Konoha: The Strong Man Who Walked Out of the Grave

Humans are creatures that easily forget. Let alone something that happened a long time ago, even if it was something we just experienced yesterday, we may not be able to remember it.

But there is one thing that will be engraved in people's hearts, and no matter how long time passes, they will never be forgotten.

On the contrary, the passage of time may make that unforgettable thing more clear in the mind.

Usually, we will collectively call that thing unforgettable.

“Boss Kimura’s craftsmanship is getting better and better.”

"One thing to say, the clothes bought in other stores are not good at all. They will become tattered after a little fighting. The clothes made by boss Kimura are still strong."

The two Konoha genin said holding each other's hands.

"Hahaha, guests are really good at talking. This dress is worth 3000 taels to the guest!"

Tomohisa Kimura laughed heartily.

"Boss Kimura is awesome!"

The two genin also smiled and paid for the clothes without saying a word.

You must know that ninja combat uniforms are different from ordinary clothes. Kimura Ninja Clothing Shop is a long-established tailor shop in Konoha. A ninja uniform usually costs 5000 to [-] taels.

I just slapped the horse twice and picked up one or two thousand taels for nothing. Who would be unhappy if I left it alone?

Tomohisa Kimura, former Jounin of Konoha, current owner of Kimura Ninja Clothing Store.

Because of his experience as a ninja, he has a good understanding of the needs of ninjas. Since the tailor shop opened, it has been highly praised by Konoha ninjas.

He even got to know his wife. After the two got married, they gave birth to their child Kimura Takuma not long after.

Logically speaking, someone like him who can retire from the ninja battlefield and still have a good life after retirement should be happy and carefree.

However, Kimura Tomohisa has been feeling restless recently, as if he was warning that something bad was about to happen.

"Father, what's wrong?"

Kimura Takuma, who came to deliver the meal, saw his father's sad face and uneasiness, and couldn't help but ask aloud.

"It's Takuma, it's okay."

Seeing his son appear, Kimura Tomohisa put away his expression. As the mainstay of the family, he could not show such an expression.

"Father, if you are tired, leave the store to me."

Kimura Takuma said seriously.

"What nonsense are you talking about, you stupid boy, you're still far from it."

Tomohisa Kimura laughed and cursed.

He knew that his son wanted to relax for him, but he knew that he could not be idle. Only when he concentrated on making clothes could he feel more relaxed.

"Father, take care of yourself. I will meet your request as soon as possible, and then you can have a good rest."

Kimura Takuma didn't pay attention to Kimura Tomohisa's laughter and scolding.

This store was his father's lifelong effort, and with his current skills, he really wasn't qualified to talk about inheriting it.

"Okay, I understand. By the way, Takuma, how are you and the girl from the Yamamura family doing?"

Kimura Tomohisa suddenly asked.

Kimura Takuma nodded slightly shyly.

"Hanako said she would marry me when I become a pillar of support."

Kimura Tomohisa laughed, took a set of clothes from the hanger, folded them neatly, and then handed them to Kimura Takuma: "You brat, you have to work hard! These are Inoue Chuunin's clothes. He specially ordered After you finish it, send it to him, and you can make a trip for me."

"Yes, father."

Kimura Takuma took the clothes and walked out of the store without saying a word.

……

As if it were no different from usual, after dark, there were fewer pedestrians on the street.

Tomohisa Kimura is preparing to close the store and go home.

"Takuma, this kid, asked him to send some clothes, but he didn't come back. Did he go to find the girl from the Yamamura family? He's really young."

Tomohisa Kimura muttered while collecting things.

Suddenly, a strange yet familiar feeling arose in his heart!

That is the sense of crisis that only ninjas who have been on the battlefield and experienced life and death many times can understand!

Subconsciously, he threw the iron ruler in his hand as a shuriken!

bump!

It’s the sound of iron objects colliding at high speed!

The iron ruler and the shuriken fell to the ground!

"Who!"

Tomohisa Kimura shouted loudly!

However, the only answer to him was shuriken.

No matter how long it takes, a ninja who has been on the battlefield is no stranger to death!

With that almost wild feeling, Tomohisa Kimura used his unfamiliar skills to dodge the successive shurikens!

Someone is going to kill himself!

Is it a ninja from an enemy village?

No!If it were a ninja from an enemy village, he shouldn't just throw shurikens. If the shurikens had a detonating talisman tied to them, he would definitely not be able to dodge them now, and he would be dead a long time ago!

