Escape From Konoha

early morning.

In the small courtyard of the villa, Liuli was wearing moon-white light clothes and a pair of finely crafted slippers. She was holding a watering can in her hand, carefully watering the green plants in the flower pots.

The long black hair on the shawl is naturally straight, and the black eyes are full of a tranquil and peaceful emotion, not affected by the outside world at all.

The moon-white loose casual clothes she was wearing could not hide the fact that her belly was bulging.

Compared with the first few months of pregnancy, her belly was not very obvious. As time went by, her belly became bigger and bigger. Recently, she did feel that her body was always inexplicably tired. The more time she spent resting in the room, the more her belly became bigger and bigger. Comes longer and longer.

I have completely given up on cultivation matters, and the only exercise I do every day is ordinary walking.

She could feel that the unborn life in her belly was getting stronger and stronger.

Thinking of this, a beautiful smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of his mouth.

There were footsteps from behind, and that person was Shiraishi.

He came to Liuli and looked at the blazing white sun that had just risen in the sky. He said, "It's so hot. It's better to go back home and rest quickly. It's too hot and it's not good for your health."

It was already September, and Liuli would be due to give birth in two to three months. Baishi was afraid that something unexpected would happen to her at this moment, which would cause him to regret it for the rest of his life.

"I know, I'll go back to the house right away. Don't you have anything to do today?"

Liuli turned around and asked.

"I'm on vacation today, because people below can handle many things by themselves now. I just need to coordinate and check the progress regularly. The project matters are also arranged, and there are dedicated people responsible for supervision."

"I see that their work enthusiasm is very high, and it should be fine even without supervision."

"Passion is only temporary, and you can't save manpower in this regard. And now that you are pregnant, it is also an important thing to me."

From being overwhelmed and inexplicably excited at the beginning, Shiraishi has regained his calm and rational thinking and is ready to take on the responsibility of becoming a father.

"I don't have to worry here."

Liuli sounded a little dissatisfied at being looked down upon by Shiraishi.

Even though she couldn't fight fiercely because of the fetus in her belly, with the power of her Sharingan eye, not just anyone could get close.

The jounin can be brought down easily with just illusions, which is not difficult for Liuli.

What's more, in order to ensure her safety, the Water Dragon God did not follow General Tu, but stayed in her cuffs. Once she encountered an enemy that could not be dealt with by illusion, she could also use her own characteristics to intercept the enemy and wait for support to arrive.

"You can't say that. There have been a lot of people coming to the Ghost Country recently, and the flow of people is mixed. If possible, I would like to move you to the shrine where Maitreya is to rest and rest the fetus."

Shiraishi said.

"Is it because of business activities?"

Liuli asked.

Since the road to the Kingdom of Ghosts was completed, it has attracted the attention of many wealthy businessmen. Investment industries here have really enriched the treasury of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

"It's not a commercial activity. Those businessmen who do ordinary business are quite peaceful. But those businessmen who do medicine and the ninjas in Ninja Village, their hands and feet are not so clean. Especially ninjas, they always think about all kinds of things. Ways to steal drug information from the company."

At this point, Bai Shitou started to feel pain.

Since Aster Flower Pharmaceutical Company became famous, not only spies in the same industry, but also many ninja villages have also been working secretly, stealing or robbing to get the drug information of Aster Flower Pharmaceutical Company.

Among them, Yunyin is the most popular.

Yunyin often does some shady and sneaky things in private in the name of diplomatic missions. Because it is a neutral country and a country dominated by miko, Kumogakure will not act casually and can only act in secret.

Of course, in addition to Kumogakure, there are also villages such as Sunagakure, and even Konoha. As expected, they should be people with ANBU roots.

For these foreign envoys who come to the Kingdom of Ghosts for friendly visits through legal and formal channels, the officials of the Kingdom of Ghosts cannot expressly refuse them. Everyone starts their actions tacitly and does not want to make a big deal out of the matter.

Based on this, Shiraishi can only turn a blind eye to the actions of these people. It would not be good for anyone if they make a fuss. After all, he does not have the ability to turn the table.

Although the military of the Kingdom of Demons has done a good job in maintaining confidentiality, they should not underestimate these ninja villages, especially in this war era. They must be careful to prevent themselves from being involved in unnecessary battles.

However, being able to be remembered by these people also proves that Shionhua Pharmaceutical Company's drug research and development capabilities can be said to be the best in the ninja world. If it were just an ordinary pharmaceutical company, it wouldn't have such great capabilities to attract so many commercial spies.

