Konoha: Prepare to defect, the system is coming

Sarutobi Hiruzen stood by the window, watching Jiraiya leave.

Then, his eyes swept over Naruto's house, then to the former Uchiha clan land, then to the Hokage Rock standing in the distance, and finally landed on the street below.

The bustling streets are not only populated by Konoha villagers, but also many outsiders.

When they pass by the red Hokage building, they always subconsciously slow down and look up at the top of the building, with respect, awe, and complexity in their eyes.

The Kage who controls Konoha Ninja Village, one of the five great nations, lives here.

"Huh~"

He blew out a puff of smoke towards the window. The light yellow smoke suddenly became fragmented the moment it hit the glass. Sarutobi Hiruzen took another deep puff of smoke.

"Youth~"

As the energetic voice came from the street, Sarutobi Hiruzen slowly lowered his eyes and looked at the man in green tights, his heavy heart became a lot lighter.

Sometimes Kai exudes this magical energy. He can bring other people's IQs to the same level as his own, and defeat them on this level.

With this thought in his mind, he immediately took out the note from his pocket, and his cloudy eyes suddenly glowed with light.

I saw a sentence written in black writing on the note.

[The ninjas of Sunagakure Village gather near Platycodon Castle.]

"Good morning, Third Generation."

"Hokage-sama, I haven't seen you come out for a long time."

"Yes, it's not good to be bored in the office all the time. You should also come out to relax and walk around."

"Sandaime-sama, I'm in a hurry to get home. I have two pounds of fresh green vegetables left. You can take them back to make soup."

"Sandaime, come and try the newly baked meatballs. This is what I dreamed about last night. You see, just add some mustard, add some soy sauce, add some white vinegar, and finally add some chili.

It tastes amazing! ! "

Sarutobi Hiruzen:? ? ?

He stared at the colorful balls in front of him, and his eyelids jumped a lot faster.

When it comes to cooking, the most taboo thing is a flash of inspiration.

The same goes for making meatballs.

Of course, some people would choose to eat something else because the type of meatballs has remained the same for thousands of years, but this change is too big and it is not easy for people to accept it. At least Sarutobi Hiruzen cannot accept it.

The sweet meatballs have a mustard flavor.

With this thought in his mind, Sarutobi Hiruzen slowly raised his head. Just as he was about to say his words of rejection, he saw the owner of the meatball stand holding a few strings of meatballs in his hand and looking at him with expectation in his eyes.

Silence, staring at those colorful strings of meatballs, nothing but silence.

After a while.

Sarutobi Hiruzen took a puff of the cigarette silently. In order to make his tongue lose the sense of taste, he tried to let the smoke stay in his mouth as long as possible, and then he reached out to take the meatball and took a bite.

"Um!"

Tasting the meatballs in his mouth, he gave a thumbs up to the stall owner and praised, "The taste is very good, it makes me want to cry, but I feel that there is still a lot of room for improvement in these meatballs.

Unfortunately, the knowledge here is too profound, far beyond what an old man like me can understand.

Although this meatball is a new product, I can still feel its potential. As long as you take it back and study it for a while, your meatball will definitely amaze the diners.

Go back and study it. "

Snapped!

Upon hearing this compliment, the stall owner clapped his hands together fiercely, unable to hide the surprise in his eyes.

"The highly respected third-generation man said that his meatballs are delicious and there is room for improvement." Then he swept the new meatballs on the table into the trash can, then waved his hand to the villagers who came over and said with disgust, " When I go back and study it, although the meatballs are delicious, they are still somewhat lacking. "

After driving away the guy who came over to try the meatballs, the vendor boss raised his head again and found that the Hokage was no longer in front of him.

"Hokage-sama is so humble!!"

After searching around the crowd but not finding it, the vendor owner couldn't help but shake his head and said with a smile, "How could a dignified "ninjutsu professor" not understand simple meatballs.

It's just that Hokage-sama's energy is focused on village affairs. "

at the same time.

Sarutobi Hiruzen had already left this street with the meatballs in hand.

After running forward for a while, he lowered his head and looked at the bunch of colorful meatballs in his hand. His old voice was a little helpless, "The most taboo thing about cooking is a flash of inspiration.

Didn't he taste it before selling it? "

After finishing speaking, he sighed heavily in his heart, then raised his head to identify the direction, and then walked towards the east of the village.