Just using shuriken, could it be...

In just a moment, Kimura Tomohisa had a rough guess about the incoming enemy.

"As expected of a ninja who has been on the battlefield. Even though he has been retired and not engaged in ninja activities for so many years, his skills are still there."

A Roots member shows up at the store.

"Are you... a root person!?"

Although Kimura Tomohisa had already guessed that it was a ninja in the village, and he had even specified it as a root or ANBU.

But he would rather be an Anbu person than a root.

After all, ANBU people are more human-like than Gen people.

Suddenly, Kimura Tomohisa found that his body was out of control!

The consciousness is still there, but I can't move!

He glanced at the ground from the corner of his eye, and a black line connected to his shadow in an extremely twisted way.

"Nara's Secret Technique, I'm careless!"

Only then did he realize that the root person in front of him appeared to give the possibility of extending the shadow.

"Have you noticed? After all, you guys are really troublesome. The previous ones have caused us a lot of trouble. The last one, Yamanaka."

"Yes!"

The leader gave an order, and a member of the Roots named Yamazaka appeared immediately.

"Yamanaka? Are you from the Yamanaka family? Are you trying to read my memory?!"

After saying this, Kimura Tomohisa suddenly seemed to understand something.

At the moment when Yamanaka approached Tomohisa Kimura, a shuriken came out instantly, and Yamanaka dodged in time.

Kimura Tomohisa looked at the figure that suddenly appeared in front of him in astonishment, and it actually overlapped with the scene in his memory.

He was in the same desperate situation, and the same man appeared in time. He couldn't help but murmured.

"Lord White Fang..."

After speaking, Tomohisa Kimura clenched his teeth, his eyes filled with tears of regret unconsciously.

"Go!"

Faced with the sudden appearance of Kakashi, the leading root members did not hesitate at all.

They generally knew Kakashi's strength.

Kakashi is no match for him alone.

But their target was not Kakashi from the beginning, but Tomohisa Kimura.

Being able to read the memory is of course the best.

If you can't read it, you can't read it.

The mission is to avoid contact between Kakashi and the target person. At this point, the only option is to kill Tomohisa Kimura!

Before Kakashi could say anything, he was suddenly attacked by several roots!

Among them were several elite ninjas who had mastered the family's secret techniques. Even he could not escape for a while.

Although the other party was from Gen, he was still from Konoha. Kakashi did not want to kill him at first.

But gradually, he discovered that the other party had no inhibitions and showed no mercy to him.

Therefore, he felt that he had nothing to worry about.

A sharp and ear-piercing sound, accompanied by a shining light, soared into the sky in the Kimura Ninja Clothing Shop!

In Konoha, not all ninjas can enter the root.

It can be said that the level of the root members is higher than that of most Konoha ninjas, especially in terms of killing.

But how can Kakashi be compared to ordinary ninjas?Even among them, they only recognized Kakashi's strength and did not dare to be careless in the slightest.

The moment Kakashi took action in anger, the leading root member targeted by him was already on guard.

A substitute technique that perfectly avoided Kakashi's hand rubbing Chidori.

"As expected of Konoha's technician Kakashi, he almost failed to react."

That man's heart was filled with sorrow. If he hadn't been on guard, he might have been hit by the Chidori, which seemed to make people's scalp numb with just one shot.

He didn't think he could withstand such a powerful blow.

"Really? Can you react now?"

"when!!!!"

The root leader was shocked.

The sound came from behind him, but when was there someone behind him?

Kakashi is clearly in front!

Without hesitation, he wanted to kick his legs and move away from where he was.

However, before he could make a move, Uchiha Yusuke struck him in the back of the neck with a knife.

The skillful use of force can be called splitting bricks on tofu.

If he didn't want to stay alive, Uchiha Yusuke's hand knife could completely separate the head and neck of the root member in front of him.

Uchiha Yusuke's appearance was expected by Kakashi, but his appearance so soon was beyond Kakashi's expectations.

"Kakashi, what are you doing? Do you still need me to help you when dealing with so many people? Please be more serious."

Seeing Kakashi slightly stunned, Uchiha Yusuke couldn't help but remind him.

"Yes, Yusuke-senpai!"

Uchiha Yusuke said so, of course Kakashi would not hold anything back.

He directly used the Mangekyō Sharingan, and opened four doors by the way.

