Just as the residents of Konoha flocked to the village gates, ready to catch a glimpse of the foreign envoys and welcome the ensuing three-year peace, a reconnaissance team led by Special Shinobi Inuzuka Paw was patrolling about 100 kilometers southeast of the village.

Not long ago, they were confronted by a gang of robbers who robbed passing merchants and tourists along the way.

Although only six of the more than thirty bandits were wandering ninjas, they were outnumbered.

Under the siege of dense bows and arrows, the three people and one dog fought back, but some people were unfortunately hit by the enemy's poisoned arrows.

It's a bit ironic that the one who was injured was a Hinata Nakashinobi with a full-angle vision.

At this time, in the forest not far from the avenue, Hinata Naruki was leaning sideways under a large tree.

Inuzuka Paw's ninja Kuromaru sniffed carefully near the wound on his lower back, his human eyes full of thought.

"I don't really have a big problem."

Looking at the expression of "Are you not good" on his companion Nakaya, Hinata Nariki said helplessly: "It's just a little dizzy." Besides, some robbers are just some powerful poisons......"

"Boy, the lion fights the rabbit with all his might! Don't take these amateur ninjas seriously! ”

Inuzuka Paw stood in front of him and crossed his waist and said, "The toxins these guys use are usually troublesome. Because they don't have the major ninja village standard poisons, they basically see something poisonous in the forest, and they just apply it to the weapon without thinking about it, and they never think about configuring the antidote. It's going to be a lot of trouble if you don't get this wound right! ”

"It can't be that coincidental. Probably it's just the juice of a poisonous mushroom or something......"

"Unfortunately, you're right, Claw."

Kuromaru interrupted Hinata Nariki's thoughts of luck.

"It's not any toxin I've ever smelled. However, the skin near the wound was discolored and smelled like a worm, which was supposed to be some kind of arthropod tissue fluid, and it was reacting with his blood. ”

"Tsk! That's a protein toxin! ”

Inuzuka Paw raised his eyebrows, and he only felt that his head was big for a while.

The middle shinobi next to him immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, his eyebrows drooped together, and he said nervously: "But in this case, the broad-spectrum anti-poison issued to us by the Konoha Hospital will not be used." ”

Broad-spectrum antitoxicants are cure-all-type antidotes that have been specially formulated to address most common toxins.

If a Konoha ninja accidentally eats a poisonous wild fruit or mushroom in the wild, or encounters a poison from another ninja village, this anti-poison can have a good suppression effect.

However, protein toxins are a different story.

Just like many people who have been bitten by rare poisonous snakes, if they want to be cured, they must use the corresponding antidote serum, otherwise indiscriminate use of drugs will only make the chemical composition of the patient's body more complicated.

"But I don't really feel anything other than a little dizziness."

Hinata Naruki saw Inuzuka Claw's brows furrowed, and hurriedly said: "I finally managed to hide this time, I don't have to participate in the affairs of the mission, you must not send me back!" ”

"Speaking of which, I've long thought it's strange, why do you have to pull your Hyuga clan to greet the mission?"

Inuzuka Paw complained, "If I were the advisor of the village, I would definitely let you stay as far away from Yun Shinobi as possible." Let the Hyuga clan meet the enemy, aren't you afraid of triggering the Fourth Ninja World War on the spot? ”

"It's surveillance, it's surveillance."

Hinata Nariki corrected Inuzuka Paw's statement: "The others did go to welcome, but the instructions given to all the Shinobi of the Hyuga clan are to monitor the movements of the two countries' missions throughout the process. There are more than 30 shinobi in our clan, and all of them were transferred away last night. A shinobi like me was also placed on standby near the embassy, probably on the part of the village.

"At times like this, it's too conspicuous for me to go back. If the old men of the Zong family saw me resting, they didn't know what ugly things they would say. ”

What he didn't say was that several clansmen, including his father, who had been in charge of observing Uchi's fluctuations all year round, were also urgently called this time and suspended their original work, which shows that the top leaders of Konoha are wary and attach importance to Yun Shinobi.

"Really? Mito Menyan, that old guy is notoriously afraid of causing a 'misunderstanding'. It seems that this order was given by the man with a bandage on his eye, which is a good dismount. The attitude of the village is finally a little tougher. ”

Inuzuka paw grunted twice, then stopped dwelling and turned back to what really mattered.

