Escape From Konoha

Should Hokage exist?

This question has been haunting Asma's heart from a very early age.

It is true that, as the second son of Konoha's three generations of Hokage, questioning the correctness of Hokage is not only an outsider, but also his own thoughts may be full of deviant ideas.

Over time, this idea did not disappear in Asma's heart, but instead grew stronger and stronger.

So that a few years ago, he and his father's three generations of Hokage were **** for tat, gave up the future destined to be prosperous and rich in Konoha, threw himself into the Daming Palace, and became one of the twelve guardian ninjas of the kingdom of fire at that time, just to practice himself. legitimacy of the road.

But later like-minded companions began to kill each other because of differences in ideas.

Now only he and one other person are left of the twelve guardian ninjas.

The brilliance was no longer there, and Asma's enthusiasm for protecting the Twelve Ninjas gradually cooled down, and in despair, she returned to Konoha to live in a hurry.

However, after returning to Konoha, what he saw was a dying father. The father who had a very tall back in the impression was now just an old man who was dying.

Asma, who now feels boring in everything he does, begins to slack off whether it is training or the task of a ninja.

After completing the C-level **** mission, Asma simply came over to report to his father, the three generations of Hokage, and explained the process of completing the mission.

His inattentive attitude made Rizhan, as a father, very worried.

Although he had the intention to enlighten Asma, the things Asma thought in his heart, to a certain extent, deviates from Konoha's will, and can be regarded as a betrayal of the will of fire.

If the other party were not his own son, he must be living under the strict surveillance of Anbu.

Now it is not only the major affairs of the village, but also the private affairs of the family, which is also the concern of Ri Zhan.

His wife, Sarutobi Biwako, died in the Nine-Tails Rebellion, and his eldest son, Sarutobi Takashi and his eldest daughter-in-law, Sarutobi Purlin, also died heroically in the Battle of the Wind Kingdom not long ago.

The second son Asma, who hoped to boost the reputation of the Sarutobi clan, turned out to be apostate and betrayed the will of fire. He turned and joined the daimyo and became the twelve guardian ninjas.

Although the Twelve Guardians did not agree with their internal concepts and returned in despair, the relationship between father and son has not been eased.

Silent silence is the best resistance.

Hizan couldn't understand why his second son, Asma, who grew up in Konoha, had trouble with the Will of Fire, and why he questioned the correctness of Hokage's existence.

As a ninja of Konoha, the guardian should be Konoha's 'jade', not the 'jade' of the land of fire.

Although Konoha and the Kingdom of Fire are one, in many cases, the 'jade' of the two cannot be confused.

In Hizan's view, Asma's path was the biggest betrayal of Konoha.

It is also the bitter fruit of his failed education.

This reminded him of Chiba Shiraishi who defected to Konoha.

The other party is also a ninja who grew up under the will of fire since childhood. At the critical moment, he did not hesitate to abandon Konoha, deviating from the road of the will of fire, and took away some of the people of Uchiha and the Hinata clan, in the land of ghosts. Lurk, start over.

Hizan was worried that the same would happen to Asma.

Sooner or later, because of this incorrect thinking, he will become Konoha's rebellion.

His own disciple, Orochimaru, had already betrayed Konoha. If the parent and child also became Konoha's traitors... Just thinking about it, Hijen felt extremely sad.

I feel like my breathing is getting blocked.

"Is there anything worth noting about the mission?"

After receiving the debriefing report submitted by Asma, Rizhan caressed casually.

"No, everything is normal."

Asma put her hands in her trouser pockets, looking indifferent.

"..."

Looking at Asman's unruly young boy standing at his will, if he hadn't known that this was his son, he would have thought it was a gangster who came out of nowhere.

"Don't you have anything to tell me?"

Hiruzen took a deep breath.

"The report is done, can I go back, Hokage-sama?"

Asma said without raising his eyelids.

"Although I don't know what you are thinking about recently, the situation will become very dangerous if you continue like this."

Rizhan didn't want Asma to become decadent, and he didn't want to see his son deviate from Konoha where he was.

"Does Hokage-sama even take care of this? If there is nothing else, the subordinates will retire first."

Asma frowned, obviously getting impatient with Rizhan's meddling.

"I don't want to oppress you as Hokage, Asma, can I go home for dinner tonight? I ask in the name of my father."

Rizan stared at Asma's back, who had already put his hand on the doorknob and turned it.

Asma paused for a while, and said without turning her head, "I'm fine, but I've been a little upset recently. You're dealing with a lot of time, so don't waste your time on a little **** like me."

After speaking, without waiting for Ri Zhan to speak, Asma left the office and disappeared from Ri Zhan's eyes.

"Cough cough."

