Pokémon Ninja Scrolls of the Mizukage

Chapter 23 Emergency Situation
A group of five people took a fishing boat and arrived at an inconspicuous and nameless island under the cover of night.

However, before they got close, they could basically confirm that this was the place.

Because on this remote island that is not even marked on the map, there is a small camp built around a simple port.

There were flickering lights at the port, and several small boats were moored there. Deeper in the forest, there were all kinds of strange wooden and stone houses scattered in the sparse woods, and some figures could be vaguely seen walking around in the camp.

Fortunately, Daz's fishing boat was not very big. Seeing this, he began to slow down the speed of the fishing boat from a distance and spoke in a low voice.

"Master Ninja, the pirate ship doesn't seem to be here. Those who survived the previous pirate attack in the village said that the pirates were sailing a medium-sized sailing ship."

Naturally, several people also saw the situation at that port.

"It might be that a pirate ship has left. Judging from the architectural style, we should have found the right place." Jianchuan Ju frowned after he said this. It would be nice to say that the pirate ship had just left.

But if the pirates had looted Apple Village and never returned, it would undoubtedly be much more difficult for everyone to rescue the target of the mission.

After all, it has not been more than ten days since Apple Village was attacked, and the pirate ship is likely still sailing.

"Let's go to the island first. Mr. Daz, don't go close to the port. Go a little further east and find a more secluded place to dock. There are still pirates left on the island, so don't alarm them yet."

Perhaps he was worried that the three disciples were inexperienced and would affect the rescue. At this critical moment, Qing directly spoke up and made arrangements.

Although we have already made a certain assessment of the situation, the specific conditions of the camp and whether the mission target is on the island still require further investigation.

Since the leading jonin has already made arrangements, everyone will naturally have no objections.

Then Daz carefully turned the bow of the boat, tried to lower the noise of the engine as much as possible, and slowly drove the fishing boat towards a shallow beach in the blind spot on the east side of the port.

However, just as the boat was about to slowly approach the shore, the "danger premonition" in Jianchuan Ju's mind suddenly sent a rapid warning. The degree of danger was no less than the previous time when it was enveloped by the water waves of Terumi Mei.

Without any time to delay, Jianchuan Ju hurriedly said to Qing beside him: "Captain, there is danger, sense ninjutsu!"

At the same time, without waiting for the boat to stop, he immediately took out a kunai from the ninja tool bag and jumped directly onto the shore.

As a senior ninja who had experienced countless dangers, Qing naturally would not have any hesitation at this time.

After seeing Jianchuan Ju's series of abnormal behaviors, he closed his eyes, formed the "Wei" seal with one hand, and concentrated his mind, and began to perform perception ninjutsu.

Zabuza and Mei Terumi did not say anything when they saw this, but jumped off the boat in tacit understanding and formed a "卍" formation with Jianchuan Tachibana to protect the small boat behind them.

Faintly, an invisible ripple spread out from Qing's body to the surroundings.

The enemies hiding in the dark naturally noticed the alert posture of the three little ones and Qing who was performing perception ninjutsu.

Without waiting for Qing, who had already discovered their hiding place, to launch any attack, two masked ninjas walked out from behind a huge rock on the shallows.

Judging from their figures, they should be a man and a woman, both dressed as members of the Hidden Mist Village assassination team. They are wearing ANBU vests and cloaked masks on their faces, with the Hidden Mist Village logo printed between their eyebrows.

Only the Anbu of the Hidden Mist Village are so stupid that they would print the village logo on their masks, as if they were afraid that when they did something bad, others would not know which village did it.

The two men just walked out so openly, without any attacking gesture, and seemed to have no hostility at all.

However, Jianchuan Ju's mind still had the "danger foreboding" that did not stop, so he did not dare to relax.

The male ninja ignored the three little ones who were still on guard, and spoke directly to Qing. "Qing Jonin, we are carrying out an ANBU mission to search for a group of missing people from the Land of Water, and we do not want to conflict with you."

When they saw that the other party was dressed in ANBU attire and directly pointed out Qing's identity, they let down their guard a little, but still held their weapons tightly and waited for Qing's order.

After Qing pondered for a moment, he explained the situation.

"I am leading a team to carry out a C-rank mission. I do not intend to offend you, and it will not affect your mission."

After all, the Hidden Mist Village is not entirely harmonious, and Qing doesn't want to have any conflicts with these Anbu members during the mission.

The two ANBU members didn't seem to want to stay any longer, and didn't say anything after hearing that. They just glanced at the people, turned around without saying a word, and quickly left towards the back of the island.

Seeing the other party finally leave, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and put away their weapons.

The three little ones were still waiting for Qing's next order, but Qing stood there motionless with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Teacher Ao?" Mei Terumi called out after approaching Ao.

After being awakened by Mei Terumi, Qing spoke to everyone with a serious expression.

"Those two are not right. The Anbu will not casually tell others about the mission! And from what I perceive, the woman is the Jonin, but the one who spoke is a Chunin man!"

Seeing Qing raising doubts, and thinking of the previous crazy alarm of "Danger Prediction", Jianchuan Ju also became suspicious of the two people, and continued to speculate along the lines of Qing's words.

"There aren't many female jonin in the village. Maybe that jonin happened to be known by Qing-sensei, and she didn't want to be known by others when she spoke?"

"Fake ANBU?" Mei Terumi and Zabuza exclaimed in surprise.

Qing did not continue analyzing, but turned back to look at Daz, who still did not quite understand the situation.

"Mr. Daz, you should return to the village first. Leave the rescue to us. It's not safe to stay here."

"Then I'll trouble you all, ninja masters."

Daz also knew that he, an ordinary person, could not play any role here. He immediately untied the chain, left the empty ship behind, and returned alone.

When Qing saw Daz start the engine, he immediately stopped hesitating and ordered the three disciples: "Ming, you will lead the team to continue the mission. I will catch up with the two and confirm the situation."

"There won't be too many pirates left on the island. If the mission is completed, wait for me near the port. If there is any danger, fire flares in time."

"Yes, Captain." The three answered in unison.

After saying this, Qing was still a little worried and added another sentence.

"It doesn't matter if the target of the mission is not on the island. After you deal with the remaining pirates, I will consider how to find the pirate ship when I come back."

"Teacher Qing, don't worry. We can deal with these ordinary pirates." Mei Terumi frowned and said somewhat dissatisfiedly.

Seeing Mei Terumi speak confidently, Qing said no more.

He turned around and quickly chased in the direction the two men had just left.

(End of this chapter)