The country of fire, Konoha.

Under the quiet night, there are a large number of figures swaying in the streets and alleys.

The residents have been relocated, leaving Konoha with only a thousand ninjas stationed there. It can be said that it is extremely weak.

Considering that this place is located in the rear of one's own camp, and the coastline of the Nation of Fire has also deployed patrol troops, it is impossible for the enemy's large forces to quietly bypass the patrol troops and the fifth alliance army in the west.

Therefore, the Jonin captain stationed at Konoha is only patrolling the safety issues around Konoha Village according to the past rhythm, and the expression on his face is quite relaxed, without the slightest sense of heaviness.

Rather, in such a fierce battle, being assigned to the rear is undoubtedly an easy job. After all, the enemy's power is very strong this time, even if it is a jonin on the battlefield, he may die without knowing why. Now there is no safer place than the rear of the camp.

"Asma."

Already married to Asma Sarutobi, Konoha began to bear the redness of the sun with her stomach slightly puffed out, seeing her husband's behavior tonight is very strange.

Sitting at the window of the study without saying a word, the expression on his face, appearing in the place where the night and the light meet, made Hong feel a little uneasy suddenly.

At least in her memory, she had never seen her husband show such a dignified expression.

Unable to help, she let out a soft cry while stroking her belly with her palm.

"It's Hong, what's the matter? You should go to rest at this time."

Asma turned her head and looked at her wife, the expression on her face softened slightly.

"I just came to see you. Since you had dinner today, your mind seems to be not quite right."

Hong stared at her husband.

If it wasn't for the fact that there was no problem with her breath, she would have suspected that the husband in front of her was transformed by someone else with a transfiguration technique.

But alas, this is Asma.

is nothing but Asma in another stance.

"Are you worried about the battle ahead?"

Hong saw that Asma was silent, walked over slowly, and asked like this.

If there is anything that can make Asma feel heavy, it is only the battle on the front line.

Different from most Konoha jounin who went to the front line to fight, Asma took the initiative to take over the material transfer task in the rear and became one of the few jounin who guarded Konoha.

First of all, he has a special status. He is the son of Sarutobi Hiruzam of the third Hokage. In the current situation, guarding the village can stabilize people's hearts.

Secondly, her wife is pregnant, and as a husband, she doesn't want to leave Konoha at this time.

Although the rear is stable, it does not mean it is absolutely safe. Otherwise, when Hokage left Konoha, he wouldn't take away a large number of Konoha ninjas, leaving only more than a thousand people stationed in the village.

It is obvious that the frontline battle is tight, which leads to the emptiness in the rear.

As one of Konoha's Jonin, Hong is very aware of the importance of this war, and it can be said that Yuguan Konoha's survival is not an exaggeration.

"Yes." Asma didn't deny it, admitted it, nodded and said: "No accident, the front line is already fighting fiercely at the moment. The issue of victory and defeat is really worrying. I don't know what happened to Shikamaru and the others."

"Yeah, Choji and Ino are alright, Shikamaru kid heard that he took refuge in Gen, I don't understand how Shikakujo Shinobu let this happen."

Maybe it opened the box of the topic, and Hong hoped to feel her husband's true mood at this time, and a soft smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"In order to maintain the balance of the village... Tsunade-sama, no, it seems that with the new Hokage, Konoha is still the same."

Asma sighed.

He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one and bit it in his mouth, then picked up the lighter and lit it, his brows were furrowed, he was a little more mature than usual, and there were worries.

"This is enough. Konoha has been experiencing turmoil these years. Wouldn't it be good to let it calm down? I don't want people in the village to kill each other."

Hong lowered her gaze, stroking her slightly swollen belly, a look of sadness flashed in her eyes.

Konoha's internal situation over the years, as a Jonin, has been more or less influenced by her ears and eyes. She is also a ninja who has been in power for three generations, four generations and five generations.

These things cannot be hidden from the Jnin.

Her three disciples are from the Hinata, Inuzuka, and Yume clan, plus Asma, a ninja from the ninja clan, the son of Naruto. Although she did not participate in the reform plan of the Fifth Hokage, as a bystander, she saw a lot of things.

