Should the Hokage exist?

This question has been haunting Asma's heart since very early times.

It is true that as the second son of the third Hokage of Konoha, questioning the correctness of the Hokage may be full of deviance, not only in the eyes of outsiders, but also in the eyes of his own people.

Over time, this thought did not disappear in Asma's mind, but grew stronger and stronger.

So much so that a few years ago, he and his father's three generations of Hokage went head-to-head, gave up the future destined for glory and wealth in Konoha, devoted themselves to the Daimyo's Mansion, and became one of the twelve guardian ninja warriors of the Daimyo of the Fire Country at that time, just to fulfill the legitimacy of his own path.

But then like-minded companions began to kill each other because of differences in philosophy.

The Guardian Ninja Twelve was now the only one left, he and one other.

The glory is no longer there, and Asma's enthusiasm for the Guardian Ninja Twelve has gradually cooled, and in frustration, he returns to Konoha to live in a nightmare of life.

However, after returning to Konoha, I saw a dying old father, who had a very tall back in the original impression, but now he is just an old man who is about to die.

Asma, who now feels bored in doing everything, has begun to slack off both in practice and in ninja tasks.

After completing the C-level escort mission, Asma simply came over to report to his father, the third generation of Hokage, and explained how the mission was completed.

His careless attitude made Ri Cho, as a father, very worried.

Although he has the heart to enlighten Asma, what Asma thinks in his heart is, to a certain extent, contrary to Konoha's will, and can be regarded as a betrayer of the will of fire.

If it weren't for the fact that the other party was his own son, he would be living under the watchful eye of the shadows now.

Now it is not only the major affairs of the village, but also the private affairs of the family, which are also worried about Riqi.

His wife, Sarutobiko, was killed in the Rebellion of the Nine-Tails, and his eldest son, Sarutobi, and his eldest daughter-in-law, Sarutobi, were also heroically killed in the recent Battle of the Land of the Winds.

Asma, the second son of Asma, who hoped to boost the prestige of the Sarutobi clan, turned away from the will of fire and turned around and joined the daimyo, becoming the Guardian Ninja Twelve.

Although he came back in frustration because of the disagreement between the internal concepts of the Guardian Ninja Twelve, the relationship between father and son has not been eased.

Silent silence is the best resistance.

Hizai couldn't understand why Asma, the second son who grew up in Konoha since childhood, had to get along with the will of fire, and why he questioned the correctness of the Hokage's existence so much.

As a ninja of Konoha, it should be the 'jade' of Konoha that should be guarded, not the 'jade' of the land of fire.

Although Konoha and the Land of Fire are one, in many cases, the 'jade' of the two cannot be confused.

In Hichi's view, Asma's path is the biggest rebellion against Konoha.

It is also the bitter fruit of his educational failure.

It reminded him of Chiba Shiraishi, who defected to Konoha.

The other party is also a ninja who grew up under the will of fire, and at a critical time, he did not hesitate to abandon Konoha and deviated from the path of the will of fire, and instead took away part of the Uchiha and Hyuga clans, lurked in the country of ghosts, and started anew.

Hizaki is worried that Asma will do the same.

Sooner or later, one day because of this incorrect thinking, it will become Konoha's rebellion.

His own disciple Orochimaru has already betrayed Konoha if his son and son also become a traitor to Konoha ...... Just thinking about it, Hizai felt extremely sad.

I feel like my breathing is getting harder.

"Is there anything worth caring about in the mission?"

After receiving the debriefing report submitted by Asma, Ri Chop casually cared.

"No, everything is normal."

Asma put her hands in her trouser pockets, looking like she was ignoring them.

“……”

Looking at Asma's freewheeling delinquent young man's posture, if he didn't know that this was his son, he would have thought that he had come out of nowhere.

"Don't you have something to tell me?"

Hizaki took a deep breath.

"The report is complete, can I go back, Hokage-sama?"

Asma said without raising her eyelids.

"I don't know exactly what you've been thinking lately, but if you go on like this, the situation will become very dangerous."

Hizai didn't want Asma to be decadent, and he didn't want to see his son turn away from the Konoha where he was.

"Does Hokage-sama even care about this? If nothing else, the subordinates retired first. ”

Asma frowned, clearly getting impatient with Hizai's meddling.

"I don't want to press you as Hokage, Asma, can you go home and have dinner in the evening? Request in the name of the father. ”

Hizai stared at Asma's back, who had already put his hand on the doorknob and turned.

Asma paused and said without looking back: "I'm fine, I'm just a little upset lately, you have a lot of opportunities, don't waste time on a pawn like me." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Hizai to speak, Asma left the office directly and disappeared from Hizai's eyes.

"Ahem."

