Chapter 184: Leaving with a Load of Blame
Land of Grass's Daimyo's Mansion.
Although the alliance meeting of the high-ranking ninja village officials had ended, and Mei Terumi, Chiyo, and others had already returned to their villages, Konoha's Fifth Hokage, Tsunade, temporarily stayed behind.
There were still many matters in the Land of Grass that she needed to handle.
For example, Konoha's future strategy in the Land of Grass needed to be decided by Tsunade, the struggle between Konoha ninjas and Iwa ninjas, and reducing the possibility of a ninja world war breaking out.
These were all troublesome problems.
And Tsunade was also responsible for appeasing the emotions of her subordinates.
"Kakashi."
Tsunade sat in the Land of Grass's daimyo's seat, looked at the kneeling Kakashi Hatake, and said softly, "Among the village's jonin, only you are temporarily without subordinates, and only you have held the position of Anbu captain. For this period, you will be the one stationed in the Land of Grass!"
Since the three little ones of Team Seven had each gone their separate ways, only Kakashi Hatake himself was relatively idle. Coupled with his previous resume, Tsunade did not replace him from his position.
After speaking, Tsunade added, "The fall of the Land of Grass last night was a surprise attack by Akatsuki. Shikaku has mentioned it to me. Your handling of everything was impeccable."
After all, no one could gain an advantage when facing more than ten S-rank rogue ninjas.
Kakashi Hatake and Shikaku Nara had done their best to minimize Konoha's losses. He had done a very good job.
Kakashi Hatake lowered his head, still feeling some self-blame in his heart, "But I don't think I am competent enough…"
"Kakashi, you need to take responsibility!"
Tsunade glanced at Kakashi Hatake and said in a deep voice, "Naruto is still in the Land of Grass! You wouldn't want to be a deserter in front of your own student, would you! At least hold on for me through this period!"
"Yes, Lady Hokage."
Kakashi Hatake could only agree helplessly.
Only then did Tsunade nod in satisfaction, "After Iwagakure's troops withdraw, I will transfer you back to Konoha to participate in an important mission…"
"Yes…"
Kakashi Hatake finally felt a trace of gratification in his heart.
Just as he was about to continue reporting, several urgent shouts suddenly came from outside the room, and the atmosphere abruptly became tense.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
"All units on alert! An Iwagakure spy has infiltrated!"
"Squad 16, Squad 19, protect Lord Hokage! Everyone else, go and apprehend him!"
After a brief moment of panic around the temporary Hokage's office, it quickly calmed down. Clearly, the Konoha ninjas stationed outside were confident they could deal with the enemy.
Unfortunately, the enemy who had invaded this time was no ordinary person.
Five minutes later.
The shouts of ninjas fighting and their screams before death once again broke the tranquility. Tsunade and Kakashi Hatake finally couldn't continue their conversation. After the two of them flew out the door, their eyes were drawn to the enemy before them.
An Iwa ninja, wearing Iwagakure's uniform and a mask, brandished a ninja sword in his hand and fiercely stabbed it into the neck of the last Konoha ninja!
In just a few short minutes, the dozen or so Konoha ninjas stationed outside this temporary office had been slaughtered by the enemy!
This Iwa ninja pulled out the sword in his hand again, flicked off a string of blood beads, pointed it at Tsunade and Kakashi Hatake, and said in a muffled voice, "Fifth Hokage Tsunade, Copy Ninja Kakashi Hatake, it seems the harvest this time is not small…"
"You're courting death!"
Tsunade clenched her fist and fiercely smashed it down towards that Iwa ninja. The ground instantly split open with a large crack, and countless bricks and stones flew in all directions under the impact of her fist!
However, that Iwa ninja seemed completely unaffected. After flying to avoid it, he brought his hands together to form a seal and slapped the ground, "Earth Release: Splitting Earth Turn Palm!"
A clear crack appeared from the ground. The crack gradually widened and rushed rapidly towards Tsunade and Kakashi Hatake!
Kakashi Hatake frowned, simultaneously forming hand seals, and his technique was completed even faster, "Earth Release: Splitting Earth Turn Palm!"
The two cracks in the earth collided, instantly causing an explosion!
"Lady Hokage, leave this to me! Please go and command the various units! I suspect he is not the only one who has infiltrated the Land of Grass's daimyo's mansion!"
Kakashi Hatake stopped Tsunade, who was about to rush forward. After persuading her in a deep voice, he drew his kunai and charged forward.
Tsunade nodded without hesitation and rushed elsewhere.
Anyway, it was just a mere Iwagakure spy. She believed that Kakashi Hatake could easily deal with the enemy.
This time, however, Tsunade was wrong.
The enemy Kakashi encountered this time was not weak in swordsmanship!
For a time, he was able to fight Kakashi Hatake on equal footing. It was not until Kakashi Hatake used a little trick that he managed to pierce the enemy's defense with a kunai!
The kunai in Kakashi Hatake's hand flipped, and he threw a punch at the enemy's chest, taking his ninja sword in the process!
"You lose!"
