The Shadow of Konoha

Konoha.

In the northwest, a little far away from the center of the village, there is a quiet and ordinary small courtyard. After the name of the Senju clan was erased from Konoha, Sansho has been living here.

At noon on this day, at about noon in the morning, Koga Kai, who had temporarily returned to the village and was seeing a specialist at the Konoha Hospital, hurried here and reported to Sansho a piece of news that she had always cared about.

"Sansho, the front line has received news about Hanyu... Today, he returned to the front camp from the Rain Country." Koga said.

This is good news, so it is necessary to tell Sansho now.

"Really? Really...?"

Like I said before, you are too pessimistic. It is impossible for Hanyu to die so easily. After all, he is my beloved student. How could he die so easily on the battlefield?"

This news obviously stunned Sansho for a moment, and then she said this with a smile... In fact, she was a little panicked, but she managed to keep herself calm, with a feeling of being obviously worried but pretending to be calm.

Koga saw through it but didn't say it out loud. Now he found Sansho's behavior a little funny, but he had to hold it in.

"Well, I heard that he was injured in the previous battle and could only use reverse telepathy to escape to the Wet Bone Forest. He has been recovering from his injuries and has only just returned to the front line... Oh, although he was seriously injured before, he is fine now."

"The Wet Bone Forest, there really is no means of communication... It's great that Hanyu is able to survive." Sansho said.

Koga glanced at her. She had just said that Hanyu must be alive, but now she changed her words to say that it was great to be alive. Did she really know what she was talking about?

Sad or fortunately, during the time when Hanyu was missing, the only person who really cared about his life and death was Sansho.

For other people, even if Hanyu really died on the battlefield, he was just an ordinary ninja among the many ninjas who died every day. Some people might feel regretful, but probably only Sansho would be truly sad... This is something that even Hanyu himself does not understand, because until now, he still cannot understand what kind of feelings Sansho has towards him.

"Sansho, you are a little too biased towards him. It is said that Hanyu was alive and well when he returned to the front line, with no signs of serious injury at all... As a ninja, even if he is recuperating, he usually has enough mobility to return to the front line after he is almost recovered. However, the way he returned so slowly after he was fully recovered did not seem like he was recuperating but rather recuperating for his old age... The village has enough reason to believe that he is avoiding the war and slacking off." Koga said, shaking his head.

He didn't know that Hanyu stayed in the Wet Bone Forest for so long in order to gather his strength for a big battle and to learn from the experience gained on the battlefield, so his statement was quite tenable.

Not everyone would consider things from Hanyu's perspective. Koga's thoughts are the normal thoughts of most people.

"Since Hanyu did not return to Konoha from the Wet Bone Forest, but went directly back to the front line, that means he returned to the Rain Country again and then crossed the enemy country to reach the front line. In order to ensure his safety, he must wait until his body is fully recovered before taking action again... If Sarutobi or the village cares about this, then let me talk to them about it." Sansho glanced at Koga with dissatisfaction, and then said this.

Koga smiled bitterly. Sansho's reaction could no longer be described as protecting her child. To put it more seriously, it could clearly be described as doting.

Of course, Hanyu had no idea about things that happened in a faraway place. At that time, he had already met the Third Hokage and explained his experiences over With Katsuyu as a co-experiencer, his words were credible.

Therefore, although it was inappropriate for Hanyu, as a ninja, to be out of command for such a long time, there was nothing wrong with his actions as long as there were corresponding reasons, and there was basically no reason to sanction him.

But skipping work is skipping work. Although Hanyu has reported to the Hokage and obtained forgiveness, he still needs to explain to the relevant departments.

After Sakumo's team "escorted" Hanyu to the Hokage, they withdrew. Then, because Jiraiya had nothing to do for the time being, he continued to "escort" Hanyu throughout the entire review process... The kid's face is still a little green, not because Hanyu had used very provocative words to stimulate him before, but because his face is very green in a physical sense... If only his face turned green from eating too many insects, Jiraiya would be considered to be in good health.

Frankly speaking, this is a very painful thing. Even though Hanyu's appetite has become accustomed to spicy and heavy-tasting things like Senju Secret Medicine, he does not want to try the specialty dishes of Myobokusan.

However, Jiraiya has learned a lesson from his failure. Next time he goes to Myoboku Mountain, he will definitely learn to bring his own dry food.

After Hanyu walked around the Konoha camp and finally completed the "re-entry procedure", almost the entire day had passed.

"Hanyu, how many bad things have you done? Why does the logistics department always have trouble with you?" Jiraiya couldn't help but ask in the end.

"To be exact, it's not logistics," Hanyu looked back at the tent behind him, and then continued walking, "It's the Konoha Asset Management Committee. Because my team used up all the resources they brought with them every time they went on a mission, they suspected that I was involved in the embezzlement and reselling of the Fire Country's state-owned assets, and they believed that I had the tendency to further damage the collective interests of Konoha...

Then I scolded them. Don't we need artillery preparation and fire suppression in war? When we are fighting on the battlefield, how can we have the time to calculate when to use a detonating tag? And we think it's a waste of a frontline ninja? Please, using resources to exchange for the possibility of survival is a very cost-effective exchange in itself. "

Hanyu's words made sense at first, Jiraiya thought about it, and then asked, "Have you wasted Konoha's assets?"

"What a waste! The ninja tools were given to be used. Are they helping the village save money?"

Jiraiya, "I..."

This attitude is a bit too righteous.

Facts have proved that if Konoha had one less person like Hanyu, the Land of Fire would be able to stay as the world's number one economic power for one more day.

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Hanyu later learned that after he took the initiative to cover the retreat, the rest of his team members and the remaining team leader of another Konoha team all managed to escape back . Their survival made Hanyu's covering the retreat meaningful enough.

But there was a problem. Because Hanyu had been out of contact for too long, although his team had not been completely disbanded, the three people were no longer here.

Hanyu's teammates were transferred to the eastern part of the Land of Fire at this time, and most of the time they would even stay in the Land of Whirlpools in order to carry out the task of monitoring the movements of Kirigakure... Speaking of which, the suggestion of cooperating with Kumogakure to monitor Kirigakure and exchange intelligence was first proposed by Hanyu, but he did not expect that such a task would now fall on his teammates.

It is said that Kirigakure's actions have been quite obvious recently , as if they are planning something big, so Konoha had no choice but to send more surveillance personnel there.

For Hanyu's teammates, this is a good thing in many ways. At least staying on the eastern front to perform surveillance missions is much safer than staying on the western battlefield.

If possible, Hanyu hopes that he can meet up with his team members on the eastern front. However, after slacking off for so long, it is not reasonable for Hanyu to take on such a relatively low-intensity mission.

Therefore, what kind of arrangements will be made for him, the only remaining member of Hanyu's team, depends on the intention of the front-line command.

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