Naruto: From Kushina Uzumaki onwards, a traitor

Chiyu nodded: "I know, I'll go find Kakashi now."

Chiba bids farewell to Kushina Uzumaki and goes to find Kakashi.

The Hatake family residence.

Chiyu found Kakashi training alone.

Kakashi seemed to be venting his frustration, haphazardly punching the wooden stake.

"I never taught you this kind of cultivation method."

Kakashi looked up abruptly and saw that it was Chiyu. A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by gloom.

"Teacher Chiyu..."

Chiyu walked up to Kakashi and asked, "How is Lord Sakumo?"

Kakashi looked at a room and said with some disappointment, "My father has been locking himself in his room all this time and hasn't come out. I even have to bring him his meals. Every time I go into the room, my father is lying on the bed, and no matter how I call him, he doesn't respond."

Chiyu looked at Kakashi and asked, "So, what about you? How are you?"

Kakashi forced a smile and said, "I'm fine."

Chiba asked again, "So what do you think? Was it right or wrong for Lord Sakumo to abandon the mission to save his comrades?"

Kakashi's breath hitched, and he lowered his head and fell silent.

Chapter 104 Accusation

Chiba asked Kakashi whether he thought Sakumo Hatake's actions were right or wrong.

Kakashi lowered his head and remained silent for a long time.

Finally, Kakashi said in a low voice, "I don't know."

As a ninja, Kakashi was well aware of the rules of the ninja.

Everything is based on the task as the highest priority.

However, in saving his comrades, Kakashi felt that his father hadn't really done anything wrong.

So many ninjas have abandoned missions or caused mission failures for the sake of their comrades and were not punished, so why is it different for his father?

Chiyu knelt down in front of Kakashi and comforted him, "I know you're confused right now. Lord Sakumo is just following his ninja way."

Kakashi asked blankly, "Then... was it wrong for Father to uphold the Will of Fire?"

Chiyu shook her head and said, "I don't know either, but if Lord Sakumo's implementation of the Will of Fire is wrong, then the spirit of Konoha since its founding has been wrong. Kakashi, do you understand the Will of Fire?"

Kakashi nodded, but then shook his head: "I thought I understood before, but now... I don't know if I really understand the Will of Fire."

Chiyu rubbed Kakashi's head: "Since you can't figure it out, just think about it slowly. Sooner or later you will understand what the Will of Fire is, whether the Will of Fire is right or wrong. Take good care of Sakumo-sama, I will come to see you again."

Chiba left the Hatake residence.

Kakashi looked at Sakumo Hatake's room, his mind in turmoil.

If the Will of Fire is not wrong, and his father is not wrong either, then who is wrong?

Kakashi was increasingly confused, unable to understand why things had turned out this way.

Compared to these things, Kakashi was more worried about his father, fearing that his father would be devastated by this.

For the next period of time, Chiba visited Kakashi almost every day.

During this time, Chiba also entered Hatake Sakumo's room and visited him.

Sakumo Hatake lay lifeless on the bed, unresponsive to either his own calls or Kakashi's.

At the same time, Chiyu summoned a snake that monitored the Hatake residence 24 hours a day.

Furthermore, Chiyu was also paying attention to the surrounding public opinion.

The public outcry shows no signs of abating; on the contrary, it seems to be escalating.

Kakashi's mental state also deteriorated day by day.

As soon as Kakashi stepped outside, he was pointed at and talked about by others.

As always, Hatake Sakumo did not communicate with anyone and stayed in his room all day long.

At Chiba's house.

Kushina Uzumaki untied her apron and handed two lunchboxes to Chiba.

"I made extra dinner. Chiyu, you can take it to Kakashi later."

Qianyu nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

Kushina Uzumaki sighed, "Those people are really going too far. Even if Lord Sakumo made a mistake, it's not their place to make fun of him. Lord Sakumo has made many contributions to Konoha."

Qianyu also sighed, "When a bad person does a good deed, he is praised, but when a good person does a bad deed, he is considered utterly wicked. There's nothing we can do about it. Those people only care about their own interests, and most of them are just watching the show."

Just as Chiba and Kushina were about to have dinner, the snake that Chiba had sent to monitor the Hatake residence returned.

