Last Quarter of the Moon
24 hours after the death of Uchiha Fugaku.
Konoha, the Country of Fire.
Night.
Without Naruto and the young master of the Naruto family to protect, Hatake's old house.
It was empty and quiet.
It was lush and lush, as if it had returned to its previous appearance. Even though Eero was snoring in the guest room with a gourd in his arms,
The patrol team of the security department still passed by the black iron gate every ten minutes, and the Anbu on the branches of the roof, who had been shaken off by Naruto, were also absolutely at their posts.
But Kakashi still didn't feel that this big house was lively.
Especially..,
When Kakashi put down the latest intelligence scroll that the Anbu helped "Yamato Squad" report,
When he picked up the old belt that his teacher had placed in the most conspicuous place in the living room.
"It's haunting." Kakashi really wanted to set fire to the belt,
But after hesitating for a long time,
He still took it into his room and hung it in the big closet as usual — after all, Hatake White Fang didn't leave much behind. Kakashi sighed, and his eyes flashed with the tall figure,
He was indeed taller than his teacher; he had strong arms, and he was more powerful than his teacher when he hit people; his loving eyes, which were much worse than his teacher's. But he was still his father, the real..,
The only one. Although thinking like this was a little unfair to the father's blame that his teacher had shouldered all these years.
However, blood relatives were still blood relatives in the end.
Just like Bo Fung Watergate and Naruto Uzumaki.
Before Kakashi met Naruto Uzumaki, he didn't really understand the meaning of the word blood. He really remembered when he was three years old. After that, he and his father had only been together for a short three years. In a long life, a dog could accompany a person for at least ten years. Therefore, Kakashi, who was now thirty years old, had not been sad for his irresponsible father for a long time. Even when he ran to the consolation monument to pay respects to his comrades,
He rarely remembered that there was such a ghost. Perhaps he had no food, drink, or money in the underworld.
But he didn't know when it started..,
Perhaps it had been like this from the beginning..,
Every time Kakashi felt frustrated,
Fear, guilt, and especially after being scolded by his teacher, he couldn't help but think of Konoha White Fang.
Kakashi, to be honest, didn't like this feeling.
This made him realize that his behavior and thoughts were actually very similar to Naruto Uzumaki. Every time that kid was bullied by his teacher at school (because of pranks or because he was late for not doing his homework), he would immediately shout that he would find his father to help him get revenge.
"This is ridiculous." Kakashi closed the closet door angrily. "That annoying Naruto brat, the source of all the trouble, if it weren't for him …"
But immediately, Kakashi's face paled at his own complaint. He touched his forehead, and it was cold. Then he looked at the wound behind his back, and there was no sign of infection. It must have been an illusion, it must have been an illusion. How could I think like that? Even though it was the truth, but to vent my anger on a little brat? Kakashi, how old do you think you are this year!
So Kakashi swallowed his saliva, changed out of his uniform with trembling hands, brushed his teeth and washed his face, and then climbed into bed. Of course, he wasn't sleeping. He was just making it convenient for his shadow clone to apply medicine to his main body.
But the Anbu outside the window didn't think it was a good idea. The young man with the dog mask came in, saluted with one knee, and comforted with the hoarse voice of a teenager, "When the main body is not complete, the absorption efficiency of medicine is very low."
Kakashi's brain was instantly occupied by the shame of exposing his injured body in front of others. Anger made him want to drag this person out and behead him on the grounds that it was against the Anbu's duty regulations to appear without being summoned. But when he thought about it again, this little Anbu was just an intern who helped out when Naruto was not at home. He was half his age, and he was used to sleeping in the same bed and bathing in the same bucket in the orphanage. He couldn't help but be soft-hearted, "It's just a flesh wound. You can leave."
But the young Anbu was a bit insatiable. He didn't put down the medicine, "Anbu -sama, let me help you apply the medicine."
Kakashi couldn't bear it this time, he got up, "Someone."
"Yes, sir." A black hand picked up the little Anbu and threw him out of the window, clapping his hands, "Kakashi -sama, I already said that the Anbu doesn't need interns."
"Then do you want to do the housework?" Kakashi sighed.
"I don't know how to do it." The real Anbu on duty said confidently.
"You, a woman, dare to say that you don't know how to do housework. How can you get married?"
"You don't need to worry about it, Konoha's bachelor regiment leader." The Anbu lifted her long purple hair, "I will get married next year, and my husband said that he will be responsible for the housework and children, so I can work in peace."
"…" Kakashi clenched his teeth, "Only Hayate Gekko has a good temper."
"If he wants to, we will give you a small disease later." The female Anbu picked up the ointment on the ground and returned it to Kakashi, "Do you want me to call a doctor?"
"No need." Kakashi yawned.
"Then go to bed early." The female Anbu opened the window.
Kakashi waved his hand, "By the way, that kid just now needs to be educated internally, he just wants to please me."
"I know."
The night is long.
Over there.
Nomura, Wind and Fire border.
