Late at night, the land of ghosts.

After the lights in the residential area were turned off, the lights were still bright in a single-family house.

After Asuka, Ichihime and other children moved out of here and became independent, in addition to Shiraishi's clone, only Shiraishi, Ruri, and Ayane still lived here.

The lights in the living room are bright, and Ruri and Ayane, who are sitting on the sofa, have already shed their usual ninja outfits at this time, and have changed into silk nightdresses at home.

At this time, the two people who are sitting calmly on the sofa are a little less sharp and sharp at work, and more leisurely and quiet when they are relaxed.

In the face of the two most important women in his life, perhaps he has become accustomed to the posture of the two, although Shiraishi admires the demure charm of the two in this state, he also knows that the next time is not the time to talk about the private affairs of his children.

Even if there is still time to relax, Shiraishi is accustomed to taking all the risks in the implementation plan into account in advance, and making various preparations to deal with the various unexpected risks encountered in the operation.

"The Five Shadows Conference will be held at three o'clock in the afternoon the day after tomorrow, that is, on the 27th of this month. If you leave early tomorrow morning, you can arrive in Iron Country before the meeting begins. ”

Shiraishi put the invitation to the Five Shadows Conference that he had received from Iwain and Yunyin on the coffee table in front of him, and his face showed a look of deliberation.

"Five Shadows Conference? Counting the next one, it's already the third time, and this group of people seems to be really in a hurry. ”

Ayane fiddled with the white fingers placed in front of her, remembering something.

Liuli picked up the cup and drank the hot water quietly, seemingly not particularly interested in the next Five Shadows Conference.

From the name of the 'Five Shadows Conference' used in the invitation, we know that although the country of ghosts was invited to the list this time, it still used the same set of plans from the past, obviously only fearing the power of the country of ghosts, rather than sincerely wanting to involve the country of ghosts.

In the name of the Five Shadows, it itself is rejecting the Ghost Country from joining.

In terms of national ideological antagonism, it can be said that the country of ghosts and the other five major powers have irreconcilable contradictions from the foundation.

"So, when you said these things just now, did you plan to get involved the day after tomorrow?"

The glazed dark pupils stared at Baishi with an inquiring meaning.

"Someone else has already sent a solemn invitation, and it would be a bit rude to refuse. And with the current situation, we can't fight for the time being, so we just took advantage of the Five Shadows Conference to go over and explore their details, so that our side is more prepared. ”

Shiraishi nodded and responded to Ruri's question.

"So, Shiraishi-kun, have you thought about the entourage this time? Since Ruri is not interested, let me go with you. ”

Ayane said with a smile.

Ruri glanced at Ayane slightly, but did not speak.

"That's fine, if Ruri doesn't go, sitting in the rear can also give me peace of mind. As for the other entourage......"

Shiraishi thought about it for a moment and agreed to Ayane's request to follow her.

After a short period of muttering, Shiraishi continued: "Let Cai be in charge, there should be no problem with his strength. ”

Among the children, Ichihime, a monster who surpasses the attempt, doesn't care for the time being, although Cai doesn't have the monster-like talent of Ichihime, but it's definitely not bad, and his strength is close to the level of five shadows.

More than enough to serve as a bodyguard.

Although for the current Shiraishi, the so-called guards are not necessary.

But identity is not transferred by the will of the parties after all. Sometimes, in order to show the identity that matches him, even if it is to decorate it well, or to stand out in a scene where the leader is not suitable in an unexpected situation, he will push his excellent shinobi to the front of the stage and show his muscles.

After all, there is no point in hiding such a thing as strength all the time, and only by revealing it appropriately can the enemy keep his own peace.

"Color? That kid has been doing a great job in the garrison lately, and in a few years, he might be able to take my place. ”

Ayane was a little surprised, but then showed a faint smile, obviously satisfied with her son's talent, and said the words that connected her position.

"You're so lazy. In a few years, Cai will be around 20 years old. ”

Ruri glanced at Aya a little speechless, generally speaking, at their age, although there will be no substantial breakthrough in strength, it is definitely not a problem to continue to maintain this peak combat power for more than 20 years.

