The Steady King of Konoha

Konoha Ninja Village is located in the middle of the Country of Fire. It has a strategic location and is only more than a thousand kilometers away from Akihabara, which was originally part of the Country of Wind. Due to the tight mission time, everyone did not stop all the way until they arrived at the camp of the border defense force.

Just prepared to take a short rest.

High-intensity and uninterrupted condensation of chakra and release on the soles of the feet and legs is a great test of the ninja's chakra control ability and perseverance. After running for more than a thousand kilometers, even Hayama felt that his whole body was shaking and exhausted. And Hata, who had been leading the way,

Except for the messy hairstyle of Kisaku Shigeru, there was no trace of fatigue on his face at all, which made Hayama once again marvel at the power of top ninjas.

The supreme commander of the camp that stayed at the border was a ninja from the Hyuga clan. He was about forty years old and looked capable. He had already received the report from the scouting ninjas and led the jounin in the camp to wait quietly at the entrance.

No matter how Konoha's high-level officials treat Hatake Sakumo, just by the words "Konoha White Fang", all powerful ninjas will respect him from the bottom of their hearts. After all, the iron law of the ninja world is that the strong are respected.

When Hatake Sakumo appeared dozens of meters in front of the entrance, the Hyuga ninja bent down deeply and shouted: "Tetsujiro Hyuga, the former captain of the 4th Squadron of the 1st Combat Battalion, welcomes you!"

The snow accumulated on Hyuga Tetsujiro's body fell to the ground due to his bending action, obviously he had been waiting for a long time.

Hatake Sakumo walked slowly up to Hyuga Tetsujiro, stretched out his hands to hold his arms, pulled him up, and said: "Tetsujiro, we haven't seen you for a long time since the Land of Grass."

Hyuga Tetsujiro said excitedly: "I haven't seen you for two years!"

"It's been two years, time flies so fast, but you seem to have not made any progress. Is it because of that injury?"

Hinata Tetsujiro's face showed a look of reminiscence, and he smiled and said: "My lord, you remember clearly. I am already in my forties, so it is normal to stand still."

Then he deliberately raised his voice and said: "Why would the village send an adult to carry out a meaningless task again? Isn't it afraid of chilling the hero's heart?"

Hyuga Tetsujiro's words were addressed to the jonin behind him. Sure enough, after hearing his angry words, some people immediately started muttering dissatisfiedly, regardless of etiquette.

"Lord White Fang, I am willing to join the mission!" someone shouted.

"We must let Hokage-sama give us an explanation!" someone said angrily.

But half of the ninjas did not open their mouths to speak, but quietly clenched their hands and moved away, obviously unwilling to get involved in high-level political games.

Hatake Sakumo stared at Hyuga Tetsujiro's face, and after a few breaths he said: "As a ninja of Konoha Village, you should fight for the village. Tetsujiro, you are a little sensitive."

Hyuga Tetsujiro's pure white eyes stared with dissatisfaction, and he said disobediently: "Sir, in my opinion, the village is deliberately targeting you..."

"Shut up!" Hatake Sakumo let go of his hand holding the other person's arm and shouted without any doubt.

Hyuga Tetsujiro gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "Since you rescued me from the Iwa ninja, my life, Hyuga Tetsujiro, belongs to you!"

Having said this, Hyuga Tetsujiro tore off the fire armband worn on his left arm, which symbolized illustrious military achievements, and threw it to a ninja behind him. Under Hatake Sakumo's troubled eyes, he continued: "Aizawa Nianhiro takes over from me.

Position, I, Hyuga Tetsujiro, have been a coward all my life, and now I have to live for myself for once."

Hatake Sakumo's heart was as cold as iron but he didn't say anything. He took his companion's hand and walked into the camp side by side.

After the two of them entered the camp, Aizawa Nianhiro glanced around, laughed, handed the armband to the person beside him, swayed to the side of Konishi Kakuei, stretched out his hand and patted his back hard,

He said: "Since you were little, you have always been one step behind me. Whether it's promotion or marriage, I've always been ahead of you. I didn't expect that you would catch up this time."

Konishi Kakuei coughed a few times and said, "Who are you pretending to be? You are only three days older than me."

"What? You don't accept it?" Aizawa Nianhiro asked, squinting at Konishi Kakuei.

"Okay, okay, but you have a wife and children, why do you need to stand out."

"Hmph! Don't talk about that. Let's not get drunk or sleep tonight." Aizawa Nianhiro's face changed for a while, but he still said the same.

The two just walked away arm in arm, leaving hundreds of people standing there looking at each other. Hayama gave a rare hearty smile, and walked in with Tatsu Yamashiro behind him.

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In the evening, the camp brought out the reserved meat to entertain Hatake Sakumo and his party, and everyone had a desert-style open-air dinner, regardless of the light snow that was still falling.

For a time, the aroma of wine and meat filled the open space in the middle of the camp, and the ninjas seemed to have forgotten their mission and their unhappiness, enjoying the feast to their heart's content.