After Asma left, Hizai immediately coughed angrily, but his face did not show obvious anger, which was expressed in his heart.

After a long time, the thousand words of the day turned into a silent sigh.

As the Hokage of the village, he was already a little unqualified, but he didn't expect that as a father, he was also unqualified.

He didn't know what Asma's judgment was based on, and he questioned the Will of Fire and the Hokage, but if he continued to let this result continue, Asma would sooner or later embark on a path of no return, and his father, he would probably end up facing each other.

This kind of thing must be resolutely put an end to.

The best thing to do is to immediately conduct a thorough investigation of everything about Asma, and put all his actions under the eyes of the shadows to monitor.

But the other party is always his own child, and the mistake of the moment is not irreparable, and he wants to give Asma a chance to make amends.

If the other party can grasp it, he doesn't want to make drastic moves against his second son and imprison him.

If you can't, you can only kill your relatives in righteousness.

Among Konoha, there is no room for anyone who deviates from the will of fire.

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In a solitary apartment.

It was Asma's current station, because of a disagreement with his father Richo to avoid the embarrassment of meeting, he moved out of his original home, and with the payment for completing his tasks, he rented an apartment outside.

Although the space of the house is a little smaller, it does not have the oppressive atmosphere of the original home, which is very suitable for a person to relax here.

"I thought I ran somewhere, but it turned out to be a person hiding there and drinking."

A familiar voice came from the window next to him, and Putting down the half-wine bottle in his hand, Asma's eyes squinted slightly, and he saw Kakashi entering the room through the window.

The other party looked over with a smile on his face, as if he had discovered something interesting.

"As a busy person in the dark department, what is the matter with coming to me at this time? Could it be that he came to be Hokage-sama's lobbyist? ”

Asma seemed to see through Kakashi's thoughts, and asked a rhetorical question very flatly.

He knew that Kakashi, as the head of the dark department, had too many things to deal with every day, and even the gatherings between friends were rarely attended because of his work.

As a result, there was time to visit him, a waste man, no matter how you look at it, it was the Hokage's order.

"Don't say that, Asma, isn't it right for old friends to meet each other? And since you became the Guardian Ninja Twelve, the number of times you return to Konoha every year has become less and less, sometimes even once in half a year, but you also leave in a hurry. ”

Kakashi walked over casually.

Asma snorted, as he thought, Kakashi was indeed Hokage's lobbyist.

From his father's point of view, he has failed to correct his thoughts, and now he is starting to play the emotional card with him from the perspective of his friends.

As for the Guardian Ninja Twelve, it was already an organization that existed in name only.

The determination and hostility of their comrades who did not agree with each other and killed each other before their deaths are still retained in Asma's mind, as if they will remain for the rest of his life, becoming a nightmare in his heart that will never go away.

"I've heard about your guardianship of the Twelve Ninja Warriors. In the end, you broke with your companions to protect Hokage-sama's life. ”

Kakashi patted Asma on the shoulder and said.

"Ah, yes, in the end, I also became a betrayer of the organization in order to defend the old man. When I think about it now, what a mess I have in my head. ”

Asma smiled bitterly.

He was supposed to be a radical, but at a critical time, he suddenly turned back, causing the radical faction to assassinate the Hokage who guarded Shinobi's plan to end in failure.

No matter how much he disagrees with his father, it is also his father, and the tiger poison does not eat children, and he also remembers his connivance and protection of the day in his heart.

How could he do it to such a father, isn't that just a beast?

But if you don't do it, you are betraying your original concept.

The 'jade' of the Fire Nation only needs one person.

That's the Daimyo of the Fire Nation.

And the 'jade' of the Hokage is hypocritical, a roadblock in front of the road to national reunification, and must be eliminated.

The conflict between loyalty and filial piety made Asma extremely painful and tormented in this whirlpool.

He didn't know what he had to do to achieve a perfect ending.

At that time, killing like-minded companions was also muddy.

How to return to Konoha in the end, there is no memory.

Rejecting memories of that battle.

"This may be the growth that we ninjas have to go through. The conflict between will and idea seems to be unconnected and full of chance, but there is also a certain inevitability in it. In the past, I was as confused as you. ”

But the direction of Asma's confusion is different.

I don't understand why my father committed suicide.

I don't understand why the villagers are so narrow in their tolerance after just failing a mission.

Until now, Kakashi has not investigated what his father's mission was at that time, and what secrets were in it.

Maybe it's been eliminated, or maybe it's just a task process, and there's no secret at all.

Companion is superior to task, or task is superior to companion.

I fell into that desperate situation in the past, and now Asma, why is it not the original self?

Oscillating between the two wills, not knowing what path to take next, and not knowing how to go, can be called right...... Because of this, there is boundless pain and frustration.

