I just returned to Konoha and found that all my clan members were gone.

However, something like Wind Escape cannot directly extinguish the flames. It can only create a short gap, and the fire will spread again in a short time.

The member walking at the back kept performing earth-style ninjutsu to consolidate the passage, and Ino also used medical ninjutsu from time to time to restore his strength.

Another wall of earth flow rose up, and judging from the terrain, it had entered the factory workshop. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and said to Asma.

"Captain, judging by the intensity of the fire, the Earth Flow Wall can only hold out for ten minutes. If it's too late, there's no way to stop it. We don't have much time!"

Asma nodded. Since these people were willing to trust him, he would not let them lose their lives in vain. As long as most of the time had passed and he hadn't found anyone, he would evacuate.

"Did Ino sense anyone?"

Asuma asked Ino who was sensing with her eyes closed.

Ino shook her head, "They are all ordinary people with too weak chakra in their bodies to be easily sensed. There is no trace of them here at all."

"What a hassle. Let's go to the factory cafeteria. The fire is the smallest there. They might be there."

As he spoke, Asuma threw another punch, and the same storm surged out, opening up a passage once again.

"Teacher, how did you come up with such a powerful technique? You didn't even tell us."

Ino couldn't help but exclaim in curiosity.

Asuma paused. It was fortunate that Shikamaru was not there, otherwise he would be able to see the side effects of this technique at a glance and would never let him use it easily.

He laughed and hid his still shaking hands.

"It was only recently perfected. When I taught Naruto how to use wind jutsu last time, he was not yet fully able to use it, so I didn't have time to tell you."

"That's it."

Ino didn't think much and followed Asuma forward.

But when they arrived at the cafeteria, several people searched around but found no trace of anyone, which made Asuma very troubled.

After seeing that there was no one around, Ino used perception ninjutsu once again. Thanks to the help of the Yamanaka clan's secret technique, she finally found the trail.

After opening her eyes again, Ino pointed in a direction and spoke directly.

"In that direction, not far from us, I can feel someone breathing!"

"Okay! Come with me!"

Asuma was about to use his moves again and rush in that direction, but one of his men stopped him.

He showed a puzzled look and pulled Asuma's arm.

"Captain, if I remember correctly, that direction is the fuel room of the factory. There is a lot of fuel stored in it. Your punch will make the fire bigger!"

Asuma never thought that this group of people would hide in this place, and he stopped what he was doing. If he blew up the fuel tank with one punch, none of them would be able to get out alive.

"Damn it, use Earth Escape to clear a path, it's troublesome!"

The ninja who used the earth escape technique did not hesitate and nodded. A series of earth walls rose up directly. Another ninja used water escape technique to clear the flames in the passage.

This way, time will slow down a lot, and the group of people can only move forward slowly.

Asma opened the door of the storage room with a bang, and as soon as he entered the room, he saw all the children unconscious.

"Ahem, why are you guys here?!"

A weak voice sounded, Ryosuke's eyes turned black, and he looked like he was going to die soon, and he sat up tremblingly.

"I was also wondering why you are here? Aren't you no longer working in the factory?"

Asuma grabbed the other person's clothes. He didn't like this man because of Shikamaru's incident last time. Now this kind of thing happened again at this time. If it wasn't for the child, he would not have come here at all.

Ino ran to the two old men first, bent down and shook her head at Asuma. The old man, who was already in a fragile body, had lost his voice at this moment.

"asshole!"

Seeing this, Asuma threw Ryosuke down and hurried to check the condition of the unconscious children.

"Asshole? Ahem, I was the one who caused the fire."

As if it was a last burst of energy, Ryosuke's expression suddenly became excited.

"It's all your fault! This factory is to blame! If it weren't for this factory, none of this would have happened!"

Several ninjas stopped their movements, not realizing that the culprit was right in front of them.

"Are you crazy? Do you know how many people you have killed? Do you want to drag these children down with you?"

Asma thought of every possibility, except that it was an ordinary person who caused the disaster.

"Crazy? Hahaha, I've been crazy for a long time! My son is dead, my wife committed suicide! Even A-Kuan and his wife are gone! What's the point of me living now? It's all because of you!"

Ryosuke was venting madly, his eyes red like a wild beast that had lost its mind.

"So what happened?"

Asma was unable to figure out the whole story for a while.

"Cough cough cough—"

Ryosuke's chest kept rising and falling, and I was really worried that he would cough out his lungs.

He casually wiped the saliva he coughed out to the side, his eyes regained some rationality, and he spoke slowly.

"I know it has nothing to do with you, but in my opinion, all ninjas are the same. A few days ago, several workers came to my house to collect debts. My wife gave them all her remaining savings, but they were still not satisfied. A-Kuan, with his disabled body, started arguing with them."

"These guys beat A Kuan to death. That's not enough. They killed A Kuan's wife right in front of me..."

There was no need for Ryosuke to explain what happened next, as everyone understood how things were going to develop.

Tears appeared in the corners of Ryosuke's eyes, and he sniffed the snot that was flowing out, and continued talking without paying any attention to his already bruised face.

"A Kuan is fucking crazy. My wife couldn't bear it and committed suicide! I have nothing left now! I will destroy this factory even if I die! It's all because of it! Otherwise, things wouldn't have turned out like this!"

Ino hugged an unconscious child tightly, a child she recognized from playing with him before, and said with a sympathetic look on her face.

"But don't you have so many children? Why do you want to drag them along as well?"

"I no longer have the ability to support them. Rather than suffering in this world, it is better for them to die with me. Otherwise, they will be nothing more than slaves of your Konoha when they grow up."

Everyone's heart felt like it was hit hard by a sledgehammer, and everyone was silent. What Ryosuke said was a reality.

"No, I don't care what your reason is, I must take the child away!"

Asma cheered himself up again. No matter what injustice the man in front of him had suffered, the children were innocent and he must, and must, take these children out.

"Hehe, if you can do that..."

Ryosuke slumped on the ground, groping for something with his hands, and finally took out a lighter from his pocket.

In front of everyone's horrified faces, he lit the lighter and then threw it at the fuel tank.

boom-

An even more violent explosion sounded in the factory. The thick fuel was no different from flames and explosives when it met flames. Thicker black smoke floated in the air, obscuring even the starry sky for a moment.

Even the ninja who was blocking the fire in the front line was blown away by the shock wave. The unstoppable fire spread once again, and the raging flames seemed to mock the ninjas' overestimation of their own abilities.

For a moment, the entire periphery of Konoha had turned into a purgatory, and no one dared to step forward to stop it.