request!
At night, Kakashi had finished dinner and returned to the Jonin single apartment in Konohagakure.
But the ominous premonition lingering in his heart did not dissipate.
This made Kakashi's brows furrow slightly.
Kakashi thought for a moment, he set up a small trap at his door.
Once someone touched this small trap, more than a dozen nearly invisible kunai would instantly pierce the person's body.
At that time, the noise at the door would also alert him.
Kakashi bathed and cleaned as usual in the apartment...
Until it was time to go to bed.
Nothing strange had happened yet.
This made Kakashi somewhat doubt, was he a bit too nervous? Was he thinking too much?
"...Strange."
Kakashi shook his head, he turned off the light in the room, walked to the bed, and sat on the soft bed.
The moonlight outside the window came in, just shining on a broken sword placed on the bedside table.
Kakashi's gaze was quite complicated,
Because, this broken sword was his father's relic.
The sword was not broken by his father Hatake Sakumo, but Kakashi broke this Ninja Sword relic in a battle.
Kakashi sighed, spoke to the sword, "So many years have passed, I am already an adult, in fact, I have long forgiven you for leaving me alone."
Kakashi picked up the broken sword, his thumb against the hilt, gently pushed the hilt, and the blade appeared in front of him.
Originally, this Ninja Sword had a blade length of thirty centimeters.
But now, it only has ten centimeters of blade length.
If you have to use it, maybe it can only be a fruit knife.
Just as Kakashi was about to put down his father's relic and prepare to go to bed, his eyes suddenly widened in surprise.
Because he saw the moonlight outside the window was covered by a shadow.
Although it only covered a corner, it aroused his vigilance.
Kakashi instantly grabbed a Shuriken from the Ninja Tools bag next to him, and without looking back, he quickly threw it out the window.
Puff!
The Shuriken firmly stuck in the wall of a building in the distance.
A small bat was struggling constantly.
Kakashi turned around and looked out the window, his brows deeply furrowed, "A bat? Not a person?"
But he remembered the bad premonition during the day.
"Huh..."
Kakashi exhaled, "Forget it, don't sleep tonight!"
Kakashi has carried out various tasks in the ninja world over the years, and he has also participated in the Third Ninja War. He himself can't count how many ninjas he has offended.
It's not guaranteed that some people who have a grudge against him will sneak into Konohagakure village and want to assassinate him, Hatake Kakashi.
This kind of thing has happened before, a few years ago Kakashi had encountered it.
...
At the same time.
On a rooftop a hundred meters away from the Jonin single apartment, behind a water tank, a root ninja with a Duy mask was hiding.
But this mask is not a root mask, but a mask he wears casually to conceal his identity.
"Such keen perception, as expected of the famous Hatake Kakashi."
Cold sweat dripped from the face beneath the mask of the Root ninja.
He held his arm that was scratched by the Shuriken: "Fortunately, I caught a bat in time to cover it up."
The actions of the Root would naturally not be so rash, this Root ninja, was sent to investigate Kakashi's daily whereabouts.
Even he didn't expect...
He almost discovered by Kakashi!
The Root ninja simply used a not very skilled medical Ninjutsu for his injured arm, and then carefully poked half of his head out from behind the water tank.
The Root ninja wanted to continue observing the situation on Kakashi's side.
But as soon as he looked over, he realized something was wrong.
The Root ninja frowned, and the expression under the mask was somewhat puzzled: "Strange, why is he sitting on the bed motionless?"
"Hmm? Wait!"
Suddenly, the Root ninja was startled: "Could it be, that's a clone?!"
"Earth Release·Double Suicide Decapitation Jutsu!!!"
A palm drilled out from under the Root ninja's feet, the palm grabbed the Root ninja's ankle in one hand, and directly pulled him down with force.
"Damn!"
The Root ninja's face changed drastically, but his reaction was also very timely, he had a Senbon in his mouth, and immediately spit it out towards his feet.
