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"Stop! Lord Kawasaki! If you want Itachi to be safe."
Kakashi's voice rang out.
Kawasaki lowered his hand from his face and looked closely.
Kakashi appeared in the arena, holding the unconscious Itachi hostage.
A short sword, 5.4, was already pressed against Itachi's neck.
Kawasaki immediately quieted down, and his chakra stopped erupting: "Kakashi! Let Itachi go!"
Facing the Susanoo, which was tens of meters tall, Kakashi remained calm and said:
"Lord Kawasaki, we in Konoha only wish to coexist peacefully with the Uchiha clan."
"Please stop fighting. I trust that the Hokage can handle this matter properly."
Kawasaki looked at Kakashi, who seemed ready to go through fire and water for Konoha, and a cruel sneer appeared on his face.
The enormous Susanoo slowly dissipated into the air, and Kawasaki leaped down from the sky.
"Utterly foolish!!!"
Kawasaki's voice was thunderous.
"Kakashi, Danzo was the mastermind behind White Fang's death, and the Third Hokage turned a blind eye. How could you still be working for Konoha like this!?"
Kakashi was shocked, and he froze as if struck by lightning.
Kawasaki used a Body Flicker Technique to snatch Itachi back from his grasp.
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Itachi was only unconscious and was otherwise unharmed.
Kakashi suddenly snapped to reality and exclaimed, "Kawasaki, you lied to me!"
At this moment, the Third Hokage and Jiraiya were startled and quickly came to Kakashi's side.
The Third Hokage angrily retorted, "Kawasaki, what nonsense are you spouting?"
Kawasaki sneered, "What, are you going to deny what you did?"
The third generation's eyes turned slightly cold as he said:
"Kawasaki, your scheme to sow discord is too simplistic. White Fang has made great contributions to the village, why would I want to kill him?"
Kawasaki laughed loudly and said, "White Fang's achievements were so great that they threatened the master. At that time, no one could match his prestige. You simply couldn't control him."
"If Danzo wants to become Hokage, the first person he needs to eliminate is White Fang."
“You colluded with Danzo, knowing that White Fang values honor more than life, so you used his failure to complete the mission to attack him.”
"Ultimately, this led him to take his own life!"
Upon hearing this, Kakashi's pupils contracted sharply. He knew his father's personality, and what Kawasaki said was very likely true.
He looked at the Third Hokage in disbelief.
The death of Sakumo Hatake left Kakashi with a deep wound.
This cast a shadow over Kakashi's entire childhood.
But Kakashi was young at the time and didn't realize that something was wrong.
The Third Hokage caught a glimpse of Kakashi's gaze out of the corner of his eye, and his heart sank.
Kawasaki is so malicious, bringing up old stories from many years ago.
At the time, I only wanted to teach White Fang a lesson and deflate his arrogance, but who would have thought that White Fang would choose to end his own life.
The Third Hokage could only snort angrily and say, "Kawasaki, you're the same age as Kakashi, how could you know these inside stories? Your words are completely unreliable."
Kawasaki raised his head and said, "Although I am young, my Uchiha clan members were in the guard unit back then. What intelligence do we not know?"
"Danzo had contact with the people who were saved by Sakumo, and then publicly accused Sakumo. That was the last straw that broke Sakumo's back."
The Third Hokage snorted coldly and said, "That only proves that all of this was Danzo's doing. What does it have to do with me?"
"By the time I intervened, public opinion had already taken hold, and White Fang's death was purely accidental."
"Haha, hahaha, what a huge joke."
Kawasaki laughed maniacally, "You're kidding me. You're the Hokage. How could you not know about these rumors circulating in the village?"
"What are your secret agents doing, eating bastards!?"
"You've been monitoring our Uchiha clan meticulously, down to the smallest detail. And now that there's a lot of talk about White Fang outside, are you suddenly deaf and blind?!"
"The public opinion is in an uproar, the whole of Konoha knows about it, but you, the Third Hokage, are turning a deaf ear. What is this if not condoning it?"
