Chapter 25 The Choice of the Hand 1 Tribe

After the morning exercise, Ye Shan came to the temporary hospital to visit his team member Shan Chengchen. Ye Shan had some feelings for Shan Chengchen. Many life-and-death experiences made their relationship extremely strong, a kind of friendship that was worth risking one's life for.

"Chen, how do you feel?" Ye Shan took out a dry apple and asked while peeling it.

Yamashiro Chen's arm was fixed in a brace and he could not move. His left shoulder was wrapped in thick gauze. He was lying on his back with his arms raised up, looking like a thousand-year-old zombie.

"One is good news and the other is bad news, which one do you want to hear first, Captain?"

Ye Shan was a little speechless. Considering that the other party was injured, he didn't care and said, "Good news."

Shancheng Chen raised his eyebrows and said cheerfully: "The doctor said there is a 50% chance of recovery."

Ye Shan was silent. Hand seals were an essential step for a ninja to release ninjutsu. A ninja losing his arm meant the end of his ninja career, which was a result he did not want to see. He was reluctant to see Yamashiro Tatsuo retire from active service.

"Go back to the village and find the best doctor..."

Before Ye Shan could finish, Shan Chengchen interrupted him and urged: "Okay, it's time for the captain to ask about the bad news."

Ye Shan's hand trembled slightly as he peeled the apple. He pursed his lips and asked cooperatively, "What's the bad news?"

Shancheng Chen chuckled and said proudly: "I want to pee!"

"what??"

Ye Shan lives in Bengbu. If you want to pee, just go. Why are you telling me what to do? Then I saw that the other person's arms could not move, and I was embarrassed.

"I'll go get the nurse."

After a while, Ye Shan threw down these words and turned to leave, but he heard Shan Chengchen's impatient voice behind him.

"No, don't go, I'm scared!"

Ye Shan listened in confusion, looked at the embarrassed Shan Chengchen in confusion, and asked, "What are you afraid of?"

Yamashiro Tatsuo glanced at his crotch and said nothing.

Catching Shancheng Chen's gaze, Ye Shan could not help but squeeze his legs together and said sarcastically, "That's all? Nurses have seen all sorts of things, how can you be so bad?"

In the midst of Ye Shan's ridicule, Shan Chengchen turned his head away embarrassedly and whispered: "I'm not afraid of this."

"Then what are you afraid of?"

“I’m afraid I won’t be able to control myself.”

Ye Shan: 0.0

It's understandable. We are all men, and it's normal to be unable to control ourselves. But I'm afraid of that, too! I'm still a young man, and I've never been in love before. I can't bear it. Just wait, I'll try my best to find you an ugly one.

Ye Shan turned around and left without saying a word, leaving the stunned Shan Chengchen lying helplessly on the hospital bed, unable to help but blurt out "F*ck, so ruthless..."

..............

A few days later, in the Senju clan's territory in Konoha, a meeting was held in a suffocating atmosphere. Not many people attended the meeting, and all of them were injured, like a communication meeting for patients.

The Senju clan lost face and substance in the battle of the Rain Country this time, and lost miserably. More than half of the clan's elite were killed, and even the highly respected elder died in the Rain Country, which was extremely embarrassing.

Senju Karama, who was sitting at the head seat, was the cousin of Senju Tobirama. After Senju Tobirama's death, he became the head of the Senju clan. Senju Karama was born in the second year of Konoha. He was only 37 years old this year and could be considered a successful person. However, right now, he was cursing his cousin Senju Tobirama in his heart.

According to Senju Kagami's idea, the position of Hokage is the exclusive throne of the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan, and everyone can take turns to sit on it. His cheap cousin insisted on choosing Sarutobi Hiruzen as Hokage, and even swore to him that Sarutobi Hiruzen is his own man, just a puppet, and the Senju clan will still be the uncrowned king of Konoha Village. Bah, what uncrowned king, headless king is better.

Unlike Uchiha Fugaku, Senju Kagami was sure that the Sand Village ninja that went around was the work of Sarutobi Hiruzen, otherwise it would not make sense. But don't say that this is just his guess. Even if he had evidence, Senju Kagami would swallow it. The current Senju clan is not the Senju clan half a year ago. They have lost the qualification to compete with the top leaders and can no longer withstand any tossing.

