Under the curtain of late at night, orange-red sparks were flying in the village at the foot of Gecheng Mountain, as if they were holding a farewell ceremony for the low whine sounds. The people who once lived in the village had embarked on a journey to the Yellow Springs of the Netherlands and Earth.

Only a very small number of lucky people have been let go by the god of death.

Lord Death did not rush to invite everyone to the underworld as a guest.

On the high hills,

A group of young men and women with tears hiding in the bushes, looking at their hometown that was being swallowed by the sea of ​​fire little by little. Sadness was like a surging tsunami that flooded their hearts, and emotions such as hesitation, anger, despair, and despair filled their hearts.

"Woooooo"

The youngest girl couldn't help but sobbed in a low voice.

"Don't cry, now is not the time to cry, we have to go quickly." The leader in the team said gritting his teeth.

“But…where can we go?”

Someone asked in a daze.

My hometown is being swallowed by the sea of ​​fire. Without my hometown, where can they go?

All those who escaped were young people. They had basically been around their hometowns since childhood. Many of them had even been to nearby towns at the farthest point. After leaving the village, it would be good to be able to distinguish between the east, south, west and north, even if they had a surname like earth spider.

But now most of the people of the Earth Spider Clan no longer rely on the tip of the knife to live a life of life and death. They have had enough of the crisis of ninjas wandering on the brink of life and death at that time. The Earth Spider Clan wants to give up the identity of ninjas, but unfortunately... it is not that they can live safely by giving up on their own initiative.

trouble,

Will come to the door on its own initiative.

I wishfully believe that if I put down my weapons, I will eliminate the malice of the enemy, and what I really welcome is ruthless killing.

"Let's go to Konoha."

The leading man said gritting his teeth.

"My father told me that the granddaughter of Lord Jung-wen is in Konoha. We go to surrender to her. As long as we get Konoha's help, we can avenge my father, mother and others."

"But, the gentry's elders are not allowed to mention the matter of Lord Wenger... Will she help us?"

Some older people asked worriedly.

Like those young and young girls, they looked confused and didn't know who the Servant was. Since the internal division of the Earth Spider Clan broke, even the names of the Servant became a taboo in their sect, that is, those who are older still know who the Servant is. The younger ones have never heard of the name of the Servant.

"That's a grudge between elders! Now the elders have......... There is no need for us to inherit that insight anymore. And no matter what, we are all earth spiders, so we have to try it. Some time ago, Konoha ninja came to see the clan leader. Our earth spiders and Konoha should be related." Otherwise, I really don't know where to go.

Although the ninja world is big,

But it is not that easy to survive.

The last depressing words were not said. The leading young man was quite clear-headed and knew that he could not say such things now. If his family exposes all his last momentum, the earth spider clan will be finished. At least their earth spider will definitely be finished.

"Let's go!"

"Stop looking at it, be careful not to be discovered."

The displaced young people disappeared on the hills with tears in their eyes, but the teenagers did not notice that someone had been watching them silently in the darkness. When they left and embarked on the journey to Konoha, they only showed a satisfied smile on their faces, and then they hid in the deep darkness.

Konoha Village.

The Naruto Building has been very busy in recent days. Although there is no leisure time in ordinary days, the busyness in recent times has been a sharp increase in the naked eye. The most typical evidence is the obvious dark circles and bags of the eyes of the staff of the Naruto Building.

Because there is a lot of backlog of work, I have to compress the rest time and extend the working hours again and again. If it weren't for the same increase in salary and bonus comfort, I don't know how many people would be crushed by this high-intensity work.

"Is there new information?"

In the intelligence analysis room, the head of the office, who was sitting behind the desk, heard the sound of the door opening, raised his head and saw his subordinates walking into the office holding a pile of documents. He immediately smiled bitterly and asked weakly: "How many other families have been removed from the list?"

"Three families."

The subordinate who came in with the documents responded, walked over quickly, pressed all the documents on the desk of the office director's desk, and said, "There are information collected by the secret department to give us a copy of it, and there are also some information submitted by survivors of the two families. I hope that useful things can be found in these documents to help us figure out the true face of the perpetrator."

"Oh! I hope!"

The chief of the office sighed, not optimistic about this, and reached out to touch his increasingly sparse hair, feeling so sad in his heart.

Just about a week ago,

A ninja from a small family that is rarely known in the Fire Kingdom came to Konoha and commissioned a task. The content of the task was to investigate the truth about the destruction of his family. Such a task did not attract much attention at first. It is common for such a small family that had less than 100 people to be born and destroyed.

Just treat it as an ordinary B-level task for the interested guy to take. Of course, if no one takes it within three days, in order to ensure the reputation of the village, Naruto will personally assign someone to complete the task.

However,

Similar tasks quickly came one after another.

