Pokémon Ninja Scrolls of the Mizukage

Chapter 284 Leave it to me next (Part )

The Anbu immediately took the order and retreated.

However, Jianchuan Ju and Qing on the side sighed slightly at the same time.

The previous peace talks were actually held on the front line on Whirlpool Island.

But this time, the Third Mizukage asked Konoha to come to the Hidden Mist Village for peace talks, and asked for it to be done within ten days.

It was obvious that he wanted to show up in front of the people of Konoha while he was still alive and maintain this deterrent effect.

After all, Yagura Karuta, an important fighting force of the Hidden Mist Village, has been declared a traitor, and the village may not be able to withstand the blow of losing another Kage-level fighting force now.

Even though the Third Mizukage is bound to die now, he at least cannot disappear in public, otherwise the subsequent peace talks will be even more impossible.

In the next few days, Jianchuan Tachibana and Qing always followed the Third Mizukage.

Watching this old man handle various things in a clear and orderly manner.

This also changed Jianchuan Ju's previous prejudice that the Third Mizukage was just a mascot and the real work was done by the Yuanshi elders.

During this period, Qing was appointed as the squad leader of the Jonin squad, and he remained the front-line commander, and his position as squad leader of the perception squad was also still a part-time job.

Chun Yu resumed his position as Minister of the Air Force Department and deputy commander of the front line.

Even Hoshigaki Kisame has been appointed as the deputy director of the Anbu. The current Anbu director, Kurikawa Kushimaru, has been weakened due to a broken arm, so it is possible that he will be able to become the director of the Anbu in a few years.

On the contrary, Jianchuan Ju, who played the biggest role this time, did not receive any new appointment from beginning to end.

Even within the Ministry of Space, there was no mention of promoting him to the position of deputy minister. Instead, the reckless man Kaguya Rosso was appointed as the deputy minister of the Ministry of Space.

However, regarding this matter, apart from Kaguya Rosso and Biwa Juuzou who complained a little, no one else, including Jianchuan Tachibana himself, expressed any opinion.

Jianchuan Ju, who gradually came into contact with various events in the Hidden Mist Village, also learned about the strange situation in the Hidden Mist Village.

The three top families in the Hidden Mist Village are the Snow Clan, the Kaguya Clan, and the Hozuki Clan. Each of them has its own industries.

The Snow Clan mainly engages in the drug trade, the Kizuki Clan controls 50% of the marine fish catch in the Hidden Mist Village, and even the seemingly reckless Kaguya Clan owns several island mines.

The remaining shops and land in the village are basically controlled by other large and small ninja families or Water Country nobles.

On the contrary, the Hidden Mist Village itself not only has no pillar industries, but as a not-so-prosperous city, even its tax revenue is pitifully low.

The commission that ninjas take from accepting missions is the majority source of income for the Hidden Mist Village.

The remaining funding gap is basically funded by the Daimyo of the Land of Water. In addition, the Daimyo of the Land of Water also controls a considerable share of the tasks, which means that the Hidden Mist Village needs to be constrained by the Daimyo in many matters.

This is also the reason why the Third Mizukage attached so much importance to the Whirlpool Island.

All the Daimyo of the Land of Water needed was a port close to the Land of Fire for trade, and he promised that if the Hidden Mist Village stationed a garrison on the Whirlpool Island, the taxes from this new city would belong to the Hidden Mist Village.

It is foreseeable that the trade in this city will be very prosperous, and the tax revenue will even exceed that of the Hidden Mist Village itself.

But now all the issues come back to the peace talks.

The Hidden Mist Village is unable to do so now. It is unable to build a city on Whirlpool Island despite the pressure from Konoha. After all, the geographical location of Whirlpool Island is too close to the Land of Fire.

However, after the Third Mizukage invited Konoha to negotiate, Konoha temporarily suspended the negotiation process with the ridiculous excuse that the war was now in a stalemate.

This continued until the tenth day after Jianchuan Ju and others returned to the village.

