"Okay, father knows, you go out first, let father be quiet."
"If father doesn't make the right choice by himself, then I will make the choice for father myself."
After speaking, Satoru turned around and left directly, leaving only Sakumo alone in the dark room.
"Brother."
Seeing Satoru coming out, Kakashi immediately asked.
"Don't worry, father is okay, it will be fine after a while, you don't do tasks temporarily during this period, stay with father well to prevent him from doing stupid things."
"Okay, I know, brother."
Kakashi nodded seriously, with Hatake Sakumo's current state, it is indeed worrying.
"Danzo, you better hope that my father won't have an accident this time, otherwise I will never spare you."
After turning around, Satoru's expression on his face instantly became very gloomy. He knew that this incident was completely pushed by Danzo behind, and the Third Hokage was at best a bystander in this matter.
And at this time in the Hokage office, sitting across from the Third Hokage was a man with one eye wrapped in bandages. This person is the controller of the 'root' department, Shimura Danzo.
"Danzo, you did a bit too much this time, you shouldn't target Sakumo."
The Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, squinted his eyes and looked at Danzo across from him.
Throughout, Danzo kept his eyes closed, never opening them. As a former teammate of Sarutobi Hiruzen, he knew too well what kind of person the man before him was.
"Isn't this what you wanted to see, Hiruzen?"
Finally, after a while, Danzo opened his eyes and spoke.
"If Sakumo's reputation in the village is not suppressed, neither Orochimaru nor Namikaze Minato, whom you want to support, will be able to become the Fourth Hokage."
Hearing this, the Third Hokage was momentarily at a loss for words.
Although Sakumo has clearly stated that he will not participate in the election for the Fourth Hokage, some things cannot be given up just by saying they are given up.
Even if Sakumo voluntarily gives up the Fourth Hokage, there will still be a group of people who support him, and none of the people he values, Minato and Orochimaru, can reach Sakumo's level in terms of military exploits and reputation.
"And now Sakumo's two children have also shown great talent. By the time his two children grow up, it will be even harder to suppress Sakumo.
You should be very clear that those two children can definitely surpass Sakumo in the future."
Danzo had thought about taking either Satoru or Kakashi into the root department, but he could only think about it and couldn't take any actual action. After all, Sakumo was not easy to provoke, and Sakumo would never send his children to the root.
"I know what you are worried about, Hiruzen, so I won't ask you to participate in this matter, you just need to watch from the side, no need to intervene."
After saying that, Danzo planned to turn around and leave.
"Don't go too far, Danzo, after all, Sakumo is still very useful to the village."
Hearing this, Danzo's figure paused slightly, seemingly expressing a sense of understanding, and then left without looking back.
"I'm sorry, Sakumo."
The Third Hokage could only express his apology to Hatake Sakumo in his heart.
As time passed, the matter of Hatake Sakumo's mission failure not only did not gradually fade away with the passage of time, but instead had a trend of escalating. Even the ninja who had been saved by Hatake Sakumo in the mission also began to condemn Hatake Sakumo.
And this ninja's condemnation became the last straw that crushed the camel. Hatake Sakumo could accept the condemnation of ordinary people, but he could not accept the condemnation of the ninja he had saved.
Although he knew that there were people behind this matter who were fanning the flames, this had already caused a great loss to his reputation. If he didn't do something to make up for his reputation, then his children, Satoru and Kakashi, would also be affected.
Satoru did not find trouble with the ninja who was saved by Sakumo, because he knew that the other party was just a pawn, even if he found it, what could he do if he cleaned him up?
Perhaps he could let him apologize to Sakumo privately, but the damage caused to Sakumo has already reached an irreparable point.
At this moment, in the Hatake family, Sakumo was kneeling in front of his wife's portrait, and in front of him was a short knife that had been polished brightly.
"I'm sorry, Satoru, Kakashi, in the end, I still let you down."
After speaking, Sakumo had already picked up the short knife and aimed it at his abdomen. Just as he was about to stab it down.
A figure suddenly appeared in front of him, and a hand held Sakumo's hand.
"You really made such a choice, father."
Satoru's cold voice sounded.
Since the ninja who was saved by Sakumo started to denounce, Satoru has never left home, always paying attention to Sakumo's behavior.
"I'm sorry, Satoru."
Tears kept flowing from the corners of Sakumo's eyes.
At this moment, there was a 'thump, thump, thump' sound from outside the door, and the door was suddenly pulled open. It was Kakashi who rushed over in a hurry, panting.
Seeing the two people in the room, Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief, but when he saw the short knife in Sakumo's hand, he immediately widened his eyes.
"I said, if father can't make the right choice, then I will make the choice for father. Since father wants to disappear from this world, it's better for me to do it myself."
"Brother, what are you going to do?"
Hearing Satoru's words, Kakashi said in shock.
"Kakashi, please set a big fire to burn the house."
Satoru said calmly.
"Why?"
"Because from now on, I am already the head of the Hatake family. This is the command of the new head of the family. Everything in the Hatake family will start from scratch from now on, and the honor of the Hatake family will be recreated by you and me."
Kakashi looked at Sakumo, but found that Sakumo was just kneeling there, except for tears still flowing from the corners of his eyes, there was no other language or action.
"Okay."
After a while, Kakashi nodded, then directly released his Fire Release from the yard, and he immediately withdrew from the Hatake family.
"Father, you should not use the name Hatake Sakumo in the future."
The raging fire instantly surrounded and burned the Hatake family, and all the civilians around saw this huge fire.
"What is this?"
The Third Hokage naturally also saw this scene, looking at this scene incredulously. Now there are ninjas going to put out the fire, but the Third Hokage already knows what the situation is.
"You actually made such a choice, Sakumo, if I knew this, I should have stopped Danzo."
The Third Hokage clenched his fists, he did not expect Sakumo to choose to die with a clear conscience.
Even when Danzo knew about this, he was surprised. He didn't expect Sakumo to commit suicide by setting himself on fire.
A/n: I have thought about many endings for Sakumo, but I think this should be the most realistic. I feel that Sakumo is a person with a very strong self-esteem. In the original work, he chose to commit suicide. Even if this time he was stopped by Satoru, Sakumo would not have the face to stay in the village, and people like Sakumo, the village would definitely not let him leave, and the high-level might continue to act against him, so, after thinking about it, I still choose this ending.
(End of this chapter)
300 Power Stones = 1 Extra Chapter
500 Power Stones = 2 Extra Chapter
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