Chapter 56: Return to Konoha

"Hurry up, or I'll leave you behind."

Among the trees, several figures have been running forward, and it is Cang Si and his party.

After yesterday's battle with Bo Feng Shuimen, several people rested early.

The next day, just after dawn, several people got up and embarked on a journey back to the village.

And it was the most eager Uchiha Yan who ran ahead, and it was he who made a voice to urge.

"Yan, is it necessary to be in such a hurry? At our current pace, we'll be almost there in half an hour at most. Regarding the urgency of Uchiha Yan, Cangji said helplessly.

"Hehe, this guy Yan probably wants to go back to the village to eat Ichiraku ramen soon." Uzumaki Kushina said with a smile.

"It's been more than half a year since we last went back to Konoha to resupply, and I don't know how the village is doing, and when Mr. Jiraiya will come back."

Jiraiya, who has left them for two years to participate in the ninja war, has no information, and Bo Feng Shuimen is also very worried.

"Don't worry, Shuimen, with the strength of Teacher Jilaiye, as long as the shadow-level powerhouses in each village don't make a move, he will not be in danger, even if he encounters a shadow-level powerhouse, it is no problem for the Zilaiya adults to retreat." Uzumaki Kushina said comfortingly to Bo Feng Shuimen.

Listening to Uzumaki Kushina's comfort, Bo Feng Shuimen smiled and nodded.

Although he was still worried, Shuimen also felt that it made sense, so he didn't continue to say anything else.

Half an hour later, several people finally saw the gate where Konoha was standing.

With excitement, several people walked in one after another.

It's not Gangko Tetsu and Kamizuki Izumo who are guarding the Konoha gate now, and both of them are still babies who have just been born for a year.

"Stop, whoever is ahead, please stop!"

Two young shinobi in their early 20s stood up and stopped a few people.

After seeing clearly that the four Cangsi were wearing Konoha forehead guards, they all breathed a sigh of relief, but they still didn't let them go as soon as possible.

"Konoha Nakan Shinobi Feng Shui Gate, Hinata Aoji, Uzumaki Kushina, and Uchiha Yan have returned from completing their missions!" Bo Feng Shuimen, as the captain, replied on behalf of several people.

Then, I saw one of them take out a booklet and find out the photos of Cangsi and several people, and compare them one by one.

"Phew, it's been a lot of hard work, come in, Hokage-sama is waiting for you." After comparing and confirming that their identities were correct, the four Cangsi were released.

"Wow, I'm finally back, it's still the fresh air of Konoha." Uchiha Yan took a deep breath and said intoxicatedly.

"yes, it's still Konoha that can make people relax." Cang Si's tense mood along the way finally let go.

The closer he got to Konoha, the more worried Cangji actually became, always afraid that something would happen.

This may be the shadow of the previous life anime novels caused by reading too much.

Moreover, you have to keep an eye on yourself outside at all times to prevent the enemy's sneak attack, which is completely incomparable to the relaxed atmosphere in Konoha.

How can anyone be scared at home?

"Let's go and hand over the task to Hokage-sama first, and then find a place to have a good meal, I'll have a treat." Watergate also had a relaxed expression.

"I'm waiting for your words, captain!" Uchiha said excitedly.

"I usually shout Watergate, but when I have a treat, is it the captain?" Mizuto also laughed and teased the Uchiha Yan.

"If the captain is willing to treat every day, I call it that every day." Uchiha Yan said seriously.

"You guy." Mizuto is also helpless about Uchiha Yan's tricks.

"Yan, you have changed, you were so cold before, why are you so naïve now?" Cang Si originally wanted to talk about comics, but after thinking about it, he changed his vocabulary.

"Cut, the guy at the bottom of the strength, how can he still have a cold face." Uzumaki Jiu Sinai directly pierced the truth.

When Uchiha Yan heard this, his face turned blue and white for a while.

