"Ah, I feel so comfortable after taking a bath."

Ayane walked over from the other side of the woods with long wet hair. There was still a little moisture on her skin, and her skin was white and rosy.

Behind her was Liuli who remained silent.

Shiraishi glanced at the two of them, quickly took out a kunai from his ninja tool bag, and said to Ayane and Ruri: "Before you come here, tell the code."

"signal?"

Ayane was stunned.

Liuli looked expressionless beside him and began to form seals. Chakra accumulated in his mouth and he spit it out immediately:

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

The huge fireball attacked Shiraishi head-on.

Shiraishi threw himself to the side, awkwardly dodging the fireball attack.

Seeing the trees burned by the fireball behind me, cold sweat broke out on my face.

"How does this code answer go?"

Liuli smiled on her face and seemed to be preparing to release a second fireball.

Shiraishi stood up and twitched the corners of his mouth: "But, that's alright. It's just a joke, so there's no need to use fire escape to hit him directly, right?"

"That's more convincing, isn't it?"

Liuli said confidently.

"Yeah, it's much more convincing than a simple code..."

Shiraishi sighed and rubbed his sore butt.

"It's true, Shiraishi-kun, I thought we really had a secret code before."

Ayane came over and said.

Just when Shiraishi was about to say something, Liuli looked around and saw no sign of Sakumo, so she asked, "Where did Sakumo-sensei go?"

"I'm going to look for ingredients. There isn't much food in my backpack. I need to go to the outpost to replenish it tomorrow."

Shiraishi took out his backpack and said.

"I really want to eat Ichiraku Ramen. I always eat dry food and game outside, and I almost forgot what ramen tastes like."

Ayane touched her belly and sat on a stone grumbling.

"Just be patient, it will be much better after the war is over."

These days, the food Shiraishi and others eat are basically cold products. Only when there is not much food, they will use local materials, but the food is also very simple. They can fish from the river or find some wild vegetables in the forest.

and mushrooms to satisfy hunger.

"Shiraishi-kun, why don't you just invent a portable ramen?"

"You can consider the Bingliangwan, but forget about the ramen."

Shiraishi shook his head and ignored Ayane's request.

"Okay, just eat more when you go to the sentry post tomorrow. Did you and Teacher Sakumo find nothing here just now?"

Liuli carefully observed the surrounding environment and maintained a high degree of vigilance.

"No, Sakumo-sensei and I were just chatting about the next Hokage."

Shiraishi told the truth.

"Hey, Shiraishi-kun, are you interested in this kind of thing?"

Ayane was a little curious.

Shiraishi glanced at Ayane.

"Because Sakumo-sensei is the jounin closest to the position of Hokage. In ten years, when the third generation of adults has aged, Sakumo-sensei will probably have the most calls to become Hokage. Even the Sannin will be at a disadvantage.

It can be regarded as well-deserved.”

Shiraishi analyzed rationally.

Neither Ruri nor Ayane refuted Shiraishi's views.

This is the fact. Konoha White Fang is indeed the most popular Jounin in Konoha right now, and the Sannin is even lower.

"A village is a country. If you want to advance politically, you need more than just the support of the civilian class. Mr. Sakumo cannot get the support of the ninja clan, and his character is not suitable for being Hokage. Sometimes, fame is equal to

A double-edged sword, it is not only the capital for promotion, but also..."

Liuli leaned against the tree, clasping his hands on his chest, with a very serious expression on his face. At the end of the sentence, Liuli didn't say any more.

Born into a seed-type ninja who was trained by a large family, Liuli didn't understand politics, but he was completely uninterested in it.

Sakumo's reputation, strength and character are indeed enough, but the support of civilians alone is not enough to become Hokage.

In Liuli's eyes, the so-called civilian ninjas do not have a complete whole at all. The factions are complicated and their interests are too scattered. If there is no one to integrate them, these people will never become a phenomenon.

In contrast, most ninjas have already formed a community of interests. They know what they want to do, what they will get, what they will sacrifice, and they have the same goal.

"Listen carefully, the so-called Hokage... is just a boring game of alternation of power at the top and has nothing to do with the bottom."

Hearing Liuli making such remarks, Ayane seemed a little worried: "Um, Liuli, is it a little bad to say this? I think you can become Hokage only by being recognized by the whole village."

"Are you an idiot? If you don't do this, Naruto's reputation will be ruined in the village. You are also a member of the great ninja clan. Isn't your height and knowledge enough to see the nature of Naruto?

?For me, as long as I have the power and the idea, the position of Hokage is within my reach. Teacher Sakumo just lacks that idea, so he is an excellent Jounin of Konoha, but he is definitely not the Hokage.

A lump of material."

A confident smile appeared on Liuli's face, as if she was never wrong about her own opinions.

Ayane puffed up her mouth angrily, a little indignantly.

"Okay, okay, you two, it's still early for the next Hokage to be selected. At least the most important thing right now is how to complete the tasks assigned above."

Shiraishi came over quickly to be the peacemaker.

Shiraishi figured out Liuli's temperament very early on.

She didn't have much respect or awe for the existence of Naruto.

What she respects is only the ninja named Hiruzen Sarutobi who became the Third Hokage.

Respect for powerful ninjas, not out of respect for Hokage.

As long as you follow this idea, Liuli's thoughts are actually very straightforward and easy to understand.

After a while, Sakumo came back from hunting and found two hares and some fish, which he saved for dinner in the evening.

Before that, they first had to find a safe place to hide their whereabouts in the huge hunting ground of the forest.

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The next day, we came to the nearest sentinel point.

This place has already suffered damage, with many buildings collapsing and more than a dozen Konoha ninjas falling among the ruins, with blood flowing all over the ground.

Also coming here with Sakumo's team was a small squad of ANBU.

The ANBU of this class has a total of one squad leader and three team members.

The squad leader is a jounin, and among the three team members, one is a special jounin and two are chunin.

Shiraishi was trying his best to save a Konoha ninja who was lying in a pool of blood. The injury was so serious that the entire chest was blown apart by the detonating talisman, and he was hovering on the edge of death.

Even though he was still alive, this Konoha ninja had a very strong desire to survive.

Because the buildings at the sentinel point were completely destroyed, Shiraishi could only start emergency surgery outside, but he was not sure about the survival rate.

When they arrived here, this Konoha ninja had already missed the best time for surgery.

As for whether he can survive, he can only leave it to fate and see whether he can survive it.

Sakumo and others did not disturb Shiraishi's surgery and began to search for other traces in the ruins.

"It was a large-scale Earth Release Ninjutsu that directly knocked down the buildings at the outpost. Then there was a sudden surprise attack, leaving the people here with no time to defend themselves. The first person to confront them was almost wiped out by the enemy."

The ANBU squad leader wore a mask and briefly explained some problems after a professional survey.

"One jounin, six chunin, and eleven genin, can't they even resist?"

Sakumo's eyes were solemn.

"It's probably the special Sunagakure force your team encountered more than two months ago."

The ANBU squad leader said.

"Have their identities been verified?" Sakumo looked at the ANBU squad leader.

"The leading male and female Sunagakure jounin are the son and daughter-in-law of Sunagakure's advisor Chiyo, and are also the top masters in the Sunagakure puppet army. As for the earth-bending ninja in the team who can easily divide the battlefield, there is no news yet."

Sakumo nodded after listening.

At this moment, Ayane came over and reported to Sakumo: "Teacher Sakumo, some of the supplies in the sentry post were taken away, and the remaining supplies were burned. What should we do next?"
To be continued...