Maybe it was because of her marriage and pregnancy, which caused her to be very dissatisfied with the internal struggles, and she only hoped that the situation in the village could be stabilized.

After hearing this, Asma just nodded and did not comment on what his wife said.

Even he, in the turbid world, constantly changes his position through learning and growth.

He was smoking a cigarette, exhaled a puff of smoke, which dissipated in the night wind from the window, making his expression look even more melancholy.

After a long time, he stood up from the chair by the window, stubbed out the cigarette **** that was about to end, and pressed it into the ashtray on the window sill.

"Are you leaving?"

Red moves closer to Asma.

She knew she was stationed in the village, and she couldn't be careless.

Asma is one of the jounin who sits in Konoha. Unlike her, who can only manage logistics at present, the burden on her body is not so easy even at this time.

"Don't worry, I have nothing to do."

Asma hugged Hong's body in her arms, feeling each other's heartbeat and temperature.

The red eyes were closed tightly, and she leaned against Asma's shoulder, wanting to feel more of her husband's body temperature before parting.

"Sorry, Hong, you should sleep well tonight."

Hong suddenly heard this sentence and realized something was wrong. As a result, his consciousness suddenly fell into darkness, and he lay on Asma's shoulder and fell into a coma.

Asma picked up Hong, walked towards the bedroom, put it gently on the bed, and covered her with the quilt.

"Wake up after that, and it's all over."

Asma looked at his wife's peaceful sleeping face after a sound sleep, her expression flickered at the intersection of shadows and moonlight.

From the darkness in the corner of the bedroom, two figures, a man and a woman, came out.

"Is it time?"

Asma asked about two of her close relatives in the family.

Since the Fifth Hokage ascended the throne, even the Sarutobi clan has undergone various divisions.

No, this kind of separation existed as early as when his father's three generations of Hokage were in power.

It has been going downhill, the external battles have ended in disastrous defeats, and the interior has been suspected and purged from the root. The third Hokage wanted to take care of both ends, but nothing could be done. No matter who it is, they will feel panic towards such a high-level person and such a village.

In the final analysis, Tsunade should not come back to inherit the position of the Five Hokages. He should also do his job well when he comes back, and can't always stimulate the people below.

If this continues, Konoha can continue to linger on, delaying the splitting time.

Once I came back, I still think about internal stimulation, and the external environment is extremely unstable, so I can only continue to accelerate Konoha's death. Especially the first thing after the return, being forced by the last member of the Sannin and the other high-level officials to go to war with the kingdom of ghosts is also a bad move. After all, a Hokage who just came back caused the village to experience a disastrous defeat, and the way forward was cut off.

Dirty political games among grown-ups.

But if it is dirty, I am not much better. After all, the Sarutobi clan's gap was first opened from him, and then through the Sarutobi clan's gap, they made a bridge to the Zhuludie clan.

"Yes, Lord Asma."

Two relatives of the same clan replied respectfully.

"I'll ask you to take care of Hong. Stay here tonight. No matter what you see or hear, don't think about going out. Then everything will be safe and there will be no accidents."

After leaving these words, Asma's figure has disappeared from the bedroom.

The booming explosion resounded under the empty and quiet night sky.

The flames soaring into the sky instantly became a sea of flames, engulfing an area of land, and immediately attracted the attention of the patrolling troops in Konoha.

"What happened? How did the explosion happen there?"

"That is the clan land of the Hyuga clan, is it under attack?"

The stopped patrols looked towards the area where the fire was burning, and they recognized at a glance the clan land belonging to the Hyuga clan.

Like most of the ninjas, many ninjas of the Hyuga clan were also dispatched to the front line, using their white eyes to clear traps for the alliance reconnaissance and patrol troops. It can be said that they are the most important eyes of the alliance.

And it's not just the separation of the family, I heard that even the main family has sent many people there, which shows how tight the frontline battle situation is.

Therefore, just like Konoha's rear was empty, the defensive force of the Hyuga clan also became empty at this time.

There are less than 30 ninjas left to defend the tribe, and the rest are from the clan.

"Go and have a look!"

The Jonin Captain on patrol couldn't figure out what happened to the Hyuga Clan's clan.

Have you been attacked by someone?

No, not possible.

With supercilious existence, how could the Hyuga clan's clan land be attacked by surprise.

