Naruto Kakashi

"This is a work that I have spent many years traveling around to collect materials and painstakingly created. It is bound to become a book of life for all young people." Jiraiya introduced the book to himself, with a tone that Kakashi could not find. The fanaticism of understanding.

I heard the teacher say before that Master Jiraiya is strange in some aspects. Kakashi didn't feel it before, but now he feels it a little bit.

Materials?The book of life?Kakashi listened to Jiraiya's introduction, but felt that the book in his hand was getting weirder and weirder.

"Ahem, okay, it's time for me to go back." Jiraiya seemed to notice something was wrong with Kakashi's eyes. He quickly stood up and wiped his saliva, then turned to look outside the tree hole and said in a normal tone, "I guess If I don’t come forward, Konoha’s ninjas will search here.”

Kakashi nodded. He did hear some noises. He originally planned to say goodbye to Jiraiya later, but he didn't expect Jiraiya to mention it first.

"Let's meet again in the future." Jiraiya said goodbye to Kakashi, "Don't forget to read my book."

After saying that, he turned around and left the tree hole.

After Jiraiya left, the movement outside the tree hole also disappeared.

But Kakashi didn't open the book in his hand immediately.

Instead, communicate with the Great Tengu.

In fact, since entering the tree hole, the Otengu has been urging Kakashi to ask Jiraiya about the origin of Gamabunta.

But Kakashi ignored him.

"I can tell you the origin of Gamabunta, but you must also tell me one thing."

The matter about Gamabunta is not a secret, and Kakashi naturally knows it.

"what's up?"

"What did Ze put on me? Where is that thing?" Kakashi has never forgotten what the Great Tengu said before.

"Okay." The Great Tengu readily agreed, "Do I need to make a contract?"

"We have done so many transactions, don't we even have a word of trust like this?"

"Trust?" The Great Tengu sneered, but did not object.

As the number of transactions with the Daitengu increased, more and more contracts were established.

Although there have been no side effects so far, Kakashi has a vague premonition.

Therefore, Kakashi does not want to sign another contract with the Daitengu if necessary.

"I can tell you first." It was obviously impossible for the Great Tengu to speak first, so Kakashi set an example first, "Jiraiya-sama's psychic beast comes from a place called Mt. Miaomu."

After Kakashi finished speaking, the Great Tengu was silent for a while, and then he said, "The thing is at the collar of your robe."

After hearing what the Daitengu said, Kakashi took off his organizational robe, turned it over to the collar and searched carefully.

Finally I found a strange thread.

There was no difference between this thread and an ordinary thread on the surface, but Kakashi noticed a familiar Mudun aura from it.

Although he found what Zetsu put on him, after thinking about it, Kakashi decided to let it go and put the robe back on him.

Knowing what Zetsu had left in him, Kakashi felt a little more relaxed.

So he picked up the book Jiraiya gave him and started reading by the firelight.

This is?Kakashi read a few pages and couldn't help but become addicted to it.

While he was greatly shocked in his heart, he kept saying words like 'As expected of Jiraiya-sama'.

Silent all night.

As the early morning sunlight passed through the hole and hit Kakashi's face, Kakashi turned his eyes away from the book.

Although he looked away, Kakashi didn't seem to be fully awake yet. He looked at the long-burned fire in front of him with a slightly confused look.

Is it already the second day?

It took a long time for Kakashi to finally wake up and look down at the book in his hand with a little fanaticism in his eyes.

Just like the look in Jiraiya's eyes when he introduced the book to him.

"Well, Kakashi, it turns out you are here, but I had a hard time looking for you." Suddenly Zetsu appeared at the entrance of the cave.

Being used to Zetsu's elusiveness, Kakashi was not surprised by his appearance.

Zetsu also noticed the book in Kakashi's hand and couldn't help but asked curiously, "What book is in your hand?"

But when Zetsu mentioned the book in his hand, Kakashi became a little panicked. He quickly closed the book and stuffed it into his ninja bag: "It's nothing, um, it's just a book about ninja warfare and fighting. Don't you Would be interested."

Kakashi spoke intermittently, and his face turned red. Fortunately, there was a mask to block it, so he would not lose his temper too much.

Seeing Zetsu looking at him more and more strangely, Kakashi finally calmed down and forcibly changed the subject: "By the way, Zetsu, where were you last night? I can't contact you at all."

"Oh? Have you contacted me? I should have been tracking Orochimaru with all my strength at the time, so I might not have noticed." It seemed that he had expected Kakashi to ask such a question, and he answered it very smoothly.

"Have you caught up with Orochimaru?" Naturally, Kakashi didn't believe Zetsu's explanation, but he still tried his best to cooperate with Zetsu.

"No, I lost track of you soon, and then I came back to look for you. I didn't expect you to hide so secretly." Jue looked very annoyed.

