Escape From Konoha

Shiraishi walked out of the laboratory in the midst of his busy schedule, temporarily suspending his research on a part of the dead wood of the sacred tree. He, the Minister of Military Affairs of the Kingdom of Ghosts, still needed to meet the mission jointly sent by the five major countries in person.

Although after a morning of talks, the results were not satisfactory to all parties, Shiraishi did not expect to obtain conditions favorable to him in such a short period of time.

Presumably the missions of the five major countries are also well aware of this.

The purpose of their joint mission to the Kingdom of Ghosts this time is very simple, that is, to impose conditional restrictions on arms sales in the Kingdom of Ghosts.

The Kingdom of Ghosts is prohibited from providing any arms supply to countries or organizations outside the five major countries. It is only allowed to sell arms to the five major countries. In other aspects, they will make certain compromises to the Kingdom of Ghosts.

It can be said that it is a win-win result for all parties.

This is also a last resort. The ninja tools developed by the Kingdom of Ghosts are no longer just ninja tools. The threshold for using these weapons is extremely low. Even children can use them to fight after getting familiar with them for a few days.

For example, the kunai gun can easily take a life by just pressing the trigger.

After the Kingdom of Ghosts defeated the Kingdom of Wind, it sold a large number of such convenient and highly lethal weapons to neighboring small countries, which has put a certain amount of pressure on the big countries.

Although it won't hurt your muscles and bones, if you continue to transport a large number of weapons out uncontrollably over time, no one knows what will happen.

They didn't realize it at first, but after seeing the civil war in the Kingdom of Rain, they realized what these convenient ninja tools developed by the Kingdom of Ghosts really meant.

After all, there are too many ambitious small countries in this ninja world. Although these small countries will be devastated every time the ninja world wars, they will grow tenaciously after the war and threaten the big countries again.

The weapons sold by the Kingdom of Ghosts have greatly strengthened the military power of this small country, making them no longer defenseless against large countries.

If you want to use ninjas to deal with them, ordinary chuunin and genin can no longer form absolute suppression.

Only elite ninjas at the Jonin level can cause a deterrent.

Although there are many jounin in great countries, there are definitely not many. Compared with the base number of chunin and genin, jounin is always the most sparse ninja class. Many times, it is used as a country's heavy card.

Based on this situation, it is not unnecessary for them to impose restrictions on arms transactions between the Kingdom of Ghosts and small countries.

Shiraishi believes that if he does not agree to these conditions from the five major countries, the one who comes next time will not be a mission, but the joint pressure from the ninja villages of the five major nations.

These people don't mind joining forces when their interests are completely aligned.

Even the Kingdom of Thunder, which remained on the sidelines at the Five Shadows Conference, intervened forcefully, which shows that the five major nations are fearful and wary of small nations at the moment.

They will not allow a second ghost country to appear.

An exception like the Ghost Country has already caused them to suffer. If a second one appears, whether directly or indirectly, their prestige and interests will be further reduced.

"Nagato, this guy really knows how to choose his timing..."

Back in the office, Shiraishi looked at the information sent back from the Kingdom of Rain and felt quite depressed.

He knew that Nagato would use war to have a strong impact on the powerful class of the Rain Country.

Because if the internal troubles are not resolved, the Country of Rain will never be able to break away from the control of the big powers.

This kind of control is not just military, but also economic and political.

If it comes from military pressure, Nagato will not be afraid. But economic and political sanctions are what Nagato is really worried about.

No matter how strong he is personally, he cannot solve the food problem for everyone in the Kingdom of Rain. He must compromise for the peace of the Kingdom of Rain.

Just like Hanzo back then, he allowed the great powers to wreak havoc in the Land of Rain. He had no choice but to remain silent and patient.

And Nagato, who replaced Hanzo, became even more cunning.

The pseudonym Pain leads Ugakure. The civil strife in Rain Land is not a war of ninjas, but a popular uprising. The civil war is caused by the dissatisfaction of the domestic elite.