"But if you don't go back, your poison won't be cured. I'll tell you the truth, I don't know anything about medical ninjutsu, you have to think clearly, boy. ”

"It's okay, I'll use the chakra to resist first, maybe I'll be fine in a while."

As he spoke, Hinata Narita's forehead protruded blood vessels, and his gaze was tightly focused on the wound around his abdomen.

The white eye can see the chakra meridians of the human body, so it should not be a problem to control the chakra acupoints near the wound and inhibit the spread of toxins.

However, Hinata Narita had not been doing this for less than a second, and the wound, which was originally normal, suddenly bleeded as if it had been ripped open by an invisible hand.

Dense black-purple lines centered on the wound and spread out in the form of a spider's web; The thickest black line of them rushed upwards along the ridge of the Hinata tree, and in the blink of an eye, it had climbed to the back of the neck!

"Woo!" The sharp pain in his body caused Hinata to scream in pain, and the whole person fell to the ground like a collapsed house.

But as he stopped using the chakra, the black line climbed significantly slower, but Hinata Narita's neck, which was covered in black lines, looked terrifying.

Even if he didn't know anything about toxicology, he could see that he had a big problem now.

"Grow into a tree!" The other shinobi was shocked and helped his companion to sit up, "What's going on?" ”

"I'm in trouble." Don't have Hinata Narita to answer by herself, Inuzuka Paw has already come up with an answer in his heart.

"This toxin not only reacts with the bloodstream, but also mixes into the chakra and attacks the human body along the chakra meridians...... What the hell is it, there is actually a toxin that specializes in dealing with chakra. ”

"So what now?"

The Nakaya shinobi looked at Hinata Narita, who was covered in mud, and he panicked first.

"Don't worry so much......"

Hinata opened his eyes and spoke quite coherently, "It's just that it hurt a little bit." After I stopped using chakra, I didn't feel the same way I felt before. ”

"In other words, although the way the toxin invades is strange, it is not very toxic and should not be fatal."

Inuzuka Paw made a judgment.

Nakashinobi was just a little relieved, but Inuzuka Paw's voice changed, "But boy, the problem now is not the toxin itself." ”

She directly reached out and touched the black line behind Hinata Naru's neck, and said in a very serious tone: "Maybe it was the condensation chakra just now that stimulated the toxicity, and it is still continuing to rise." Although the speed of spreading is much slower, it seems that it will only take half an hour at most to reach the temple! ”

“……”

Hinata Nariki looked stunned, and then clenched his fists tightly. The light that welled up in his eyes at this moment was not so much the fear of death as the fleeting anger.

Nachu Shinobu didn't know why: "What about reaching the temples, huh?" Doesn't it mean that the toxins are not strong? It only took us five or six hours to arrive, so we should be back by midnight! When the time comes, the tree will be fine. ”

"Can't wait that long!"

It's not the first time that Inuzuka Paw has acted with the ninjas of Hinata's separate family, and he knows some inside information.

"There is a curse mark of the Hyuga clan on Narishu's forehead. Once the toxin invades the chakra acupoints around the eye, the curse mark will determine that the white eye has been attacked. In order to protect the White Eye from outsiders, the spell mark will directly turn his brain and eyeballs into a puddle of pulp! That's the real thing. ”

"What?!"

Zhongnin exclaimed, and then his face showed indignation, "But, why does he have such a thing in his eyes?" In order to protect those eyes, can you casually disregard the lives of your people? ”

The toxin may not be able to kill Hinata Narita, but it won't be long before he dies in the seal set by his clan.

Thinking about it from the standpoint of Chengshu, this Zhongnin was already cold all over his body, and he felt a burst of despair for no reason.

"It's not a very serious poison. Why ......?"

"Forget it. It's also self-defeating to think about it. ”

Hinata Seiki seemed to know that sooner or later he would have another day, and leaned back quite open-mindedly.

"Since we were born in a separate family, some things are inevitable. Everything is fate, and I can't blame others. ”

Fatalism, the most widely circulated philosophy of life among the Hyuga family, is, to put it bluntly, a narrative device of self-comfort and paralysis.

After all, as long as all misfortunes are attributed to an illusory fate, there is no one to resent.

