Sand Hidden Village.

Round table room.

Bang!

The door was violently opened, and a sand ninja hurried in.

"Mitsui-sama ......"

The ninja reported to an elderly man sitting in the center of the round table, "I found Ayaki-sama's trap bird in the sky three hundred kilometers away from the village, and it is rapidly heading towards the village. ”

"I see, you go down first."

"Yes."

As the ninja left the conference room, the old man named Mitsui looked at the councilors on either side of the round table......

The faces of these people are generally around forty or fifty, and only two faces close to thirty are more conspicuous.

They are not the young parliamentarians who were promoted by the three generations of Kazekage, but the former high-ranking members of the parliament who were ousted by the three generations of Kazekage.

The war against Yuyin was lost in the Sand Hidden Village...... They seized on this topic and hyped it up, blaming everything on the sequelae of the old injuries left by the assassination of the three generations of Kazekage by the scorpion, and inciting the villagers and ordinary ninjas to love the village with various decisions that seemed absurd and actually contained long-term strategic destinations, so that they were convinced that the three generations of Kazekage had the sequelae of brain injury, and denied every decision he made after his cerebral palsy.

The old men, who had a wealth of experience in warfare and management, were collectively dismissed and replaced by young people with little experience...... This kind of thing is naturally ridiculous to the uninformed, and it is overturned by ordinary villagers and ninjas.

These former top brass are holding on to the tide and forcing the young round table members to step down and give way.

Some people disobeyed and were suppressed by force, while others were aware of the current affairs and cooperated with these old guys.

Although the process was not all smooth sailing, they eventually regained power and sat back in the round table.

"According to the data obtained in the past, Ayaki Ryuji will return to the village in ten minutes, let's talk about what to do!" Mitsui swept around the round table and said, "We are now in the grip of the general situation, and it is naturally easy to force him to hand over power, but if we do this, we will inevitably stand on the opposite side, so it is impossible for him to make us young flesh." ”

They are greedy for power, and they are more eager to rejuvenate and even live forever.

That's why they held a separate discussion meeting for Ryuuji.

If it's just to seize the power of the puppet army leaders and councilors, with the general momentum they are holding, they can even overthrow the Kazekage's regime.

"But how did I hear he didn't care about power?" An old man dressed in an Arabic-style robe said: "Ryuji is a casual man on weekdays, and he doesn't pay much attention to important decisions in the village. People like him don't care about power at all, even if their positions and power are snatched away, they won't care! ”

"It's one thing not to care, but it's another thing to be snatched away for no reason, I think everyone has something they don't care about, but it's also very angry to be snatched away by someone who doesn't matter!"

"That's right."

Everyone bowed slightly, agreeing with this man's statement.

A middle-aged man in his forties said: "I suggest keeping his old position, cooperating with him, giving him a considerable degree of convenience, as long as he is integrated into our circle, and then it is very simple to ask him to help." ”

"That's right, the puppet division troops are very proud one by one, even if we remove the position of Xuan Qi Ryuji, we can't bring this army under our control, it's better to borrow his hand and take this army for our own use."

"Inexperience aside, Ryuji Ayaki is indeed a good ninja."

"Don't worry about the round table, are so many of our parliamentarians still afraid of him alone?"

“……”

Everyone, you say a word, I say a word, and there is a heated discussion.

Mitsui glanced at the time, raised his hand and pressed it, and after seeing that everyone was quiet, he said: "Ryuuji has five minutes to return to Shayin, I will summarize it based on everyone's opinions, don't argue too much." ”

Hearing this, everyone quietly waited for the following.

"We have a request for Ryuuji, so we can't make a bad deal, try to pull him into our circle."

"But in order to prevent him from riding on our heads, dismounting and the like are also necessary."

……

The clouds in the eastern sky shone reddish, and as time passed, the sun began to peek out and illuminate the entire sky.

Under the morning sun, the figure of a trap bird carrying people flying can be seen at a glance.

"How long will it take?"

The girl asked.

But because of the wind, the sound was very small, and the teenager who was squatting in front of him didn't hear it.

"Ryuji ......"

The girl who was dressed coolly, revealing a white and smooth back, pulled down the clothes of the red-brown boy.

Seeing the young man's questioning expression, he shouted loudly again, "How long will it take to get to the village?" ”

"Oh, it's already there."

Ryuuji turned his head and pointed into the distance.

At the edge of the skyline, a village in the Grand Canyon comes into view.

The speed of the bird is extremely fast, and Ye Cang has not seen clearly, the distance has been narrowed, and the familiar architectural environment has been clearly imprinted.

The ninjas of the sand hide all know about the trap birds, so Ryuuji drove directly into the village and landed on the rooftop of the Kazekage Building.

As soon as the trap bird landed, it jumped down before it could stop, turned around and stretched out his right hand to Ryuuji, "Master, be careful." ”

"Hmm!"

Ryuuji nodded, grabbed her hand and jumped down, then turned around and stretched out his right hand to Ye Cang, "You should be careful too." ”

Ye Cang, who was still jealous and angry about the intimate action between the two just now, suddenly smiled and hurriedly stretched out his hand.

"Thank you."

Well?

Ryuuji glanced at Ye Cang unexpectedly, feeling a little strange.

When did this girl become so polite to herself?

Maybe I haven't seen each other for a while, and I'm becoming estranged!

Ryuuji thought in his heart as he put the trap into his personal space.

Hakura didn't think it was strange.

She and Red got on the bus in the middle of the Great Rift Valley, and Ryuuji had already shown it when he came to pick them up, and she even went in for a walk.

I don't know if it's because of the red, or if the enemy is too cautious.

The group of unidentified forces who came from the opposite continent and peeked into the Stone of Greel...... After they first ambushed Ye Cang, they have been hiding in the shadows and not showing their heads, but they have been making some traps near the Great Rift Valley to prevent the sand from investigating the Grell Stone vein.

That group of people seemed to have the ability to evade or counter the detection of the perceptual ninja, and coupled with their cautious behavior, Ye Cang and the others could not be found.

This led to the fact that he obviously had such an ace as Red, but he didn't solve the problem for so long.

……

"Lady Ayuki!"

"Lady Ayuki!"

"Lady Ayuki!"

The three of them walked into the Wind Shadow Building, and in the hallway, they met other staff members greeting him from time to time.

However, everyone wanted to speak and stopped, as if they were hiding their hearts.

There were also quite a few people who winked at him and hinted at him.

Ryuuji understood, but didn't say much, just nodded and gestured, and then walked straight to the round table.

After a while, the three of them came to the door of the round table.

There were two guards guarding the door, and when they saw Ryuuji coming, they not only didn't get out of the way, but reached out to block the way.