Although he still didn't know Zetsu's tracking method, Kakashi still didn't believe that Zetsu would be lost.

And even if Zetsu really lost Orochimaru, he didn't remove the mark Zetsu put on Kakashi.

In this case, Jue did not join him until now. Obviously there must be something fishy in this.

It's just that Kakashi still doesn't know enough about Zetsu to guess his purpose.

"It seems that the mission to recruit Orochimaru has failed." Zetsu said with a regretful expression.

Kakashi nodded cooperatively: "Where should we go next? Return to the village?"

"No, there is something that requires you to go to the Country of Rock." Zeu shook his head.

Then he took out a scroll with the word Pain written on it and handed it to Kakashi, "Actually, I received news from the leader yesterday. Konan and Kakuzu both encountered some problems in the Land of Rock. They need to You go and provide support."

Kakashi took the scroll and looked at it. It did say that Kakashi should go to support Konan, but there was no arrangement for Zetsu: "What about you?"

"I still have some things to deal with, and I won't leave the Country of Fire for the time being." Jue said vaguely.

Kakashi nodded and did not ask further questions.

Although it has been more than two years since Kakashi joined the Akatsuki organization, he has never become the core.

In Kakashi's mind, the core of the Akatsuki organization is Payne, Konan and Zetsu, who are responsible for some organizational decisions and task allocation.

He and Kakuzu are wage earners, only responsible for completing tasks.

Simply put, Kakashi still doesn't get enough credit.

It can be seen from the information recorded on the scroll that matters in the Country of Rock are quite urgent.

Therefore, Kakashi did not delay and immediately set off for the Land of Rocks.

When Kakashi went to the Rock Country, two major events happened in Konoha Village.

First, the news of Orochimaru's defection spread like wildfire.

Originally, this matter was intended to be kept secret from the residents of Konoha, but someone spread the word, causing the entire village to know about it.

Although Orochimaru has retreated behind the scenes for many years, as one of the three ninjas, his status and reputation in Konoha are still very high.

In particular, there were rumors that Orochimaru's defection was due to human experiments, which made the villagers of Konoha panic.

Originally, Konoha was a little worried about quelling Orochimaru's defection, but then another piece of bad news came.

A ninja team performing a C-level escort mission was attacked shortly after leaving the village.

Three of the four ninjas died, and the client died on the spot. Only one genin named Uchiha Itachi survived after being saved by a ninja from the same village who happened to be passing by.

It is a very risky thing for a ninja to accept a commission and complete it.

Mission failures and casualties often occur.

But most of this happens in the early days of the establishment of Ninja Village.

After these years of development, Ninja Village has strictly graded task delegation.

At the same time, the strength of the ninjas in the village will also be evaluated to ensure that the tasks the ninjas receive are within their capabilities.

Through this method, the casualties in major ninja villages were greatly reduced.

Especially for large ninja villages like Konoha, casualties rarely occur when performing missions below B level, let alone casualties of this level.

For Ninja Village, task delegation is its largest source of income.

The extremely high commission completion rate, especially the commission completion rate below B level, is exactly what attracts others to submit commissions to Konoha.

And this incident was not just as simple as the failure of the mission commission, but more importantly, it was a blow to the Ninja Village's signature.

For Konoha, the impact was no less severe than Orochimaru's defection.

But it's not without good news, that is Jiraiya's return.

Although Jiraiya's return cannot immediately solve the crisis, the name of the Sannin still brings great comfort to the residents of Konoha.

It can be said that Jiraiya's return gave the entire Konoha a shot in the arm.

……

On the edge of Konoha's territory, in the tree cave where Kakashi lived last night.

It seems Zetsu hasn't left since Kakashi left.

Suddenly, the space in front of him was distorted, and then Obito's figure slowly appeared in front of him.

"The recruitment of Orochimaru failed." Seeing Obito's appearance, Zetsu immediately reported to Obito Hui, "It can be seen from Orochimaru's attitude and the existing intelligence can be analyzed that he seems to want to create one on his own. power."

Obito didn't seem surprised by this result, "Orochimaru is very ambitious, but his research is very important to us. We will get in touch with him again if we have the opportunity in the future."

"Well," Jue nodded, paused, and then tentatively asked, "How are you doing over there?"

Obito glanced at Zetsu, and then said calmly: "The seeds have been planted, but it will take some time to harvest."

However, Obito did not go into details, but turned to ask about another matter: "How are things arranged in Iwa Country?"

Obito said nothing, and Zetsu stopped asking: "Kakashi has already set off for the Land of Rocks. It will take about three days to arrive."

"Have you set off yet?" Obito's tone was a little playful, "Haha, I'm really looking forward to what Kakashi will think after knowing the enemy he will face."

"Hope he doesn't disappoint me."