According to the normal way of thinking, even if there is a change of office, it will be considered more than 20 years later.

"I don't have the slightest interest in controlling power, and when I first sat in the position of the head of the garrison, I was also pushed up by Shiraishi-kun. Besides, age is never a problem, isn't Bo Feng Shuimen also twenty-four years old, and he became the Hokage of Konoha? ”

Ayane tilted her head, the smile on her face still on.

"Two people who are not from a contemporaneous background cannot be conflated. Although Cai's ability is excellent, Bo Feng Shuimen, the Hokage who killed all the way out of the pile of the dead, caused a yellow flash, and it has also become a resounding name that the world fears. ”

Ruri shook her head.

Bo Feng Shuimen's ability to successfully become the Hokage was not only due to the general environment of that era, but also due to the fact that the power within Konoha happened to be in the transition period, which was both inevitable and accidental.

Moreover, the garrison of the Oni no Kuni is a violent law enforcement agency responsible for the entire country, and no matter how powerful the Hokage of Konoha is, he can only develop his political ambitions in Konoha Village after all...... In terms of work pressure, the former is definitely not lighter than the latter.

"Do you feel a little regretful because you didn't officially fight with the other party back then?"

Ayane laughed playfully.

Ruri snorted lightly, but did not deny it.

Twenty-one years ago, when she left Konoha, she only had a quick exchange with Bo Feng Shuimen, and she was very sorry for the end of the tiger, and hoped to be able to really fight with the other party in the future.

It's a pity that sixteen years ago, the Nine-Tails went berserk, resulting in the death and death of the other party, making her idea completely unattainable.

Even though she knew that the other party was now lurking in the body of Naruto Uzumaki, the Nine-Tails Pillar Force, Ruri lost interest in fighting the other party.

Because, the other party is a dead person, and she can't enjoy the real fun of fighting.

"You're just taking this too seriously, but I remember that Danzo seems to have used the Filthy Earth Reincarnation Technique, summoning a lot of ninjas who used to be famous in the ninja world...... When the time comes, you may find your favorite prey. ”

Ayane looked at Ruri and smiled.

Liuli squinted slightly.

"I hope so."

"Now that the itinerary has been finalized, it's time to rest, and besides, I need to inform Cai Cai now that he has a preparation."

After all, the two guards who participated in the Five Shadows Conference were decided casually here, and they didn't go through any formal meetings, so Cai didn't know anything about things here.

With that, getting up from the couch, Ayane walked to the second floor.

"Ah, yes." Ayane, who walked to the entrance of the building, seemed to remember something, turned her head and said with a smile: "Shiraishi-kun, don't go too far with Liuli tonight, we have to hurry tomorrow morning." ”

After that, the sound of her going upstairs was heard, and the figure disappeared.

Shiraishi, who was also going to rest, subconsciously looked at Ruri after being reminded by Ayane.

The other party is holding his hands on his chest, lifting a slender white jade leg and placing it on the other leg, causing the black nightdress as thin as light gauze to open and close slightly, revealing an attractive and in-depth mystery.

Then he swept towards the other party's neck, the same delicate and white, elegant and slender, just right.

At the same time, a pair of pitch-black pupils that seemed to have countless stars of light looked straight over, and their eyes collided in mid-air.

Ruri turned her head slightly, her hands clasped to her chest, and Shiraishi seemed to hear her almost disdainful snort coming from her nostrils.

But intentionally or unintentionally, the nightdress covering the white legs opens and closes on a larger scale.

This kind of invitation that is not disguised in the slightest seems to be ready to be loved by her husband to the fullest.

Baishi's heart was hot, and he stepped forward to hug Liuli's graceful body, which was as light as a feather and as ripe as a peach, his breathing couldn't help but become heavier, and he walked quickly towards the bedroom, letting everything fall into place.

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The next day, at five o'clock in the morning, it was just a little bright.

At the east gate of Ziyuan City, Cai arrived at the meeting place on time, and carried a black military backpack weighing about 20 kilograms, a sniper rifle at a time, and stood straight with his body, his eyes swept around, and he subconsciously began to investigate.

