Cos Wuzan, was stabbed ten times by Heize at the beginning

Sakura's umbrella fell to the ground.

She ran towards Kakashi.

Muzan: "..."

He picked up the umbrella from the ground and held it over his head.

"Kakashi-sensei, what's wrong with Naruto?"

Tears mingled with rainwater and streamed down Sakura's face.

Kakashi pursed his lips, his gaze on Sakura filled with guilt: "Naruto is injured and has fainted."

Sakura opened her mouth, but didn't dare ask about Sasuke's condition.

The fact that Sasuke didn't appear next to Kakashi-sensei says it all.

Sakura held back her sobs.

She followed Kakashi-sensei to take Naruto to the hospital.

In the ward.

Naruto lay on the bed with his eyes closed and his face pale, his body wrapped in bandages.

Sakura stayed by his side, her eyes red.

Muzan sat in a chair, and Kakashi looked at him: "Was Muzan there when Naruto and Sasuke were fighting?"

Muzan nodded: "Don't worry, I know Sasuke can't kill Naruto, so I didn't interfere in their fight."

Kakashi walked over and sat down next to Muzan, leaning back in his chair. He let out a deep breath: "Muzan didn't intend to stop Sasuke from leaving the village, did he?"

Muzan nodded again, a simple look of confusion on his face, and asked Kakashi, "Why stop him? Sasuke isn't a child anymore; he's capable of deciding his own life."

“He is different from us. He wants revenge and craves power, so he is destined not to live a peaceful life like us.”

Muzan placed his hands behind his head.

Kakashi looked at his face, a thoughtful expression in his eyes: "You support Sasuke going to find Orochimaru?"

Sakura felt as if her heart was being squeezed by an invisible hand.

Muzan curled his lips into a smile, glanced at Kakashi beside him who was subtly probing him, and nodded without any attempt to hide his approval: "Support! Going to Orochimaru is indeed the fastest way for him to improve his strength."

"Aren't you afraid Sasuke will die at Orochimaru's hands?"

Kakashi asked bluntly.

Sakura's face turned deathly pale.

"He won't."

Muzan said with certainty.

Why are you so sure?

Kakashi continued to ask.

"Because I knew he wouldn't die at Orochimaru's hands."

“On the contrary,” Muzan said, uttering a statement that Kakashi and Sakura found unbelievable, “Orochimaru will ‘die’ at his hands.”

Kakashi's pupils contracted, and he stared intently at Muzan, remaining silent for a long time.

He didn't believe Muzan's words, but he had a strange intuition.

It seems he's only one step away from the truth.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get past this step.

Kakashi rubbed his temples.

There was a knock on the ward door.

Muzan's gaze drifted towards the doorway.

Shikamaru, Choji, and Kiba Inuzuka appeared in Muzan's line of sight.

"How is Naruto?"

Shikamaru looked at Naruto on the hospital bed, then at Muzan.

"Severely injured and unconscious."

Muzan began to explain.

Kiba Inuzuka ran towards Muzan, accidentally aggravating his wounds, causing him to grimace.

"Muzan!"

Kiba Inuzuka patted Muzan's shoulder with his uninjured hand: "Where are the Sound Ninja?"

Upon hearing this question, both Choji and Shikamaru looked at Muzan.

“Kill him.”

Muzan said calmly.

Are you alright?

Kiba Inuzuka looked Muzan up and down.

Muzan shook his head: "No."

Kiba Inuzuka's face showed a mixture of relief and jealousy.

"Those guys were so strong, yet you were completely unharmed!"

Kiba Inuzuka was both happy that Muzan was unharmed and jealous of Muzan's strength.

How can there be such a big difference in strength between genin from the same cohort?

Muzan's strength is just too overpowered!

Shikamaru glanced at Muzan and said to Choji and the others, "I'm going to tell the Hokage that the mission failed."

"I already know."

