I rely on myself

Chapter 687 Testing
"In fact, the reason I called you here is not for anything else, but to discuss something with you related to Uchiha Sasuke."

The Third Hokage, with a serious expression, hesitated for a while, but finally spoke directly. Kakashi was naturally very confused about this. After all, he was suddenly told that there was something related to his subordinate Uchiha Sasuke that he wanted to ask him. In this situation, no matter who it was, they would be confused.

The Third Hokage also knew this, so he simply took out the information he had been reading before Kakashi arrived and handed it to Kakashi.

Kakashi took the information and started reading it. As he finished reading the contents, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face. It took him a long time to recover.

After Kakashi recovered from his shock, his first reaction was to ask the Third Hokage to verify whether the information in his hand was true.

"Third Hokage, this document records..."

"As you can see, Kakashi, this information was just sent back from the border in an expedited manner, so the content is basically true."

The Third Hokage had anticipated Kakashi's reaction, so he interrupted him and gave a positive answer.

At this point, no matter how much Kakashi couldn't believe it, he had to admit that what was recorded in this document was true. Thinking of this, Kakashi looked at the page of information again.

There was not much recorded on it, just a simple profile of the team sent by the Snow Country to take part in the Chunin Examination, but one name on it stood out to him, and that name was Uchiha Rei. His last name said it all.

Since the night of genocide, the only remaining members of the Uchiha clan are Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Sasuke. This is the consensus of the entire ninja world today.

However, Kakashi, who was once an Anbu ninja, knew more inside information, including that on the night of the genocide, in addition to Uchiha Itachi, the instigator, and Uchiha Sasuke, the only survivor, there were actually a group of Uchiha members whose whereabouts were unknown.

Although Konoha had thought about finding these Uchiha members after the night of the genocide, unfortunately the situation that night was too chaotic, and those Uchiha members who left also paid great attention to the handling of traces, so in the end it was left unresolved.

However, now, after five years, the whereabouts of these missing Uchiha members finally became known, which is the Snow Country far away from the mainland.

"Hokage-sama, what you are worried about is..."

Kakashi seemed extremely cautious at this moment, fearing that he might say something wrong without paying attention. The Third Hokage didn't care either, because he had no time to pay attention. Or he was thinking about what the Uchiha clan who left Konoha were planning.

"Kakashi, has Uchiha Sasuke shown any unusual behavior in the past few days? I know that such behavior is not nice, but it is all for the sake of the village."

The Third Hokage suddenly spoke to Kakashi in an extremely serious tone, and as he spoke his eyes were fixed on Kakashi, not missing any frame.

On the other side, after hearing this question, Kakashi's body trembled subconsciously. He realized that his next answer was extremely important and might affect the Third Hokage's choice.

After thinking for a moment, Kakashi finally replied: "Third-generation master, Sasuke has not shown any abnormal behavior in the past few days. His behavior is no different from usual. I can assure you of this."

Kakashi's words were somewhat biased towards Sasuke, because the two had similar childhoods, and he himself was well aware of it, but at the same time it was also true, just as he said, during this period of time Sasuke did not show any abnormal behavior. "…"

The Third Hokage did not speak immediately after hearing Kakashi's words, and Kakashi did not dare to act rashly. For a while, there was silence in the Hokage's office.

Finally, the silence was broken by the Third Hokage: "I see, Kakashi, thank you for your help. After all, you are old and always have unrealistic thoughts. It's okay, you can leave now."

"...Okay, Third-sama, if that's the case, I'll take my leave now."

His reaction was a little slow, but after coming to his senses, Kakashi pretended that nothing happened and left. The Third Hokage naturally had no objection to this and told Kakashi to leave slowly.

Kakashi, who had just walked out of the Hokage's office, was surprised to find that his back was covered in sweat. It was nothing to be scared of, but even so, Kakashi was relieved at this moment.

Because the performance of the Third Hokage just now has undoubtedly shown that his subordinate Uchiha Sasuke has successfully passed the test. Although there is no guarantee for the future, there is undoubtedly no need to worry about anything for the time being.

"Really? It's really unlucky that something like this happened out of nowhere. I hope there won't be any other consequences, right..."

While praying sincerely like this, Kakashi started walking back home, wanting to have a good rest and recover the energy he had just consumed.

On the other side, back in the Hokage's office, the Third Hokage picked up the document again and looked at it.

In fact, before summoning Kakashi, he had already discussed the information with Mito Kado En, Utane Koharu, and Shimura Danzo, and the situations that arose during the discussion were not particularly unexpected.

Both Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu expressed their fear, but could not come up with any good solution. Danzo, the leader of the Root and one of the main promoters of the Night of Extermination, directly suggested arresting the people of the Snow Country, torturing them to extract information, and even directly proposed to attack the Snow Country.

The Third Hokage naturally could not agree to such a proposal and directly rejected it. In the end, after a discussion, the four of them did not come to any good results and disbanded.

The Third Hokage suddenly summoned Kakashi and questioned him out of desperation, but naturally, he got nothing in the end.

"Ah————! Why didn't they come earlier or later, but at this very moment, the Uchiha guys suddenly showed up, and they only sent one person. Why on earth is that?"

The Third Hokage always felt that there was something wrong here, but he couldn't figure out what the problem was. After a lot of distress, he still got nothing and could only put it aside for the time being.

"Forget it. If there is anything, we can wait until the Snow Country team arrives in Konoha before testing them. What is more important now is to handle all matters related to this Chunin Exam. Otherwise, Konoha will lose face..."

(End of this chapter)