After Asma left, Hizan immediately coughed angrily, but there was no obvious anger on his face, which was reflected in his heart.

For a long time, Ri Zhan's thousand words turned into a silent sigh.

As the Hokage of the village, I was already a little unqualified, but I didn't expect that as a father, I would be so unqualified.

He didn't know what judgment Asma was based on, and he questioned the Will of Fire and Hokage, but if he continued to let this result go, Asma would sooner or later embark on a road of no return, and his father, he might end up with a blade. relatively.

This kind of thing must be strictly avoided.

The best way is to immediately conduct a thorough investigation of everything about Asma, and monitor all his actions under the eyes of Anbu.

But the other party is always his own child. The momentary mistake is not irreversible. He wants to give Asma a chance to make amends.

If the other party can grasp it, he doesn't want to make a radical move to the second son and imprison him.

If you can't, you can only kill your relatives righteously.

Among Konoha, no one who deviates from the will of fire is allowed.

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in a solitary apartment.

This is where Asma is currently based. Because of the disagreement with his father, Rijian, to avoid the embarrassment of meeting, he moved out of the original home and rented an apartment outside with the reward for completing the task. Life.

Although the space of the house is smaller, it does not have the depressing atmosphere of the original home, which is very suitable for one person to relax here.

"I thought I ran away, but it turned out to be a person hiding there drinking boring wine."

A familiar voice came from the window next to him. He put down the bottle with only half of the wine left in his hand. Asma squinted and saw Kakashi who entered the room through the window.

The other party looked over with a smile on his face, as if he had discovered something interesting.

"As a busy person from the Minister of Anbu, what do you have to do with me at this time? Did you come to be a lobbyist for Hokage-sama?"

Asma seemed to see through Kakashi's mind, and asked a question in a dull and incomparable way.

He knew that as the Minister of Anbu, Kakashi had to deal with too many things every day. Even the gatherings between friends were rarely attended because of work.

As a result, I had time to visit him, this useless person, no matter how I looked at it, it was Hokage's order.

"Don't say that, Asma, shouldn't it be okay to meet old friends? And since you became the Twelve Guardian Ninjas, the number of times you return to Konoha every year becomes less and less, sometimes even once every six months. , but left in a hurry."

Kakashi walked over casually.

Asma snorted, just as he thought, Kakashi was indeed a lobbyist for Hokage.

From his father's point of view, he has failed to correct his thinking, and now he is starting to play emotional cards with him from the point of view of a friend.

As for the Twelve Guardian Ninjas, it was already an organization that existed in name only.

For the comrades who did not agree with each other and killed each other, the resoluteness and hostility they had before their death were still preserved in Asma's mind, as if they were going to be preserved for a lifetime, becoming a nightmare that would never go away in his heart.

"I also heard about you protecting the Twelve Ninjas. In the end, you broke up with your comrades in order to protect the life of Hokage-sama."

Kakashi patted Asma on the shoulder and said so.

"Ah, yes, in the end, I also became a betrayal of the organization to protect the old man. When I think about it now, the things in my mind are really confusing."

Asma smiled bitterly.

He was supposed to be a radical, but at a critical moment, he suddenly turned against the tide, causing the radical assassination plan of Hokage to end in failure.

No matter how he disagreed with his father, he would still be his own father. Tiger Poison still did not eat his children, and Rijian kept his connivance and protection in his heart.

How could he possibly start with such a father, isn't that a beast?

But if you don't do it, you betray your original idea.

The 'jade' of the Fire Nation only needs one.

That is the name of the country of fire.

And the "jade" of Hokage is hypocritical, it is a stumbling block on the road to national unification, and it must be eliminated.

The conflict between loyalty and filial piety made Asma extremely painful and suffered in this vortex.

He didn't know how to choose to achieve a perfect ending.

Killing like-minded comrades at that time was also a mess.

There is no memory of how to return to Konoha in the end.

Repel the memory of that battle.

"This may be the growth that we ninjas must experience. The conflict between wills and ideas seems to be unconnected and full of chance, but there is also a certain inevitability. In the past, I was as confused as you were."

But it is different from Asma's confused direction.

I don't understand why my father committed suicide.

I also don't understand why the villagers' tolerance is so narrow because they just failed a mission.

Up to now, Kakashi has not investigated what the mission his father was performing at the time, and what secrets were there.

Maybe it's been eliminated, or maybe it's just the process of a task, and there's no such thing as a secret at all.

Companions are better than tasks, or tasks are better than peers.

In the past, he had fallen into that kind of desperation, and now Asma, isn't he who he was back then?

Swinging between the two wills, I don't know what road to take next, and I don't know how to go, so I can call it right... Because of this, I feel boundless pain and annoyance.

