The eyes that the other party looked at were no longer innocent and curious, but had other meanings, as if they were chasing after something and became heavy.

Kakashi withdrew his gaze, followed Minato out of the camp, went outside, and began to follow the footsteps of Kumogakure's troops to figure out Kumogakure's specific movements.

Whether they really intend to cease the war or are plotting some conspiracy, these are all things that need to be determined.

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The exploration mission lasted three days in total.

Minato and Kakashi were certain of one thing, that is, Kumogakure really planned to retreat.

There is no Kumogakure ninja in the Kingdom of Yu. The two of them personally sneaked into the territory of the Kingdom of Thunder and conducted inspections. They found that there were only regular border garrison troops at the border of the Kingdom of Thunder. Most of the Kumogakure ninjas had confirmed their return to Kumogakure Village.

This important information was sent back to Commander Akimichi Tofu, and then announced to every Konoha ninja in the camp. Letters were also sent to Konoha to smoothly convey the investigation results of Minato and Kakashi.

After all, the final decision still depends on the decision of the top management.

However, with Yunyin's attitude of retreating without a fight, he probably wouldn't be able to start a fight.

As for whether Kumogakure really intends to cease the war, it is unknown, so he cannot completely relax his guard.

News of Kumogakure's retreat was quickly passed back to Konoha, and Konoha's top brass, headed by the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, quickly held a meeting and made a reasonable discussion on the matter.

After all, Kumogakure's power is different from other villages. Kumogakure is the only ninja village in the ninja world today that has perfect techniques to control tailed beasts. Applying the power of tailed beasts maturely in war will bring more pressure to Konoha than others.

Ninja Village can be compared.

Therefore, the third generation Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen selected two jounin and five chuunin from his direct subordinates to form a mission to Kumogakure, wanting to know what Kumogakure's intention was for this sudden retreat.

Should we continue the war or choose peace talks?

However, after the mission returned from Kumogakure, the news they received was that Kumokakure's words were vague and he did not give a clear answer. He neither talked about peace nor fought, which made Konoha's senior officials feel baffled.

Among them, Konoha's radical faction headed by Danzo proposed a direct attack on the Kingdom of Thunder. No matter what the other party's plots and tricks were, they could simply overwhelm the other party to avoid a comeback in the future.

However, this proposal was rejected by the Third Hokage. Without knowing the situation clearly, he rashly fought Kumogakure, which only increased the battle damage.

In fact, Konoha fought against Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure successively, and the battle damage was already very serious.

From the beginning of the Third Ninja War to the present, at least thousands of ninjas in Konoha have died on the battlefield.

If the war damage continues to increase, it will easily lead to new problems. We should focus on recuperating and cultivating the new generation of ninjas, rather than prolonging the war.

No matter what, the current stable situation is exactly what the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen wants to see, and it is also what most Konoha ninjas want to see.

Many ninjas have already become war-weary, and compared to Kumogakure, Konoha's fighting morale is not much higher.

However, due to Kumogakure's ambiguous 'truce' method, Hiruzen, as the Hokage, did not completely relax his vigilance and let Akimichi Takafaze lead two thousand Konoha ninjas to continue to stay at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Yu to prevent

The cloud disappeared and came back again, hitting Konoha with a carbine.

There were also some ninjas who were quietly transferred back to Konoha Village from the front line, including the yellow flashing Namikaze Minato, and Konoha's youngest Jonin Hatake Kakashi.

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The strange movements of Konoha and Kumogakure were naturally noticed by various countries.

But regarding Kumogakure's abnormal retreat behavior, the shinobi villages from all over the world also expressed confusion and confusion.

As a third party, they naturally hope that the battle between Konoha and Kumogakure will continue to be stalemate and increase the ninja's battle losses.

Especially Konoha, they hope that Konoha will suffer greater losses than Kumogakure.

Because of the rise of Yellow Flash, they are both opponents and are under equal pressure.

Even though many ninjas have not seen it with their own eyes, those real achievements cannot lie.

In addition to the Sannin in Konoha, there are also ninjas in the new generation who can stand alone, and they are even more intimidating than the Sannin.

If you encounter a yellow flash during a mission, you can abandon the mission without being punished. This is the only person in the ninja world who has received this honor.

Once targeted, it is absolutely impossible to escape.

The enemy's harsh winter.

Various rumors about yellow flash are spreading in the ninja world, and the trend is getting stronger and stronger.

Konoha did not comment on this. Many Konoha ninjas felt that it was an honor to have such a ninja born in their village.

"What exactly does Kumogakure want to do?"

Shiraishi, who was in charge of the Demon Country, naturally received news of the battlefield between Konoha and Kumogakure, and was puzzled by Kumogakure's abnormal and unreasonable behavior.

