Pokémon Ninja Scrolls of the Mizukage

Chapter 27 Bad Luck
I heard this from several older children.

Not only the seven children from Apple Village, but all the other children were abducted by pirates from some remote villages nearby.

The so-called camp here is not a training ground, it is just a transit point.

The pirates would usually only teach these captured children some simple fighting skills and then let them fight each other.

Those who perform well will have the opportunity to survive and eventually be sent to other places by ship.

These children only knew that the people who were taken away were going to serve the "noble adults", but they had no idea where they were taken or who they were going to serve.

As for the red-haired child, he behaved well but hid food in the hope of escaping.

He was eventually discovered by pirates and locked up alone, and everyone else thought he was dead.

The more she listened to the information Mei Terumi relayed to her, the more depressed Tachibana Kanegawa's heart sank.

"It's just a C-rank mission, why is it so complicated?!"

This seemingly ambiguous style of the Anbu, could it be that the erratic "fog" also has its own "roots"?
Could it be that we had breached the talent base of some shady organization?
As if she noticed the worry in Jianchuan Tachibana's expression, Terumi Mei patted his shoulder generously and spoke.

"These are things that Teacher Qing needs to worry about. Let's check the ships in the harbor and wait for Teacher Qing to come back."

This is indeed an important matter. Team Green had never thought that there would be so many kidnapped children. The small fishing boat left behind by Daz could not accommodate so many people.

Fortunately, there were several small boats anchored in the pirate port.

Jianchuan Juye suppressed the anxiety in his heart, stood up and walked over with Terumi Mei.

And at this moment, Qing is being expected by his team members.

Sensing the speedboat moving at high speed hundreds of meters away on the sea, Qing poked his head out from the water with a bit of suffocation.

I thought that with my perception and tracking skills, I would be able to quickly catch up with the two ninjas who were suspected to be fake Anbu.

It would be best if we could communicate directly and prove the other party's identity as an Anbu member.

But Qing believes more in his own judgment that the other party is most likely an imposter.

Then according to Tachibana's previous speculation, he might know the female Jonin, and he would be able to confirm her identity through a fight.

However, who would have thought that the two men seemed to have known that someone was following them.

Just when Qing was about to catch up with the other party, the two of them actually got on a small boat on a hidden shore and used water escape to speed up and leave the island.

Considering the war is approaching, the matter of someone impersonating the ANBU could be a big deal or a small one.

And his three subordinates should have no problem dealing with some ordinary pirates.

Qing decided to continue tracking the two men.

However, it is always inconvenient to track by diving in the sea using water-style ninjutsu, and the opponent's ship is also accelerating continuously using water-style ninjutsu.

At this time, the speedboat was finally about to leave Qing's perception range.

Let’s not talk about how Qing, whose pursuit was fruitless, will return.

After checking the small boat in the port and confirming it was intact, Jianchuan Ju and the other two found some supplies stored by the pirates and began distributing food to the children.

This is the time when the excellent handling ability of Mei Terumi, a Genin with a full year of experience, can be demonstrated.

It seems that Mei Terumi, at such a young age, can manage these messy kids in an orderly manner.

And he soothed the children's emotions with a gentle tone that was completely different from before.

This made Jianchuan Ju, a guy with an adult soul, feel ashamed.

"This is nothing. I've done a D-rank mission before, playing a ninja game with a rich merchant's kid. That's called..."

It seemed that some bad memories were brought back to her, and Mei Terumi shuddered involuntarily. Jianchuan Ju immediately thought of the series of actions of a certain "Golden Release Ninja" in the original work, and couldn't help but cast a sympathetic look at Mei Terumi.

"Take away that weird look of yours!"

Seeing Mei Terumi's expression, which was like a frightened kitten, Jianchuan Tachibana decisively gave in and moved closer to Zabuza.

Zabuza looked at the interaction between the two with disdain and continued to clean his short sword. But he seemed to have thought of something and looked up at the two again.

"After Captain Qing comes back, will he let us continue to chase the pirate ships that are out?"

Mei Terumi thought for a moment and then gave her answer.

"Probably not. It's too difficult to find a pirate ship on the sea. That's why there are so many pirate groups composed of ordinary people around the Water Country."

"Besides, we are on a rescue mission after all. We still have so many children to bring back. We can't just wait here for the pirates to come back and die."

"Oh." Zabuza seemed to be just asking casually. After hearing the answer, he just replied coldly and continued to wipe the dagger with his head down.

But what Mei Terumi said makes sense.

Previously, a few people woke up a few pirates. Although they were all small fry, they didn't know much more information than those kids.

But the three also learned that the pirate ship left the port again yesterday. Usually, it would stay out for at least ten days and at most a month.

It is indeed impossible for the Qing team to stay here and wait for opportunities.

We can only rush back to the village as soon as possible and report the situation here. Then the village may issue tasks and send other teams to deal with the remaining pirates.

Oh, by the way, there is another piece of information. We learned from these pirates that their captain and deputy captain are extremely powerful and can control strong winds and so on.

However, the three of them were dismissive of this. With the weak strength of these cannon fodder pirates, any random Genin who could use wind escape would probably be as powerful as they said.

Even if Zabuza formed a seal and released his Water Dragon Bullet Technique, the pirates would think that he was a powerful man who controlled the sea.

Just when the three of them were bored and waiting for Qing to come back from investigation.

The 'danger prediction' in Jianchuan Ju's mind suddenly sent out a series of warnings. Although not in a hurry, he still subconsciously turned his head to look at the sea.

Then his pupils dilated slightly and he muttered to himself.

"Why are you back at this time?"

In sight, a ship with a black sail was slowly heading towards the island. It was the pirate ship that the three had just discussed.

"what?"

Zabuza, who was standing by, heard Jianchuan Tachibana mumbling something and asked.

Jianchuan Ju quickly stood up and motioned his two teammates to look over.

"That pirate ship is back. Let these kids find a house to hide in first."

Fortunately, thanks to Jianchuan Ju's early discovery, the pirate ship was still quite far away from the island.

The three of them immediately directed the children, who did not yet understand what was happening, to hide in several houses far from the coast.

Seeing that the children were all hidden, the three men leaned over behind a wooden house at the back of the harbor and watched the pirate ship slowly approaching the island in the distance.

Jianchuan Ju was still somewhat confused.

"Didn't you say you left the island yesterday? Why are you back now?"

Instead, Zabuza on the side said in a sinister tone.

"That's just bad luck for them!"

(End of this chapter)