Kakashi Hatake's kunai fiercely stabbed towards the enemy's throat, but the enemy ducked and kicked him in the abdomen, sending him flying and neatly resolving the predicament.
"As expected, I'm still not good at swordsmanship!"
This Iwa ninja slowly shook his head. After bringing his hands together to form a seal, he spat out a stream of fire, "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
"Earth Release: Mud Wall!"
A trace of surprise flashed in Kakashi Hatake's eyes. He almost simultaneously formed hand seals, releasing an earthen wall to block the invading flames!
Soon, that earthen wall became tattered under the burning flames!
"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Hiding Technique!"
Kakashi Hatake's figure instantly disappeared under the earthen wall. The next moment, he drilled out from the ground under the enemy's feet and threw a punch at the enemy's chin.
Bang!
This was a move the Iwa ninja had not expected. After taking a heavy blow to the face, his body involuntarily flew backward!
Kakashi Hatake flew towards that Iwa ninja, reaching out to try and take off the mask on his face, "Using the Great Fireball Technique so skillfully, you couldn't be…"
"You guessed right, Kakashi!"
The scarlet Sharingan was suddenly revealed from within this Iwa ninja's mask. Taking advantage of the shock in Kakashi Hatake's eyes, he fiercely seized the opportunity to grab Kakashi's shoulder and delivered a knee strike to Kakashi's chest!
The situation was almost instantly reversed.
This Iwa ninja slowly took off his mask, revealing Obito Uchiha's somewhat tattered face, "Kakashi, your swordsmanship is getting stronger and stronger!"
"Obito!"
Kakashi Hatake's face changed drastically.
This was the third time Kakashi and Obito Uchiha had met.
To be precise, it was the Obito Uchiha who had returned from the dead more than ten years ago.
No, strictly speaking, this was their second meeting. After all, the first time Kakashi Hatake learned that Obito Uchiha was still alive, the one he met was an imposter.
Four or five years ago, the Obito Uchiha Kakashi finally met was still the mysterious masked man. Kakashi only said one sentence before he fainted.
Now, it was a true reunion of old friends.
It was just that they had long since stood on different sides, separated even by life and death.
Kakashi Hatake slowly stood up. The joy of seeing an old friend was no longer on his face. Instead, his eyes were full of vigilance and alertness, "Obito, why did you appear here and attack the village's ninjas!"
"..."
Obito Uchiha fell silent.
After a moment, a bright light flashed in Obito Uchiha's eyes, as if he had received an instruction from someone. He curled his lips and said with a light laugh, "My subordinates didn't kill you yesterday. Today, I'm here to correct this mistake!"
Kakashi Hatake's expression changed again, his fingers clenching one by one, "What that Naraku Uehara said was right. The mastermind behind the Akatsuki organization is really you!"
"..."
A trace of bitterness flashed in Obito Uchiha's heart. Just how much blame had that bastard Naraku Uehara put on him!
This thought flashed by in an instant.
The next second, a smile appeared on Obito Uchiha's face as he said softly, "No, those people are all my comrades! After all, they wouldn't kill their own teammates!"
This was pure nonsense.
Kakuzu had killed who knows how many teammates.
Obito Uchiha was just rubbing salt in Kakashi's wound, and then adding some chili peppers, "A ninja like you who only knows how to complete missions, how could you possibly know the value of comrades? Don't look at me with that expression, Kakashi!"
"Obito…"
A drop of cold sweat gradually appeared on Kakashi Hatake's forehead.
At this moment, he didn't even know what to say.
Even if he said something, Kakashi felt it would all be wrong.
Because Rin Nohara had died by his Lightning Blade. This was an irrefutable fact. His hands were even stained with Rin's blood.
Once you've done something wrong, anything you say is just an excuse.
However, this was definitely not the time to be silent!
Kakashi Hatake slowly gripped the kunai in his hand and said in a low voice, "Obito, what do you really want? To kill me and avenge Rin?"
"No."
Obito Uchiha slowly held up his finger, looking coldly at Kakashi Hatake, "I just want to resurrect Rin…"
"Resurrect…"
Kakashi Hatake's eyes instantly tightened, his voice gradually becoming somewhat bitter, "Is it like Orochimaru's resurrection?"
Obito Uchiha shook his head and spread his hands, "No, it's a real resurrection, living freely, able to enjoy the fresh air!"
Obito Uchiha slowly extended his hand and said with a light laugh, "Kakashi, would you be willing to join my organization then?"
Clearly, Obito Uchiha knew the answer.
Clearly, Naraku Uehara, who was manipulating Obito from behind the scenes, also knew the answer.
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Clearly, the Kakashi Hatake before him also knew his own answer.
"Resurrection, huh…"
Kakashi Hatake sighed faintly and slowly held the kunai to his chest, "Then can you resurrect everyone who died because of you? Teacher Minato! Senior Kushina! And the countless people who died because of you!"
Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki undoubtedly became Kakashi's reason for refuting Obito Uchiha. After all, those two were also the most important members of Team Minato.
"I only need Rin!"
A trace of guilt flashed in Obito Uchiha's eyes. A moment later, he regained his composure and burst into wild laughter, "Hahahahahahahaha… As expected, I am the only one in this world who still loves Rin!"