That is beyond the limit of the exploration-type blood successor who perceives ninjutsu. It is absolutely impossible for someone to hide from Baiyan's investigation and attack the Hyuga clan.

But the sudden fire, the pillar of fire rushing into the sky, doesn't look like a simple fire, but a scene that only appears when it is attacked by some kind of powerful fire escape.

Junin Captain, who was not sure, could only take someone there in person to check what happened and see what happened to the Hyuga Clan.

Of course, not only the patrol unit he led, but other patrol units also began to gather purposefully towards the Hyuga clan, and they all wanted to find out the truth of the matter.

Is it a simple fire, or was it attacked by someone.

Hyuga Clan Land was surrounded by endless fire at this time, and all the darkness and coldness were dispelled by the raging fire.

A large number of wooden buildings were illuminated and burned by fire, and every street was eerily quiet, without a single figure, only the crackling sound of burning wood clearly transmitted to people's ears.

In the mansion in the deepest part of the Hyuga Clan, it is the place where the elders of the clan usually gather.

The war is coming, and the elders of the clan basically stay here and control the situation remotely.

However, at this moment, all the elders of the clan collapsed on the wooden floor of the room. From their slightly blue faces, it can be seen that they were collectively poisoned.

In the entire room, there was only one figure intact. Standing in the center of the conference room, he looked at the group of dignitaries from the clan who had fallen to the ground with a smile on their faces.

"Hana... Hanabi... what are you doing?"

"Why"

Looking at the young girl who was only eleven or twelve years old in front of her, the elders of the clan showed shock and incredulity. They never thought that the quasi-clan heir who treated them very respectfully and obediently handled their arrangements well would poison them collectively at such a time.

They really couldn't understand why Huahuo did this, and what was the reason.

You know, most of them here are supporters who agree with her succession as head of the clan.

Maybe thinking of something, an elder of the clan reluctantly opened his mouth and said:

"Okay, Hanabi, stop playing around, even if some people disagree with you, you don't have to use this method. The prank ends here, and it's really too much to continue the nonsense..."

Until now, some people still think that this is Hanabi's prank.

The reason was due to some elders who did not support her as the heir of the clan, and the rest of the elders could only be involved innocently.

However, Hanabi still stood where he was, holding Kunai with a pink doll tied in his hand, playing with it as if nothing had happened, turning a deaf ear to the words that came over.

"Hanabi! Stop messing around!"

"Hurry up and get rid of the poison! We agree to abolish Hinata's status as the heir and make you the head of the clan!"

"Are you trying to rebel? Don't forget, you will also be part of the clan!"

The voices of the clan elders came one after another, either reprimanding or threatening Hanabi.

At this moment, the door of the meeting room suddenly opened, and scorching wind came in from the outside, and the burning fire outside illuminated the dim room.

Hanabi's guard, Tokuma, walked in with several Hinata ninjas.

Their expressions were cold, their faces, hair, and clothes were all stained with fresh and warm blood, and it was too late to wipe it off.

"You are late."

Hanabi, who had been laughing all the time without saying a word, finally turned around, played with the Kunai in her hand, and looked at Tokuma and the others who were full of **** smell.

Maybe the smell of blood on their bodies was too strong, causing Hanabi to frown slightly, expressing dissatisfaction.

"Uh...sorry, it took a little time to deal with the patrol ninjas. After all, there are jounin there. Even with the convenience of a sneak attack, it's not a guy who can be solved in a few clicks."

Tokuma walked over and said with a smile.

While he was speaking, there was a buzzing sound from the sky outside, and flying ninjas carrying people, like a group of angels of death, appeared in the sky above Konoha.

Explosions and flames became Konoha's only theme tonight.

Even the ground can clearly feel the vibration.

The sound of fighting in the distance gradually became louder. I don't know how many people joined the hunting ceremony tonight.

But the only thing we can know is that Konoha has become a cage that only allows entry and no exit.

The bursting firelight and the continuous blooming fireworks illuminate the leaves as brightly as day.

"you"

Hearing the conversation between Hanabi and Tokuma, as well as the fighting and explosion outside, finally realized that something was wrong, and some elders of the clan changed their expressions.

