Pokémon Ninja Scrolls of the Mizukage

Chapter 7: The Clouds of the Third War
More than half a month has passed since Jianchuan Tachibana expressed his desire to become a medical ninja.

Although over the past half month, Jianchuan Tachibana often met with Saigyouji Keiko to ask for some medical knowledge.

However, Keiko Saigyouji never took the initiative to mention the selection of medical ninjas, so Jianchuan Tachibana did not ask any further questions, but just focused more on studying and practicing.

Currently, Jianchuan Ju's daily life consists of attending classes, doing daily tasks, practicing ninjutsu, and learning medical knowledge.

Perhaps it is because the simpler achievements have already been triggered, the triggering frequency of Jianchuanju's achievements has dropped significantly recently.

Fortunately, the daily tasks are still stable. Jianchuanju estimated that by the end of the month, he should be able to save up 1600 gold coins for ten consecutive draws.

It’s just that Jianchuan Ju hasn’t yet decided whether it should be a water-pumping attribute pool or a general attribute pool.

Although the several golden prizes in the two prize pools are mouth-watering, Jianchuan Ju doesn't think that his luck will be so good that he can get a golden prize in ten or twenty draws.

Therefore, you should give priority to improving yourself with purple items.

In the water attribute pool, those water escape skills combined with the "characteristics" you have already obtained should make your strength improvement smoother.

The general attribute prize pool contains a variety of weird skills and props, some of which are ridiculously strong. However, if you draw cute skills such as "scream" or "become round", it would be a waste of draw times.

Just as Jianchuan Ju was looking at all kinds of information on the system panel and planning his future.

The conversation between two passers-by dressed as ninjas who walked out of the nearby dumpling shop attracted Jianchuan Ju's attention.

"Have you heard? The Third Kazekage of the Sand Village is missing."

"I heard about it, but it has nothing to do with us, right? It's just like the Sand Village, they can even lose the shadow of the village."

"Indeed, Sand Village is getting weaker and weaker. It is simply a shame for the five major ninja villages."

"Who says it isn't?"

At this time, Jianchuan Ju, who had just finished school, was preparing to go to the Kirigakure Hospital for medical knowledge training.

As the two ninjas walked away, their conversation became unclear.

However, Jianchuan Ju's thoughts became confused.

Because he knew that the disappearance of the Third Kazekage of the Sand Village was not completely unrelated to the Mist Village.

Jianchuan Ju vaguely remembered that it was because of the disappearance of the Third Kazekage that the Sand Village took the opportunity to attack Konoha.

This incident was the beginning of the Third Ninja World War.

During the Second Shinobi World War, the Hidden Mist Village closed itself off from the rest of the country and did not participate in the war, which was a war in the Fire, Earth, and Wind regions centered in the Rain Country.

However, the Third Ninja World War was a true melee, with all five major countries participating in the war, and no village could escape.

Think about the people who lived and died in World War III and how brutal the wars were.

Originally, Jianchuan Ju, who didn't have to worry about the graduation exam because he had the possibility of becoming a medical ninja, once again ignited an urgent desire to improve his own strength.

Although it is not known how long the Third Kazekage has been missing.

However, since this rumor has already spread to the ordinary ninjas in the Hidden Mist Village, it is estimated that it will not be long before the Hidden Sand Village declares war on Konoha.

Upon hearing the news, Jianchuan Ju suddenly felt an enormous headache.

If a war really breaks out, even ordinary medical personnel will have to go to the battlefield, and I can't escape it even if I become a medical ninja.

Moreover, if the war breaks out too early, it is even possible that this class of students will be asked to graduate early, and I don’t know if this will disrupt my plans.

Unfortunately, these things are beyond Jianchuan Ju's control. He can only pray that the war will come later, or at least his own Kirigakure will join the war later.

Jianchuan Ju, feeling a little depressed, was thinking about complaining to his little frog.

As his hand reached his shoulder, he remembered that Lan Zai had mastered the classic skill [Flash of Lightning] on his own due to his improvement in practice in the past two days.

Perhaps he has felt the rewards of his practice, and has been obsessed with it recently, and has not accompanied Jianchuan Ju out.

Fortunately, with the existence of psychic arts, even if there are emergencies, it will not affect the combat effectiveness.

Speaking of the skill [Flash of Lightning], it is somewhat similar to the teleportation technique that can change direction twice, and can add the impact force brought by rapid movement to the attack, which is a very good means of attack.

