Chapter 57: The Naughty Child Panics
Aoyama Ryūun didn't think much of it.
He dropped his joking attitude.
Aoyama Ryūun turned his head and looked at Hatake Kakashi.
"That attitude just now, were you blaming your father?"
"Ryūun!"
Hatake Sakumo wanted to stop this topic.
After all, in Hatake Sakumo's heart, he always treated Hatake Kakashi as a child.
"Some thoughts need to be taught properly. Besides, your son's talent is indeed good!"
To be honest,
the current Hatake Kakashi, although just a brat, his talent is astonishing.
"Sigh!"
Shaking his head silently, Hatake Sakumo said no more.
His attention was focused on Hatake Kakashi.
"I..."
He hesitated, but Hatake Kakashi spoke up.
"Why can't I blame him? Father failed the mission. Why can't I! Isn't a ninja's destiny to complete the mission?"
"A ninja's destiny is to complete the mission?"
Aoyama Ryūun raised an eyebrow, looking at Hatake Kakashi.
"Yes!"
Facing Aoyama Ryūun's gaze, Hatake Kakashi nodded defiantly.
He looked very determined.
But Aoyama Ryūun laughed.
"Then let me ask a different question. If one day, you and your father went on a mission, and your father was in danger, would you choose your father and abandon the mission?"
"I..."
Hatake Kakashi was stunned.
Hatake Sakumo chose to remain quiet at this time.
Perhaps, this genius son really needed to be educated properly.
"That kind of situation is impossible!"
Hatake Kakashi said directly.
"Father is the Konoha White Fang. He can't possibly be in danger!"
It was clear that Hatake Kakashi was proud of his father's reputation.
Aoyama Ryūun shrugged noncommittally.
"Maybe. Then what if *you* were in danger? Would you want your father to save you and abandon the mission?"
"I..."
This time, Hatake Kakashi really didn't know what to say.
"See, even you can't answer. What right do you have to demand your father do it!"
"..."
Hatake Kakashi stiffened his neck, glaring defiantly.
But in the end, he lowered his gaze.
"Right, I have a special sensory ability. Although it's not mind-reading, it's close."
This ability, of course, is the power of Observation Haki.
Hatake Kakashi didn't understand at first why Aoyama Ryūun was saying this.
"What do you mean?"
"Do you dare to try?"
"What's there to be afraid of!"
Hatake Kakashi was very competitive. As the son of the Konoha White Fang, Hatake Kakashi had received attention since birth.
Hatake Kakashi had always strived to follow his father's example.
He refused to admit defeat.
Seeing Hatake Kakashi like this, Aoyama Ryūun smiled.
"I guess, you're not angry because Hatake Sakumo failed the mission, are you!"
Hatake Sakumo, at the side, was a bit stunned.
After all, since the incident,
Hatake Sakumo hadn't really communicated with Hatake Kakashi.
"Impossible! I..."
Hatake Kakashi tried to explain, but Aoyama Ryūun didn't give him the chance.
"It's because Hatake Sakumo's mission failure caused your status at the Ninja Academy to plummet, that's why you're angry!"
Aoyama Ryūun continued speaking as if to himself.
"Although you see yourself as a loner, deep down, you yearn for friends, don't you!"
Hatake Kakashi at this stage,
is just a brat.
"Actually, you also know your father's choice wasn't wrong. Even if you encountered such a thing, you would make the same choice.
It's just that you are weak right now!"
"Why am I weak!"
Hatake Kakashi was defiant.
But he didn't refute Aoyama Ryūun's previous words, clearly admitting it.
Aoyama Ryūun smiled slightly.
"Aren't you? Beasts walk alone; only sheep need companions!"
"I..."
Hatake Kakashi wanted to shout that he didn't need companions either.
But under Aoyama Ryūun's seemingly soul-reading gaze,
Hatake Kakashi fell silent.
"Do you know that because of your accusation, your father will commit suicide soon!"
"Impossible!"
Hearing this, Hatake Kakashi slammed the table.
His face full of disbelief.
"Father is the Konoha White Fang. He would never commit suicide!"
As he spoke, Hatake Kakashi looked at Hatake Sakumo, seeking confirmation.
But, to Hatake Kakashi's horror,
Hatake Sakumo did not refute it.
He froze, then with a bitter smile, looked at Aoyama Ryūun.
"You saw through me, huh!"
"We've been partners for so many years, how could I not understand you?"
Aoyama Ryūun rolled his eyes in annoyance.
To put it nicely, Hatake Sakumo calls it 'dying to show his conviction'. To put it bluntly, he chickened out.
"Wait!"
Hatake Kakashi quickly interrupted, moving right next to his father.
"Impossible, Father, are you really going to commit suicide?"
"Perhaps!"
Hatake Sakumo indeed had this thought before.
It's just that now, he had changed his mind.
"How could this be... How could this be!"
Hatake Kakashi couldn't believe it.
Aoyama Ryūun said directly,
"If even his own son can't understand him, what's the point of living?"
"I!"
This question left Hatake Kakashi stunned.
Is it all my fault?
His usual cold expression could no longer be maintained.
"I'm sorry!"
Hatake Kakashi knelt directly in front of Hatake Sakumo.
"I'm sorry, I was weak-hearted! I never really thought Father's decision to save his comrade and abandon the mission was wrong! I just..."
Hatake Kakashi didn't know what to say.
Just as Aoyama Ryūun had said.
No matter how mature Hatake Kakashi acted,
a brat is still a brat.
"It's alright, Kakashi! I'm alive now, aren't I?"
Hatake Sakumo smiled faintly.
The original thought of suicide gradually dissipated.
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