The King and the Priest[Comprehensive]

It's raining.

Even though the sound of water splashing on the ground is isolated from the thick wall, it can easily penetrate the barrier and echo in the too quiet house.

In this spacious mansion, there were no lights for a long time, and even the tree shadows that would silently fall on the entrance door on weekdays were washed away by the heavy rain and scattered in the dark water.

No one seemed to be inside.

A shadow stretched out from a hidden corner, slowly covering the entire withered courtyard.

"Withered" does not specifically refer to the depressive silence that permeates here, but also the decay and dilapidation that cannot be seen on the surface, but can be revealed from every hidden detail.

Even the moonlight that would have fallen in the corridors many nights was gone.

Since the original owner committed suicide, the mansion has been completely closed, or "abandoned".

The little master who was left behind lived here alone for a period of time, then moved away from the ancestral house, and has not returned since then.

Before the tragedy happened, this place was sunny, full of laughter from men and children, and it was full of life.

And to the outside world, when it comes to the name engraved on the house number outside the mansion, everyone praises it, and yearns for the legendary ninja who will carry forward this name.

Sakumo Hatake, the elite of Konoha Ninja Village, is an amazing and talented ninja.

The man who carried forward the ancestral sword technique of the Hatake family has shocked the ninja world with the title of Konoha Hakuba. In the ninja war, the white light flashed through the darkness was sharp and frightening. I don’t know how much the short knife harvested like lightning. Ninja life.

Before Konoha Baiya fell, he was the idol of the villagers who performed military exploits, and was highly respected and loved. He even surpassed Sannin, the disciple of the third Hokage, for a period of time.

However, it was such a hero with a glorious image that ended in a tragic ending that probably no one can imagine.

The reason is very simple. From the perspective of normal people's thinking, it is completely unbelievable.

Just because he chose a companion among missions and companions, the famous Konoha Baiya was instantly denied and excluded by the whole village.

Even the comrades he rescued didn't approve of his actions, and the accusations from many parties were suppressed. Both his former status and his dignity as a ninja were all lost, and Konoha Baiya's prestige became an indelible stigma.

Therefore, under the tremendous pressure of being unable to turn around, the former genius ninja fell into despair, and finally on a certain day, unwilling to bear the pointing and disgusting eyes of the villagers, he chose to end his life by himself.

The death of this man was quite unimaginable to many people.

He was a man who should have died on the battlefield, but he didn't expect that the final curtain would be so bleak and ironic.

It's just that the sigh is the sigh, most of the people who feel a little bit about it just feel a little pity for Konoha Baiya's loss, and they haven't actually changed their minds about Bai Fang's "mistakes".

Needless to say, this is the world of ninjas, which cannot be followed by the logic of some peaceful world.

"Ninjas are just tools and weapons. Completing tasks must be at the top of the list, even over your own life."

Every ninja in this world should keep such stern words in their hearts from the moment they hold Kunai.

Tools and weapons don't need a mind of their own, and will do whatever it takes to get the job done.

"Companion" is obviously lower than one's own life in this order, and it belongs to the part that can be discarded without hesitation and maximized use when it is time to discard it.

With the cruel standard as the tenet that every ninja cannot violate, the whole ninja world is full of such a cold atmosphere.

And Sakumo Hatake, who cherished his companions more than his mission, was such an abrupt change.

"—So, that man is dead."

The immature but inexplicably frost-frozen voice suddenly sounded in the dead night, driving away the monotonous sound of rain, and also opened the dusty empty room for a long time.

A shadow belonging to a certain person appeared before the rain curtain, and happened to fall in the corridor where the moonlight was lost.

Perhaps it can only be seen clearly by the light of thunder and lightning flashing across the dark sky. The person who appeared silently is a boy who is only about ten years old.

The white hair is inherited from the father who committed suicide in this mansion, and the eyes hidden in the dark environment are somewhat similar to the father's back then.

Hatake Kakashi didn't come back to the ancestral home just to commemorate his deceased father in the middle of the night.

In fact, he didn't want to come back here at all, and he didn't want to remember—remembering his father, Konoha Shirato, who abandoned his ninja principles and left him, and died alone without any responsibility.

Purely involuntary.

Just like the sentence that the young man just popped up out of the blue, he was also forced to say it reluctantly.

13-year-old Hatake Kakashi suspects that he has hit a ghost.

Since yesterday, he didn't know whether it was in his ears or deep in his brain, there had been intermittent noises that did not belong to his own heart.

The sound was very strange.

Using "noisy" to describe it obviously added the teenager's not-so-calm mood swings.

Because the "noise" is clearly pronounced from the beginning to the end, and the logic is very clear. If you listen to it in a different scene at a different time, it may also make the listener feel refreshed.

After all, this voice is really pleasant, like a trickling spring, washing away the dust and ashes accumulated in my heart.

But Kakashi Hatake obviously didn't think so.

