Mid-October.

During this season, there is already a refreshing coolness in the air.

Three days ago, the Kyuubi raided Konoha, bringing countless disasters and pain to Konoha.

Following a fierce and fierce battle, although Konoha successfully suppressed the nine-tailed demon fox, it also paid an extremely heavy price.

In the battle in Konoha late at night three days ago, more than a thousand powerful ninjas were killed or injured. The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze and his wife, even sacrificed their lives in the battle. They used their lives as a sacrifice to put an end to the turmoil in the Kyuubi.

This heart-breaking fact has left many people in Konoha in disbelief.

But as the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen personally came forward to confirm this matter, everyone had to accept this cruel fact.

Konoha in the early morning was enveloped in a solemn and sad atmosphere.

Everyone in the village was wearing black mourning clothes, silently following the crowd, and walking towards the Ninja Cemetery with grief.

Everyone's face maintains a silent and sad expression. Silence or complexity can be clearly seen on their faces.

It was not just the Fourth Hokage and his wife who died in the Nine-Tails Battle, but also many pillars of the family who died in the battle.

Naturally, compensation for these families must be implemented, and the lives of the heroes cannot be sacrificed in vain. But the most important thing right now is to mourn the ninjas who died in the Battle of the Nine-Tails, hold a funeral, and honor the heroes who died fighting the Nine-Tails.

Let's see them off.

"The village has finally restored peace thanks to the efforts of the fourth generation adults. I didn't expect it to be like this...sigh..."

I don’t know who said such words, which caused more sadness and spread quickly among the crowd.

The night of the battle with Kyuubi three days ago, the situation was extremely dangerous.

Although the Konoha ninjas worked together to suppress the Kyuubi for a time, they were unable to harm the Kyuubi's body at all.

That was a real natural disaster. If the Fourth Hokage and his wife had not sealed the Nine-Tails with their lives in time, Konoha would have killed and injured thousands of ninjas.

A disaster of that level cannot be resisted by human beings.

At the front of the team were naturally the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen and other high-level officials, including the semi-retired root leader Shimura Danzo.

Compared to the lamentations of the others, there was no expression on his face. He just stared at the name on the commemorative monument - Namikaze Minato with an indifferent gaze, making people wonder what he was thinking in his heart.

Next to him, Koharu, who was sleeping, said in a low voice: "Go back, Hiruzen. Next, we have more important things to deal with."

Taking some time out of your busy schedule to mourn is already the greatest grace time.

It's not that I don't want to appreciate the contribution of the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato here, but that he has passed away and Konoha now needs to elect a new leader as soon as possible.

Because it was impossible to hide the sacrifice of the Fourth Hokage from the other villages. No matter how hard they tried to conceal it, I believe that the Kages of the other shinobi villages would have learned about the sacrifice of the Fourth Hokage in order to seal the Kyuubi.

Sunagakure and Iwagakure suffered heavy losses in the previous battle, so there is no need to worry about them for the time being.

However, Kumogakure's power was not greatly damaged in the war, and he still looked covetously at Konoha.

There is also a Kirigakure village with the most intact strength. Konoha must take action as soon as possible to set up defenses on the border to prevent the ninjas of Kumogakure and Kirigakure from attacking the Land of Fire.

Although Konoha and Kirigakure did not have much communication in the past, and Kirigakure has not openly expressed hostility towards Konoha, under the premise that the Fourth Hokage sacrificed his life, it is inevitable that Kirigakure will not have some careful thoughts.

Hiruzen sighed softly, closed his eyes and nodded.

Indeed, now is not the time to mourn the dead.

No matter how much he regrets it, the sacrifice of the Minato couple is still an ironclad fact, and nothing will change because of his regret.

As the Third Hokage, he has more important things to do.

How to let Konoha survive the upcoming difficulties and prevent other villages from raiding the Land of Fire is the key.

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The mourning ceremony is still going on, and the number of farewells for the heroes who died in the Battle of Nine-Tails is still huge and has not decreased.

Kakashi did not join such a team. For him, going there would only increase his sorrow.

He sat alone on the top of the water tower of Konoha Hospital, quietly looking at the white clouds in the sky, and was lost in thought for a moment.

Not long after, there were crisp footsteps behind him, and someone was approaching him.

Kakashi, who was interrupted from thinking, twisted his eyes and saw an adult woman in a white coat walking towards him slowly, with a pair of black-framed glasses on her chest, and her eyes always revealed

The light of knowledge and wisdom.