Because there was no prelude when this happened, and Kumogakure's sudden retreat made people feel very confused.

Shiraishi, like the other ninja villages of the five major countries, all hope that the battle between Kumogakure and Konoha can continue forever, and the number of battle losses will be increased in the final statistics. No matter who wins or loses, it doesn't matter.

In this way, the Demon Country will face less pressure in the ninja world in the future.

The personnel of Ziyuanhua Pharmaceutical Company in Yunyin Village did not find any useful information, and everything was sealed tightly.

The so-called guesses are analysis results based on intelligence.

However, no useful information has been sent back, and Shiraishi is also in the dark, unable to know what Kumogakure's senior officials are up to.

If Kumogakure withdraws from the battlefield without signing an armistice agreement, it would be better to accumulate strength secretly and give Konoha a counterattack when the time comes.

Of course, it is also possible that he is really afraid of the yellow flash's reputation and withdraws from the battlefield in this way to save himself some dignity.

However, no matter what it is, Konoha has now completely released the shackles caused by the war.

Shiraishi knew exactly what to do next.

The election of the Fourth Hokage will continue to maintain a stable situation between the ninja clan and civilian factions, and... severely deal with some rebellious ninja who can endanger the safety of the village.

According to Shiraishi's estimation, in October this year, Konoha will be able to recover from the war and take formal action against the three of them.

The collective defection of Uchiha and Hyuga ninjas was an unprecedented first for Konoha. The matter was so serious that Konoha had zero tolerance for it.

Previously, it was just because of the sudden outbreak of the war that this matter was suppressed. Once the war is over, Konoha will definitely search the three of them throughout the ninja world.

"No, we have to find something to keep Konoha busy."

Before, Konoha was dragged down by the war, and Shiraishi felt very relaxed. Now that Konoha is freed from the war, Shiraishi feels that the pressure on his shoulders seems to be greater than imagined.

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Kakashi naturally doesn't know about Shiraishi's troubles.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't care. Anyway, the ship will be straightened out when it reaches the bridge. His only task now is to continue to advance to higher positions.

In terms of job level, jounin is actually not low, but the gap between jounin and jounin is actually very big.

Kakashi knows very well that he is currently just a jounin with the title of jounin and a little bit of strength. He is no different from most jounin. The few differences are that he is young, talented and has become famous recently.

The yellow flash is the relationship between teachers and students and their immediate superiors and subordinates.

Therefore, logically, Kakashi hopes that Minato can become the Fourth Hokage.

Because only Minato, who does not have many close followers, becomes the Fourth Hokage, can he approach the core of Konoha as quickly as possible.

He is not only Minato's student and subordinate, but also a confidant of the Third Hokage, a spy for the root leader Danzo, and has an entangled relationship with three S-class defected ninjas.

Neither double agent nor triple agent can accurately describe him, it should be said that he is a quadruple agent.

Kakashi ignored these things.

A week has passed since I returned to Konoha from the Country of Yu.

Today is a special day - a mourning meeting.

As a member of the Jounin of Konoha, Kakashi naturally went to the Ninja Cemetery to attend this mourning meeting to mourn the thousands of Konoha ninjas who died in the war.

Konoha suffered heavy losses in this war. Although Kakashi has not calculated it, he can roughly estimate that the number of existing ninjas in Konoha may not exceed 10,000. Nearly one-third of them died on the battlefield.

Ninja.

The number of casualties was even more horrific than that of the Second Ninja War.

Kakashi came to the Ninja Cemetery, where rows of graves were built neatly.

So far, all the dead ninjas of Konoha will be buried here.

Including his fathers, Hatake Sakumo and Konoha White Fang, are also buried here.

But many ninja graves are empty because the bodies are so mutilated that complete bodies can no longer be found.

The Third Hokage and other senior officials also participated in this mourning ceremony, as did Danzo and two advisors. Inadvertently, Danzo and Kakashi's eyes exchanged, as if to confirm the fact that they were a team.

Kakashi quickly walked aside expressionlessly and stood in the crowd as if nothing had happened, mourning the dead Konoha heroes.

The funeral lasted about an hour and ended.

Many people left one after another. After Kakashi mourned, he walked to the grave of his father Sakumo Hatake and stared at it for a while. When he was about to go back, he saw that two people had not left the ninja cemetery.

Orochimaru, one of the three ninjas, and Itachi Uchiha, whom he met several times on the battlefield of Yuno Country.

One is a powerful ninja who is famous in the ninja world, and the other is an unknown child who is not even a ninja.

"What is the meaning of life?"

Itachi's mutterings to himself spread in the air, wondering about something.

"There is no point in lamenting the dead. Life has value only while it is alive."
To be continued...