Unfortunately, even if they realized something was wrong, they couldn't activate the curse seal of the caged bird at this time.

The chakras in their bodies were in a state of stagnation, their limbs were weakened, and the poison was eroded more severely than imagined. Some elders who were weaker found that they even lost the strength to speak, and even had wonderful hallucinations before their eyes, and their eyes and expressions were dull.

Illusion Poison.

Still sober, the well-informed elders of the clan immediately figured out what kind of poison Hanabi used to deal with them.

is a special poison that can produce illusion effects and is specially made for ninjas.

"Is that all there is?"

Tokuma ignored the eyes of those glaring clan elders, just looked at them and asked aloud.

"Yeah, because they were too scared, so since the beginning of the war, they have huddled together here to keep warm, and it is fortunate that they are like this, otherwise, it would take a lot of effort to catch them all."

Huahuo is holding a kunai tied with a pink puppet, skillfully manicuring her beautiful nails, and spreading them out to appreciate them from time to time, feeling that her hands are so pleasing to the eye, and under the light of the fire, they look more plump and slender.

Tokuma nodded, knowing that these clan elders usually boss around the branch family, but when they meet people who are afraid, they are no different from ordinary people. Maybe, like ordinary people, they will behave unbearably in the face of a more terrifying power.

Many of them have been living in the clan land since the establishment of Konoha, gnawing on the flesh and blood contributed by the branch family. Their will and soul are almost decayed.

When he came to a clan elder, Tokuma stretched out his palm and roughly grabbed the opponent's pale hair.

The rough strength made the clan elder feel as if his scalp would be torn apart by Tokuma, and let out a scream.

"Do you want to vent your dissatisfaction with their sadism? After following me for so long, I didn't know you still have this hobby."

Hanabi glanced at Tokuma strangely, as if meeting him for the first time.

Tokuma said with a wry smile: "I'm not that mean. Although these guys are indeed hateful, it's meaningless to vent to a group of dying people. However, there are a few guys who were nominated by Ayane-sama. I heard that Ayane-sama received a lot of 'care' from these people when he was still in Konoha, so I want to 'repay' them in person. Thirty years ago, Ayane-sama's forehead was engraved with a bird in a cage, which was planted by this old guy himself."

Huahuo nodded clearly.

After determining cause and effect, it must be more meaningful to do it yourself.

"I know, narrow-mindedness is a common problem of women. I didn't expect that after more than 30 years, she would still be obsessed with this kind of thing."

"Uh... Master Hanabi is also a woman."

"No, I'm still a pure and harmless girl."

Hanabi answered seriously.

Tokuma was speechless, not knowing how to answer.

"Hinata Ayane! Are you that bitch"

At this time, the elder who was caught by Tokuma's hair suddenly went crazy.

It was as if he saw something extremely terrifying and suddenly became insane and went crazy, and began to speak incoherently.

After all, the name 'Hyuga Ayane' is too destructive to the Konoha Hyuga clan.

Over the years, Konoha has been taken care of by the kingdom of ghosts. Similarly, the Konoha Hyuga clan has also received similar treatment, and that person has no intention of hiding his tracks, and directly tells the clan members who is taking advantage of the power of the kingdom of ghosts to deal with Konoha, and by the way, targeting them.

Before the clan elder could continue cursing madly, Huahuo turned his head suddenly, and stared at him with a pair of white eyes.

"shut up!"

Hum!

The clan elder's brain trembled suddenly, blood spurted from his mouth, nose and ears, and the severe pain made him take a big mouthful of breath, but it still couldn't happen, as if all the pain was choked between his throats and couldn't pass out of his mouth smoothly.

This kind of stimulation that wanted to scream out in pain to relieve the pain, but in the end it was hoarse and silent, made the elder's eyes appear fearful.

Especially when looking at Huahuo's indifferent white eyes, there was a strange light in them, with a faint killing intent. This fear was even more deeply rooted in his heart.

Indistinctly, the young image of the other party began to overlap with someone else's figure.

Although she is still immature, she has already changed her tendency.

Tokuma also looked at Hanabi with lingering fear. Although he was not targeted, the invisible fluctuation that spread just now made his body tremble.

"Master Hanabi, this person is..."

