Hokage: Sorry, Danzo is a good person

Temporary frontline command post.

In this somewhat crude residence, many figures walked around here, and everyone's footsteps were extremely hasty.

This is the "brain" temporarily formed by Konoha against the three ninja coalition forces, and it is also the center for coordinating the front-line near-name ninjas.

Well-trained, they are led by a veteran ninja from the Thousand Hands clan.

With a keen sense of war, they reacted immediately when the enemy attacked.

Relying on the fortifications that have been in operation for many years, they barely resist the Sannin Alliance Army.

It's just that with nearly a thousand ninjas facing an enemy more than ten times their number, it's really difficult.

From time to time, dusty ninjas walked in at the gate, bringing first-line information so that the commander could better defend against the crazy attacks of the enemy.

"Qian Shou Commands Your Excellency, the No. [-] defensive stronghold has fallen."

"The NO.11 defensive stronghold has fallen."

"Defensive stronghold 37 has also fallen."

Standing beside the sand table, he listened to the news of the fall of each stronghold with eyes full of red eyes, and his heart became more and more heavy.

The entire sand table has fewer and fewer red flags representing Konoha, while the enemy's black flags have covered half of the front-line sand table, a group of black and dense, constantly stretching out minions, as if to swallow the entire defense line in one gulp.

"Damn it, judging by this speed, the first line of defense won't be able to hold on for long!" Seeing the increasingly severe situation on the battlefield, he hammered on the table angrily. This solid line of defense that took him many years of hard work was being pulled out bit by bit, but he was powerless.

"How many of us are left?"

"Less... less than 500 people." The ninja who was in charge of coordinating the number of people on the battlefield looked at the list of sacrifices, his eyes were red, and he choked up and reported.

"500 people? There are less than 500 people left?" Hearing this number, Commander Qian Shou leaned weakly on the table beside him, feeling that the boundless darkness was covering him from the battlefield. They had all greeted him with smiles before.

How did it become like this now?
Suddenly he thought of something, and asked in a hoarse voice:
"Has anyone escaped from the lost stronghold?"

Looking at his hopeful eyes, the subordinate lowered his head, held back the tears in his eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "No! All the stronghold ninjas follow the defense protocol when the stronghold falls."

He didn't finish his words, but his expression was extremely sad.

"Hahaha, it's all good!" Commander Qianshou couldn't stand up anymore, and sat on the ground with his buttocks slumped, as if all the strength in his body had been drained.

As the temporary commander on the front line, he certainly knew what was written in the defense agreement.

The last day of the defense agreement: If the stronghold is lost, immediately use the detonator to destroy everything to prevent the enemy from knowing our intelligence.

All of this, including the ninjas who are responsible for defending the stronghold, sometimes, the corpses can also know certain information.

In other words, it means that they will have no bones left!

He has spent nearly ten years on this line of defense. It can be said that he knows all the Konoha ninjas on the line of defense and deeply remembers their names. But now, the familiar figures are disappearing one by one.

"Commander!" Seeing that the backbone of the front line also fell down, all the ninjas put down one after another, wanting to go up to help him.

"Stop! Everyone return to their positions immediately, the soldiers on the front line are more important than me!"

Seeing this group of subordinates like this, the overworked body seemed to have raised a force again, opened its mouth, and yelled at them who wanted to get closer.

Holding on to the table beside him, he barely supported his body and stood up. Calculating in his mind the changes in the situation on the frontline battlefield, he said calmly:
"Order, everyone abandons the first line of defense and guards the second line of defense!"

The subordinate who heard the news was taken aback and couldn't help but say something.

"According to the information, there are still a few civilian villages that refuse to evacuate, we..."

"Now the first line of defense has been torn open several times. If we don't retreat to the second line of defense, we will be eaten by them! As for the civilians." Looking at the coalition forces that are already faintly surrounded, Commander Qian Shou closed his eyes and tightly grasped the edge of the sand table. "After this war, I will send myself to court! If I am still alive."

Hearing that his boss wanted to take it on himself, his subordinates wanted to persuade him again.

"But."

"Do as I say!" Commander Qian Shou directly waved his hand with sharp eyes.

After his men went down to carry out the order, he let out a long sigh.

The time now can't afford any consumption, I hope I can make it in time.
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There was a long retreating team, and many people were watching the evacuated Konoha ninjas on both sides of the road.

The soldiers did not dare to look into their eyes, and hurried on with their heads down, silent all the way.

"Master Ninja, are you going to retreat?" An old man on the side of the road looked at them retreating, stopped Commander Qianshou and asked.

Looking at these people, he who has always been decisive and calm can only say in a low voice: "I'm sorry!"

Unexpectedly, instead of scolding, the old man stuffed a warm object into his hand, and when he looked down, it was a steaming sweet potato.

Looking back, all the people had food in their hands and kept stuffing it to the ninjas.

"Take it and eat it on the road. You have let us go first, but this is the place where we have lived all our lives. It is hard to leave the country!"

At this moment, Commander Qianshou only felt that the sweet potato in his hand was very hot. He only regarded some of Danzang's words before as a joke, but now they entered his heart silently.

Turning his head to the subordinate beside him, he said, "Take out all the money on your body and give it to this old lady."

Then he looked at the old man, and said in a gentle voice, "Ma'am, please help me. I subsidize the folks here who have helped so many of us. The money is not much. Please forgive me."

Hop onto a large boulder on the side of the road and raise your voice.

"Fellow folks, we have lost the battle! It hurts your heart! We are sorry for you! Sorry for trusting us so much!"

An old man on crutches waved his hand and said loudly:

"Hurry up, we will wait for you to come back for the new year!"

Commander Qian Shou's eyes were red, he jumped off the boulder, without turning his head, he looked firmly into the distance, and said word by word:

"Yes! Come back for the Chinese New Year!"