If you don't, you will not be able to survive in that clan if you always show anger on your face.

You know, the clan is to the family what the shepherd is to the sheep. They don't want you to obey, they want you to obey willingly. Being able to control the spell mark of the people of the family at will is the ability to discipline this kind. Because once you show the intention of resistance, you will be greeted immediately by a headache-splitting spell.

"What a joke! On the first day, my mother's subordinates died like this, how can I bring new people in the future?! ”

Inuzuka Paw, enraged by Hinata Narita's indifferent attitude, pulled out two sharp canine teeth, rummaged through his vest, and pulled out a syringe.

"If it really doesn't work, let's take a broad-spectrum antiviral injection first to see the effect! Then we immediately went to the nearest patrol station, where there should be a medical ninja on duty. If you hold on a little longer, I'll take you there anyway! ”

"It's useless."

Hinata Nariki shook his head firmly, "Let's not talk about whether you can reach the patrol station in half an hour...... Even if we meet a medical ninja over there, if he uses medical ninjutsu near my eye, he will still be judged to be attacking the white eye. The sigil will still be activated. ”

"How can this be true? What a shit spell mark! ”

The Nakashinobi was also genuinely annoyed, "So, if you are only near your eyes, and not your eyes themselves, you can't be treated?" ”

"......" this time Hinata Naruki did not speak. But silence itself is the coldest answer.

"These bastards!"

Inuzuka Paw cursed and slammed his fist into the tree beside him, and the huge canopy shook under the punch. The leaves rubbed against each other, making a dense rustling sound.

During the war, she did not meet the Hyuga people who sacrificed.

It is the first one who can die for such a ridiculous reason.

Inuzuka Paw's personality was already violent and straightforward, and at this time, when he thought of the always polite Hinata Hinata Hizo, a strong anger suddenly welled up in his heart.

Just when the atmosphere in the stadium became gradually gloomy, and the air was about to turn into ice dripping, the rustling noise suddenly became much louder.

Inuzuka Paw instinctively looked up and noticed that it wasn't just the tree she had punched was shaking, but the entire forest in front of her was shaking its head regularly, and a gust of wind was sweeping from the other side of the forest.

"Claw, someone's coming!"

Kuromaru sniffled against the pressure of the wind gushing out of the forest, his eyes showing intense vigilance.

"The other side is very fast! And very powerful! ”

"Is it at a time like this?"

Inuzuka Paw gave Nakashinobu a look, and the two of them blocked Hinata Nariki behind him, and took out Kunai to put on a good stance.

The next moment, a red light shot from a distance, and a fierce and scorching storm erupted in front of the two of them.

Inuzuka Paw's short and medium hair was blown messily flying, and his eyes narrowed involuntarily; The shinobi was pushed back several steps by the wind pressure to stabilize his figure.

When the storm stopped, the two looked ahead again, only to notice the uninvited guest in front of them who could make the middle shinobi lose their combat effectiveness just by moving.

It was a cold-looking teenager. He was dressed in a simple samurai costume with a purple pillar rope around his waist, and a white mist was overflowing from his mouth.

The air around his body was distorted by the heat, and the dust under his feet seemed to be pushed by an invisible hand, constantly spreading around.

In this case, no one will have the idea of contempt because of the other party's immature appearance.

The so-called "visible to the naked eye" is powerful, which refers to this situation.

However, both Inuzuka Paw and Nakashinobu relaxed a lot when they saw the young man's face.

Inuzuka paws are relaxed because they have had a relationship with each other; And that middle shinobi is because he saw the purple-red writing wheel eye - only Konoha has Uchiha, so this strangely dressed boy must be his own person.

"Is anyone hurt?"

Yiyong didn't say hello, his gaze went directly over the two of them, and looked at Hinata Naruki behind them.

He didn't come here because he felt something. He set out from the country of the slug's hometown last night, and used the breath of the moon to drive all night, and after dawn, the efficiency of the breath of the moon decreased, and he used the breath of fire to walk all the way back to Konoha with the breath of fire, but he didn't expect to meet an acquaintance.

Three years ago, when Uchiha Yanhuo disappeared, Shisui found some clues only by asking the special shinobi and her ninja dog in front of him. Yiyong has always remembered each other's help, but after going to school, the two haven't seen each other much.

"May I ask your Excellency ......?"

