The war between Sand Hide and Konoha has been going on for two years, but compared to Sand Hide, the war weariness on Konoha's side is very strong.

Before the battle with the sand hide, Konoha had already fought with the rain ninjas in the rain country, many ninjas were already physically and mentally exhausted, and in this case, they had to be brought into the rhythm of war by the sand hide, so you can imagine how tired Konoha was of war.

Therefore, when the three generations of Kazekage submitted the reconciliation letter, according to Shiraishi's estimate, it was very likely that Konoha would agree.

After all, this is also the main strategy that Konoha has always adopted.

Continuing to consume with Sand Hidden will only benefit other ninja village fishermen.

"Really, it's already fought to this extent, just defeat Shayin in one go. If you submit a settlement letter in such a painless way, it will still make a comeback in the future. ”

Ruri sat on a rock, a look of displeasure on her face.

It's only been more than a month since she came out of the village, and she hasn't had a good time fighting the sand ninjas, and if the war ends at this time, the mission of the Shuo Mao team will be over.

"I can't say the same, because the ninjas in many villages in the camp are war-weary, and the same is true of Sand Hide. At this time, it is good for both sides to end peacefully. As for the future...... I'll talk about that later. ”

For the sake of what a Konoha ninja should have, Shiraishi decided that this was indeed the best course of action.

"Great, I thought I wouldn't be able to go back to the village for the New Year this year, after all, I'm still looking forward to this year's festival."

Ayane said with a smile on the side.

Shiraishi turned his head to the other side, as if he hadn't heard it.

"It's also said that the war will end soon, and you can go back to the New Year's festival...... And, too, I want to go back and visit Kakashi. ”

Shuo Mao also said with a smile when he heard the three of them communicating there.

"Kakashi?"

The three of Shiraishi were attracted to the name.

"Ah, didn't I tell you?"

Shuo Mao blinked in confusion.

"No, I've never heard of this man, I said...... Who is he? ”

Shiraishi shook his head.

"He's my son, Kakashi Hachiki, and although he's only two years old this year, I'm sure he'll be a good ninja in the future."

Shuo Mao said.

"Son!?"

The three of them were stunned and shouted loudly.

It can no longer be described as surprise, and they have no hearing of the fact that Shuomao has a son.

"What, what's wrong?"

Shuo Mao looked at the three of them strangely.

"It's not...... I thought you were still single, but I didn't expect that not only did you get married, but you also had a son......

Ayane hurriedly explained.

Baishi and Liuli also nodded one after another, in their eyes, Shuomao is indeed such an image.

"Sorry, I thought I mentioned this."

"It's okay, it's just a little surprised to hear it suddenly, after all, this is a personal matter, and we didn't have contact with Mr. Shuo Mao until we graduated from the ninja school. In this way, Mr. Shuomao's son is already two years old...... Kakashi Hagi, a good name. ”

Ayane smiled.

But I was thinking in my heart: What kind of name will I give to my and Shiraishi-kun's children in the future?

"Speaking of which, my father was a bit derelict in his duty to be unable to go back to the village to celebrate his child's birthday in September. It's November in the blink of an eye. ”

"There will be a chance next year, and it will be good for Mr. Shuomao to have a treat then."

Shiraishi laughed.

The corners of Shuomao's mouth twitched, and when it came to treats, he seemed to suddenly recall some not-so-good memories.

He didn't want to be on the verge of bankruptcy on his son's birthday, which can be described as a mixture of joy and sorrow.

"Really? That's great, I'll go over that day on an empty stomach. Get ready, Mr. Shuomao. ”

Ayane smiled and settled the matter.

Shuo Mao sighed, his wallet seemed to be unkept, and then he looked at Ruri.

"Don't look at me like that, it's your son's birthday party, wouldn't it be too uninteresting for me to pay for it? After all, you're Lord White Fang. ”

No, I don't care about face. Hearing Liuli's ruthless refusal, Shuo Mao complained in his heart.

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Two days later, it was the day when Konoha and Sagakure officially concluded a reconciliation and signed an armistice.

