Brother, you are my jade - Asma of Hokage

In Daimyo's castle in the Land of Fire, Asma and Chiriku are waiting for Daimyo's reception.

"Are the two of us surviving... Asma, this kind of thing happened, what will Daimyo-sama do next?" Lu Lu was a little worried.

"Who knows," Asma took out the cigarette and lighter in his pocket, lit the cigarette and smoked it, "what should come will always come, and the arrangement of adults is beyond our control."

Asma pretended to be indifferent when she said this, but in fact he was also very disturbed in his heart. After all, he and his companions had been together for 6 years and had been doing well. Dilu survived.

Thinking of this, Asma habitually touched the pendant on his neck that A Yi gave him.

Half a month ago, ten members lost their young lives in the civil strife that occurred in the "Twelve Guardians of Ninja Guardians" of the daimyo's personal guards.The daimyo was also hit hard because of this, the trusted personal guard had such a thing happen, and he didn't meet anyone for half a month.

"Forget it, it's not a solution to always think about this kind of thing...By the way, Asma, do you have the answer to the question you mentioned before?" Lu Lu wanted to find another topic to ease the atmosphere.

"Huh? Oh, you mean that... What exactly is 'Tama'... I always thought it meant Daimyo or Hokage, but after this incident, I thought a lot, and now I think it should refer to more than these , 'Jade', as the key to winning or losing a war, should have a deeper meaning..."

Sure enough, was my idea wrong?Father... Asma thought so.

The two were about to say something more, when the waiter next to Daimyo came to our room.

"Lord Asma, Lord Lulu, and Lord Daming are going to receive you now, please go there immediately."

"The daimyo is finally going to meet us?" Asma was shocked, had it finally come to the moment of decision.

"Understood, we'll go there right away."

When the two arrived at the audience room, they saw Daimyo lying on the bed with several maids serving beside him.The daimyo looked haggard, it seemed that the incident really hit him hard.

Seeing Daimyo's appearance, Asma and Dilu were very worried, and persuaded with one voice: "My lord, please take care of your body!"

"...Are you here..." Daimyo's voice was so small that he could barely hear it, and then he ordered the maid beside him, "Help me up quickly."

"My lord..." Asma still looked panicked, he was afraid that Daming would collapse if he continued like this.

"Don't worry, I'm fine, it's just that I thought about a lot of things last night and didn't sleep well, hehe." Daming seemed indifferent and smiled.

"Excuse me, my lord, what are you calling us today?" Di Lu asked cautiously.

"...Asma, Dilu, I have seen your loyalty to me all these years. You are different from those six traitors. You are sincerely loyal to me, but... I thought about it for a long time last night. Is it really necessary for the system of 'Guardian Ninja Twelve' to continue to exist?"

"My lord?!" Both of them were shocked.

"Actually, I really trust you all. You have risked your life to protect my safety over the years, and this time it was even worse... But, as soon as I saw you, I would recall the scene when you practiced martial arts with each other. It was so exciting, and I was so excited watching it. But now, things are different, and the 12 people who were so harmonious at the beginning, now there are only two of you left..." Daimyo started to cry as he spoke, and hurriedly wiped it with a handkerchief. Wiping away tears, "When I saw you, I felt sorry for those ten people... Seeing things and thinking about people, I really can't keep you by my side anymore... That's why I decided to let you go back to your hometown go."

"This..." Asma and Dilu looked at each other, a little at a loss.

"But my lord, we don't want to leave you. We can continue to take on your guarding duties..."

"No need," the daimyo waved his hand, interrupted Asma's words, turned his face and continued, "I have my own arrangements for who will take over your work, you should step back first, go back and organize your own Things, let’s go tomorrow.”

"But..." Asma wanted to continue, but was stopped by Di Lu.

"We understand your lord's intentions. Thank you for taking care of us all these years. Let's take our leave now." After saying these words, Di Lu retreated with Asma.

When they left, Daimyo looked at the direction they were leaving and murmured, "Oh... I really miss them, but I... can't help it."

The next day, Asma and Dilu packed their luggage, said goodbye to the daimyo, and then they walked to the gate of the city.

"Asma, it's been six years..."

"Yeah, it's been six years. I still remember the first time we met six years ago...Although I barely beat you at that time, it wasn't easy at all..."

"Yeah, it's rare to fight against someone as powerful as you. How can we do it if we don't go all out. And since then, the two of us have known each other like this, and we have become such good friends later on."

"It's just... we have to separate after this, oh... when will we meet again." Asma said regretfully.

"Let's stop thinking about these sad things... Asma, you haven't been back to Konoha Village for so long, 'the two of them' can wait a long time."

The "two of them" that Lu Lu said naturally refers to Ayi and Hong.

"Yeah," Asma rubbed her head embarrassingly, "I don't know what to say to them after this, hehehe..."

"...That's it. I'm going back to the Temple of Fire, Asma, goodbye." After finishing speaking, Di Lu waved his hand and prepared to leave.

"Oh, Dilu... goodbye." Asma also waved her hand in response, turned around reluctantly, and walked towards Konoha.

"Goodbye, Dilu..." Asma repeated this sentence silently in her heart.

"A Yi, Hong, I'm coming back, will you be happy?... A Yi is already 12 years old, he is already a Chunin, he must be very good." Asma couldn't help looking forward to the future.

"It's just... I've grown so many beards in the past few years, they probably won't recognize me." Asma stroked her beard, then rubbed her head embarrassingly, "Forget it, Why do you think about such a small thing?"

Along the way, Asma ran all night. He couldn't wait to see the two people he dreamed of, and he didn't want to wait for a moment.In this way, a few days later, Asma returned to the gate of Muye Village.

"Hey, Izumo, Zitetsu, are you two on duty again today?" Asma greeted the guard at the door with a smile, but she had already made some psychological preparations.

"Huh? Who are you...?" Shenyue Izumo and Gang Zitie looked blankly at the bearded man who came over.

"Hey... don't be so exaggerated, you don't even recognize me." Asma crossed her hips unhappily, and his premonition seemed to be quite accurate.

"This voice, could it be...Senior Asma! You are back!" Izumo finally came to his senses, and stood at attention hurriedly to greet Asma.

"Wh... what, so it's Senior Asma?!... I'm so sorry, I didn't recognize you." Zitie also hurriedly bowed and apologized.

"Forget it... I'm already mentally prepared for this situation," Asma stroked her beard again, "By the way, are Ah Yi and Hong in the village now?"

"Oh...please wait a moment, let me take a look..." Izumo ran back and looked through the recent travel records of ninjas, "I found it! Senior Asma, both of them are staying in the village now..."

"Is it... Brother Asma...?"

Izumo was reporting to Asma, but was interrupted by another voice, which was full of surprise, but also full of sadness and joy.

Asma remembered this voice so clearly, even though the person had grown up by 6 years, Asma could still distinguish the owner of this voice in an instant...

"Ayi...I'm back." Asma turned her head, staring at the old friend in front of her, tears were about to come out of her eyes.

The author has something to say: the images of several daimyos in the original work are too ugly to complain about. Here we slightly beautify the daimyo's character. At least he is a kind-hearted person with a relatively upright personality.