Although there were almost no pedestrians entering and exiting through the east gate during this time, Aya still maintained the vigilance expected of a ninja and strictly observed the surrounding environment. It wasn't until she had looked at all the places that she withdrew her gaze and waited in place.

"Cai, good morning."

Ayane walked over with a yawn, looking at her appearance, she should have just woken up not long ago, and when she got closer, she rubbed her eyes.

"Mom, didn't you sleep well last night?"

Seeing that there seemed to be a dark circle around Ayane's eyes, Cai suddenly asked in confusion.

"yes, the next room was a bit noisy last night, and it didn't quiet down until the early hours of the morning."

Ayane said expressionlessly.

"Noisy?"

Aya tilted her head, even more confused by Ayane's explanation.

If I'm not mistaken, next door to my mother's seems to be Aunt Liuli's bedroom.

"Your dad talked to your Aunt Liuli for a long time last night, if I had known that they would talk about it so late, then I would have joined in with them."

Speaking of this, Ayane bit her lip, and her pure white pupils seemed to reveal unwillingness, as well as a hint of resentment.

“…… Well, I think it's good to finish it in the office or wait until the next day, so there's no need to take it home and work overtime. ”

Cai cared about the health of the three of them, thinking that it was a matter of work and kept the three of them busy.

After Ayane heard this, she took a deep look at Aya deeply.

"Cai, you're still young, and you don't quite understand the hard work of adults."

“？”

Cai was slightly stunned, and nodded as if she didn't understand.

Although he didn't quite understand the meaning of his mother's words, he thought that there must be some deep meaning in it, and at this time, he just nodded and agreed.

Moments later, Shiraishi also arrived at the east gate and joined the two.

Aya saw the exhaustion on the other party's face, which seemed to be more serious than her mother Ayane, and sighed that her father and Aunt Ruri worked so hard that even the time to go home and rest was squeezed up, thinking that when she came to work last night, it must have been very hard.

Originally, there was some resentment about why he suddenly had to follow him to participate in the Five Shadows Conference, but he disappeared from Cai's heart all of a sudden.

The elders have set such an excellent example, and they can't be lazy at such a critical moment, and they have to put more energy into their work.

After all, he is already sixteen years old, and in this era, he is already an adult, and he has more responsibilities to bear.

can no longer be like in the past, let your parents hold in their arms and be spoiled.

"Cai, relax, this time the Five Shadows Conference, in fact, the countries have already reached a tacit understanding, and it is no surprise that they are just going through the motions there."

As if seeing Cai's nervousness, Shiraishi patted him on the shoulder and said a few words of relief.

"Yes."

Cai nodded, his mood was indeed a little nervous because he suddenly had to participate in the Five Shadows Conference with his parents.

But it's not because I'm afraid, but I'm thinking about how to keep others from belittling me because of my age, and thinking about what to do if a conflict breaks out to maintain the majesty of the Oni Country.

After all, he knew that the military leaders of the other powers, that is, the shadows who led the ninja villages of the great powers, seemed to have a lot of opinions about the country of ghosts.

Participating in such a meeting, the country of ghosts will most likely be targeted by these people.

When the time comes, a conflict is inevitable.

"Shiraishi-kun, it's time for us to leave, there are less than forty hours left, and if we don't hurry up, we may not be able to catch up."

Ayane looked at her pocket watch and reminded her of the time.

"Well, let's go."

Shiraishi nodded, since his and Ayane's luggage were placed in the shadow space of the Shadow Dancer, it looked like the two of them were empty-handed, but they had already been prepared, and there was no need to stop halfway, just go all the way to the meeting place in the Iron Country.

Shiraishi and Ayane took the lead and rushed out, spanning a distance of hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye, and Aya gathered chakra at his feet, carrying a backpack weighing twenty kilograms, and his body flew out like an arrow from a string, catching up with the footsteps of the two people in front of him at the same speed.

……

"Is the old man out?"

Kazuhime came to visit the single-family villa where he used to live.

I was too familiar with the environment here, and it was easy to find my mother Ruri who had just finished breakfast in the restaurant.

The Tianyu girl next to her was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, like a loyal maid, meticulously completing her work, seeing that Yiji was envious, and wanted to snatch such a useful servant from Baishi more than once.

