Chapter 97: Chapter 107
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[Kakashi Hatake]: ...
[Kakashi Hatake]: @Might Guy, Guy, why are you saying things like this in front of my students?
[Kakashi Hatake]: Don't you know I'm losing more and more dignity in front of these three disciples?
[The Man Who Kicked Uchiha Madara Flying with Eight Gates Released]: Eh?
[The Man Who Kicked Uchiha Madara Flying with Eight Gates Released]: But what I said is also the truth.
[The Man Who Kicked Uchiha Madara Flying with Eight Gates Released]: Kakashi, you're not part of the Uchiha clan after all. Constantly having your chakra drained is no way to live.
[The Man Who Kicked Uchiha Madara Flying with Eight Gates Released]: Have you really not considered giving up the Sharingan?
[The Man Who Kicked Uchiha Madara Flying with Eight Gates Released]: If it's to commemorate Uchiha Obito, it's already been over ten years. That's more than enough.
[The Man Who Kicked Uchiha Madara Flying with Eight Gates Released]: To remember someone is to keep them in your heart, not to keep wearing them on your face, right?
[Kakashi Hatake]: ...
[Kakashi Hatake]: ...
If it were before, Kakashi would've definitely rejected Might Guy's suggestion—Even though Gai is his best friend.But he could never forget Obito.
However, during the recent mission to the Land of Waves, he joined the small group with his current self—without the Sharingan—and he realized that his talent had declined.
In other words…
He had been using the Sharingan not to honor Obito's memory, but to rely on its power.
He was supposed to remember Obito's words—"Those who break the rules are trash, but those who abandon their comrades are worse than trash."
But instead of letting those words live on in his heart, he kept using Obito's eye—becoming a man who mastered a thousand jutsus,becoming the man who fights everyone to a draw.
But now… their friendship had distorted.
He wasn't inheriting Obito's will anymore—he was stuck in place.
Not to mention, he never fulfilled his promise to Obito. He didn't protect Rin.He even had to kill her with his own hands.
Kakashi sat in silence, thinking.
Maybe... when Kitahara Kaede finishes this mission, it's time to consult with him properly.
Because—
This wasn't about carrying on Obito's will anymore.
It was just self-deception.
Meanwhile, Naruto and Sasuke began discussing how to carry out the mission.
"From the information we've gathered, the enemy is the Akatsuki from Amegakure."
"The Akatsuki sent two Kage-level members to capture One-Tail - Shukaku."
"One of them, Deidara, self-destructed. The other is Sasori of the Red Sand. He's the grandson of Elder Chiyo from Sunagakure's high council."
"Gaara died once, and Shukaku was extracted."
"Gaara is the One-Tail's Jinchuriki…"
Naruto pulled out a scroll—the mission briefing written by Tobirama.
"..." Naruto.
But his tone paused for a moment.
Because he remembered how people used to call him the "demon fox"—referring to the Nine Tails.
Before the Chūnin Exams, Kitahara Kaede made them read up on the past 60 years of history, and Naruto crammed all that info into his head.
That's how he learned about the Tailed Beasts.
One-Tail is Shukaku, and in Konoha, the fox refers to the Nine Tails.
The Nine Tails is the strongest of the Tailed Beasts, and he—Uzumaki Naruto—is the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki.
So… because of the Nine-Tails attack before he was born, he became a Jinchuriki.
With a Jinchuriki in place, the Nine Tails would no longer go on a rampage.
But because no one told him the truth, he was shunned by the villagers.
Because of the Nine Tails' chakra interfering with his system, no matter how hard he worked, it didn't matter.
Until that time Kitahara Kaede blocked the Nine Tails' chakra—only then did he return to normal.
And now he realized—
The person who made his life so painful… was actually his—
"My own damn…"
Naruto stared at the scroll and held his forehead.
[Minato Namikaze]: Um… Naruto, I'm sorry.
[Minato Namikaze]: I really didn't think things through back then.
Even though Naruto couldn't hear him, Minato still blamed himself deeply.
His expression now looked like that famous sticker—hands over mouth, teary-eyed in guilt.