The weather was sunny and sunny.

The Sakumo team sets off to return to Konoha Camp on the border of the Fire Nation.

The armistice was signed at nine o'clock in the morning.

It's four o'clock in the afternoon.

In other words, the truce agreement with Shayin has been signed, and the news should have been transmitted back to the camp long ago, and it will be transmitted back to the village as soon as possible.

However, when they returned to camp at five o'clock in the afternoon, the four members of Shuomao's team sensed that something was wrong.

It's so dull.

It's not so much grief.

The four of them looked at each other, not knowing what was happening.

Although there will be people who will grieve when they know that the war is over, it will not be so dull.

In this dullness, there is also a anger and murderous aura that wants to devour everything.

"What's going on?"

"I don't know, what's going on?"

Shiraishi touched his chin and began to think.

Is there something wrong with the protocol?

Could it be that Sha Yin did not intend to fulfill the agreement on the agreement?

Otherwise, it would not be possible to explain all this.

"You're also a medical ninja, hurry up and go to the medical department, there's an urgent shortage of manpower there!"

At this moment, a Konoha ninja quickly ran over and said anxiously to Shiraishi.

Shiraishi looked at Shuo Mao, who nodded, and Shiraishi followed the ninja to the camp where the medical unit was located.

"You guys take a break here, and I'll go find out the situation with Orochimaru."

Ruri and Ayane nodded, following Shuo Mao's orders.

- The camp where the medical unit is located.

Tragic!

It can only be described in two words: tragic.

Dozens of Konoha ninjas fell into the camp in a blur, and the roar of pain like a terrible ghost made Shiraishi lose his mind for a moment.

What's going on?

These injuries should be recent...... No, it was caused today, right?

What happened?

Shiraishi didn't ask, and immediately followed behind a medical ninja who was skilled in medical ninjutsu, and these dozens of ninjas, all of whom needed to be operated on for first aid.

Moreover, in the process of first aid, there must be some seriously injured people who cannot be taken care of, and die directly because they can't bear the pain.

Sobbs, wails, all in one place.

Every medical ninja was so busy sweating that they didn't have time for extra communication.

The first aid ended after two hours.

It's not that the first aid was successful, but that it ended so early because many people died early before they had time to undergo surgery.

Some of them were rescued by surgery and still died.

Only a dozen people were pulled back from before the ghost gate was closed.

"We did our best."

The attending medical ninja patted Shiraishi on the shoulder, as if he was worried about the psychological burden that a young medical ninja like him would have, and comforted him.

"Well, senior, what the hell is going on? Why is it like this? ”

Shiraishi finally asked the question he wanted to ask the most.

The attending medical ninja knew that Shiraishi was a medical ninja who followed behind Shuo Mao, and it was natural that he didn't know anything about the situation here.

"We don't know the specifics, but we know that the mission that signed an armistice agreement with Sha Yin was attacked by unknown people on the way, and when it was sent back, it was already like this."

The attending medical ninja said with a sad face.

"What about the armistice? Is it the hand of the sand ninja? ”

"I don't know about it. However, this time we suffered heavy losses, and I heard that even Kato Kamishinobu was killed. ”

"Kato Kamishinobu?"

Shiraishi was stunned, this surname, and it is also Shangnin, should it be......

"Tsunade-sama is very emotionally unstable now, and Kato Kamishinobu's sacrifice has hit her too hard."

The attending medical ninja sighed.

"Kato Kamishinobu is so strong, how can it be ......"

Shiraishi was a little incomprehensible.

Kato Shangnin is Tsunade's current boyfriend Kato Broken, although the prestige cannot be compared with Shuo Mao, who has the name of White Fang, but it is also one of the few elite Shinobi in Konoha, and in the case of one-on-one, it may not be worse than the three ninjas.

After all, the power of the Spiritualization Technique is terrifying.

And it also has a wide range of perception ability, so if you want to break through and find a weak point to escape, it's still very easy.

In order to cover the evacuation of his companions, he chose to fight the enemy alone, and by the time the support had passed, he was already ...... No more! Tsunade-sama tried his best, but he couldn't save Kato Kamishinobu's life. ”

"Is that so?"

