Hokage: The little fox picked up by the Hatake family

"you're awake."

As soon as Zaoji opened his eyes, he heard the hoarse voice of Xie controlling Fei Liuhu.

Zaoji sat up from the simple bed board, covering his dizzy head, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "How long have I been fainted?"

"Three days."

Xie threw a few pieces of wood into the burning fire aside, making the fire, which was originally a little weaker, grow a little bigger due to the addition of fuel.

"Three days...thank you." Zaoji looked at Xie and thanked him.

"Drink some water." Xie handed Zaoji a water bag.

Zaoji took it and took a few sips, not caring whether the scorpion could be poisonous. In other words, Zaoji didn't think that the scorpion could be poisonous.

Xie was a little surprised at Zaoji's lack of vigilance, but didn't reveal much. After seeing Zaoji drink the water, he asked again: "What are you going to do next?"

Early on, he recalled the too-realistic scene in his dream, as well as the strange figure who gave the star eyes, and rubbed his head: "I don't know."

"How about you continue to follow me?" Xie asked tentatively.

Zaoji raised his head and stared at Xie in surprise: "?"

"You are a suitable partner, strong and smart, and can bring me great help."

Zaoji was deep in thought, but Kisaragi Zeichi, who was still chatting with Lin, floated over.

"Now that we have rescued this little girl, why are we still traveling with him?"

Lin also floated over and stayed next to Saoki.

Zaoji glanced at the two souls, and then said to Xie, "I'll think about it."

Xie nodded, not in a hurry for Zaoji's answer. After getting along with him for a month, he felt a little strange about Zaoji's personality changes from time to time.

But in general, Zaoji is still very suitable as a companion. As for Zaoji's proposal to continue traveling together, Scorpio also considered it for a long time.

He knew that he could not hurt Saoki, and he also knew that Saoki was more indifferent than other ninjas, a kind of indifference to ninjas.

Xie doesn't know the reason, maybe it's because her strange power is too strong, but in his opinion, she is very suitable as a partner. She is strong, does not pose a threat to him and can help him.

Although sometimes he was surprised that he could accept a strange and mysterious little girl so quickly, after many considerations and assumptions, Scorpion really felt that this person was too suitable to be a partner in early childhood.

Zao Ji got up and left the ruined temple. Xie looked at it twice and then looked away, continuing to look at the fire.

After some distance away from the ruined temple, Zaoji stopped and looked at Lin.

"Sister Lin, could you please go over there and stay for a while?"

Lin nodded after hearing Saaki's words, but there was a question she wanted to ask Saaki, so after hesitating for a while, she finally spoke.

"Haoji, did you... take Obito's soul with you?" Lin asked after thinking about it for a few times.

Zaoji recalled what he saw at the dinner party. Looking at the worry and solemn look on Lin's face, he still said: "Obito is not dead."

"Obito, Obito is not dead!" Lin was shocked by the news and was at a loss.

Before asking Saaki, Lin had already prepared that Saaki had not saved Obito, but she did not expect that Obito was still alive.

Zaoki nodded: "Obito is indeed still alive, but I don't know where he is. If Sister Lin wants to see him, I can go look for him."

"It's okay, it's okay, Zaoji doesn't have to go out of his way to find it for me, Obito... As long as Obito is alive..." Lin said with a very excited expression. If she couldn't shed tears without her soul body, she would shed tears of excitement.

"I'll go over there and stay there first. If you have anything to do, Zaoki, go ahead and get busy." After Lin calmed down, she drifted in the direction Saoki said.

Zaoji glanced at Lin a few times, and then looked at Kisaragi Zeichi beside him: "Have you ever seen the giver of star eyes?"

Ru Yueze was stunned: "Have you been going to see Him these three days since you were unconscious?"

Saaki nodded.

"Did He play tricks on you for a long time? Otherwise, why would you have been unconscious for three days?"

Ru Yueze raised his forehead, his tone full of resentment.

"...?"

Before Zaoji could be confused for too long, Ruyue Zeichi opened his mouth to explain.

"When I first met Him, I was 15 years old. My star eyes became even stronger. He was very beautiful. His beauty suited His status as a 'god'. He also asked me if He was beautiful. I replied that He was beautiful. He sent me with a smile. When I left, I regarded Him as the only god I believed in."

