Becoming a Ninja from Naruto

Chapter 96: Emiya Shihara in Action (First Update!)

Konoha Village.

The memorial tablet on the back mountain.

Hatake Kakashi has been coming here quite frequently lately.

Whenever Kakashi Hatake encounters something happy or sad, or something meaningful, he will come here to visit the tombstone of his old friend.

This is his hope.

In other words, this is where he places a lot of hope.

Both his teachers and friends were buried here long ago.

"I will be on a long mission during this time. I guess I will have to wait until everyone in the village has forgotten the Uchiha tragedy and relaxed before I can have time to see you."

"Apart from Yamato, nothing happy happened today. Besides, I'm a bit busy. I have to visit my father's grave later."

Hatake Kakashi placed the two bouquets of white flowers in his hands in front of the tombstones of his two former teammates and said goodbye to them earnestly: "Obito, Rin, goodbye."

After saying this, when Kakashi Hatake was about to leave, he seemed to notice something strange, because there was an extra bouquet of flowers on the tombstone of Konoha's first Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and even the tombstone was cleaned spotlessly.

like…

A bit strange...

It’s not particularly strange.

In fact, the Konoha ninjas of this era no longer worship the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju, because the first Hokage who founded Konoha was too far away from them. Many ninjas who once admired the first Hokage had long since passed away.

Most of the time…

The tombstones of the first Hokage were all cleaned collectively.

Because the only relative of the first Hokage left was Tsunade who was traveling abroad.

Hatake Kakashi didn't care about it. He thought that it might be the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen who had been there, so he turned around and left the burial area of the memorial.

"Next, let's go and sweep his grave."

While shaking off the thoughts in his head, Kakashi Hatake walked towards the burial place of his father, Sakumo Hatake.

Even though the three ninjas of Konoha had attended their father's funeral, and even Tsunade had requested that Hatake Sakumo's body be buried in the memorial, the others still objected.

Since Tsunade left Konoha and continued traveling in the Ninja World, the young Hatake Kakashi was unable to object to the village's decision. People believed that Hatake Sakumo had failed in his mission and chose to commit suicide out of fear of punishment, so their grave was moved to a small corner of the cemetery.

This is a very embarrassing thing.

Kakashi Hatake felt very painful when he was a child. As he grew up and more and more people died around him, he no longer had the energy to care about these things.

Too many people died.

Everyone who was important to him was dying.

What's more, Kakashi Hatake has become very powerful, and there is no way to change the decision of most people in the village. His father may not want to be buried in the memorial.

My father's ideas were out of tune with the other ninjas in the village.

Perhaps only Uchiha Obito, the idiot teammate who died long ago, would agree with his father.

However, while recalling these past events, Kakashi Hatake slowly walked to a small corner of the cemetery and saw a bouquet of white flowers placed in front of his father's tombstone.

Even the weeds around the tombstones were cleared cleanly.

"Have any other friends come to visit him?"

Hatake Kakashi was a little surprised. He knew that his father had few friends, and there were only a handful of people who were willing to visit him.

perhaps…

Only Lady Tsunade is left.

Kakashi Hatake remembered that a bouquet of white flowers was also placed on the tombstone of the first Hokage. Could it be that Lady Tsunade, who was traveling abroad, has returned?
Did this tragedy of the Uchiha clan in Konoha finally alarm her? To the point that she had to return to the village after not being there for many years?

but…

It's none of his business.

Kakashi Hatake returned to the village's commercial street on his own, intending to buy some things and go home to pack up before returning to duty in the Anbu. The Anbu in Konoha has been quite busy recently, as they have to take on the task of guarding against foreign enemies infiltrating.

Before the Uchiha clan was destroyed, the village's barrier squad had reported many anomalies in the barrier, but they had never found out the details. At this sensitive time, patrols around the village must be strengthened again.

A sweet shop in Konoha Village.

Hatake Kakashi strolled here.

Before something big happens in the village, there are always people queuing here to buy sweets, but it seems that there are fewer people queuing recently.

A group of Hatake Kakashi's former classmates gathered here. They were taking advantage of the short break to get together and discuss the demise of the Uchiha clan.

“I really didn’t expect…”

"The Uchiha clan will be destroyed by a thirteen-year-old Chunin..."

"By the way, were there any Uchiha classmates in our class?"

"Have you forgotten? Kakashi's teammate Uchiha Obito, but I remember he seemed to have died in the Ninja World War..."

A young man with a watermelon head and green tights spoke slowly. He soon noticed Hatake Kakashi and greeted him loudly.

"Hey, Kakashi, over here!"

"..."

Hatake Kakashi only took a look before he slowly moved forward, remembering the two bunches of white flowers he saw at the memorial stone in the back mountain of Konoha, and asked casually, "Have you seen Lady Tsunade?"

“I’ve never seen…”

"Is Lady Tsunade back?"

A group of Konoha ninjas looked at each other in surprise.

"What's wrong, Kakashi?"

The young man in green tights, who had the best relationship with Hatake Kakashi, looked at his friend curiously: "You seem to be getting more and more depressed recently..."

When he said this, the young man clenched his fists and shouted loudly: "Why don't we have a youth showdown now!"