Shiraishi sighed.

Although I don't know that Kato Shinobu Kato, this selfless act to save his companions, no matter what standpoint, will make people sincerely admire his spirit.

In such an age, life is not a time to be happy, and death is not a thing to be sad about.

This is the current theorem of the ninja world.

He could know that Tsunade was in pain, but he couldn't experience it himself.

The joys and sorrows of human beings are not universal.

Because he is not familiar with Kato Kato, his sigh is only for Tsunade.

The death of his younger brother Rope Tree, the sacrifice of her boyfriend Kato Tsuna...... Since then, it has been in a slump......

No, no matter how you say it, it's three forbearances, so it shouldn't be like this, right?

Shiraishi thought so, but didn't have much confidence in it.

After all, human beings are emotionally fragile creatures.

Seeing that there was nothing to do with the medical corps, Shiraishi left here and went to join Shuo Mao and them at their quarters.

The three of them were already waiting there, talking about something.

"Mr. Shuomao, I'm back. What's going on? I heard that an unknown person attacked the ninja mission that went to sign an armistice with the sand ninja. ”

"That's true. Not only that, but Orochimaru was also very seriously injured. If Kato Ueshinobu hadn't resolutely chosen to break the rear, it would have been possible that everyone who went to sign the armistice would have been annihilated in the enemy's encirclement. ”

Shuo Mao explained what he learned from Orochimaru in a concise and concise manner.

"It's really not true, no matter what, you have to be on the highest alert."

Ruri had an angry look on her face.

After all, there are lessons to be learned from this kind of thing, during the First Ninja World War, when the second generation of Hokage and Yunyin's second generation Thunder Shadow signed an armistice agreement, they encountered Yunyin's radical faction leader, the Golden Horn and Silver Horn Brothers, and led a large number of Yunyin Shangnin to raid.

The second generation of Thunder Shadow was killed on the spot by the Golden Horn and Silver Horn brothers at the scene of the signing of the armistice agreement, and the second generation of Hokage finally died with the Golden Horn and Silver Horn brothers and their troops in order to cover his subordinates.

It's all because of too much trust in the enemy.

With the lessons of the second Hokage, he should be more cautious when signing an armistice agreement.

How do you know that Orochimaru, who is the commander, was seriously injured, and only half of the hundreds of Konoha ninjas came back.

The biggest sacrifice was Kato Broken, in order to let Orochimaru lead the Konoha troops to evacuate, he broke off alone and fought to the death.

"Now isn't the time to blame anyone, has the identity of the enemy been clarified?"

Shiraishi looked at Shuo Mao.

Shuo Mao sighed, shook his head and said, "No." Their ninjutsu school is very complex, it is said that one of them is very terrifying, and it seems to be an immortal body, and he can be resurrected if he is killed once, because of this ability, many companions are careless, and he killed several shinobi at once. ”

"Who is he?"

"I don't know."

The three of Shiraishi frowned slightly.

Such a powerful character, and also has an ability similar to an immortal body, it is impossible to be unknown in the ninja world.

How could you not know?

"Probably a bounty hunter on the black market."

Shuo Mao is not quite sure who the ninja who led the attack on the Konoha Mission is, but only speculates that the other party may be a ninja who is rampant on the black market.

It was a truly dark world where the jungle was the strongest, and there were many powerful but not very well-known ninjas in it.

The ninja who attacked the Konoha Mission this time is very much in line with the image of this kind of black market strong ninja.

"Underground black market? It would be very difficult to investigate that way, could it be that Sand Shinobi was hired? ”

Shiraishi had also heard of such a dark world.

The dark side of the ninja world, the bounty hunters who run rampant in the black market, are either defector ninja or samurai, and although there is a lot of garbage, there are also really powerful existences.

The underground black market has a complex vein, and every country has a stronghold of this organization, which is deeply rooted in the ninja world.

