Escape From Konoha

The war between Sunagakure and Konoha has been going on for two years, but compared to Sunagakure, Konoha's war-weariness is very strong.

Before the battle with Sunagakure, Konoha had already fought against the Amegakure ninjas in the Land of Rain. Many ninjas were already physically and mentally exhausted. Under such circumstances, it is conceivable that they would be brought into the rhythm of war by Sunagakure. , to what extent Konoha is tired of the war.

Therefore, when the Third Kazekage submitted the settlement letter, according to Shiraishi's estimation, Konoha was very likely to agree.

After all, this has always been the main strategy adopted by Konoha.

Continuing to spend time with Sunagakure will only benefit other ninja village fishermen.

"Really, the fight has already reached this level. All we need to do is defeat Sunagakure in one go. If we hand over the settlement letter painlessly, we will still come back in the future."

Liuli sat on a stone with a look of dissatisfaction on her face.

It had only been more than a month since she came out of the village, and she still hadn't had the pleasure of fighting the Suna ninjas. If the war ended at this time, the mission of Sakumo's team would also be over.

"You can't say that, because the ninjas in many villages in the camp have become war-weary, and Sunagakure is almost the same. A peaceful ending at this time will be beneficial to both parties. As for the future... let's talk about it later."

Out of the considerations a Konoha ninja should have, Shiraishi believed that this was indeed the best solution.

"Great, I thought I wouldn't be able to go back to the village to celebrate the New Year this year. After all, I'm still looking forward to this year's festival."

Ayane said with a smile from the side.

Shiraishi turned his head to the other side, as if he didn't hear this sentence.

"It's true, the war will end soon, and you can go back to participate in the New Year's festival... And, I also want to go back and visit Kakashi."

Shuo Mao also said with a smile when he heard the three of them communicating there.

"Kakashi?"

The three people in Shiraishi were attracted by this name.

"Ah, didn't I tell you?"

Sakumo blinked in confusion.

"No, I haven't heard of this person at all. By the way... who is he?"

Shiraishi shook his head.

"He is my son, Hatake Kakashi. Although he is only two years old this year, I believe he will be an excellent ninja in the future."

Sakumo said.

"son!?"

Shiraishi and the other three were stunned and shouted loudly.

Surprise can no longer be used to describe this incident. They had never heard of Shuo Mao's son.

"What, is something wrong?"

Sakumo looked at the three of them strangely.

"No... I thought, Mr. Shuo Mao, you are still single. I didn't expect not only to be married, but also to have a son..."

Ayane quickly explained.

Shiraishi and Ruri also nodded. In their eyes, Sakumo did have such an image.

"Sorry, I thought I mentioned this already."

"It's okay, I'm just a little surprised to hear it suddenly. After all, this is a private matter. Before graduating from the ninja school, we had no contact with Mr. Sakumo. So, Mr. Sakumo's son is already two years old... Hata Mukakashi, that's a good name."

Ayane smiled.

But I was thinking in my heart: What kind of name should I and Shiraishi-kun’s child have in the future?

"Speaking of which, my father is a bit dereliction of duty. When my child's birthday was in September, I couldn't go back to the village to celebrate his birthday. In a blink of an eye, it is now November."

"There will be another chance next year. Then it will be great for Mr. Sakumo to treat us."

Shiraishi smiled.

The corner of Sakumo's mouth twitched. When he mentioned the treat, he seemed to suddenly recall some bad memories.

He didn't want to find himself on the verge of bankruptcy on his son's birthday, which was a mixture of joy and sorrow.

"Really? That's great. I'll go there on an empty stomach that day. Get ready, Sakumo-sensei."

Ayane smiled and confirmed the matter.

Sakumo sighed. It looked like he couldn't save his wallet, and then he looked at Liuli.

"Don't look at me like that. It's your son's birthday party. Wouldn't it be rude if I were to pay for it? After all, you are Lord White Fang."

No, I don't care about saving face. Hearing Ruri's ruthless rejection, Sakumo complained in his heart.