"I'm leaving." Hatake Kakashi rejected him mercilessly and seemed to be about to leave. He was not in the mood to chat with these classmates.

however…

When Hatake Kakashi was about to leave, he noticed a strange man sitting under a big tree outside the sweet shop, whose behavior seemed a little out of place in Konoha.

The man was wearing a hat that concealed his face, with a cup of unopened sugarcane juice next to him. He was holding a pen in his hand and writing something on a scroll.

It looks like…

Like a ninja.

Because only ninjas can use that kind of scroll.

In the village...

Didn't anyone notice the other person's abnormality?

The man's strange attire doesn't make him look like a Konoha ninja. At this sensitive time, he seems to be someone who needs to be strictly checked.

Kakashi Hatake walked over with some doubt in his heart, intending to inquire about the other party's background to avoid any problems in the work of the Anbu personnel.

However, when Hatake Kakashi approached, he saw that the other party had put away the scroll in his hand, walked towards Konoha's commercial street, and ran straight in the direction of a Konoha ninja. That ninja seemed to be the village's special jonin Mitarashi Anko?
In fact, the presence of this special Jonin, Mitarashi Anko, in the village is not very strong. She likes sweets very much and her temper is not very good.

but…

This is also quite normal.

Because her identity is indeed special.

Mitarashi Anko's teacher is Konoha's S-rank rebel ninja Orochimaru. Her teacher's defection made her very unhappy in the village. She has always made it her mission to hunt down her defected teacher Orochimaru. Apart from her interest in sweets, she has no other hobbies.

Kakashi Hatake originally thought that if the other party knew the village ninja Mitarashi Anko, he might not be an enemy. Maybe he has been too sensitive recently.

however…

I don't know what the mysterious man said...

A look of horror appeared on Mitarashi Anko's face, and she followed the other person away from here step by step, which immediately made Kakashi Hatake feel strange.

This is so weird!

It doesn't seem normal no matter how I look at it!

"What happened?"

A hint of curiosity surged in Kakashi Hatake's heart, and he couldn't help but follow quietly, subconsciously thinking about the true identity of the man wearing the hat.

"Who is the other party?"

next moment!
A breeze blew.

In this breeze, the hat was slightly cracked, allowing Hatake Kakashi to catch a glimpse of the other party's true face...

other side…

With a pair of vertical pupils...

Hatake Kakashi has seen it before!

The S-rank ninja who defected from Konoha was so frightened by the murderous intent of the other party that he could not move when he was ordered to hunt down the other party. At that time, he saw the vertical pupils in the other party's pupils!

A flash of shock suddenly passed through Kakashi Hatake's heart, and his hand subconsciously grasped his kunai. He already knew the other party's true identity!

Orochimaru!
Orochimaru, who had defected long ago, actually appeared in Konoha again!

Kakashi Hatake left a mark of the Anbu to request support, and personally followed behind Orochimaru and Mitarashi Anko, observing their every move.

Kakashi Hatake would never have thought of that.

His tracking had already been noticed.

A black and white creature quietly emerged from the ground. They moved very agilely and quickly cleared the request for support mark left by Hatake Kakashi.

"It seems that Lord Emiya has found the curse seal left by Orochimaru..."

White Zetsu stared at the three figures in the distance, and couldn't help but chuckle as he praised Emiya Shihara's wisdom: "In fact, Lord Emiya has mastered deception. He used the transformation technique to become Orochimaru's appearance. Didn't he successfully deceive the little girl?"

"The flaw has been revealed."

Black Zetsu's voice was a little strange. It watched the entire process of Emiya Shihara's so-called deception and felt helpless about Emiya Shihara's clumsy means: "As the resurrection backup given by Orochimaru to the Soul Curse, the girl must have a close relationship with Orochimaru, but Shihara didn't even know her name. He just relied on Orochimaru's face to deceive her. The girl must have discovered Shihara's flaw. Shihara didn't really think that his acting skills had fooled her, right?"

but…

Their goal was finally achieved.

Although Black Zetsu didn't know what the little girl from Konoha was thinking, she eventually went with Orochimaru, who was pretending to be Emiya Shihara. Perhaps she really wanted to get news about Orochimaru, but she certainly couldn't escape Emiya Shihara's control.

Unfortunately…

This amount of time is a bit too tight.

To the extent that Emiya Shihara's whereabouts had been discovered.

"Kakashi..."

"I remember him being Obito's friend."

Bai Zetsu stared at Hatake Kakashi's figure and sighed softly, "I didn't expect that it was the kid we used back then who discovered Lord Emiya's whereabouts..."

"never mind."

"He can't possibly be Wei Yuan's opponent anyway."

Black Zetsu chuckled, but relied on his familiarity with Emiya Shihara to tell the ending of Hatake Kakashi: "However, he was lucky. Fortunately, he met Shihara. He should be able to survive under Shihara's mercy..."

"Kakashi's father, Hatake Sakumo, was once Morihara's assistant. Morihara had just paid respects to Hatake Sakumo's grave this morning. Morihara was able to show mercy to Uchiha Obito, Madara's successor, let alone the son of his old friend..."

"It's really..."

"Meaningless kindness..."

"To Kaguya, everyone in this world deserves to die. How can your momentary kindness change the outcome of their lives..."

(End of this chapter)