"Lord Senyu, four people went there."

Qianyu frowned and immediately asked, "Is one of them missing an arm and in a wheelchair?"

The snake in Ryūchi Cave nodded its head.

Qianyu stood up with a 'whoosh'.

"Kushina, I'm going to the Hatake residence!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Qianyu disappeared without a trace.

Kushina Uzumaki opened her mouth, but she hadn't even taken her lunchbox yet.

Chiba quietly arrived at the Hatake residence.

Kakashi is not home.

Kakashi sometimes goes to the forests of Konoha to vent his frustrations.

So Kakashi should be alone in the forest right now.

Chiba sensed it through Observation Haki.

At this moment, Sakumo Hatake's four teammates were all in his room.

Qianyu quietly approached and hid by the door to eavesdrop.

"Lord Sakumo, this matter has nothing to do with us. We would not have abandoned the mission if it weren't for your orders."

"We are being punished because of you, and we are truly wronged."

"So we would like to ask Lord Sakumo to explain to the Hokage and the others that we are just following orders, and the abandonment of this mission really has nothing to do with us."

Sakumo Hatake didn't speak, but stared blankly at his former subordinates.

Suddenly, these people seem so unfamiliar.

Finally, Sakumo Hatake looked at Tsuguhiro, whose legs were crippled and whose arm was empty.

Tsuguki looked at Hatake Sakumo with a complicated expression.

When he was rescued, Tsuguki was very grateful to Sakumo Hatake.

However, after returning to Konoha and undergoing Konoha's trial, he was stripped of his qualification to become a ninja. The strange looks he received from those around him and even his own family were unbearable for him.

Si Gui spoke softly, “Lord Shuo Mao, I have thought more than once how much better it would have been if I had died there back then. That way I wouldn’t be a useless person like I am now, and I wouldn’t have to see those strange looks from others.”

If I had died there, Lord Sakumo, you would have obtained that scroll, and my name could have been engraved on the memorial stone.

But now all of that has vanished. I can only drag this broken body and wait to die, and in the end, no one will remember me.

Sakumo Hatake's eyes were bloodshot. He finally spoke, his voice hoarse, "You also think I did something wrong? But you were the one begging me to save you."

Si Gui said in a deep voice, "That was just my subconscious cry for help out of my will to survive. I don't want to be saved at all now. The ironclad rule of ninjas is that abandoning a mission is strictly forbidden. As an elite Jonin of Konoha, you should know this very well."

"You shouldn't have saved me. Abandoning the mission was definitely a mistake, and I hate you so much now. If I had another chance, I would never want you to abandon the mission to save me!"

Sakumo Hatake was breathing very rapidly and said hoarsely, "I understand, you can leave now."

"Lord Sakumo, we hope you can consider our situation. We don't want to ruin our future because of this."

After saying that, the four people left the Hatake residence.

Chiba, who overheard their conversation outside the room, felt aggrieved for Hatake Sakumo just listening to it.

This was completely saving an ungrateful wretch, and everyone else was an ungrateful wretch too.

This is Konoha.

They appear united, but each and every one of them is cold-hearted and ungrateful.

Chapter 105 Suicide

Sakumo Hatake's four 'companions' left.

Sakumo Hatake, alone in the room, sat blankly on the floor.

The sorrow in Sakumo Hatake's eyes was so intense, it was as solid as ice and could not be melted.

Sakumo Hatake recalled the time when his father was still alive.

On the Hokage Rock in Konoha, he and his father gazed at the entire village.

His father proudly told him, "Sakumo, Konoha is our home. We must do everything in our power to protect Konoha and uphold the Will of Fire."

At that time, Sakumo Hatake was still very young and asked in bewilderment, "Father, what is the Will of Fire?"

His father told him, "The Will of Fire means that young people are the hope of the future. The older generation should trust and protect them. The sacrifices of the older generation are not meaningless, but will inspire young people to become pillars of the future."

Just like you and me now, I will protect you as you grow up, and you will also grow into a new leaf.

Where leaves dance in the air, the fire will never die out; its light will continue to illuminate the village and allow new leaves to sprout.

After becoming a ninja, Hatake Sakumo adopted the Will of Fire as his ninja way and worked hard towards it.