Chapter 125

Uchiha Masaru first came to Hatake Sakumo's house.

The Hatake clan has few members, and the clan land does not occupy a large area, but the geographical location is excellent.

But he remembered that Kakashi lived more like a dormitory after he became an adult, and the Hatake clan land never appeared.

It was Kakashi who opened the door for him.

"Long time no see Kakashi, how is your life as a Genin?"

"I have been a Chunin for more than three months."

Kakashi did not expect Uchiha Masaru to come at this time. He thought he was here to see his father, so he naturally welcomed him in.

He has been on a lot of missions recently and has little time at home, so his father is in a particularly bad mood.

"Chunnin?!"

Uchiha Masaru frowned, his eyes sank, Kakashi is not qualified to be a Chunin now.

If compared, he can't even get any benefits from Nara Tomokazu, who was not good at fighting in the Chunin stage.

Kakashi thought Uchiha Masaru was questioning the authenticity of his Chunin.

"Father, Senior Uchiha Makoto is here to see you."

Seeing Hatake Sakumo leaning against the wall in a decadent manner, surrounded by wine bottles and cans, he looked like a decadent uncle. He frowned and said to Kakashi: "Go and make a bowl of hangover soup for your father."

"You are here. I have been waiting for you for a long time." Hatake Sakumo's voice was weak, and it was completely inconsistent with Konoha White Fang on the battlefield. "You have become stronger again. In more than half a year, I can no longer see through your strength."

"Lord Sakumo, is this important?"

"You once asked me how to choose between companions and missions. My choice is the same as you predicted."

Hatake Sakumo looked at the ceiling with empty eyes, without any emotion, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

"The mission is important, but if you use your companions' lives to achieve the success of the mission, it is worthless. What is the difference between you and scum?"

"Lord Sakumo, what is your original intention of becoming a ninja?"

"A good clan leader? A ninja who is strong enough to protect all companions? Then what is the purpose of the mission?"

Uchiha Makoto's question made Hatake Sakumo regain some clarity. He laughed at himself and said, "It's ridiculous. I have been a ninja for more than 20 years, but I am not as clear as you think."

"Lord Sakumo, whether the mission is successful or not, your ending will not change. You will not fail to notice that Kakashi's situation is worse."

Uchiha Makoto sat cross-legged opposite him. This mission was a bureau against Hatake Sakumo, a bureau tailored to his personality.

The key to breaking the bureau lies in himself, not the outside world.

If Hatake Sakumo successfully completed the mission and his companions' sacrifice was used as a sharp blade, would he choose to face it all calmly?

The result is still the same!

He cares too much about what the outside world thinks of him.

"Yes, so I'm waiting for you."

When Kakashi was promoted to Chunin, he had already noticed that this was a knife on Kakashi's neck to threaten him to make a choice.

He cares about his reputation, but he cares more about Kakashi's life.

Hatake Sakumo took out a palm-sized black thing and made a seal. The originally black lump emitted a colorful halo.

After a while, more than a dozen elite ninjas of the Hatake clan appeared in the room.

"This is the symbol of the successive patriarchs of the Hatake clan. With it, all the ninjas of our clan will obey its orders. Take it."

Uchiha Zhen frowned. This thing cannot be taken.

"You should leave it to Kakashi."

More than a dozen Hatake ninjas were shocked but did not show dissatisfaction.

"Kakashi can't hold it, but you can. No matter where, I hope the Hatake clan will always exist."

Kakashi, who had finished cooking the hangover soup, was about to go in at the door and happened to hear the conversation between the two.

"Father, why... am I so bad in your eyes?"

Kakashi seemed to have lost his soul. He didn't listen any more. He put the hangover soup in the kitchen and left.

Hatake Sakumo just glanced at the door and continued, "I will use the Hatake family's thousand-year-old inheritance in exchange for you protecting Kakashi for a few years."

"No, it's a request!"

"Why me?" Uchiha Makoto didn't want to get involved in this mess.

"You know how to protect yourself better than anyone else. Looking at the entire Konoha, only you can do it."

The Hatake family's thousand-year-old foundation is really tempting, but this is also a troublesome matter!

He knows the pros and cons.

"Lord Sakumo, I can let Kakashi enter the interrogation department. As for the Hatake family..."

He wanted to move these tribesmen out of Konoha and let them go to the Land of Fields first. On the one hand, they can help with mining, and on the other hand, those shops need people to take care of them.

"It's up to you! Whether it's your sword or your subsidiary, they allI will obey."

Hatake Sakumo directly handed over the right to dispose of the Hatake clan to him.

"Clan leader! You...then...young clan leader..."

One of the Hatake ninjas seemed to have sensed something, and his voice was a little choked. Their clan leader was explaining his last affairs.

"He is Kakashi, the genius ninja of Konoha, and no longer the young clan leader of the Hatake clan."

Hatake Sakumo's voice was flat, and the faint chakra mixed in it made people's hearts tremble and had to surrender.

"I know." Uchiha Makoto exhaled and took the black mass, "Lord Sakumo, as long as I am in Konoha, no one can touch them, whether it is the Hatake clan or Kakashi."

When the Hatake clan ninjas saw Uchiha Makoto take over the symbol of their clan, they half-knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "Lord, we will obey your orders from now on. "

Although they were somewhat puzzled by the arrangement of their own clan leader, they could also see that their young clan leader had no concept of clan, so they agreed with Hatake Sakumo's arrangement for the safety of the clan members.

Uchiha Masa waved his hand, and the ninjas disappeared in the room.

"Thank you, Kakashi... I have neglected him over the years."

Hatake Sakumo felt a little regretful. During Kakashi's growth period, he was either on a mission or on the way to a mission, and almost left him to Konoha to raise.

If he had taught him personally, he might not be as good as Uchiha Masa, but he would not be much worse.

The next morning.

The news that Hatake Sakumo committed suicide spread throughout Konoha.

A generation of heroes had made great achievements in battle, but in the end he ended his life in such a frustrating way.

Even so, those rumors did not let him go.

In addition to Orochimaru and Jiraiya, Hatake Sakumo's funeral was attended by others. Everyone else avoided him like a snake or scorpion.

Uchiha Makoto looked at Kakashi who was in a state of despair in front of the mausoleum, and kept saying that ninjas were tools, and those who broke the rules of ninjas would be called scum among ninjas...

He couldn't understand what was going on in Kakashi's mind. If his father hanged himself at home, he would definitely send all the people involved to atone for his father's sins.

One of the Hatake ninjas saw Kakashi's appearance, shook his head in disappointment, walked up to him and said respectfully: "Sir, my name is Hatake Kazue, and Master Kakashi is the only blood of the clan leader, you see..."