The layout of Konoha is very simple. In the center of the village is the Hokage Building. Due to their own reasons, some of the major ninja clans choose to live in the center of the village, while others choose to live in the corners of the village.

The Nara and Aburame clans live in the corners of the village close to the forest, while the Hyuga clan likes to be quiet and live far away from the bustling areas.

"Huh~"

Looking at the tall wooden door in front of him, Hiruzen Sarutobi blew out the smoke lightly in front of him, and then knocked on the wooden door a few times.

"Which one?"

Hearing this rather lazy voice, Sarutobi Hiruzen took a puff of cigarette silently, and the expression on his face became a little more helpless.

soon.

The closed courtyard door was opened from the inside, and a middle-aged man with long silver hair and a black mask poked his head out, his voice laced with a hint of laziness.

"It can't be Kai, right?

Remember to tell him that I'm on a mission today, he shouldn't be able to tell that I'm lying."

Suddenly, he looked at the Sandaime Hokage standing at the door, his pupils opened slightly, and his whole person instantly became energetic, and he quickly greeted, "Sandaime-sama!"

"Kakashi, I'm sorry, I came to disturb you during your rest time!" Looking at Kakashi's casual clothes and the sleep marks on his face, the Sandaime smiled and handed over a bunch of meatballs in his hand, and continued.

"New meatballs!"

"Don't bother me, I thought it was Kai!"

Kakashi took the bunch of colorful meatballs and immediately invited the Sandaime into his home. At the same time, he couldn't help but wonder why the Hokage came to him.

Naruto? Sasuke?

"Kakashi!"

Before he could continue thinking, Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly turned around and asked, "Have you ever considered getting married? You are not young anymore. In the past, you were already considered an older ninja at your age. "

Hearing this sudden question, Kakashi was stunned for a moment, then he subconsciously shook his head, his face full of resistance.

If you are living a good life alone, who would find a wife?

It is said that finding a wife can help us deal with the risks in life together. But Kakashi found that his current life is extremely comfortable, let alone finding a wife to deal with the risks, his wife is a risk in his eyes.

Kakashi even sometimes thought about letting Kai move into his own home when he got old, and the two elderly people could help each other in their old age.

marry? ? ?

This word is not in his dictionary.

With this thought in his mind, he looked down at the little old man in front of him and moved Metkai out, "Hokage-sama, don't be in a hurry to get married. Many of my peers are not married now.

Kai, red.”

"well!"

The Sandaime sighed softly, then turned around and walked towards the courtyard.

Although Kakashi lives alone, his home is not as slovenly as some bachelors. On the contrary, it is so clean that one cannot help but wonder if the owner of the house has some mysophobia.

After the two took off their shoes and entered the house, Kakashi poured a glass of water from the kitchen and asked as he walked.

"Hokage-sama, is there something wrong with Naruto and Sasuke?"

During this time, Naruto and Sasuke were taking part in the Chunin Exam, and the Chunin Exam did not restrict killing, so Kakashi thought for a long time and felt that only if something happened in the Chunin Exam could the Hokage suddenly come over.

Coupled with the recent Orochimaru incident.

Thinking of this, he sat opposite the Sandaime Hokage, his expression becoming serious.

"They have nothing to do, they are still taking the Chunin Exams"

This sentence instantly relieved Kakashi's tense nerves, but the next sentence made him nervous again, "I came here mainly because of you."

Putting the meatballs in his hand on the plate, Sarutobi Hiruzen leaned back, a strong sense of exhaustion appearing on his old cheeks.

A series of things that happened recently made it difficult for him to breathe.

Those medical ninjas said it was because of smoking too much.

"Hokage-sama, I don't know." Looking at the confused Sandaime Hokage, Kakashi was silent for a moment and then asked proactively, "I wonder if you have anything to explain when you come here this time?"

"No."

Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head, then bit the cigarette holder with his teeth, blowing out smoke one after another.

Watching the light gray smoke rising slowly, looking to the opposite side through the light smoke, he suddenly discovered that as Kakashi got older, his appearance and Sakumo's appearance became more and more similar, and they were almost carved from the same mold.

"Sakumo!!"

As he murmured this name, the figure of that man slowly appeared in Sarutobi Hiruzen's mind, and the old voice slowly said, "Kakashi, after so many years, what do you think of your father?

In other words, what do you think of what your father did back then? "

Suddenly hearing the word "father", Kakashi was stunned for a moment and then fell into silence.

It had been a long time since he heard anything about his father from other people.

It's as if this name has become a "taboo".

