Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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"Yeah!" x2

On the battlefield, one must also be wary of comrades being captured and interrogated to extract information during their return journey.

Therefore, the intelligence will agree on a time for the companions to go to a relatively safe location that has been explored before. After successfully meeting, they will find another suitable place to stay and build a small rest stop.

—Currently, only Shirahoshi would undertake such a bold and complex operation. Other intelligence squads wouldn't dare risk changing their bases and rest areas so casually.

......

The Land of Rain, within the Sixth Region.

Six months ago, after the ninjas of Konoha and Amegakure fought in this area, strong winds and drizzle continued to batter this place where almost all the buildings had been reduced to ruins.

however.

In the following period, both Sarutobi, who was at the forefront of the battle, and Orochimaru were defeated one after another.

The entire battlefield was handed over to others.

Therefore, peace was briefly restored here.

Furthermore, there are ninja rules on the battlefield: harming harmless civilians is not allowed.

Therefore, in the area on the outskirts of the sixth district, near the seventh district, a commoner family discovered that this location was convenient for traveling to the seventh district and also had a lot of scrap building materials. So they secretly found bricks and tiles that could be stacked here, built a semi-circular building, and lived there for quite some time.

The house is furnished with almost everything; it's a peaceful little hut that was renovated with the money earned by the medical ninja named Ise over the past few months.

"I've had enough of war."

"When will the Land of Rain finally be at peace?" sighed a young man named Ise with short black hair inside the house.

The woman with long red hair in the kitchen was washing vegetables. Hearing this, she smiled slightly and said, "It's good that we've found a place to live. Isn't that great? And it's very close to the Seventh District, so it will be more convenient to buy groceries."

"But... nobody knows when the Konoha ninja will fight again..."

boom--

The couple's hearts skipped a beat when they heard the sound, and they cautiously peered through the window.

A violent and deafening burst of firelight came into their view.

It was the explosion of the detonating tag!

Is it possible...

shhhhh--

outside.

Two Chunin from Konoha appeared on the land outside.

Where did that Rain Village ninja go?

"Damn it! Did we lose them?! That guy killed Yushichiro and disguised himself as him, almost killing us too!!"

The two Konoha Chunin were filled with anger.

One of the Konoha Chunin sighed slightly: "Fortunately, the opponent was only good at transformation techniques, but didn't know our code, which is why we were able to discover it."

"If we really can't find it, we might as well retreat."

"The Seventh District is just ahead, but that's not a war zone."

"At the very least."

"We need to take Yushichiro's body back to the camp for safekeeping."

"Wait a minute! Look at that building over there, how come it's so intact?!" Suddenly, another Konoha Chunin spotted an intact building inside one of the countless broken buildings in this area.

time.

The Konoha Chunin who had initially said he wanted to go back took out a kunai and said, "Let's go take a look."

"Be careful not to hurt innocent civilians."

"Ah."

The Konoha Chunin in front of him nodded slightly and cautiously peered forward as well.

......

Inside a storeroom, the couple brought Nagato over. A woman named Uzumaki Fusō embraced the young Nagato.

Neither of them was in good condition at the moment.

Her husband, Ise, standing beside her, was also breathing rapidly, his heart pounding with anxiety.

"What to do, what to do—"

At that moment, Ise noticed the devastated expressions on his wife and children's faces, and as their husband, he had no choice but to make a decision.

Ise looked at Nagato and Fusō: "How about we sneak out? As long as we're careful and don't make a sound, nothing will happen."

"What will happen if we're discovered?" Young Nagato, unaware of what would happen if they were found out, looked at Ise.

"It's alright. As long as we're careful, everything will be fine!" Ise had already heard the ninja's footsteps as he entered the living room. He tried to keep his voice down as he comforted Nagato and Fusō.

Just as Nagato was getting ready, he bumped into a dark blue empty can...

boom!

The sound immediately caught the attention of the Konoha Chunin who were searching the house from outside.