Although he wanted to refute it, he suddenly found that what he said made sense, and he was speechless, so he could only sulk silently.

It's true, when we first met, Uchiha Yan always put on an expression of my Uchiha dragon arrogant.

But since being beaten a few times by Watergate and Cangji, he has become well-behaved.

Later, he graduated and formed a four-person team, and his strength was at the bottom, and he couldn't even beat Uzumaki Jiu Sinai, so he was completely autistic.

Gao Leng also scores objects!

In front of people who are weaker than him, it is really cold, and in front of people who are stronger than him, it is called pretending to be AC, the kind that will be beaten.

Therefore, the current Uchiha Yan's painting style in the team, at least, has completely changed.

Gao Leng didn't move, and could only be responsible for occasionally enlivening the team atmosphere.

But if you want to say it, Uchiha Yan's strength is not that bad.

If you really divide it carefully, Bo Feng Shuimen is now at the shadow level.

Cangji is an elite upper ninja level.

If Uzumaki Kushina does not use the power of the Nine-Tails, it is equivalent to a special ninja level, and the power of the Nine-Tails can briefly burst out of shadow-level strength.

Uchiha Yan is comparable to Uzumaki Kushina, who does not use the power of the Nine Tails, and is equivalent to the strength of special shinobi.

But you must know that several people are only 14 years old, and it can be said that the entire village can reach less than one percent of this strength at this age.

They can already be very proud.

The bottom is only relative to the entire squad, and if it goes out, it is definitely the kind that belongs to the dimensionality reduction strike.

Who called their squad a genius squad, the top four in the grade are all here, which makes the classmates in their class have no fun at all.

And looking at the few friends who were joking with each other and making awkward noise, Bo Feng Shuimen smiled as if he was the parent of several people.

Then a few people went all the way to the Hokage's office.

It's still a familiar place, a familiar person, and a familiar arrangement, except for the three generations of Hokage, who are over 45 years old, have some gray hair on their heads.

"Watergate, Jiu Xinnai, Cangsi, and Yan, your tasks have been completed very well, and you have worked hard." The third Hokage stood up from behind his desk and looked at the four of them and said.

"Fortunately, these are the things we should do, Hokage-sama." At this time, of course, Bo Feng Shuimen, who was the captain, stood up and answered.

"Haha, don't be modest, your contribution to Konoha is indelible, because your sweeping mission in the land of fire has provided us with a stable rear, and this credit is no less than going directly to the battlefield to kill the enemy." The three generations of Hokage said this very seriously.

The three generations of Hokage all said so, and of course several people would not stand up to refute it.

"Moreover, the Daimyo's impression of you is also very good, you have rescued the nobles and commoners who have been captured in the Fire Nation many times, and the Daimyo hopes that you can be a guest together when you have time." The three generations of Hokage continue to tell the story of the contributions of several people to Konoha and the Land of Fire.

"Daimyo? Hokage-sama, we haven't been in contact with the Daimyo, so it's not appropriate. Cang Si asked this question suspiciously.

The rest of the people also looked at the three generations of Hokage, hoping that he could solve the doubts for himself and the others.

After thinking about it for a while, the three generations of Hokage still decided to tell a few people the reason.

Anyway, when Cang Si and they return from completing their tasks, they are ready to promote them to special ninjas, and they are already qualified to understand this matter.

"Hey, it's still because of the war, the daimyo has the economic lifeline of our entire Fire Country, including a considerable part of our Konoha military expenses are also provided by the daimyo." Saying this, the three generations of Hokage stopped and took a puff of their cigarettes, thinking about what to say next.

The four of Cangsi didn't interject, but continued to listen quietly.

"For the sake of his own safety, the daimyo wants to form a 'Guardian Ninja Twelve', and I hope that we Konoha will send a ninja team to help, and now the daimyo has pointed out you." The three Hokages continued to finish their words in one breath.

The four of Cangsi couldn't help but look at each other.

The daimyo wants to form his own direct troops?

