"Kakashi?"
"Kakashi…"
"Are you alright?"
Amidst the girl's anxious calls, Kakashi, who had just finished killing, seemed to snap back to reality as if his soul had returned.
He subconsciously touched the scar over his left eye, then shook his head and said, "I'm fine. Even if I weren't, it wouldn't matter. Completing the mission is what's important."
As soon as he finished speaking,
The other two Konoha's Jonin rushed over, collected the Kirigakure Anbu's corpse, and began processing it simply.
"As expected of you, Kakashi!"
The Akimichi Clan's Jonin said with a smile, "The power of your Chidori is even greater than what Minato-sama mentioned. It seems your strength has improved again."
Kakashi remained silent, just staring blankly at the Anbu's corpse.
'Back then…'
'If Sensei hadn't arrived in time, probably mine, Rin's, and Obito's bodies would have been taken back by the Iwagakure's Ninjas as trophies, right?'
To the side,
Perhaps accustomed to Kakashi's somewhat aloof detachment, the other two Konoha's Jonin didn't mind, busying themselves with their tasks.
This was normal.
Ninjas who could become Jonin were all shrewd, and few were fools.
They could naturally see that Kakashi, blessed with background, talent, and experience, was destined for a limitless future.
Son of the White Fang, direct disciple of the Yellow Flash, Jonin at age twelve, Kakashi of the Sharingan…
To put it bluntly,
He was a seedling the village was focusing on nurturing. Who knows, he might suddenly become the Hokage of some generation in the future.
With his innate talent and background, unless necessary, no one would willingly offend Kakashi for no reason.
At this moment,
Seemingly sensing Kakashi's poor mood, Rin furrowed her pretty brows, her expression somewhat sad, "Just now… were you thinking about Obito again?"
"Yes."
Kakashi nodded with a complicated expression, saying quietly, "Every time I use the Sharingan, I feel like Obito is still alive. Sometimes, this eye even sees some inexplicable scenes."
"A dark cave, stone slabs covered with vines…"
"It's as if Obito has reached another world and is still accompanying me."
Hearing this, Rin's expression also turned sorrowful. She sighed before speaking softly, "Obito's body was brought back to Konoha and buried by Sensei six months ago. I think someone as kind as him will definitely go to heaven after death."
"Kakashi…"
"This Sharingan is the hope Obito left for us, not a burden. You must carry this hope and live on bravely!"
"Obito would absolutely not want you to live your whole life in self-blame and sadness!"
Kakashi nodded.
He remained silent for a long time before saying in a low voice, "After the war is over… I want to visit Obito's grave again…"
"Mm, I'll go with you."
Rin Nohara smiled warmly. "The three of us will be together forever."
"Forever."
Kakashi looked up, his gaze sorrowful. Using his friend Obito's Sharingan, he looked at the gently smiling girl before him and finally managed a rare smile.
"Yes…"
"After the war ends… we will be together forever!"
…
"Sir…"
"Clearly I love her too, and she loves me. We pledged our love, saying we would be together forever. Why won't her family agree?"
In the dense forest, Jonin, Matsunaga Yuzuki, crouching on a branch, suddenly spoke somewhat sadly.
Sora narrowed his eyes, looking at his suddenly sorrowful subordinate, but didn't speak, seeming not very interested.
However, this kind of melodramatic love story, which sounded very cliché, caught the attention of Yato Toden. He was taken aback, then asked curiously, "Her family doesn't agree? Why wouldn't her family agree?"
"Do they think your conditions are poor? Your looks aren't good enough? Or are you too old?"
Toden looked over the slender Yuzuki, "I think you look alright. Although you can't compare to Sora-sama, in the village, you're considered above average. Plus, with your Jonin Status, there's no reason for an ordinary woman's family to look down on you, right?"
"Who exactly doesn't agree to you two being together?"
Nearby, Kurumi, though habitually maintaining a cold expression on her pretty face, her subtly twitching small ears clearly showed the young girl was also interested in such gossip.
Hearing this, Yuzuki put on a very troubled expression, hesitated for a long time, and then said reluctantly, "Her husband doesn't agree."
"Her husband?"
Toden was stunned for a moment, then couldn't hold back and cursed directly, "Piss off!!! You idiot, do you have nothing better to do!????"
Snap!
Kurumi's right hand also trembled, her sword instantly leaving its sheath.
"Disrespecting Sora-sama, you deserve death!"
The girl said with a dark face, looking ready to draw her sword and fight.
"Damn!"
"My mistake, my mistake!"
Yuzuki quickly raised his hands in surrender, "I just saw everyone seemed tense and wanted to crack a joke to lighten the mood!"
"Enough."
At this point, Sora finally waved his hand. "Get ready. Someone's coming."
"Yes, Sora-sama!"
The three immediately composed their expressions. Even the usually unserious Yuzuki turned serious.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
In the dense forest,
Several figures suddenly sped past, instantly appearing before Sora.