This is a legacy left behind by history,"
he finally said.
"It's not something that can be explained in just one or two sentences."
Kakashi was honestly surprised that Chiya would ask him this question so directly,
But after a long silence,
He still chose to answer.
Chiya's expression remained unreadable as he said quietly: "A problem left over from history, huh? Then let's use history as an example starting with the 'Nine-Tails Rebellion' that happened in the village seven years ago."
The Nine-Tails Rebellion…
Hearing Chiya suddenly bring up that event, Kakashi's fingers unconsciously tightened around the teacup.
It showed clearly that his heart was far from calm.
Because
His teacher died that night!
To seal the Nine Tails, he sacrificed his own life without hesitation.
In Kakashi's heart, his teacher was the true hero
Konoha's brightest light.
"That night, the Nine Tails went berserk, and the village suffered devastating damage. Countless people were killed and injured."
"At the time, many witnesses claimed they saw the reflection of Sharingan in the Nine-Tails' eyes. So suspicions fell on the Uchiha clan."
"That was the conclusion the village leadership arrived at first."
"So afterward, they found an excuse and forced the entire Uchiha clan to move to the edge of the village."
"On the surface, it all seems reasonable."
"But if you think about it carefully, the situation is full of irregularities."
"If the Nine-Tails Rebellion really had been carried out by the Uchiha clan with the intention of overthrowing the village leadership, then why did they not follow through afterward?"
"You should understand that after that night, not only did the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, die in battle," Qianye said slowly,
"but even the jinchūriki at the time Uzumaki Kushina also perished because she forcibly suppressed the Nine-Tails while her seal was weakening from childbirth."
"The Fourth Hokage and the human pillar force both died, and the village fell into unprecedented weakness… logically speaking, that should have been the perfect opportunity, shouldn't it?"
"But why didn't 'we' continue acting afterward?"
Qianye's voice was quiet, but each word struck deeply.
Kakashi's expression shifted.
Yes… if the true culprit controlling the Nine-Tails had actually been the Uchiha clan…
why didn't they follow up?
If Uchiha really wanted to overthrow Konoha's leadership, the time right after the Nine-Tails' attack was the most vulnerable moment in the village's history.
Minato was dead, Kushina had died, the village was devastated, and Hiruzen Sarutobi who had only just returned to the Hokage seat was surrounded by chaos and panic.
If Uchiha had truly manipulated the Nine-Tails with Sharingan that night, then seized control of the beast again afterward, and used that as leverage, they could have forced the Fifth Hokage position, or at least destabilized the leadership enough for a coup.
But…
Nothing like this happened.
The Uchiha clan simply obeyed the Third Hokage's command and quietly relocated to the edge of the village, isolated behind the Nakano River, watched by the Konoha Military Police headquarters that had ironically been given to them generations earlier.
Seeing Kakashi fall silent, Qianye set down his teacup, the porcelain making a crisp sound.
"It seems there is another detail you don't know. That night, Uchiha Fugaku who not only was the clan head but also possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan volunteered to join the front line and help suppress the Nine-Tails. He even requested permission to use his dōjutsu to restrain the beast. But the Third Hokage refused."
"If he hadn't rejected him, the damage wouldn't have been nearly as severe.
Maybe… even the Fourth Hokage wouldn't have had to die."
At those words, Kakashi's chest tightened.
If what Qianye said was true…
wouldn't that mean…?
Was Minato-sensei's death indirectly caused by the Third Hokage's decision?
He couldn't accept that thought. He didn't want to accept it.
Qianye reached out and patted Uzumaki Naruto's head as the boy devoured his bowl of the cheapest ramen with innocent delight.
"This poor kid," Qianye murmured, "eating bargain ramen and treating it like a festival feast… I truly can't imagine what his daily life must have been like before this."
Those words struck Kakashi again.
Most villagers had no idea Naruto was the son of Minato and Kushina but Kakashi did.
He had stood guard outside the delivery room that night.
He had seen the aftermath with his own eyes.
Maybe Qianye exaggerated some things…
but Naruto's life?
That part needed no exaggeration.
He had watched Naruto grow up shunned, glared at, rejected, treated as an outcast for a crime he never committed.
Why had the Third Hokage concealed Naruto's parentage from the entire village?
Naruto, the son of a hero…
a newborn who had a tailed beast sealed into him to protect everyone…
should have been celebrated, praised, surrounded by affection
Not bullied, starved of warmth, whispered about as a demon.
And the most dangerous part: a jinchūriki's emotions directly affect the stability of the tailed beast inside them.
Was the Third Hokage truly unafraid that Naruto's despair would one day trigger the Nine-Tails again…?
Or…
Did he simply accept that risk?
Kakashi shook his head violently.
No. He couldn't let himself think like that.
Damn it he had spent too much time around this kid Qianye.
Even his thoughts were becoming twisted.
"But in a way," Qianye added, glancing at Naruto, "he's pretty similar to the two of us. All three of us are orphans with no real family."
"Three people together…"
He chuckled.
"Still don't make up a proper family, huh?"
Kakashi's lips twitched sharply beneath his mask.
…What kind of horrible cold joke was that??
But hearing Qianye's offhand remark made Kakashi think again of his own father.
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