Naruto: Kakashi is back with the system

The person in front of him was also wearing a black hood, just like Yakushi Nono, which covered most of his face, leaving only the black symbol at the corner of his mouth clearly visible.

Orochimaru was a little curious. What? Was wearing a hood some kind of tradition of the Root?

But I haven't seen many people wearing this thing before.

"You must be Orochimaru." The man finally spoke. Although his words were questions, they were spoken in a very affirmative tone.

As expected, the man didn't wait for Orochimaru to answer before continuing, "My name is Aburame Ryoma, and I will be your partner in the Root from now on. Please follow me."

After saying this, he turned and left without waiting for Orochimaru to speak, as if he was very sure that Orochimaru would follow him.

They came to a relatively small room, which was even darker in the underground where the light was already insufficient.

Inside were shelves filled with things, and it looked like a place to store supplies.

Orochimaru didn't go in, not because he disliked the darkness here or anything, but as a newcomer to the Root, he thought it would be better to stay away from it.

Even if he really did something, Danzo would not do anything to him, after all, it was Danzo who needed his help.

But why would his noble Lord Orochimaru go into such a dark and narrow room?

It's not a war period now, and it's not like he has no choice.

Aburame Ryoma paused at the door of the room. Seeing that Orochimaru didn't seem to want to go in with him, he didn't force him. He ducked in and quickly came out holding a set of black clothes.

"This is the root's costume. I'll take you to the dressing room to change into it."

It turns out that this is the warehouse where the Roots store their uniforms.

Orochimaru shook off his clothes and saw that there was indeed a hooded cloak underneath. It turned out that this was indeed the standard equipment of the Root.

After changing clothes, Aburame Ryoma took Orochimaru to Danzo's office.

Apart from saying "From now on, your job is to serve as Lord Danzo's bodyguard with me", he didn't say a word along the way.

Orochimaru was used to the chatterbox Jiraiya and the noisy little Ton-Ton, so he was a little uncomfortable for a moment when he met a quiet partner like Ryoma Aburame.

"Let's go."

When Danzo saw that his two guards had arrived, he stood up from the chair behind his desk and led them to the Hokage's office.

Danzo's attitude was as if he didn't recognize Orochimaru at all, which made Orochimaru's pupils shrink suddenly.

Tsk tsk, the difference in attitude before and after is too big, there must be some conspiracy.

However, what Orochimaru did not expect was that he actually saw Kakashi in the Hokage's office.

……

An hour ago, an Anbu suddenly appeared outside the window of Kakashi's bachelor apartment.

"Hatake Kakashi, summoned by the Third Hokage."

Kakashi's current strength is not inferior to that of the Anbu. In terms of mental strength and energy reserves alone, he can even be compared to a Kage-level strongman.

Therefore, he had already noticed the arrival of the Anbu, but Ton-Ton didn't care about it at all and didn't react at all.

I learned that the little guy had recently come with Kakashi to see Ton Ton's Rin. Perhaps because he had been away from the tense atmosphere of the battlefield for a while, he was startled by the sudden appearance of the Anbu.

Lin patted her chest twice gently and let out a breath slowly to calm her heart which was beating too fast due to being scared.

"Kakashi, since the Hokage has summoned you, go now."

"Leave Ton-Ton to me. Don't worry, I will take good care of him."

"I'm not leaving until you come back."

Lin's voice was as gentle as ever, and she was very patient with children. She didn't think playing with children was a boring thing at all.

After arranging the little guy, Ton Ton left with the Anbu.

"Hokage-sama, Hatake Kakashi is here."

The Third Hokage waved his hand, signaling the Anbu to retreat.

"Kakashi, you should be 13 years old this year, right?"

"Yes, Lord Hokage." After hearing the question from the Third Hokage, Kakashi finally understood why he was called here.

I guess it's time to promote myself to Jonin, which is a little earlier than in my first life.

"Judging from your performance in the mission, your current level has already surpassed that of an ordinary jonin, and has even reached the level of an elite jonin."

"To be able to reach such a level at such a young age, you are truly worthy of being Konoha's number one genius."

"Thank you for your praise, Hokage. I am just trying my best to improve my strength. Only in this way can I better serve the village."

But the content of the following conversation was not what Kakashi had imagined.

"Well, well said, he is indeed Sakumo's son, his personality is just like Sakumo!"

When he saw Kakashi, the Third Hokage thought of the former Konoha White Fang. The father and son were so similar.

To be honest, the Third Hokage had regretted it a long time ago. How could he have been so bewitched and fooled by Danzo at that time?

He was his ANBU chief! His right-hand man!

The Third Hokage was so excited that he had forgotten that the Anbu was a unit directly under the Hokage, and the Hokage also served as the chief. Hatake Sakumo was just a captain at that time.

But this is not important. It does not affect his expression of his nostalgia, regret and guilt towards Sakumo to Kakashi.

"Kakashi, I'm so sorry, it was my fault..."

Kakashi looked at the Third Hokage in surprise, not understanding what had happened to him all of a sudden.

"In fact, I know that Shumao did nothing wrong in that matter, but my suspicion prevented me from stepping in to stop it as soon as I learned the truth..."

Kakashi was silent, even though they knew the role played by the Third Hokage as early as the night Orochimaru came to find them.

But he really didn't expect that the Third Hokage would say it so openly, and in front of him, the son of a victim.

For a moment, the image of the Third Hokage overlapped with the amiable image in his memory of his first life, and the slight estrangement between him and the village caused by this incident seemed to be eliminated.

Otherwise, just forgive him?

Kakashi thought to himself, after all, my father didn't really die this time, right?

but……

Kakashi then shook his head inwardly and threw the thought out of his mind.

Even though the Third Hokage said it nicely, it does not change the fact that he was the murderer behind the scenes.

My father is still alive in this life, but what about the first life?

He won't forgive the other person so easily.

Kakashi opened his mouth and was about to say something.

Just then, the door to the Hokage's office was pushed open.