Hokage: The little fox picked up by the Hatake family

When Xing Yuchen came back, it was already dark, and the knocked-out rabbit had already woken up and escaped. Zaoji had no idea of ​​keeping the rabbit.

Even if she has the ability.

"You brat, if you go out to catch bamboo rats alone next time, we won't look for you." Xing said angrily to Yuu, who was holding an unconscious bamboo rat.

"I can catch it myself." Youzui said firmly.

Chen was speechless at the side: "Yes, yes, you caught it yourself and almost got bitten by a bamboo rat."

Yuu blushed at Chen's words.

"Sister Saaki, we are back!" Hoshi shouted with a smile when he saw Saaki standing not far away.

However, there was no response from Zaoji. Xing Yuchen felt a little confused. When he got closer, he found that Zaoji was looking in a certain direction.

The two of them followed Saaki's gaze in confusion.

The barrier forest at dusk was already somewhat unclear, but standing on the hillside in the forest, they could see the wooden house where they and others lived in the distance.

Logically speaking, at this moment, the wooden house should be filled with dim lights, and occasionally you would hear the voices of your parents or Aunt Kiko calling them home.

But at this time, Chen and Xing saw the light of fire, and the house they lived in was wrapped in fire.

Yuya, who was walking behind, followed and took a look. When he saw the wooden house burned by the fire, the bamboo rat he was holding in his arms fell to the ground.

"Mom and Dad!" Xing shouted in a panic, trying to run down the hillside, but suddenly heard Saaki speak.

"That's too late."

Before Xing could react to these words, the wooden house at the foot of the mountain was almost completely burned by the fire. The wooden house collapsed and the fire became more fierce. Chen and Xing stood there and stared at everything.

Yuu, on the other hand, held Chen's hand tightly.

Suddenly, Zaoji noticed something, looked at the three people standing there, and said seriously: "Let's go."

The three of them had not yet recovered from their grief, and they were a little unable to react when they saw Zaoji who was very different from usual.

But Kisaragi Shinto would teach them about combat and subconscious danger avoidance on weekdays, so the three of them subconsciously kept up with the early pace.

Zaoji led the three of them to find a hidden hole under the roots of a tree. The tree hole was not too big or too small, barely allowing the four of them to hide in. This was the place where she had dug out the medicine.

Early use of fallen branches to cover up the cave entrance.

At the next moment, many ninjas appeared from the direction they came from.

Xing Yuchen looked a little flustered, but not too scared, while Yu held Saki's arm tightly and bit his lip, for fear that he would scream out.

Zaoki ignored the pain in his arm and observed the ninja outside through the gap with a pair of sapphire eyes.

Those ninjas did not wear forehead protectors. Zaoji didn't know where these ninjas came from, but by chance the forehead protector of one ninja was exposed.

There is a pattern of four vertical bars on the forehead protector.

Zaoji's eyes flashed, she didn't recognize which country this pattern came from.

She had only seen the forehead protection patterns of the other four major countries in the book.

Therefore, this team of people comes from small countries.

However, how did the ninjas of the small country avoid Konoha's investigation and enter this enchanted forest that was designated as secret?

This group of ninjas quickly disappeared from the sight of the four people. Just as Chen wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, Xing covered his mouth.

The next second, a group of ninjas wearing black tights, a white overalls, and animal masks on their faces appeared.

Zaoji's eyes narrowed.

Anbu! ?

The other three people had never actually seen ANBU, so they just stared warily at the strange ninja who wrapped themselves tightly outside the cave entrance.

Two of the ninjas who were lagging behind were whispering behind them.

"Those guys in Yu Ninja Village haven't captured the remnants of the Kisaragi clan yet?"

"They are still chasing us ahead."

"Tsk, trash, I really don't know why Danzo-sama let these ninjas from these small countries come to capture the remnants of the Kisaragi clan."

Danzo! ?

Zaoji stared at the two people talking outside the cave entrance, and then watched them leave with the large group.

After waiting for a long time to confirm that they had really left, the four little ones all crawled out of the hole.

"Sister Zaoji, what should we do now?"

There was a solemn look on Saoki's face.

"hide."

"Hide until dawn and wait until Lord Sandaime sends someone to pick me up."

Tomorrow was the day she should leave the enchanted forest, but she really didn't expect that the fire would come at this juncture.

Moreover, it was Danzo's handiwork.

"Then shall we stay here forever?" Chen's tone was a little nervous.

It can be seen from the conversation between the two ninjas just now that the purpose of those people is to find them.

"No."

Zaoji shook his head and looked at the three of them: "It's not safe here. We didn't really hide well at that moment. The group of people just reacted quickly. Now, leave immediately."

The three of them nodded after hearing what Zaoji said.

Zaoji walked in the dark barrier forest, followed by Xing, Chen and Yu.

They tried to walk as lightly as possible, for fear of attracting the two groups of ninjas.

At the same time, they were also careful not to leave any traces, which was not difficult for them who had been living in the barrier forest.

Zaoji also learned this skill in the past few years.

A few people were not walking aimlessly.

They were walking towards the edge of the barrier forest.

It was unclear whether those ninjas would be stationed in the originally burned house. Therefore, the four little ones could not confirm whether Kisaragi Arata and the others survived.

Just halfway through, Zaoji stopped, and the others who were following behind him also stopped.

The barrier forest was very quiet just after nightfall, but it was too quiet, and Zaoki discovered something was wrong.

"hide."

Saaki whispered.

Several other people quickly found a place to hide.

There was not a lot of vegetation in the forest, so it gave a few people perfect cover.

Soon, the sound of footsteps trampling on the branches appeared above the heads of several people hiding in the bushes.

Then the sound stopped on the branches overhead.

The early vigilance was instantly heightened.

was found! ?