Senju Tobirama became the biggest sinner of the Senju clan.

Thinking of this, Senju Huojian shouted in a hoarse voice: "What are you arguing about? I, the clan leader, am not dead yet!"

The conference room fell into silence. Everyone looked up at Senju Kagama, hoping that he could turn the tide and save the Senju clan from distress.

Qianju Huojian opened his mouth heavily, but no sound came out. After a long pause, he said with difficulty: "The Qianju clan should retreat!"

'Wow...'

Everyone in the conference room had expressions of shock and disbelief on their faces. They suspected that they had heard it wrong, and looked at each other, trying to confirm from other people's faces that they had heard it wrong.

But that was the fact, and they had no right to question it.

A middle-aged ninja with a bandage on his chest stood up with a bang, and violently pulled the bandage on his body, revealing a huge knife wound, and shouted frantically: "Senju Kagome, you coward, look at the wound on your master's body, look carefully! Does it look painful? But I tell you, this little pain is nothing, compared to the humiliation suffered by the Senju clan, it's really nothing!!!"

After saying this, the burly middle-aged man couldn't hold back any longer and sat on the ground crying loudly.

The mournful cries filled the conference room, and the other Thousand Hands couldn't help but shed tears, crying for the glory they had recently lost.

Senshou Huojian wiped her tears, walked up to the Second Master, and regardless of his struggle, helped him up. She gently touched the bleeding wound on his body, and a struggle flashed in her eyes, but was immediately replaced by perseverance.

"The glory of the Senju clan has been lost in my hands. I will commit suicide to make amends, but the Senju clan must retire!"

As soon as the word "suicide" was uttered, the conference room returned to silence. Everyone already knew Senju Karama's determination and the future fate of the Senju clan.

Yes, they had known the fate of the Senju clan for a long time. When the elite members of the Sand Village suddenly appeared in their rear on the battlefield in the Rain Country, they already knew the fate of their family but they were just unwilling to accept it.

There were only two choices: defection or retirement. There was no option of becoming a second-rate family. The upper echelons who had fallen out with the family would not allow the Senju clan to continue to be active in the village. They were afraid of the revenge of the Senju clan after their resurgence. Since they had decided to take action, they must have made all kinds of preparations to completely wipe out this scarred meritorious family.

The Senju clan suffered heavy losses, but the remaining strength should not be underestimated. If they were to defect, the village would have no way to stop them. However, they loved this village deeply, to the core, and were unwilling to let it suffer any harm, even though it was no longer the original village. The love in their hearts became their bond, and had already penetrated into their blood, leaving them with no desire to defect. After all, what father would go out of his way to separate from his children?

Then, there is only one choice they can make, and that is to announce their retirement, no longer live together as a clan, but live separately in Konoha Village or even in the Land of Fire, completely withdraw from the attention of the world, and silently contribute their strength to the development of the village in a hidden corner.

Senju Homa's nails dug into the flesh of his hand, but he didn't feel any pain. For the continuation of his family, he had to make this decision, even if it was extremely difficult. But he felt it was not worth it for those compatriots who died protecting the village, and for the sacrifices of the Senju clan. What he didn't understand was why some people could bring the village into the adversity of war again and again just to gain more so-called power in their hands; why some people could raise the butcher knife against their companions without any scruples for the so-called power! He would not understand, and he would never understand, because he was essentially a loving ninja, a person who was full of love for everything, and would never do dirty things.

The love of the Senju clan allowed them to put aside their thousand-year blood feud, make peace with the Uchiha clan, and establish the most powerful ninja village in the ninja world - Konoha Village. However, some people took advantage of their love and gave them a fatal blow in the back, without thinking about the consequences of doing so.

For dirty conspirators, the process is not important, the means are not important, and even the consequences are not important. What matters is what can be gained.

For thousands of years, the Senju clan has grown strong because of love, and also declined because of love.

In July of the 39th year of the Konoha calendar, the Senju clan announced their retirement with great love for the village. On the same day, all the decision-makers of the family committed suicide, leaving a tragic final scene for this glorious family that had been passed down for thousands of years.

From then on, there was no more Senju clan in the world, only Konoha Village.

Meanness is the passport of the mean, and nobility is the epitaph of the noble, nothing more than that.