"who!"

The warehouse door was pushed open from the outside, and Nagato walked in, seeing two Konoha Chunin approaching...

"Run! Nagato!!" Ise, a medical ninja with faint traces of Senju blood, tried to grab the hand of the rushing Konoha Chunin to give Nagato a chance to escape.

"Damn it! Are they the enemy?!"

Uzumaki Fusō turned to look at Nagato: "Seize this opportunity, run, Nagato!!"

At that moment, another Konoha Chunin rushed up.

"Father... Mother..." Just when White Zetsu, who was hiding in the shadows and disguised as a Rain Village ninja, thought his mission was complete.

—Thud, bang!

Then, other Konoha ninjas appeared inside the house and stopped the two from continuing their attack.

"Keita Chuunin, Shinji Chuunin."

"What are you two doing here?"

The people who appeared and stopped them were Shirahoshi and Yuhi Ryuun, and at that moment, Inuzuka Umeko also entered the house.

"Captain Shirahoshi!" x2

After greeting each other, the two immediately began to recount what they had just experienced. Bai Xing's senses were not yet capable of detecting Bai Jue, but upon seeing the familiar red-haired child with the blindfold and the appearance of a man and a woman, she immediately realized that she had done something terrible.

"These two are civilians."

"It's not the Amegakure ninja you're chasing."

"Is that so?" Shinji, who had just been blinded by anger, couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat and looked at the young man in front of him with a guilty look.

Ise, on the other hand, was slightly sweating, her gaze sweeping over Shirahoshi to her side:

"Why save us?"

"..."

Shirahoshi remained silent for a moment, her expression calm. After confirming that the two members of the team were not under the control of the genjutsu, she looked at Ise and said, "Do I even need to ask? The rules of the ninja are that innocent civilians cannot be harmed at will."

"As the team leader."

"They have the right to correct the team members' mistakes."

"So that's how it is." At this moment, Ise breathed a slight sigh of relief.

In any case, he has encountered a good ninja with a normal personality, and the other party seems to be of a high status.

Shirahoshi looked at the young Nagato, whose eyes were obscured, being comforted by Fusō:

"Those two people."

"Are they your wife and children?"

"Yes." Having secured her safety, Ise relaxed. "My wife's name is Fusō, and my child's name is Nagato. Thank you for your help; otherwise, my family might have..."

Shirahoshi: "......" You two can indeed ga, but Nagato can't.

Then, the two young Chunin began to recount what had happened.

After thinking for a short while, Bai Xing decided it was best not to get involved in this kind of thing:

"Even though you are commoners."

There may have been some misunderstandings in the process.

"However, I can only intervene to restrain the Konoha ninjas when I see them in action."

"Take care in the days to come, all three of you."

This kind of thing can be saved once, but it can never be saved a second time. Moreover, he couldn't sense any aura of the Rinnegan, which meant there was probably a seal on the eye that Nagato would have to open himself; otherwise, his parents would have discovered it long ago.

Watching Shirahoshi's departing figure, Ise and Fuso expressed their gratitude once again: even though the other party was an intruder, they had indeed saved their lives.

Even though Nagato didn't speak, he silently expressed his gratitude: "Thank you, big brother from Konoha."

......

After leaving the Sixth District and receiving the mission scrolls assigned to him, Shirahoshi decided to find a suitable place to rest.

right now,

Apart from a few towns in the fixed regions, most of the streets, villages, and buildings in the Land of Rain have become battlegrounds for ninjas, turning into ruins.

— Ninjas will not actively attack villages, streets, or other buildings, but only if there are no ninjas inside.

If Amegakure ninja are discovered lying in ambush, Konoha ninja will consider this area a war zone.

Another half month has passed.

The mission of Intelligence Squad Two continues at this time.

When it was the turn of Sunset Clouds to escort them and they were about to cross the boundary of the dangerous area, the team was ambushed by Rain Shadow.