Naruto Kakashi

"Is this your first time seeing such a big tree? This is the sacred tree of our Takigakure Village." A Takigakure ninja who was traveling with him said with pride as he looked at Kakashi's shocked look.

Sacred tree?It is indeed not an exaggeration to call such a large body a sacred tree.

Kakashi looked at the sacred tree again. At the root of the sacred tree, there were rows of orderly houses surrounding it.

Apparently that was the legendary Takigakure Village.

It can be seen from the number of houses that the scale of Takigakure Village is not very large.

This is also in line with Kakashi's understanding of Takigakure Village.

In the ninja world, Takigakure Village is indeed very famous, but that is more due to its mysterious location. As for its strength, it is generally considered to be at a lower than average level.

But in fact, Takigakure was once a powerful ninja village.

Although there is still some gap between it and the five major ninja villages of the same period, it is only a thin line.

But later it was said that someone in the Ninja Village rebelled and not only stole the village's secret techniques, but also killed all the senior officials of Takigakure at the time.

This also directly led to the decline of Takigakure Village.

The collective death of the village's top leaders and the lack of secrets in the village have made the originally strong Takigakure Village worse and worse.

So far, the number of ninjas in Takigakure Village has been very small, especially the jounin-level ninjas. There are only five jonins. This number of jonins is just enough to maintain the normal operation of the village.

It's no wonder that as a Ninja Village, they have to submit commissions to other organizations.

But Kakashi didn't understand why Takigakure didn't seek help from Konoha.

He remembered that the relationship between Takigakure and Konoha was still good, and they had always remained allies.

Why did you sacrifice the near for the far this time?

"Please come with me." Village Chief Ito's words interrupted Kakashi's thinking.

After greeting Kakashi, Ito took Kakashi into the deep forest.

But what surprised Kakashi was that Ito did not go in the direction of the village, but in the opposite direction.

"To be honest, this commission is for you to protect the safety of two people, and the main enemy to guard against is the Fuma clan." While walking, Ito began to introduce this mission to Kakashi. After all, The description of the mission in the authorization letter was very vague.

"Fuuma clan?" Kakashi frowned, a little surprised.

The Fuuma clan was once the leading clan in the ninja world, establishing itself in the ninja world with its extremely exquisite shuriken technique.

But later, for unknown reasons, the family declined and the family members were scattered in various countries.

However, despite being scattered all over the place, every member of the Feng Mo family always wants to restore the family's glory and works hard for it.

The Feng Mo clan is definitely a family worthy of admiration.

But although it is worthy of admiration, the Fuma clan is not what it used to be, and Takigakure Village is still a complete ninja village no matter how it declines.

Logically speaking, even if the Fuma Clan attacks, it shouldn't be difficult to protect one or two people with the strength of Takigakure Village.

Why bother to expose the location of the village and come to seek help from other countries?

"Due to some special reasons, I cannot provide more details of the commission. This is related to the secret of my Takigakure Village. I hope you can understand." Ito had no intention of solving Kakashi's doubts.

"Since the organization has accepted the commission, I naturally won't ask any more questions." Although he said this, Kakashi immediately became more alert when it came to the task, thinking about various possibilities in his mind at a rapid pace. .

The simple exchange ended. Under the leadership of Ito, Kakashi walked through the deep forest for a long distance and finally came to a somewhat dilapidated shrine.

There were two lazy Takigakure ninjas standing at the gate of the shrine. When they saw Ito and others arriving, they quickly stood up straight.

Ito didn't say much, and asked the ninjas who were traveling with him to wait outside the door, and then took Kakashi into the shrine.

Entering the shrine, Kakashi looked at the buildings inside the shrine.

The architecture inside the shrine is very elegant, and it is obvious that a lot of thought was spent on its construction.

But now it seems that it has not been well maintained, and many of the buildings in the shrine are damaged, which makes the entire shrine look a bit dilapidated, and Kakashi has not seen anyone else until the atrium.

After passing through a long corridor again, the two came to an inner hall of the shrine, and Kakashi finally saw the people in the shrine.

One old and one young, two women wearing witch costumes.

The old one is a skinny old woman, sitting upright on the seat, and the younger one is a young girl, close to the old woman, who looks like she is no more than three or four years old.

Ito bowed respectfully to the old woman, but did not say anything to the old woman. Instead, he turned to look at Kakashi: "These two are the people you want to protect. According to the commission, they will be protected during this week." People’s safety is left to you.”

"Okay." Kakashi nodded.

"Well, we will also provide some help, but not a lot." Ito thought for a while and added.

Although Ito seemed to be very respectful to the old man in front of him, his attitude was exactly the opposite, and his expression was even a little cold.

Ito seemed unwilling to stay here any longer. After simply explaining the task, he hurriedly left the shrine.

There were only two mikos in the room, Kakashi and one old and one young.

Kakashi naturally wanted to know more about his mission goals.

In Kakashi's view, the old miko's face was very pale and her eyes were a little dim, giving people a feeling that her life was not long, but Kakashi could faintly detect a strong oppressive force on the old woman.

And this kind of pressure seems familiar, but I can't remember it for a while.

Obviously this escort mission is not as simple as imagined.

Kakashi was looking at the person he was guarding, and they were also looking at Kakashi.

"Hatake Kakashi? Are you a child of the Hatake family? Who are you, Konoha White Fang?" The old woman spoke first, her voice a little hoarse, with a sense of weakness that could not be concealed.

"Oh? Do you know my father?" Kakashi was a little surprised when he heard someone mention his father.

"How can I, an old woman who has not been out of the village for decades, have the chance to meet him? However, even though I have never left home, I have still heard of the reputation of Konoha White Fang." The old woman said with a smile on her face, "With the protection of the son of Konoha White Fang, Now I can rest assured.”

Kakashi didn't say much. He was very clear about his father's reputation in the ninja world, and he had been working hard to practice with his father as his goal.

"Having said so much, I forgot to introduce myself. If you don't mind, you can call me Grandma Die." After Grandma Die said, she turned to look at the little girl with a sleepy face nestled next to her, feeling pity. Said, "This girl's name is Fu."

Hearing her mother-in-law introduce her name, the little girl raised her head and glanced at Kakashi, then timidly lowered her head.

After the greetings, the room fell into silence again, and it was Granny Die who spoke first: "I wonder if you know Uzumaki Mito-sama."

Uzumaki Mito?Kakashi has naturally heard of this name, but he doesn't know why the butterfly mother-in-law suddenly mentioned it.

Mito Uzumaki is the wife of the First Lord and a legend in the Leaf Village.

However, in addition to being the wife of the first lord, Uzumaki Mito also has another identity that is equally famous, that is, the first Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki.

Kakashi thought of the familiar and powerful sense of oppression exuded by Granny Butterfly.

Could it be?Granny Butterfly is also a Tailed Beast Jinchūriki?

What Granny Butterfly said next proved Kakashi’s suspicion.

"Like Mito-sama, I was one of the first Tailed Beast Jinchūriki, but I was still a child at the time."

"And the tailed beast sealed in my body is none other than Nanao Shigeaki."

Nanao Chongaki!Kakashi's expression became a little solemn.

He was already considering whether to continue the mission.