Whoosh--
The sharp Senbon broke through the air and was about to stab the hand that grabbed his ankle.
At the critical moment, the hand quickly let go, and the Senbon deeply pierced the cement ground of the rooftop.
Realizing that he had been discovered, the Root ninja hesitated to throw several smoke bombs at his feet, and jumped up, and used a Ninjutsu against the bottom with his hands sealed.
"Lightning Release·Lightning Ball Technique!!!"
The Root ninja spat out a Lightning Ball, and the Lightning Ball fell straight on the rooftop below.
Suddenly!
A series of dazzling electric arcs enveloped the entire rooftop below.
The Root ninja did not want to fight, he turned around and ran without hesitation.
His Ninjutsu is obviously just to delay Kakashi.
When the dazzling lightning on the rooftop and the diffuse smoke gradually dissipated.
Kakashi only then drilled out from the ground.
Kakashi, who was only wearing a set of pajamas, stepped on a pair of cotton slippers, and stood quietly here.
His face was full of uncertain.
"Lightning Release Ninjutsu..." Kakashi looked at the back of the person going away, in his sight, the person's back was already small, no different from a sesame seed.
Kakashi shook his head: "It's too far... it seems that I can't catch up."
"That guy, doesn't seem like any enemy of mine, otherwise he wouldn't need to run. Shouldn't an enemy who sees me come out, fight me to death?"
If it's not an enemy, then who is secretly watching him, Kakashi?
Is there anything worth monitoring about me?
Kakashi was very puzzled.
Is it the Whitebeard Pirate Group?
This strange thought just popped out of Kakashi's mind, and he immediately denied it.
Because it's impossible.
Moreover, as far as Kakashi knows, there is not one in the Whitebeard Pirate Group who is good at Lightning Release.
Is it Hokage-sama?
Just after a strange thought was dismissed, another strange thought emerged.
But this doesn't make sense either!
Does Hokage-sama need to send someone to monitor me?
Isn't Kakashi is a subordinate of Hokage-sama?
Kakashi couldn't figure out a reason, so he decided to explain the matter to Hokage-sama tomorrow.
However... Kakashi helplessly looked at the messy rooftop, and there was a hole he had just dug under his feet.
Looking down through this hole, he could see the tenants below, looking up in terror.
Their eyes met.
Kakashi felt a bit awkward.
"You guys go to Hokage-sama for reimbursement tomorrow!"
Kakashi"s scalp was numb.
He could only leave quickly after dropping this sentence.
...
The next day, Kakashi arrived at the Hokage office early in the morning.
As soon as he saw Sarutobi Hiruzen, he told him all about what happened last night.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was smoking a pipe, quietly listened to Kakashi recount everything that happened last night.
"Hokage-sama, it's probably something like this."
Kakashi said solemnly, "I think the ninja who was watching me last night is not simple."
Sarutobi Hiruzen slowly exhaled a puff of secondhand smoke, put the pipe on the table, and looked up at Kakashi, "A ninja who is good at Lightning Release?"
"Kakashi, do you have any suspects?" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked.
Kakashi shook his head, "Hokage-sama, I don't have any suspects for now. I'm not very clear about the other party's purpose, he doesn't seem to want to take my life."
"Hmm, the village will help you find out about this." Sarutobi Hiruzen vaguely replied to Kakashi.
Then, he said to Kakashi, "Kakashi, you have been with me for several years, right? I have an important matter to discuss with you."
An important matter?
Being secretly tracked and watched by a guy who is suspected to be a Jonin, isn't this an important matter?
Although Kakashi knew that the life and death of a ninja might not be comparable to some big things in the village.
But can't Hokage-sama pay a little attention to him?
Even if it's just verbal attention?
Although Kakashi didn't say anything, and his eyes didn't show any wrong expression.
But his mood must not be good.
