Sky Curtain: Short Video Commentary on Konoha Villagers

The celestial backdrop transitions.

Asuma stood in a grove of trees outside Konoha Village, a cigarette dangling from his lips.

Seven Sound Ninja corpses lay scattered around him, their blood staining the grass.

He dusted off his hands and exhaled a smoke ring.

then,

He leaned against the tree and didn't move.

The camera zooms out.

In the direction of the Hokage Building, the Four Purple Flame Array was still burning.

[Fourth Raikage A: ??? His dad's being beaten up up there, and he's not going to help?]

Mei Terumi: Asuma, your father is working his butt off, and you're slacking off? Is this how parent-child relationships are in Konoha?

Konoha Year 60, Team 10 training ground.

Asma's cigarette fell to the ground.

He stared at his reflection in the sky, leaning against a tree, completely stunned.

"I...didn't go help the old man?"

Yamanaka Ino stood to one side, tilting her head.

"Asuma-sensei, you went to help Shikamaru?"

Choji Akimichi ate potato chips and spoke indistinctly.

"But Shikamaru didn't seem to be in any danger back then..."

Asma opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.

Nara Shikamaru stood with his hands in his pockets, his face expressionless.

"Asuma-sensei, you went to save me, and then let your dad get beaten up by Orochimaru on the roof for over an hour?"

Asma's face darkened.

"The sky is talking about the future! It has nothing to do with my present!"

The celestial backdrop transitions.

Kurenai Yuhi stood under a large tree.

Standing next to him were Guy, Kakashi, and Aoba Yamashiro.

The four people stood side by side, looking in the direction of the Hokage Building.

The scene cuts in.

Uzuki Yugao, accompanied by several Anbu members, raced through the Konoha Forest.

She stopped when she reached an open space.

"Let's split up and act separately."

whoosh,

Everyone went their separate ways.

Mei Terumi: ...Are these ANBU members going on a picnic? Did they split up and then each find a place to enjoy the scenery?

[Heitu: From the start of the war, they've been running. Running until the end of the war?]

[Kakuzu: This is called a strategic retreat. We leave the battlefield to the Third Hokage, while the others preserve their strength.]

[Hidan: Kakuzu, are you serious?]

[Kakuzu: I'm analyzing tactics.]

Hidan: What a load of rubbish you've been analyzing.

Text appeared in the sky.

The Hyuga clan is known as the strongest clan in Konoha.

They ran straight out of the village when the war started.

There wasn't a single Hyuga clan ninja to be seen in the village.

...

[The Fourth Raikage, A: The strongest clan? More like the strongest clan of runaways.]

[Onoki from the Two-Scales: He ran out of the village as soon as the battle started; I've never seen anything like it in all my decades of life.]

Mei Terumi: Aren't the Hyuga clan deeply rooted in Konoha? How come they run away faster than anyone else when a battle starts?

[Kurotsuchi: I see now. Konoha's survival rule is to let the Third Hokage take the blame, while everyone else watches from a safe place.]

Konoha, Year 52, Hyuga clan territory.

Hiashi Hyuga's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Our Hyuga clan... ran away from the village?"

Hinata Hyuga stood to the side, looking up at the sky.

"Dad, why won't we help you in the future?"

Hiashi Hyuga opened his mouth and said something that even he found absurd.

"Perhaps... we believe the Third Generation Lord can win?"

Then he laughed again, amused by his own words.

Even he himself couldn't hold back his words.

The text in the sky continued to appear.

The Aburame clan, on the other hand, did not participate in the battle at all.

The ANBU ninjas surrounding the Four Purple Flame Formation were also ridiculous, as they remained completely still while guarding the barrier.

They viewed this barrier as if it were the sky, explaining any new or unusual ninjutsu they encountered.

The scene cuts in.

The outer perimeter of the Four Purple Flame Array.

Several members of the secret service wearing animal masks were crouching on the roof.

One of them pointed to the battle within the formation.

"Oh! That's the Impure World Reincarnation! The First Hokage's Wood Release!"

The person next to him nodded.

"Amazing!"

"Go, Third Generation Master!"

[Fourth Raikage A: ...I'm impressed. The Hidden Leaf Village's Anbu, were they commentators by training?]