Just as Shikamaru turned around, Rei Amamiya stepped through the doorway.

"Lord Hokage!"

The genin in the ward immediately straightened their attitude.

Rei Amamiya nodded to them, walked to Naruto's side, and placed his hand on Naruto's forehead.

After confirming that Naruto was alright, he withdrew his hand.

He looked at Shikamaru: "You've done your best, Shikamaru. This mission was already too difficult for you, so it's normal to fail."

After calming Shikamaru and the others down, Rei Amamiya's gaze fell on Muzan: "Didn't you say you weren't going to join this mission?"

Muzan rolled his eyes: "Are you really going to just watch them die?"

"Muzan, you can't talk to the Hokage like that."

Kakashi gently patted Muzan's head, but Muzan dodged it in time.

Kakashi: "..."

Muzan snorted.

He's talking to himself, what does that have to do with Kakashi?

Rei Amamiya, of course, wouldn't hold a grudge against his own clone. He looked at Shikamaru and the others and said, "You're all tired from this mission. Go back and get some rest!"

"Yes."

After Shikamaru and the others left the ward, Muzan, guessing that Kakashi would talk badly about him to Rei Amamiya, left with Shikamaru and the others.

Sakura stayed behind to take care of Naruto, while Rei Amamiya and Kakashi went to the hospital rooftop.

"Lord Hokage..."

Kakashi had just opened his mouth when Amamiya Rei stopped him: "Kakashi-senpai, please call me by my name!"

Hearing Kakashi call him "Hokage-sama" gave Rei Amamiya goosebumps.

"Zero, I have a question for you."

"What's the problem?"

"Is Muzan your biological son?"

"..."

Chapter 471 The Kaleidoscope of Predictions!!!

Rei Amamiya stared at Kakashi in disbelief, speechless for a long time.

An eerie silence lingered between Rei Amamiya and Kakashi.

Kakashi lowered his head, avoiding direct eye contact with Rei Amamiya.

He couldn't help but facepalm, wondering what stupid question he had asked.

Is there any doubt about Muzan's background?

Where in the world can you find a child who has both Wood Release and Sharingan?

"Muzan is not my child."

After a long silence, Rei Amamiya spoke first.

Kakashi always viewed Rei Amamiya's denial as a way of protecting Muzan.

No one in Konoha would believe that Muzan and Rei Amamiya were not related by blood.

The facts are right in front of us.

Kakashi asked that question because Muzan's behavior was too strange.

"Why did Kakashi-senpai suddenly ask about this?"

Rei Amamiya looked at Kakashi.

Kakashi's eyes narrowed: "Muzan's behavior gives me a strange feeling. He's not like a child; he knows more than any of us..."

"So that's how it is."

A smile appeared on Rei Amamiya's face.

Kakashi paused slightly, noticing the relaxed smile on Rei Amamiya's face.

"There's something I haven't told Kakashi-senpai."

Rei Amamiya stared at Kakashi.

Kakashi's expression turned serious. Was it related to Muzan?

"Does Kakashi-senpai remember? Muzan awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan a long time ago?"

"I asked Amamiya Rei."

Because of Danzo's machinations, the Third Hokage suppressed the fact that Muzan had awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, fearing that the tallest tree in the forest would be felled by the wind.

However, Kakashi was the one who personally witnessed Muzan awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Kakashi nodded, immediately connecting Muzan's unusual behavior with the Mangekyou Sharingan.

"You mean, it's because of the Mangekyou Sharingan?"

Kakashi guessed.

Rei Amamiya nodded, confirming Kakashi's guess, and explained earnestly, "I have never told anyone about this."

Kakashi was slightly taken aback.

Did you only tell yourself?

"Predicting the future is the ability of Muzan's Mangekyou Sharingan."

Rei Amamiya's words immediately stirred up a huge storm in Kakashi's heart.

His pupils constricted as he stared at Rei Amamiya in disbelief.