At this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen said solemnly, "Kakashi, the village is short of manpower in all aspects recently. With your talent, you shouldn't just be a squad leader in Anbu, let alone always protect me."
"I have decided to let you join a department with more arduous tasks, which is also under Anbu." Sarutobi Hiruzen paused after every word, he said astonishingly, "That is 'Root'!"
When he finished this sentence.
Kakashi was stunned.
"Root?" Kakashi thought for a while, he declined, "Hokage-sama, you should arrange me to other departments. Because, I might not get along with Danzo-sama."
Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head, "Danzo is no longer managing Root, his previous mistakes are enough for him to stay in Konohagakure prison for ten years. Currently, Konohagakure's Root is managed by Mitokado Homura."
Kakashi fell silent.
He knew that what Hokage said was all nonsense.
Who in the whole Konohagakure doesn't know, even if Shimura Danzo has been locked in Konohagakure prison, most of the people in Root are still loyal to Danzo.
Especially some of the older members of the Root, they are only loyal to Danzo, and they don't take Mitokado Homura's orders seriously at all.
The Third Hokage knew this, but still arranged himself into the Root... Kakashi couldn't understand what the Hokage wanted to do.
Where did I offend this Hokage-sama?
"Kakashi, this is the highest command of the Hokage." Sarutobi Hiruzen pondered: "The Root needs talents like you to lead the Root on the right path, don't let me down!"
Kakashi was silent for a few seconds: "...Yes, Hokage-sama."
Forget it, I'm just a squad leader of Anbu.
The man in front of me is the Third Hokage of Konohagakure Village.
In terms of emotion and reason, I must listen to Hokage-sama's orders.
Kakashi silently took off the Anbu mask, then put it on Sarutobi Hiruzen's desk, and said: "Hokage-sama, I will report to Mitokado Homura-sama in a few days."
"Well... go!" Sarutobi Hiruzen squeezed out a smile.
Until Kakashi left the Hokage office and closed the door.
When Kakashi's figure disappeared from his sight, the smile that Sarutobi Hiruzen squeezed out also converged.
"Kakashi, don't blame me for neglecting you." Sarutobi Hiruzen picked up the pipe on the table, took a puff, and muttered to himself: "Your recent actions really make it hard for me to trust you!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen will not keep someone he does not trust by his side.
Even if that person is very useful.
In fact, he didn't know that Danzo and "Uchiha Madara" had cooperated.
Sarutobi Hiruzen arranged Kakashi into the Root, purely to keep Kakashi away from himself, and also to keep Kakashi away from the core of Konohagakure.
In addition, Kakashi's personality and Danzo's personality are bound to conflict with each other.
If the two of them could fight each other in the Root.
Sarutobi Hiruzen is still looking forward to it.
...
At the same time.
Outside the building.
"Kakashi! I'm back! Hahaha! What a coincidence!" A passionate laughter sounded from Kakashi's side: "I just finished a ninja mission outside, and I ran into you coming out of the Hokage building."
I saw Might Guy, wearing a Jonin vest, giving Kakashi a thumbs up, and showing a big white teeth: "Is this the coincidence of youth and passion? Hahaha!"
Kakashi: "..."
Just as the Third Hokage kicked him out of Anbu and forcibly stuffed him into the Root, he ran into someone who gave him a headache.
Last night, I also encountered a mysterious person who was tracking and monitoring me.
Does Kakashi feel a bit too unlucky recently?
Should I find a temple and worship the gods and Buddhas inside?
"Kakashi! After I finish the task, let's go find Kisame!" When Might Guy quickly walked to Kakashi's side, he took advantage of Kakashi's distraction and bumped his butt over.
Kakashi: "!!!"
The butts of two big men collided, and Kakashi was directly bumped by Guy.
Kakashi had several black lines on his forehead: "Idiot, I'm not in the mood now..."
Before he finished speaking, Kakashi paused, and he began to look at Might Guy.
That look made Guy feel a bit unnatural, "Kakashi, what's wrong?"