Because of this, even if she leaves the villa, she will occasionally come back for dinner and revisit the food made by the Tianyu Girl.

"He's gone to the Iron Country."

Ruri glanced at Kazuhime and answered her question.

"The Land of Iron? Is it to go to the Five Shadows Conference? ”

Kazuhime thought back to what had happened recently, and immediately guessed the purpose of Shiraishi's trip to the Land of Iron.

The recent major event in the Iron Country is that the third Five Shadows Conference will be held there, which has attracted the attention of many countries.

"Yes, I left three hours ago, and because it was a temporary decision, and I happened to be on vacation today, I haven't officially issued a notice yet."

"That's it, but participating in the Five Shadows Conference, such a lively thing actually forgot me, I've always been looking forward to the strength of these Five Shadows, it would be nice if I could fight directly."

Yiji was a little dissatisfied, and seemed to have a lot of complaints about Baishi's failure to count himself in this matter.

"It's because of your dangerous thoughts that you can't be counted. But aren't your Thorns Squad conducting special training in the northern region? How do you have time to come back? ”

Ruri asked with a frown.

"Some of the crew's chakra armor was scrapped during training, and I'm going to come back and get some new armor."

Kazuhime explained.

"Don't go overboard in training, that kind of armor is not only precious, it's also cumbersome to make, and it's always hard to ramp up production."

Ruri advises a child.

If you damage the chakra armor too much, you won't be able to assemble it for more ninjas at that time, and the sacrificial rift will become bigger.

For Kazuhime, chakra armor may not be a big deal, but for many ninjas, it is a precious ninja that can effectively protect their lives on the battlefield, and each one is very valuable.

"Now that war could break out at any time, I am also trying to improve their strength as much as possible, so that they can increase their survival rate in the next battlefield. After all, once I fight, it will be difficult for me to take care of my own people, and I will even accidentally get involved with my own people. ”

Yiji looked very helpless.

A powerful ninja, it can't be said that cooperation is not valued, but in the country of ghosts, there are not many people who can fight with her who is serious. As a result, most of the time in the past, once she used her full strength, she could only fight alone.

As she spoke, she looked at Liuli again, as if she wanted to find a further sense of identity, so she spoke: "I think this kind of thing, Mom, you also knew it in the past, the kind of situation where you have to suppress your strength when you take care of your companions." ”

"No, don't confuse me with you. The ninjas who have worked with my team over the years have always been your dad and the white-eyed woman, and I don't need to think about their safety when fighting, even if they are in front of me, I will cut them down with all my strength and send them flying with the enemy. ”

Ruri shook her head, denying Kazuhime's self-righteous sense of identity.

“……”

Kazuhime felt like something was stuffed in her mouth, but when she felt it carefully, it seemed like nothing was stuffed in her mouth.

"Speaking of which, isn't the explosive maniac who joined Akatsuki in your group? His strength should be able to keep up with your movements. ”

Ruri has seen the detailed information about the artist of the Xiao organization, although the weakness is obvious, but with the technical assistance of the Oni Country, that part of the weakness is now being eliminated little by little. Coupled with the particularity of its secret arts, after cooperating with Ichihime, it may be able to achieve miraculous results.

"Deidara? His words were indeed able to reluctantly cooperate with me. However, such a ninja is hard to come by, and it is very lucky to find one. ”

Deidara's strength, placed in the entire Oni Country military, is enough to rank in the forefront, but this level of ninja itself means that it is not replicable. In fact, when the strength reaches the upper ninja, he has basically stepped out of his own fighting style and has his own ninjutsu skills.

"So, the chakra armor thing ......"

Kazuhime said this and got back to business.

"I'll wait until your dad comes back, after all, he needs to approve it himself. This is because the chakra armor that was used for the Thorn team was specially crafted and was different from the regular chakra armor. Such a precious armor ninja, a single piece, is more expensive than the accumulation of multiple flying ninjas. ”

"Can't you just fake his handwriting with the writing wheel? As for the seal, I secretly took the old man's seal and forged an identical one. ”

Kazuhime looked at Ruri and looked at it with expectant eyes.

