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

"Do you understand what I'm saying, Nara Shikamaru? As a former factory worker, Ryosuke can easily find where the factory stores fuel."

Takuma slowly tells what happened in Ryosuke's house, which was the fuse of this tragedy.

"This kind of thing actually happened, and you just watched it happen?"

I regret it so much. I clearly warned those guys, so why did they become even more aggressive? If I think about it carefully, there might be someone behind it.

"The Five Kage Conference should have been concluded. We don't know what the result is now, but the information we received is to evacuate Konoha as soon as possible. It's not good for outsiders like us to interfere in Konoha's affairs."

The people of the Rain Country have no obligation to tell Shikamaru these things. If he gets too involved in the internal struggles of his village, he will not only gain nothing but will get himself into trouble in the end.

Takumi seemed to remember something and continued.

"According to the investigation, those debt collectors were instructed by a Konoha Jonin named Tekuno. I don't need to introduce this person, right?"

After pondering the hints, Shikamaru suddenly understood everything. Tekuno was a man of the two consultants, and the two consultants had spent a lot of money on the wage increase for the workers. It was difficult for them to take action on their own, so instead they targeted Ryosuke who had no backing and had been causing trouble from the beginning.

First, he let Ryosuke, who had lost his son, become addicted to gambling, and even lost his son's pension. In the end, he sent people to collect the debt. The poor A-Kan family suffered an unexpected disaster, and the death of Ryosuke's wife became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

"Nara Shikamaru, how much more time do you want to waste here? Time waits for no one..."

Takuma couldn't help but speak as he looked at the thoughtful Shikamaru. Suddenly, a huge explosion came from the direction of Konoha. Even though they were far enough away, the violent roar made Shikamaru's face change.

Asuma and his companions were at the forefront of the fire. Without caring about the people from the Rain Country leaving, Shikamaru released the shadow binding technique and ran straight back to the village.

...

No one expected Ryosuke to do this, and the moment the other party threw the lighter, Asuma knew it was too late.

He threw away the chakra knife in his hand and quickly formed seals with his fingers. Chakra with wind-attribute attributes appeared on his body at this moment, which was exactly the same as Ye Lan's fighting method.

The fuel tank was already on fire and was about to hit everyone. Asuma desperately stood in front, roaring and opening his arms.

A gust of wind that was no less ferocious than the flames formed, and eventually became a huge barrier that blocked everyone behind it.

Asma successfully blocked the fire outside. He could even feel the heat. However, the range of the explosion was too large. While he was blocking it, the flames behind him also surged over.

"Ahhh!"

His body was already deeply scratched by the wind escape technique, his original Jonin uniform was torn, blood was flowing from his entire body, and his originally dark blue trousers had turned black. Asuma did not give up even at this moment.

He put his hands together again and controlled the wind to form a closed semicircle, completely blocking all the fire.

No one will ever have such an experience in their lifetime. The merciless flames were completely blocked by a layer of wind escape. Flames were rushing in front, behind, left, right, and even above their heads. Yet, such a shelter was born in the center of the explosion.

But it is not humanly possible to fight against such a fire.

The entire protective circle was getting smaller and smaller. Blood had begun to seep from Asuma's facial features. While using this move, he would also be attacked by wind escape. The sharp wind blades made it almost impossible for him to open his eyes. The forehead protector on his forehead had already fallen off, and death was only delayed for a little while.

"teacher!"

Ino finally reacted and stood up, wanting to run to Asuma to help, even if it was just to use medical ninjutsu to restore some strength.

"do not come!"

Asuma shouted directly. Now his body was full of wind chakra. Once Ino got close, she would be torn into pieces. No one could help him.

The other ninjas also noticed Asuma's condition and held Ino tightly, preventing her from getting close to Asuma.

Finally, the fire began to die down, and Asuma showed a trace of reluctance. He knew the condition of his own body best. The forced use of this mode just now had completely destroyed his internal organs. He didn't know how he had managed to hold on.

But he now understood that even if a god came, it would be difficult to save him, and he still had the last thing to do.

"Ino!"

Asuma looked back at his students. What made him most regretful was that he did not see his own child. He really didn't know what this little guy would look like when he grew up.

"I can only accompany you so far. Let Shikamaru remember that children are the real future!"

Ino realized that these were the teacher's last words. Tears began to well up uncontrollably and she covered her mouth, unable to speak.

Asuma raised his fingers slightly, and the chakra knife that was originally on the ground seemed to have heard the call of its master and returned to Asuma's hand.

It was the last bit of chakra, and there was no need to worry about the side effects of this technique. The sword that was injected with chakra made a buzzing sound.

Asuma's arm holding the chakra knife was covered in blood, and his sleeve had been completely destroyed by the wind escape.

More violent wind blades appeared on his arms, and he used his last bit of strength to throw out two chakra swords.

The two chakra swords carrying wind escape began to rotate on their own, like a high-speed drill that continuously broke through the sea of ​​fire and opened up a way out.

"Go...Ino."

The last sentence he said was still about his concern for the safety of his students, and then he knelt heavily on the ground.

"Asuma-sensei!"

Ino could no longer suppress her emotions. All the things that happened to them in the past flashed through her mind. She didn't understand why such a thing happened on this day. She wasn't even prepared at all.

The barrier formed by the wind escape began to shrink rapidly without anyone to support it. The other ninjas who still had some sense suppressed their grief and began to pull Ino.

"Calm down, we still need to rescue these children... We can't let the captain's sacrifice go to waste!"

The ninja who used earth escape had already used it to stabilize the passage, and the others also began to carry the unconscious children on their backs.

Thinking of the teacher's last words, Ino suppressed the grief in her heart and pulled up several children. Several people were covered in children's clothes, and there was no spare space, so they were tied up directly on the chest with ropes.

But in this way, she couldn't even take her teacher's body out, and Ino felt sad again, and her golden hair became dull.

"Let's go! If we delay any longer we will all die!"

A ninja grabbed Ino, who had not yet recovered, and ran quickly towards the passage that Asuma had left with his life.