"That's really hard work."

Liuli doesn't like intrigues. For her, if things can be solved with strength, just use upright strength to crush them.

Therefore, when it comes to planning, even though he has a flexible mind and doesn't want to make any arrangements, Shiraishi is handling these trivial matters.

When they were still ninjas in Konoha, they also assigned work like this.

"Yes, but you can't comfort me now."

Baishi gently hugged Liuli's body from behind, pressed his hands lightly on her belly, and showed a sly smile.

"Not serious."

Liuli cursed him in a low voice.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. You can just focus on taking care of your health now. Go to the shrine in the afternoon to take care of your baby. I'll feel more at ease there."

Hearing what Bai Shi said, Liuli sighed and had no choice but to nod.

I didn't expect that one day she would be willing to be protected by someone. This was the first time that this happened.

Therefore, this feeling cannot be said to be good or bad.

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In the afternoon, Shiraishi took Liuli to the shrine where Maitreya was.

Except for an extremely luxurious palace, there were very few guards and maids, probably because Maitreya Miko didn't like crowded places. Or maybe because of the power passed down from generation to generation, the miko didn't want to see the fate of more people dying, so she deliberately 'imprisoned' herself in such a sparsely populated place.

Both respected and feared by people.

After all, Shiraishi has no idea how the Kingdom of Demons developed. The origin of this country may be traced back to the era of the Sage of Six Paths.

But for such a distant matter, there are not many relevant records in the official books of the Kingdom of Ghosts, and only scattered fragments of information can be obtained.

Placing Liuli here, firstly, it is quiet enough here, and secondly, it is guarded by the witch herself. Although it is a bit incredible, due to the rapid commercial development of the Ghost Country, many commercial spies have infiltrated into it, but wherever these commercial spies infiltrated, this shrine was isolated.

Although he doesn't know the specific reason, Shiraishi knows that the authentic shrine maidens of the Ghost Country have extremely mysterious powers, which are completely different from the ninja system.

Every time he looked at Maitreya Miko, Shiraishi felt that the person he was looking at was not a flesh-and-blood human being, but some other special 'creature'.

There is no 'human' smell on him.

"Then I'll go first. I'll come see you every few days."

In the side hall, Shiraishi placed Liuli here, and a witch would usually come to serve him.

There are also some guards arranged by Shiraishi, including two Uchiha ninjas, as well as one ninja each from the Uzumaki clan and the Hyuga clan.

Two Uchiha ninjas opened the three magatama sharingan eyes and also cultivated natural energy. His strength exceeds that of many jounin of the same level, not to mention possessing the Blood Succession Limit Sharingan.

The other ninjas of the Uzumaki clan and the Hyuga clan are in the same situation. They have developed their own clan's special abilities, sealing techniques, sensory ninjutsu and Byakugan, and also cultivated natural energy.

There is no doubt that these four people are powerful jonins.

Because their identities need to be kept secret, they cannot be seen openly at this time. Therefore, they can't get any decent tasks here in Baishi, and their usual work is just training.

Therefore, arranging them to serve as guards beside Liuli can be regarded as making the best use of their resources.

With these four jounin protecting Liuli, Shiraishi felt more at ease. This was an arrangement he made after thinking for a long time.

Those who can avoid the Uzumaki clan's sensory ninjutsu may not be able to avoid Hinata's Byakugan, and those who can avoid Hinata's Byakugan may not be able to avoid the Uzumaki's sensory ninjutsu. Therefore, there is one person each from the Uzumaki clan and the Hyuga clan.

Two of Uchiha's jounin served as combat units, fighting with the three magatama sharingan. Even if they encounter special enemies, the jounin of the Uzumaki clan can use sealing techniques to target them.

No matter what happens, there is the Water Dragon God on standby at any time. Even if a 'Five Kage' level ninja comes to attack, they can use special secret techniques to delay the attack for a while and not be defeated immediately.

Genjutsu, Ninjutsu, and Taijutsu, no matter what type of enemy you encounter, there is a way to deal with it.

Only by raising the guard to this level can Shiraishi feel at ease.

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The will of fire of Konoha - wherever the leaves are flying, the fire is endless.

This means that the fire will always shine on the village and let the new leaves sprout.

It contains the sincere expectations of the older generation for the healthy growth of young people.

It also inspired generations of Konoha ninjas to pass on this will forever.