But his appearance is relatively ordinary and not particularly outstanding.

Asami Masumi, the director of the Pharmacy Department of Konoha Hospital, is a well-known figure in Konoha.

The reason why the Kyuubi brought trouble to Konoha and resulted in the death of the Fourth Hokage and his wife was partly due to her.

Because she was the first to pass on the information about Kushina's birth, which led to the Nine-Tails riot and indirectly triggered a series of tragedies.

"It seems that you are in a bad mood. Are you still sad about the fourth generation?"

Asami Masumi walked to Kakashi's side, her voice was very soft.

"What are you doing here?"

Kakashi asked the question without answering.

The other party is one of Shiraishi's special spies who stayed in Konoha. So far, no one knows how much information has been passed to the Kingdom of Demons.

"Come out and get some air. I don't like crowded places, and I don't like attending funerals. No matter whose funeral it is, for a doctor, it means that fresh lives are passing away in the world."

"It's really not something someone like you can say."

Kakashi pulled the mask on his face.

Asami Masumi smiled slightly: "I'm just doing what I can. But I'm not lying. I hate death, whether it's myself or others. This is the professional ethics of being a medical ninja."

"Really? I thought you were laughing secretly."

"How could it be? After all, this is the village where I grew up, and I am more or less someone who misses my old relationship. However, I am very sorry about the fourth generation."

Looking directly into Kakashi's eyes, Asami Masumi's smile faded and she apologized seriously.

"No, I am the one who should apologize. I knew everything, but I ignored Minato-sensei's affairs and watched them die with my own eyes. In the end, we are all the same kind of people."

Kakashi stood up from the edge of the water tower, jumped down, and left along the corridor downstairs.

Asami Masumi watched Kakashi leave with her hands in the pockets of her white coat, her shoulder-length black hair fluttering in the wind.

"Are we the same kind of people? Yes, we are no longer part of this village..."

Asami Masumi murmured to herself.

It sounds a bit self-deceiving.

He was clearly doing work that harmed the village, but he was condemned by his conscience for betraying information.

Without a strong and determined mind, one cannot be qualified for such a job.

And this kind of work is just the beginning.

In the future, more Konoha ninjas will die because of her information.

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In a secret conference room on a certain floor of the Hokage Building, four people were sitting. The retired former Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, two advisors Mito Kadeni, Koharu who had moved to another dormitory, and the semi-idle leader Shimura Danzo.

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Because the fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato died unexpectedly, the four of them had to reunite and hold an emergency meeting here.

After the Nine-Tails emergency passed, the wrinkles on Hiruzen's tired face became deeper, as if he had aged many years all of a sudden.

There was silence in the conference room. Hiruzen looked at his former comrades and colleagues next to him, and finally his eyes fell on Danzo.

The other party carries all the darkness of Konoha and is the most radical hawk figure in the village.

Because he had secretly studied Mudun before, and through Yuyin's exploration, he conducted human trafficking and human experiments through secret channels, and was subsequently monitored by his dark department.

If the deal between Danzo and Amegakure was exposed, it would be tantamount to tarnishing Konoha's face.

When the time comes, Konoha will receive more than just verbal and written criticism.

Konoha Ninja Village, which has always had a good image in the ninja world, will also be tarnished by Danzo's actions, causing its reputation to deteriorate.

He spent a lot of time and energy handling the follow-up matters for Danzo at that time.

"According to the battle damage statistics produced by ANBU, on the night when Kyuubi attacked Konoha, including Minato and Kushina, a total of 473 ninjas died, and more than 1,700 people suffered serious injuries.

Different injuries, currently recovering."

After going to bed, Xiaochun took the lead in breaking the quiet atmosphere in the conference room.

What she is talking about now is the casualty data of Konoha in the battle with Kyuubi.

Taking the legendary strongest tailed beast Kyuubi as an opponent, he only sacrificed hundreds of people and suppressed Kyuubi. It can be said to be a complete victory.

However, all four of them felt a little heavy about this result.

The reason is that the Fourth Hokage and his wife were killed in battle, and Konoha's losses this time cannot be taken at face value.

The importance of the Fourth Hokage to Konoha is self-evident. The reason why Konoha restored peace so quickly is inseparable from the strength of the Fourth Hokage.

In this era where frequent wars have just ended and the transition to peace has begun, the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato is Konoha's greatest guarantee of peace.
To be continued...