Kakashi believes that if he continues to let Asma go on like this, his existence will be an unstable member to Konoha and will be rejected by the Konoha collective.

Just like the self who initially chose the task to be superior to his companions, he was not tolerated by the ideas of the villagers and his companions, and became an isolated object by them.

Therefore, even if Asma is the son of Hokage, there is a limit to his tolerance.

When necessary, it is likely that it will be Hokage himself who will take care of Asma, the unsettled member.

"It's too early for you to instill in me belief in life, Kakashi. But you're right about one thing, we've all experienced something unknown."

The idea of ​​disagreement and conflict, and then being isolated, that kind of feeling of being the enemy of the whole world, just thinking about it, I feel heavy and depressed to the point where I can't breathe.

Asma also knew that Kakashi finally compromised.

Whether it was a spontaneous act, or, as rumored, it was changed by the late four generations of Hokage Namikaze Minato, only Kakashi himself knew about these things.

Looking at Kakashi's current appearance, I also know that the other party has come out of the shadows at the beginning, not like myself, still wandering at the confused crossroads, hesitating.

From this point of view, Asma is very envious of Kakashi.

Kakashi found his own path, what about himself?

Do you really want to be so decadent forever?

But what can I do now?

It may seem simple to establish a new life goal, but can the firm beliefs in the past really be given up?

Is it really right to give up the path that you have been firmly walking on?

Kakashi's choice, after all, is Kakashi's own, not his choice.

He wanted to change Konoha, but even the villagers and companions couldn't convince him that he had the right to shake Hokage's beliefs.

With his thoughts turned to ash, Asma took another sip of the suffocating wine and poured it into his mouth.

"Would you like to go out and relax for a while? Right now, you urgently need to relieve the depression in your heart and come out of your previous experience."

Seeing that Asma was still hesitating, Kakashi sighed, pressed Asma's shoulder, and suggested to him.

"Relaxed?"

Asma lowered her head and seemed to be considering Kakashi's proposal.

Indeed, the current self is not suitable for staying in Konoha.

And he didn't want to see Hokage either.

If this continues, it will only further intensify the contradiction and prejudice between himself and Hokage.

If possible, he doesn't want to go down the opposite path with his father.

But Hokage... As if thinking of the scene where his companion who protects Shinobi, died by his own hands, Asma couldn't help laughing bitterly. In the end, he just drank the wine sullenly and said nothing.

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After getting drunk, Asma slowly woke up at noon the next day.

Kakashi had already left, and Asma didn't care, but simply tidied up the room, cleaned the mess in the room, and then went to meet Hokage. Based on the advice given by Kakashi, Asma proposed to Hizan the plan to go out on a long-term mission.

"A long-term mission outside?"

For Asma's proposal, Rijian was still a little happy.

This also proves that Asma is not arrogant to the point of hopelessness.

It seems that asking Kakashi privately to comfort his second son yesterday was quite effective.

At least in this way, Asma has the determination to change the past.

Then slowly guide him to believe in Konoha again, believe in the will of fire, and let everything return to the original point.

Asma remained indifferent, as if not worried at all that Hokage would refuse his request.

In fact, he may be more anxious than himself.

"Okay, I'll approve this. But can you tell me where you're going next?"

Although Asma didn't need to reveal all the details, he had to know roughly where Asma was going to relax.

Asma didn't answer, but talked about another thing: "Two days ago, the daimyo sent a letter to me."

Ri Zhan nodded, he knew about this, and he could roughly guess what was written in the letter.

"Daimyo hopes to return to the Daming Mansion and re-establish the Twelve Guardian Ninjas."

Asma said indifferently.

"What about your choice?"

"I haven't considered going back for the time being. Besides, Daimyo seems to be preparing to send a mission to the country of ghosts for diplomacy recently."

Asma got down to business.

"..."

Ri Zhan's heart sank slightly, and when he saw the determination in Asma's eyes, he couldn't help but get nervous.

Where Asma wants to go next... is the land of ghosts?

If so, it's a bit of a hassle.

Seeming to see through the thoughts of Sun Zhan, Asma replied: "Don't worry, after I get there, I will restrain myself. The elder brother and elder sister-in-law died on the battlefield, even if I want revenge, I will do it on the battlefield. "

"I'm sorry about Takashi and Purlin. But, Asma, you'd better not approach that place in the land of ghosts."

Rizao solemnly advised Asma.

What he is most worried about is that Asma can't restrain his revenge belief at that time, which will lead to a lot of troublesome things.

Even though Asma said that he would restrain his impulses, Asma's temperament seemed calm, but in fact he was fierce. As a father, Sun Zhan knew the character of his second son very well.

