[Hokage] Summer Festival

At ten o'clock in the morning, all the jonin on the front line gathered in the tent of the wind for a meeting.

The ones who came back at the same time as the Konoha ninjas who were looking for information, apart from the three sand hermit ninjas, also had a thin paper truce agreement.

——In the name of the daimyo of the Land of Wind, a request to the Land of Fire for the two countries to stop the war and coexist peacefully.

What a surprise.

Even the seasoned wind is unexpected.

The emissary of Sand Ninja was temporarily placed, and Konoha's intelligence ninja revealed the whole story - the coup took place in the Kingdom of Wind the day before yesterday, and the daimyo's younger brother killed his brother and seized the throne.

It is actually understandable for the new daimyo to ask for a truce as soon as he ascended the throne. After all, the civil strife caused by him has not yet subsided, and the domestic situation is still unstable. How can he still have the energy to deal with wars with other countries.

Moreover, probably for him, consolidating his position is more important and urgent than foreign wars.

There is no way to make a decision on such a crucial matter, so two Jonin teams were sent immediately to send the news and agreement documents to Muye Village and Daming Mansion respectively.

I don't know whether to take advantage of the situation and continue fighting or sign a peace agreement with the Wind Country.

On the surface, it seems that Konoha has the upper hand, but so far, Konoha has lost a lot of ninjas in the war with sand ninja.If you have to fight the opponent to the death, and the sand ninja who is fighting to the death jumps over the wall in a hurry, I am afraid that Konoha will hardly get any benefits in the end.

Besides, Hidden Sand Village is not the only enemy of Konoha.

Tsunade and Jiraiya were sent to Damingfu, while Hatake Sakumo's team was sent back to Konoha.

The arrangement of Chikaze is more or less considering that Hatake Sakumo's body needs to go back to the village to recuperate.In fact, what A Liang said was right, he found that he could not be as powerful and intimidating as usual on the battlefield.

Before leaving, he was packing his ninja bag, and Ah Liang came over and said in a low voice:

"Although it's strange to say that, Xia Zi, please pay more attention to that guy."

After a pause of two seconds, his eyes narrowed into a line, and he said with a corner of his mouth:

"I know, that guy always likes to mess around."

"Seemingly dependable, but sometimes more stubborn than anything."

His sudden words made him a little surprised, he turned his head and looked to the side, only to see that "that guy" was talking with Shinya, and he didn't notice this side.

Ah Liang seldom speaks in such a serious manner, let alone saying these words and worrying about other things.

But no matter how you say it, Hatake Sakumo doesn't need to "watch more".

Seeing that he was probably surprised, he bent his index finger against his chin and said:

"Don't be nervous, it's just a sudden bad feeling."

"Premonition?"

He asked in a tone of doubting that he had heard wrong.

He raised his index finger and pointed at the sky, and resumed his usual carefree smile:

"A man's sixth sense."

Immediately, he didn't know what expression to put on.

Did you receive some uncertain information in advance?

"Xia Zi, let's go."

Haruna called this way, and agreed to walk over.

After taking two steps, I thought about it and turned back to him and said:

"Understood, Mr. Liang."

"Xin Yisang also said that senior Shuo Mao likes to mess around just like him."

After a while, I heard his voice coming from a distance behind, echoing in the mountains and forests:

"It's different from that stupid guy Sakumo."

Hatake Sakumo, who was walking next to him, paused, looked back, then tilted his head and said:

"It's not good to speak ill of someone behind your back."

Not angry, but a little helpless in tone.

When he is not exuding murderous aura, he has always been a gentle, tolerant and easy-talking man.

"I didn't say anything bad, and neither did Mr. Liang."

"yes."

His eyes were dubious.

"What's the matter with the stupidity?"

The glimpses of trees flashed from the corner of his eyes one after another, and Hatake Sakumo, who didn't use Chakra, was able to keep up with the pace of the people who concentrated Chakra on their feet and rushed.I don't know if he felt strenuous, but from the very beginning he told us not to slow down.

When he spoke, his breath was not in a daze, so he felt relieved a lot.

Then he smiled and said:

"Don't worry, Senior Shuo Mao."

"We don't talk nonsense about things like 'girls' hearts'."

There was not only one person who was unkind, Haruna and Shen also laughed lightly.

Haruna even helped out by saying:

"How could Xia Zi make fun of Captain Shuo Mao?"

There was a smile in her beautiful red eyes, and she glanced over.

"Don't get me wrong, you didn't make fun of Senior Shuo Mao."

You Xu coughed twice, and his tone suddenly became serious and serious, but if you listen carefully, you can still find a slight embarrassment hidden in the deep cello-like voice:

"You three, concentrate on your journey."

"Yes……"

The mountain road is rugged, and the branches and leaves are clustered in the middle of the sky, and the sight is full of lush greenery. Occasionally, there are birds that are not afraid of flying past the ears with their wings fluttering.

The sky above the head is cut into small irregular pieces by interlaced branches, and the clear sky in early June is blue and clear.

Shinya and Haruna, who were about the same height in front of Sakumo Hatake, suddenly slowed down and stopped in an instant.

Looking over, I saw a few puppets lined up on the narrow mountain path ahead, blocking the way.Behind the puppet was a woman standing tall, her long dark brown hair fluttering in the wind, but her pretty cheeks were ashen, her lips were pale and purple, she looked like a female ghost in the underworld under the shadow of overlapping branches and leaves.

It was the woman who was with the puppeteer.

Obviously she still had a gentle and light smile yesterday, even the enemy would not find it disgusting, and she is completely different from the current woman whose whole body is surrounded by a depressed atmosphere.

