early morning.

In the small courtyard of the villa, Liuli was wearing light moon-white clothes and a pair of finely crafted slippers. She was holding a watering can in her hand, carefully watering the green plants in the flower pots.

The long black hair on the shawl is naturally straight, and the black eyes are full of a tranquil and peaceful emotion, not affected by the outside world at all.

The moon-white loose casual clothes she was wearing could not hide the fact that her belly was bulging.

Compared with the first few months of pregnancy, her belly was not very obvious. As time went by, her belly became bigger and bigger. Recently, she did feel that her body was always inexplicably tired. The more time she spent resting in the room, the more her belly became bigger and bigger.

Coming longer and longer.

I have completely given up on cultivation matters, and the only exercise I do every day is ordinary walking.

She could feel that the unborn life in her belly was getting stronger and stronger.

Thinking of this, a beautiful smile couldn't help but appear at the corner of his mouth.

There were footsteps coming from behind, and that person was Shiraishi.

He came to Liuli and looked at the blazing white sun that had just risen in the sky. He said, "It's so hot. It's better to go home and rest quickly. It's too hot and it's not good for your health."

It was already September, and Liuli would be due to give birth in two to three months. Baishi was afraid that something unexpected would happen to her at this moment, which would cause him to regret it for the rest of his life.

"I know, I'll go back to the house right away. Don't you have anything to do today?"

Liuli turned around and asked.

"I'm on vacation today, because people below can handle many things by themselves now. I just need to coordinate and check the progress regularly. The project matters are also arranged, and there are dedicated people responsible for supervision."

"I see that their work enthusiasm is very high, and it should be fine even without supervision."

"Passion is only temporary, and you can't save manpower in this regard. And now your pregnancy is also an important thing to me."

From being overwhelmed and inexplicably excited at the beginning, Shiraishi has regained his calm and rational thinking and is ready to fulfill his responsibilities as a father.

"I don't have to worry here."

Liuli sounded a little dissatisfied at being looked down upon by Shiraishi.

Even though she couldn't fight fiercely because of the fetus in her belly, with the power of her Sharingan eye, not just anyone could get close to her.

Just by using illusions, he can easily knock down the Jonin, which is not a difficult task for Liuli.

What's more, in order to ensure her safety, the Water Dragon God did not follow the general, but stayed in her sleeves. Once she encountered an enemy that could not be defeated by illusion, she could also use her own characteristics to intercept the enemy and wait for support to arrive.

"You can't say that. There have been a lot of people coming to the Kingdom of Ghosts recently, and it's a mixed bag. If possible, I would like to move you to the shrine where Maitreya is to rest and rest your fetus."

Shiraishi said this.

"Is it because of business activities?"

Liuli asked.

Since the road to the Kingdom of Ghosts was completed, it has attracted the attention of many wealthy businessmen, and investing in industries here has really enriched the treasury of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

"It's not a commercial activity. Those businessmen who do ordinary business are quite peaceful. But those businessmen who do medicine and the ninjas in the Ninja Village, their hands and feet are not so clean. Especially the ninjas, they always think about all kinds of things.

Ways to steal drug information from the company."

Having said this, Bai Shitou started to feel pain.

Since Aster Flower Pharmaceutical Company became famous, not only the spies in the same group, but also many ninja villages have been working secretly, stealing or robbing to get the drug information of Aster Flower Pharmaceutical Company.

Among them, Yunyin is the most popular.

Kumogakure often does some shady and sneaky things in private in the name of diplomatic missions. Because it is a neutral country and a country dominated by shrine maidens, Kumogakure will not act casually and can only act in secret.

Of course, in addition to Kumogakure, there are also villages such as Sunagakure, and even Konoha. As expected, they should be people with ANBU roots.

For these foreign envoys who come to the Kingdom of Ghosts for friendly visits through legal and formal channels, the officials of the Kingdom of Ghosts cannot expressly reject them. Everyone starts their actions tacitly and does not want to make a big deal out of the matter.

Based on this, Shiraishi could only turn a blind eye to the actions of these people. It would not be good for anyone if they caused trouble. After all, he did not have the ability to turn the table.

Although the military of the Kingdom of Demons has done a good job in keeping secrets, these ninja villages should not be underestimated. Especially in this war era, you must be careful to prevent yourself from being involved in unnecessary battles.

However, being remembered by these people also proves that Ziyuanhua Pharmaceutical Company's drug research and development capabilities can be said to be the best in the ninja world. If it were just an ordinary pharmaceutical company, it would not have such great ability to attract so many commercial spies.

"That's really hard work."

Liuli doesn't like intrigues. For her, if things can be solved with strength, she can just crush them with upright strength.

Therefore, when it comes to planning and other matters, even though he has a flexible mind and doesn't want to make any arrangements, Shiraishi is handling these trivial matters.