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Two days later, it was the day when Konoha and Sunagakure formally concluded a reconciliation document and signed an armistice agreement.

The weather was fine and sunny.

Sakumo's team set out to return to the Konoha camp on the border of the Land of Fire.

The armistice agreement was signed at nine o'clock in the morning.

It's four o'clock in the afternoon.

In other words, the armistice agreement with Sunagakure has been signed. This news should have been sent back to the camp and will be sent back to the village as quickly as possible.

However, when they returned to the camp at five o'clock in the afternoon, the four members of Sakumo's team felt something was wrong.

Too dull.

Rather, it's grief.

The four of them looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.

Although some people will definitely be sad knowing that the war is over, it won't be so dull.

In this dullness, there is also a rage and murderous intention that wants to devour everything.

"What's going on here?"

"I don't know, what happened?"

Shiraishi stroked his chin and began to think.

Is there something wrong with the agreement?

Could it be said that Sunagakure has no intention of fulfilling the agreement?

Otherwise it cannot be explained.

"You are also a medical ninja, right? Go to the medical department quickly, they are in urgent need of manpower!"

At this moment, a Konoha ninja ran over quickly and said to Shiraishi anxiously.

Shiraishi looked at Sakumo, who nodded, and Shiraishi followed the ninja to the camp where the medical team was located.

"You guys take a rest here while I go find Orochimaru to find out the situation."

Ruri and Ayane nodded and followed Sakumo's instructions.

——The camp where the medical troops are located.

Tragic!

It can only be described in two words: tragic.

Dozens of Konoha ninjas fell bloody and bloody in the tent, and their screams of pain were like ghosts, which made Shiraishi lose consciousness for a moment.

How is this going?

These injuries should have been caused recently... no, today?

what happens?

Shiraishi didn't ask, and immediately followed a medical ninja with superb medical ninjutsu to fight. All these dozens of ninjas needed emergency surgery.

Moreover, during the first aid process, there must be some seriously injured people who cannot be taken care of and die directly because they cannot bear the pain.

Weeping, wailing, converging in one place.

Every medical ninja was so busy and sweating profusely that they had no time for unnecessary communication.

First aid was over two hours later.

It’s not that the first aid was successful. It ended so early because many people died prematurely before surgery.

Some were rescued by surgery, but still died.

Only a dozen people pulled back from the gate of hell.

"We tried our best."

The attending medical ninja patted Shiraishi on the shoulder, as if worried about the psychological burden on a young medical ninja like him, and comforted him.

"Well, senior, what is going on? Why does it become like this?"

Shiraishi finally asked the question he wanted to ask the most.

The chief medical ninja knew that Shiraishi was the medical ninja following Sakumo, so it was natural that he didn't understand the situation here.

"We don't know the details. We just know that the mission that signed the armistice agreement with Sha Yin was attacked by unknown people on the way. When it was sent back, it was already in this state."

The attending medical ninja said with a heavy face.

"So what happened to the armistice agreement? Was it the Suna Ninja who made the move?"

"I don't know about it either. But we suffered heavy losses this time. I heard that even Jōnin Kato also died."

"Jōnin Kato?"

Shiraishi was taken aback, this surname, and it's Jonin, could it be...

"Ms. Tsunade is very emotionally unstable now. Kato Jonin's sacrifice has hit her too hard."

The attending medical ninja sighed.

"Jonin Kato is so powerful, how could..."

Shiraishi couldn't understand it.

Kato Jonin is Tsunade's current boyfriend Kato Dan. Although the reputation cannot be compared with Sakumo who has the name of White Fang, he is also one of the few elite Jonin in Konoha. In one-on-one situations, it may not be Where is it worse than Sannin.

After all, the power of Spiritualization is terrifying.

Moreover, it also has a wide range of perception capabilities. It is very easy to break out and find weak points to escape.

"In order to cover the evacuation of his companions, he chose to fight the enemy alone. By the time the support passed, he was already... dying! Master Tsunade tried his best, but he was unable to save Kato Jonobu's life."

