Pokémon Ninja Scrolls of the Mizukage

Chapter 46 Coincidence
"The leader of the Artisan Ninja Village was kidnapped by the people of the Four Symbols Workshop and taken to another place?"

This was the first possibility that Jianchuan Ju thought of, but after hearing this, Qing's expression became a little weirder.

"No, his house was very clean. There was only a letter left on the table to a man named Bao Gui. He said he knew his purpose and would not get involved. He took his wife and children to visit friends in Daming Prefecture."

"This"

The three little ones looked at each other.

Jianchuan Ju finally understood why Qing had such a strange expression.

The leader of this Artisan Ninja Village might have run away with his family, and even left everyone in the village behind and ran away alone.

"All right."

Qing raised his voice slightly to attract the attention of the three people again, and continued speaking.

"The matter of the Craftsman Country has nothing to do with us. We just need to find evidence of smuggling."

"Captain Qing, how about we sneak in again tonight and find the evidence directly?"

"This..." When asked by Zabuza, Qing's face turned slightly red with embarrassment.

Seeing this, Jianchuan Ju quickly pulled Zabuza.

Given the alert state of the Shixiangfang after being eavesdropped, Jianchuan Ju estimated that it would be no problem for Qing to break in directly. However, sneaking in to steal was a bit difficult for these guys in the Naruto world who were called ninjas but were actually mages.

Besides, although the location of Sixiangfang is remote, it is still within the Artisan Ninja Village, so it is not advisable for the few of them to make too much noise.

Qing didn't explain much, just looked at the sky which was already getting brighter.

"The other party has already been alerted tonight, so it's not easy to sneak in. Tomorrow during the day, Mei Terumi and I will pay a visit in the name of doing business, while you and Zabuza will find an opportunity to sneak into the workshop from other directions."

"Understood." x2
The three of them looked at Jianchuan Ju who didn't say anything.

"Um, what I want to say is, then we are just going to ignore Mr. Shimotsuki? Protecting him is our mission, right?"

"Don't worry, since this is a door-to-door transaction, Mr. Shimotsuki will naturally come with me."

Well, this is the confidence of the great ninja village jonin in his own strength. Even a young jonin like Qing doesn't think anyone in the craftsman ninja village can beat him in a head-on confrontation.

It is naturally safest to keep the target of protection close to yourself.

Now that the plan had been finalized, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

Considering that it would be a bit inconvenient to go to the door to trade so early in the morning, the few of them did not get much rest last night.

It was not until almost noon that Qing called Shimotsuki Ichiro to go out to Sixiangfang together.

Seeing Ao bringing Mei Terumi and Ichiro Shimotsuki to visit, Jianchuan Tachibana and Zabuza quietly went around to the back door of the workshop courtyard.

But before the two of them got close, they saw the middle-aged woman named Caique sneaking out from behind carrying a strange box that looked like a mummy's coffin.

This sudden situation caught the two of them off guard. Zabuza was too lazy to think and just looked at Jianchuan Tachibana, waiting for him to make a decision.

After a moment of hesitation, Jianchuan Ju still felt that he needed to follow and take a look, so he quickly wrote a note and handed it to Lan Zai, asking it to go to the main gate to find a chance to inform Captain Qing. He and Zabuza then quietly followed Caique.

Looking at the colorful bird in front of him carrying a box and walking into the forest, Jianchuan Ju felt relieved.

The other party came to such a remote place alone. If we can find an opportunity to capture her quietly, wouldn't it be more convenient than looking for some account book?
Soon the two who had been following him saw that they were far enough away from the Takumi Village and were about to attack him directly, but they saw Caique stopped in front of a building.

Even though it is so far away from the Artisan Ninja Village, there is a strange building that looks like a temple and also a bit like an altar.

"Bao Gui, I have captured the person." As Cai Que finished speaking, the thin young man from last night actually walked out of this strange building.

"Are you still going up?"

Zabuza, who was squatting on a tree, was eager to ask Jianchuan Tachibana, but even though he was asking, Zabuza had already slowly drawn out the short knife from behind.

Jianchuan Ju was a little hesitant. Although the 'Four Celestial Elephants' were somewhat funny and weak villains in the original novel, he and Zabuza were not very strong now.

If there was only one person, it would be no problem to take him down by surprise. But now it's two against two, I'm a little unsure. I don't know whether I should wait for Qing to come before taking action.

While Jianchuan Ju was hesitating, Caique had already untied the box behind him and pulled out a black-haired boy who was in a coma from the box.

Looking at the slightly stupid windproof glasses on the black-haired boy's face, who else could it be but Uchiha Obito?

"How did this guy get caught here?"

The sudden situation left the two people in the dark a little confused.

The two of them had previously thought that the Konoha team had already left the Artisan Village, and their team also had a senior ninja like Minato Namikaze, so how could they be captured here?

They naturally didn't know that because of the incident last night, Bao Gui and Cai Que suspected that it was the Minato team who were secretly investigating them.

What's even more coincidental is that Namikaze Minato had been planning to take advantage of the mission to complete and accompany his disciples to the less dangerous Land of Craftsmen to broaden their horizons, but he was suddenly summoned by the Hokage and used the Flying Thunder God Jutsu to quickly return to Konoha Village.

Of the three people who stayed behind, Uchiha Obito was unhappy with Kakashi being the temporary team leader, so he ran out to wander around alone. He was caught by Caique who wanted to find out the information about Minato's team.

While Jianchuan Ju was still sorting out his thoughts, a new development occurred below.

A brilliant white blade light cut through the air and slashed towards the arm that Caique was holding Uchiha Obito with incredible swiftness.

However, Bao Gui, who was standing opposite Cai Que, discovered the attack first. He drew out the black sword behind him and swung his hand to cut out a ray of flame to force back the attacker.

The person who came was naturally Hatake Kakashi, who had discovered that his stupid teammate was missing and came to rescue him.

After Kakashi stood still, he held the knife in his backhand and looked warily at the two people wearing the forehead protectors of the Artisan Ninja Village, and spoke slowly.

"Ninja from the Takumi Village, why did you kidnap my companions?"

"Oh, another little devil."

Bao Gui obviously did not answer Kakashi's idea. He just flashed forward and prepared to take down the opponent. In an instant, the two men started fighting.

Jianchuan and Ju in the dark looked at each other in bewilderment. They did not expect the plot to develop in such an unexpected way.

When he saw that the kidnapped person was Uchiha Obito, Jianchuan Tachibana was still thinking that it would be nice if this guy, who would bring disaster to the Hidden Mist Village and even the entire ninja world in the future, could die here.

However, when you think about it, everything Uchiha Obito did was ultimately guided by Uchiha Madara.

Even if Uchiha Obito is gone, there will still be Obito and Obito, but it cannot solve the fundamental problem. Instead, it will make oneself lose foresight.

So when he saw Kakashi rushing out and holding one person, Jianchuan Tachibana also decided to take action decisively.

"Zabuza, get ready. Don't worry about Konoha's people, we just need to capture one alive."

After saying this, he didn't care about Zabuza who was already grinning, and he just bit his finger and formed seals with both hands to summon Lan Zai.

The tracking lasted for such a long time, which was enough for Lanzai to deliver the note to Qing. And seeing Lanzai being taken away by the spirit, Qing must have guessed that a battle had taken place on his side.

The jonin support will be here soon, there is no need to hesitate any more.

(End of this chapter)