Although he didn't quite agree with the empty part of it, Shiraishi couldn't admit that the intention of this sentence was very good.

No matter what, people who are groping at the forefront of the times will grow old and die sooner or later. The hope for the future still lies in those children who have not grown up.

Shiraishi, who has lived in Konoha for many years, is very aware of the strength of this village, as well as its fragility, which can even be called weak.

For Shiraishi, the growth of underage children is also an urgent matter.

There are too many children in this world who are suffering, too many to accurately count with numbers.

Because once statistics are taken, it must be a shocking number.

Therefore, at the previous high-level meeting, Shiraishi proposed the construction plan of the ‘Children’s Treatment Hospital’.

This hospital structure is specially set up for children.

This is a time of war, and the sins caused by the adults have left the weaker ones to bear all this pain.

The even weaker ones are those young children who have not yet emancipated their minds. They bear the pain of their ancestors, and when they grow up, they continue to pass this pain to the next generation, and then it continues continuously.

Hatred, grief, blood, and violence are directly engraved on the hearts of these young children.

One can imagine what these young children will look like when they grow up after being exposed to such images for a long time.

Compared with the physical trauma, their young minds are under greater pressure.

The tragic situation of the collapse of the world and the death of human beings killing each other have already unknowingly suffered an extremely heavy blow to the minds of these young children with weak resistance.

To put it harshly, if such things are not resolved, the future world will still be dominated by such meaningless things.

Because the young people of the next generation have been bathed in paintings of hell since childhood, and all they can think about are destruction, killing, robbery and various criminal activities.

Building is often harder than destroying.

People who come to the Ghost Country are not only businessmen who want to make money, but also refugees who sneak in.

Their original country was being eroded by war, and they had no choice but to cross the ocean and come to live in this secluded but peaceful country.

Not only the country of ghosts, but also other countries enjoying peace, there are also many refugees flowing in.

Among them, children are undoubtedly the most vulnerable group. It is also the group that is most likely to be ignored.

Under the torrent of the times, their existence is fragile.

According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 5,000 children who followed their parents to seek refuge in the Kingdom of Ghosts because of the war, and most of them suffered from serious mental illnesses.

If you don’t take the time to solve this problem now, the problems will pile up in the future, and the price you pay will be ten or a hundred times.

As a result, a special hospital dedicated to treating children was born for the first time in the Kingdom of Ghosts.

This is the first hospital in the ninja world specifically for children.

Even Konoha Ninja Village, which has a relatively complete medical system, has not paid attention to this problem and has not established a special hospital to treat children's physical and mental scars.

However, the implementation of this kind of hospital is also more troublesome, not because of insufficient funds and medical facilities, but because of the insufficient number of doctors.

Although a lot of money has been invested in the medical industry, it takes a long time to train a qualified medical personnel, and it is not something that can be done in two or three years.

Therefore, currently, only the capital of the Kingdom of Ghosts, Ziyuan City, and some large cities have children's hospitals. The remaining villages and towns and some cities with less concentrated populations cannot directly cover them due to lack of manpower.

But being able to achieve this, Shiraishi is satisfied for the time being.

In order to implement medical reform in Konoha, it took Tsunade several years or even longer to barely succeed. What he wants to reform is the entire medical market of the Demon Country, which will affect Konoha even more. He was able to achieve such results in the early stage thanks to the great help of Ruri's parents.

"Qian Ye, how is the situation now?"

Shiraishi asked the medical ninja beside him.

Mikino is an outstanding medical ninja in the Demon Country's military and a senior cadre of the medical department.

When it comes to the medical department, he is one of Shiraishi's more trusted deputies.

He was about forty years old, had a gentle appearance, and wore old glasses. He looked at the statistics table in his hand and said: "To be honest, the situation is not optimistic. Even though we work around the clock here, the number of child patients is not only lower than Less, but more and more.”

"Can we still squeeze out more people in the medical department?"

"No one can be squeezed out for the time being. If the focus is shifted to the children's hospital, other hospitals will be short of manpower, causing people's hearts to wander."

Mikino thought for a moment and did not suggest that Shiraishi transfer manpower from other hospitals to the children's hospital.

Although the problem of heart disease in children needs to be solved urgently, other patients cannot be ignored.

Bai Shi understands this, so he avoids mentioning it.

"The pharmaceutical company has recently developed a new type of sedative drug. It has gone through clinical trials and is very effective. It should be able to alleviate the pressure here a little."

"Yes, I will go there in person to apply for the new medicine."