"You only pretended to stop the public opinion after White Fang died. Where were you before?!"
"You killed White Fang simply because once White Fang becomes Hokage, he won't listen to you anymore!"
"Third Hokage, you have long been corrupted by power, which is why you have been so reluctant to step down from that position."
The Third Hokage took a deep breath and said:
"I have never been obsessed with power. Everything I have done is for Konoha!"
This statement is firm, powerful, and righteous.
Kawasaki pointed at Kakashi and said:
"Foolish Kakashi! Do you know why I look down on you?"
“You have talent but don’t work hard. You’re just drifting through life. There are many suspicious points about your father’s death, but you don’t investigate yourself. Instead, you listen to three generations of your family.”
“If you use your brain even a little, you’ll understand that with your father’s prestige and honor, how could he attract such public opinion?”
"The person who harmed you is right in front of you, but I never imagined that all these years you've been the Third Hokage's lackey!"
"You know that Obito was the mastermind behind the Nine-Tails incident, yet you don't expose him. That's heartless."
"The fourth generation treated you so well, yet you don't take care of the orphans left behind by the fourth generation. This is unjust."
“Your father’s death was suspicious to begin with, yet you did not take any initiative to investigate. This is unfilial.”
"In the end, only loyalty remains!"
"Serving your father's killer! You are truly loyal!"
"Hahaha, hahahaha..."
Every word Kawasaki said struck Kakashi like a hammer blow, causing him to stagger backward, unable to maintain his balance.
He muttered to himself, "No...it can't be..."
"no..."
Seeing Kakashi in this state, the Third Hokage gritted his teeth in hatred for Kawasaki and said:
"Kakashi! Don't be fooled by Kawasaki! What he said isn't true!"
"Kawasaki! Kakashi has no idea about the Nine-Tails incident back then, and it was my order not to let him take care of Naruto."
"Danzo did all the work behind my back, including the death of White Fang."
"These are all my dereliction of duty, what does it have to do with Kakashi!"
Seeing the critical situation, the Third Hokage immediately took responsibility upon himself.
Jiraiya quickly echoed:
"Kakashi, when your father suddenly passed away, no one expected it. Even your teacher was saddened by it for a long time."
"You must trust your teacher."
After being persuaded by the Third Hokage and Jiraiya, Kakashi's eyes regained some of their brightness.
However, Kawasaki knew that Kakashi would no longer be able to serve the Third Hokage wholeheartedly.
Having achieved his goal, Kawasaki snorted coldly and said, "There's no point in saying more!"
Kawasaki summoned a crow, intending to perform a reverse spirit summoning technique.
At that moment, a sinister voice drifted over:
"Kawasaki, have you thought this through? If you recall Shisui, there will be no going back."
Kawasaki glared at him and said, "What do you mean...?"
Before he could finish speaking, the ground in front of him rumbled and two coffins rose up.
The characters “初” and “二” are engraved on it respectively.
"You dare summon them in Konoha!?"
Kawasaki's face turned ashen, and he roared in disbelief.
The recall of Shisui also came to an abrupt halt.
Kawasaki said to the Third Hokage with an unpleasant expression:
"Third Hokage, you actually allowed Orochimaru to summon the dead?"
Now that things had come to this, the Third Hokage said with a solemn expression:
"This is the teacher's invention. In this situation, even if the teacher is summoned, he probably won't blame me."
Kawasaki looked warily at the two coffins, his expression hesitant.
All the people present combined did not have the same intimidating power as those two coffins.
The Third Hokage and Jiraiya were both waiting for Kawasaki to make a decision.
Kakashi had already given up hope, but upon hearing "Summon the dead,"...
He spoke a few words, then his eyes flickered as if he had suddenly thought of something.
The atmosphere froze for a moment.
Seeing Kawasaki hesitate, Orochimaru stepped forward and fanned the flames.
"Kawasaki, there's no harm in handing the formula over to the daimyo. The Land of Fire is much bigger than that small Land of Rice Fields."