Although the other party has a good attitude of caring for the injured, he does not introduce himself and does not even say hello, which is not quite in line with the normal human communication process.

But as soon as Nachu Shinobu opened his mouth to ask, Yoshito had already passed directly between him and Inuzuka Paw as if no one was around, and came to Hinata Nariki.

Then, Hinata felt a familiar gaze-

Only when the clansmen use white eyes on him, the kind of sight that everything is seen through.

"Toxins mixed in with chakra......"

Yi Yong saw the clue at a glance, which made the three people present a little surprised, "But it's not very important poison." ”

"How do you tell?"

Hinata Nariki still reminisces about the feeling just now. If it weren't for the other party's obvious staring at a writing wheel, he would really have to wonder what kind of bloodline the other party was.

"Just look with your eyes."

Yiyong asked in confusion: "Also, you obviously have eyes (white eyes), why are you still being shot?" ”

The wound is not deep, indicating that the bow and arrow are not flying fast. The Hyuga clan's field of vision is 360 degrees, so there's no reason why you can't dodge.

After listening to Yoshiyu's question, Hinata Nariki immediately suddenly said, "You are Uchiha Yoshiyu!" ”

He had heard from the juniors who had graduated in two years before.

If you meet an Uchiha imp with a blank face but a particularly ugly voice, you must be calm, because the other party is most likely the youngest son of the Uchiha clan patriarch, who is actually a person who loves to share food, has a gentle personality, and never lies.

"You know me?"

"I have admired the daimyo for a long time." It's the truth.

Without going on, Yoshiyo thought that he had made a few marks in front of the person, as Kyojurou had instructed, and his right hand was immediately covered with a jellyfish-like membranous liquid.

"It's ......," Inuzuka Paw's eyes shrunk.

"The technique of extraction."

Yi Yong hung his hand over Hinata Nariki's wound, and purple blood continued to seep out of the wound and float into the mass of membranous fluid, and the black lines on Hinata Naruki's back became more and more visible to the naked eye......

After about thirty seconds, Volunteer threw the toxin-filled balloon into a nearby bush.

"You're alright. Leave. ”

With that, he nodded at Inuzuka Paw and turned to leave.

"Hey, hey, wait a minute!"

Inuzuka Paw then reacted that Hinata's great crisis had been solved, and with a wave of his hand, Kuromaru immediately rushed up and bit Yoshiyu's trouser leg.

However, Yiyong's strength was too great, and he dragged a big wolf dog for several steps before he reacted.

"I'm in a hurry to get home."

Yi Yong turned his head, "Is there anything else you guys are up to?" If it's not important, then I'll talk about it later. ”

"It's ......"

Inuzuka paw rubbed his brow worriedly, "Where do you let me start?" ”

"I really have a very important ......"

"I know, I know! But can't you delay even a few minutes? ”

Inuzuka Paw has too many questions to ask from meeting Yiyong to the present - why are you so strong and still in the same class as my son? Why are you staring at a pair of three-hooked jade writing wheels? Why is it that even something as complicated as medical ninjutsu works? Why did you run back from the direction of the Vortex Country after the ninja school had been open for three days......

But obviously, none of these questions are appropriate to ask at such a time. He did look in a hurry.

"A few minutes ......" Yi Yong muttered, glancing at his electronic watch, it was already more than three o'clock in the afternoon.

He thought for a moment and took the lead in asking, "How far is it from here to Konoha?" ”

"About six hours away."

"That's three hours." Yi Yong converted. He travels at about twice as fast as a normal ninja.

“…… Never mind. ”

Inuzuka Paw sighed, "I want to thank you for today's matter, I didn't expect it to be solved so easily." Although you are in a hurry to go back, I still have to remind you that the gate of Konoha was closed to the public until tonight, so there is no need to go so fast! ”

"No traffic?" Yi Yong asked, "Why is that?" ”

"You don't know?"

Inuzuka Paw explained, "The envoys of Yun Shinobi and Iwa Shinobi are coming, and when the time comes, half of the village will greet them at the gate, and all the patriarchs of the Konoha ninja clan will be waiting there." Ordinary people can't pass from there. ”

"My parents and Sasuke are over there too?"

