Escape From Konoha

"Did Mr. Shuo Mao really commit suicide because of this kind of thing?"

That was after the funeral. Ayane went to Shiraishi alone and asked this question.

From Ayane's point of view, it was impossible for Sakumo to commit suicide because of such a boring question about which of his companions and missions was more important.

The Shuo Mao I knew would never be such a man.

This is also where Ayane is puzzled, and she hopes to get an answer from Shiraishi.

"What do you mean?"

"The cause of Master Shuo Mao's death."

"This is not important anymore."

Shiraishi glanced at her and said.

"I feel worthless for Teacher Shuo Mao."

Ayane felt uncomfortable and let out a long breath.

"Mr. Sakumo, he is not suitable to be a ninja. He is just one of the tragic products of this ninja era."

Ayane was a little at a loss for Shiraishi's words, and looked at him in astonishment.

"There is no answer to the question you are wondering from the beginning. The task is professional ethics, and the companion...is a human choice. Either one is the right answer, or all of them are wrong. The key lies in how the upper echelons define this thing."

"But Teacher Shuo Mao gave up the mission and caused the village to lose..."

Having said that, Ayane discovered the problem.

Also more confused.

What is the mission of Somo?

What did the village lose?

The upper layer did not give any explanation, but let the villagers imagine freely.

In other words, from the very beginning, the question of which companions and tasks are important, this question does not exist.

It is true that Ayane knows that Shuo Mao attaches great importance to his companions, but since the whole mission is based on a deception, it doesn't make sense to choose which one.

Ayane understood Shiraishi's meaning.

Both answers are both correct and both are wrong.

Which one to choose is not important, what matters is how the upper layer is defined.

Today, the partner can be greater than the task, and tomorrow the task can be greater than the partner.

In the eyes of the upper echelons, this is just a political struggle about the election of the Fourth Hokage.

There is no other meaning.

With fetters as the core, everyone is the will of a family member—the will of fire. Unknowingly, it has become a political tool for the high-level people to fight for power and profit and control the voice of the village.

It is no longer the belief and soul of a village.

And the villagers were unaware of this, and participated in it with a hippie smile.

There is no more desperate fact than this.

Ayane shuddered a little.

She could imagine what despair Shuo Mao was facing at that time.

It's also just a ridiculous political fight.

How to choose tasks and companions has never been the problem.

Shuo Mao did not commit suicide because of this kind of problem.

He just saw a village that had completely deteriorated.

"When did it start?"

The root cause of this decision is definitely not because of this incident.

The seeds had been planted a long time ago, but what puzzled Ayane was when Sakumo was disappointed by the village higher-ups.

Seeing the doubt on Ayane's face, Shiraishi sighed and asked:

"Ayane, don't you think that Mr. Shuo Mao didn't know anything about the mission a few years ago?"

Ayane was taken aback.

She knew that Shiraishi was talking about the mission event when they had a conflict with Gen Mo four years ago.

"Teacher Shuo Mao..."

"How could a person like him not understand the abnormal transfer order of Orochimaru. He was recuperated in the village for two months because of the injury. What kind of injury can make people recuperate for two months? If it is really that serious, just withdraw from the battlefield That's fine, but returning to the battlefield will drag others down."

Shiraishi picked up a leaf from the ground, put it in his hand and watched it with great interest, while saying this to Ayane.

"Did you start to have doubts at that time? I thought the three of us had passed our acting skills."

Ayane smiled wryly.

"The acting skills are fine. If the three of us hadn't returned to the battlefield alive and kicking, but lacked arms and legs, and tried to dress as miserable as possible, Teacher Shuo Mao wouldn't be suspicious."

Shiraishi held the leaves tightly in his hands, looked at the gloomy sky, and whispered these words.

"The so-called protection of companions is not to choose between companions and missions, but to protect everything that must be protected. This is the core fetter of the will of fire. It has never been a tool for political struggle, or even used to persecute and fool fellows."

Shiraishi guessed that Sakumo must have learned something, whether it was Sannin who revealed something to him, or he learned about it through other channels, this matter is not important anymore.

The life of a ninja named Sakumo Hatake ends here.

And when he decided to leave, the will of fire that he obeyed in his heart also completely collapsed.

"I still can't imagine what kind of mood Mr. Shuo Mao had when he committed suicide."

"You don't need to imagine, because for those of us who don't believe in the will of fire, we can't experience that kind of despair."

"Will the high-level people wake up?"

At the end, Ayane became suspicious.

"If you understand, there won't be this political struggle. That's why I said that Mr. Sakumo is not suitable for being a ninja. He is too pure and ideal. He is suitable for being a teacher, teaching and educating people, and Not ninjas."

This is also where Shiraishi feels sad for Shuo Mao.

He is so pure and ideal, he is a powerful ninja, and he also threatens the layout of the fourth generation of Hokage.

It is true that the high-level executives never wanted to force Shuo Mao to death, but this method was the most unacceptable one for Shuo Mao.

He knew that Ayane couldn't bear it, but it was Shuo Mao's own choice.

It's something no one can stop.

The moment his faith was shattered, Konoha Baiya had already died.

"Yeah, now I can only hope that there will be a great person in Konoha in the future, who will discover the Hokage of this vicious cycle."

Shiraishi couldn't be sure either.

