Water bears at the beginning, wet bone forest eating old people

Chapter 118 Father and Son

Now, two years have passed since World War II, and the personality cult of Hatake Sakumo has intensified in the village.

During the entire World War II, only the battlefield of River Country was won by the Konoha ninja themselves, and Hatake Sakumo, as the commander-in-chief, became famous.

Although Shinzo's contribution is indelible, Shinzo died after all, while White Fang of Konoha survived.

He single-handedly killed two elite jonin and led the Konoha ninja to victory. The value of the name White Fang continues to rise, and there are even calls for White Fang to become the Fourth Hokage.

But recently, some remarks unfavorable to Hatake Sakumo have begun to spread in the village.

Last mission! Failed!

Although he could have succeeded, Hatake Sakumo gave up the mission in order to save his teammates.

On this point, the people in the village can actually still recognize him, because many people will make the same choice after bringing themselves into Hatake Sakumo's family.

But for some reason, the teammates who were rescued by Sakumo were also blaming Sakumo.

"I'm ready to sacrifice myself! Master Sakumo is clearly capable of completing the mission!"

Similar sounds swept through the entire village, and slowly, the wind direction began to change.

Hatake House.

"Father."

The tiny Kakashi knelt quietly in front of Sakumo, with a short sword named White Fang placed between the two of them.

"Kakashi, don't let the outside world's comments disturb your mind. Concentrate on refining your chakra."

"Yes, Father."

Hearing this, Kakashi closed his eyes and began to practice.

Kakashi's talent made Hatake Sakumo very pleased. At the age of less than four, Kakashi had already left his peers behind. It was no exaggeration to say that he was gifted.

He lowered his head and looked at the short knife White Fang placed in the middle, and couldn't help sighing in his heart.

Even though he taught his son not to let external information disturb his mind, it was difficult for Hatake Sakumo himself not to be affected.

This was the only and last mission White Fang failed in his career, and it was still fresh in his memory.

Hatake Sakumo asked himself, if it happened again, he would probably still choose to save that teammate, but the people in the village didn't seem to agree. What's wrong with this village?

Dangdang——

There was a knock on the door in the yard.

"Father."

"Go open the door..."

Bai Ya said in a deep voice that the Qi Mu family's residence had not been peaceful in recent days. Rumors in the village could not reach the house, but there were still villagers running to the door of the Qi Mu family's residence from time to time every day.

They were shouting nonsense at the door of the Hatake residence, such as "If I were you, this is what I would do, why don't you do this, or you can complete the mission and save your teammates at the same time."

There are all kinds of opinions. Some people even think that White Fang should kill those Rain Ninjas on the spot and then escape from Rain Ninja Village with the information. It seems that only in this way will they be satisfied.

But White Fang had no way to refute it. If he could refute it, he would have said it when he returned to Konoha to hand in the mission.

Danzo disagreed and Hiruzen remained silent, leaving Hatake Sakumo with no way to seek justice for himself.

So even if someone came to curse him, Hatake Sakumo could only endure their abuse, because the fact was that the mission had failed.

"Kakashi~"

As soon as the door opened, Sichuan Tibet's small figure came in.

Kakashi hurriedly closed the door, but when he turned around, he found that Kawazo was gone!

"Chuanzang! This is my home, don't run around!"

Kakashi hurried into the house and saw his father and Kawazo staring at each other.

"Are you White Fang?"

Hatake Sakumo didn't look at Kawanzo, but at Gu Zang on his shoulder.

"Mr. Gu Zang..."

"Well...Kawazo, take Kakashi to play in the yard first."

"Okay~"

After Gu Zang finished talking to him, he grabbed the insect body and placed it on the table. Then he turned around, grabbed Kakashi's arm, and ran into the yard.

Kakashi looked confused.

Is this my home or yours? No, are you being polite?

Kakashi developed intelligence very early and started school relatively early. The same was true for Kawanzo. They were classmates. On weekdays, Kawanzo was like a little madman, which gave Kakashi a headache.

But this guy doesn't torture others, but only tortures Kakashi!

The way they play is also very special.

Kawazo climbed up the tree and clapped his hands and praised Kakashi loudly. Kakashi was practicing swordsmanship and kunai throwing, and lost himself in Kawazo's shouts of "This is so cool!" and "Kakashi is awesome!"

Kakashi didn't want to pay attention to Kawanzo and just wanted to practice his own. But the more he ignored Kawanzo, the more excited he became, and there was always a chance for a word of praise to slip into his ears.

Obviously, after every training session, Kakashi felt like he was being treated like a monkey, but Kawazo praised him sincerely!

inside the house.

Gu Zang was lying on the table, and his old voice reached Hatake Sakumo's ears.

"These past two years haven't been easy."

"Mr. Gu Zang... I'm sorry to bother you..."

Hatake Sakumo lowered his head, feeling really bad.

He was from the Anbu and could be said to have few friends in the village. If you count carefully, Gu Zang, whom he had only met twice, turned out to be his best friend.

Moreover, after this terrible thing happened, Gu Zang was the first one to come and see him, especially since he was an old senior.

"Hehehe...Sakumo, I told you back then that you're so handsome and strong that you'll attract jealousy."

Hatake Sakumo was stunned for a moment. Handsome and strong... Such adjectives seemed to be on Shinzo's lips all the time. However, when Guzo mentioned it, he remembered that he had indeed said such words when Guzo first met him and forced him to take off the mask!

He stared at Gu Zang blankly.

Mr. Gu Zang...and Mr. Xin Zang...seem somewhat similar?

But immediately, Hatake Sakumo quickly shook his head in his heart and dispelled his doubts. The age gap between the two was too big. One was a living fossil that existed before the establishment of Konoha Village, and the other was a rising star who had just risen but fell. There was no comparison at all. At most, they had just had contact.

"Why, what did you think of?"

Hatake Sakumo came to his senses and couldn't help feeling a little guilty. Gu Zang obviously wanted to enlighten him, but he was doubting Gu Zang.

"No, Mr. Gu Zang, I'm so sorry, I just... I just feel a little uncomfortable, nothing serious."

"Just feeling a little uncomfortable?"

Gu Zang smiled lightly, dipped his claws in the tea on the table, and drew a water line on the table.

"It's your emotions."

Then he drew another circle.

“This is your heart.”

"Your emotions are constantly fluctuating. Once you exceed a certain limit, you can no longer return to a stable state."

As he spoke, Gu Zang drew the lines inside the circle into a mess, and then drew a line outside the circle.

"Your heart is like a ball. No matter how it's tossed around, it belongs there. If you're resilient enough, nothing will happen. But what if there's an external force?"

Gu Zang followed the outer lines and crossed the circle.

"The heart is easily broken, and when the heart is broken, the person dies."

Silence, extreme silence. Hatake Sakumo was not broken in his defense, but he knew that he was about to break in his defense.

"Sakumo, Kakashi has great talent, even better than Kawanzo. With such excellent talent, he will become a genius even more dazzling than you."

After leaving the last words, Gu Zang slowly climbed down from the table and left Hatake Sakumo's house.

"Sichuan-Tibet, let's go back."

"Here comes Mr. Gu Zang!"

After Gu Zang took him away from the Hatake house, the father and son inside and outside the house were in complicated emotions.

Hatake Sakumo: What should I do? It seems that what Mr. Kozo said is right. What should I do?

Kakashi: Are you being made a fool of again?

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