Mikino nodded.

After communicating with Mikino, Shiraishi left immediately.

The manpower problem at Children's Hospital cannot be solved in a short time and can only be solved step by step.

He also considered whether to continue to cooperate with Konoha again in an official capacity.

But after thinking about it carefully, I felt it was unrealistic.

Konoha is now being watched by many ninja villages. Most medical ninjas are rushing to the front lines, and there cannot be too many medical ninjas staying behind.

Moreover, a group of students were sent to Konoha to learn Konoha's medical technology before, and they have reached saturation. It is impossible for Konoha to add unnecessary burdens to itself.

"Do you want to work part-time as a medical teacher?"

Shiraishi scratched his hair depressedly.

If he keeps scratching like this, his hair will fall out sooner or later.

"Forget it, let's let the living dragon split into more clones. As long as we survive the past few years, the situation will get much better."

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Shiraishi hasn't paid much attention to the war recently.

This part has been submitted to Ayane's own judgment. There is nothing that concerns him from the Intelligence Department, so he only needs to stand aside and watch.

In this era, many people have unleashed their inner beasts, and there are very few people who can remain rational, and they appear weak.

Although the cumbersome problems at Children's Hospital are plaguing Shiraishi, it is not without good news.

For example, after working hard for most of this year, the road problems in the Kingdom of Ghosts have been basically solved. Even some remote areas have flat roads to walk on, instead of having to trample on rainy days. Muddy roads with potholes.

Even when it rains, transportation convenience can be maintained.

There is also the issue of schools, which has basically been implemented. Only in some remote villages, there are no school institutions. In other places with a large population, no matter how big or small, schools and institutions that are in line with local development are built according to local conditions.

All that's left is to recruit intellectuals with a certain amount of knowledge, let them start teaching in schools according to the textbooks compiled by Shiraishi, and carry out educational reform in the entire ghost country.

Shiraishi only goes to the shrine to visit Ruri once a week, and spends the rest of the time on work.

Occasionally, Ayane would come back to tidy up her equipment and spend some time with Shiraishi.

Before you know it, summer and autumn have passed, and the cold and windy winter has arrived.

Liuli's delivery date is also approaching.

——In the side hall of the shrine.

The four Jonin who were guarding Liuli were playing cards outside.

The Jonin of the Hyuga clan covered his eyes with his cards, and his eyes widened suddenly.

Roll your eyes!

Although the movements are very subtle, the chakra changes in an instant. How can it be hidden from the Uzumaki clan's perception of ninjutsu that perceives the characteristics of chakra?

"Hey, you are so despicable, you use your Byakugan to peek at other people's cards!"

The jounin of the Uzumaki clan said dissatisfiedly.

"Haha, um, I can't help it. And don't you always turn on the sensory ninjutsu?"

"I can't see through objects and read cards. I can only sense chakra. The reason why I keep it on is to prevent strangers from approaching here."

The Uzumaki clan jounin sighed.

"Then I'm doing this to prevent the enemy from approaching."

The jounin of the Hyuga clan blushed and argued.

His words immediately earned the disdainful looks from the other three people.

At this moment, the device hanging on the wall began to beep.

"It seems that Sir Liuli is about to give birth. Stop playing and do your best to protect yourself."

The four of them put down the cards in their hands and stood in their respective positions to guard the delivery room as usual.

In the delivery room, there are already two female medical ninjas on call at any time. As guards, they only need to do their jobs well.

Outside the delivery room, there is a layer of rebound barrier. Even the time and space ninjutsu cannot easily break in when the barrier is open. Instead, it will be rebounded by the barrier.

And with the double insurance of Byakugan and Sensing Ninjutsu, as soon as a stranger approaches here, he will be sensed immediately.

Shiraishi arrived here ten minutes later.

Following Shiraishi were Ruri's parents, Uchiha Sosuke and Uchiha Miyoko.

Standing outside the delivery room, one could hear Liuli's faint groan of pain in the delivery room. Although she tried her best to endure the pain of childbirth, she still couldn't help but scream in pain.

Baishi was in a state of confusion and didn't know what was going on inside. Liuli was shouting in so much pain, so it should be fine, right?

Within a few seconds of sitting on the chair nearby, Shiraishi stood up again with a thud. It felt like he had waited for centuries.

Why hasn't it ended in so long?

"Xiao Shiraishi, there's no point in being anxious. It's better to calm down and wait. Ruri is a tenacious child. Mother and child will definitely be safe. Uchiha's bloodline is not that fragile."

