"Guest, this is the ingredient you ordered."

At the barbecue shop, a female clerk serves fresh meat and vegetables.

"Trouble, just leave it to us next."

Looking at the fresh meat that had been put on the table, and completely ignoring the vegetables, Ding Za couldn't wait to start drooling.

The female clerk nodded.

"Then, please use it slowly, and you can order it at any time if you have something."

The female clerk exited the private room and gave up the space.

"It's finally time to have a big meal, and it's really worth looking forward to the barbecue in a foreign country."

As a meat-free Autumn Road family, Ding Zuo has always had a great appetite for meat ingredients.

Moreover, the meat used here for barbecue is so tender and delicious from the outside, and this business trip is really not in vain.

"Hey, although the public funds are quite sufficient, don't use them too quickly...... In other words, the ingredients here are so expensive. ”

Looking at the string of numbers on the ingredient list, Lu Jiu's eyelids jumped, and he smacked his tongue secretly.

"Does it matter? Lujiu, you're tired too, after all, you've been rushing to the country of ghosts for several days in a row, and you haven't rested much on the way. ”

Yamanaka Haiichi said with a smile.

"It's a nuisance."

Lu Jiu shook the wine glass in his hand, poured himself a glass of sake and drank it, grumbling as he spoke.

Indeed, this is already a foreign land, a country of ghosts on the other side of the continent.

It has a completely different culture from the Fire Country.

The monk culture that prevails in the Fire Country, and the Fire Temple is the source of the monk culture in the Fire Country.

However, the country of ghosts is completely different, where the witch culture is prevalent, and there are all kinds of demons and monsters, which are also stories worth talking about and passing on by word of mouth.

Along the way, you can also see shrines and shrine maidens in many places.

It is said that there are also many shrine maidens from the country of demons in neighboring countries.

"Then again, the alternative you said Shikahisa ......"

Ding asked subconsciously while flipping the barbecue with chopsticks.

Lu Jiu just put his finger to his lips and made a 'shhh' gesture.

Ding Zuo realized something, didn't ask, and began to roast intently.

It seems to be seen that Ding Za and Hai Yi are a little worried, and Shikaku also knows what they are worried about.

After all, there are only three of them who are going to the country of ghosts this time, and if they really want to make trouble here, they will definitely be attacked by the ninjas of the country of ghosts as soon as possible, and they will be arrested and imprisoned in prison.

The two of them were worried that the so-called 'alternative' had to do with the use of force.

Lu Jiu comforted and said: "Don't worry, the only rule we have here is to be safe with the ninjas of the Oni Country, and conflicts will not happen." Besides, the person I'm waiting for is almost there. ”

"Someone to wait?"

Ding Zuo and Hai Yi glanced at each other, and they both saw the blank look in each other's eyes.

Shikaku picked up the wine glass and drank it in small sips, as if he was seriously tasting the exotic drink, feeling if it was a little different from the wine of Konoha.

The smell of meat filled the room, and soon, the first plate of barbecue was ready, and Ding Za was about to pick up a piece of barbecue with chopsticks when a voice suddenly sounded outside the room.

"What's going on, is this it?"

Hearing this slightly familiar voice, Dingza maintained a meat-clamping posture and turned his head to look at the door of the room.

Hai Yi also deviated his head, and maintained almost the same movement as Ding Za.

Only Lu Jiu smiled.

"Looks like it's already here, and it's time for the barbecue."

The door to the room opened, and two women walked in from the outside.

The blonde woman in the lead, with a very fiery look, wears relatively light clothes, giving people a big grin.

The woman who followed her, about twenty years old, with shoulder-length short black hair and a pink pig in her arms, followed the blonde woman respectfully.

"Tsunade, Tsunade-sama!?"

The people who came in were none other than Tsunade and Shizune.

Ding Za and Hai Yi were both a little surprised, they didn't expect that the person Lu Jiu had to wait for turned out to be one of the three ninjas.

