Chapter 97： guardian ninja

Remember [New] in a second! Guardian Ninja Twelve.

As the power to protect the daimyo of the land of fire at close range, it is the personal direct army of the daimyo.

The so-called Twelve Warriors refer to twelve elite ninjas, who are very powerful, and each of them will wear a waist cloth with the word "fire" on their waist to show their identity.

As the son of the third generation of Hokage, Sarutobi Asma joined the Twelve Guardian Ninja Warriors to protect the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, and it has been smooth sailing ever since.

Only recently, the conflict between Konoha and the Nation of Fire has caused him to get a lot of secretly malicious eyes in such a position.

The thumb slipped on the gear, and amidst a crisp sound, a flame burst out from the lighter in his hand.

Asma Sarutobi lit a cigarette for himself, took a puff in his bearded mouth, and at the same time, his peripheral vision was swept away from the person who was following secretly nearby.

Then, he pretended nothing happened and continued to return.

Back at the station, the closed door cut off the eyes of the outside world, Asma pinched out the few cigarettes left in her hand, and walked towards her friend and colleague Lu Lu.

At this time, the sound of daily chanting was resounding in Dilu's room.

Asma stood outside the door for a while, and then opened the door to enter when the chanting was over.

"Recently, more and more people are watching me." He cut to the point.

A picture of Di Lu dressed as a Taoist monk stood up, not surprised at all, and said: "Not only you, but also me, Beigen, Chengma, Xingdou, and Freezing Rain have been monitored during this period of time."

Asma heard this and couldn't help frowning deeply.

The people mentioned by Ji Lu are all the same stable faction as him among the twelve guarding ninja warriors, that is, they firmly deny the radical faction headed by Kazuma that Hokage does not need to exist, and the real power of ninja should be controlled by daimyo. people.

The majestic capital of the Land of Fire can unscrupulously monitor them as the troops directly under the daimyo, and even think about where they come from.

Just because of the intensified conflict between Konoha and the Fire Nation's high-level leaders during this period of time, their status as a group of moderate factions who support Hokage has also become very embarrassing.

"Hema and his group have recently gained the support of senior officials from the Nation of Fire, and their arrogance has become more and more arrogant. The other party is extremely aggressive, and it is difficult to guarantee that no trouble will arise. Asma, Konoha has explained this time did you do anything?"

At this time, Lu Lu asked Asmadao.

The Temple of Fire and Konoha have always had a very close relationship. Although he is currently on duty as a guardian ninja, Jilu still prefers Konoha in his heart.

Not only him, people like Beigen and Chengma are more or less inextricably related to Konoha.

There are naturally reasons for being able to always stand on the side of the moderates.

The so-called Guardian Ninja Twelve, although apparently directly subordinate to the daimyo, can grow into a powerful ninja, and the influence of Konoha, who has mastered the knowledge of ninjas in the land of fire, is indispensable.

This is why Konoha has always been able to let the Guardian Ninja Twelve, a ninja force outside the ninja system, exist in the past.

Although people like Lu Lu have some words about the different actions of the Fourth Hokage during this period of time, but they have already been labeled and can only go one way to the end.

Asma shook her head and said: "After all, it is an internal matter of the Guardian Ninja Twelve. Judging from the current situation, it is not easy for Konoha to intervene."

Lu Lu was silent, and finally he could only say: "Hema is a person who is unwilling to be lonely, Asma, you and I should be more vigilant recently."

Another cigarette was lit, and Asma nodded silently.

…

As the leader of the Radical Faction that Guardians of the Twelve Guardians of the Ninja, Kazuma has been very proud recently, especially after receiving various supports from the top officials of the Fire Nation headed by Minister Zuo, the strength of his radical faction has grown stronger, and for the first time successfully suppressed Moderate faction headed by Sarutobi Asma.

But that's not enough.

Even if his idea has been supported by a group of high-ranking nobles, it is still far from enough when faced with the huge and incomparably number one ninja village in the ninja world.

Hema is well aware of this.

For this reason, he has proposed to the daimyo many times before that he hopes to strengthen the power of guardian ninja.

Compared with the support of Minister Zuo and others, the support from daimyo and the entire Fire Nation will undoubtedly enable him to be truly fearless of Konoha Village.

What surprised him was that this proposal, which was clearly beneficial to the daimyo's power, was rejected by the latter.

The reason given was to avoid conflict with Konoha.

"Damn it!"

Thinking of this, He Ma became very angry.

You must know that everything he does is to let the fire country daimyo hold all the real power.

Obviously everything was for the other party's sake, but the latter even blamed him for being too aggressive.

Hema's mood at this time was as sad and indignant as "the ministers are about to fight to the death, why did your majesty surrender first".

"Obviously Konoha has already provoked the first, but the daimyo still wants to give in, it is too weak!"

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, so that in the end, he even aroused the bold idea of ​​"it's better to change your name" in his heart.

At this time, special envoys from Minister Zuo and others came to meet.

After some private conversations, he felt more and more reasonable about this idea that had just arisen, and even after confessing it, the special envoy unexpectedly did not reprimand him, but instead communicated the feasibility of the matter.

This made Hema overjoyed, and it also strengthened his decision to make a quick cut.

However, he didn't know that when the special envoy left, a pair of blood-colored sharing eyes were constantly circulating in the depths of the other's pupils.

Uchiha Shisui is the captain of the dark unit who is carrying out the mission of the capital city of the country of fire this time.