The part of her right forearm that was scratched by Kunai was wrapped with a white bandage, but it was loose and dyed with a dark red circle.

His eyes were sad but firm, and his lips parted lightly and he said one word at a time:

"Konoha White Fang, please fight."

Is it to avenge the puppet master who died under the sword of Hatake Sakumo?

The Kingdom of Wind has already requested a truce. She probably ignored the order in doing so, so she is not afraid that she will be punished by the village.

No matter which ninja village it is, it will never tolerate ninjas who disobey orders.

Or, did she stand here because she was determined to fight to the death?

Love takes precedence over rules.

Perhaps she is indeed a loving and righteous woman.

Since coming to this world, the understanding that orders and rules are above all else in the ninja world, which has been gradually formed since the last Yunyin Village mission was contradictory and deepened, is almost disintegrated in this mission.

The rules that were hard to memorize in my heart, I watched them being broken one by one in just two days.When I found that my self-righteousness was overthrown without warning, the ensuing confusion and hesitation became entangled like countless twine.

Hatake Sakumo, the puppet master, and the woman in front of him seemed to be another type of ninja completely different from Orochimaru Hinata.

Orochimaru will not be obsessed with an upright duel, and Osamu Hinata will not ignore the ninja rules because of his emotions.

It seems that the understanding of this world is still at the level of half-knowledge.

But one-on-one duels also depend on the situation.

A super genius who can't use chakra is actually just a more powerful ordinary person.

Finally, I understood what A Liang meant by "watch that guy more".

Hatake Sakumo just moved, and reached out to press his shoulder.Now is not the time to be heroic.

Even as the captain, he doesn't have to stand up for everything. He keeps talking about how important his companions are, but he doesn't know whether he knows how to rely on his companions when appropriate.

Moreover, the so-called companions, shouldn't trust be mutual.

The two who probably had the same idea took a step in front of him, shook hands with Kunai, and slightly bowed their bodies in a posture of responding to the enemy.

"Sorry, we refuse."

Haruna said loudly to the sand ninja girl in front of her.

Then she turned her face sideways, her red eyes sparkled, and she said softly but resolutely:

"Captain Shuo Mao."

"This time, let us protect it."

Shen Ye didn't look back, but said with confidence:

"Don't worry, stand behind us and watch."

Again.

There are no such tender words in the ninja experience.

Hatake Sakumo felt a slight sigh.

***

After returning to Konoha, they dispersed separately, and it was the task of Captain Hatake Sakumo to report the mission results to Hokage.

When saying goodbye at the fork in the road, Shen also told Haruna to go to the hospital. The place on the latter's shoulder injured by the puppet was no longer bleeding, but it was still swollen. Even through the clothes and bandages, one could imagine that the skin underneath had suffered what an injury.

It has been more than two days, and it is estimated that the ninja of Sahikari also found the woman's body.

When she died, there was no trace of resentment on her face, her eyes seemed to see something beautiful through the green leaves above, and she even showed the same faint smile as the puppeteer when she first saw her.

Unlike all the enemies who were beheaded and died without regret, at the end of her life, she slowly closed her eyes by herself.

Witnessing all this from beginning to end, there seemed to be unspeakable emotions rippling in his chest like water ripples.

She didn't seem to be taking revenge with the mentality of killing the other party at all, but more like finding a high-sounding reason to let herself die.

Die for love?

I hope Santu Chuanxia can catch up with the puppet master in time.

However, for ninjas, martyrdom is also a cowardly and unforgivable act.

There are vendors selling takoyaki on the street of Konoha, and when they pass by, a burst of aroma that makes the index finger move comes to the nostrils.In the past few days, I have been relying on Bingliang Wan to solve the problem of eating. I am afraid that my sense of taste will become dull.

Uchiha really said that Natsuko hated Bingliangmaru, but he didn't say what she liked, and he had no way of knowing how much he knew about Natsuko.

I was thinking about this all the way to Kato's house, and pushed open the front yard door with a creak, and the beard branches by the door swayed and brushed my calf.

Feeling a line of sight cast over him, he tilted his head, and saw a red head protruding from the corner of the wall, a pair of big eyes blinked and blinked, and the originally round face bulged into a bun face, which was really cute.

"Kushina?"

She didn't respond, and she didn't intend to come out, she just pursed her lips and puffed her face and looked at him with burning eyes, a bit like a cat who was having a fight.

After thinking about it, he closed the half-open door again, stretched out his hand towards her and said:

"Want to eat ramen, please."

She tilted her head and hesitated for a while, and finally trotted over with her white and tender little hand in her palm.

Pulling her and walking slowly in the direction of the ramen shop, the familiar street looked very friendly at this moment, and the nerves that were tense on the battlefield were unconsciously relaxed, and even the flow of air seemed to be refreshing.

Here is no longer turning around and seeing yellow sand and bloody battlefields.

After walking for a while, she suddenly raised her head and frowned and said:

"Is the teacher not going to teach us anymore?"

"Probably." Answered.

In fact, to be honest, it would be better to let someone with such expertise do things like teaching and education.

Although I want to stay safe and secure in the rear far away from the battlefield, but under the current situation, there must be more than one thing that cannot be fulfilled.

She lowered her head with an "oh" and stopped talking. Her long red hair hung down her cheeks, and she couldn't see her expression.

There were only two empty seats left in the ramen shop. Just as he was about to sit down, the man next to him seemed to turn his head inadvertently. When he saw it, he was stunned.

I couldn't help being stunned for a moment, sure enough, when I saw him, I wasn't completely innocent, maybe he wasn't as generous and tolerant as I thought, so after recovering, I greeted him with the corners of my mouth and said:

"What a coincidence, Mr. Xiu."

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