Kakashi believed that if Asma was allowed to continue like this, his existence would be an unstable element for Konoha and would be ostracized by Konoha as a collective.

It's like choosing to prioritize the task over his companions in the first place, but he is not allowed by the ideas of the villagers and his companions, and becomes an object of isolation from them.

Therefore, even if Asma is the son of the Hokage, there is a limit to his tolerance.

When necessary, it is likely that it will be the Hokage himself who will personally deal with Asma, a stabilizer.

"You're a little too early to instill in me life faith, Kakashi. But you're right about one thing, we've all been through something we don't know about. ”

The feeling of being the enemy of the world, just thinking about it, makes me feel heavy and depressed to the point where I can't breathe.

Asma also knew that Kakashi had finally compromised.

Whether it's spontaneous behavior, or being changed by the late fourth Hokage wave Feng Shui Gate, as rumored, these things are known only to Kakashi himself.

Looking at Kakashi's current appearance, he also knew that the other party had come out of the shadows of the beginning, and not like himself, who was still wandering at the crossroads of confusion and hesitating.

From this point of view, Asma was very envious of Kakashi.

Kakashi has found his own path, but what about himself?

Do you really want to be decadent forever?

But what else can I do now?

It may seem simple to set up a new goal in life, but can you really give up the firm beliefs you have in the past?

Is it really the right thing to give up the path that you have been firmly following?

Kakashi's choice is, after all, Kakashi's own, not his.

He wanted to change Konoha, but he couldn't convince even the villagers and his companions that he had the right to shake the Hokage's faith.

With a thought in discoloration, Asma took another sip of the sullen wine and poured it into her mouth.

"Would you like to go out for a walk? Now you urgently need to get rid of the depression in your heart and get out of the previous experience. ”

Seeing that Asma was still hesitating, Kakashi let out a sigh and pressed Asma's shoulder, suggesting to him.

"Distracted?"

Asma lowered her head, as if considering Kakashi's proposal.

Indeed, the current self is not suitable for staying in Konoha.

And I don't want to see the Hokage myself.

If this continues, it will only further intensify the contradictions and prejudices between himself and the Hokage.

If he could, he didn't want to go down the path of confrontation with his father.

But the Hokage ...... As if thinking of the scene where the companion of the guardian shinobi died at his own hands, Asma couldn't help but smile bitterly, and in the end he just drank sullenly and didn't say anything.

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Drunk and drunk, Asma only woke up slowly at noon the next day.

Kakashi had already left, and Asma didn't care, but simply cleaned up the room, cleaned up the mess in the room, and then went to meet the Hokage. Based on Kakashi's advice, Asma proposes to Hinata to go on a long-term mission.

"On a long-term mission out there?"

For Asma's proposal, Hizai is still a little happy.

This also proves that Asma is not arrogant to the point of incurability.

It seems that yesterday's private request to Kakashi to comfort his second son was still fruitful.

At least this way, Asma has the determination to change his ways.

After that, slowly guide him to believe in Konoha again, believe in the will of fire, and return everything to square one.

Asma was still nonchalant, not at all worried that the Hokage would refuse his request.

In fact, he may be more anxious than he is.

"Well, I'll approve of that. But can you tell me where you're going next? ”

Although Asma doesn't need to reveal all the details, he needs to know roughly where Asma is going.

Asma did not answer, but said something else: "Two days ago, the daimyo sent someone to deliver a letter to me. ”

Ri Chop nodded, he knew about this, and he could roughly guess what was written in the letter.

"Daimyo, he hopes to return to the Daimyo's Mansion and re-form the Guardian Ninja Twelve."

Asma said without being salty.

"And what about your choice?"

"I haven't considered going back for the time being, and other than that, it seems that the daimyo is preparing to send a mission to the country of ghosts for diplomacy recently."

Asma got down to business.

“……”

Hiza's heart sank, and when he saw the determination in Asma's eyes, he couldn't help but get nervous.

Where would Asma want to go next...... Is it the land of ghosts?

If so, it's a bit of a hassle.

As if seeing through Hizai's thoughts, Asma replied, "Don't worry, when I get there, I'll restrain myself." The eldest brother and sister-in-law died on the battlefield, and even if I want revenge, it will be done on the battlefield. ”

"I'm sorry about the Takashi and purlins. But, Asma, the place in the country of ghosts, you'd better not approach it. ”

Hizai solemnly advises Asma.

What worries him the most is that Asma will not be able to restrain his belief in revenge at that time, which will lead to a lot of troublesome things.

Even if Asma said that he would restrain his impulses, Asma's temperament seems to be calm, but in fact it is as fierce as fire.