If Yuyin directly intervenes, the nature will be different.

Even so, the surrounding fire, wind, and earth three great powers are also preparing to sneak into the ninja secretly, intervene in the war, and take the opportunity to eliminate the hidden danger of Yuyin.

It's just that because of the relationship between the ghost country, the country of wind has become extremely sensitive to the nerves of war at this moment, and it will not end easily.

The Kingdom of Ghosts began to intervene in the affairs of the Kingdom of Waves, and the Kingdom of Fire could not sit idly by. At the same time, they had to pay attention to the Kingdom of Rain, and their attention was distracted.

The only one capable of intervening in the civil war in the Land of Rain is the Land of Earth.

This is why Shiraishi said that Nagato picked a good time.

The two great powers of fire and wind will not do their best for the time being, and only need to strictly guard against the movements of the kingdom of earth.

In terms of judging the situation, Shiraishi also had to admire Nagato's vision at the moment.

It was also the case before that when the Five Great Nations were preparing for the Five Kage Conference, they secretly took over the Five-Tailed Jinchuuriki of Iwagakure Village. Iwagakure is still worried about this matter and is looking for the whereabouts of the Five-Tailed Jinchuuriki.

Now, taking advantage of the turmoil in the Kingdom of Wind and the distraction of the Kingdom of Fire, they did not hesitate to lead the civil war in the Kingdom of Rain.

It can be said that his eyesight is quite sharp.

Compared with the former leader Yahiko, he is more decisive and ruthless.

"However, the civil war in the Kingdom of Rain must have given the Country of Waves a breath of relief."

The effect is relative.

The Country of Fire distracts the attention of the Kingdom of Rain because of the Kingdom of Waves, but why is the Kingdom of Rain not a puppet stake for the Kingdom of Waves to share the Fire Nation's firepower?

It's just that Nagato's transition from darkness to semi-light still made Shiraishi wary.

I'm afraid that after the civil war in the Land of Rain ends, Akatsuki's operation to capture the tailed beasts will officially begin.

That was the real beginning of the contest between the two sides.

Therefore, we still need to make some compromises with the five major countries.

The sale of arms to small countries is prohibited. This condition can be negotiated, but a suitable price must be given to the country of ghosts.

Such a huge loss of profits cannot be easily explained away in one sentence, even if the Kingdom of Ghosts is not short of this little profit.

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Asuma, who came to the Kingdom of Demons with the Fire Nation envoy, temporarily separated from the Fire Nation envoy after arriving at Shion City, the capital of the Demon Nation.

Asuma was free until the envoys from the Kingdom of Fire negotiated matters with the top management of the Kingdom of Ghosts and left the Kingdom of Ghosts. As long as he didn't cause trouble in the Kingdom of Demons, his father, the Third Hokage, gave him tacit approval.

Being in a foreign country, the experience of Asma is still relatively new. Although I have been to many countries in the past, it was all because of ninja missions. I never had the leisure to calm down and slowly appreciate the unusual scenery of a foreign country.

Regarding this, most ninjas are like this.

Performing tasks is the goal of life. Stopping and taking a break is a very luxurious behavior for ninjas who are busy all year round.

Even Asuma, the son of the Hokage, has never had much time to stop and rest since he was a child.

Because he was born in an era of great chaos, not long after graduation, he went to the battlefield of the ninja world and witnessed the cruel war.

Later, his ideals broke away from the Hokage's father, and he joined the fire country's daimyo and became one of the twelve guardian ninjas.

In the end, the companions killed each other and returned to Konoha in despair, losing their life goals.

Now that I feel relaxed, it feels quite different.

Being able to breathe freely is a feeling I haven't experienced in a long time.

The last time I experienced this was when I was in ninja school.

Because he is the son of Hokage, he must work hard and become an elite ninja, so that he can be worthy of his status as the son of Hokage.

