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

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In the right ward of the double room, the young genin named Hirata immediately put on a face as if he was about to die, which made Dai, his wife, and Shirahoshi burst into laughter.

But in the ninja world where battles erupt, there aren't many opportunities for laughter and joy.

Chapter 36 The Birth of Emperor Kai

The sky was a hazy white, with snowflakes falling, and the air temperature suddenly dropped to several degrees below zero. Pedestrians on the street hurriedly put on their heavy coats.

Even after the snow has fallen, Konoha Village remains bustling with activity, as children and adults alike begin to enjoy the rare snowy season.

The snow was still falling, and the light snow was beginning to intensify. A masked ninja in a gray assassination squad uniform stepped over the eaves of the houses and arrived at the Hokage Building.

—Urgent report from the front lines:

Intelligence team analysis: With the three-pronged offensive—from the Sand Rain Border, the Rock Rain Border, and the Fire Rain Border—deepening into the Land of Rain's territory, Amegakure has suffered heavy losses.

Therefore, it is highly likely that the leader of Amegakure has already initiated surrender negotiations with the two major ninja villages (Iwagakure and Sunagakure).

Source of intelligence: Iwagakure ninjas crossed into the Land of Rain and had an initial encounter with Konoha ninjas guarding the border of the Fire Rain.

In short: they voted for two villages, but not for Konoha.

......

"Hanzo!"

In the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi was furious. The arrival of this intelligence meant that he had to send more ninjas to the front lines.

"Call Orochimaru over here."

"Yes!"

Faced with the enraged Hiruzen Sarutobi, the ANBU ninja in front of him hurriedly responded and then disappeared using the Body Flicker Technique.

"White Fang, I'm afraid it will be your turn this time."

call out--

Standing before the Hokage's desk, Sakumo Hatake bowed respectfully in the center of the room, kneeling and saying, "As the Hokage commands!"

The Land of Rain's resistance was far too short, so short that Hiruzen Sarutobi had no time to deal with it.

"Don't worry, the village will protect your wife, and Kakashi will be born safely."

"Go and have a blast on the Firewind battlefield!"

"Yes! I'll trouble you to take care of me, Hokage-sama!"

Without anyone to protect the descendants of the village's ninjas, how can the ninjas be expected to wholeheartedly go to the battlefield, a place of bloodshed and slaughter?!

It was supposed to be the New Year in Konoha, but Hiruzen Sarutobi felt no joy at the time, only a face full of sorrow—he wondered how many of the additional troops sent to the battlefield would return.

"By the way, is there a list of suspects regarding the strange ninjas who have been appearing at Konoha Hospital at night recently?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly remembered that there had been no news about the matter that Sakumo Hatake was in charge of for some time.

Sakumo Hatake stiffened: "I'm sorry, Hokage-sama, that person is just too cunning."

Neither the footprints nor the physical characteristics match any of the recent young Jonin, Chunin, or even Genin!

Hiruzen Sarutobi remained silent for a long while, thinking to himself, "If they weren't from my own village, why would a ninja offer free medical treatment to someone else's village? They must have some ulterior motive..."

"Forget it, I'll leave this to Jiraiya to investigate."

"I'm leaving the frontline situation to you now."

"Yes!"

......

Meanwhile, at Konoha Hospital.

Between the white walls, a commoner child who would shine brightly in the future was born.

Outside the operating room, the young man with thick eyebrows no longer shouted about youth. Instead, he clenched his fists, swallowed his dry saliva, and paced nervously back and forth outside the door.

Along the wall by a row of closed windows in the corridor, a boy who was half a year older but whose face had hardly changed and who was still young and handsome was talking to a boy with brown hair who still had a somewhat childish face.

"Bai Xing, do you think Uncle Dai gave birth to a boy or a girl?"

It's quite reasonable for Rope Tree to call Might Guy "Uncle Might Guy," since Rope Tree is a little over a generation older than him.

In addition, Rope Tree is twelve years old this year.

With a deadpan expression, Shirahoshi, who already knew the baby's gender from the pharmacist Nono, who was now an intern nurse, feigned uncertainty and said, "It should be a boy."

"I think it might be a girl. That way I can treat her like a little sister."

"Do you think it might be a very cute little sister?" Nawaki was already imagining Aunt Rin giving birth to a lovely baby girl.

"A sister with thick eyebrows. Are you sure?" Bai Xing's lips twitched. He thought to himself that if he really gave birth to a female Kai with thick eyebrows, he wouldn't know how to complain.

