Pokémon Ninja Scrolls of the Mizukage

Chapter 56 Young People (Second update! Please subscribe!)

The four members of Team Qing naturally had no idea, as just a while ago the village leaders were still discussing what they had done.

Jianchuan Ju and the other two had just finished their tasks and immediately rushed home in a hurry.

There was no way. The continuous fighting and sea voyages in this mission were too exhausting, and everyone was looking forward to resting early.

Qing smiled and sent his three disciples away. He was about to go alone to hand over the collected evidence to Goju Yagura, which meant that the mission was successfully completed.

Unexpectedly, two Anbu members suddenly appeared in front of Qing.

This appearance almost scared Qing into having a stress reaction.

Fortunately, after coming to his senses, he realized that he was in the Hidden Mist Village, and not even far from the Mizukage Building. It was impossible for someone to pretend to be an ANBU and attack him here. Qing then let down his guard and looked at the two ANBU.

"Ao Jonin, the Mizukage-sama wants to see you."

Another ANBU took one look at the two coffin-like ninja tools that Qing was carrying and spoke.

"Also, the Mizukage-sama has ordered that these two prisoners be brought to us."

Qing didn't hesitate at all when he heard that and put the coffin on the ground very happily.

The two Anbu silently carried the coffin on their backs, without even stopping, and left in an instant.

"Well, this is the style of the Anbu."

Qing nodded in a serious manner, but when he thought about the fact that the Mizukage had summoned him at this time and asked the Anbu to take away Baogui and Caique.

It must be related to the matter that Karatachi Yagura entrusted him with.

However, Qing had nothing to be nervous about. After all, his team was only following the instructions of the jonin squad leader to investigate.

As for whether Lord Mizukage had said that it was forbidden to investigate this matter as war was approaching, how could a newly promoted ordinary jonin like me know so many inside stories.

Thinking of this, Qing turned around without hesitation and walked back to the Mizukage Building.

"Boom~boom~boom~"

"Please come in."

The old voice of the Yuanshi elder came from the Mizukage's office.

Qing pushed the door open and saw the back of the Third Mizukage looking out the window and the Yuanshi elder who was working with his head down.

"Mr. Mizukage, Elder Yuanshi."

Elder Yuanshi spends most of his time working here, and Qing doesn't find it strange. It is a good thing for him to have Elder Yuanshi here.

After greeting everyone one by one, Qing stood still and waited for instructions.

Elder Yuanshi looked at Qing gently and nodded.

"Qing, you did a great job this time. Now that the Water Country has officially declared war on the Fire Country, the information you brought back may help the village control some of the top leaders of other ninja villages."

"Thank you for the compliment, Elder."

There is nothing wrong with what Elder Yuanshi said. After all, this time the smuggled ninja tools from the Land of Craftsmen were not only sold to the Hidden Mist Village. The five major ninja villages had more or less families or organizations recorded in the account books of the Four Symbols Workshop.

It’s just that because the location of the Kingdom of Craftsmen is close to the Kingdoms of Water, Fire and Thunder, and maritime smuggling is more convenient, there are relatively more orders from these three countries.

If the Hidden Mist Village had this evidence, whether through threats or deals, it might be possible to plant a few spies in other villages.

For example, a certain "Pot Shadow" recorded in the account book who does not want to reveal his name would not mind reaching some deals with the Water Kingdom.

Even if these people finally firmly reject the kindness of the Hidden Mist Village, at least they can release evidence at a critical moment and cause some turmoil within other ninja villages.

However, Qing subconsciously touched the account book in his arms.

"Should I remind Elder Yuanshi that I haven't submitted my evidence yet?"

Qing secretly cursed Karatachi Yagura for being unreliable. He had only passed the detailed information of the mission to him through Shinobu.

Now it seems that the Mizukage and the Elder Yuanshi know more about this mission than he does.

It couldn't be that the three Genin in his family reported this matter to the village leaders. Just when Qing was still struggling about whether to take out the account book quickly.

The Third Mizukage also turned around and looked at Qing calmly.