Thinking of his father Hiruzen, Asuma couldn't help but sigh again.

The father with a tall back before was no longer there. The father now was just a rotten old man who was about to die.

It is because of this that Konoha will decline again and again.

Simply forgetting about these troubles, Asuma relaxed and began to wander aimlessly in Shion City.

After all, it was his first time here, and he didn't know the situation in Ziyuan City. He just went to a place, took a look, walked around, and bought new and interesting things with money.

When I got back to the hotel, I found that my hands were already full of shopping bags.

This made Asuma wonder, could he have bought so many things unknowingly just by shopping?

And many things are meaningless to ninjas. As a ninja, Asuma can restrain most of the boring desires in his heart. Now that he bought so many things at once, it can only mean that many things here are because he has not seen them before. When you get there, you can’t help but buy it.

Even if you don't use it, you can take it back and study it slowly to pass the time.

Rather, entering the Kingdom of Ghosts from another country is like entering two worlds.

This is especially obvious here in Ziyuan City.

It is unimaginable that the prosperity here exceeds that of the capital of the Kingdom of Fire.

Whether it is residential areas or commercial areas, they are all neatly classified.

There are also signboards along the way. Even people who come here for the first time can use these signboards to find where they want to go.

A prosperous and stable country, this may be the prosperous scene that countless ancestors of Konoha long for.

Asuma recalled the past at Konoha Ninja School and read about the glorious deeds of the previous generations of Hokage, and couldn't help but sigh.

Because the prosperity of the Ghost Country is not a city or a village, but the entire country is running in an orderly manner like a machine with a stable structure.

Communication and transportation, including prosperity in commerce, even if Asuma didn't want to admit it, it must be recognized that this country, in many aspects, has surpassed the Fire Nation.

These are things that can be seen everywhere in the Kingdom of Demons. There is no need to hide them. He graduated from Konoha Ninja School with honors. He is not only excellent in ninja talents. He has followed the daimyo for so many years. He can see many things with his eyes. You can tell something at a glance.

And this also became what Asuma was very confused about.

He was convinced that before the Third Ninja War, the Kingdom of Demons would never have such a prosperous scene.

A series of weird policies in the Kingdom of Ghosts began to emerge in the Kingdom of Ghosts shortly after the three Chiba Shiraishi betrayed Konoha.

It is certain that the rise of the Kingdom of Ghosts is no accident. There is a faint shadow of Chiba Shiraishi and others behind it. It took more than ten years to manage this country in an orderly manner.

Even the previous generations of Hokages may not be able to do this.

This made Asuma very confused.

Why was Chiba Shiraishi, a rebellious ninja, able to do all this, but the Konoha ninjas who accepted Naruto's orthodox ideas were unable to build the Land of Fire into a prosperous paradise like the Land of Demons?

What's wrong with this?

As a rebel, why would he do this?

The opponent who built the Kingdom of Demons into a paradise undoubtedly had the abilities of the ideal Hokage, but he turned his back on Konoha and entered the Kingdom of Demons... The more Asuma thought about it, the more incredible it became, and the more he thought about it, the more puzzling it became.

From a personal point of view, he hated Chiba Shiraishi who killed his brother and sister-in-law very much, but from the perspective of governing the country, his ability was probably better than that of previous Hokages.

Because the Hokage of Konoha does not have the concept of 'country'.

He didn't know about the previous Hokage, but he knew that his father, the Third Hokage, had no concept of a 'country'.

The only thing in the world he sees is 'Konoha'.

Naruto is also the master of the world.

But this kind of world, in Asuma's opinion, is undoubtedly narrow-minded and selfish.

He had read the deeds of the First Hokage, and the more he believed that the original intention of the First Hokage to establish Konoha was not to achieve peace in a village, but to bring peace to the entire world. He wanted to use his role as a leader to end all wars in the world.

