Chapter 73 Ninja World War

Che and Hong return to Konoha.

The two decided to let Baitang stay at Hong's house during normal times. If Hong and Che went on a mission, they would put Baitang in Lujiu's house for foster care.

Therefore, the two of them specially decided to take Baitang to Lujiu's house to let Baitang adapt to the environment in advance and visit Lujiu and his wife.

Shikaku's wife Nara Yoshino also seems to like cats very much. She hugs Sugar and hums like a child.

Che joked from the side: "Master, aren't you planning to have a child with Teacher Lu Jiu soon?"

Yoshino raised his eyes and raised his eyebrows and said, "Of course I have a plan. I even asked Shikaku to quit smoking to prepare for pregnancy."

"Then I wish my wife a happy baby." Che said while touching the sugar.

Yoshino smiled and thanked her, and then told Che that Lu Jiu was in the study, while she came to the yard with Bai Tang in her arms and played with the cat with Hong.

Che came to the door of the study, and Lu Jiu heard the movement and said, "Come in directly."

Che pushed open the door and entered.

"Shikaku-sensei."

Che noticed that Shikaku's expression seemed a little solemn.

Shikaku came to his senses and motioned for Che to sit down.

"You just returned to Konoha, right?"

"Yes."

Hearing this answer, Shikaku nodded and said nothing.

Seeing this, Che asked, "What happened?"

Shikaku then said: "We have officially started a war with Sunagakure."

Che was a little surprised and said: "Why so fast?"

Shikaku analyzed: "Perhaps they felt that their plan to invade Konoha had been exposed anyway, so they simply gave up their original plan and caught us by surprise when neither side was prepared."

"This is not over yet. It seems that Kumogakure is about to take action. It is said that this time the son of the Third Raikage and the Eight-Tailed Jinchūriki will lead the troops, and Kumogakure seems to be coming out in full force, and the target is Konoha."

"Lord Hokage has just held a Jonin meeting, and all the Jonin in the village have stopped performing tasks and are waiting for orders."

"I will be transferred to the battlefield in a few days."

Che nodded silently and thought to himself: "It seems that Konoha is going to fight one against two, but as the strongest ninja village, Konoha doesn't even have an ally..."

In the past few years that Che has lived in Konoha, he has felt that there is something wrong with the current Konoha policy more than once.

It's just that Che was too young and not strong enough before, so he didn't think he could change this.

But now, Che has reached a considerable height, and some of his current actions can directly or indirectly change the situation of the ninja world.

As the news of Che's killing of Kakuzu spread to Konoha, Che's reputation in Konoha has changed from a rookie in Konoha to a new strong man.

Therefore, Che has already put himself in the position of the superior person in his mind to think about these issues.

Maybe Che can change this in the future.

Shikaku was silent for a while and then changed the subject and said: "I heard that you killed the S-class rebel ninja Kakuzu. That's okay. It seems that you have become stronger again."

"I will write you a letter of recommendation and recommend you to become a Jonin. If you succeed, you only need to pass the Jonin assessment to be promoted to Jonin."

"At that time you will be the youngest Jonin in the history of Konoha."

Che said gratefully: "Thank you, Teacher Lujiu."

Lu Jiu waved his hand and said: "Who asked me to be your teacher? Come, let's play two shogi games."

Che stayed at Shikaku's house and played two shogi games. The two of them had a win or loss, so they played another game. In the end, Shikaku won.

Lu Jiu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, couldn't stop, and commented: "Your chess skills have improved again."

Shikaku was afraid that he would overturn if he went down any further.

Fortunately, it was already dinner time. Nara Yoshino had already prepared a table of meals. Shikaku and his wife left Che and Kurenai to have dinner.

Yoshino also made a bowl of fish paste for Bai Tang and placed the cat bowl in front of Bai Tang.

Bai Tang stuck out her little tongue and licked the surimi in the bowl. After finding it delicious, she buried her whole head in the bowl. When she looked up again, her face was covered with surimi residue.

The four people at the dinner table also enjoyed their meals. During the war, such warm daily life was rare.

A few days later, Nara Shikaku, who was a Jonin, and his Ino Shikacho teammates were transferred to the western defense line of Fire Country, where the war situation was the most serious, to deal with the attack of Sunagakure Village.

Although Nara Yoshino is usually strict with Shikaku, he is also a man who loves his husband very much.

On the day Shikaku went to the front line, Yoshino burst into tears.

Che and Hong were also present at the time, and they had never seen this strong woman lose her composure like this.

But Shikaku left anyway. He could not disobey orders, and he also actively chose to complete his mission of protecting his family and country.

After Shikaku left, Yoshino knelt down at the door of his house weakly, unable to get up for a long time.

Che and Hong looked on and felt uncomfortable, but such things kept happening in Konoha.

Sunagakure's invasion of Konoha was just a small prelude to the Great Ninja War.

However, when a grain of sand of the times falls on a person's head, it becomes a heavy mountain, which makes people breathless.

Kurenai couldn't help but put herself in Yoshino's situation and feel the same.

Hong was wondering if Che was the one who got the order to rush to the battlefield, would she cry as hard as Yoshino.

Hongxin thought that she might cry even worse.

Che on the side was not thinking about this.

What Che was thinking about was that Konoha, as the strongest ninja village, had fallen to the point where it would be brazenly invaded by Sunagakure.

Che felt a kind of aggrievedness.

Che thought of the history he had learned during his time at the ninja school. He thought back then, when the first Hokage captured the tailed beasts alone and held the Five Kage Conference to distribute the tailed beasts. At that time, Konoha was undoubtedly the strongest.

Konoha also won the two subsequent ninja wars.

Logically speaking, even if Konoha cannot say that it wants to unify the ninja world, it will not be attacked by other villages again.

But the current fact is that not only Sunagakure plans to invade Konoha, but Kumogakure in the northeast and Kirigakure in the southeast also plan to invade Konoha.

The Iwagakure Village of Earth Country located in the northwest may not be a good thing, and it may also have the idea of ​​​​invading Konoha.

Che has been living in Konoha since he was five years old, and is now almost twelve years old.

Over the years, Che has long regarded Konoha as his hometown in this world.

There are many people he cares about living here.

There are Yuhi Zhenhong who has always taken care of him selflessly and Yuhi Hong who has always accompanied him through his lonely time. These father and daughter are the people Che is most grateful for in this village.

The Uchiha clan was not unkind to themselves, and there were some conflicts at first, but they later dissipated.

The leader of the Uchiha clan, Fugaku, was also kind to him. Although Che could see that he had a purpose, at least he also gave Che a lot of help.

There are also those cheap guys who are still in contact with each other in the days after graduation.

Then there are some friends in the ninja school, such as Kakashi Hatake, who was once the top genius in Konoha with him, and Asuma Sarutobi, who once had a conflict with him and later resolved his knot, etc.

Because of Konoha, because of these people in Konoha, Che is no longer the loner in this world.

Therefore, Konoha is very important in Che's heart.

Now that Konoha is being threatened from all directions, Che is not only angry at those enemies, but also feels a little disgusted with the inaction of Konoha's top brass.

"One day, I will change Konoha."

(End of Volume 1 Konoha Rookie)