"It's just a possibility, but we don't have evidence to prove it. However, before we returned, the three generations of Kazekage sent messengers over to condemn our side for not showing up for the appointment on time, and whether we planned to continue this war. ”

This incident made many Konoha ninjas angry.

In the eyes of many Konoha ninjas, it was the sand ninjas who ambushed their mission this time.

If it weren't for Orochimaru's blocking, it is estimated that the sand ninja messenger would have been directly torn to pieces by many Konoha ninjas.

After hearing this, the three of Shiraishi were a little dull, and they could understand the anger of those Konoha ninjas.

Judging from the current situation, it is very likely that Sha Yin will backtrack and plan to take Konoha by surprise.

However, this is all speculation, and there is no conclusive evidence that this was done by the sand ninjas.

It's really embarrassing.

"What does the village say?"

"The village has just gotten the news, because the stakes are so high, the higher-level side will definitely have to argue, and the accurate order is estimated to take three or four days to come down."

This is the most conservative time.

Now it's a matter of fighting or not, and it only depends on the decisions of the top management.

Shiraishi has no opinion on this, he is not interested in war in the first place, and how the Konoha high-level control this situation has nothing to do with him.

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"Peace talks?"

Three days later, the order of the high-level meeting came down.

Peace talks with Shagakure.

This made many ninjas in the Konoha camp frown.

However, the higher-ups gave an explanation - the ambush of the Konoha Mission, which led to the failure of the armistice between Konoha and Sunagakure, was all a conspiracy of Iwakure.

The unknown ninja who ambushed the Konoha Mission was hired by Iwakure from the black market.

At this time, Konoha and Sand Hide continue to wage war, and they will only fall into the trap carefully designed by Iwain with Sand Cover.

Therefore, it is necessary to sign an armistice agreement with Shayin and guard the village of Iwakuin.

"What's going on, Orochimaru?"

Zilai asked incomprehensibly.

Orochimaru took out another piece of information and said, "This is important information collected by the shadows. Two days ago, there was a skirmish between the Sand Hidden and Iwakuin ninjas in the Land of Bears. ”

"Sand and rock ...... They? ”

Jiraiya looked at Orochimaru inexplicably.

Orochimaru replied, "After the supply of Sand Hidden was destroyed by Shuo Mao, Sand Yin cooperated with Iwakure, hoping that Iwakuin would fund some of their supplies. Iwakuin also agreed to Shayin's request, but when the materials were transferred two days ago, Iwakuin promised to give Shayin only one-twentieth of what he had promised. The two sides clashed. ”

Jiraiya was still frowning, always feeling that something was wrong.

"Whether this is the earth shadow of Iwakuin is arranged, or the wind shadow of Sand Hide is being laid out, or the two of them are united and calculating Konoha, it doesn't matter anymore."

"How can it not be important, that guy sacrificed himself, just-"

"Don't shout here, there are too many people who died in the war, Kato decided that he was a real ninja, that's all."

Orochimaru didn't want to listen to Jiraiya yelling in front of him, and he was in a very upset mood right now.

"It is a unanimous decision of the top brass to continue peace talks with Sha Yin. After all, if you continue to fight, you won't be facing the Shayin family, and Yanyin. ”

'It's not worth going to war with Sha Yin and Iwakuin at the same time for the sake of a Kato break', but I still couldn't say it out of my mouth.

But that's what Orochimaru thinks.

The mastermind behind the previous ambush mission is likely to be Sha Yin.

But Orochimaru didn't know very well why he came to ambush Konoha once before the end of the war, and also recruited Tokage to act in this scene, so that Konoha didn't dare to move at will.

"What the hell is that Kazekage thinking?"

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"It's like doing some kind of warm-up exercise before the fight to slowly heat up the atmosphere."

"Warm-up?"

There were only two people in the tent, and Ayane looked at Shiraishi with a puzzled expression, wondering why he would say such a thing.

"The one who ambushed the Konoha Mission before was undoubtedly the Kazekage. Even if he wasn't hired by himself, the strategy must have come from him. ”

"Is there any basis for this?"