When the "noise" sounded for the first time, he was out on a mission with two of his classmates.

Although they are still ninjas, in the war-torn era, the children who have just graduated from the ninja school are still immature, so they have to go to the battlefield. superior.

Hatake Kakashi inherited his father's outstanding talent, and even surpassed it.

His personality was greatly affected by his childhood experience, and he became so rigid that he hardly accepted flexibility. He had to follow the rules and the requirements he received in every move, and his pursuit of successfully completing tasks had reached a level that was unacceptable to his classmates. .

For example, at this time, the idiot who was rendered useless by the genius was bluffing, and the kunai he threw didn't even hit the enemy's shadow, which seriously affected the efficiency of completing the task.

From this, the genius boy saw that the good-for-nothing boy was extremely displeasing to the eye, and at this moment, he didn't bother to care whether the good-for-nothing would be injured when he stepped on his left foot and fell off the branch just now, so he jumped forward.

The boy's figure turned into a long white line, with flashes of thunder mixed in between, and the forest was about to be illuminated in an instant.

His weapon is the dagger inherited from his father. The flaw has been found in the lightning and flint. In the next moment, the dagger will be swung out, and with the sound of thunder, it will chop down the enemy ninja who has completely lost the chance of winning...

— Neck... wait!The position changed, became a chest?

——No, why has there been a change again, this time it changed again, it became...

Not cut at all!

At this moment, the expression under the mask of the genius boy froze once in a lifetime.

There seemed to be a blur in front of his eyes, and his head was also dizzy. The combination of multiple changes led to the appearance of a stupid mistake that he could not have made when he was three years old.

The culprit——

It was the voice that appeared in his head without warning!

"This is the summoning of the heroic spirit... No, there is obviously something wrong, the contract..."

Hatake Kakashi: "???!!"

"Master, yes, you are my Master... Why is there such a strange situation, the first time being summoned by a human being as a heroic spirit, this feeling is really a bit novel..."

Hatake Kakashi (shocked): "Who?! Who is talking!"

As expected of a genius, even if he was caught off guard and slashed with a knife, he could still turn around abruptly in mid-air to make up for it.

Oh!

The enemy's mask was cut off and fell down instantly.But what fell to the ground along with it was a wooden stake that was replaced in time.

That's right, the enemy fled because of the fright that the genius Hatake Kakashi received at that moment.

For this result, Hatake Kakashi's first reaction was not to be annoyed and resentful like swallowing a fly, but to be highly alert with the hairs all over his body standing on end at this moment.

His nervousness frightened his companions who thought they were out of danger.

"Ka, Kakashi? Are you alright? The task only requires us to stop the hostile ninja who stole the scroll. It is the task of Minato-sensei who came later to arrest or silence the scroll. Don't—"

Don't act as horrible as the thugs who are about to rush to kill the enemy just because you failed to kill the enemy first!

Even the mask couldn't stop the genius boy's uncharacteristically horrified expression, which shocked the good-for-nothing companion No. [-], thinking that there were some invisible enemies hidden around him, so he held his breath, as if he was facing a big enemy.

"What, what, what happened? Is there anything wrong! Kakashi!"

"Obito, Kakashi, you two calm down...!"

Noisy.

This is the real commotion.

Hatake Kakashi was deeply trapped in the chaos like the whirlpool of the sea, and his thoughts were almost not confused along with it.

He was aware of the existence of another person, but the frightening thing was that he didn't notice the murderous intent at all, and he didn't even know where the person who was reasonably close to him was!

His back was instantly drenched in cold sweat, the white-haired boy grasped the dagger tightly, his pupils constricted and his eyes trembled slightly.

Do your best to search for the hiding place of the "enemy", but also to determine what type of ninjutsu the ability to transmit the sound to your head belongs to.

Judging by the standards of young people, Hatake Kakashi is indeed quite good. At least his companion No. [-] who didn't feel anything was scared to cry by the weird atmosphere, but he could barely hold his own when he actually sensed something.

"Who!"

With a tentative voice, and at the same time increasing the level of vigilance, a crisis may be triggered at any time.

Hatake Kakashi was prepared, and the possibility of the three of them surviving the unknown enemy was almost zero.

Therefore, we must seize the opportunity and find ways to leave the information to Minato-sensei——

"Did you misunderstand something?"

"...??!"

"It seems that the reason for the incomplete contract lies with you, half-baked master."

"Varied--"

"Please also prepare for the ceremony of summoning the servants in a proper and smooth way."

The voice that suddenly appeared in his mind, even though the tone was calm, but the words that came out were so...

"you--"

"Letting the servant who has worked so hard for you get stuck in the gap between the Hall of Valor and the present world with such a wonderful posture is your mistake as the Master, please correct it."

Hatake Kakashi: "?"

This guy.

What he said was in human language, and he used very polite honorifics, and he could understand all the content.

but why.

——It will be like this, and it will make people feel extremely uncomfortable after hearing it!