However, the first Hokage ultimately did not break through the concept of 'Hokage', nor did he break through the concept of 'Konoha'.

The ‘jade’ of Konoha, the ‘jade’ of the Fire Country, or...

The more he thought about it, the more confused Asuma became.

In the end, it could only turn into a sigh. If his father heard his thoughts, he would start preaching to him again.

He also knew that his thoughts were not tolerated by Konoha.

But I just followed the original philosophy of the First Hokage and wanted to protect a bigger 'jade', not just Konoha's 'jade'. Is this really wrong for me?

Or maybe it was not him who was wrong, but his father who was the Hokage.

Without questioning and criticism, how can there be progress?

Konoha now is as quiet as a dead man's grave, dead silent, without any forward vitality.

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The word "hunk" is undoubtedly the most appropriate word to describe Asma's current state.

He came to the Ghost Country to relax, but after seeing the ecology of the people in these countries, the enthusiastic smiles on the people's faces that yearned for life were not survival, and he found that his heart was even more chaotic.

what is this? Is the person who inherited the Hokage's true thinking a rebellious nin who betrayed Konoha?

In the past few days, Asuma has been wandering around Shion City, carefully observing the life dynamics here, and mocking himself more and more, or maybe he is mocking the Konoha where he was born.

What the previous Hokage was unable to break through until his death, it took a group of rebel ninjas more than ten years to accomplish it.

This kind of joke is really not funny at all.

Asuma stood at the edge of the park at the top of the hill. From here, he could see the entire Shion City.

It was almost dusk now, and the huge city under the beautiful sunset looked extremely peaceful and beautiful.

The more Asuma admired the scenery here, the more he felt the difference between Konoha, the Land of Fire, and here.

If it weren't for the fact that he was a Konoha ninja, he would have wanted to settle here.

The public security is stable, people live and work in peace and contentment, transportation is convenient and other factors. Once you get used to the life here, you may become unaccustomed to it because of the inconvenience of life when you return to Konoha again.

People are lazy.

Asma is no exception.

"Speaking of which, in the past, the Yondaime-sama Minato-sama and Mr. Shikaku, because Tsunade-sama traveled to the Demon Country, seemed to have proposed partially imitating the policies of the Demon Country..."

Asuma suddenly remembered something.

I remember that was eight or nine years ago, not long after the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato came to power.

It is said that there was quite a disturbance at the Jonin meeting, but in the end the matter was settled.

With the death of the fourth Hokage, no one even mentioned it.

Almost all the new policies of the Fourth Hokage were overturned by his father, the Third Hokage, in order to stabilize the balance among the ninja clan for his so-called balancing strategy.

So, what about civilian ninjas?

Asuma looked at the living beings below and suddenly felt enlightened, but in his heart he was still confused and confused.

Just when he was doubting this, there were sudden footsteps behind him.

Asma, as a Jonin, was naturally alert. He turned around and looked at the person. His face suddenly became stunned, and then turned cold. A strong murderous intention was faintly beating in his eyes.

Asuma clenched his fists and tried his best to restrain the hatred in his heart.

Chiba Shiraishi.

Although the image had changed from the Konoha period, he still remembered this face clearly.

The culprit who killed his brother and sister-in-law!

The S-class felon who discredited the Land of Fire and Konoha!

Even though his arrest warrant has been revoked by Konoha, many ninjas in Konoha still regard him as a vicious S-rank rebel.

The trauma that the opponent gave Konoha directly and indirectly caused many Konoha ninjas to hold grudges.

Asma is one of them.

The brother and sister-in-law whom I have always respected and admired the most died at the hands of the other party.

It can be said that the hatred between them is as deep as the sea.

"Seeing a familiar figure here, I thought it was someone, but I didn't expect it to be the son of Hokage. Did you come here with the Fire Nation Mission?"

Shiraishi glanced at Asuma with a surprised smile.

The last time I saw Asma with my own eyes was when Konoha was working.