The other party has been away from Konoha for almost eight or nine years, and the sudden meeting in this situation really makes the two of them a little overwhelmed.

Looking at the two people who were in surprise, Tsunade waved his hand in trouble and said, "Don't look at me like this, Qiu Dao and the little ghost of the mountain family, I am just entrusted by others." That old man was really good at telling people that I didn't want to get involved in such a thing. It's no wonder that I always hit the jackpot these days, and it's good to wait for the day when I lose everything. ”

When it comes to this, Tsunade is full of resentment.

He has linked his 'misfortune' to the arrangement of the village.

"W-That, Tsunade-sama, please take a seat."

Ding Za and Hai Yi stood up and took the initiative to give up their seats for Tsunade, with a very respectful attitude.

It can be said that most of the ninjas in Konoha have been favored by Tsunade.

Especially those Konoha ninjas who are often active on the battlefield, many of their lives have been saved directly or indirectly by Tsunade.

Even the three families of pigs, deer and butterflies are the same, and they have received a lot of favors from Tsunade in the past.

Tsunade was not polite and sat down directly.

"It's rude."

Shizune said a word to the three of them, and sat down with Tsunade.

Tsunade looked at the table full of rich barbecue ingredients, a little speechless.

"The three of you have important things to do when you go to the country of ghosts, people who don't know, think you're here to travel."

Lu Jiu explained with a wry smile: "I was rejected by His Royal Highness the witch, and I can only eat something good here to relieve my depressed mood." ”

Anyway, if you have public funds, it is still very sufficient, and you don't have to grieve yourself.

Even if diplomacy is not successful, food still needs to be eaten.

"Isn't that a matter of course? As far as you can imagine, the other party must have already arranged it. He is the kind of man who has too much caution, whether it is medical ninjutsu or doing other things. ”

Tsunade snorted.

Thinking of this, Tsunade was unhappy again.

Lu Jiu didn't speak immediately, he didn't know much about Baishi's information.

A lot of information was left over more than ten years ago, and after more than ten years, the other party's style of acting, or strength, etc., is actually impossible to accurately determine.

The most important point is that he didn't have much interaction with Shiraishi in the past, and he was limited to the extent that he knew this person.

And only know that it's because he has a good teacher-student relationship with Tsunade, has a close relationship with the geniuses of the Uchiha clan, and is also a medical unit in the White Fang team.

Other than that, there doesn't seem to be anything worth noting.

"So, this time the old man asked me to come over, what do you want me to cooperate with you three little ghosts? Let's talk about it first, don't look for me about the fight, if you have any ulterior diseases in your body, you can take a look. ”

After listening to Tsunade's words, the three of Lu Jiu had some embarrassment on their faces, what is called an ulterior disease.

All three of them have children, and they have also entered the ninja school, how can there be any ulterior diseases?

Lu Jiu coughed and said, "It's nothing, in fact, I failed to negotiate with that shrine maiden before, I hope the village can send a more weighty person to negotiate with the shrine maiden here." Come to think of it, only Tsunade-sama meets this condition. ”

The upper echelons of the village will definitely not be easily dispatched to serve as envoys to the country of demons.

And as the leader of the Konoha Shinobi squad, he has also failed to negotiate, so the other of the three ninjas has become the first choice.

"Even if I am asked to come, I can't change anything. You're the village's ninja brain, and if you can't do anything, then it's even more impossible for me to have a way. ”

Tsunade poured himself a glass of wine and took a sip of it, squinting at Shikaku.

"It's a matter of people."

Lu Jiu smiled naturally.

Tsunade didn't look away, but stared at Shikaku's face, as if trying to see something from it.

Lu Jiu, who was very calm and calm at the beginning, was stared at by Tsunade all the time, and he also felt a strong sense of oppression, and the expression on his face became a little nervous, and he became unnatural.

"What's wrong, Tsunade-sama?"