The remaining few wanted to resist, but unfortunately they were far behind Kakashi regardless of consumption. They were almost crushed and couldn't make any waves at all. It took just a few breaths. , all the members of the root were knocked to the ground by Kakashi, unable to get up again.

And Kakashi also withered after taking care of this group of people.

The consumption of the Sharingan on him was already quite high, not to mention the Mangekyo Sharingan, which also opened four of the eight gates of Dunka, so the consumption increased exponentially.

"It seems that stuffing a tailed beast into your body has to be put on the agenda. Sakumo is obviously quite good at fighting a protracted battle."

Uchiha Yusuke said jokingly.

"Am I late?"

It wasn't until the battle was over that Itachi rushed over.

Uchiha Yusuke and Itachi were having dinner at the Uchiha residence when they suddenly heard the sound of Chidori, so they put down their bowls and chopsticks and rushed over.

Although they set off at the same time as Uchiha Yusuke, their speeds were not at the same level. It was no wonder that Itachi arrived after the battle was over.

"This is not the place to talk. Let's talk somewhere else. Itachi, Kakashi, bring the two members of the Roots, and who else, and you can come with us."

Uchiha Yusuke pointed at Kimura Tomohisa who stayed where he was.

Tomohisa Kimura nodded dully, his whole person in a state of confusion.

He couldn't believe his eyes, couldn't believe that the long-dead legend was now standing in front of him as before.

He is an old ninja. The time when Uchiha Yusuke was active was his golden period as a ninja. Because of Hatake Sakumo, he met Uchiha Yusuke many times.

At that time, there were almost no ninjas in Konoha who did not admire Uchiha Yusuke, and he was no exception.

Yusuke Uchiha led the way, followed closely by Itachi, Kakashi and Tomohisa Kimura.

They stopped just now when they came to a deserted place.

"Okay, let's talk about it, what's going on?"

Uchiha Yusuke looked back at Kakashi.

"Yusuke-senpai. After I said goodbye to you yesterday, I began to investigate what happened to my father back then. Although the records of my father's failed mission in the Konoha archives are vague, I still found them from other files. We identified several people who were most likely to be involved. Boss Kimura was one of the participants in that mission.

Am I right, Boss Kimura? "

Kakashi glanced at Tomohisa Kimura.

Kimura Tomohisa nodded and sighed suddenly.

"Originally there were several other people, and it wasn't Boss Kimura that I was looking for at the beginning. It was just when I found them..."

"died?"

Uchiha Yusuke raised his eyebrows.

Kakashi nodded.

"W-What did you say! Where are my son and wife!?"

Kakashi's words directly stirred Kimura Tomohisa's nerves.

It was only now that he remembered that the people who came to surround and kill him were members of Gen. Those guys were killing people without batting an eyelid.

"I don't know about your son, but your wife has..."

Kakashi went to Kimura Tomohisa's home first. When he arrived, Kimura Tomohisa's wife had died.

"Emiko!!"

"Why! Why is this happening!"

Hearing the news of his wife's death, Kimura Tomohisa was instantly sad. His wife's past voice and appearance appeared in his mind, making his pain even higher.

"Have you cried enough? If you haven't cried enough, you can continue to cry, and then let your wife's cold body continue to be unable to rest in peace."

What Uchiha Yusuke said was very impersonal, but it was indeed useful.

Kimura Tomohisa immediately stopped crying.

His eyes were red, and he suddenly knelt down in front of Uchiha Yusuke.

"Master Yusuke, I will say anything!"

He is not a fool. Now that things have happened, he almost understands from the conversation between Kakashi and Uchiha Yusuke why the Gen people came to his door.

It's nothing more than related to that incident back then.

"Then tell me."

Seeing Kimura Tomohisa's appearance, Uchiha Yusuke said in a deep voice.

He knew that Sakumo's death must be related to the high-level officials of Konoha, but he didn't know the specific process.

"Yes, Master Yusuke."

After hearing Uchiha Yusuke's words, Kimura Tomohisa took a deep breath and looked at Kakashi with guilt-filled eyes.

Over the years, he has always dreamed of going back to that day many years ago.

That day, he was feeling guilty for what he had done to Hatake Sakumo.But he never thought that what he did would lead to Hatake Sakumo's death.

Although he did not kill him with his own hands, he knew very well that the cause of Hatake Sakumo's death was caused by him.

"The story begins after our mission failed."

"The leader of that mission was Lord Sakumo. As an executive, I participated in that mission..."