The four of Cangji really want to ask the three generations of Hokage-sama in front of them, do you agree?

A few people are not novices, and they all understand the political pattern of Konoha.

Although the daimyo is said to be the leader of a country, this leadership is actually all imaginary, and the daimyo is simply unable to command the ninjas of the village to fight for themselves.

The daimyo is just a symbol of the leader of a country, but in fact, it is the existence of the "shadow" that leads the ninja of a village.

At least as far as Cangji knew, the Fire Country and Konoha Village were actually more like alliances.

The daimyo was responsible for providing funds and distributing tasks to Konoha, while Konoha was responsible for protecting the personal and property of the daimyo.

The daimyo can't actually rule the ninjas of Konoha.

Anyway, among the five major countries now, the ninjas in each ninja village are not daimyo, and only when the shadow of the village has orders, will they listen to the daimyo.

Even if the village of Sand Hide, which had not yet lost World War II, the daimyo of the country of the wind now does not have that much influence on the village.

As a symbol, it provides financial assistance and distributes tasks to the village every year.

Each shinobi village would then be responsible for keeping the daimyo safe.

This is the norm in the current relationship between the ninja daimyo and the ninja village.

As for the threat of cutting off funds?

Hehe, maybe in two days, the entire ninja world will hear rumors that a certain country daimyo died suddenly due to a serious illness.

Since you are disobedient, let's change to an obedient name.

After all, the arm can't twist the thigh, the daimyo is the arm, and the ninja village is the thigh.

The daimyo is in charge of a country's economy, and the ninja village is in charge of a country's military, with a clear division of labor and non-interference with each other.

At the same time, the two sides jointly promote the development of the whole country.

However, the four of Cangji didn't expect that the Daimyo of the Fire Country would be so bold that they would now dare to touch the moldy head of the three generations of Hokage.

Could it be that the current Daimyo of the Fire Nation wants to learn from his ancestors?

But that would have to be the Hokage's cooperation!

With the character of the original Hokage at that time, he would not fight with the daimyo at all, so everything followed the daimyo and therefore the daimyo of that term was indeed very chic.

But when the second Hokage came to power, the Daimyo of the Fire Country continued to point fingers at Konoha, and it didn't take long for him to die violently.

Since then, the daimyo who took office has been very well-behaved, for fear that he will become the next target of a violent death.

Now there is a big name who dares to pull out the tiger's whiskers, and Cang Si really wants to give this big name a brave and fearless award.

Do you think that the three generations of Hokage are old and can't pull out the sword?

It is estimated that it is to see the outbreak of the ninja war, so I want to test the bottom line of Konoha with this.

Wars are fought not only by people, but also by money.

If the daimyo suddenly cut off Konoha's financial assistance at this time, it would definitely cause unimaginable serious consequences.

"Please, Hokage-sama teach us how to do it." In the end, it was Bo Feng Shuimon who asked the three generations of Hokage.

Although Watergate himself does not like this kind of political deceit.

But since the goal is to be the Hokage, these will also have to be contacted sooner or later, just the difference between one step earlier and one step later.

The three generations of Hokage nodded with satisfaction with Bo Feng Shuimen's attitude.

Watergate's strength and talent are obvious to all.

Even if the three generations of Hokage didn't know that Watergate had entered the shadow level, it didn't prevent him from knowing that the other party was already very strong.

But what kind of person Watergate is, he still has to test it.

After all, Watergate is strictly his own apprentice, and he is born to be on the side of their Hokage!

The current plan of the third generation Hokage is to let Orochimaru succeed him as the fourth generation Hokage.

Then inspect the wave of Feng Shuimen, and if you can, let him take over the position of the fifth Hokage in the future.

It's just that the changes that will take place in the future are something that the three generations of Hokage could not have predicted no matter what.

It can only be said that the world is impermanent.

Just as the three generations of Hokage were about to speak, a member of the Shadow Division knocked them out and walked straight in.