"Yes." Inuzuka Paw nodded, "Your father is the captain of the garrison, and he has to go to a meeting later. All the students of the ninja school should also go to the ceremony. ”

"...... like this"

Yi Yong thought for a moment. You can't go through the gate, and if you go back too early, there will be no one at home.

In this case, it is better to directly use the handprint of the dark part to enter Konoha from the barrier near the Minamigagawa Waterfall. Before going home, it would be good to stop by Minamigagawa Shrine and give the chakra he got from Orochimaru to the shrine's priest so that those people can rest in peace......

After making up his mind, Yiyong nodded at Inuzuka Paw: "Thank you." If nothing else, I'll go first. ”

Inuzuka Paw was speechless for a while, and could only wave his hand.

When she turned around, she noticed that Hinata Nariki had just managed to get up with the help of her companions.

His sparkling white eyes blinked, looked in the direction where the red light had disappeared, and muttered, "I haven't said thank you yet......

After some time, Konoha.

Originally, according to the regulations, the cloud ninja team that would enter the village at four o'clock was nowhere to be seen, and Mito Menyan, who was waiting under the Konoha gate, was getting darker and darker, and the bustling crowd was boiling.

On the civilian side, it's okay to say that the dissatisfaction of the ninjas is almost on the verge of setting Mito Menyan's hair on fire.

"What, it's a ninja and you're still late......"

"This is a gross diplomatic faux pas!

"If you want me to say, these bandits don't take us seriously at all!"

Six years ago, it was indeed thanks to the concessions of Konoha's side - to be precise, it was the sacrifice of the Hyuga clan that brought peace, but it was undoubtedly a slap in the face of all the ninjas in this village. Most ninjas have long been dissatisfied with cloud ninja.

"Things are getting a little tricky."

Not far behind Mito Menyan, Nara Shikaku glanced at the sky, "Originally, in terms of timing, I deliberately let Iwa Shinobi and Yun Shinobi arrive separately. But if it drags on like this, the two sides will collide if they don't say well......"

"Maybe Yun Ren did it on purpose."

The big fat man Qiu Dao Ding Zuo smiled heartily, "If you really have to fight, then there will be a good show." When a hyena meets a lion, it's hard to say whether you'll win or lose. ”

Yun Ninja Village has a strong style, and what he sees - whether it is the Blood Inheritance Limit, Human Pillar Power or Secret Ninjutsu, it is said that he will rob it, and even Lei Ying will sometimes go out in person, and he has always acted unscrupulously.

And the ninjas of Iwa Ninja Village like to huddle in groups, and often go out in groups. In order to kill the three generations of Thunder Shadow, Iwa Shinobi dispatched tens of thousands of people to besiege it for several days before the former was consumed.

It was also because of this incident that the two ninja villages formed a blood feud.

"I always felt like things weren't that simple......"

Nara Shikaku shook his head, "Iwa Shinobi hasn't signed a formal document with Konoha for so many years, but he chose this special day to come over, is there really no problem inside?" ”

The patriarchs of the other major families were silent.

Uchiha Fugaku, who was the first on the left in the row, had a round fat face like a discus - he had been a little uneasy since he heard his wife talk about Yoshiyong at noon, and he didn't even respond to the jokes about the fat man that Akido Dingza had come to tell him before.

Uchiha Fugaku had already decided that if the mission left Yoshiyo and didn't come back, he would personally go to the Land of Water.

At this moment, a figure appeared on the avenue outside Konoha.

Many civilians thought that the mission had finally arrived, and they let out loud cheers one after another, but when they got closer, they noticed that it was a Konoha ninja, and their voices immediately came down again.

When Mito Menyan saw that person, his heart suddenly jumped: that ninja was the one he sent to pick up the Cloud Ninja Mission, how could he come back alone?

Nara Shikaku looked over there, and he saw the ninja come to Mitomenyan's side with a tangled expression and whisper something. Immediately afterwards, Mito Menyan's old face spread out like a pancake, as if he had heard something incredible......

Akido Dingza quipped, "What's going on?" Could it be that there is really a fight? ”

"It's not."

Everyone turned their heads in unison, but they saw Hinata Hinata with a gloomy face and said, "That person just said that Yun Shinobi's mission turned halfway and decided to go with Iwa Shinobi's mission, and Iwa Shinobi agreed. The two missions would arrive in Konoha at the same time an hour later. ”

"What?!"