"Nothing." Tsunade turned his gaze, put down the wine glass in his hand, turned his head to Shizune, who was sitting next to him, and said, "Shizune, let's go." ”

"Huh?"

Mute was stunned, didn't you just arrive? Why are you leaving?

"Suddenly I'm not in the mood to eat." Tsunade stood up and walked towards the door of the private room with silence.

Just as he was about to go out, he paused and left a sentence:

"I won't leave here for the time being, you can come to the hotel to find me if you have something, but you can solve the rest of the things yourself, I don't have time to pay attention to the intrigue between you."

"Yes."

Lu Jiu smiled bitterly.

Sure enough, this kind of little trick can't fool a ninja of the level of the three ninjas.

Even if he didn't know it at first, after he said those words, after thinking about it for a while, he must have understood the behind-the-scenes operation of the village.

However, this battle is not only about the frontal battlefield of the Wind Country, they are in the Land of Demons, and they must also provide the surprise troops on the front line with information that can determine the direction of the battlefield.

Once the negotiation with the shrine maiden fails, then the frontline battlefield becomes the most important key to victory.

For Konoha, this surprise attack must be successful.

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Early the next morning.

Mute returned to the hotel from buying breakfast outside, and was about to open the door with the key when a voice suddenly stopped her and told her to stop opening the door with the key.

"You're mute, I didn't expect it to be so big in a blink of an eye."

Mute didn't notice anyone approaching her, so she jumped to the side, quickly made a vigilant movement, and stared at the comer.

After seeing the appearance of the uninvited guest, Mute was stunned.

"You ......"

If you don't know the person in front of you, it's a fake, because in the past, when she and Shiraishi were working together as Tsunade's teaching assistant at the Konoha Ninja School, she had seen this person, and she had an inexplicable relationship with Shiraishi.

Hinata Ayane.

The name suddenly came back to mind.

Mute's expression became a little nervous.

Although the other party's appearance has basically not changed much from before leaving Konoha more than ten years ago, the gentle smile on her face at that moment, or the very iconic white eyes, undoubtedly prove her identity.

The defector ninja who left Konoha with Shiraishi more than ten years ago unraveled the caged bird technique of the Hyuga clan, led some of the Hyuga ninjas to defect, and killed many of Konoha's pursuers in the chase battle.

Her betrayal once caused discord between the Hyuga clan and the upper echelons of the village.

In the end, with the efforts of the village leaders, the crisis of confidence between the two sides was successfully saved.

But it is also a fact that the betrayal of the other party made Konoha suffer many losses in the third ninja world war.

For example, as a bounty hunter, he assisted Iwakure, causing a lot of trouble to the Konoha troops stationed in the country of grass.

He was also in the northern battlefield of Iwain, and the four generations of Thunder Shadow who were invincible to Yunyin have been frustrated many times, and there is no doubt that he is the top super-first-class ninja in the ninja world, and he can match the current five shadows.

When encountering such a terrifying ninja, Shizun will naturally feel panicked and scared.

Although the other party didn't seem to have any intention of making a move, Shizun had already begun to think about it, what was the purpose of the other party's coming here?

The country of ghosts is already a country under the control of the traitorous ninja, and if the other party makes trouble here, it doesn't matter to herself, if there is an accident here in Tsunade, then the matter will be terrible......

Thinking of this, Shizune gritted her teeth a little stubbornly, staring at Ayane without saying a word, ready to fight at any time.

Compared to Mute's vigilance, Ayane stood there very casually, using a smile to dissipate Mute's nervousness.

"Oh, don't worry, no matter what, you are also distinguished guests from afar, and you won't do anything to you, I still know a little hospitality."

Although he said this, the vigilance on Shizune's face still did not dissipate, but because of Ayane's words, his heart became more and more vigilant.

She had always felt that the smile on the other party's face was a little strange.

Obviously smiling very kindly and gently, but he didn't feel the slightest smile.