Although he is famous for his instant body art, but in terms of illusion alone, even if other gods are not considered, his level is at the top of the ninja world.

You know, when he encountered the Mist Ninja headed by Qing back then, he directly cast an illusion from a long distance and knocked down the two Mist Ninjas, forcing Ao to retreat.

Now, it is easy to confuse an ordinary person as a special envoy.

Minister Zuo and others naturally didn't have the courage to dare to assassinate Daimyo, but with the help of Anbu, this matter can be done if it fails.

The purpose of this Anbu operation is very clear.

That is to stir up civil strife among the Guardian Ninja Twelve, destroy their organization, and take this opportunity to defeat the Konoha opposition headed by Minister Zuo.

To achieve this, Yun Ting and others have already prepared their goals.

It is and the horse.

This person who took a slanted sword and even dared to assassinate the daimyo for his own ideas was just used as a pawn.

At that time, it will not only lead to the destruction of the Twelve Guardian Ninja Warriors as in the original history, but also follow the vines and use the assassination of the daimyo as evidence to wipe out Minister Zuo and others.

In order to ensure that the plan is foolproof, Yun Ting appointed Uchiha Shisui, who is superb in illusion, as the team leader.

late at night.

As soon as Shisui, who had reapplied the illusion on the special envoy, returned to Anbu's secret base in the capital, the cat-face masked ninja who had been on guard outside noticed it.

Shisui naturally knew that this was his brother Itachi, but because of Anbu's rules, he accepted Itachi's inspection without saying a word.

It was not released until the password was confirmed to be correct.

Looking at the back of Itachi who continued to stand guard behind him, Zhishui suddenly felt a little emotional.

How time flies.

The children who were still studying at the ninja school can now dedicate their strength to Konoha.

In particular, the dedication of this kind of power is not an obligation that was just a tool in the past, but a real struggle for ideals.

He couldn't help but think of a debate between the two two years ago.

…

In the Uchiha training ground, there is still the familiar forest. After the training, at Yun Ting's request, Itachi began to tell Shisui about the concept of peace of the Great Unity.

This is not mentioned in the Will of Fire book.

Only trusted confidants around Yun Ting will pass on this idea.

Itachi, who has been deeply influenced by Yunting's thoughts since childhood, naturally has this qualification.

Even now, the latter has the ability to explain this concept to Zhishui, who is also qualified now.

However, after Shisui understood a little bit, he disagreed for the first time: "This... is too extreme! In addition to the Ninja Fire Country, there are four major powers and countless small countries. It is really necessary to unify into one country. If this is the case, then how many wars must be waged and how many people will die to achieve it. If it goes wrong once, it will only last longer. Not only will this not usher in peace, but it will cause more turmoil!"

Itachi retorted: "There are bound to be pains on the road to unification, but as long as these are overcome, then real peace will indeed come. Just like the Kingdom of Fire at the beginning, it was just a small country in today's territory." Smaller, it became the big country it is today after experiencing countless expansion wars. Although there were many casualties among them, once unified, there has been no turmoil in the territory for so many years except for foreign invasion. The same reason It applies to the entire ninja world, if all countries become one, true peace will come. For this reason, no matter how great the sacrifice is, it is worthwhile."

As a ruthless person who destroyed his own family for the sake of the village in the original history, Itachi has never been a compassionate person, let alone the will to sacrifice.

Whether it's sacrificing yourself or sacrificing others.

As long as the ultimate goal can be achieved, no matter how many people die, it is very worthwhile in his opinion.

He naturally scoffed at the price Zhishui said.

There is no cost to achieving real peace.

No matter how great the cost is, when peace really comes, no matter how big the sacrifice is, it will be totally worth it.

It's like the first, second, and third ninja wars over the years, and even the fourth, fifth, and sixth in the future... and so on.

Itachi argued and explained.

Although Shishui's expression often changed, it was clear that he hadn't really changed his mind in the end.

His temperament is gentle and kind, and he can't be as resolutely indifferent as Itachi.

Although I know the truth that long-term pain is worse than short-term pain, but when I think of so many comrades who died on the battlefield of the country of water, and then think about the realization of peace as Itachi said, the number of people who need to be sacrificed may be multiplied by several times. Ten times, he couldn't make up his mind.

Why is it necessary to unify by force?

Can't there be another way? Or will the status quo remain the same forever?

This was Zhishui's idea two years ago.

But now, after two years of Yunting's personal teachings and deeds, I have witnessed the arrogance and **** of the nobles, the exploitation and oppression of the common people, and personally experienced that Konoha has become more and more prosperous under the leadership of Yunting The people are getting happier and a series of other things, Zhishui's inner thoughts have changed.

The already gentle-hearted, he only noticed how much sacrifice his comrades would make.

But they didn't notice how many civilians in the ninja world would die unwillingly every year under the oppression of the nobles.

That is definitely much more than the number of ninjas who died in the Ninja World War.

This has already broadened his horizons, and it seems very uncomfortable to focus not only on Zhishui in Muye Village.

Because of this, he willingly accepted the idea of ​​unification, and also accepted the truth that long-term pain is worse than short-term pain.

Of course, in his heart, he still hopes that all the battles will end soon.

After all, with the fourth generation who has a powerful Mutun, and his pair of kaleidoscope Sharingans, coupled with Konoha who is as strong as a cloud, it is not impossible to replicate the God of Ninja World who swept everything back then.

In this way, some deaths can also be reduced.

Zhishui thought so in his heart, and he had to do his best for this.

as it is now.