It’s a pity that although Jianchuanju’s overall strength is much higher than Lanzai’s, he is unable to learn this trick because he does not have the super jumping ability brought by the little frog’s unique leg structure.

This results in the four skills that Lanzai currently possesses, [Slap] is of little use to him, [Scream] and [Water Gun] do not require hand seals and are a bit like innate abilities, and [Flash of Lightning] is not up to the physical standard.

Jianchuan Ju, who wanted to secretly learn Lanzai's skills to improve his combat power, couldn't learn any of them. Jianchuan Ju walked to Saigyouji Keiko's office with a lot on his mind.

However, there was no sign of Keiko Saigyouji. Jianchuan Tachibana was used to this. As the director of the Kirigakure Hospital, he was indeed quite busy with his work.

Jianchuan Tachibana sat alone in front of Saigyouji Keiko's desk, opened a medical scroll, and continued to study from where he had left off yesterday.

Currently, in terms of medical ninjutsu, Jianchuan Jue has only learned two, [Healing Technique] and [Water Flow Ring], which are sufficient for use at the current stage.

He put more energy into practicing the fine control of chakra and learning about human medicine. In his spare time, he would ask Keiko Saigyouji for some pharmacology knowledge.

This has caused Jianchuan Ju's brain to be overloaded with knowledge recently, and his progress in practicing ninjutsu after returning home at night is very slow.

Not only was the [Water Clone] completely unable to condense into a human form, even the simpler [Mist Concealment Technique] was still under exploration.

Time passed quietly as Jianchuan Ju was concentrating on his studies, and the sun was about to set completely.

"Squeak~"

The office door was suddenly pushed open, and Keiko Saigyouji walked in looking a little tired.

However, when he saw the scroll on Jianchuanju's desk, a slightly relieved smile appeared on his face.

"Aunt Huizi, you haven't eaten yet, right? I bought some meatballs on the way home from school."

Seeing Keiko Saigyouji looking tired after coming in, Jianchuan Tachibana asked with some concern.

"No, there's another surgery to be done later. I came here mainly to tell you something."

Jianchuan Ju seemed to realize something after hearing this.

As expected, Saigyouji Keiko continued.

"It has been decided to select talents from the students of the Ninja School for medical ninja training. The Ninja School will receive a notice from the top management in the next few days. The students who are about to graduate will be selected. Xiaoju, your level will definitely be no problem."

"After the selection, there will be a two-month medical ninja training. If you pass the training successfully, you will be directly granted the qualification of Genin."

Doesn't this mean that it is possible for me to become a Genin earlier than Zabuza?

Jianchuan Ju had naturally assumed in his heart that he would pass the selection.

In the current ninja school, even including the teachers, Jianchuan Tachibana's medical level should be unique.

"Okay, Xiaoju, I still have something to do. You should go back early too."

After saying this, Keiko Saigyouji left the office in a hurry. The total time from the time she came in to talk to the time she left was less than two minutes.

Jianchuan Ju had no choice but to tidy up the office and then got up to go home.

In the next few days, Jianchuan Ju was a little absent-minded. Although he kept reminding himself that "a ninja must be someone with enough patience", the most he could do was to calm himself on the surface.

'No wonder ninjas like Zabuza and Kakashi have to wear masks in the future. It's too difficult to control the expression of emotions!'

But Jianchuan Ju didn’t suffer for too long. Three days later, in the morning.

Just as the students were getting ready and waiting for class as usual, the head teacher entered the classroom and brought them some surprising news.

"What? Who wants to be a medical ninja?"

"Exactly. Are medical ninjas also considered ninjas? Don't underestimate us, Mr. Ueda!"

"We are the Blood Mist Ninja. Only a coward would want to be a doctor! I don't want to hide behind the battlefield."

Most of the students showed disdain for the news brought by their head teacher.

Even if there are some losers who are aware of their own abilities, they don't want to participate in the medical ninja selection under the ridicule of their classmates.

Regardless of their abilities, students were trying hard to show their bravery at this time.

Such was the ethos of the Hidden Mist Village. Even the homeroom teacher at the podium did not point out the common sense mistake that the so-called medical ninjas were actually supposed to follow the team and fight, rather than being as powerless as doctors.

But at this moment, Jianchuan Ju stood up.

"Mr. Ueda, I hope to participate in the medical ninja selection."

(End of this chapter)