This made the head of the department who accepted the commission feel a little abnormal and reported the information, and then did not check it without knowing it. After checking it, it was startled. In the past month, more than 20 ninja families have disappeared overnight in the territory of the Fire Kingdom. Except for a small number of people who escaped, the entire family is often a living person.

What's even more strange is that the destroyed family disappeared even the bodies.

Even the ashes were not found.

The strange situation was immediately reported to Sonien. According to the highest instructions of Lord Naruto, in order to investigate the truth behind this series of incidents, the Naruto Building began to operate overload, and all other relevant departments such as the intelligence analysis room started a day and night hard work.

However, overtime is not just the staff below.

The Sixth-Daime Hokage himself is also a permanent residence in the Naruto Building. The office lights are often bright overnight. Coupled with the increase in salary and bonuses, everyone will not feel any resentment. They are all secretly ruthless and are ready to relax after finishing this job.

"The chief, here comes again, and someone comes again."

An intelligence analysis room employee stumbled into the door.

"Come on here! There are a lot now, so it doesn't matter if there are more." The head of the room, who was almost numb, was indifferent. At the beginning, he would still sympathize with the ninja families who disappeared silently from the world. However, when the information sent more and more, his little sympathy was already divided.

"No, different, this time the Earth Spider Clan is suffering."

"No matter whether it is a soil spider or a water spider..., are you talking about that soil spider? The earth spider clan of Gecheng Mountain?" The chief suddenly stood up, his eyes wide open.

"The chief of the room, there should be only one earth spider, right?"

The staff member who was startled stammered.

"······You are right. Not only in China, but also in the ninja world, there is only one native spider clan." The chief murmured to himself, his expression became very ugly. The intelligence analysis department can understand their particularity by looking at the name. As a department with limited access to many hidden intelligence, the chief of the four dynasties knows many things that young people don't know.

Let’s mention the surname of the earth spider,

The young people in the department will immediately think of the apprentice of Lord Naruto.

But the chief remembered that Konoha and the Earth Spider clan were serious allies. The third generation Naruto once made a covenant with the Earth Spider clan's servants, and agreed that when the Earth Spider clan's danger, Konoha needed to send someone to help.

Although Konoha Village is now in power for the sixth generation.

The traveler of the war has also bid farewell to the world several years ago.

However, this alliance has not been lifted yet, which means it is still in effect. Now the Earth Spider Clan is attacked and is almost destroyed. It is not forgotten that Lord Naruto’s little disciple comes from the Earth Spider Clan... The situation is about to escalate!

"Are you sure that the earth spider clan in Katsura Mountain has also been wiped out?"

The director confirmed the accuracy of the information.

"It's true. Many people from the earth spider clan escaped and entered the village. This news will probably be spread soon. Even if you want to hide it, you can't hide it." The subordinate's answer made the chief take a deep breath. This matter seemed to be really going to make a big deal, although it was not a trivial matter.

Before receiving this news, Konoha Ninja will at most have a little sympathy for the victims, but after all, the life and death of those ninja families has nothing to do with Konoha.

Until now

The allies, the Earth Spider Clan, were attacked.

I can no longer wait until the situation is investigated before deciding what to do.

The village must have more tough and obvious actions to express its attitude to the outside world. Of course, if it were the older third-generation Hokage, there would probably be room for discussion. However, Konoha is now the sixth-generation Hokage who has monopolized the power of the sixth-generation Hokage. With this person's temper, there is no room for discussion.

That is to say,

There will definitely be big moves next.

"But... it has nothing to do with me." The chief thought for a few seconds, and sat down safely again. No matter how big the matter is, what does it have to do with him? Now the masters in the village are free of clouds, and no matter what troubles they have, it can be handled. It's not his turn, as the "Four Dynasties Elders" who stood up and worked hard.

so,

Just do your own thing well.

Naruto Office.

"You said the thieves who lived in Chitosei House ran away?" Zong Xian looked at Zhishui in a little surprised.

"Yes, it disappeared three days ago."

Zhishui's face turned pale.

This time his subordinates made trouble.

Because I have been busy investigating the destruction of many ninja families in the Fire Kingdom, I did not ask about Chitoseya's scrutiny. However, after I found that the target was missing, the Anbu, who was in charge of scrutiny, did not choose to report it as soon as possible. Instead, I felt that the target could not run far and was preparing to report it after finding the whereabouts of the target.

After a while, I didn't find the target,

Zhishui didn't know about this until today.

"Zongxian, I was neglected."

Zhishui almost bit the back teeth. It took more than half a year but he still couldn't completely twist his subordinates into a rope. No matter what the reason such a thing happened, as the minister of the secret department, he could not get rid of his responsibility.

"Leave this to me, I will definitely......"

"Did you leave three days ago?" Zongxian interrupted Shishui's nonsense and asked thoughtfully: "Then Shishui,·······Do you think the matter in Katsura Mountain has something to do with these people?"
To be continued...