Because the other party is the second son of the third Hokage, Shiraishi also paid a little attention to him when the other party was studying at the ninja school.

Later, I heard some rumors about the other party. Due to differences in ideas, I had a quarrel with my father, the Third Hokage, and ran away from the village to join the Fire Country Daimyo to form the Twelve Guardian Ninjas.

It can be said that he is a quite rebellious Konoha ninja.

"Huh, you came here specifically to see me, right?"

Asuma asked instead and smiled coldly.

Shiraishi didn't care about the coldness in Asuma's eyes and nodded with a smile. There was nothing worth hiding.

"I'm just a little interested in the rumored rebellious son of the Hokage, so I came here to meet him."

"Are you such a boring person?"

Asuma asked with a frown.

"You are more interesting than I thought. How can I say you are boring? You abandoned the future destined to glory and wealth, and questioned the correctness of Konoha and Hokage. If you were not the son of Hokage, you are now burdened with the same traitor as me. In name only.”

Shiraishi told the truth.

Asuma was silent.

He knew that what Shiraishi said was not wrong.

In the past, he was fiercely opposed to Konoha's 'Tama'. Strictly speaking, he was an uneasy person who undermined the stability of Konoha. He should be put in prison for reform, or defect to Konoha.

But because his father is Hokage, he lives in peace in Konoha.

In the daimyo's case, the other party also took good care of him without any neglect.

Although he didn't like being the son of the Hokage, he finally enjoyed the various benefits and benefits that this identity brought.

"I said, this is a very interesting thing. In my opinion, as the son of the Hokage, you have such alternative ideas, which is simply the biggest shame of the Hokage himself."

"So you're here to see us have fun in Konoha?"

Asuma took a deep breath and looked at Shiraishi with cold eyes.

Shiraishi still smiled lightly, walked forward until he reached Asma's side, then stood still slightly, looking at the city scene that Asma was looking at just now.

"It doesn't matter what that kind of thing is. I'm just very interested in you. We are all people who rebelled against the will of fire, but I can see that you are very confused now. Fear and uneasiness, all written On the face."

Shiraishi said softly.

Asuma pulled away a little to the side.

"As the information says, you are an extremely dangerous man. I will not be deceived by your sweet words. In the past, you also deceived Hokage-sama, right?"

Asuma said this, his expression serious.

"There is no such thing as cheating. At that time, I was just fulfilling my obligations as a Konoha ninja. Your father, the Sandaime, believed in me. That's all."

"quibble."

Deception is deception, but to say such beautiful words, Asma felt that this man was trying to justify his defection from head to toe.

"It's up to you. You don't have to be so bitter, I came to you, just want to chat with you casually. Except for Tsunade-sensei, I rarely chat with Konoha Ninja calmly. After all, it's like Jiraiya He always makes predictions and prophecies, so I don’t think there is any need to negotiate with him.”

Shiraishi said with a helpless smile.

Really, how stupid a person must be to believe that if he is eliminated, peace will be restored to the ninja world.

He didn't even know that his own survival could affect the peace of the ninja world.

Even without him being an outlier, the truth has always been there, and it will be opened sooner or later. It's just a matter of speed.

If you really believe in the other party, Akatsuki's former leader, Yahiko, is a role model.

Xiao Zao has used his own history of blood and tears to prove that the path proposed by Jiraiya is worthless.

The best wish is to take the former Akatsuki to hell.

It is precisely because of this that prompted Nagato to take a completely different path.

"chat?"

Asuma was a little surprised.

Seeing Asma's stunned expression, Shiraishi continued to smile and said: "Yes, I am more interested in your deviant ideas. Although I am Konoha's rebellious ninja, as rebels, we may have something in common. topic. Because what the first Hokage was unable to do when he was still alive has been achieved by my hands. You must really want to know what the answer is, right?"

Seeing Asuma's stunned expression, the smile on Shiraishi's face grew even stronger.