After a joking, everyone finally got down to business, and saw Rope Tree say casually: "Are these the shinobi transferred from the headquarters?" The old man is so relieved to let you lead the team, it seems that the three of you have made a lot of progress in the past few years. ”

Shinnosuke smug his green vest on his face: "Of course, now we have all been promoted to special shinobi." And how can I say that he is also a veteran who has participated in the ninja war, and it is not trivial to lead a mere 10,000 or 20,000 ninjas?"

It turned out that although the northern ninja army where the three of them were located had been playing soy sauce, but after the end of the war, all the ninjas who went out of the war were rewarded with an S-level war mission, and the strength of the three was outstanding, so they were promoted to special ninjas with this merit, and this promotion speed is already the first tier among the new generation of ninjas.

At this time, Maite Dai dismantled the stage honestly and said: "However, I don't seem to have done anything in the past two days, and all affairs are handled by Light and me." ”

Shinnosuke jumped up as if he had been stung when he heard this, and retorted in a panic and annoyance, "How can there be? If I hadn't given you ideas, how could this journey have gone so smoothly?"

"Hehe......" At this time, Uchiha Hikari rolled his eyes and complained: "Yes, yes! If it hadn't been for your idea to scout all the way, we would have arrived last night, right?"

Shinnosuke blushed and said, "I'm following the wartime marching regulations to guard against enemy sneak attacks!" ”

Guang's face was even more helpless: "You also said that it was a wartime regulation!" Now that the war has been over for almost a year, and we are in the hinterland of the country, where is the enemy?"

Rope saw Shinnosuke's embarrassment, so he smiled and gave him a round game: "Shinnosuke's caution is not a big mistake, in short, you can deliver this batch of shinobi safely It is already a solution to the urgent need of the branch!" ”

Hearing this, Shinnosuke also hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Rope tree, do you also lack manpower here?" Recently, the Konoha headquarters has been very busy, and there are a lot of high-level tasks that no one has completed, so since there is a shortage of people on both sides, wouldn't it be better for you to go back to Konoha quickly? Everybody misses you! ”

However, Shinnosuke didn't find a good topic, and after he finished speaking, the people present were silent, which made the atmosphere even more awkward.

In fact, as early as when he saw the three former partner leaders coming, Rope Tree had already guessed that the three generations were trying to persuade him to return to Konoha through the emotional bond of the three, but he was not a leader who would be affected by personal feelings.

I saw Rope Tree smile naturally: "Konoha we definitely want to go back, but now the west needs us even more!" ”

Shinnosuke reluctantly continued to ask, "But didn't you say that you would protect Konoha and protect everyone?" You're now building a new ninja village here with those unrelated foreign civilians, are you breaking your oath?"

Shinnosuke's words touched the weakness of the higher-ups on the branch side, and no matter what, they took the initiative to turn their backs on Konoha. The atmosphere has become more tense.

Rope tree said with a serious face, "I have never broken my oath, everything I do is to better protect Konoha!"

This war has made me understand a lot of truths.

Konoha seems to be powerful now, but we are just an inconspicuous tree compared to the entire ninja world.

Our enemies are not only other ninja villages, but also countless civilians, who are like weeds competing with us for sunlight and nutrients!

Although each weed is insignificant compared to the trees in the forest, we are absolutely disadvantaged compared to the two wholes!

If changes are not made in time, the grasslands made of countless weeds will become stronger and stronger, and gradually replace the forests!

I once wanted to make a change in the forest of Konoha, but a few big trees in the forest couldn't be shaken at all, and they would form a constraint in turn.

So I'm just trying to find a way to reopen a forest, and the civilians here will not only not compete with us for resources, but will be able to become one of us, and gradually increase our power, and when the policy here is successful, I will have enough power to reform Konoha!

Therefore, if you want to better protect Konoha, you must let the Konoha ninja spend on scattered leaves, continue to grow and expand like a forest, and dominate the entire Fire Country and even the entire ninja world!

This is as important as the will of the fire, the former represents inheritance and the latter represents pioneering, and the combination of the two is the real protection! ”

Hearing that Rope Tree explained his concept by comparing the forest that everyone is most familiar with, everyone present suddenly realized that they had a clear understanding of the situation and future of Konoha, and at the same time, they were shocked by the will of the forest that Rope Tree said. The will of fire passed down from generation to generation is great, but it is not enterprising in the end, and the will of the forest that embraces all things is even more exciting.

The more people think about it, the more they feel that it makes sense, and the more they think about it, the more they agree with the concept of the rope tree, and only when the two are combined, can Konoha stand forever in this world.

Shinnosuke and the others also smiled after listening to Rope Tree's words.

"The will of the forest? The will of fire represents sacrifice and inheritance, while the will of the forest represents vitality and development! What a great idea. Sure enough, it's the rope tree-kun! The Uchiha Mitsuru exclaimed with admiration.

"Woooooooooo......oo I was so impressed! Vitality and development, this is youth! Let's work together! Maite Day said with tears and laughter.

Shinnosuke smiled with a relieved face, "Really! Rope tree has been able to speak like this since he was a child, and this time I was persuaded by you again!

Then let's leave those old guys behind and open up a forest!

Rope Tree, you can't leave us behind this time! ”

Rope tree looked at Shinnosuke's outstretched right hand and shook it with a smile: "Of course, Kamishinobi is already able to take charge of himself!" ”

"And us!"

"Let's work together!"

The four young and powerful palms were tightly clenched together, and at the same time, the high-level who was originally nervous, as well as the ignorant 20,000 shinobi, also showed a heartfelt smile.

Rope Tree's mouth retreat once again exerted his might, not only convincing his former partners, but also reassuring the higher-ups of his own camp and strengthening their faith.

Soon after, a letter was delivered to the three Hokage and others, which not only recorded the exposition of Rope Tree's words and Mori's will, but also made it clear that Shinnosuke and the three of them wanted to stay in the branch.

The three generations of Hokage couldn't cry or laugh after reading the letter, he didn't expect that the three people he had sent out to be lobbyists would be taken in by the rope tree.

However, after knowing the general plan of the rope tree, the high-level leaders of the headquarters were relieved at the same time, and they also had a strong interest in the will of the forest, as long as the rope tree did not really plan to make a split, Konoha got the entire western region and the strength did not decrease but rose, and if Nishikawa's model is applied to the entire fire country and even the ninja world, Konoha may really be able to realize the ideal of unifying the ninja world and maintaining peace in the future.

After the suspicion was gone, the relationship between the two sides gradually eased, and the headquarters continued to release good news to the branch, such as handing over some unsolvable high-level tasks to Rope Tree for him to distribute freely, and letting ninjas who went out on missions to travel freely between the two villages.

Over time, the connection between the distribution and the headquarters gradually deepened, and it was integrated again, but the sovereignty of the west was still in the hands of the rope tree, and no one could control it.