Liuli glared at the daughter in front of her, who was gradually becoming lawless, and warned in a stern tone:

"Now hand over the forged seal, and in addition, write me a 10,000-word review report, and I will personally inspect it tomorrow at noon."

Yiji couldn't help but be depressed, and regretted the self-explosion just now, so he took a deep breath and said in another flattering tone:

"Mother, in this way, I can tell you a lot of unknown secrets of the old man in exchange, the old man has done a lot of good things behind your back."

"Don't worry, I know more about his secrets, whether it's the little H book hidden in the wall panel in the toilet, or the private money in the mezzanine of the notebook, or the obscene uniform that I secretly bought for that white-eyed woman."

Ruri stared at Ichihime's directly stiff face, smiled coldly, and ruthlessly defeated Ichihime's unrealistic fantasies.

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Sept. 27, 9 a.m.

Iron Country.

Mifune, the general of the Iron Country, who is over sixty years old, is very sad at this time.

I feel a headache and helplessness for this group of big countries.

Every time there is a conflict, it is necessary to solve the problem in the neutral position of the Iron Country, which leads to the fact that during such a meeting, the samurai from all over the Iron Country must pay twelve points of attention and dare not relax in the slightest, so that the talks will be unexpected.

Although the convening of the Five Shadows Conference in the Iron Country is a recognition of the strength of the neutral country in the Iron Country, it is also a trouble.

In the ninja world, the Akatsuki organization, which has been in a uproar recently, and the rain hidden who colluded with it, Mifune has also heard a little.

Although he was also terrified that this organization was able to take away the Tailed Beasts from the villages of Sand Hide, Cloud Hide, and Iwain, and had the relevant technology to seal the Tailed Beasts, in the final analysis, this was a contradiction between the other party and the great powers, and it had nothing to do with the Iron Country.

Therefore, Mifune now only hopes that this time the Five Shadows can end the meeting quickly, and then let these big men with considerable weight leave the Iron Country, and don't involve the Iron Country in the war at that time.

In front of the entrance to the icy and snowy castle, Mifune and two close warriors with ninja-level strength, Okisuke and Rikaku, are waiting for the arrival of distinguished guests here, like a tough cypress, standing proudly in the wind and snow.

Because the wind and snow were so loud that even the sound of human breathing could not be heard, and the cries of the surrounding beasts were also very faint, and they were all covered by the wind and snow.

In the snow, I don't know how long I waited, three figures broke through the wind and snow, began to slow down evenly, and approached the entrance of the castle.

The people who came were Shiraishi, Ayane and Cai.

After a long day of sleeplessness, the trio crossed the borders of many countries and officially arrived in the Land of Iron.

And judging from the neat costumes of the three of them and the lack of messy breathing, it is obvious that after a long journey of one day and one night, it has not affected their physical strength in any way.

"Your Excellency Mifune, it's been a long time, but your samurai style is still the same spirit as ever."

Shiraishi walked over with a smile, as if greeting an acquaintance, and skillfully greeted Mifune.

Aya also looked curiously at Mifune, the legendary samurai general of the Iron Country, who commanded the military forces of the whole country.

"Your Excellency Shiraishi is polite, at the age of the old man, swordsmanship has long begun to be dull. However, Lord Shiraishi and Lord Ayane are still the same as in the past, nothing has changed. ”

Mifune looked at the extremely young faces of Shiraishi and Ayane, and couldn't help but feel the magic of ninjutsu.

Especially Ayane, like a twenty-year-old woman, the years stay for her, so that her appearance and body are kept in the best time.

Looking at it this way, it is impossible to see at all that these two people are actually middle-aged people who are already forty years old.

"Have they arrived?"

Shiraishi nodded, looked at the castle's mouth, and asked.

He could sense that there were many powerful chakra reactions in the castle.

"In addition to the two Lords of the Wind Shadow and the Water Shadow, the three Lords of the Hokage, the Earth Shadow, and the Thunder Shadow have already arrived."

Mifune responded.

He then summoned a sword-wielding samurai in heavy armor to lead the three Shiraishi into the castle.

(End of chapter)