"Ah, it's so comfortable after taking a shower."

Ayane walked from the other side of the woods with her long, wet hair, and her skin was still stained with a little moisture, and her skin was white and red.

Behind her was Ruri, who remained silent.

Shiraishi glanced at the two of them, quickly took out the kunai from the ninja bag, and said to Ayane and Ruri, "Before you come over, say the code first." ”

"Cipher?"

Ayane was stunned.

Liuli began to seal with an expressionless face next to him, and chakra accumulated in his mouth, and he immediately spit it out:

"Fire Escape: Hao Fireball Technique!"

A huge fireball came towards Shiraishi head-on.

Shiraishi lunged to the side, dodging the fireball.

Seeing the trees behind him that were burned by the fireball, a cold sweat appeared on his face.

"How's that code?"

Ruri smiled as if she was about to release a second fireball.

Shiraishi stood up, the corners of his mouth twitching: "But, it's okay." Just kidding, you can't just use fire to escape, right? ”

"It's more convincing, isn't it?"

Ruri said confidently.

"yes, it's much more convincing than just a code......

Shiraishi sighed and rubbed his aching buttocks.

"Shiraishi-kun is really, I thought we really had some code before."

Ayane walked over and said.

Bai Shi was about to say something, but Liuli looked around, and found no figure of Shuo Mao, so he asked, "Where did Teacher Shuo Mao go?" ”

"I'm looking for ingredients, there's not much food in my backpack, so I'll need to go to the sentinel tomorrow to resupply it."

Shiraishi said as he took out his backpack.

"I really want to eat Ichiraku ramen. Always eating dry food and game outside, I almost forgot what ramen tasted like. ”

Ayane touched her little belly and sat on a rock whining.

"Bear with me, it will be much better when the war is over."

These days, the food that Shiraishi and others eat is basically cold products, and only when there is not much food, will they take local materials, but the food is also very simple, fishing from the river, or finding some wild vegetables and mushrooms in the forest to satisfy hunger.

"Why don't you invent a portable ramen?"

"You can consider the case of the Ryo Pills, but as for the ramen, forget it."

Shiraishi shook his head, ignoring Ayane's request.

"Okay, just eat more when you go to the sentinel tomorrow. You and Mr. Shuo Mao didn't notice anything here just now, did you? ”

Ruri carefully observes her surroundings and maintains a high level of vigilance.

"No, Sakumo-sensei and I are just gossiping about the next Hokage."

Shiraishi told the truth.

"Hey, is Shiraishi-kun interested in this kind of thing?"

Ayane was a little curious.

Shiraishi glanced at Ayane.

"Because Mr. Shuomao is the closest shinobi to the position of Hokage, in another ten years, after three generations of adults grow old, Mr. Shuo Shige's call to become the Hokage will be the most. Even the three ninjas will fall behind, and it can be regarded as deserved. ”

Shiraishi analyzed it rationally.

Regarding Shiraishi's opinion, neither Ruri nor Ayane argued.

In fact, Konoha White Fang is indeed the highest ninja in Konoha now, and the three ninjas are also lower.

"The village is a country, and if you want to rise politically, you need more than just the support of the common people. Mr. Shuomao, he doesn't have the support of the ninja clan, and his personality is not suitable for the Hokage. Sometimes, fame is a double-edged sword, both as capital for promotion and as ......"

Ruri leaned against the tree, clasped her hands in front of her chest, the expression on her face was very serious, and when it came to the end, Ruri didn't continue.

A seed-type ninja who was born in a big family, Ruri is not ignorant of politics, but he is not interested in this aspect at all.

Shuo Mao's prestige, strength, and character are indeed enough, but the support of civilians alone is not enough to become the Hokage.

In Ruri's eyes, the so-called civilian ninjas do not have a complete whole at all, the factions are complex, and the interests are too scattered, if there is no one to integrate, these people will never become the climate.

In contrast, most ninja have already formed a community of interests, they know what they want to do, what they will gain, what they will sacrifice, and they have the same goal.

"Listen up, the so-called Hokage...... It's just a boring game of alternating power at the top, and it has nothing to do with the bottom. ”

Hearing Ruri, who made such remarks, Ayane's face seemed to be a little worried: "That, Ruri, wouldn't it be a little bad to say that?" I think it's the Hokage that can only be recognized by the whole village. ”

"Are you an idiot? If he didn't do this, the Hokage's reputation would have rotted in the village. You are also from the Great Ninja Clan, is it not enough to see what the essence of the Hokage is at the height you stand, and your cognition? For me, as long as I have the power and the idea, the position of Hokage is within reach. Sakumo-sensei just lacks that kind of thinking, so he's an excellent Konoha Shinobi, but it's by no means the material to be the Hokage. ”

A confident smile appeared on Ruri's face, as if she had never been wrong about herself.