When they were still ninjas in Konoha, they also assigned work like this.

"Yes, but you can't comfort me now."

He gently hugged Liuli's body from behind, gently pressed his hands on her lower abdomen, and showed a sly smile.

"Not serious."

Liuli cursed him in a low voice.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. You can just focus on taking care of your health now. You can go to the shrine in the afternoon to take care of your baby. I'll feel more at ease there."

Hearing what Bai Shi said, Liuli sighed and had no choice but to nod.

I didn't expect that one day she would be willing to be protected by someone. This was the first time that this happened.

Therefore, this feeling cannot be said to be good or bad.

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In the afternoon, Shiraishi took Liuli to the shrine where Maitreya was.

Except for an extremely luxurious palace, there are very few guards and maids. This is probably because Maitreya Miko doesn't like crowded places. Or maybe because of the power that the miko has passed down from generation to generation, she doesn't want to see more people die.

Destiny, that's why I deliberately 'imprisoned' myself in such a sparsely populated place.

He is both respected and feared by people.

After all, Shiraishi has no idea how the Kingdom of Demons developed. The origin of this country may be traced back to the era of the Sage of Six Paths.

But for such a distant matter, there are not many relevant records in the official books of the Kingdom of Ghosts, and only scattered fragments of information can be obtained.

Putting Liuli here, firstly, it is quiet enough here, and secondly, it is guarded by the miko herself. Although it is a bit incredible, due to the rapid commercial development of the Ghost Country, many commercial spies have sneaked into it, but what these commercial spies have sneaked into

Everywhere, this shrine is isolated.

Although he doesn't know the specific reason, Shiraishi knows that the authentic shrine maidens of the Demon Country have extremely mysterious powers, which are completely different from the ninja system.

Every time he looked at Maitreya Miko, Shiraishi felt that the person he was looking at was not a flesh-and-blood human being, but some other special 'creature'.

There is no 'human' smell on my body.

"Then I'll leave first. I'll come see you every few days."

In the side hall, Shiraishi placed Liuli here, and a witch would usually come to serve him.

There were also some escorts arranged by Shiraishi, including two Uchiha ninjas, as well as one ninja each from the Uzumaki clan and the Hyuga clan.

Two Uchiha ninjas have activated the Three Magatama Sharingan, and they also cultivate natural energy. Their strength exceeds that of many jounin of the same level, not to mention they also possess the Blood Succession Limit Sharingan.

The other Uzumaki clan and Hyuga clan ninjas are in the same situation. They have developed their own clan's special abilities, sealing techniques, sensory ninjutsu and Byakugan, and also cultivated natural energy.

There is no doubt that these four people are powerful jonins.

Because their identities need to be kept secret, they cannot be seen openly at this time. Therefore, they cannot get any decent tasks here in Baishi, and their usual work is just training.

Therefore, arranging them to act as bodyguards beside Liuli can be regarded as making the best use of their resources.

With these four jounin protecting Liuli, Shiraishi felt more at ease. This was an arrangement he made after thinking about it for a long time.

Those who can avoid the Uzumaki clan's perception ninjutsu may not be able to avoid Hinata's Byakugan. Those who can avoid Hinata's Byakugan may not be able to avoid the Uzumaki's perception ninjutsu. Therefore, there is one person each for the Uzumaki clan and the Hyuga clan.

The two jounin of Uchiha serve as combat units and fight with the three magatama sharingan. Even if they encounter special enemies, the jounin of the Uzumaki clan can use sealing techniques to target them.

No matter what happens, there is a Water Dragon God on standby at any time. Even if a 'Five Kage' level ninja comes to attack, they can delay the attack for a while with special secret techniques and avoid an immediate defeat.

Illusion, Ninjutsu, and Taijutsu, no matter what type of enemy you encounter, there is a way to deal with it.

Only when the guards are upgraded to this level can Shiraishi feel at ease.

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The will of fire of Konoha - wherever the leaves are flying, the fire is endless.

This means that the fire will always shine on the village and let the new leaves sprout.

It contains the sincere expectations of the older generation for the healthy growth of young people.

It also inspired generations of Konoha ninjas to pass on this will forever.

Although he didn't quite agree with the empty part of it, Shiraishi couldn't admit that the intention of this sentence was very good.

No matter what, people who are groping at the forefront of the times will grow old and die sooner or later. The hope for the future still lies with those children who have not grown up.

Shiraishi, who has lived in Konoha for many years, is very aware of the strength of this village, as well as its fragility, which can even be called weak.

For Shiraishi, the growth of underage children is also an urgent matter.

There are too many children in this world who are suffering, too many to accurately count with numbers.

Because once statistics are taken, it must be a shocking number.
To be continued...