I just returned to Konoha and found that all my clan members were gone.

The spacious Hokage's office seemed a little crowded for a moment, as several jonin and their students all came here to report.

Tsunade said as she looked around.

"Now that everyone is here, I will arrange the next tasks."

"The Kirigakure has already issued a letter for help, but you also know that the Mizukage and I must go to the Land of Iron to participate in the Five Kage Conference, so it is up to you to stop the Akatsuki organization's plan."

Tsunade first glanced at Kakashi, it seemed that she could not bring him with her to the Five Kage Tournament this time.

"Kakashi, Might Guy, Kurenai, you all need to bring your subordinates to support Kirigakure. Make sure at least one of the tailed beasts is not captured by the Akatsuki organization."

Several senior ninjas whose names were called nodded. This time, Tsunade was generous and directly mobilized three classes.

Asuma looked at Hong with some concern and wanted to say something, but Hong shook her head at him.

"Yamato, you will also lead an ANBU to follow Kakashi's actions. You must follow Kakashi's command in this mission. As for Asuma, you and Shikamaru will stay in the village and must pay attention to the situation in the village, especially those who come from the Rain Country."

"In that case, who are you going to attend the Five Kage Tournament with, Tsunade-sama?"

Shikamaru raised the question. Now almost all the famous jonin in the village have missions, so who is the candidate for Tsunade?

Tsunade thought for a while and then said, "I have already chosen the people who will go to the Iron Kingdom with me. You don't need to worry about that."

Seeing that Tsunade had her own plans, the others did not ask too many questions. After giving some instructions, they all left the office.

The next day, all the Konoha members who were supporting Kirigakure gathered at the Konoha gate. In order to cope with the damp and cold weather in the Land of Water, everyone also carried a white cloak.

"Be careful along the way. The people in Akatsuki are not simple characters."

Shikamaru did not participate in this mission, he just came here with Asuma to see him off.

Asuma ignored the strange looks from others and walked straight up to Hong and spoke with some concern.

"Are you okay? You already..."

Hong's face turned red, and she reached out to cover Asuma's big mouth, and spoke in a voice that only Asuma could hear clearly.

"Don't worry, it's only been a few months and it hasn't shown up yet. Besides, we have Kakashi and Gai."

Asuma was still a little worried and walked up to Kakashi and whispered something, which made the other students like curious babies, wanting to know what happened.

Kakashi's originally unmotivated eyes suddenly became surprised. He looked at Asuma again and then looked in the direction of Hong.

"You should have told the Hokage a long time ago."

Kakashi said helplessly, he didn't expect that there would be such a special member in his team.

"Teacher Hong, what is going on? Can't you tell us?"

Ya was very curious and ran to his teacher to ask.

Hong had never been the center of so much attention before. She almost became a star under the spotlight. She turned her head away and said.

"Children should not ask too many questions about adult matters. Get ready to set off."

Ya, who was choked, didn't understand what was going on, so he touched the grown-up Akamaru.

"Really? What do you mean by kid? It won't be long before I become a jonin too."

"This has nothing to do with becoming a jonin, Kiba."

Shino, who had no sense of existence, suddenly appeared.

The two wanted to argue, but Naruto couldn't wait any longer. He wanted to complete the mission as soon as possible and continue his training. Without Yamato and Kakashi, Tsunade was worried about letting him practice alone in the village, so she had to let him follow Kakashi.

"Don't dawdle! Let's get going!"

Naruto waved his arm, as if taking over Kakashi's command and spoke directly.

"Kakashi, you must take good care of..."

Asuma was always worried, after all, it was the first time for him to do such a thing.

"ok, ok, I got it."

Kakashi raised his hands to hold back Asuma who was getting closer and closer to him. He never expected that the other party would ask him to do this one day.

"Naruto, you have to be careful. You should know that you are also the target of the other party."

Shikamaru looked at Naruto, his childhood friend, and gave him his final instructions.

"Don't worry, Shikamaru. My recent training was not in vain. I'll show you my new moves next time!"

Naruto said with a smile as he gave Shikamaru a thumbs up.

Seeing Naruto's confident look, Shikamaru and the others who came to see him off also smiled.

Asuma and the others withdrew their gazes only after Naruto and the others had all left and their backs had disappeared.

"Come on, Asuma, we have a lot of things to do."

Shikamaru turned around. He didn't think that their class's mission would be easy. In two days, the Hokage and others would leave, and Konoha would fall into a period of emptiness. It would all depend on them during this period of time.

"Alas, why did I accept this mission in the first place? Should I talk to the Hokage and exchange missions with Hong?"

Asuma lit his cigarette again and said with some melancholy.

"What happened?"

Ino asked with some curiosity. She knew that Asuma and Hong were having an affair, but she didn't think she would be so worried about the other person going on a mission.

"What else could it be? Teacher Hong is pregnant."

Everyone else left, and Shikamaru didn't hesitate to reveal what Asuma had hidden.

This sentence startled Choji so much that he stopped eating potato chips.

"What did you say?"

Ino and Choji said in unison that they were greatly shocked by the news.

"Hey, hey, hey, Shikamaru, keep your voice down! How did you know about this?"

Asuma looked around and saw that there were no suspicious people before running up to Shikamaru and speaking in panic.

Shikamaru explained as he slapped away Asuma's hand that tried to cover himself.

"Teacher Hong's figure wasn't like this before. Didn't you notice? Although Teacher Hong did some things to hide it, her abdomen is obviously bulging. Coupled with Asuma's abnormal behavior, it's not hard to guess, right?"

"Hey, Asuma-sensei, you actually did such a thing. You and Kurenai-sensei didn't have a wedding, did you?"

Ino looked at Asuma with some disgust, she hated such irresponsible behavior.

"Don't get me wrong! Hong is the one who is embarrassed and doesn't want to draw attention to herself, so she doesn't want to hold the wedding. This is not my intention."

Asuma didn't want the students to misunderstand him so he spoke quickly.

"Is that right?"

Ino still couldn't believe that the girl would refuse the wedding.

"Ino, don't embarrass Asuma. He has been nervous since Lady Tsunade announced the mission yesterday."

Shikamaru could tell that Ino didn't really want to embarrass Asuma, she was just trying to joke around.

But seeing Asuma looking a little embarrassed, he couldn't bear it and said something.

"Okay, I won't tease Asuma-sensei anymore. But it's great that Asuma-sensei is going to have his own baby."

Ino stretched lazily. She didn't expect time to pass so quickly. In the blink of an eye, her teacher also had a child.

"Hahaha, after the baby is born I'll treat you to a meal as compensation."

Asuma was relieved to see that the misunderstanding had been resolved.

"Really? Teacher, I won't be polite then!"

When Choji heard about food, his eyes lit up, and Asuma felt a chill on his back, wondering how could he have forgotten this.