"Kakashi…"
"Kakashi…"
Kakashi heard his father calling him in his sleep, and he couldn't help but get up from the bed and walked out of the door.
After an unknown amount of time, the sleepwalking Kakashi had already knocked out the guard at Konoha's gate and walked out of Konoha Village.
"Huh?!"
"Where's that white-haired slacker going so late at night??"
As Naruto walked out of the portal, he found Kakashi walking unsteadily, so he followed him with a few leaps.
Under the moonlight, he noticed a red mark on white-haired slacker's forehead that was glowing faintly.
'A plot point??'
'Is this some secret midnight rendezvous with Hiruko??'
Thinking this, Naruto pulled out his communicator and contacted Sasuke.
Originally, he'd returned to tell Sasuke about his brother defecting from the Akatsuki, as this was a good opportunity for him to kill his brother.
But when he returned to the village, he'd actually run into Kakashi being controlled by Hiruko.
'Honestly...'
'This white-haired slacker is as lazy as ever!'
'Even after getting powered up, he still gets caught off guard by some nobody.'
'Does this guy spend all his time thinking about cross-dressing or something?'
"What is it?"
When the call was connected, Sasuke's annoyed voice came through.
He seemed annoyed that Naruto had called him in the middle of the night.
If this guy didn't have a good reason, he was absolutely going to teach Naruto a lesson.
After all, the current him...
So powerful that it's terrifying!
"Something happened to the white-haired slacker."
"I'll wait for you at the village's gate."
Naruto kept walking, following behind Kakashi as he spoke.
The person on the other end of the communicator fell silent at the news, and it was a while before Sasuke spoke again.
"Just let that pervert die already!"
When Sasuke heard it was Kakashi, he hung up the phone angrily.
But after lying down for a bit and tossing around a few times, he reluctantly grabbed his weapons and rushed toward the Konoha's gate.
"What's going on?"
Sasuke somersaulted onto a tree and asked Naruto beside him, but his eyes never left Kakashi in front of him.
"Tch."
"I thought you weren't coming?"
Naruto glanced at this tsundere guy, and felt speechless.
Sasuke ignored him and silently waited for an explanation.
"He's being controlled by some kind of technique."
"Huh?"
"What's he even doing??"
Sasuke glanced at Kakashi and his knowledge of the lower limit of the Mangekyo was once again refreshed.
'Damn it!'
'Even though he has a Mangekyo, he can still be controlled by others.'
'This white-haired pervert is simply ruining the reputation of the Uchiha Clan!'
"Shut up, he's here."
At this moment, a white-haired man wrapped in bandages suddenly walked out of the bushes and walked towards Kakashi step by step.
Clearly, this was the infamous Hiruko from Naruto's memories.
"Hahahahaha!"
"As long as I fuse with the Sharingan, I'll be invincible!"
Hiruko gazed obsessively at Kakashi, and in his heart, he was already imagining the scene of himself ruling the world.
Ever since leaving Konoha, he'd developed a technique capable of merging Kekkei Genkai.
This technique can not only fuse Kekkei Genkai, but also granted him immortality.
With this technique, he is an invincible existence in the Shinobi World.
And now, all he needed was the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan to complete the puzzle.
Naruto and Sasuke were ready to rush forward, but they heard Kakashi's voice.
"Oh..."
"You called me out here in the middle of the night just for this?"
Kakashi opened his eyes and stared at the other party with murderous intent.
He'd regained consciousness the moment he stepped outside his room.
Letting himself be controlled and led out of the village was just to see who was targeting him.
"What!?"
"How did you break free from my control?"
Hiruko was stunned on the spot.
'Under normal circumstances, Kakashi shouldn't have been able to regain awareness.'
'What exactly went wrong?!'
Sszztt…
Kakashi had no intention of wasting words. He raised his arm slightly, and purple lightning instantly appeared in his hand.
There was a flash of purple light, and Kakashi's arm had already pierced through the man's chest.
Bang…
However, after being hit, Hiruko's body turned into smoke and dissipated.
"A shadow clone?"
Although he didn't catch the real one, Kakashi was still a little excited.
If this had been a few years ago, facing an enemy like this, even if he hadn't been controlled, he'd have needed to spend dozens of minutes analyzing the information before pulling out his trump card for a decisive strike.
But now that he was no longer troubled by the Chakra shortage, he could just start with his strongest move.
At this moment, Kakashi seemed to understand why Naruto and Sasuke always fought so recklessly.
Just as he was stunned, the two people on the tree branch had already landed on the ground.
Naruto stared at the mark on Kakashi's forehead, which was still glowing red.
For some reason, Naruto felt that the mark on this white-haired pervert's head looked like some kind of succubus mark.
"That's it?"
Sasuke sneered in disdain. With such a big fuss, he thought they would encounter some strong enemy.
But it turns out that the enemy is just some weakling who couldn't even handle the white-haired slacker.
And the real body didn't even dare show up.
If the other party hadn't mentioned the Sharingan just now, Sasuke might've just turned around and gone back to sleep.
"It's fine, let's head back."
"No need to worry… "
Kakashi was just feeling relieved by the two guys' concern, but before he could finish his words, the two turned and walked away.
'Damn it!'
'I should've known these two would still be like this!!'
Kakashi sighed, rubbed the mark on his forehead, then jogged to catch up with Naruto.
As for the bandaged man just now...
He had a vague feeling he'd seen him somewhere before.
'Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore.'
'I'll just report this to Tsunade-sama first...'
…
Meanwhile, deep inside a cave, Hiruko stared at his hand, then at the four bound Kekkei Genkai's users in front of him, and muttered to himself.
"Failed, huh?"
"It seems like Kakashi has gotten a lot stronger over the years."
Hiruko was confident in his abilities, but he's not arrogant.
This attempt to capture Kakashi had just been a test.
Besides, Kakashi is not the only one who possesses the Sharingan in the entire Shinobi World.
Digging through his robes, Hiruko pulled out a photo his subordinates had collected not long ago.
In the photo, a fair-skinned child is squatting on the ground, playing with mud.
If Sasuke was at the scene, he would definitely recognize that the person in the photo was his 'son', Mitsuki.
"Send the order. Initiate the backup plan!"
"Yes, Hiruko-sama!"
Following Hiruko's order, every member of the base immediately mobilized, heading straight for Orochimaru's hideout in the Land of Fire...
…
"Hey!"
"White-haired pervert."
"Be honest with us..."
"What the hell are you collecting all those women's clothes for?"
As the three walked down the streets of Konoha, Naruto finally couldn't hold back the question that had been bugging him for days.
Because he ran into these people wearing women's clothes that day, and clearly noticed that those clothes were the ones he had given to Kakashi to be used for the performance at Hiruzen's funeral.
He never expected that Kakashi would still have them lying around.
Sasuke also glared at the pervert with a serious expression.
"Oh, that?"
Kakashi looked relaxed when he heard Naruto's words, not showing any embarrassment at all.
"I suddenly realized that I can use these things to train my Mangekyo's Dojutsu."
"See?"
After he said that, he casually pulled out a piece of women's clothing from his pocket and activated his Mangekyo. At the next moment, the clothes in his hand disappeared instantly.
"It's a Space-Time Ninjutsu."
Kakashi's tone seemed to carry a subtle jab at Sasuke.
Naruto smacked his lips and felt a little sorry for Sasuke. After all, he had encountered so many Space-Time Ninjutsu from when he first met Naruto.
"Tch."
"It's just a Space-Time Ninjutsu."
Naruto: 'Huh??'
Kakashi: '???'