Two months later.

Fire Nation border post.

The time was exactly two o'clock in the afternoon, which happened to be the shift change time of this patrol team.

The Konoha ninja on the eaves at the top of the checkpoint looked relaxed. It was only due to ninja regulations that he did not sit down and relax during the mission.

After the victory of the Second Ninja World War, although the village's strength was also depleted a lot, the fierce and contrasting results allowed Konoha Village in the Country of Fire to firmly secure its title as the 'No. 1 Village in the Ninja World'

.

Not to mention the world's pinnacle headed by the 'Strongest Hokage' Sandaime on the top floor, but below are the 'Konoha White Fang', 'Sannin' and other powerful people who connect the past and the next. Even in the new generation, there are also 'Flame Foot'

, 'Golden Flash' and other young people who are worthy of entrusting them with important responsibilities.

With their background, it would be good if Konoha did not bully other ninja villages. These border outposts placed in desperate and dangerous places often only serve as a decoration.

Therefore, it is understandable that these outpost troops, who are mostly chunin, are occasionally a little lax.

However, 'ninja' has never been a humane profession.

"laugh--"

The big hand stretched out from the shadow covered his mouth and nose. Before the sentry, who was leaning against the wall to relax, could resist, a kunai penetrated deeply into his throat, making a small sound of air leaking, and continued to pour out of his neck.

Blood.

Not only the roofs, but also the hidden posts and outposts everywhere around the border post were identified one by one by the attackers who were well prepared. In just a moment, a full squadron of thirty-two people stationed here had

Most of them died at the hands of the enemy.

Only a few strong and vigilant ninjas managed to escape.

"Boom!"

The wall of the outpost exploded from the inside, and a figure rushed out of the gap staring at the dust mist and the wound stabbing the kunai in his back, his steps staggering, and his figure was in a mess.

As soon as he went out, he dodged the shurikens fired from the side and raised a signal baton towards the sky.

"call out!"

The red signal shoots straight into the sky, and the unique color fireworks are still dazzling even in the daytime.

His roar was almost shrill, his voice sharp:

"Enemy attack——!"

The next second, the man who had just escaped from the ambush was shot into a hedgehog by the dense Senbon surrounding him.

Before dying, he staggered forward a few steps, forced himself up, jumped forward and threw himself down.

Blood splattered everywhere.

Seeing the man lying on the ground, the attackers, all wrapped in rubber black cloth and respirators, looked at each other, and the leader yelled in a low voice:

"What else are you looking at!"

"Get rid of the rest quickly."

"yes."

Compared to Konoha, which at least maintains a superficial appearance, the Amegakure Village, governed by absolute centralization, is astonishingly strict in its rules.

After receiving the captain's order, no one dared to say anything.

Soon, the remaining Konoha ninjas at the outpost were wiped out.

No one noticed that there was a small lump of earth beneath the position where the outpost ninja fell.

A young chuunin boy was huddled deep in the soil under the corpse, shivering and using the "Ninja Technique: Suspended Death Technique" passed down by his family, without daring to make the slightest move.

It wasn't until the suspended animation time reached its limit that he crawled out from the ground with difficulty, crying and hugging the teacher's body and sobbing non-stop.

When I wiped away my tears, I was helplessly forced to be strong.

He wanted to run back to the village as soon as possible to deliver the news.

Before leaving, the young man turned his head and looked at the mutilated corpses on the ground.

His pupils were ignited with hatred.

The young man running away didn't know that in the distant tree canopy, there was a pair of eyes watching him quietly, making sure that he escaped alive.

"Damn rain ninja!"

"They dare to kill us Konoha people, are they crazy?"

"I heard that the leader of Amegakure seems to be more powerful than our Hokage-sama. The ninjas call him 'demigod'!"

"Hey, you are a bunch of ignorant people. When I was young, I saw with my own eyes the grace of the first generation of adults to plant trees."

"Now, even a gangster from Xiao Ninja Village dares to call himself a 'god'."

"Eh? Isn't the Third Hokage the strongest Hokage?"

"Haha, um. That's right."

Different from the cold and desolate smoke atmosphere on the border front, the interior of Konoha Village, as the rear area, still has a peaceful atmosphere at this time, but is occasionally filled with the slightly distant turbulent comments of passers-by.

Aida Masaki and Shinya passed by a street cart food stall together, and occasionally the sounds of diners of all ages gathering together and chatting could be heard under the warm curtains.

As for the topics of conversation, most of them revolved around the thin stack of ink newspaper titles hanging next to the cart.

In a conspicuous position at the top of the page, the large characters "Konoha Youth Morning News" are written in standard autumn water style.

This was the final name of the newspaper decided by the Propaganda Union.

"General, two portions of okonomiyaki, add more tendon, and one portion without onions."

"Hey!"

After a while, the okonomiyaki was served in a paper bowl and came with two pairs of bamboo chopsticks.

Aida Masaki and Shinya each took a portion and walked towards home while eating.

Uchiha Shinya ate in small bites and tilted his head to look at him: "Don't you want to read what is written in the newspaper?"

“I saw it during the review.”

Aida Masaki shook his head: "The border conflicts between Huoyu and Huoyu are getting more and more serious these days. Maybe the war will come faster than we think."

"Yuyin, do you have the energy to spare?"

Uchiha Shinya bit into the tendons in the okonomiyaki with a little force, his tone a bit puzzled.

The Second Ninja War swept almost all countries with sufficient strength on the continent.

Among them, Yuyin was surrounded by enemies from both sides because he was surrounded by the Three Kingdoms of Fire, Earth, and Wind.

To say it suffered heavy losses would be an understatement. In just a few years, how much strength can they regain?

How could it be so unwise?

"Definitely not."

Aida Masaki also picked up the okonomiyaki with chopsticks, divided the tendon part into pieces, bit into his mouth and chewed slowly: "It's just that they have to beat them even if they don't want to."

"Um?"

The girl looked at him doubtfully, but Aida Masaki didn't say anything further.

War caused by politics is by no means common sense.

He didn't want to get too entangled with this type of information, so he casually changed the subject and said, "By the way, didn't you say you wanted to go to my laboratory before?"

Uchiha Shinya's eyes brightened slightly: "Is it okay?"

"It's okay today."

Aida Masaki smiled and ate the last piece of okonomiyaki: "Just in time, I also have something I want to give to you."

Entering the secret passage from the closet on the second floor of Aida's house, the two of them walked down the steps and walked through a dark passage.

At the end of this passage is a large space sealing technique with complex formations.

The two stood in it and formed seals at the same time.

The next second, after the world was spinning, they appeared inside a well-lit laboratory.

Most of the people in white coats walking around here are outstanding research talents who were tricked by Aida Masaki in the name of 'Konoha Third Research Class Leader' and then planted the spiritual transformation technique.

Now, these people are managed by Beiliuhu.

After seeing Aida Masaki appear, all the people in white coats bowed slightly and respectfully addressed him as 'Aida-sama'. Occasionally, a few people could still see the flash of fanaticism in their eyes.

No! Researcher! Can refuse Aida Masaki!

The reason is also very simple.

There are so many research topics he can give you!

Nowadays, the research groups related to life restitution are divided into seven different directions, and the degree of completion is naturally moving forward at a steady pace.

There are a total of twenty-two research groups like this, responsible for 'Bengyu Development', 'Unlimited Technique', 'Tianzhi Zhenxing', 'Exterior Brain Substitute', 'Ninja Sword Reproduction', etc.
To be continued...