Even if this kind of person greets someone with a smile one moment, and directly tears the person who greeted him to pieces in the next second, there is nothing to make a fuss about.

Maybe that's what she's really like.

The tense and dreary atmosphere made it seem particularly oppressive, and just then, the door opened from the inside.

"Mute, it's too long to go out and buy breakfast, isn't it ......"

Tsunade walked out of the room, and that was the end of the conversation.

She looked to the other side with Shizune's vigilant gaze, revealing the same expression as Mute before, and was slightly stunned.

Ayane seemed to want to ease the atmosphere here, her eyes moved away from Shizune, landed on Tsunade, and greeted with a smile: "Tsunade-sama, I haven't seen you for a long time, I didn't expect you to be so old, you are still as young and beautiful as ever." ”

“……”

Tsunade is angry, but he can't get angry.

Because she didn't know whether Ayane's words were praising her for being young and beautiful, or if she was an old woman who was almost fifty years old.

Judging from the bright smile on her face, it seems that most of it is complimentary.

"You're not much different from before."

Except for the fact that she didn't wear a Konoha forehead guard, compared with more than ten years ago, Ayane has hardly changed in the slightest, and the years seem to be still stagnant more than ten years ago.

In the face of Tsunade's lukewarm words, Ayane smiled very familiarly: "What, don't you invite me in and sit?" ”

"I'm just here for a tour, and I don't want to get involved too much in such troublesome things."

Tsunade said.

"Is it because Shiraishi-kun isn't here?"

Ayane asked.

"It has nothing to do with him, I just hate trouble. If you can, just treat me as a regular tourist. ”

Tsunade said.

Ayane pursed her lips and smiled.

"I don't dare to treat Tsunade-sama, one of the three ninjas, like an ordinary tourist. If it had been before, I might have believed you. But in such a complicated situation, you appear in the country of ghosts like this, maybe there is someone's shadow behind it. For example, the Hokage-sama who showed his might to the Uchiha clan not long ago. ”

"That incident has nothing to do with Mr. Ape Fei!"

The meaning of anger can be heard in Tsunade's words.

But the specific anger against whom is only clear to Tsunade.

The dignified and wealthy ninja Uchiha was wiped out by a thirteen-year-old imp in his own village, no matter how you look at it, it is a ridiculous thing in the world.

"It doesn't matter, it's okay, I'm just making some unfounded speculations, Tsunade-sama don't get angry. After all, Hokage-sama was once known as a doctor of ninjutsu, and he was so wise and powerful, how could he cut off his own arm? ”

Tsunade wanted to punch Ayane in the face and tell her to shut up here completely, but he held back.

She wasn't sure if it was Ayane's provocation to let her take the lead and then there would be a reason to take her down here.

Even what Ayane said made her angrier the more she thought about it.

Why didn't she see it before, this white-eyed girl, the words that came out of her mouth were like a bloodless knife, only poking desperately at people's sore spots.

It's a very bad character.

"What are you here for?"

Tsunade asked with a helpless sigh.

Ayane didn't speak, but swept her gaze around the corner at the end of the hallway, a nonchalant smile on her face.

"It's not a gentleman's job to eavesdrop on the conversation between girls, Mr. Lujiu, let's also come out together."

After Ayane finished speaking, about a few seconds passed, and around the corner at the end of the corridor, three people walked out, and it was none other than Shikaku, Dingza, and Haiichi who had been hiding on the side for a long time.

was seen through the hiding place by Ayane, and the three of them were not surprised.

In the face of white eyes, such hiding is meaningless.

Instead of continuing to hide and die, it is better to come out generously and appear to be a little more open.

"It's not just the shinobi squad leader, but even the three shinobi are here. I'm wondering, next, will the other two of the three ninja also come over? Immediately realizing something, Ayane saw Tsunade's gradually deteriorating face, so she said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I forgot that Orochimaru-senpai has left the village, Konoha Sanshinobi, and only you and Jiraiya-sama are still in Konoha." I'm really sorry to mention Orochimaru-senpai at this time, please forgive me for being rude, Tsunade-sama. ”

"It's fine."