[Mei Terumi: The Anbu are watching the show, the Hyuga are running away, Aburame is feigning death, and Asuma is leaving the city. The entire Hidden Leaf Village is acting!]

[Deidara: I'm speaking up for the Third Hokage, can you guys please stop watching? Would it kill you to come and lend a hand?]

[Nara Shikamaru: Yes. Helping might kill me, but watching won't.]

Konoha Year 60, Hokage's office.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's face could no longer be described as just black.

"An explanation from the Dark Side?"

"They just squatted there, watching me fight Orochimaru for over an hour, and they even provided commentary?"

The scene cuts in.

Inside the Four Purple Flame Array.

Hashirama Senju's Wood Release surged from the ground, and enormous trees grew on the rooftops.

Tobirama Senju's Water Release technique transformed into a water dragon, charging towards the Third Hokage with the force of a sea-style Water Release technique.

Outside the formation.

Two secret agents crouched on the roof.

"How much longer can the Third Generation Lords hold out?"

"I don't know, let's see."

[Fourth Raikage A: You've all seen the First and Second Hokage, aren't you going to help? Do you really think the Third Hokage can take on three opponents undefeated?]

[Onoki of the Two Scales: One against three? The opponents are the First and Second Hokage, plus Orochimaru. It's a miracle that the Third Hokage can hold out for over an hour.]

[Kurotsuchi: If this were Iwagakure, we would have rushed in to help by now.]

During the founding of Konoha

Tobirama Senju's face turned green as he looked at the two Anbu members squatting on the rooftop explaining things in the sky.

"The Dark Division that I invented is used to carry out classified missions."

"It's not meant to be used as a commentator!"

Hashirama Senju scratched his head.

"Tobirama, don't be angry. At least... they're still watching? They're not out of the woods, are they?"

Tobirama Senju turned and glared at him.

"Brother! This is even more infuriating than them running away!"

The text on the celestial screen continued to float.

[The group remained AFK (away from keyboard) until the war ended.]

The scene cuts in.

The Four Purple Flame Array disappeared.

Orochimaru jumped off the roof and ran out of the village, with the Sound Four following closely behind.

Seeing this, the surrounding ninjas jumped down from the roof and gave chase for a few steps.

Then it stopped.

Watching Orochimaru's figure walk further and further away.

[Fourth Raikage A: ...Wait? We're just going to let him go like that?]

[Onoki, the Libra: Orochimaru killed your Hokage, and you only chased after him for two steps? Just a token gesture?]

[Deidara: Take two steps, throw two shuriken. That's called giving us an explanation. We tried our best, but we couldn't catch up.]

[Kakuzu: This is called cutting your losses. The Hokage is already dead, are you going to chase after them and kill a few more elites?]

[Hidan: Kakuzu, can you stop thinking about money all the time?]

[Kakuzu: I wasn't thinking about money, I was thinking about heads. Orochimaru's bounty must be quite high.]

Konoha Year 60, Hokage's office.

Jiraiya patted Hiruzen on the shoulder and sighed.

"Old man, after you died, these people didn't even bother to pretend anymore."

Hiruzen Sarutobi: "..."

The celestial backdrop transitions.

The scene cuts in.

The Sand Village troops walked out of the gates of Konoha Village.

Behind him, Konoha ninjas stood in a row.

Kakashi, Guy, Asuma, Kurenai Yuhi, Aoba Yamashiro... and those Anbu members.

Everyone stood side by side, watching the procession walk further and further away.

[Fourth Raikage A: ...? ? ? ]

[Mei Terumi: No, your Hokage was just killed, and you just stood at the village entrance watching the murderer die?]

The aerial view continues.

Wait until the team completely disappears from sight.

The Konoha ninjas turned around and slowly walked back to the village, stopping beside the Third Hokage's body.

The crowd formed a circle and looked down.

That expression seemed to say:

"Dude, how did you get dead?"

[Fourth Raikage A: Pfft!]

[Kuroto: I can't hold back anymore. Hahahaha!]

[Hashirama Senju: Hiruzen... he's definitely not very popular.]

[Uchiha Madara: Hashirama, he deserved it. He spread his own reputation, and others just believed it.]

...

Opinion collection building.

Lei has already written the rest of the book, and it will be sent out in five days.

After I finish writing the rest, I plan to start a new chapter about married women. Who understands married women like Ino?