Uchiha Shisui jumped on the roof, "Sir, the spy of the Intelligence Department said that Itachi didn't rest here, and he went back with the head of the traitorous ninja an hour ago."
"I knew it was impossible to catch that kid in one chapter."
"Ah, what did you say?"
"I said, it's really unfair for Itachi to be detained in my office." Our Naruto sighed, squatted down, and began to engrave the Thor seal on the place where Itachi was going to rest.
"No, that kid was just lucky this time." Shisui had a different opinion, he shrugged, "In order to buy time, Kakashi didn't give him anything else except a portrait and the approximate location, but he didn't expect that Itachi would come face to face with the head as soon as he came. That head was also unlucky, he received a mission to kill bandits in the underground bounty office, but as soon as he entered the desert, he was blown by a storm and crawled back without eating or drinking for several days. Not to mention a ninja, even a bun shop owner can chop him into pieces. "
"Oh." Watergate continued to engrave the seal, "I understand, you are saying good things for Kakashi, I don't remember you having a good relationship with him."
"I'm just telling the truth." Shisui's voice was not guilty, "Itachi is still very young."
"Yes, he is still very young, I can guarantee that even if he blows sand for several days, his little face will still be wet." Watergate turned back and smiled.
"…" Shisui was silent, he knew that Naruto had always been sarcastic, but he didn't expect him to be so sarcastic recently.
Watergate sighed, stood up and clapped his hands, "Don't worry too much, I won't do anything to Itachi, he's not young or not."
Shisui felt even more speechless, "I didn't mean that."
"You did." Minato smiled again. "I've long run out of water, so it's useless for you to wear a mask. What's on a person's mind, your eyes are enough. What's more, your red eyes are as bright as a light bulb in the dark."
"I'm sorry, my lord." Shisui couldn't help but lower his head slightly.
"It's human nature." Watergate patted Shisui, "You are my guard captain, okay? When I eat, sleep, or get sick, even if I lose consciousness, you will always stand by my side — I thought at least you wouldn't suspect me."
"I'm sorry, my lord."
"I've heard enough of this during the day." Watergate continued to sigh, "Let's solve the problem — the good news is that the situation is better than I thought, Itachi came and left too quickly, even if someone wanted to whisper something in his ear, they probably wouldn't have the chance. The bad news is that with Itachi here, we probably won't be able to catch those who want to cause trouble for Konoha. In this case, the question is, what did Itachi discover that made him come and go in such a hurry? This is related to what we should say to him when we catch up with him later. "
"As your Dark Department, I will support all of your decisions." Shisui first expressed his sincerity, then cautiously suggested, "Actually, just tell the truth, please believe in Itachi's loyalty to Konoha and you."
"What if he suspects something? I'm not afraid to tell you that just a few hours ago, Shikaku came to my office and tried to sound me out. In the end, even he suspected that I killed Fugaku — do you dare say that you didn't suspect me at all? " Watergate felt a little anxious, "I want Itachi, Naruto's guard captain, Uchiha Itachi, not an S-rank defector who has a grudge against me for killing his father. It's not like you haven't been in the second grade of high school yourself, young people are high-spirited and easily go to extremes when they encounter things. This is also why Itachi's mother doesn't want Itachi to get involved."
"So even if Itachi is a defector, he's at most an A-rank." Shisui tried to change the direction of the conversation, "My lord, your heart is beating very fast, please control yourself."
"I'm a human, not a god, and I'm not in Konoha now. I only have you by my side, so can you not ask me to control my emotions anymore?" Watergate crossed his arms and flexed his fingers, becoming even more anxious, "It's not a bad idea to say half of it, but what about after that? As long as the slightest rumor reaches that child's ears... I don't have the confidence to do that, Shisui. "
"..." Shisui did not speak. He made a gesture of listening. He realized that his Naruto really needed to vent.
Sure enough, Watergate began to pace back and forth, "I know the person who poisoned the tea leaves. He's in Konoha, and he's very well hidden. He's very cunning, and he's also afraid of death. Otherwise, he would have killed me a long time ago... The Fugaku incident is actually my fault. I've had this feeling of being targeted many times before. But I don't have any evidence, and I'm Naruto. If they suspect and arrest me just because of my feelings, it would be a bigger disaster for Konoha than it was for Nine Tails. Because the person who could do such a thing is either one of the higher-ups in Konoha or someone close to me. It might even be someone from the Black Ops or the Guards. "
"My lord, are you suspecting the Black Ops and the Guards?" The more Shisui listened, the more scared he became. He quickly took out a water bottle, "Drink some water first. This is impossible. You're too nervous. Relax, relax."
