The land of fire, Konoha.

Under the quiet night, there were a large number of people moving around in the streets and alleys.

After the residents were relocated, and only a thousand ninjas were left to garrison Konoha, it could be said that it was extremely weak.

Considering that this place is located in the rear of our own camp, and patrol troops are also deployed along the coastline of the Country of Fire, it is impossible for the enemy's large forces to quietly bypass the patrol troops and the fifth alliance of the Alliance Army in the west.

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Therefore, the Jonin captain stationed in Konoha was just patrolling the security issues around Konoha Village according to the previous rhythm, and the expression on his face was quite relaxed, without any heaviness at all.

Rather, in such a fierce battle, being assigned to garrison in the rear area is undoubtedly an easy job. After all, the enemy is very powerful this time, and even a jounin may die inexplicably on the battlefield.

.Now there is no safer place than the rear of the position.

"Asuma."

Kurenai Yuhi, a jounin of Konoha who had already married Sarutobi Asuma and started to show her belly slightly, saw her husband's behavior tonight was very strange.

Sitting at the window of the study without saying a word, the expression on his face appeared at the intersection of darkness and light, making Hong suddenly feel uneasy.

At least in her memory, she had never seen her husband show such a solemn expression.

She couldn't help but caressed her belly with her palms and screamed softly.

"It's Hong, what's the matter? You should go to rest at this time." Asuma turned his head and looked at his wife, the expression on his face softened slightly.

"I just came here to check on you. You seem to have been feeling a little off since you had dinner today."

Hong stared at her husband.

If it weren't for the problem with her breath, she would have suspected that the husband in front of her was transformed by someone else using a transformation technique.

But unfortunately, this is Asma.

It's just another form of Asuma.

"…"

"Are you worried about the war ahead?"

Seeing Asuma's silence, Hong walked over slowly and asked.

If there was anything that made Asuma feel heavy, it was the war on the front lines.

Unlike most of the jonins of Konoha who went to fight on the front lines, Asuma took the initiative to take over the task of transferring supplies from the rear and became one of the few jonins guarding Konoha. First of all, he has a special identity, he is the third Hokage Sarutobi.

Hiruzen's son, in the current situation, can stabilize people's hearts by guarding the village.

Secondly, her wife is pregnant, and as a husband, she does not want to leave Konoha at such a time.

Although the rear is stable, it does not mean absolute safety. Otherwise, when the Hokage left Konoha, he would not have taken away a large number of Konoha ninjas, leaving only more than a thousand people stationed in the village.

It is obvious that the tight fighting on the front lines has led to the emptiness in the rear.

As one of the Jonin of Konoha, Kurenai is very aware of the importance of this war. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the survival of Konoha.

"Yes." Asuma did not deny it, but admitted it, nodded and said: "As expected, the frontline is already fiercely fighting at the moment. The issue of victory or defeat is really worrying. It's not surprising.

Do you know how Shikamaru and the others are doing?"

"Yes, Choji and Ino are fine. I heard that Shikamaru kid took refuge in Gen. I don't understand how Shikakujounin would let this happen."

Maybe it opened up the topic, and Hong hoped to be able to feel more or less her husband's true mood at this time, and a soft smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"In order to maintain the balance of the village... Tsunade-sama, no, it seems that even with the new Hokage, Konoha will still be like this."

Asuma sighed.

He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took one out and bit it in his mouth, then picked up a lighter and lit it, his brows furrowed, looking a little more mature and troubled than usual.

"This is enough, isn't it? Konoha has been experiencing turmoil these years. Wouldn't it be better to let it calm down? I don't want people in the village to kill each other."

Hong lowered his gaze and stroked Wei

Her belly was slightly swollen, and a sadness flashed in her eyes.

As a Jonin, she has been exposed to the internal situation of Konoha over the years. She has also been a ninja who has been in power through the Third Hokage, the Fourth Hokage and the Fifth Hokage. Compared with the Fourth Hokage, who has only been in power for less than a year.

, the governing styles of the Third and Fifth Hokage were very different, but in the end, they both made compromises in some places.

These things cannot be hidden from a Jonin.

Her three disciples are from the Hyuga, Inuzuka and Aburame clans, plus Asuma, a ninja from the ninja clan and the son of the Hokage. Although she did not participate in the reform plan of the Fifth Hokage, as a bystander, she saw

Not a lot of things arrived.

Perhaps because of her marriage and pregnancy, she was very dissatisfied with the internal fighting and only hoped that the situation in the village could be stabilized.

