After Tenkū went away, Kanpū stopped staying and left the Land of Wind straight away, and found the Anbu's unique signal left by Dove and the others on the Land of Rivers' border. After deciphering it, Kanpū followed the direction they left to catch up.
On the other side, Tenkū used Transformation Technique to change his appearance, and then wandered in and out of the border towns of the Land of Wind.
Many days passed in a flash.
On this day, Tenkū came to the border between the Land of Wind and the Land of Rain. According to the map, there should be three small villages near the border, Tenkū searched for them one by one, and found that two of them were already destroyed. As for the remaining one…
Tenkū quickly rushed there, and it had already been wiped out too.
Moreover, there were two Sunagakure's Shinobi looking for traces at the scene. They seemed to want to track down the murderer, so when they saw Tenkū, these Sunagakure's Shinobi stopped him immediately.
"Who are you?"
"Could it be that you did all of this?"
Seeing that Tenkū was not wearing a forehead protector, the two Sunagakure's Shinobi wanted to capture and torture him.
"I don't have time to play house games with you guys, get out of the way."
Tenkū spoke with an accent that Sunagakure's Shinobi couldn't understand, which made the Sunagakure's Shinobi feel awkward. The two sides were in disagreement, and immediately started fighting.
"Doton: Kōka Jutsu!" (Earth Release: Hardening Technique)
Tenkū smiled wretchedly, used hardening technique on his whole body, and then… with Extraordinary Strength, he threw a punch. The fist exploded on touch, fiercely colliding with the shuriken thrown by the Sunagakure's Shinobi.
Boom!!
In the violent rumbling sound, the shuriken of the Sunagakure's Shinobi was directly exploded into dozens of finely divided pieces of iron, and accompanied by the surging air waves, they surged towards the Sunagakure's Shinobi.
Puff puff puff...
With the series of sounds of iron cutting flesh, the Sunagakure's Shinobi screamed and collapsed to the ground, dying with regret.
"It's your turn." Tenkū looked towards the remaining Sunagakure's Shinobi, who was trembling and shivering, smiled obscenely, and swung his hardened fist to punch him fiercely.
After dealing with the two Sunagakure's Shinobi, who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, Tenkū immediately touched the corpse and got a Shinobi log from them. After opening it, he found out that Sasori's continuous massacre of the villages has attracted the attention of Sunagakure, but because of the war, Sunagakure can't gather the manpower to catch him.
As for this small village, it was only wiped out by Sasori a few days ago.
'So, Sasori is still in the vicinity?'
Tenkū tore up the Shinobi log, then turned and left.
...
On the other side, after many days of traveling, Kanpū did not catch up with Dove and the others, and finally returned to Konoha alone.
After reporting at the gate, Kanpū immediately rushed to the locker room behind the Hokage Tower's mission hall, but he happened to bump into Dove, Peppa, Wild Cat and Leaf, who returned from reporting the information to the Anbu Commander, Eagle.
"Huh?"
"Husky... is it really you?!"
"Are you okay?"
The four people were amazed. They thought that Husky had been captured by Sasori and is now standing shoulder to shoulder with Wild Fox, but he unexpectedly came back alive.
Kanpū coughed dryly, and said: "It took a while to get rid of the other party, sorry to make you worry."
"Really?"
Wild Cat came over weirdly and took off Kanpū's mask, and then squeezed his face, and said, "Could it be that you already made into a puppet by Sasori?"
Veins appeared on Kanpū's face when he heard this.
(╬◣д◢) 'Presumptuous!'
Kanpū was furious and fiercely slapped Wild Cat's hand angrily, and said with a huff: "How could I be caught by Sasori… huh? How did you know his identity?"
Dove then said: "We inferred it based on the information we have, Husky, you also know?"
Kanpū blinked his eyes twice, and lied with a straight face: "Well, in the process of being chased by him, I figured out his identity!"
"Never mind his identity, Husky, it's great that you're alive!" Peppa patted Kanpū's shoulder heavily.
Dove smiled and said: "Since you are back, I should immediately report it to Captain Eagle."
Kanpū nodded. He rushed all the way to the village because he was afraid that he would be designated as a 'missing person' and make his family worried.