"Is that so?"

Shiraishi sighed.

Although he and Kato Duanjou didn't know each other well, this selfless act of saving his companions will make people admire his spirit from the bottom of his heart no matter what standpoint he takes.

In this age, life is not something to be happy about, and death is not something to be sad about.

This is the current theorem of the ninja world.

He can know Tsunade's pain, but he can't experience that pain himself.

Human joys and sorrows are not common.

Because he is not familiar with Kato Kamizu, his sigh is only for Tsunade.

The death of his younger brother Nawaki, the sacrifice of his boyfriend Kato Duan...then he has been in a state of depression since then...

No, it's Sannin no matter what, so it shouldn't be like this, right?

Shiraishi thought so, but he didn't have much confidence in it.

After all, humans are emotionally fragile creatures.

Baishi saw that there was nothing to do in the medical team, so he left to meet Shuo Mao and the others at their residence.

The three of Shuo Mao were already waiting there, talking about something.

"Mr. Sakumo, I'm back. What's the matter? I heard that unknown people attacked the ninja mission that went to sign a truce with Sand Ninja."

"That's true. Not only that, Orochimaru was also seriously injured. If it weren't for Kato Jonin's resolute choice to end the rear, it is very likely that everyone who went to sign the armistice agreement would be wiped out in the encirclement of the enemy Alright."

Sakumo briefly explained what he learned from Orochimaru.

"It's really outrageous, no matter what, you must maintain the highest vigilance."

Liuli had an angry look on her face.

After all, there are lessons learned from this kind of thing. During the first ninja world war, when the second generation of Hokage and the second generation of Raikage of Yunyin signed an armistice agreement, they encountered the radical leader of Yunyin's radical leader, the Jinjiao Yinjiao brothers, and led a large number of Yunyin. Hidden jounin attacks.

The second generation of Raikage was killed on the spot by the Jinjiao Yinjiao brothers at the scene of signing the armistice agreement. In order to cover their subordinates, the second generation of Hokage finally died together with the Jinjiao Yinjiao brothers and their troops.

This is all because of too much trust in the enemy.

With the Second Hokage's lessons learned, we should be more cautious when signing an armistice agreement.

Who would have thought that Orochimaru, the commander, was seriously injured, and only half of the hundreds of Konoha ninjas returned.

The one who sacrificed the most was Kato Dan. In order to allow Orochimaru to lead the Konoha troops to evacuate, Dan alone fought to the death.

"Now is not the time to blame someone. Have you found out the identity of the enemy?"

Shiraishi looked at Sakumo.

Sakumo sighed, shook his head and said: "No. Their ninjutsu school is very complicated. It is said that one of them is very powerful and seems to be immortal. He can be resurrected after being killed once. Because of this ability, Many of his companions were careless, and he killed several Jonin in one fell swoop."

"Who is he?"

"have no idea."

Baishi and the others frowned slightly.

Such a powerful person, who also has an ability similar to immortality, cannot be unknown in the ninja world.

How could you not know?

"Maybe a black market bounty hunter."

Sakumo was not quite sure who the ninja who led the attack on the Konoha mission was, but he only guessed that the other party might be a ninja running rampant in the black market.

It was a truly dark world where the jungle preyed on the jungle, and there were many powerful but not very famous ninjas in it.

The ninja who attacked the Konoha mission this time fits the image of this kind of black market high-strength ninja.

"Underground black market? It will be very difficult to investigate that way, will it be hired by Sand Ninja?"

Shiraishi has also heard of such a dark world.

Existing in the dark side of the ninja world, the bounty hunters who run rampant in the black market are either defected ninjas or samurai. Although there are a lot of garbage, there are also really powerful ones.

The underground black market is complex, and every country has a stronghold of this organization, deeply rooted in the ninja world.

"It's just a possibility, but we have no evidence to prove this. However, before we came back, the Third Kazekage sent an envoy over to condemn us for not keeping up with the appointment on time, and whether we planned to continue this war."