"Then tell me, how did Fugaku die?" Watergate took the water bottle and drank. "Could it be that Mikoto or Fugaku killed himself? I believed it a few years ago, but it's impossible for the Fugaku of recent years. You didn't see his eyes when he was looking forward to the future. He was like a pervert. As for the other Uchiha people who should be the most suspicious, if they had this ability, they wouldn't have watched Fugaku surrender to me. "
"My lord, calm down. You're just venting your emotions!" Shisui felt that the water in the bucket at his feet began to seep out, and his exposed skin was a little painful. This is the murderous aura, the murderous aura of Kage at the top of the food chain in the ninja world. "Take a deep breath, exhale, inhale. Don't be controlled by your emotions. Please don't forget that although this is not Konoha, under your feet is indeed someone else's roof."
Watergate followed Shisui's breathing, exhaled and inhaled, then raised the water bottle and poured it directly on his head.
"Are you feeling better, my lord?" Shisui waited for a few minutes before he gathered the courage to take the water bottle from Naruto's hand and handed him a towel.
Watergate blinked and took it, "I'm curious, why do you have a towel?"
"It's better to be prepared." Seeing that the Hokage has calmed down, Shisui let out a long sigh of relief and smiled reluctantly, "But you really scared me just now. I thought you were going to kill me along with this small village."
"You can run away." Watergate wiped the water from his hair and was a little embarrassed, "As for this village? It's just a bunch of rebellious ninjas. "
"There are also Konoha's hidden forces." Shisui took back the towel and handed over another water bottle, "Drink some more water."
"Why do you have two water bottles?" Watergate didn't take them.
"Because it's better to be prepared?" Shisui put down the water bottle and nodded seriously.
Watergate didn't know how to comment, so he jumped off the roof first, "Forget it, let's get down to business. We've been delayed for so long, can we still stop Itachi?"
"Yes." Shisui followed, "Itachi is an illusion type, not a speed type."
"That's true, it's already rare that the Uchiha family has a mutant like you." Watergate sighed again, "I think, with Itachi's way of thinking, he should continue to walk in a straight line back. Tell me, why didn't we meet him on the way here?"
"Because we jumped the Thor all the way here." Shisui also sighed, "Sir, I deeply admire your behavior of burying coordinates everywhere."
"That means, if we want to catch Itachi, we have to run like him."
"Yes, two legs."
"Then run with legs." Watergate stretched his ankles and turned back to smile at his captain, "Do you want to try and see which is faster, Golden Flash or Instant Shisui?"
"My pleasure." Shisui looked down to check his shoelaces and smiled, "Shall we start running?"
"Yes." Watergate nodded, but what he said wasn't prepared, "But Shisui, I still don't know how to tell Itachi."
"Uh." Seeing Hokage's eyes, Shisui felt his palms were wet and cold. "Don't think too much, Hokage. If he reveals any bad signs, we will catch him directly. He can't turn the sky upside down."
"That's true." Our Naruto -sama nodded, but immediately shook his head, "I'm nervous. Whether a Uchiha Itachi believes me or not doesn't really affect the overall situation. But, Shisui, after all, Fugaku is dead. "
“？”
"Itachi's father is dead." Watergate continued to stretch his arms and legs, "I've been an orphan for a long time, and I have no concept of a father. But I have a son like Fugaku, and I don't want to know how Naruto will react after I die. I think my Naruto should be stronger. But then again, if he hugs my coffin and cries, I'll be very happy. "
"Sir, don't think so much." Shisui suddenly felt that his Naruto's shoulders were a little slumped, "I believe in Itachi. He called me Big Brother for many years. How about I take off my mask and tell him? "
"Okay." Watergate quickly agreed, but quickly changed his mind, "Forget it, I'll talk to him. It doesn't matter if I stick my head out or withdraw my head. Are you done warming up?"
Shisui gestured an "OK" to Naruto.
Watergate took off his sandstorm cloak and put it in his backpack. He picked up a stone and threw it into the sky.
"Crack."
Uchiha Shisui ran quickly, feeling the familiar wind blowing from his nose to his cheeks and ears. He hadn't felt so good in a long time. He even felt that he could be faster. But in the end, Shisui still only dared to be taller than Naruto by at most one body length. Of course, he wasn't trying to curry favor with his superior, and it wasn't that he didn't want to know who was faster, Shisui or Golden Flash, but he wasn't in a meaningless exercise. So, at this time, he should be his bodyguard. Their Hokage hasn't exercised so much for a long time, and this is supposed to be his sleeping time.
"Huff huff."
Sure enough, after running at high speed for less than two hours, Shisui heard the rapid breathing of the person beside him. He immediately increased his breathing speed, and when he was dodging a rock, he slightly lagged behind half of his body. He wanted to see if the person he was guarding was still strong, but all he saw was Naruto's blond hair and the dew on it glowing unscrupulously in the dark night. Shisui thought for a moment and decided to remind Naruto that since he had found fresh traces of Itachi on the sparse bushes on both sides, he should slow down and not vent too much … But he couldn't say it. He even felt that he was blaming Itachi. The kid clearly had the ability to run faster and let them chase him for a longer time, because Shisui, like the owner of the blond hair, didn't seem to want the golden light to stop.
Stopping, for some people, never meant rest.
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