"Ao Jonin, in view of your performance this time, the village has decided to appoint you as the vice-class leader of the perception class. What do you think?"

When Qing heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he spoke cautiously.

"Mr. Mizukage, if I take on the role of vice-squad leader, will my team need to be disbanded?"

"You seem to care about your teammates?"

Ao saw that although the Third Mizukage raised questions, he didn't seem angry, so Ao had to grit his teeth and continue.

"The three members of my team are all very talented young people, but Mei Terumi is not yet qualified to be a chunin captain. Momochi Zabuza and Jianchuan Tachibana have just become genin not long ago. I am worried that changing the team leader at this time will affect their future development."

For some reason, after hearing what Qing said, Elder Yuanshi suddenly laughed out loud. Even the Third Mizukage, who had been expressionless before, had a slight smile on his face.

The Third Mizukage coughed twice and said to Qing.

"Okay, then you will continue to be the captain of these three young people." When saying this, the Mizukage also emphasized the word "young people".

"As for the work of the perception team, you will need to balance your time. However, the village should send another group of perception teams to the front line in a while. Whether to take them to the battlefield will be up to you as the captain."

"Thank you, Lord Mizukage." Qing accepted the appointment with great gratitude.

"As for your three team members, each of them will be rewarded with a C-rank ninjutsu this time. When you have time, take them to the Merit Office to choose one."

After Elder Yuanshi finished speaking, he signaled Qing that he could leave.

Qing didn't care much about the so-called C-level ninjutsu, as he had mastered quite a few ninjutsu himself. He had already recognized the three little ones as his disciples, so he would naturally teach them some of this kind of basic ninjutsu.

Seeing Qing leave respectfully, the elder Yuanshi nodded slightly to the Third Mizukage and started working again.

It seemed that because of the mention of war, the Third Mizukage also wanted to discuss the situation on the front line with the elder Yuanshi again.

"What's Konoha's reaction now?"

Elder Yuanshi replied without any hesitation.

"We haven't sent a large force to the Fire Country border yet. The previous garrison personnel are still confronting us. However, the several attempts to spy on the front-line camp were dealt with by the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Ghost and his men."

"At present, Xiguashan Fugugui and Kurishan Kushimaru are still setting up a front-line camp at the site of the old Whirlpool Country. Kurochu Raiga and Nakayoshi are leading a small force to the coastline of the Fire Country to explore the terrain and intelligence as planned."

The Third Mizukage pondered for a moment.

At present, everything seems to be going according to plan, but what the Hidden Mist Village did not expect was that Konoha's reaction would be so slow.

Logically speaking, the only village that is truly at war with Konoha right now is the Sand Village, the Iwagakure Village is only in the early stages of contact and trial, and the Cloud Village has not even officially entered the battlefield yet. It is impossible for Konoha to be unable to mobilize troops to defend the Mist Village.

It was as if they had determined that the Hidden Mist Village would not impulsively invade the territory of the Land of Fire.

If they had known this would be the case, the Hidden Mist Village might have established its frontline camp directly on the Fire Country mainland.

"Let's proceed as planned. The island of Whirlpool Country is close enough to the mainland, so there is some room for both defense and attack."

After thinking about it, the Third Mizukage did not make any changes to the plan.

After all, the Water Kingdom did not participate in the Second Ninja World War.

Although we have never relaxed our efforts in obtaining intelligence on the Fire Nation, we still need to conduct more detailed inquiries before the war.

Moreover, the Third Mizukage did not want to launch a large-scale advance too early. Declaring war so early was more of a statement of attitude and a way to lure the other villages to send more troops to the Fire Nation.

However, if they really launched a large-scale attack on the Fire Country at the beginning of the war and attracted Konoha to send more ninjas to defend the Hidden Mist Village, in the end it would only allow the Hidden Cloud and Hidden Iwagakure to gain the upper hand.

"But if Konoha continues to maintain this attitude, then Watermelon Mountain should not be polite to them either."

As he said this, there was a hint of cruelty in the eyes of the Third Mizukage.

(End of this chapter)