Naruto's Great Trick

It was a gloomy day. Thick dark clouds pressed down over the sky of Konoha. A light drizzle hit Kakashi's body. His hair stuck to his forehead, making it impossible to see his expression.

He just mechanically held a small box and walked mechanically. On the box was a black-and-white photo of Uncle Sakumo. Since he did not die in the mission, his name was not on the memorial tablet.

Kazama followed behind Kakashi, saying nothing, silently getting wet in the rain.

How big a foothold does a person need? You can tell when he dies. You can tell what a person is like when he leaves.

Different from the funerals of three generations in the original book, the scale of this one can be described as "simple":

Fugaku, the head of the Uchiha clan;

Konoha Sannin;

The Hyuga clan, Hyuga Hizashi;

Obito, Rin, Kai, Dai;

And a few strangers.

When he was alive, a lot of people wanted to kill him, but after he died, he was clean and didn't bother anyone - it shouldn't be like this.

Konoha Hokage Building.

Sandai stood by the window, smoking a pipe, the smoke covering his face, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Old man, why don't you go over and take a look?"

A calm voice came, so calm that there was no fluctuation at all.

"You should go."

Seeing that Sandai seemed not to have heard, Kazama continued.

"I'm sorry for him."

"If you don't go, you will be even more sorry for him."

Hearing this, the third generation hesitated for a moment, then stared out the window in a daze.

Third generation, you are really old.

At this moment, Feng Jian understood Uncle Snake a little: a famous "ninja hero" has now become hesitant and indecisive, and finally hesitant and submissive, facing the cloud village to choose to hand over the villagers...

A Hokage shouldn't end like this.

If that incident had not happened in the original timeline and if the Third Hokage had not died, would Konoha have decayed?

When the Third Hokage was in power, during the Third War, that was the peak of Konoha after the First Hokage, but when he got old, he became the weakest in the history of Konoha - what a irony.

It is not a good thing for Konoha for a leader to stay in power for a long time until he grows old.

"Uncle Sakumo is the White Fang of Konoha. He has made great contributions to Konoha. His merits are merits, and his faults are faults. Even if he has 'faults', it cannot cover up his merits."

"Besides, you and I both know that he is not really at fault. As the Hokage, no one can say anything if he goes to see off Konoha's hero."

After saying this, without waiting for the Sandaime to reply, Kazama's figure disappeared.

The third generation stared at the window in a daze.

……

Black umbrellas, black clothes, and expressionless crowd.

If there is anything different, it is the white flowers in people’s hands, right?

In this world, we often hear people say “When a person dies, it’s like a light goes out” and “Come clean and go clean” - but it matches the color white surprisingly well.

Although the Hatake clan is not a big family, with only the Kakashi family left, they also have their own clan territory.

Kakashi placed the box in his hand into the family's ancestral tomb and erected a monument. As a ninja, he certainly had enough power to do such a thing.

No one helps, and no one is qualified to help.

He bowed to the tombstone and then stepped aside.

Next, it’s Kazama.

Looking at the familiar figure in the black and white photo in front of him, Fengjian felt complicated - no one can stop someone who is determined to commit suicide.

Kazama saluted and Kakashi returned the salute.

Afterwards, Kazama stood next to Kakashi and returned the greetings to those who came to pay their respects.

Under normal circumstances, only Kakashi is qualified to do this, but in this world, in addition to fathers and sons, there are also masters and apprentices.

Since Kazama became a Chunin, he would come to ask Uncle Sakumo for swordsmanship every few days. Although he was not Uncle Sakumo's disciple, his kindness in teaching was real.

Moreover, Uncle Sakumo also taught him the White Fang swordsmanship.

Just a few days ago, Uncle Sakumo demonstrated all kinds of White Fang swordsmanship at Fugaku's house. Uncle Fugaku recorded it with his Mangekyō Sharingan, and then passed it to Kakashi in the form of an illusion.

He then passed on the White Fang swordplay to himself.

In the world of Naruto, the grace of teaching is comparable to the grace of raising a child by one's parents. Moreover, it is a family skill.

In addition, Uncle Sakumo has always treated Kazama like his own nephew, so when Kazama and Kakashi returned the greeting together, no one could say anything.

"Kakashi,"

Lin bowed to the tombstone, put down a bouquet of white flowers, turned and looked at Kakashi in front of her, wanting to say something but stopping herself, her eyes full of worry, then looked at Kazama again, who shook his head.

What Kakashi needs right now is not comfort.

Not many people came, so the condolences came to an end quickly.

Kazama looked in the direction of the Hokage Building. The Hokage Building in the mist and rain added a bit of haziness.

Third generation, now that we’ve come to this, are you still unwilling to come?

Da, da, da~

There was a sound of footsteps, and Sandai walked to Uncle Sakumo's tombstone. He was silent for a long time, then he sighed and put down a bouquet of flowers.

"I'm sorry, Sakumo."

Then, the Sandaime turned and looked at Kakashi:

"Your father is a hero."

Seeing this, Feng Jian was relieved. Fortunately, the current third generation is not like when he is old.

Kazama had very complicated feelings towards the Third Hokage.

He brought Konoha to its peak—except for the two reincarnations—but he also brought Konoha to its lowest point. It feels like Li Longji.

On the one hand, he could die for Konoha, but on the other hand, he could indulge Danzo, wipe out the Uchiha, and suppress the Hyuga;

On the one hand, he can maintain the appearance of a good man in front of the villagers, but on the other hand, he can indulge Naruto to be the scapegoat and make him bear the village's malice towards the Nine-Tails.

He is a pure politician, but he does not seem to be that pure.

Perhaps because of the third generation, after the third generation, more ninjas came to pay their respects. Some were acquaintances, but most were strangers.

When I first watched Naruto, it seemed that there were not many ninjas in the five major ninja villages, but - during the Fourth World War, the five major ninja villages formed a ninja coalition force of tens of thousands.

There are so many ninjas in a village, how could Kazama know them all?

Soon, Feng Jian saw two familiar figures among the people who came to pay their respects:

Namikaze Minato, Uzumaki Kushina.

When Minato Namikaze was paying his respects, Fugaku glanced at Minato and then at Kazama, who nodded.

However, Fugaku did not go up to talk. This was not the right time. As the head of the clan, he was no fool. He knew what to do and when to do it.

Before the Fourth Battle of Minato became famous, it was only necessary to use some "little things" to make him feel good about Uchiha. No need to do it deliberately.

Before that, he just needed to observe him silently and understand him.

"I admire your father very much. He is a true ninja."