Under the Bamboo Forest of Naruto

Early the next morning, Ryūha and Kakashi met up with the client of this mission and started heading to the mission destination.

Since there were ordinary people in the team, Ryūha and Kakashi could not go all out.

The bandits to be defeated in this mission came here shortly after the end of the Third Ninja War. Taking advantage of the chaotic period just after the war, they carried out various plunders on several nearby villages. In other words, this

This commission was actually issued jointly by several villages.

The client who came to Konoha was a middle-aged uncle with ordinary clothes, named Mu Yansantai, who was the son of the head of the village that issued the commission.

However, Liuyu didn't pay too much attention to the middle-aged uncle along the way. Her attention was always focused on Kakashi.

Kakashi also maintained the same cold attitude as he had seen yesterday. Even if he noticed that Ryuyu was sizing him up, he didn't show any expression, as if Ryuyu didn't exist.

"Miss Liuyu, is there something wrong with this little brother?"

Maybe Kakashi escaped from the coldness. Along the way, Mu Yansantai always kept away from Kakashi unconsciously. Finally, Mu Yansantai couldn't stand Kakashi's cold look, so he came to Liuyu's side.

Asked in a low voice. Compared to the cold Kakashi, Mu Yansantai still prefers Ryu Yu, the lively little fungus.

Kakashi's senses are very sharp. Although Mu Yansantai had suppressed his voice to an extremely low level, it was still heard by Kakashi on the side. However, Kakashi didn't care much about Mu Yansantai's evaluation.

He still had that dead fish face on his face and didn't make any trouble. Maybe he was used to it.

"He's fine, he's just not in a good mood these two days!"

Liuyu was naturally aware of all this, and waved his hand to Mu Yansantai with a slight embarrassment.

...

The moon slowly rose, and night began to invade the earth. Liuyu and his party stopped temporarily by a stream, preparing to take a temporary rest here for a night and start their journey again tomorrow.

Beside the campfire, the three of them were sitting together, preparing dinner.

"Well----it's delicious. It's really delicious. I've never eaten such delicious grilled fish in my life! Brother, your cooking skills are really great!"

Muyan Sandai took a hard bite of the fish in his hand, and as soon as he took the bite, he kept mumbling in admiration.

Since several people's campsite is next to a stream, tonight's dinner is without exception "fish". These fish were caught by Liu Yu using Grass Release to summon aquatic plants at the bottom of the stream, and the work of roasting them fell into

In Kakashi's hands.

Hearing Mu Yansantai's praise, Kakashi remained indifferent, just picked up a grilled fish and started eating on his own.

"hehe-----"

Seeing Kakashi ignoring him so much, Kibu Sentai scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. Hearing Kibu Sentai's comment, Ryūha couldn't help but pick up a grilled fish and put it gently to his mouth.

Savor it carefully, the chewy fish meat, with its sweet and sour taste, seems to be a fusion of all the flavors in the world, it is very delicious. Even Liu Yu, who has never been a fan of fish, can't help but praise, "It's delicious."

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In addition to being an excellent ninja, Kakashi is also an extremely good cook.

...

When it was time to stay on duty tonight, Kakashi and Ryūha had a small argument. Kakashi took the initiative to stay on duty tonight, but Ryūha did not agree to Kakashi's request to stay on duty tonight.

If Kakashi's partner in this mission was not Kakashi, and if someone else asked to be on duty tonight, Ryuyu might have agreed. But the purpose of Ryuyu's mission was not to wipe out the bandits at all, so Ryuyu did not intend to be on duty tonight.

Give in to Kakashi.

"I am a reclusive ninja, and the role of night watch is greater than yours, so you should have a good rest tonight! Besides, I am the captain of this mission, and the team members should listen to the captain's words."

Looking at Kakashi with a cold face, Ryūha said helplessly. This mission was specially arranged by Namikaze Minato, and Ryūha became the leader of this mission.

This is the first time that Ryuyu has led a team on a mission alone, and it is also the first time that Ryuyu has led a team on a mission as a captain, and his team member is a jounin.

Even though Liu Yu said this, Kakashi was not very good at refuting, and finally walked towards his sleeping bag indifferently. Watching Kakashi walking towards his sleeping bag, Liu Yu frowned slightly, Kakashi was too much now.

It's freezing.

Finally, Liu Yu sighed helplessly, jumped up and sat on a tree, closed his eyes and sensed everything around him.

...

Dark clouds slowly covered the moon, and the originally silvery earth became dim.

Kakashi, who was lying on his side in the sleeping bag, turned over unconsciously, his brows furrowed slightly, a few drops of sweat appeared on his forehead, and he unconsciously let out several painful murmurs.

"Ka---Ka----- West---"

The look of Lin's bloody mouth came to Kakashi's mind again.

"Kakashi. Promise me that you will protect Lin!"

Along with the scene of Lin, Obito's instructions before leaving also echoed in Kakashi's mind again.

Kakashi's body in the sleeping bag struggled and twisted more and more, and there was more and more sweat on his forehead. At the same time, he kept muttering "no".

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"Huhu-----"

After a long time, Kakashi woke up from his sleeping bag. Kakashi woke up and realized that his back was completely wet with sweat at some point.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Kakashi glanced at Ryuyu. Ryuyu, who was sitting on the tree with his eyes slightly closed, seemed to be asleep. Looking at Ryuyu who seemed to be asleep, Kakashi didn't care about the other person's night watch.

The problem of falling asleep, on the contrary, I breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that Mu Yansantai was fast asleep and snoring next to him, Kakashi gently stood up, left his sleeping bag, and walked towards the stream not far away.

On the other side, just when Kakashi left his sleeping bag, Ryūha, who was originally thought to be asleep, opened his eyes and looked at Kakashi who was walking towards the stream.

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"Can't wash it off, can't wash it off, why can't it be washed off..."

Kakashi came to the stream and kept rubbing his hands. Even though there was nothing on his hands, Kakashi still rubbed hard, trying to wash away the non-existent blood.

Although the stream was extremely clear, it looked extremely red in Kakashi's eyes. Although the stream was very cool, Kakashi felt as warm as blood.

"ah----"

Kakashi painfully pulled up the diagonal forehead protector, revealing the scarlet Sharingan hidden under the forehead protector.

Looking at his reflection in the water and the Sharingan that couldn't be closed, this young man who rarely cried could no longer stop the tears from rolling in his eyes.

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