"When we met again, He asked me again if He was beautiful. I answered again that He was beautiful, but the moment I answered, He, He approached me and turned into a terrifying evil ghost! And he asked with a smile, "Where are you now!" Do you know how much psychological shadow I had as a 15-year-old boy at that time!!!"

As Ruyue Zeyi spoke, his tone became more and more excited, as if he was talking about the grievances he had suffered.

The corner of Zaoji's mouth couldn't help but twitch. She thought that Kisaragi Zeichi was one of his, but now it seems that this guy has been tricked quite miserably.

First, I was tricked by Heaven’s Punishment for several years, and then I was tricked by Him.

Zaoji decisively ignored Kisaragi Zeichi, who was still wailing on the side, and called Lin on the other side to go back to the ruined temple.

"Help bake a rabbit." Saoki suddenly took out a rabbit that was still jumping around, which shocked Kisaragi Zeichi, who was still wailing in Lin's eyes.

"No, where did you catch the rabbit???"

Kisaragi Zeichi asked in shock.

"When you wailed." Zaoji finished speaking in a low voice, waited for Xie to come out of Fei Liuhu, took the rabbit and left the ruined temple.

Zaoji sat by the fire waiting for Xie's return.

It didn't take long for Scorpion to come back with the cleaned rabbit.

Staring at the rabbit being roasted by Scorpion, Saoki suddenly spoke.

"I'll go with you later."

The scorpion turned the stick that roasted the rabbit and was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "It's nice to get along."

"Get on well."

Lin glanced at Scorpion for a few times, remembering that Kakashi was suddenly worried about him. Could Zaoki have fallen in love with this red-haired boy?

At this time Konoha

It was clearly daytime at Kakashi's house, but Kakashi's room was completely dark.

The curtains covered the windows tightly, and no light came in.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, but there was no movement from Kakashi who was curled up on the bed.

The direct knock on the door gradually disappeared, and Kakashi still maintained his original posture.

At the door, Namikaze Minato looked at the closed door and sighed. After hesitating, he put down what he was holding and left.

After Minato Namikaze returned home and took a sip of water, he felt a little headache and helpless about his last remaining disciple.

"Minato? Are you back?" Uzumaki Kushina was a little surprised when she saw Minato Namikaze sitting on the chair as soon as she opened the door.

"Kushina." Namikaze Minato smiled at Uzumaki Kushina.

"How is it? How is Kakashi doing recently?" Uzumaki Kushina also knew that Kakashi, who was brought back by Namikaze Minato, lost a companion again.

Ever since he recovered from his injury, he has locked himself in his room and never came out.

When Kakashi was mentioned, Namikaze Minato shook his head: "First, early disappearance, then Obito's death, and finally Rin... This series of events has dealt a huge blow to Kakashi..."

Uzumaki Kushina was obviously stunned for a moment when she heard Saki's name, but she quickly returned to normal.

"Alas... Obito and Rin's child..." Uzumaki Kushina sighed, lamenting that the two died so early.

"By the way, Saaki...the child's whereabouts haven't been traced recently?" Uzumaki Kushina suddenly asked.

Namikaze Minato thought that Uzumaki Kushina was worried about Saaki, so he could only comfort him: "After the defeat of Iwagakure Village, he never admitted that he took Saaki away. We also sent people to secretly go there to investigate, but no evidence of Saaki was found. As for the traces, Mr. Hokage currently has two guesses. One is that he was hidden deeply by the ninjas of Iwagakure Village in the early years, and the second is that it is very likely that a third party force took the person away."

Uzumaki Kushina nodded after hearing this, but in fact she had a third guess in her mind, that is, the child left on his own.

However, this guess is only known to her. After all, in the eyes of other insiders and Sarutobi Hiruzen, Zaoki has no other abilities except divination, and she herself is only guessing about this situation.

Since her early exchanges with Kyuubi, Kyuubi has kept her promise and has never rioted in her body, which makes her feel a lot more relaxed.

When he went to the front line to fight against the Jinchuuriki of other countries, he had enough energy to fight against them.

And all of this can be said to be the credit of Zaoki. For Zaoki, Uzumaki Kushina didn't know how to face this child who had been pretending for so long.