After hearing this, Asma just nodded and did not make any comments on his wife's words.

Even he is constantly changing his position through learning and growth in the turbid world.

He smoked a cigarette and exhaled a puff of smoke, which dissipated in the night wind outside the window, making his expression look even more melancholy.

After a long time, he stood up from the chair by the window, put out the cigarette butt that was about to reach its end, and placed it in the ashtray on the windowsill.

"Are you leaving?"

Kurenai moved closer to Asuma.

She knew that she couldn't be careless while stationed in the village.

Asuma is one of the jonins who are in charge of Konoha. Unlike her, who can only manage logistics at the moment, the burden on her is not easy even at this moment. "Don't worry, I'm fine."

Asuma hugged Kurenai's body in his arms, feeling each other's heartbeat and temperature.

Hong closed her eyes tightly and leaned against Asuma's shoulder, wanting to feel more of her husband's body temperature before leaving.

"Sorry, Hong, just have a good sleep tonight."

Kurenai suddenly heard these words and realized something was wrong. As a result, her consciousness suddenly fell into darkness. She lay on Asuma's shoulders and fell asleep. Asuma picked up Kurenai and walked towards the bedroom.

Place it gently on the bed and cover it with the quilt.

"Then you wake up and it's all over."

Asma looked at his wife's peaceful sleeping face after a sound sleep. Where the shadows and moonlight met, her expression flickered.

From the darkness in the corner of the bedroom, two figures, a man and a woman, walked out. "Is it time?"

Asuma asked two of his close relatives in the family.

Since the Fifth Hokage ascended the throne, various divisions have occurred even within the Sarutobi clan.

No, this kind of separation existed as early as when his father, the Third Hokage, was in power. It has been going downhill, with external battles constantly ending in disastrous defeats, and internal suspicion and purges. The Third Hokage wanted to take care of both ends, but everything ended up being bad.

If it can't be done, no matter who it is, they will feel panic about such high-level officials and such a village.

In the final analysis, Tsunade should not have come back to inherit the position of the Fifth Hokage. She should have done her job well after she came back and could not always be irritating.

If this continues, Konoha can continue to survive and delay the split.

Once you come back, you are still thinking about internal stimulation, and the external environment is extremely unstable, which can only continue to accelerate the death of Konoha. Especially the first thing after returning, you are forced by the last Sannin and the other senior officials to fight with Oni.

Starting a war between the two countries is also a bad move. After all, a newly returned Hokage has caused the village to suffer a disastrous defeat and the future is blocked.

The dirty political games of adults.

But if he talks dirty, he won't be much better. After all, he was the first to open the gap for the Sarutobi clan, and then through the gap on the Sarutobi clan's side, he made a bridge to the Ino, Deer, and Butterfly clan.

"Yes, Asuma-sama."

Two close relatives of the same clan replied respectfully.

"Hong, please take care of me. Stay here tonight. No matter what you see or hear, don't think about going out. This way, you will be safe and nothing will happen."

Keep

After saying these words, Asma's figure disappeared from the bedroom.

The roaring explosion sounded under the empty and quiet night sky.

The fire that shot up into the sky instantly became a sea of ​​​​fire, engulfing the land in an area and immediately attracted the attention of the patrol troops in Konoha. "What's going on? Why did there be an explosion there?"

"That's the territory of the Hyuga clan. Has it been attacked there?" The stopped patrol looked towards the area where the fire was burning. They recognized at a glance the territory that belonged to the Hyuga clan.

Like most ninjas, many ninjas from the Hyuga clan have also been deployed to the front lines, using their Byakugan to eliminate traps for the Alliance's reconnaissance and patrol forces. It can be said that they are the most important eyes of the Alliance.

And it's not just the separation of families, I heard that even the Zong family sent many people there, which shows how tight the battle situation on the front line is.

Therefore, just as Konoha's rear area was empty, the Hyuga clan's defensive strength also became empty at this time.

There are less than thirty ninjas left in the branch who are defending the clan area, and the rest are from the clan.

"Go over and have a look!"

The patrolling Jonin captain couldn't figure out what was happening in the Hyuga clan's territory.

Were you attacked by someone?

No, it's impossible.

With the existence of the Byakugan, how could the Hyuga clan's territory be raided? That was beyond the limits of the exploratory blood inheritance of sensory ninjutsu. It was absolutely impossible for anyone to hide from the Byakugan's detection and attack the Hyuga clan's territory.
To be continued...