The situation was desperate back then. He couldn't find a suitable Jinchuriki, so he sealed half of the Nine Tails into his newborn son.
It's not that he didn't think about the consequences. He knew being a Jinchuriki would be hard.But Naruto was his son—he believed Naruto could overcome anything.
But… he never expected it to be so painful.
Not just isolation—he didn't even have the basic living conditions.
If Minato were given another chance… he might really make a different decision.
Naruto continued reading the intel.
"Sasori of the Red Sand. He's Chiyo's grandson and even stronger than her in puppet techniques."
"Chiyo can control 20 puppets at once. Sasori surpassed her."
"The core of puppet technique is the chakra threads, drawn from the body to control the puppets."
"The better the puppeteer, the more puppets they can control. The one we met during the Chūnin Exams—Kankuro—his technique was garbage."
"Agreed," Sasuke joined in. "But since it's about control, there must be chakra threads."
"Then…"
Sasuke took out the chakra blade that Tobirama had given them.
"Using a chakra blade, we can sever the threads."
"Once we destroy the threads, the puppeteer is helpless," Sasuke explained.
"…" Kitahara Kaede.
Hmm.
Kitahara Kaede was quite satisfied.
This really fits Naruto and Sasuke's style.
Sasori was Kage-level, and even as a child, he ambushed and turned the Third Kazekage into a puppet. His taijutsu wasn't weak either.
So his power was definitely Kage-level.
If he doesn't take off his Akatsuki cloak, Sasori might not even lose.
But Naruto and Sasuke are still too far from that level.
There's a gap in rank and ability. They just graduated from the academy, so they lack experience—They can't even tell if an enemy's weapons are poisoned.
Still, their enthusiasm was good.
"I'll throw in a special bit of unofficial intelligence too," Kitahara Kaede added.
"Sasori is from Sunagakure and shares in its common village-wide weakness."
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[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Unofficial info? A common Sunagakure weakness?
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Could it be that Sasori killed the Third Kazekage, leading to chaos and an eventual invasion, which started the Third Shinobi World War?
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: But that's more related to Chiyo. Sasori was the culprit and a rogue ninja. He doesn't care about any of that.
[Tobirama]: Hmm… we already know that, but I think this might be something else.
Just as Tobirama was thinking this, they heard Kitahara Kaede's voice on the live feed:
"Like Konoha, Sunagakure has something passed down through generations."
"Konoha inherits the Will of Fire."
"But Sunagakure…" Kitahara Kaede paused.
"Sunagakure's legacy is their collective weakness."
This time, it wasn't Naruto or Sasuke speaking—Tobirama grew curious in the chat.
Because he'd once been scolded by Chiyo for developing forbidden techniques, Tobirama kept a petty grudge in a notebook.
So he was quite interested in hearing what common flaw Chiyo's village passed down.
[Ding!]
Suddenly, everyone heard a new system prompt.
[Special invitation issued: One new member has joined. Strength is slightly below Kage-level.]
"..."
[Everyone]: …
Slightly below Kage-level?
Is that a jōnin or an elite jōnin?
[@Granny Chiyo, come on out—your old rival is here][@Granny Chiyo, welcome to the Descendant Chat Group (^_-)]
[This group links past, present, and future—ignores death, time, and space.]
[Welcome aboard!]
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With the system's explanation, everyone understood—The new member joining was none other than Granny Chiyo, the last high-ranking elder of Sunagakure, who had just performed a life-for-life resurrection exchange with Gaara.
[Tobirama]: ...
[Tobirama]: ...
[Tobirama]: What a pain.
[Chiyo]: That voice… sounds like that third-rate scum, Senju Tobirama.
[Chiyo]: Hm?
[Chiyo]: Let me have a proper look.
[Chiyo]: First Hokage… Second Hokage… Ōnoki, Mizukage… even Minato Namikaze… and Sakumo Hatake!
But when Chiyo saw Kakashi Hatake's soul form, her emotions flared up.
[Chiyo]: Sakumo Hatake! You killed my daughter and son-in-law… I finally found my chance! So this is the Pure Land…
[Tobirama]: Calm down, Chiyo!
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