Konoha Ninja Wants an Ordinary Life

Looking at the gate of Konoha, Sarutobi Asuma was filled with emotion. This was the first time he had returned to his hometown after many years.

He took out Konoha's forehead protector from his pocket and tied it on his forehead skillfully. After adjusting his expression, he walked towards the door that was always open to him and went straight to the Hokage Building.

In the Hokage Building, Hiruzen Sarutobi was writing furiously, dealing with various official documents that required his signature.

At this moment, the door of the office suddenly opened. Sarutobi Hiruzen said directly without raising his head: "Shikaku, you came just in time. I have something I need you to do here."

But the person who came was not Nara Shikaku, but Sarutobi Asuma.

Asma listened to the old voice, and the expression on his face softened. He said softly: "Old man, it's me."

Sarutobi Hiruzen then raised his head, and then slowly put down the pen in his hand, with a smile on his face.

"Welcome home, Asuma."

Sarutobi Asuma nodded, "I won't leave after I come back this time."

"It's good to stay, it's good to stay." Sarutobi Hiruzen picked up his pipe and lit the tobacco leaves in it, "I received news about the affairs in Kyoto yesterday. I originally thought you would stay with the daimyo. I didn’t expect you to come back.”

Sarutobi Asuma scratched his head and said bitterly: "This incident made the Daimyo very unhappy. I'm afraid the situation there will be very bad next, so I still came back."

His words were not very clear. For a person in a high position like Sarutobi Hiruzen, as time goes by, just a vague message can make the other person understand a lot of things.

Moreover, Sarutobi Hiruzen also said just now that he had received the news yesterday, and that simple word could contain countless contents.

After hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi blew out two smoke rings. After a long pause, he said, "Then you should take a good rest during this period. There are not so many things to do in the village now."

Sarutobi Asuma, who had been away from the village for too long, couldn't tell that what the Third Hokage said was a lie, so he left directly.

After watching the door close, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the photo of the Second Hokage and sighed.

"Uchiha"

On an island near the Kingdom of Wind, a small village was built on the high ground on the south side of the island. At the entrance of the village, the family crest like a table tennis racket was carved on both sides of the gate.

In the center of the village, at the home of Uchiha Fugaku, Fugaku was entertaining the messenger from Suna Ninja, the right-hand man of the Fourth Kazekage Rasa, Maki.

Maki held the tea cup and gently blew away the rising steam while looking up from time to time to look at Uchiha Fugaku. Under the latter's unchanging expression, he finally spoke.

"Chief Fugaku, I don't know what you think of Lord Kazekage's proposal some time ago."

"The Kazekage's proposal." Uchiha Fugaku narrowed his eyes. In his heart, that was a proposal that could not be accepted no matter what.

He didn't know whether Kazekage was really stupid or deliberately pretending to be stupid for actually making such a proposal for Uchiha to join Suna Ninja Village.

Doesn't the Kazekage know that Uchiha just escaped from Konoha, and doesn't he know that most of the people in the entire clan don't have any good impressions of the so-called Ninja Village?

Could his Sand Ninja Village be comparable to Konoha, which Uchiha personally participated in the construction and shed countless blood for?

It's impossible not to compare

Uchiha Fugaku raised his eyelids, then put down his teacup, and said: "We have signed an agreement with Suna Ninja, what are you worried about? As for that proposal, let's discuss it later when the time is right."

Maki's expression remained unchanged, but he was already cursing Uchiha Fugaku for being ungrateful. Can the so-called offensive and defensive agreement compare to becoming a part of the Sand Ninja?

No force in the world knows better than the Suna Ninja that the offensive and defensive agreement is just a piece of waste paper that can be torn at any time for both parties.After all, Suna Ninja is experienced. They have done it twice, and it was with the same Ninja Village.

But it was impossible for him to directly say this embarrassing thing to refute Uchiha Fugaku, so he had to put on a smile and said: "Isn't the time ripe now? We have fought side by side several times."

The word "fighting side by side" in Maki's words refers to the fact that before Uchiha had a firm foothold, Kumo Ninja tried to abduct Uchiha's children again and again, but they were all stopped by Uchiha and Suna Ninja.

Uchiha Fugaku nodded calmly, "Well, we do need to express our gratitude to you for those things, but just these are not enough."

"After all, both of us have been stained with the blood of each other's family members and companions. Even if we understand that it is because of different interests, the people below will not understand and will only create difficulties for no reason."

"My idea is to wait until the new generation of ninjas grow up. For them, the conflict between their parents will not affect them much, right?"

From the perspective of a third party, Uchiha Fugaku's words are straightforward and even somewhat reasonable, which is acceptable.

It's just that this is impossible to accept in Markey's view.

Before coming here, Kazekage specially held a meeting. Various data at the meeting showed that Suna Ninja had come out of the sequelae of the defeat of the war, and Konoha was in decline after the war. Orochimaru among the Sannin Defection, the death of the new Hokage, and the departure of Uchiha

In the end, they came to the conclusion that as long as Uchiha was pulled into the Suna Ninja, within two to three years, the Suna Ninja could challenge Konoha's hegemony again, and the probability of victory was very high.

But now that Uchiha is not in the game, the so-called winning rate is just verbal and mental.

Maki looked at Uchiha Fugaku, who was still calm, and could only say: "In that case, I will leave first, and I will truthfully tell Mr. Kazekage what you said."

"Please, I believe Lord Kazekage will understand me."

Uchiha Fugaku stood up and personally sent Ma Ji away.

When Maki walked to the dock, he looked back at the Uchiha village with a look of reluctance on his face. He hesitated in place for a while, and finally boarded the Suna Ninja's ship and embarked on the journey back to the Suna Ninja.

After Maki left, Uchiha Fugaku put his hands in his sleeves and walked slowly to his backyard, looking at the children who were practicing ninja skills from a distance.

He looked at Uchiha Sasuke who had knocked his opponent to the ground, and Uchiha Itachi's face appeared in his eyes again. Thinking back to that extremely assertive child, he sighed softly.

Itachi, I wonder what you will think after seeing this stone tablet.