Tsunade exhaled deeply, a look of nonchalance on his face.

"That's great, then, please Tsunade-sama in the future, please restrain yourself a little here. After all, if you make a fuss here, you won't be able to stop it with the people in the garrison alone. It's the same with the three here. I don't really want to use violence against my former colleagues. ”

This is not at all out of the so-called colleague feelings in the past, Lu Jiu has reason to believe that under the other party's smiling faces, he must very much expect someone to make trouble here, and then solve the trouble all at once.

Considering that the other party had the experience of defeating Thunder Shadow, one of the Five Shadows, this kind of deterrent was enough to make the people here not dare to act rashly.

"Of course, we are the same. We have come here in good faith, and we do not want anything unpleasant to happen here with our former colleagues. ”

Lu Jiu said solemnly.

"When Mr. Lu Jiu said he was panicking, he didn't blink his eyes."

"On that note, we're both on each other."

Not to be outdone, Shikajiu fought back.

"In this way, I am more and more interested in the next development. In short, if you don't make trouble here, I'm personally more than happy to entertain you. In the same way, if you are going to do something here, I will still be very happy. ”

After saying this, Ayane turned around and walked away with a smile.

It wasn't until Ayane's figure disappeared in the corridor that the tense heartstrings of Lu Jiu and the others relaxed slightly.

For this, the silence is the same, the pink pig who followed her, even after Ayane left, was trembling, as if she smelled something very terrifying, and did not dare to speak out.

The only person who is more calm is Tsunade.

She wasn't intimidated by the momentum that Ayane had deliberately created, she was just frowning there, thinking about something.

"That, Tsunade-sama......"

"That's the end of the temptation, the little ghost of the Nara family, or rather, your purpose should have been achieved."

Tsunade interrupted Shikaku's words and sighed slightly.

Lu Jiu nodded, and then said, "Yes, I know that." But then, please don't leave the country of ghosts for the time being. ”

Tsunade nodded a little perfunctorily, not very happy.

"In addition, regarding the Uchiha extermination incident that Hinata Ayane said just now, the reasons for this are actually very complicated, and Tsunade-sama should not be too gullible...... After all, she is a ninja who has left the village, and she will definitely use all kinds of unsubstantiated remarks to discredit Hokage-sama to prove the correctness of her departure from the village. ”

"I have my own judgment on this kind of thing. However, I didn't expect that your relationship with Mr. Ape Fei would be reconciled so soon. ”

Tsunade still remembers that Shikaku was a staunch supporter of Mizumon, the fourth-generation Hokage.

"Ah, I wasn't very sensible when I was young, but now I can say that I am a little more mature."

Lu Jiu scratched his head in embarrassment, looking very troublesome.

"Really?"

Tsunade was a little lacking in interest, and was about to return to the house when Shikaku spoke again:

"Actually, Hokage-sama has been tired for a long time, and he needs a suitable successor."

This sentence seems to imply something.

Or maybe the longing in his heart has not been extinguished by the flood of reality, and he is still struggling for something.

Tsunade had a complicated color in his eyes and walked straight into the house without giving Shikaku an answer.

Lu Jiu sighed, is it really not good?

For Shikaku, the biggest dilemma Konoha is facing now is not the elimination of rebels who may endanger the safety of the village, but the lack of a sufficiently enlightened leader.

Instead of concentrating the strength of the village on eliminating the rebels, it is better to concentrate on developing itself.

As long as you are strong, any difficulties are no longer a problem.

Shikaku clearly sensed that Hokage-sama's heart was starting to mess up.

Is there a causal connection between the extermination of the Uchiha clan and the destruction of the Uchiha clan, or if there are other people holding the waves behind their backs, such as someone in the root.

But he didn't choose the most rational approach, which also meant that the Hokage was no longer the confident ninjutsu doctor of the past, just an old man who had been eroded by the years and his will was slowly depressed.