The Third Mizukage reluctantly put down the documents in his hand and dismissed everyone, including the Anbu guards, leaving only Jianchuan Tachibana and Qing.

At this moment, both Jianchuan and Tachibana felt the heavy atmosphere. They all stood obediently in front of their desks, waiting for the Third Mizukage to speak without saying a word.

The Third Mizukage first glanced at Qing who was lowering his head, and then turned his gaze to Jianchuan Tachibana, with a hint of gentleness in his eyes.

"Ju, have you made up your mind?"

This question came without any preface or context, but the three people present knew what the Third Mizukage was asking.

Once in the front-line camp, the Third Mizukage asked Jianchuan Jujube if he wanted to become a Jinchūriki. At that time, he was actually asking Jianchuan Jujube if he had ever considered becoming a Mizukage.

However, Jianchuan Ju declined the offer on the grounds that he was too young.

Today, Jianchuan Ju's strength no longer needs the addition of the tailed beasts, and he is already the strongest in the Hidden Mist Village. The Third Mizukage once again raised this question. In other words, what the Third Mizukage has done in the past ten days has been waiting for Jianchuan Ju's answer.

Want to become the Fourth Mizukage?

In fact, from Jianchuan Ju's perspective, there are ten thousand reasons to refuse the position of Mizukage.

In fact, it has not even been a year since the Third Mizukage asked the question, and Jianchuan Tachibana is still very young, not even thirteen years old.

Jianchuan Ju himself was a person who was afraid of trouble. Even if he was unwilling to become the Mizukage, even with the assistance of the elder Yuanshi, he still had to deal with countless official duties.

And with Jianchuan Tachibana's current reputation in the Hidden Mist Village, he can achieve the same status as Jiraiya in Konoha without the position of Mizukage, and he can be even freer.

From the perspective of improving strength, it is difficult to trigger new achievements now. Ninja missions will be the largest source of gold coins for Jianchuanju besides daily tasks, but becoming a Mizukage means that he can no longer do missions.

In short, Jianchuan Tachibana could come up with all kinds of reasons to refuse the position of Mizukage.

But when he saw the expectant look in the eyes of this dying old man, this old man who always appeared serious and cold-blooded, but had no wife, no family, no children, and had dedicated his entire life to the Hidden Mist Village.

Jianchuan Ju's heart trembled involuntarily, then he looked at the Third Mizukage with a firm gaze and nodded heavily.

"I've made up my mind! Lord Sandaime!"

Hearing what Jianchuan Ju said, the Third Mizukage's mouth corners suddenly curled up, and then he laughed heartily, and the laughter became louder and louder.

His heartfelt laughter was interrupted by a series of coughing fits.

Jianchuan Ju and Qing hurriedly wanted to go forward to check, but were stopped by the Third Mizukage who waved his hand.

The Third Mizukage did not look at Jianchuan Tachibana and the others. Instead, he muttered to himself, as if he was explaining to Jianchuan Tachibana and the others, or as if he was talking to himself.

"In fact, I never thought of depriving Yagura of his inheritance rights. I let Aoki become Jinchūriki just to increase the village's combat power. If Tachibana doesn't want to be the fourth generation, then he can be the fifth generation. The village's Kage has always respected strength. It's ridiculous that Yagura actually thinks he can't defeat Aoki after he becomes Jinchūriki."

"Back then, whether it was the first generation, that bastard Huanyue, or me, we all relied on our own strength to seize the position of Mizukage. Why does he think I will break this tradition?"

"If you haven't figured it out, I originally wanted to let Ao rely on the power of the tailed beast to become the fourth generation after Konoha agrees to the peace talks. Without that brat, it would be enough for you to be a Kage. Then you would have enough time to think and grow. But now, time is running out."

The Third Mizukage suddenly sat up straight, his eyes wide open, veins bulging in his arms, and he slammed the table hard.

"Hit! You must hurt Konoha!"

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 now, and I just finished writing this chapter.

But I really don’t want to end 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 for the company.

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(End of this chapter)