Miyoko Uchiha, a person who has experienced this, said.

Uchiha Sosuke also walked up to Shiraishi and patted him on the shoulder without saying anything, but this was already the best encouragement.

As a man, he naturally understood Shiraishi's complicated mood of nervousness and excitement.

Shiraishi finally calmed down a little.

I don’t know how long it took, but as the painful shouts ended, loud cries of ‘wow wah wah’ came from the delivery room.

It was the cry of a baby.

The barrier outside the delivery room opened. Shiraishi was the first to come to the door of the delivery room. The female medical ninja inside opened the door first. Shiraishi asked urgently: "How is it?"

The female medical ninja smiled at Shiraishi and said, "Please don't worry, Shiraishi-sama, there is no accident."

Shiraishi relaxed his tense heartstrings and walked in quickly, followed by Uchiha Sosuke and Uchiha Miyoko.

In the room, Liuli had just recovered from the pain of childbirth, lying weakly on the delivery bed, panting weakly, looking very tired.

Sweat dripped down his face and his hair stuck to his cheeks.

There was also a female medical ninja standing next to the delivery bed, holding two babies in her arms.

"Congratulations, Mr. Shiraishi, you have twins, a boy and a girl. The children are both healthy."

Putting the two babies in Shiraishi's arms, Shiraishi thanked the female medical ninja and then lowered his head to look at the baby boy and girl in his arms.

Before this, Shiraishi had used medical equipment to test the condition of the fetus in Liuli's belly, so Shiraishi was not surprised when twins were born.

But after seeing the real child, I still feel excited.

"...let me take a look..."

Liuli said weakly on the delivery bed, and with Miyoko's support, she slowly sat up from the bed.

Shiraishi brought the two children to Liuli and asked her to look carefully at the children he gave birth to.

Liuli looked at the twins she had given birth to, a boy and a girl, with a weak smile on her pale face.

"Liu Li, you are very weak now. It would be better to rest more."

Shiraishi put the two children in Miyoko's hands, then held Ruri's back and asked her to lie down and recuperate.

"Um."

He responded weakly without forcing himself.

After giving birth to two children, Liuli also felt that her body was lacking a lot.

Although he was not a sensory ninja, Liuli could feel the extraordinary vitality of these two children through his previous observations. Their bodies were born with the affinity to natural energy.

Is it because of Senjutsu Chakra and Sharingan?

As for Baishi's bloodline bonus, Liuli automatically ignored it.

"By the way, what are you going to name your two children?"

Miyoko felt a little nervous when she asked this question.

Although the two young people may not care about whose surname the child will take, Ruri, as the leader of the Uchiha clan in the country of ghosts, cannot so hastily give the child the Shiraishi surname.

Shiraishi was naturally very clear about Miyoko's worries, and also understood Ruri's identity in the Uchiha clan of the Kingdom of Demons. The important issue of heir should not be left to his own mood. He pondered for a moment and said to Miyoko: "Ruri and I have discussed this matter before. After discussion, the boy’s surname will be Liuli’s, and the girl’s surname will be mine.”

Hearing what Shiraishi said, a big stone fell in Miyoko's heart.

"That's fine, each person has his own surname."

Miyoko smiled.

"I don't care. Maybe at that time there will be geniuses from other families in the clan who will succeed me."

Liuli said without hesitation. Even her own flesh and blood cannot change her determination.

The clan leader is not her private property.

This sentence naturally aroused Miyoko's dissatisfaction.

"As businessmen, you are too utilitarian. You always want to take public things for yourself. Because of this, you can't even control the Sharingan well. Uchiha is synonymous with 'power', and the position of clan leader is not ours. Private property of the home.”

Ruri's words made her parents, Uchiha Sosuke and Uchiha Miyoko, cough.

They indeed planned to let Ruri's child inherit the position of the next leader of the Uchiha clan in the Kingdom of Demons.

Before he could say anything, Liuli said coldly: "The capable will be promoted and the mediocre will be demoted. This is the Uchiha rule."

Shiraishi didn't want to get involved in Liuli's housework, and just walked aside to tease the two babies in his arms.

The baby boy was still crying, but the baby girl was very quiet, so quiet that she didn't look like a newborn baby.

Shiraishi was a little surprised and took a serious look at the baby girl.

Why is this arrogant and arrogant look so similar to Liuli's when she was a child?

Bai Shi suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.