This incident made many Konoha ninjas angry.

In the eyes of many Konoha ninjas, it was the sand ninjas behind the scenes who ambushed their mission this time.

If Orochimaru hadn't stopped him, the sand ninja envoy would have been torn to pieces by many Konoha ninjas.

The three of Shiraishi were a little dull after hearing this, and could understand the anger of those Konoha ninjas.

Judging from the current situation, there is a very high possibility that Sakakushi turned back and planned to catch Konoha by surprise.

However, these are all conjectures, and there is no conclusive evidence to prove that this was done by sand ninjas.

It’s really frustrating.

"What about the village?"

"The village just got the news. Because the matter is so important, the higher-ups will definitely have to argue endlessly. The exact order will probably take three or four days to come down."

This is the most conservative time.

Now it's a fight or a draw, it just depends on the decision of the top management.

Shiraishi has no objection to this. He is not interested in war in the first place, and how Konoha's top management controls this situation has nothing to do with him.

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"Peace talks?"

Three days later, the order of the high-level meeting came down.

Peace talks with Sunagakure.

This made many ninjas in the Konoha camp frown.

But the senior officials gave an explanation - the ambush of the Konoha mission, which prevented the signing of the armistice agreement between Konoha and Sunagakure, was all a conspiracy by Iwagakure.

The unidentified ninja who ambushed the Konoha mission was hired by Iwagakure from the black market.

At this time, Konoha and Sunagakure continue to wage war, and they will only fall into the trap carefully designed by Iwagakure together with Sunagakure.

Therefore, it is necessary to sign an armistice agreement with Sunagakure and guard Iwagakure Village.

"What's going on, Orochimaru?"

Asked in an incomprehensible way.

Orochimaru took out another piece of information and said: "This is important information collected by the Anbu. Two days ago, there was a small-scale conflict between the sand hidden and the rock hidden ninja in the country of bears."

"Sand Yin and Yan Yin...they?"

Jiraiya looked at Orochimaru inexplicably.

Orochimaru replied: "After Sand Yin's supplies were destroyed by Sakumo, Sand Yin cooperated with Yan Yin, hoping that Yan Yin would help them with some supplies. Yan Yin also agreed to Sand Yin's request, but transferred the supplies two days ago At that time, the supplies Iwagakure promised to Sunagakure were only one-twentieth of the promised amount. A conflict broke out between the two parties."

Jiraiya was still frowning, feeling that something was wrong.

"Whether it's Yan Yin's Tukage making the layout, or Sand Yin's Kazekage making the layout, or the two of them working together to plot against Konoha, it's not important anymore."

"How could it not be important? That guy sacrificed himself to—"

"Don't yell here. Too many people died in the war. Kato Dan is a real ninja, nothing more."

Orochimaru didn't want to hear Jiraiya yelling in front of him, he was in a very upset mood right now.

"Continuing peace talks with Sunagakure is a unanimous decision of the senior management. After all, if we continue to fight, we will not be facing Sunagakure's family, but also Iwagakure."

The words "It's not worth starting a war with Sunagakure and Iwagakure at the same time for Kato Dan" were still not coming out of his mouth.

But that's what Orochimaru thinks is the truth.

The person behind the previous ambush of the mission was probably Sunagakure.

But Orochimaru was not very clear as to why he came to ambush Konoha once before the end of the war, and even roped in the Tsuchikage to act out the scene so that Konoha did not dare to move at will.

"What is that Kazekage thinking about?"

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"It's like doing some kind of warm-up exercise before a fight to heat up the atmosphere."

"warm up?"

There were only two people in the tent, and Ayane looked at Shiraishi with a puzzled expression, not knowing why he would say such words.

"The one who ambushed the Konoha Mission before was undoubtedly that Kazekage. Even if he wasn't hired by himself, this strategy must have come from him."

"Is there any basis for this?"