Among the high-level Konoha, is it really possible to cultivate Hokage who is not blinded by the desire for power and who has the courage to reform all of this?

Therefore, Shuo Mao showed his ambition by death, while Baishi held a pessimistic attitude.

However, Shiraishi was not very interested in this.

His path did not lie with Konoha from the very beginning.

Whether Konoha will have the Hokage that Sakumo expected in the future has nothing to do with Shiraishi.

Konoha Baiya's story ends here, but his life has just begun.

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"Senior Shiraishi, companions and missions...which one is more important?"

Returning to Sakumo's tomb, only Kakashi was left standing here.

When Shiraishi and Ayane came here, their hearts sank when they heard the question Kakashi asked.

"When Teacher Shuo Mao made his choice, he never regretted it."

"But he's dead..."

"Death is just a relief, not a sign of a mistake."

"Yeah?"

After Kakashi whispered this sentence, he left in a daze, like a walking dead.

"Why didn't you tell him what happened?"

Ayane looked at Shiraishi incomprehensibly.

"Taking good care of Kakashi is not only Sakumo's teacher's entrustment, but for a child with incomplete life values, it is too easy to go to extremes. Use his own eyes to see the village clearly everything."

When he learned to question, he could understand why Shuo Mao died.

Rather than being entangled in boring questions and answers to the extent of what tasks and companions.

Even if Shiraishi said it now, it would only be counterproductive. Let Kakashi be exposed to the darkness of Konoha prematurely, which would be detrimental to his future life.

Shiraishi believes that Konoha's senior management will be his best help.

He doesn't even need to make any arrangements, the higher-ups will take the initiative to help him do it well.

In this matter, Shiraishi's confidence in these high-level officials was even stronger than his confidence in himself.

Come to think of it, these guys never let themselves down.

Isn't this the best proof?

And, the opportunity will come soon.

Shuo Mao's suicide must have given them a headache too.

After all, such a precious and important combat power has been lost.

"When he goes out to perform missions, I will send someone to follow him secretly. As for the truth of the matter, let's wait until he understands something. Maybe he will understand on his own initiative one day without us explaining."

Becoming a Chunin at the age of six, his ninja talent is beyond doubt.

What he lacks is only the life experience facing the world, and a pair of insightful eyes to see through the essence of things.

Ayane also thinks this is a better solution.

When Kakashi asked which important question about the mission and his companions, Ayane already understood that he must have misunderstood something and fell into a corner of thinking.

He didn't realize at all why his father, Shuo Mao, chose the path of suicide.

Some things, let him wake up and question the village, it will be more effective than simply preaching.

Now he probably can't listen to anything, and it's meaningless to say more.

"Then, it's time for me to go back, Hinata will leave it to you."

"Don't worry, I have my own measure over there."

After saying goodbye to Ayane, Shiraishi returned to the Uchiha clan.

At the moment when the funeral was about to end, Liuli came back first.

It can be seen that she is in a bad mood now, and even the work of the security team has been left behind, and she is upset.

"The funeral is over, there's no need to be so worried, right? Why, are you still sad about Teacher Shuo Mao?"

Liuli, who was sitting in the corridor, heard these words, and turned her head to look in the direction of the sound.

"You seem quite calm."

Baishi walked to Liuli and sat down, gently holding her palm, watching the scenery in the courtyard with her.

"Teacher Shuomao doesn't want anyone to feel sorry for his death. Whether it's us or others, it's his own choice. He never resented anyone. He loves this village more than anyone else. There are people here."

"I know. That's why I hate this kind of boring political struggle. So do the high-level people, the old guys in the clan, and the idiot villagers. The older people are, the more experienced they are, the more pitiful they will become. ?"

After Liuli said such words in one breath, she let out a long breath in the corridor, which showed that she was not at peace.

She never thought that Shuo Mao would leave this world with such a decisive attitude.

"The era chose ninjas, and ninjas chose this way of life."

"Choose?"

Liuli lowered her head, and after a little consideration, she lightly rested her forehead on Baishi's chest.

Shiraishi could feel the heat from Liuli's body through his clothes, and gently touched her snow-white cheek with his palm.

Immediately afterwards, he put his hand on Liuli's black hair, stroking carefully and gently.

The quality of her hair is very good, dense and black, and very straight, it must be carefully combed every day.

Anyway, it's a girl.

"I'm not a child."

Liuli felt the movement in her hair, her brows frowned, and there was dissatisfaction in her voice.

She didn't brush away Shiraishi's palm playing with her hair.

He said dislike and dissatisfaction, but in fact his body was already very honest.

"Is there still something to do at the guard today?"

"I asked for leave in the morning, and there is nothing important to do anyway."

The forehead was lifted from Shiraishi's chest, and began to rest on his thigh, just like that, he lay defenseless on the floor of the corridor, closed his eyes, and prepared to take a lunch break.

Baishi looked at Liuli's unsuspecting state at this moment, although it was good to be able to see her sleeping face up close, but he always felt that something was missing.

Think about it carefully, isn't there something missing on the other thigh?

At this time, another girl's face appeared in his mind.

"...I don't know why, but I suddenly feel a little uncomfortable? Do you know why?"

"This is your illusion, Liuli. You must be too tired today. I'll call you again after dinner."

(PS: Who added Brother Cheng's picture on the male lead tag... let's take a step to talk.)