He looked at the Sandaime Hokage shrouded in smoke, and Kakashi suddenly thought of the companion who gave him the Sharingan as a gift. In Obito's eyes, his father was a hero, the one who saved his companions. hero.

But in the eyes of people around him, his father was a ninja who brought huge losses to the village.

"Hokage-sama."

After a moment of silence, the corners of Kakashi's mouth trembled a little. He didn't want to talk too much about his father. Although he now recognized his father's original actions, he could only keep this matter buried in his heart.

"Then just listen to me!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep breath of the cigarette and let the smoke flow in his lungs. In the end, he only spit out half of the cigarette, leaving the other half completely in his body. "He is a person caught between regulations and friendship for his companions." The ninja who died.

He puts the lives of his companions above the mission, something that has never happened since the founding of Konoha.

During the Warring States Period, there were several cases where some people within the ninja clan chose to abandon their missions because they could not bear to see their loved ones die. "

Hearing these words from the Hokage, Kakashi couldn't help but feel a hint of sadness in his eyes.

"Regulations (tasks) are greater than the lives of companions!! This is the sentence he least wants to hear, but he has to admit that this is also a sentence that everyone in the ninja world implements. The idea of ​​​​prioritizing tasks has long been rooted in all ninjas heart.

Therefore, his father was the one who broke that rule and the one who brought huge losses to the village. "

Looking at Kakashi's dim eyes, the Sandaime was silent for a long time before he spoke, "Cruelty, coldness, and putting mission first are prevalent throughout the entire ninja world.

Ninjas are the most patient people. They can endure the pain of losing their companions, the pain of losing their loved ones, and they can endure all hatred, just to prevent losses to their village.

And your father is an outlier who breaks the rules."

Hearing this, Kakashi's eyes darkened a lot again.

Of course he knew these things, a naive, idealistic ninja was not a good ninja.

Phew~

He blew smoke into the air, and through the gray smoke, Sarutobi Hiruzen seemed to see Sakumo's figure. The man's tangled expression was just like the one he saw before.

Is it wrong to save a friend? That’s right! !

Is it wrong to complete the task? That’s right! !

What's wrong with that?

"Hokage-sama, it's my father's lack of ability."

Hearing Kakashi's painful voice, Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep breath and said calmly, "You don't think that I came here just to belittle your father and to uncover the scars, do you?"

"ah?"

Hatake Kakashi suddenly raised his head and looked at the old man sitting opposite with a puzzled expression.

"It's right to save your comrades, and it's right to complete your mission."

Seeing the blank look in Kakashi's eyes, the Sandaime Hokage stood up slowly, put his hands behind his back, the rotten aura on his body slowly disappeared, and his rickety back slowly straightened.

He looked up at the Hokage Rock in the distance, a sharp edge flashed in his turbid eyes, and the aura that belonged exclusively to the "Ninjutsu Professor" suddenly overflowed from his body.

“This is all my fault!

It’s because I’m not as powerful as the First Daime-sama, otherwise there would be so many annoying things. So the fault lies with me. The fault lies with me. The fault lies in my inability to suppress an era. The fault lies in me standing in this position for too long. He looks forward and backward when doing things, and he has been polished without any edges. "

He looked back at Kakashi, who was stunned in place, and his eyes finally fell on the family portrait on the wall. His voice was sonorous and powerful, "This is all my fault. I promised the teacher to protect every villager in Konoha." , but I didn’t do it.

Choosing to sacrifice a few people for the sake of the majority, and sacrificing personal interests for the collective interests, this is my incompetence.

I'm not a qualified politician, and sometimes I can't control my emotions. I also let Orochimaru run away without permission, causing huge losses to the village. Just like Sakumo back then, he couldn't control his desire to save his companions. idea. "

"Lord Hokage"

Looking at the Sandaime Hokage who suddenly seemed to be a different person, Kakashi's eyes widened and he suddenly didn't know what to say.

This answer is too clever, but this sentence came from the mouth of the Sandaime.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Kakashi who was stunned on the spot, his eyes flickered slightly, and the appearance that originally belonged to Kakashi suddenly changed to that of Hatake Sakumo.

He stared at that familiar face for a long time and sighed slightly in his heart.

"Sakumo, what you did was not wrong. A person who doesn't know how to cherish his companions is just a ruthless task machine. But as ninjas, we inevitably have feelings."

"After all, we were born in the wrong era, if we were born in the Shodaime period."