Chapter 79 Doubts

Soon, the originally bustling streets became empty. Ye Shan looked at the sky and found that it was still early, so he planned to wait a while before buying funeral supplies.

Uchiha Shinichi patted Ye Shan's shoulder with a heavy face, obviously knowing the pain that the young ninja who had grown up in front of him had experienced. Any ninja who had a master-disciple relationship would cherish it very much and treat the master with respect and filial piety as if he were his father. However, Ye Shan's master, Hatake Sakumo, who was a real but unknown master, was forced to commit suicide. To put it bluntly, if you were in the Uchiha clan and didn't open a three-magatama Sharingan, you wouldn't be worthy of the surname Uchiha.

"Ye Shan, take things easy. Although Lord Hatake has passed away, his family and son are still here. You have the responsibility to shoulder this burden."

Ye Shan nodded and forced a smile, "I will."

Uchiha Shinichi patted Hayama's shoulders twice again, then left with his men, leaving only Uchiha Fugaku and Hayama standing here.

"Fugaku, you should go back and rest as well. I'll be here for you."

Considering that Uchiha Fugaku has just gotten married and is very much in love with his wife, it would be better to disturb them as little as possible.

"Haha, it's okay, I'm not sleepy yet."

After saying that, Uchiha Fugaku walked into the mansion of the Hatake clan without waiting for Yeshan's response.

Ye Shan looked expressionlessly at the body lying on the ground, ignored by everyone, and walked into the mansion with a sneer.

The rain was still falling, but it was much lighter than in the second half of the night, and the dripping sound was also lighter.

In a quiet and elegant bedroom, Hatake Sakumo was lying on the tatami in neat clothes, with a short knife with a sharp blade stuck in his chest. The sharp knife was completely inserted into his body, leaving only the handle outside. Since the blade did not move, little blood oozed out, making Hatake Sakumo look decent.

Kakashi, who had been carried away by the old servant before, was now standing beside his father's body, staring at his father's back, which used to be extremely broad, with empty eyes, wondering what he was thinking.

Ye Shan sighed and woke him up from his vague thoughts. Looking at the lifeless eyes of the still young Kakashi, he felt a surge of grief in his heart.

Losing one's father in childhood, one's mother in youth, one's wife in middle age, and one's son in old age are the most painful things in the world. Ye Shan lost his father in this life when he was a child, and now his mother is not in good health, so she may not have much time left.

"Kakashi, go change into black clothes."

After thinking it over again and again, Yeshan finally came up with the words to ask Kakashi to change his clothes.

Kakashi nodded, bowed respectfully towards his father's body and walked out.

Ye Shan knelt outside the bedroom, kneeling beside the door, quietly staring at Hatake Sakumo's body. Just a few hours ago, this body was still full of life and talking to him about the so-called Ninja Way and the so-called Will of Fire, but now it has completely become a piece of meat without temperature, making him feel like he is dreaming.

"Hatake Sakumo, you chose death because you have something that you need to sacrifice your life to achieve. Most people think you are just a pedantic fool, and I think... so too."

"Nothing is more important than one's own life, even the life of Konoha Village. I will continue to stand firm in my beliefs and live on at all costs. But now I can't just live for the sake of living. I have something on my shoulders that requires me to take some actions to complete."

"Your death is one, Sarutobi Hiruzen's humiliation is one, and Sarutobi Hiruzen's troubles are one... For now, there are three. After these things are done, I will seriously consider whether to retire. It's a rare opportunity to live again, and I don't want to waste all my time on fighting and killing. There must be some poetry and distant places."

Ye Shan kept talking to himself. Uchiha Fugaku, who was kneeling not far from him, listened to everything without saying a word. He really wanted to remind his friend that after finishing these three things, he would probably be old, and there would be no point in thinking about poetry and distant places.

However, Uchiha Fugaku calculated the time carefully and found that Sarutobi Hiruzen was almost fifty years old, and he could not help but feel relieved. According to his age, Sarutobi Hiruzen would have to step down in ten years, and by then, the Uchiha clan might be able to return to the top.

Leaving aside the two's selfish thoughts, young Kakashi came to his bedroom and was about to change into black clothes, but he saw the old servant standing upright in the room, obviously waiting for him.

This old servant was about sixty years old, with a head full of silver hair, but it was not the silver hair that was unique to the Hatake clan, but the hair that had turned white in the background. Ever since Kakashi could remember, the old servant had been taking good care of him, so they had a very good relationship.

Kakashi didn't know the old servant's name, but he knew that his father called him Uncle Fu, so naturally he had to lower his generation and call him Grandpa Fu.

"Lord Patriarch."

After Hatake Sakumo died, Kakashi became the new head of the Hatake clan. But Kakashi was obviously not used to this title, and quickly waved his hand and said, "Forget the title of head. What can I do for you?"

The old servant shook his head stubbornly and said, "Master Patriarch, this is the etiquette of the family. Etiquette cannot be abolished."

Kakashi suddenly felt helpless. The older generation was not good in every way, except that they were a little old-fashioned. Not many people nowadays followed the etiquette passed down from the Warring States Period. After all, times were changing.

"Ok."

"Since Master Sakumo is gone, you are the head of the Hatake clan. I am here to convey Master's last words before he died."

Kakashi's attitude turned serious, and he straightened himself up properly, waiting for the old servant's words.

"Lord Sakumo said that we should not be too close to Baiyun Yeshan, and should spend more time with the Hokage lineage. It would be best if we could become Minato's disciple. This is the only way to ensure the longevity of the family and the continuation of the bloodline."

Kakashi was stunned by these words, despite his young age he was exceptionally intelligent, but he still didn't understand why his father wouldn't let him get closer to Hayama.

Ye Shan is the ninja that his father could entrust everything to before he died! Compared with Ye Shan, the people of the Hokage family are the culprits who forced his father to death!

Kakashi couldn't understand and was very confused. Hatake Sakumo had already anticipated this. He kept the old servant behind just to explain the pros and cons.

"Although the Hokage clan forced the old clan leader to death, they will also feel guilty. They will use the compensation given to the old clan leader on you, which can ensure that you will have a stable growth space."

"The old clan leader said it himself. Although Baiyun Yeshan is grateful and powerful, he has no principles and no will of fire in his heart. He is the best choice to be a friend or ally, but not a teacher, otherwise he will easily go astray."

What Yeshan didn't expect was that Hatake Sakumo believed until his death that he was not a qualified Konoha ninja, but a sophisticated egoist.

Having no will of fire does not mean that you are unworthy of being a qualified Konoha ninja.