Ayane puffed out her mouth angrily, a little indignant.

"Alright, you two, it's still early before the next Hokage is chosen. At least the most important thing at the moment is how to complete the tasks assigned above. ”

Shiraishi hurried over to be a peacemaker.

For the temperament of the glass, Shiraishi figured it out very early.

She didn't have much respect and awe for the Hokage's existence.

All she respects is being a ninja named Sarutobi in the three generations of Hokage.

Respect for powerful ninjas, not for Hokage's status.

As long as you follow this kind of thinking, Liuli's mind is actually very direct and straightforward, easy to understand.

After a while, Shuomao returned from hunting, and found two hares, as well as some fish, which he had saved for dinner in the evening.

Until then, they need to find a safe place to hide their whereabouts in the huge hunting grounds of the forest.

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The next day, we came to the nearest sentinel point.

The place has been devastated, with buildings collapsing massively, and more than a dozen Konoha ninjas lying in the rubble, bleeding all over the ground.

Coming here with the Shuomao team, there is also a small class of shadows.

In the dark part of this class, there is a total of one squad leader and three team members.

The squad leader is a shinobi, and one of the three team members is a special ninja and two are mid-ninja.

Shiraishi was trying to rescue a Konoha ninja who had fallen in a pool of blood, and was so badly injured that his entire chest cavity was blown up by a detonation charm, hovering on the verge of death.

In this way, he is not completely dead, and this Konoha ninja's desire to survive is very strong.

Because the building of the sentinel was destroyed, Shiraishi could only start to use surgery and emergency outside, but Shiraishi was not very sure about the survival rate.

By the time they arrived, the Konoha ninja had already missed the best time for surgery.

As for whether he can survive, he can only resign himself to fate and see if he can survive himself.

Shuo Mao and the others did not bother Shiraishi to perform the operation, and began to look for other traces in the ruins.

"It was a large-scale earth escape ninjutsu, which directly collapsed the building of the outpost, and then there was a sudden surprise attack, so that the people here had no time to defend, and the first one to face was almost completely wiped out by the enemy."

The leader of the dark squad wore a mask, and after a professional survey, he briefly explained some problems.

"One upper ninja, six middle ninjas, eleven lower ninjas, can't you even resist?"

Shuo Mao's eyes were solemn.

"It's likely to be the special sand hidden force that your team encountered more than two months ago."

The leader of the dark department said.

"Is their identity verified?" Shuo Mao looked at the dark squad leader.

"The leader is a man and a woman, Shinobu Sagakure, the son and daughter-in-law of Chiyo, the advisor of Sagakure, and one of the best masters in the Sogakure puppet army. As for the ninja in the team who can easily divide the battlefield, there is no news yet. ”

Shuo Mao nodded after listening.

At this moment, Ayane walked over and reported to Shuo Mao, "Teacher Shuo Mao, some of the supplies in the outpost have been taken away, and the ones left behind have also been burned. What's next? ”

"Then I'll go to another outpost. By the way, can you send another detachment of shadows? ”

Shuo Mao looked at the dark squad leader.

"No way, no matter what time it is, there will be two detachments left in the village. The shadow division of another detachment assists in the shadows of the front line and gathers intelligence. Now the only man who can be sent out in the dark department is our detachment. Even with the help of the garrison, the village's defenses have become very weak. ”

"Anyway, I'd like to add some people, preferably experts in tracking. I know the village is also short on manpower, but now is not the time to worry about these things. ”

"Understood, I'll report back to Hokage-sama. As for whether or not more people can be dispatched, it depends on Hokage-sama's decision. ”

"Please."

The leader of the dark department made a gesture, and the other three dark companions nodded in understanding and left here with the teleportation technique.

"Can it be done, Mr. Shuomao?" Ayane asked.

Shuo Mao shook his head, he didn't dare to guarantee that the village would definitely send more people out to investigate.

Relying on the white eyes of Ayane alone, the scope of investigation is still too small.

The enemy army also has excellent sentient ninjas, and is proficient in counter-reconnaissance capabilities, deliberately looking for weakly defended outposts to carry out surprise attacks, causing chaos within the Fire Country, and over time, it is easy to cause great pressure on the Konoha ninjas on the front line.

However, the Fire Nation is so big, and the whereabouts of the Sand Hidden Force are often erratic, and there is no law to follow at all, which makes it difficult to search.

Back on Shiraishi's side, Shiraishi had finished surgery and was bandaging the wounded man's external wounds.

"Shiraishi, how is it, will he wake up?"

This kind of thing can only depend on how strong his will to survive is. That's all I can do. ”

Shiraishi packed up his medical kit and put it back in his backpack.

Shuo Mao patted Shiraishi on the shoulder.

"You've done well enough, medical ninjas aren't gods."

Shiraishi didn't intend to say anything about Shuo Mao's comfort.