"The warm-up exercise I mentioned is the basis. Before the end of this war, annihilating a part of Konoha's elite ninjas is tantamount to weakening Konoha's power. ”

"But...... If the higher-ups decide to continue the war, won't it backfire? ”

Ayane asked rhetorically.

"So I dragged Iwakure in. This is the situation in the eyes of the Konoha higher-ups - the original intention of the sand in the beginning was to continue fighting Konoha because they were supplied with supplies from Iwakuin and could continue to fight. However, after the annihilation of the Konoha Mission, Iwakure suddenly drastically reduced the original materials, resulting in the loss of Sunagakure's ability to continue fighting. In this way, in the eyes of Konoha higher-ups, Sand Hide was tricked by Iwakure, and if Konoha continued to fight Sand Cain, he would fall into Iwakure's trap. ”

"This kind of simple ploy, the high-level people will not be fooled."

"It doesn't matter if you are fooled or not, what matters is whether you have the ability to start a war between the two villages of Shayin and Iwain at the same time. The point is here, the Konoha high-level has no intention of preparing for war with the two ninja villages at the same time. This is a naked conspiracy. ”

Although Konoha has this ability, but in that case, the sacrifice will be even greater.

Shiraishi didn't think that the Konoha higher-ups had such determination, and would sacrifice the development of Konoha in the next ten years and break out into war with Sand Hide and Iwakure.

It is obvious that the two villages, one bright and one dark, have long been colluded together.

Or, Iwakure was also taken advantage of by the Wind Shadow.

Yan Yin didn't cooperate with Sha Yin to act, but Sha Yin was unilaterally acting for everyone to see, fooling others' eyes and diverting the focus of the problem.

"Warm-up exercises? It's really an apt description. ”

If that's what Shiraishi says, Ayane thinks the word warm-up is appropriate.

Annihilating the Konoha Mission and having Iwakure cooperate with the acting is a warm-up exercise that can make the next attack on the Fire Country even more ferocious.

In other words, in the years after the end of this war, Sunain will definitely make a comeback again, and under the leadership of that third generation of Kazekage, the offensive will be even more ferocious than this time.

Thinking that a long time ago, Shiraishi said that after the end of the Second Ninja War, the Third Ninja War would definitely be too long, and it would still revolve around the Fire Country where Konoha was located, and I couldn't help but admire.

At that time, it was indeed the best time to leave Konoha.

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Sand Hidden Camp.

"Is this your plan for the future, Kazekage-sama? It's amazing! No one could have figured out what Kazekage-sama's true intentions were. ”

Surrounded by Sand Hide's cronies, Shangnin, after watching the entire process of the plan, they showed reverence for the three generations of Kazekage.

Iwakure, Konoha, and both villages were all played around by their esteemed Kazekage-sama.

Konoha is even more miserable, having been killed so many people, and still has to continue to sign an armistice agreement with them in the sand.

Iwakure does intend to use Sand Cakure to continue the war with Konoha.

The reduction of the materials originally promised to Sha Yin is also a real thing, not a fraud.

It's just that this point has also been used by the three generations of Kazekage.

Iwakuin is secretly rejoicing, and the contradiction between Sand Hide and Konoha deepens.

On Konoha's side, I thought that Sand Hidden and Iwakuin had long been colluded together, and this was a trap for Konoha and could not be moved at will. It is necessary to continue to sign an armistice agreement with Shagakure to prevent Shagakure and Iwakuin from jointly attacking the Land of Fire.

"In the next few years, we will make good use of the abundant resources we have obtained from the Fire Nation this time to train more excellent ninjas for the village and prepare for the next war in a few years. In order to build an era of prosperity that belongs to us, I would like you to join me in encouraging you. ”

The three generations of Kazekage stood up from their seats, their tone full of confidence, and the meaning of encouraging their subordinates.

"Yes! Swear to serve! ”

These sand shinobi also stood up from their seats and looked at the three generations of Kazekage with fanatical gaze.

It was as if they had seen a few years later, under the leadership of the Wind Shadow, they had once again opened the gap in the Fire Nation and plundered more and better resources.

The era of the real rise of Sand Yin will soon come.