Naruto: Kakashi is back with the system

The Third Hokage didn't say anything, just looked at him. Even Orochimaru fell silent, ready to see how he would make up an excuse.

"Haven't you noticed that the atmosphere in the village has become increasingly tense in the past two years?"

"What does this have to do with what you did?"

The war is getting closer and closer. Although the people are not very smart, they are not stupid either.

The ninjas who were flying back and forth all day long were constantly reminding them that this peace was hard-won, and that this hard-won peace could be lost at any time.

Although the war requires the sacrifice of a large number of ninjas, the ones who suffer even more are the civilians like them.

"Their nerves are so stretched that if they are not careful something bad will happen, so they need an outlet to vent their emotions."

"Is this the way you give them the choice to divert their emotions?"

"Yes, it's quite effective, isn't it?"

The Third Hokage nodded thoughtfully, as if he had lost his mind, and actually thought that Danzo's method was not bad.

Orochimaru sneered and shook his head, unwilling to see his teacher being brainwashed by Danzo.

He suddenly felt that perhaps it was because of the existence of someone like Danzo that the teacher was able to implement his concept of fire consciousness.

Since the problem cannot be solved at the source, we have to find another way.

What Orochimaru didn't expect was that Danzo was so cruel that he actually let Yakushi Nono jump out and openly accuse Hatake Sakumo of giving up important confidential documents in order to save her.

All of a sudden, the direction of public opinion in the village changed again.

"Wow, that guy is the director of the orphanage, right?"

"Yes, I heard that she is very kind-hearted!"

"Hey, hey, hey, do you think that guy gave up the mission because he was tempted by the beauty?"

"It must be. Didn't you see that everyone involved was blaming him?"

"..."

Upon hearing the news, Hatake Sakumo's hand, which had always held a knife, couldn't help but tremble.

At that time, the father and son were practicing swordsmanship on the training ground in their backyard.

Of course, it was Hatake Sakumo who was guiding Kakashi in practice.

Recently due to public opinion, Hatake Sakumo's work in the Anbu has been stopped. Fearing that he would be idle at home and have wild thoughts, Kakashi pestered him to teach him swordsmanship.

He was not lying, he did encounter problems in his swordsmanship training.

Kakashi also saw his father's shaking hands, and was deeply shocked. His father's hands were so steady. It was said that his hands didn't shake even when he saw blood for the first time. But now...

"Father……"

Kakashi didn't know how to comfort his father. He said a lot of comforting words, but none of them seemed to have any effect.

"I'm fine. I'll go out for a while. You can practice on your own."

Kakashi looked at the countdown of less than a month on the task panel and knew that this was the time when his father committed suicide in his first life. He lowered his head with a sad heart.

Why did his father have to go through this?

After leaving home, Hatake Sakumo avoided everyone's sight and went straight to the Konoha Orphanage.

As a powerful shadow-level warrior, it is easy to avoid being discovered by others.

However, after arriving at the orphanage, he no longer hid his figure, because he was there to look for someone.

He wanted to ask Pharmacist Nono why he did this.

In fact, he had wanted to ask her a long time ago, when she couldn't provide any information about the mission.

He didn't believe that she, known as the "walking priestess", would be unable to distinguish the truth from falsehood in the information.

"Why are you doing this?"

The moment Hatake Sakumo saw Yakushi Nono, he appeared in front of her, regardless of whether this place was someone else's bedroom.

"What? How to do it?" Nono lowered his head, not daring to look at Hatake Sakumo, for fear that he would discover the sadness in his eyes.

"I don't believe that you can't tell the truth from the false information. You are the 'Miko'! The best intelligence ninja in the Root!"

"I did it on purpose, so what? To tell you the truth, there is no intelligence at all! I just sensed the danger and wanted to leave there as soon as possible!"

"You, you--" Hatake Sakumo was greatly shocked and staggered back two steps.

"Wouldn't it be better if you just took the information and left? I wouldn't be in danger, and you wouldn't be in this situation now."

As if thinking that his previous words were not cruel enough, Nono added another stab.

In fact, will things really develop as Nono said?

Not entirely. Even Yakushi Nono himself could not guarantee that if Hatake Sakumo returned alone with information, there would not be rumors in the village that he had abandoned his companions and was cold-blooded.

However, this does not affect her ability to last hit.

Yakushi Nono's words seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back.

[Did I really do something wrong? Ninjas should just be tools. Tools don’t need emotions or thoughts, right…]

Although he had faced accusations from everyone before, Hatake Sakumo never thought that he had done anything wrong. He firmly believed that ninjas are also human beings and should have their own emotions and rationality.

But now, he was shaken.

Hatake Sakumo turned around somewhat dazed, opened the door and prepared to leave.

He had gotten the answer, even though it wasn't what he wanted, so he should leave here.

But where should he go? Home?

Thinking of the recent changes in his family because of him, he was a little confused for a moment, not knowing where his home would be in such a big Konoha.

Looking at Hatake Sakumo's bewildered look, it was in stark contrast to his determination to bring her back with him when they were in the Land of Lightning.

Yakushi Nono couldn't hold back any longer, and tears rolled down his eyes.

She rushed forward in two steps and hugged Hatake Sakumo tightly from behind.

The tears dripped down her cheeks and onto Hatake Sakumo's back, which made him feel a little hot, and even his heart seemed to be burned.

Hatake Sakumo stopped walking forward, a gleam of light gradually appeared in his eyes, but then a trace of helplessness surged in his eyes.

He really doesn't know how to comfort people, let alone coax girls. He has never even coaxed Kakashi's mother.

Not knowing what to do, Hatake Sakumo simply didn't say anything and remained in this position without moving, intending to wait until Yakushi Nonou had cried enough and let go of him.

Perhaps Nono finally realized that this posture was a bit strange, and he couldn't help but burst into laughter, but he had no intention of letting go.

"Aren't you going to comfort me?"

"I...I, I can't..."

"sorry."

Hatake Sakumo, who was originally stuttering to explain, fell silent after hearing Nono's apology.

"What I just said was against my will. Thank you for saving me from the Fire Nation."

Nono released the hand that was holding Hatake Sakumo's waist and said, "Come in and sit down before we talk. It won't be good if the kids see us."