Tokuma said in a low voice, fearing that the other party would get agitated, he threw the kunai in his hand at the clan elder, killing him with one blow.

"I know, I won't mess around. In short, I leave this place to you. I still have something to do, so let's go first."

Hanabi put the girly Kunai wearing the pink puppet back into the ninja bag and walked outside.

On the corridor outside the door, stood two Oni no Kuni Jnin wearing chakra armor, waiting respectfully.

And these two people both have white eyes, and they come from the Hyuga clan in the kingdom of ghosts.

Fighting, screaming.

The hum of flying, the detonation of bombs and ninjutsu.

The houses are collapsing, the streets are being damaged, and it is happening in Konoha every moment.

But there is also a place that stays out of things, and that is the territory that belongs to the ninja.

Compared to the fighting area, this side is very quiet, and it is so quiet to a strange degree.

Even though quite a number of people were assembled, none of them went out to support the battle.

All clan members are ordered not to leave the clan land, once they leave to join the war, they will bear the consequences.

But even so, there were ninjas who participated in the war, but their resistance was subsequently treated more violently by the sky flying troops. A large number of bombs were dropped, and the entire clan was blasted to pieces, leaving no bones left.

Even if you drill into the ground tens of meters, you can't escape.

The ninjas who failed to participate in the war just watched and saw the Konoha ninja who was covered in blood and came to ask for help. As a result, they were blocked and killed in front of the gate of the clan, and died in the encirclement and suppression of the enemy, bleeding in front of their eyes.

Countless figures were squirming on the streets, running in the fire, ninjas holding ninja tools, ninjas performing ninjutsu, and an army of non-ninjas. They acted like locusts that destroyed the world.

The Konoha ninjas who participated in the battle, even if they are brave, but as long as they have not put down their weapons and still have the idea of fighting, they will be submerged in the vast ocean of the crowd, and there will be no waves.

How many people are attacking Konoha now?

Ten thousand people?

Or 100,000 people?

or more?

In short, there are sounds of fighting everywhere. When Konoha has been attacked to this point, it is meaningless to count the number of enemies.

Naturally, not all of the attacking enemies are fighting, and more of them are just using Konoha to quickly advance to the west of the country of fire.

The shattered city wall, the rolling armored chariot, and the erected steel gun barrel, crushed the road and moved forward.

Their goal is self-evident, it is the Fifth Wing of the Union Army.

Looking at his former companions dying in front of him like this, while he was overstepping because of the orders of his family, this feeling of pain and anger made all the ninjas from the ninja tribe sit on the ground in a daze, looking at the village that was about to perish in the flames of war with blank eyes.

In the end what happened?

How did this group of people get in?

Why didn't the elders let them join the battle?

Obviously half an hour ago, the village was still so quiet, and the next moment it fell into a fierce battle.

Everything happened so suddenly that everyone was caught off guard.

The Konoha ninjas who participated in the battle behaved like a mantis holding a chariot. Before they approached, they were reduced to ashes and disappeared under the shells and ninjutsu attacks. The resistance was as weak as a baby.

The horn that tears the sky is recited all over Konoha.

The commander standing on a high place, twirling the flag in his hand, guides the action route for the infantry and mechanical troops filling the streets below.

Different from the outside world where the bombardment is raging, in the deepest part of the ninja clan that has not participated in the war, the elders who control the fate of the family gather together, listening to the roar of artillery fire and ninjutsu, and listening to the horns of continuous attack, all expressions are silent.

"Elder, more than a dozen members of our three clans left the clan land and went out to join the war."

Outside the room, a figure descended, lowered his head, and reported softly to the elders of the Zhuludie tribe in the room.

Judging from his suppressed expression, he seemed to be in a very gloomy mood, and his whole person was shrouded in a sad atmosphere.

The elders in the room just stared at the floor in front of them, as if they didn't hear it.

Even if there are clansmen outside who are questioning their decision and wanting to live and die with Konoha from the bottom of their hearts, they remain silent like wooden people, not praising, reprimanding, let alone explaining.

"Hehe, this night is really long."

For a long time, only the hoarse voice of the old man came, and a burst of self-deprecating laughter.

The figure in charge of delivering orders outside the house lowered his head, hiding his figure in the darkness.