Hayama and Uchiha Fugaku were sitting in an inconspicuous place, fighting over who was raising fish with red faces. Uchiha Fugaku had received an aristocratic elite education since he was a child. How could he say that Hayama, who had been tested for a long time in his previous life,

I drank a lot of wine in a daze. Under the catalysis of alcohol, I soon started talking nonsense.

"Hey, you have a cold face all day long, don't think I don't know that you have been coveting Uchiha girls for a long time." Uchiha Fugaku pointed at Hayama and shook his head.

Hayama smiled wantonly. He was enjoying the current atmosphere very much, and the words in his heart came out: "Come on, Uchiha girls are all stunted, I like the big ones!"

As he spoke, he made obscene gestures with his hands and narrowed his eyes as if he was feeling something.

'puff!'

Yamashiro Chen, who was shocked by Hayama's slut and sprayed water, was stunned. In all these years, when had he seen his captain look so ungrateful? Sure enough, a person cannot be judged by his appearance!

Uchiha Fugaku, who was half drunk, smiled and asked Yamashiro Tatsu: "Is the ninja from the mountain clan in your team very plump?"

Ah this...

Yamashiro Chen was extremely embarrassed, because he had really seen the enchanting figure of Yura Yamazaka up close with his own eyes. He didn't know what to say at this moment, so he could only pick up the tea cup and drink water to cover up his embarrassment.

Hayama sneered disdainfully and said, "If I'm looking for someone like Tsunade, Yuro is just a Wangzai steamed bun."

Several Uchiha clan ninjas sitting together were immediately shocked, and they all looked at Hayama with admiration.

Good guy, that's awesome, young man, life is getting more and more decisive. Do you dare to think about the princess of the Senju clan? Aren't you afraid that Jiraiya will fight you to the death?

Uchiha Fugaku took advantage of his drunkenness and yelled out what Hayama said, which made the surrounding ninjas look at him with suspicion and blatantly gave Hayama a thumbs up.

Okay, as long as all the ninjas present during this mission are alive, Hayama's heroic words will inevitably be published in Fire Nation daily newspapers. At that time, everyone from the princes and nobles to the common people would know that there was a toad named Baiyun Hayama who wanted to eat him.

Swan meat is still serious noble swan meat.

The steady Ye Shan got drunk. The entire Fire Country belongs to him. As a man, the most important thing is to be suave, even if you get beaten up with a bruised nose and face afterwards.

Immediately, the socially awkward Hayama pulled up Uchiha Fugaku and performed a yoko dance for everyone, successfully attracting everyone's attention, including Hatake Sakumo.

"Do you still remember Konoha's thirty-three years at the lakeside of the Land of Frost?" Hatake Sakumo said with a nostalgic look.

Konishi Kakuei and Hinata Tetsujiro looked at each other and smiled, raised their glasses and said, "Hahaha, those were our few romantic years, how could we forget them?"

"Come on, come on, let's drink this glass of wine and toast to the youth and frivolity we once had!"

The three wine glasses clinked together and were drank down in one gulp.

"At first I was very optimistic about Hayama, thinking that he would inherit my ninjutsu and nindo, but now that I think about it, he has inherited my bohemianism," Hatake Sakumo said.

The two of them did not speak. At their age, what they want most is to have a satisfactory successor, and everything else is just a cloud. After all, people leave their names and leaves their voices. Ninjas all die sometimes, and everyone hopes that their will will spread in the world.

"Sir, your nindo is indeed too profound. This thing cannot be forced."

Seeing Hatake Sakumo's inner disappointment, Konishi Kakuei comforted him.

Hatake Sakumo smiled freely, dropped the topic, and turned to other things.

Hatake Sakumo is of course lonely in his heart. His way of ninja requires him not to regard ninjas as mission tools, but to respect the inner choices of ninjas.

The reason why the last mission was abandoned was because of this. Several elite ninjas were unwilling to confront the enemy head-on in an insignificant mission, so Hatake Sakumo ordered a retreat in exchange for the lives of their companions captured by the enemy.

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Strictly speaking, what Hatake Sakumo did was inappropriate and even violated the professional ethics of ninjas. Even the tender Will of Fire emphasized that Konoha ninjas should burn themselves to light up the village. This kind of abandonment of the mission is really

Apostasy.

But Hatake Sakumo is Hatake Sakumo, the only Konoha White Fang in the ninja world. He must stick to the ninja way he believes in, even if it costs his life.

Every ninja who becomes a strong person has his or her own way of ninja and pursuit, otherwise it would be impossible to persevere in the extremely arduous training. Judging from the way of ninja that Hatake Sakumo adheres to in his heart, he is right.

Everything has two sides, and everything in the world always develops in contradiction, so Hatake Sakumo will be responsibilities and ostracized, but in his opinion, in order to implement his own way of tolerance, it is completely worth it.

Perhaps, only those ninjas who can withstand the test between Ninja Dao and missions, in the face of morality and interests, in the face of survival and death, are qualified to be called Konoha White Fang.

This night was the first time Ye Shan indulged himself since time travel. He didn't know why, he just wanted to indulge himself once.