The Land of Demons is so far away from the Land of Fire that it will take at least three or four days, or even longer, for ninjas to run at full speed.

If Asma had any accident in the country of ghosts, Konoha would not be able to reach it.

Because once Asma makes a disturbance in the country of ghosts, the people there will not be afraid of his identity as the son of the Hokage and show mercy to his subordinates.

I've already lost a son and don't want to lose another.

Asma didn't speak, but was silent and looked at Sunsaki, the determination in his eyes that couldn't be hidden.

For the country of ghosts that can rise between the great powers, no matter who it is, there will be a strong interest in it.

People, including ninjas, are accustomed to the five great powers being high, and this pattern has not changed for hundreds of years, even going back hundreds of years.

Now a country of ghosts that threatens the status of a great power has suddenly appeared, which has made many people unaccustomed to it.

But the country of ghosts has proven itself with its strength, defeating the country of wind head-on, and at the Five Shadows Conference, forcing the country of fire and Konoha to compromise, this is definitely not something that a small country can do.

At the beginning, Yuyin demigod Hanzo only resisted the ninjas of the three major ninja villages, but in the end, he still announced the victory of Konoha .

Yukure is stronger than Hanzo and weaker than Hanzo.

Except for Hanzo, there are no powerful ninjas who can handle it.

And the country of ghosts is different, they have advanced combat ninja equipment, and they also have a plurality of powerful ninjas, as for the backbone combat power, although it is not revealed, but the country of ghosts, which has been hidden for many years, it is impossible to rashly provoke a big country. Therefore, there is a high probability that there is no shortage of backbone combat power in the country of ghosts, but on the battlefield of the country of wind, there is no need to show it.

It seems that he also sensed the determination in Asma's eyes, and the decapitation of the sun hurts even more.

I smoked harder, and I sat there and coughed hard.

He really hoped that his eldest son, who had not died on the battlefield, could replace him and enlighten Asma so that he could fully integrate into the big family of Konoha.

"Although nominally, I have canceled Chiba Shiraishi's renegade status, their existence is still too dangerous. Moreover, recently, the country of ghosts has been carrying out secret plans in the country of waves near the country of fire, which shows its wolf ambition and began to seek the status of a great power. If you go to the country of ghosts now, you will be tantamount to throwing yourself into a net. ”

"But before that, Uchiha Ruri also sent Konoha to envoy, didn't she? Although it was a secret visit, it was not made public, and only a few people in the village knew about it. ”

Asma said.

Hizai was even more depressed.

That's not only because there is a deal between himself and Chiba Shiraishi, but also because Uchiha Ruri himself is strong, and it costs an incomparably heavy price to kill the other party.

In contrast, Asma's strength is not very reassuring.

Listening to Lujiu's report before, Asma was in a head-on battle, and Uchiha Ruri's daughter easily suppressed him, and the other party was only twelve years old. Compared to the Uchiha Itachi who joined the mysterious organization and served as a spy, the strength may be almost the same.

The military power of the Oni Country is by no means what it appears on the surface.

"If I am not allowed to go to the land of ghosts, then the long-term mission will be canceled."

Hizai's repeated silence also aroused Asma's rebellious mentality.

The more he didn't want him to do it, the more he wanted to give it a try and impress everyone.

He didn't want to be a young eagle who would never grow up under the protection of the Hokage.

The son of the Hokage, this identity has brought him countless glory, but it also puts a lot of pressure on him.

He wanted to transcend the Hokage's restraints on him, and he was Ape Flying Asma, not just the son of the Hokage.

"Alas...... If Takashi and the purlins were still around, they wouldn't allow you to mess around like that. ”

Richo smiled bitterly, saying this is also a compromise in disguise.

"When my eldest brother and sister-in-law find out, they will only support me, not like you, and will only reprimand me for my mistakes. You are only firm in your own path, and I am firm in my own path, who is right and who is wrong, how can I know if I don't go to the end? ”

Asma said.

Hizai knew that he couldn't convince Asma, and he didn't have time to waste on family matters.

Letting the other party leave Konoha for a while can also make yourself clean for a while.

"I allow you to follow the Daimyo's delegation to the Land of Demons. But you have to promise me not to cause trouble there, and you have to change your impulsive nature. In addition, when the Daimyo mission leaves, you must also leave with you, and you are not allowed to stay in the country of demons for too long. ”

"What if I don't agree?"

"Then I'll let the shadows go with you, you don't want to go out for a walk, and you've been watched by the shadows, right?"

The attitude of the day is resolute.

"I see, I'll follow the mission's arrangement."

Striving for such conditions was already the limit, Asma didn't say anything, turned around and left the office, leaving a melancholy and depressed look on his face.