Chapter 216 Bad news!

Asuka obediently went back to her room to sleep after she separated from Liuyun that night. However, not long after she fell asleep, she felt a cold hand on her forehead.

At that time, she wanted to open her eyes to check, but her consciousness was suddenly interrupted at that moment.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she was back in her room. The so-called cold palms seemed to be just a strange dream, but Asuka felt extremely tired after this sleep, and even her mental state seemed to have deteriorated a lot.

"very hungry……"

Asuka touched her belly and muttered something quietly. She ran to the kitchen to get some bread to fill her stomach, but she found that all the bread at room temperature had gone moldy and spoiled!

"Why is all the bread spoiled? And it seems that other ingredients are also bad..."

Asuka couldn't help but exclaimed, and then walked out of the kitchen with a helpless look on her face.

"Wait, isn't my son going to the battle today? What time is it now? Could he have left???"

Asuka, who had a groggy head, only reacted now and was horrified.

As soon as Asuka thought of Liuyun, she felt an unusual pain in her heart.

The pain came in spasms, and she could feel it even when she was sleeping. It felt as if someone had stabbed her in the heart, and it hurt so much from time to time.

"What's wrong with me……"

Asuka sat on the ground, holding her chest and trying to endure the pain, which instantly attracted the Anbu ninjas around her.

Her life safety was of utmost importance to these Anbu ninjas. When they saw that something seemed to be wrong with her body, the two Anbu ninjas who had been hiding no longer dared to hide.

"How are you? Are you okay..." the Anbu ninja asked.

"Who are you? Why did you suddenly break into my house?" Asuka asked nervously.

"We are Anbu ninjas... We are ordered by the Third Hokage to protect your safety..." The Anbu ninja said, pointing to the Konoha forehead protector on his body.

Asuka was stunned for a moment, but then she frowned again: "Why would Lord Hokage ask you to protect me for no reason?"

Hearing this question, the Anbu ninja just shook his head slightly and did not answer.

"Wait a moment, I'll buy you some food..."

Asuka had just entered the kitchen. She might be hungry. The Anbu left without saying anything after saying this.

"Ah... I don't need you to buy me food. Besides, I'm fine now and don't need any protection. You can go now..."

Asuka wanted to call out to the other person, but after seeing him leave, she had no choice but to look at another ANBU ninja.

These people were very strange. Ordinary villagers of Konoha seldom came into contact with ninjas from the Anbu organization on a daily basis. Besides, it was dark now and she was a little scared, so she thought about asking them to leave.

The Anbu ninja who stayed behind just shook his head silently, then jumped onto the roof with no intention of leaving.

Not long after, the Anbu ninja who went to buy food came back, but Asuka did not eat his food out of caution.

Asuka ate some sealed snacks with a long shelf life at home, and then walked straight out of the house and went to the Hokage Building.

She wanted to know if her son had gone to war, and she also wanted to know why the Third Hokage had sent the Anbu ninja to protect her.

As soon as Asuka approached the Hokage Building, an Anbu ninja reported the situation to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Koharu, please go see her for me... Take her to see the child and tell her what happened. As a mother, Asuka has the right to know about this..." Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed and spoke.

You can hide it for a while, but you can't hide it forever. You have to face it sooner or later.

"Alas... you only know how to push the troubles onto us..." Utane Koharu complained dissatisfiedly, then stood up and walked out of the Hokage's office.

Not long after she left, a Konoha ninja suddenly rushed into the Hokage's office in a hurry.

"Hokage-sama, something terrible has happened!"

"All twelve members of the Cloud Ninja Mission were killed, and the place of death was within the territory of the Land of Fire!"

"what!!!"

Upon hearing the report from his subordinates, Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression suddenly changed and he stood up from his seat.

"lead the way!!!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen shouted loudly, and without even taking the Hokage's hat, he hurriedly led his men to the scene of the incident.

All the efforts Konoha has made in recent days to avoid a war between the two countries may have been in vain...

Ryuun's death might be in vain, and the pain and humiliation that everyone in Konoha has endured might also be in vain.

Asuka saw the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen rushing out of the Hokage Building with red eyes. She wanted to scream, but the people in front of her all used the Instant Body Technique the next moment and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Asuka, come with me..."

Hokage advisor Koharu Utatane walked up to Asuka, took her hand, and led her to a quiet room.

"Master Xiaochun, you..."

She knew the Hokage advisor in front of her, after all, it was not her first time to come to the Hokage building.

"Asuka, please don't say anything. I'm going to tell you something unfortunate..."

Utatane Koharu started talking about the whole incident with a serious face. She didn't mention the death of Ryuun first because she was afraid that Asuka wouldn't be able to listen to what happened next...

At first Asuka remained calm and stable, but gradually, her emotions began to become irritable and excited.

Utane Koharu kept telling her to calm down, but before she could even get to the point of Ryuun's death, Asuka felt as if she had lost control of her emotions.

"Where is my son? Where did you take my son? I want to see him!!!"

"Asuka, listen to me first, and then I'll take you to see him..."

As Utane Koharu spoke, she couldn't help but lower her head. She and Asuka were both women, and she could understand Asuka's feelings at the moment. As a high-ranking member of Konoha, she also felt guilty towards Ryuun and Asuka. After all, she was one of the people who pushed for Ryuun's death.

"Hurry up and tell me, I want to see my son!" Asuka urged angrily with red eyes.

When Utane Koharu started talking about Ryuun's death, Asuka could no longer bear the huge mental blow. Her eyes turned black and she fainted.

"Poor child..."

Koharu Utane bent down and picked her up from the ground, and two tears couldn't help but fall from the corners of her eyes.

Konoha is sorry for Liuyun, and also sorry for Liuyun's mother.

Utane Koharu carried Asuka to the room where Ryuun was, and then she stared at the boy in the coffin in silence.