Naruto Kakashi

Kakashi followed the flow of people and set foot on the Land of Water.

This is actually Kakashi's second time coming to the Kingdom of Water.

Although Kakashi has had many conflicts with Kirigakure's ninjas over the years, due to Konoha's conservative policy, the battles almost always took place within the Land of Fire.

Before that, Kakashi came here one night three years ago.

It was a nightmare that Kakashi didn't want to mention and couldn't forget.

That was at the end of the Third Ninja War, shortly after the Battle of Kannabi Bridge.

At that time, the war between Konoha and Kirigakure had reached a verbal peace agreement, but Kirigakure suddenly went back on his words and sent Anbu to attack a logistics force of Konoha.

Kakashi's teammate Nohara Rin happened to be in that team at the time.

Since it is a logistics unit, the overall combat effectiveness of the unit is not strong.

Faced with the attack of Kirigakure Anbu, they were defeated almost instantly, with heavy casualties. Nohara Rin was unfortunately captured and was captured by Kirigakure Anbu and taken back to Kirigakure Village.

At that time, Kakashi had just completed a mission. After hearing the news, he rushed to Kirigakure Village alone without waiting for instructions from the village, preparing to rescue the captured Lin.

Kakashi's rescue plan went very smoothly. Not only did he rescue Lin from the enemy's base camp, he also miraculously broke through the siege of the Kirigakure Anbu and returned to the Land of Fire.

Arriving at the Land of Fire, support from the village also arrived.

However, at that time, Konoha was a little nervous about fighting with other countries, and there were not many people who came to support Kakashi.

On the contrary, Kirigakure sent an unusually large number of people to hunt down Kakashi and the others.

Therefore, Konoha's reinforcements could only intercept some of the Kirigakure ninjas, and there were still more than 20 people who continued to chase Kakashi and the others.

Perhaps due to lack of familiarity with the Land of Fire, the Kirigakure ninjas have been unable to catch up with Kakashi and the others despite their large numbers.

Kakashi and the two are getting closer and closer to Konoha.

But just as she was about to arrive in Konoha, Lin suddenly discovered that all this was Kirigakure's conspiracy.

She discovered that the tailed beast Three-Tailed Isobutsu had been implanted in her body at some point.

In addition, she also found a curse mark in her heart. This curse seal prevented her from doing anything to harm herself, and it seemed to have the effect of releasing the tailed beast in her body.

Obviously, they deliberately asked Kakashi to rescue Lin, and then release the tailed beast in Lin after returning to Konoha, thereby achieving the purpose of destroying Konoha.

Lin told Kakashi her suspicions, and the two began to disagree on how to resolve it.

Rin wanted Kakashi to kill her, which would immediately put an end to Kirigakure's conspiracy.

Naturally, Kakashi would not agree. He firmly believed that as long as he found Teacher Minato, with his high level of sealing skills, he would be able to solve the matter without harming Lin's life.

But as the person involved, Lin knew her physical condition better than anyone else.

She knew very well that the seal in her body would not help even if the teacher came.

But neither of them could convince the other, but their escape speed unconsciously slowed down.

Before the two could agree on their opinions, the Kirigakure ninjas chasing the two were keenly aware of the abnormalities between the two, and knew that their plan might have been discovered.

So he immediately decided to change his plan and personally "send" Lin back to Konoha, since Konoha was not far away anyway.

Then they immediately accelerated, surrounded the two, and attacked Kakashi, intending to get rid of Kakashi as an obstacle.

Kakashi also guessed the thoughts of the Kirigakure ninjas, but he could not think of any countermeasures, and the few days of escape had already made him exhausted. Now he could not even break out with Lin.

After trying his best to kill several Kirigakure ninjas, the chakra in Kakashi's body was about to be exhausted.

Seeing that the only way to end Kirigakure's conspiracy was to kill Lin, Kakashi could not make up his mind.

Finally, he simply gave up thinking and used the last of his chakra to activate Chidori and rushed towards a Kirigakure ninja, intending to kill another one.

But just when Chidori was about to hit the enemy, Lin suddenly appeared in Kakashi's attack path.

Although Kakashi noticed it in advance, this was a life-threatening blow and was unable to stop the attack.

So in Kakashi's horrified eyes, the right hand wrapped around Chidori instantly stabbed Lin's heart.

Lin eventually died in Kakashi's hands as she said.

Lin's death ended Kirigakure's conspiracy, but it also became Kakashi's lifelong nightmare.

After Lin died, Kakashi's vision soon went dark and he fell to the ground.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already lying on the bed of Konoha Hospital.

It was his teacher Minato Namikaze who rescued him.

When Kakashi woke up and saw Minato, he was so depressed that he asked about the aftermath of the incident.

Lin's death was not in vain, the village was not destroyed, but what Minato said next was a bit beyond Kakashi's expectation, Lin's body was missing.

According to Minato, he didn't see any other people or bodies except Kakashi where he found Kakashi.

According to Minato's guess, Lin's body should have been taken away by Kirigakure.

However, since the relationship between Konoha and Kirigakure was at loggerheads due to Kirigakure's treachery, it was naturally impossible to confirm Minato's guess, and in the end the matter was settled.

Until now, Lin's tomb in Konoha Cemetery was just a burial mound.

There were too many cases of missing corpses during the war, and the village did not do so, but Kakashi never gave up on recovering Lin's body.

But Kakashi himself is the person who knows the most about this matter in the village, so although he has been investigating, there has been no progress.

It's not even certain whether the body was taken away by Kirigakure.

However, Kakashi's investigation was still somewhat useful. At least he found out the identities of the Kirigakure ninjas who participated in this incident and made a separate list.

So Kakashi became more involved in the conflict between the village and Kirigakure, which also caused him to encounter some, but they either said they didn't know or kept silent.

Ninja is a very dangerous profession.

In just a few years, almost all the Kirigakure ninjas who participated in it were killed or injured, including several high-level Kirigakure people who had very little activity.

Among these people, Kakashi only killed a very few, and most of their deaths had nothing to do with Kakashi.

It seems that there are others who are deliberately trying to eliminate them just like Kakashi.

Until now, among the list investigated by Kakashi, there is only one person left alive, the fourth generation Mizukage Goju Yagura.

Kakashi naturally placed all his hopes on him, but Mizukage was so easy to see, and Kakashi was always looking for a suitable opportunity to contact him.

Not long ago, Kakashi was finally found in the Land of Yu.

That is Qing.

Kakashi had the ability and time to kill Ao at the time, but he did not do so and instead chose to seal his Byakugan.

The purpose is to seek an opportunity to contact the Fourth Mizukage through Qing.

He didn't believe Kirigakure would give up this hard-won Byakugan so easily.

Therefore, even without Orochimaru's request, Kakashi would still find an opportunity to visit the Kingdom of Water.