Lord of the Storm of Konoha

Chapter 28 Apprenticeship
When Lei Chen heard the news, he was sitting at the table eating Yile Ramen. In an instant, Yile Ramen seemed to lose its original deliciousness, and even became bitter...

Lei Chen looked at the ramen with a faint white mist floating in front of his eyes, and was silent for a long time.

He thought of what he said to Hatake Sakumo the day he fought Kakashi, did you not listen to it after all?

Lei Chen once heard a saying that fate is like the flow of water in a river. Even if you desperately want to change it, you will only see ripples, but the water will still flow to where it should go.

His heart was filled with sourness. Could it be that my efforts are like a stone thrown into a river, which can only stir up ripples, but will it subside in the end?
Calamus was also silent for a while, and she was also shocked when she heard the news. Who would have thought that Konoha's famous White Fang would be reduced to this point?

But she quickly came to her senses, patted Lei Chen on the shoulder, and said, "But don't worry too much, Lord Hatake is currently being treated at Konoha Hospital, and it seems that there is no serious problem."

"What? Didn't die?" Lei Chen stood up abruptly, almost knocking over the ramen.

"Huh?" Calamus was startled and took a step back.

"Hmm! I've heard that it's just cutting the skin, and it's not life-threatening."

"I gonna go see!"

Lei Chen quickly ran away, leaving the calamus fluttering in the wind...

He knew the location of Konoha Hospital, and before going there, he bought a basket of fruit.After arriving at the hospital, after some inquiries, he also knew the location of Hatake Sakumo's ward.

Before he got close, he saw a few ninjas in black standing outside the door, staring at him maliciously.

Anbe?No, Anbu is not this kind of decoration, is it from Danzo?
Lei Chen was very clear about the cause of this turmoil. It seemed that it was an ordinary mission failure, but there were many driving forces hidden behind it.This is the silent struggle of Konoha's top management, and Hatake Sakumo is the core of this struggle...

"I'll take a look at Mr. Hatake." Lei Chen held up the fruit in his hand.

"Master Hatake is not feeling well, you can't be disturbed now, you go back!" One of them looked at Lei Chen coldly.

Just when Lei Chen was in trouble, a weak voice came from inside, "Let him in! He's just a child."

The few people hesitated after hearing this, and got out of the way.

Lei Chen pushed the door open and saw Hatake Sakumo lying weakly on the bed, while Kakashi looked at him worriedly, with many tears on his face.

"Why are you here?" Hatake Sakumo smiled, there was no blood on his face, and his smile was a little pale.

"I'll come and see you. Are you okay?" Lei Chen put the fruit on the cabinet next to the hospital bed and looked at Hatake Sakumo.The latter's upper body was bare and muscular, and his abdomen was covered with bandages, with bright red blood oozing from the white bandages.

"It's okay." Hatake Sakumo patted Kakashi's head and said softly, "Kakashi, you go out first, let Lei Chen and I have a few words alone."

Kakashi glanced at Lei Chen, then nodded slightly, and walked out silently.

Seeing that Kakashi had closed the door, Hatake Sakumo suddenly let out a long sigh, and spoke on his own.

"I never thought I was a weak person, but it wasn't until after that incident that I finally realized that I was so small and helpless..."

Lei Chen didn't speak, just sat down silently, picked up an apple, and began to peel it.

"Last night, I finally couldn't bear it any longer. I locked the door and cut open my abdomen with my saber White Fang..."

Lei Chen looked at Hatake Sakumo's abdomen, did he have a laparotomy?Typical Japanese heroic suicide.

Hatake Sakumo continued to speak, his voice was weak.

"But just when I was about to draw the ninja knife to my internal organs, I remembered what you said, if one day you are spurned by everyone, you are slandered by everyone, please remember, you are not alone... "

"Yes, I still have Kakashi. If I die like this, it would be too cruel to Kakashi. In the end, I threw away the knife in my hand."

Hatake Sakumo smiled lightly, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

Lei Chen stopped peeling the apple, looked at Hatake Sakumo, he felt a little emotional, it turned out that his efforts were not in vain, did the stone change the flow of the water after all?

Afterwards, he was silent for a while, and then continued to speak, his voice a little low.

"only……"

Speaking of this, Hatake Sakumo stopped, looked out of the window, his eyes were a little blank, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The air suddenly became quiet, only the rustling sound of Lei Chen peeling apples remained.

Lei Chen knew what Hatake Sakumo was thinking, but... just how did you know what I would experience in the future?

He couldn't answer it, and he couldn't answer it, which touched his deepest secret.

And in the end, Hatake Sakumo didn't ask the next sentence, and Lei Chen didn't speak either.The two seemed to know what the other was thinking, but they didn't pierce the window paper...

Soon, the creak of pushing the door broke the calm, and Kakashi walked in, "Father, people from Anbu have come to see you."

Lei Chen breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't know whether Hatake Sakumo would ask the next question, and he didn't know how to answer.But if you ask him if he doesn't regret it, he doesn't regret it, at least he survived.

Then, three men wearing Anbu costumes and masks walked in.They put the fruit on the ground aside and said, "Captain, we are here to see you."

Lei Chen looked at those Anbu, and he actually recognized one of them, it was the Anbu ninja Ao who had helped him under Hyuga Kyou. Lei Chen recognized the standard cyan patterned tanuki mask when he saw it.

The other two wore dog-face masks with scarlet patterns, and mouse-face masks with gray and white patterns.

Lei Chen thought to himself, these three should be Hatake Sakumo's confidantes in Anbe.

"Hehe, why do you need to come all the way to see me? You still have tasks. Besides," Hatake Sakumo smiled wryly, "I'm no longer the captain of Anbe."

"But in our eyes, you will always be our captain." The three spoke in unison.

Lei Chen was shocked when he heard this conversation. It seems that although Hatake Sakumo survived this incident, he was still suppressed by power and lost his position in Konoha's top management.

Several people greeted Hatake Sakumo for a while, and then left one after another. There are many tasks in Anbu, and it is impossible for them to stay here for a long time.

Lei Chen put the peeled apples on the cabinet next to the hospital bed, and got up silently, "Master Hatake, I'm going back."

"Oh! Be careful on the road." Hatake Sakumo was a little lost.

"Well, take care of your body." Lei Chen nodded.

But just as Lei Chen stretched out his hand to push open the door of the ward, Hatake Sakumo's weak but gentle voice came from behind him.

"Lei Chen, be my disciple! How about it?"

Lei Chen trembled slightly, and the hand reaching for the door also trembled slightly. He turned his head and found that Hatake Sakumo was struggling to stand up, looking at him with a smile, as if waiting for his decision.

"Flag... no, teacher..."

(End of this chapter)