"How is this possible?"

"They're mortal enemies."

"Nothing is impossible."

Nara Shikaku sighed and shook his head: "For the village and the country, hatred and friendship are temporary, and only interests can truly unite them. The fact that the missions of the two countries entered Konoha together was obviously to show us that they were on the same side. I'm afraid things won't go well today......"

"The so-called peace agreement......

"It depends on what they want."

Hearing this, many people looked back at Hinata's face and thought that this was a continuation of the incident six years ago.

Hinata Hinata didn't say anything. He looked ahead, but his eyes could clearly see that his eldest daughter, who had been unable to hold up the wall in the mud, was talking to Naruto Uzumaki with a nervous face.

For the first time in years, he was a little relieved by his daughter's courage. Now he only hopes that when Yunshinobi arrives and reveals their true ambitions, Hinata will still be able to maintain the dignity of the Hyuga clan.

Soon, the real contingent of missions appeared in everyone's sights.

The two missions, one on the left and one on the right, each holding high the banner representing the country and the ninja village, came slowly.

A few hundred meters away, Hinata Hinata had already seen the flying and domineering face of the Yun Ninja representative, but if you look closely, you will find that this should be a disguise made to deliberately provoke others, which is no different from back then.

But when Hinata turned his gaze to Iwa Shinobi and his party, he paused for breath.

[The expressions of those people ......]

He recalled with some unease the events of six years ago.

Because of these Iwa ninja's expressions, they are just like the appearance of those clansmen of the divided family at the funeral of his younger brother Hinata Hinata Hinata .

That kind of heartfelt grief and anger is difficult to perform, especially for everyone in the mission.

What the hell is going on? 】

Great doubts rose in the hearts of the day, and the team of the mission finally came closer.

Because the low pressure on the side of the Iwa Shinobi Mission was too obvious, the residents of Konoha who were still cheering stopped and asked each other with their eyes for some unknown reason.

Mito Menyan, as the person in charge, was more anxious than anyone else at this time, and just begged the other party not to openly attack in public.

But it backfired.

Thirty meters away from the gate, the rock ninjas stopped, and the cloud ninjas did the same.

Only then, the movements on the two sides were different - the cloud ninjas waited in place, while the Iwa ninja took off the ninja forehead guards one by one, and put on narrow strips of white cloth under the strange gaze of the inhabitants of Konoha.

"This is ......" Mito Menyan Tong Kong shrank, and his heart suddenly shouted badly.

At this moment, re-examine the rock ninja, where is the mission, it is clearly a funeral team.

Those rock ninjas continued to move forward with a look of grief and indignation, and the cloud ninjas not only did not rush the way, but even abnormally let them take the first step.

Seeing that the funeral procession was about to enter the gate of Konoha, Mito Menyan immediately greeted the representative of the Iwa Shinobi Mission, and asked, "Shinobi on the dust, what do you mean by this dress?" ”

The representatives of Konoha and the patriarchs and wives of the major ninja clans followed closely. However, the closer I got, the more I can find that the sad expressions of these Iwa Shinobi are not disguises, but true feelings.

Representative Iwa Shinobi also glanced at Mito Menyan, ignoring this old man who couldn't really call the shots at a glance, but asked in a loud voice: "Excuse me, which one of you is here, the patriarch of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Fugaku?" ”

No one needed to answer, Mito Menyan's glance full of surprise and questioning had already given Iwa Shinobu the answer he wanted.

Uchiha Fugaku took a step forward with an expressionless face, "I am." ”

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of all Iwa Shinobi changed.

Those eyes widened in unison, and they were filled with bright red bloodshot like flames, and from the anger that had no target before, to a deep hatred against Uchiha Fugaku, with a strong killing intent.

Many civilians and ninja school students were frightened by the sudden burst of momentum of the rock ninjas, and Zuosuke, who didn't know why his father had to face such a look, was even more heartbroken.

"Good."

Iwa Shinobi gritted his teeth and spat out two words on behalf of the gray ninja, and then he looked at Mito Menyan with a threatening meaning.

"This time, we Iwa Shinobi have only one request."

He paused, and said his purpose in an angry voice: "That is to break into our land country and kill hundreds of Iwakushi ninjas Uchiha Shisui, and today must be ambushed!"

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