Kakashi thought for several seconds, he took a deep breath and said, "Guy, can you do me a favor?"
"Oh?" Guy's eyes lit up instantly, "Of course! Naturally! Absolutely!"
Kakashi said, "You first hand in your ninja mission, and then we go find Kisame."
"Okay!" Guy exhaled two puffs of white air.
As Kakashi's friend, Guy never wanted to see Kakashi so depressed every day.
So, as long as Guy was in Konohagakure for a day, he would stick to Kakashi like a plaster.
The purpose is naturally to let Kakashi recover.
At least... to give Kakashi more motivation to live!
Now, hearing Kakashi actively asking him for a favor, Guy was immediately excited.
He felt that under his unremitting efforts, Kakashi's closed heart finally opened a hole!
"Kakashi! Wait for me! Ten seconds!" Guy's imagined drama moved himself to tears.
He patted Kakashi's shoulder heavily.
Then he disappeared with a "whoosh".
...
Time went from early morning to morning.
Today, the weather in Konohagakure was not very good, and a drizzle began to fall from the sky.
At this moment, three big men were sitting in a small tavern in Konohagakure village.
One was Kakashi, the other was Guy, and the other was Kisame.
"What? Hokage-sama asked you to join Root?!"
Guy's voice, like a loudspeaker at full volume, even made the sake in the wine glass tremble slightly.
Kakashi hurriedly covered his right ear, he helplessly turned to look at Guy next to him, "Please...lower your voice, everyone in the village knows I'm going to become a Root ninja."
Guy didn't care about Kakashi's complaint, he was amazed, "How can Hokage-sama just arrange you into Root? Root, that's a place darker than Anbu!"
Kakashi in Anbu, his eyes have always been dull.
If Kakashi ran to Root, which is more extreme than Anbu...
Hiss!
Guy took a cold breath, he felt that maybe one day, he could see Kakashi's body.
And most likely, it was suicide.
"Root?" Kisame "tsked", "I have some impression, I heard it's a sharp blade in the dark of your Konohagakure village, this department is infamous in the ninja world!"
Speaking of this, Kisame sneered, "I also heard Naruto tell me that Konohagakure's Root once wanted to kill Shisui. Those guys have also had conflicts with the Whitebeard Pirates several times."
Kisame looked at Kakashi, "Kakashi, if you join this so-called Root, maybe we will be enemies in the future."
Hearing this, Kakashi had a headache.
He has many reasons not to join Root, and this is one of them.
Once joining Root, he will inevitably be subject to Danzo's jurisdiction and influence.
At that time, if Danzo did something...
Wouldn't he become an enemy of the Whitebeard Pirates?
"Kakashi, I'll go to Hokage-sama today and get you out of Root!" Guy slammed the table and said excitedly, "Or, let Hokage-sama also arrange me into Root!"
"Well, I have a suggestion." Kisame suddenly said, "Kakashi, why don't you join the Whitebeard Pirates? With Pops as your backing, no matter which old guy in Konohagakure, they wouldn't dare to transfer you to a place you don't want to go."
Kakashi: "..."
Although Kisame's words sounded a bit outrageous, Kakashi found that this was indeed a good solution.
If he recognized Whitebeard as his Pops, all complex problems would become simple.
No!
Why does he always think in this direction?
Kakashi quickly threw away this strange idea, he said solemnly: "There is one more thing, I found that I was followed by a strange ninja last night."
Kakashi changed the topic and continued: "The other party must be targeting me, but I don't know what his purpose is."
"Guy, Kisame." Kakashi took a deep breath: "I want to ask for your help."
Kakashi doesn't have many real friends.
He thinks Kisame and Guy count as two.
...
...
一 一 一 一 一
You can support me on Patreon and Read 70++ Chapters in advance
pat reon.com/GMadman
一 一 一 一 一
Give me your power stone,
Add this novel to your Library,
And Give me your review of this novel