This is Konoha's biggest crisis, not rebellion.

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The Land of the Wind.

In the Sand Hidden Camp.

Sarutoshi came to the lounge where Jiraiya was, and the expression on his face was slightly relaxed, as if something had happened that made him happy.

"What's wrong, Long?"

Sarutoshi couldn't wait to smile and said, "Brother Jiraiya, it has been determined that Hinata Ayane is not a front-line battlefield, but is stationed in Shion Castle, the capital of the Oni Country. ”

"What about Chiba Shiraishi?"

Jiraiya asked.

Hinata Ayane is not on the front battlefield, so next, only the position of the last person remains, which has not yet been determined.

Uchiha Ruri is located on the frontline battlefield, which is a matter that has long been determined, and the next thing is to confirm the location of the third person, then, their surprise attack operation, the certainty of success is even greater.

Sarutoshi replied, "There is no way to determine this, but according to Mr. Shikaku's judgment, it is more likely that Chiba Shiraishi is on the front line." Otherwise, the country of ghosts would not be so aggressive on the side of the battlefield of the country of wind, and the offensive would be fierce. They must have something to rely on. ”

And this reliance, in Saruto's opinion, is likely to be the third person hidden on the front line, Chiba Shiraishi.

"Can't you be 100% sure? But in order for the surprise attack to be successful, uncertainties must also be taken into account. So, let's take the assumption that Chiba Shiraishi and Uchiha Ruri are on the front line, and carry out the decapitation operation. ”

The absence of one of the three is a very important piece of information for Jiraiya.

The difficulty of surprise attacks will also drop a lot.

It's just that if you deal with the two of you, with the sand hidden action, you will have a lot of confidence.

"Yes."

"I'm going to tell the news to the Kazekage, and you guys are also prepared, don't let the other party see the flaws, and wait for the enemy to fall into the trap, which is the time for us to appear, and take them down in one fell swoop."

After saying that, Jiraiya left the tent and transformed into a sand shinobi, walking towards the tent lounge where Kazekage Rosa was.

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In the office of the forward base, holding the information sent by Ayane, Shiraishi read it thoughtfully, and then laughed.

"With Tsunade-sensei, do you want to contain one person in the rear? That's a good idea. ”

It's a pity that from the beginning, he didn't plan to let Ayane intervene in the frontline battlefield.

Not only because Ayane needs to be in the rear to prevent the ninja village that has not participated in the war, but also because the troops placed on the front line are already seriously saturated, and there is no need to arrange Ayane on the front line anymore.

From Konoha's actions, Shiraishi also clearly felt that the Hokage-sama had begun to be secretly anxious.

It's because of the Uchiha clan's affairs, afraid that they will settle accounts after the autumn and continue to secretly arrange conspiracy that is unfavorable to Konoha, so they have the idea of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots in advance?

Or is there a deeper reason?

The only thing that is certain is that Konoha really intends to intervene in the battlefield here, and there is no possibility of détente between them.

It is also difficult to have the possibility of mitigation in the future.

Suddenly, all of a sudden, the earth shook, and there was some terrible force shaking the earth.

Shiraishi subconsciously looked out of the window, and a huge shadow shrouded the sun in the sky, overwhelmingly slamming into the outer wall of the base.

On the high wall of the base, the ninjas of the Oni Country looked at the dense sand ninja below, which had surrounded the outer wall of the base, and they kept bombarding the enchantment with ninjutsu and kunai attached to the detonation charm.

On the surging golden waves that were surging like a tsunami, a figure stood still, with a resolute face and a strong desire to attack in his eyes, it was the fourth generation of wind shadow Luo Sha.

He harnessed the placer gold, so that the gathered placer gold was like a rushing tsunami, advancing wave after wave and never stopping.

The defensive barrier that protected the outer wall began to tremble further and shake violently under the onslaught of the gold dust.

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