will stop training these few days. Go back and make more preparations. Don't lose your life on the battlefield because you are not prepared enough. I will also go to the perception class to arrange support personnel in the next few days. We will gather at the village gate in three days and set off."

"Teacher Qing, are we setting off together with the large support force?" Mei Terumi asked with some confusion.

"Yes, but there are only perception troops. The rest of the large force will be led by the Jounin Kujitachi and will set off in five days."

The three little ones were a little surprised, not because of the departure time, but because they didn't expect that it would be Gojira Yagura who would lead the team this time.

After all, having experienced two special missions before, the three of them had some understanding of the struggles within the village. With Karatachi Yagura's strength and status, he would undoubtedly take over the command of the front line directly if he went to the front line.

But don't forget that there are still a lot of family ninjas on the front line as mid-to-high-end combat forces, and the village is not afraid of internal conflicts.

As if he could see the confusion of the three disciples, Qing replied somewhat discouragedly.

"We can't help it. The only ones in the village who can truly match Orochimaru's strength right now are Mizukage-sama and Karutagi jonin. Since Mizukage-sama is unable to go to the front, we can only send Karutagi jonin to guard the front."

What Qing said was indeed correct. Currently, in the Hidden Mist Village, there were only two people who could reach the level of Kage: the Third Mizukage and Karotachi Yagura.

And if the Mizukage really goes out in person.

Don’t forget that the Land of Lightning, which is across the sea from the Land of Water, has not yet joined the war. By then, the plot may be that the Raikage descends on the Land of Water.

And Qing also knew that the two tailed beasts in the Hidden Mist Village, the three-tailed beast, were still in the sealing stage and there was no suitable Jinchūriki.

As for the Vulpix, although the Hidden Mist Village had obtained a lot of sealing knowledge from the previous joint efforts of other ninja villages to destroy the Land of Whirlpools, and had successfully sealed it into the body of the Jinchūriki, the Jinchūriki was too young to be able to fight as a combat force.

Therefore, the village really does not have any high-end combat power, but thanks to the confidentiality policy that Kirigakure has always pursued, it is not known to outsiders.

"Well, you don't need to worry about the fights among the upper echelons of the village. You just need to prepare yourself and make sure you can survive on the battlefield."

"Yes!" x3

Chapter 61: Ninja Sword? God's Gun!

The next morning.

Jianchuan Ju first went to the Kirigakure Hospital to explain the situation to Saigyouji Keiko.

Then, he was very forcefully stuffed with a lot of antidotes, military pills and other items, and was reluctant to leave after being given many instructions for a long time before leaving the hospital.

Afterwards, since it was time to make preparations for the war, Jianchuan Ju naturally thought of the ninja tool shop where Ichiro Shimotsuki was.

In fact, Jianchuan Ju has visited this ninja tool shop several times in the days since returning to the village.

It's not that I want to speed up the progress of my ninja sword, but I'm afraid that old man Shimotsuki is too lonely forging weapons by himself, and he might get sick, so I came to visit the old man.

However, old man Shimotsuki obviously didn't think so. The first two times Jianchuan Ju came, the old man invited him to the forging room in the backyard to drink tea and observe.

When he came for the third and fourth time, old man Shimotsuki asked the front desk to kick him out and told him not to bother him if he still wanted the sword.

But now that Jianchuan Tachibana is about to go to the battlefield, he naturally hopes to bring with him the ninja sword he has been longing for.

By the way, the village gave the three members of the team a C-rank ninjutsu reward.

Because neither her father nor Ao had mastered the fire-attribute chakra, Mei Terumi chose a C-level fire-style ninjutsu.

Jianchuan Ju chose to give up ninjutsu and selected a scroll of decent swordsmanship from the list.

It's just that because he has been obsessed with practicing ninjutsu recently, Jianchuan Tachibana's current swordsmanship, in the words of Zabuza, is at the level of 'not killing oneself when fighting an enemy'.

As for Zabuza himself, he chose a C-level perception ninjutsu with the help of Ao.

Although the perception range of this ninjutsu is far inferior to the perception ninjutsu mastered by Qing, its advantage is that it senses the enemy through the vibration of the earth, which is very suitable for use in the Mist Hidden Technique.

Cautiously walking into the ninja tool shop, Jianchuan Ju had already made up his mind that if the clerk at the front desk continued to chase people away, he would say that he was here to purchase ninja tools, and this time he had to see old man Shimotsuki before leaving.

As soon as I entered the ninja tool shop, the big sister at the front desk came to greet me with a smile.

"Brother Jianchuan, what a coincidence. Mr. Shimotsuki just said he would send someone to notify you to come over."

A feeling of surprise instantly surged in his heart, Jianchuan Ju showed a sunny smile and asked.

"Miss Jing, could it be that Mr. Shuangyue is looking for me?"

Miss Jing also smiled and nodded.

"Yes, that's what you were thinking."

At this moment, Jianchuan Ju didn't have time to make excuses for purchasing ninja tools. He thanked Miss Jing and hurried to the backyard.

In fact, Jianchuan Ju didn't really like this ninja sword. It was just like an unknown "toy" to him. After waiting and anticipation, it immediately became unusual.

As soon as he entered the backyard, Jianchuan Ju saw Shimotsuki Ichiro fanning himself with a fan and rocking back and forth in a rocking chair with a calm look on his face.

The old man's strong body made the rocking chair creak under the weight.

"Hey, little devil, why are you here so quickly?"

Ichiro Shimotsuki looked at Jianchuan Tachibana who rushed in with some surprise and asked.

Then, as if he thought of something, his face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, and he waved the fan in his hand to chase people away.

"Go, go, go, go, you're rushing me again! It's not ready! It's not built yet! Go back!"

Jianchuan Ju was not angry. He walked to Shimotsuki Ichiro with a smile, took the fan and fanned the old man.

"Hehe, old man Shimotsuki, I didn't come here to see you today. I'm about to go to the battlefield, and came here to purchase some ninja tools. Who would have thought it would be such a coincidence." Upon hearing this, Shimotsuki Ichiro not only did not calm down, but his expression became even more serious.