"Do you understand Rin?"
Kakashi Hatake looked at the seemingly crazed Obito Uchiha and said, word by word, "If Rin knew what you are doing now, she would want to kill you even more than I do right now!"
"It doesn't matter, I don't care."
Obito Uchiha slowly took off the Iwagakure ninja's clothes, his voice gradually becoming devoid of emotion, "It just so happens that we both want to kill each other…"
Obito Uchiha raised his head again, looked at Kakashi Hatake before him, and slowly formed a hand seal, "Then let's settle it here and now! First, I'll kill you, then I'll kill Konoha's Fifth Hokage, so that Iwagakure and Konoha will never have a peaceful day!"
That was the Seal of Opposition of Konoha ninjas!
Kakashi Hatake's face became incredibly ugly. He slowly raised his finger and gritted his teeth, "Obito, you've really gone mad!"
"Oh, then just think of me as a madman!"
Obito Uchiha's hands suddenly came together. The Mangekyo Sharingan in his eye socket quickly shot out a stream of air, and a flame entered the stream, rushing rapidly towards Kakashi Hatake!
"Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance!"
"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"
Kakashi Hatake brought his hands together to form a seal. The Water Formation Wall was instantly evaporated by the flames, and the steam formed a fog that instantly enveloped the two of them!
A battle between old friends had completely erupted!
Just as this fierce battle erupted, Naraku Uehara, who was spying on the battle through the Edo Tensei, curled his lips, "In about ten minutes, Konoha's reinforcements will arrive at your battlefield. You can retreat then."
Obito Uchiha, while fighting, asked, "What is your purpose? I thought you would let me kill Kakashi Hatake…"
"If you want to, and if you can, do as you please."
Naraku Uehara reached for a wild fruit and said softly, "As for the purpose? I just want to leave Tsunade with the impression that Obito Uchiha is leading the Akatsuki organization to try and provoke a war between Konoha and Iwagakure."
"Is that useful? The people from Akatsuki won't cooperate with my actions!"
"Of course it's useful."
Naraku Uehara curled his lips, took out a ring, and said with a kind smile, "They will cooperate with your actions. Who made that woman Tsunade not agree to my conditions? She will pay a heavy price!"
Ten minutes later.
Land of Grass's Daimyo's Mansion.
The battle between Obito Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake was nearing its end. Both of them possessed a Kamui Sharingan, but Obito Uchiha had the upper hand!
What's more, he had the infinite chakra of an Edo Tensei!
This time, Kakashi Hatake was beaten extremely badly. He didn't even touch Obito Uchiha's body before being thoroughly thrashed by Obito.
Because their Kamui would cause a spatial reaction, Obito Uchiha didn't dare to use Kamui to pull Kakashi into his dimension.
In the end, after the Konoha reinforcements arrived, Obito could only helplessly retreat.
Tsunade gathered a stream of green chakra in her hand and placed it on Kakashi's body, helping him heal his wounds, while asking, "Kakashi, what happened? Who was that enemy just now…"
"He is Obito."
Kakashi Hatake looked up at the sky with lifeless eyes, a look of pain and confusion on his face, "Last night, it was Obito who commanded the Akatsuki organization to attack us."
This fact was confirmed.
Obito Uchiha had become completely different from the past. He possessed unprecedentedly powerful strength and didn't deign to lie to him.
"That guy!"
Tsunade clenched her fist and asked in a deep voice, "He's here to provoke a war between Konoha and Iwagakure, right?"
"Mm."
Kakashi Hatake closed his eyes and said in a low voice, "That guy Obito has completely gone mad… Lord Hokage, I will stay in the Land of Grass and continue to fight him. Next time, I will definitely capture him!"
It seemed Obito Uchiha had fled, but still carried a load of blame with him.
"..."
Tsunade could only nod in silence and then continue, "After we force Iwagakure to retreat, we will begin to encircle and suppress Orochimaru and Obito Uchiha!"
"Yes."
Kakashi Hatake sighed.
How did his old friend become like this?
If Obito Uchiha knew what Kakashi was thinking, he would surely feel wronged. Fortunately, Naraku Uehara did not manipulate him to kill Kakashi Hatake.
Obito had clearly gone easy in the battle just now, which was why he had spared Kakashi Hatake's life.
When Naraku Uehara saw Obito Uchiha return, he himself was sitting on Obito's coffin eating wild fruit, appearing very impolite.
"Obito, how does it feel to see an old friend?"
"Hmph, same as always. That guy is still as stupid as ever."
Obito Uchiha frowned and drilled into the coffin himself. At this time, his mood was very bad, and he didn't want to talk to Naraku Uehara.
Naraku Uehara tutted and sighed, helping Obito Uchiha close the coffin lid, and chuckled lightly, "Then you'd better get used to it. You'll have many more opportunities to meet in the future!"
"..."
Obito Uchiha lay gloomily in the coffin and closed his eyes.
Heh, making him deal with Kakashi Hatake?
Damn it, couldn't this bastard Naraku Uehara do something decent!
(End of Chapter)
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