The country of ghosts is too far away from the country of fire, and it takes at least three or four days, or even longer, for ninjas to run at full speed.

If something happened to Asma in the land of ghosts, Konoha would be too far behind.

Because once Asma makes a noise in the country of ghosts, the people there will not be afraid of his identity as the son of Hokage and show mercy to him.

I have already lost a son, and I don't want to lose another.

Asma didn't speak, but just looked at Hizen in silence, the determination in his eyes couldn't be hidden.

No matter who is the country of ghosts that can rise among the great powers, they will have a strong interest in it.

People, including ninjas, are accustomed to the top five countries. For hundreds of years, even going back hundreds of years, this pattern has not changed.

Now a country of ghosts that threatens the status of a great power has suddenly appeared, which makes many people not used to it.

But the Kingdom of Ghosts has already proved itself with its strength, defeating the Kingdom of Wind head-on, and forcing the Kingdom of Fire and Konoha to compromise at the Five Shadows Conference, this is by no means something that a small country can do.

At the beginning, Yuyin Demigod Hanzo only resisted the ninjas of the three major Ninja villages, but in the end, he still declared the victory of Konoha.

Yuyin is stronger than Hanzo, but also weaker than Hanzo.

Except for Hanzo, there is no powerful ninja that can be drawn.

The country of ghosts is different. They have advanced fighting ninja gear and a number of powerful ninjas. As for the backbone of the fighting force, although they have not shown it, the country of ghosts, which has been hidden for many years, cannot rashly provoke a big country. Therefore, there is no shortage of backbone combat power, and there is a high probability that the Kingdom of Ghosts is not lacking, but it is not necessary to show it on the battlefield of the Kingdom of Wind.

It seems that he also sensed the determination in Asma's eyes, and Rijian's head hurt even more.

The strength of smoking became stronger, and he sat there and coughed hard.

He really hoped that his eldest son, who did not sacrifice on the battlefield, could take his place and enlighten Asma, so that he could fully integrate into the big family of Konoha.

"Although in name, I have canceled Chiba Shiraishi and the others as rebels, but their existence is still too dangerous. Moreover, recently, the country of ghosts is still carrying out secret plans in the country of waves near the country of fire, so it can be seen that Its wolf ambitions have begun to seize the status of a great country. If you go to the country of ghosts now, it is tantamount to throwing yourself into a snare."

"But Uchiha Liuli also sent Konoha before, didn't he? Although it was a secret visit, it was not made public, and only a few people in the village knew about it."

Asma said.

Rizao felt even more depressed.

That's not only because of the transaction between him and Chiba Shiroishi, but also because Uchiha Liuli is so powerful that it takes a very heavy price to kill the other party.

In contrast, Asma's strength is not very reassuring to Rizhan.

I heard Lu Jiu's report earlier that Uchiha Liuli's daughter easily suppressed him in the frontal battle of Asma, who was only twelve years old. Compared with Uchiha Itachi, who joined a mysterious organization and served as a spy, his strength may be similar.

The military power of the country of ghosts is by no means what it appears on the surface.

"If I'm not allowed to go to the country of ghosts, then cancel the long-term mission."

The repeated silence of Rizhan also aroused the rebellious mentality in Asma's heart.

The more he doesn't want him to do it, the more he wants to give it a try and impress everyone.

He didn't want to be a young eagle that never grew up under the shelter of Hokage.

The son of Hokage, this identity brought him countless glory, but it also gave him a lot of pressure.

He wants to break free from the shackles of "Hokage" on himself. He is Asma Sarutobi, not a simple child of Hokage.

"Hey...if Long and Zizi were still there, they wouldn't allow you to mess around like this."

Ri Zhan gave a wry smile, saying that was a compromise in disguise.

"Big brother and sister-in-law know, they will only support me, not like you, who will only scold me for my faults. You are only firm in your own path, and I am firm in my own path, who is right and who is wrong, and don't go to the end how do you know?"

Asma said this~www.wuxiamtl.com~ Ri Zhan knew that he could not convince Asma, and he had no time to waste on family affairs.

Let the other party leave Konoha for a while, and you can also make yourself clean for a while.

"I allow you to follow the daimyo's mission to the land of ghosts. However, you must promise me not to cause trouble there, and you must change your impulsive temper. In addition, when the daimyo mission leaves, you must also follow a piece of Leave, don't stay too long in the country of ghosts."

"What if I don't agree?"

"Then I will let Anbu accompany you. You don't want to go out to relax, and you are always being watched by Anbu, right?"

Rijian's attitude is firm.

"I see, I will follow the mission's arrangement."

Obtaining such conditions is the limit, Asma didn't say much, turned around and left the office, leaving behind a melancholy and depressed Rizao.