"The warm-up exercise I said is the basis. Before the end of this war, annihilating some of Konoha's elite ninjas is tantamount to weakening Konoha's power."

"But...if the higher-ups decide to continue the war, wouldn't things backfire?"

Ayane asked rhetorically.

"So Iwagakure was dragged in. This is the situation in the eyes of Konoha's senior officials - Sunagakure's original intention at the beginning was to continue fighting Konoha because they had received material supplies from Iwagakure and could continue to fight. But. After annihilating the Konoha mission, Iwagakure suddenly drastically reduced the original supplies, causing Sunagakure to lose the ability to continue fighting. In this way, in the eyes of Konoha's top brass, Sunagakure was fooled by Iwagakure. If Konoha had If Ye continues to fight Sha Yin, he will fall into Yan Yin's trap."

"This kind of simple strategy, the high-level people will not be fooled."

"It doesn't matter whether you are fooled or not. What matters is whether you have the ability to start a war with the two villages of Sunagakure and Iwagakure at the same time. The point is here, the top management of Konoha has no preparations to start a war with the two ninja villages at the same time. This is a naked conspiracy. "

Although Konoha has this ability, the sacrifice would be even greater.

Shiraishi does not think that Konoha's high-level executives have such determination that they will sacrifice Konoha's development in the next ten years and break out of war with Sand Yin and Yan Yin.

Obviously, the two villages have been colluding for a long time.

Or, Yan Yin was also used by that Kazekage.

Yanyin did not cooperate with Sayin in acting, but Sayin was acting unilaterally for everyone to see, fooling other people's attention and shifting the focus of the problem.

"A warm-up exercise? That's an apt description."

If what Shiraishi said is true, Ayane thinks the word warm-up exercise is very appropriate.

Annihilating the Konoha Mission and letting Iwagakushi cooperate with acting is a warm-up exercise for the next more ferocious attack on the Nation of Fire.

In other words, a few years after the end of this war, Sunagakure will definitely make a comeback. Under the leadership of the Third Kazekage, the offensive will be even more fierce than this time.

Thinking that a long time ago, Shiraishi said that after the Second Ninja War ended, the Third Ninja War would not be too long, and would still revolve around the Fire Country where Konoha is located, and I couldn't help but admire him.

At that time, it was indeed the best time to leave Konoha.

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Sunagakure Camp.

"Is this your future development plan, Kazekage-sama? It's really amazing! No one must be able to think of Kazekage-sama's true intention."

Surrounded by Sandakin's confidants, Jonin, after watching the entire process of the plan, they showed admiration for Sandai Kazekage.

Yan Yin, Konoha, the two villages were played around by their respected Kazekage-sama.

Konoha is even more miserable, with so many people killed, and they have to continue to sign an armistice agreement with them.

Yanyin is indeed planning to use Sand Yin to continue the war with Konoha.

The reduction of the supplies that were originally promised to Sha Yin was also a real occurrence, not a fraud.

It's just that this point was also taken advantage of by the third Kazekage.

Yan Yin secretly rejoiced, and the conflict between Sand Yin and Konoha deepened.

Konoha thinks that Sand Yin and Yan Yin have colluded together a long time ago. This is a trap for Konoha, and they cannot move around at will. It is necessary to continue to sign an armistice agreement with Sand Hidden to prevent Sand Hidden and Yan Hidden from jointly attacking the Nation of Fire.

"In the next few years, we will make good use of the abundant resources obtained from the Land of Fire to cultivate more outstanding ninjas for the village to prepare for the next war in a few years. Also to build our own Sunagakure In this era of prosperity, please join me in encouraging each other."

Sandai Kazekage stood up from his seat, his tone was full of confidence and meant to encourage his subordinates.

"Yes! I will serve you to the death!"

These Shinobu Shinobu also stood up from their seats one after another, looking at Sandai Kazekage with fanatical eyes.

It seems that a few years later, under the leadership of Kazekage, they once again opened the gap in the country of fire to plunder more and better resources.

The era of Sha Yin's real rise will soon come.