Naruto and Shadow

“Kakashi?”

In the barbecue restaurant, Nohara Lin had just grilled a piece of meat. When she was thinking about what kind of excuse she should use to hand it to Kakashi, she found that the other party was staring at the guests at other tables in a daze.

“It’s seniors and the others……”

Nohara Rin followed Kakashi’s line of sight and looked over.

It’s the senior ninja I met in front of the Hokage Building before.

“That guy definitely survived by stepping on the corpses of his companions, right?”

“Maybe he betrayed his companions and was released by ninjas from other villages to serve as spies?”

“It makes sense, otherwise, we will report him to Lord Hokage later!”

“But we don’t have evidence yet. If he isn’t, we will be scolded by Hokage-sama if we do this.……”

“What evidence do you want? Don’t worry, even if it’s just a guess, as long as he has the possibility of harming the village, Hokage-sama will not blame us.”

Sarutobi Nagatari was drinking a small drink while talking freely with his companions about the genin he saw today.

The atmosphere among the people was filled with indignation at one moment, and heated and high-spirited at the other.

It seemed that”that guy” they were talking about was really Like a spy sent by another country

“Changdu, by ‘that guy’ you mean Hino Hikaru?”

Kakashi, who had been silently paying attention to Sarutobi Nagatari and his party, suddenly asked.

“Kakashi?”

Because an unexpected person suddenly interrupted, everyone on Sarutobi Nagatari’s side stopped talking and became silent. The son of Konoha White Fang graduated at the age of five and became a chuunin at the age of six. Now he is about to become a chuunin. A genius ninja who is a Jonin…

Hatake Kakashi’s name is quite important among the younger generation of ninjas.

“That’s right, we are talking about Hikaru Hino, the genin who let his companions die every time and returned to the village alive alone.”

After a few seconds of pause in surprise, Sarutobi Nagato slowly replied.

At the same time, he looked seriously into Kakashi’s eyes.

He seemed to be saying, ‘Would you like to join us? Criticize Hino Hikaru?’

“But he basically gets the job done every time, doesn’t he?”

However, Kakashi was not hostile to Hino Hikaru as everyone thought.

He just stared at everyone in front of him coldly.

“The mission…the mission is of course important, but the lives of our companions are also important.……”

Scanned by such cold eyes, Sarutobi Nagatari suddenly felt a little flustered.

Because he soon realized why Kakashi asked this question.

Kakashi’s father, the genius known as Konoha White Fang, died because he valued the lives of his companions more than the mission…

“What we mean is that Hikaru Hino definitely killed his companions during the mission, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to……”

Came back alive every time.

Under Kakashi’s sharp gaze, Sarutobi Nagato spoke with less and less momentum.

“Guys who don’t abide by the rules and disciplines will be called useless, but if you have to complete the mission even at the expense of your companions, that’s the real ninja, isn’t it?”

“……”

Facing Kakashi’s emotionless speech, Sarutobi Nagatari didn’t dare to say any more words.

Because to refute this sentence, wouldn’t Konoha White Fang’s death be… a joke?

He was not willing to bear such great pressure to refute Kakashi.

“You, on the other hand, smeared your fellow village ninjas as spies without any evidence, and even publicized it. As you just mentioned that you would personally look for evidence, I won’t let you say this.”

Kakashi smoothed the Konoha ninja forehead protector on his head with his hands, and then mocked casually.

“What a bunch of rubbish”

“Kakashi! Don’t think that just because you are a genius, you can call others trash.……”

Sarutobi Nagato, who was ridiculed as a waste, stretched his neck in anger.

“Forget it, Changdu……”

“Don’t be familiar with him, Changdu……”

His companion, who was also ridiculed as a waste, quickly grabbed Sarutobi Nagato who was about to stand up from his seat.

If there was a conflict with Kakashi, they would definitely be punished based on the current circumstances.

Besides, even if there is a conflict, they seem to be unable to defeat Kakashi in front of them.

“Kakashi?”

After seeing that the atmosphere between the two parties became more and more tense, Nohara Lin also quickly grabbed Kakashi who was sitting opposite her.