After Dove left, Kanpū and Peppa went into the locker room and he asked: "What happened to our mission after those spies ran away?"
Peppa's face fell and he said: "Because those spies were not sent back to Sunagakure, so the mission ended in failure."
"And there will be punishment." Wild Cat has changed back to her normal clothes, and her body is flat.
Kanpū glanced vaguely, and then asked: "What punishment?"
"It hasn't been decided yet."
Peppa said strangely, "But it can't be helped, after all, the opponent is Sasori of the Red Sand."
"It would be great if our village also had an order to give up the mission unconditionally when encountering Sasori of the Red Sand." Wild Cat said.
They chatted for a few more words, and went back to their respective house after changing their clothes.
Kanpū is walking on the street, and the streets are full of people, looking very lively.
For Konoha, they had formed an alliance with Sunagakure and forced Iwagakure to surrender. Kirigakure and Kumogakure also retreated. It can be said that the war is over for them, so the villagers naturally go out to enjoy this hard-won peace.
'Huh?'
Suddenly, from the corner of Kanpū's eyes, he noticed a touch of silver.
He tiptoed to look, and found a silver-haired young man standing outside a bookstore not far away.
'Kakashi?'
Kanpū was taken aback, and subconsciously walked over.
Kakashi is oblivious to everything around him, and was still reading a book intently.
Kanpū leaned over and glanced at the cover of book: "How should a Shinobi die with dignity?".
'Uh…'
Kanpū frowned, and guessed that Rin should have died.
"Hey, kid, just buy it if you want to read it, don't think about reading the book here for free!" The bookstore's owner had been paying attention to Kakashi for a long time, and seeing Kanpū coming over at this time, he was afraid that this kid would also reading his book for free, so he warned him.
Kakashi raised his dead fish eye, then took out a thousand ryo and threw it over, then put one hand in his pocket and grabbed the book with the other. He walked away while reading the book, not noticing Kanpū beside him from beginning to the end.
Kanpū hesitated for a moment, and quickly followed him.
"Kakashi-senpai?" Kanpū came to Kakashi's side and called softly.
Kakashi didn't seem to hear this, and continued reading the book.
"Kakashi-senpai, no matter what happens, please cheer up!" Kanpū clenched his right hand into a fist, acting like a good kid.
Unfortunately, Kakashi did not respond.
'It seems that Kakashi-sensei needs the chicken soup for the soul.'
Kanpū pondered for a while, and said carefully: "Kakashi-senpai, if life bullies you today, don't be sad, don't cry, because life will continue tomorrow."
Kakashi frowned.
Kanpū continued: "Kakashi-senpai, life is like this, it is filled with both laughter and tears."
Kakashi's hand, which is holding the book, turned stiff.
"Kakashi-senpai, even so, you don't have nothing, you still have a whole life full of hypocrisy." Kanpū's voice became much softer, as he felt that the chicken soup tasted wrong.
Kakashi's mouth under the black mask twitched at a speed visible to naked eyes.
Kanpū quickly organized his words: "Kakashi-senpai, embrace every day with a smile, and be a boy that is as warm as a sunflower!"
Veins started appearing on Kakashi's forehead, and he couldn't help but threw the book in his hand at Kanpū angrily.
Kanpū reacted extremely quickly, and used Body Flicker Technique to flicker away instantly.
'Bastard!'
Kakashi picked up the book on the ground with anger, and wanted to continue reading, but for some reason, his mind was full of chicken soup from Kanpū, and his whole person didn't feel well!
As he walked, Kakashi unconsciously came to the cemetery.
Because Obito was still alive, he didn't prepare a tombstone for him, but Rin…
Kakashi came to Rin's tombstone with expression of self-blame and unconcealed sadness.
"Rin..."
Kakashi was about to say something, but suddenly, a green figure descended from the sky: "Yo, Kakashi, my eternal rival, to commemorate those who passed away, let's have a passionate duel today!!"
'A group of lunatics!'
Kakashi's eyebrows twitched and he quickly said to Rin's tombstone: "Rin, I will see you next time."
After saying that, Kakashi flickered and disappeared.