New codename—Kaihuang!

Click.

The operating room lights changed from red to green, and the door opened.

Everyone's eyes began to tense up.

As soon as the operating room door opened, a screeching, ugly baby was held in the arms of a nurse.

Congratulations, it's a boy!

"From this moment on, you are a great father."

"Oh! I'll definitely let my child experience the youth of their father!"

"Keep your voice down, this is a hospital."

Bai Xing couldn't help but say, "Don't you care about the child's mother, Miss Xiao Lin's condition?"

"Yeah--"

"Is the baby's mother alright?!"

Might Guy tensed up again, since the birth rate in the ninja world is generally high in terms of child survival, while the mothers are more likely to die young or on the spot.

"Don't worry, you must have bought plenty of nutritional supplements for Miss Xiaolin before, right? She's fine now, nothing's wrong, she just needs to rest and recover for a while after the surgery."

A short while later, a hospital bed was wheeled out of the operating room. A tired mother lay on it, and four wheels were turning under the white bed.

"Wear."

"Thank goodness, Rin. I'm so glad you're alright!" Might Guy burst into tears, and Shirahoshi, understanding his emotions, stood by and smiled with relief.

The brown-haired boy next to him couldn't understand; he just thought the baby was ugly! And it wasn't even a girl!!

......

The first class that graduated last year hasn't carried out any missions for several days—because Dai's wife gave birth, and Rope Tree felt that instead of making money from missions, it would be better to accompany Dai to see the baby's birth and wait until the baby was safely delivered before doing D-level missions.

Shirahoshi also thought it was good, but it was naturally best that the 'young master' was willing to speak up, since he was not Orochimaru's personal disciple.

In addition, the pharmacist Nono in the hospital is also one of them.

They are just like ordinary disciples. Both Orochimaru and Tsunade will teach them the ninjutsu they are supposed to learn—as for the inheritance of the Sage Land, don't even think about it.

At this point, Shirahoshi can now legitimately master the C-rank ninjutsu and Shadow Clone Technique she previously learned.

However, when using it, Shirahoshi still showed signs of making mistakes, which disappointed Orochimaru, who did not continue to teach her more ninjutsu.

This is exactly what Shirahoshi wished for.

On the street, Shirahoshi found Uchiha Mikoto, who was on patrol, and told her the good news.

At this moment, the rest of the guards, including their captain, all looked over—the captain being Uchiha Fugaku.

"Hey! Why didn't Uncle Dai tell me he was having a baby? I should have taken the day off today!"

"Didn't I tell you? Don't let it affect your normal work." Shirahoshi glanced at Mikoto's two teammates, and even at the relatively calm Jonin Fugaku.

"Jonin Fugaku, it's been a long time."

"It has indeed been a long time. You left a deep impression on me the last time we met."

When the village is on a D-level mission, or even when the security department is on a mission, there may be a brief chance to meet, but without a formal greeting, it doesn't count as a formal meeting.

Fugaku glanced at Shirahoshi, then at Mikoto, and said gently to her:

"Mikoto, I'm giving you leave today. Get some rest and go visit your former teammates."

The other two team members immediately curled their lips, thinking to themselves that the captain was really biased. With manpower being tight right now, apart from being injured during a mission, who else could ask for leave?

"Okay. Thank you, Captain Fugaku." Upon hearing this, Mikoto Uchiha stiffly turned her head and smiled in response to Fugaku.

"I already told you, just call me Brother Fugaku."

We're not officially part of any team, so there's no need to make such a clear distinction.

"Once you participate in the clan's Chunin Exams around the middle of this year, you can be promoted to Chunin."

At this moment, Fugaku Uchiha's face was filled with admiration... even love:

"I believe that with your talent, in another year or two, you will become an excellent Uchiha Jonin just like me."

"Mmm. Thanks, Captain." Mikoto still addressed Fugaku as Captain. Fugaku frowned, but didn't say anything more.

Before leaving, Fugaku gave Shirahoshi a serious look.

— I hope we won't become enemies.

Chapter 37 I Will Definitely Go All the Way

On the way, Uchiha Mikoto began to complain about her experiences within the clan: an excellent Jonin who didn't go to the battlefield to perform missions and accumulate merit to become the next Hokage, instead came to be the captain of the security department.

"Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone."

Shirahoshi couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark about the allusion.

"Sima Zhao? Who is that?"

"It's nothing, just a very obscure character from a story you probably haven't heard of."

"By the way, what's your take on this?"