“Sorry, I really don’t have much appetite today. I’ll wait for Mr. Minato to come back and help me apologize to him.”

Ignoring everyone in the barbecue restaurant, Kakashi shook off Nohara Rin’s hand and walked straight outside the store.

“why is it like this……”

It wasn’t until Kakashi’s figure disappeared outside the store that Nohara Lin returned to her seat with some reluctance.

As for Sarutobi Nagatani and his group, who almost had a conflict with Kakashi just now, they started drinking and eating meat again as if nothing had happened.

Only this time, when they talked about others, their voices were very low.

“Where did Kakashi go? Going to the toilet?”

Obito, who was full of barbecue, only then realized that he and Nohara Rin were the only ones left in the seat.

He had no idea what had just happened, and he only thought that Kakashi might be telling him and Nohara with a wink. Lin was alone.

She felt a little moved.

“no he……”

Nohara Rin wanted to explain what had just happened, but when she looked at Obito Uchiha, whose mouth was full of oil, she felt tired again.

It’s better not to say so much.

“Obito, do you think Hikaru Hino has really hurt his companions?”

Mr. Minato seemed to be comforting Kushina-san who was having a bad temper because she couldn’t complete the village mission. Kakashi got angry inexplicably.

Now Nohara Rin could only chat with Obito.

She tried to simplify what she just said. Sarutobi Nagatari and his team’s evaluation of Hino Hikari

“I don’t know, but if it were me, I would never let my companions die!”

Uchiha Obito patted his chest with a serious look on his face.

At the same time, he also glanced at Sarutobi Nagato and his group not far away.

Those guys… probably discredited Hino Hikaru because they were jealous of his appearance. ?

As someone who was also a little jealous of Hino Hikaru, Uchiha Obito quickly figured out the reason why Hino Hikaru had always had a bad reputation.

However, he did not tell Nohara Rin about this suspicion in his heart.

“……”

Seeing the stupid look on her companion’s face, Nohara Lin showed a helpless smile.

“Well, I believe you.”

Forget it, let’s finish the meal and check out early and go home.

While looking at Obito who was happy because of her words, Nohara Rin silently thought about the back of Kakashi who just left.

And before, in In the forest, she saw the back of Hino Hikaru.

Inexplicably, she suddenly felt that the two backs seemed to have an overlapping feeling.

The same loneliness

——

After working as the sixth child in the Hokage Building, Hino Hikaru returned to his residence.

Single room, narrow, not facing the sun.

A standard item for Konoha War Orphans.

Just the right room, just the right living expenses, and just the right reward for genin missions.

Our Hokage-sama is very capable of controlling the Konoha ninjas here.

“Chuunin?”

Hino Hikaru was lying on the bed, staring at the not-so-clean ceiling in a daze. He remembered the Chuunin exam mentioned by the Third Hokage today.

To be honest, if it weren’t for the superpower of invisibility, he might not be able to become a superior. Ninja.

Hino Hikaru’s ninja talent is frighteningly low.

He practiced hard for a long time before barely mastering the Three Body Technique. As for chakra, it is even more appallingly thin.

Even now, his chakra amount is only enough for him to use once. Transformation technique, a substitution technique, and a clone technique.

After using these three basic ninjutsu, his chakra will basically bottom out.

It is precisely because of this that he stayed in the ninja school for a long time before graduating.

“Although the mission reward for being promoted to Chunin should be a little more than that of Genin, the risk will also increase exponentially.……”

Invisibility is not a panacea.

For example, the Hyuga family’s Byakugan can completely see through themselves.

There are so many weird secret techniques in the ninja world, and Hino Hikaru doesn’t think he can continue to do so.

Not to mention that he was almost targeted by Danzo today.

If he is exposed, he will become invisible not because of his teleportation… but because of a strange superpower. Hino Hikaru can completely imagine a future where his roots are captured and then sent to the experimental platform for Orochimaru to manipulate.

“Forget it, just deal with it casually during the assessment in a few days, and then lie down on the ground and admit defeat.”

However, just as he was lying on the bed preparing to rest,

“Someone on the roof?”

There was the sound of someone passing by on the roof.