Kakashi's face was full of bitterness.
In the past, he had the deepest feelings for the old Konoha. After all, Obito, Rin, and his teacher Namikaze Minato almost all died for the village. Even his father, despite suffering such great injustice back then, would rather commit suicide than harm the village...
To be honest!
This was the reason why he knew there were problems with the village but was unwilling to do anything harmful to the village.
For him personally, the village was the white moonlight in his heart!
He was similar to his father Hatake Sakumo, having the deepest love for the village in his heart. He would rather live like a walking corpse, but to protect the village, the white moonlight in his heart, he still chose to remain silent over the years.
After all...
This was the village for which his friends, companions, teacher, and father all chose to die!
If it weren't for the fact that the incident involved Might Guy, he would rather die than defect to the Uchiha.
But, now?
He had personally joined in building this new village, watching everyone build the village step by step very well, especially without the messy affairs of the old Konoha. This place had seemingly become a harbor in his heart, and truly became a sustenance in his heart.
As for the old Konoha?
To be honest, his heart was very complicated, and he couldn't quite describe it for a moment.
Simply put: mourn its misfortune, hate its indisputability.
He just felt that it was really not worth it for his relatives and friends to die for that kind of village.
So, in the end.
Regarding Tsunade's question, Kakashi pondered for a moment before giving his answer.
"Before the establishment of the new Konoha, I would stand with the Uchiha camp."
"But not because I really liked it, just purely to protect Guy."
"Now that the new Konoha is established, I have truly started to like this place, and am truly willing to die for the new village."
"The Hokage used the word 'comparison' very well. Before, I didn't feel how rotten the old Konoha was, but now comparing it, I found that village is completely rotten."
"Such a decaying village has no need to exist!"
Kakashi was quite direct.
He directly stated his true thoughts. Even Uchiha Jin, after hearing this, couldn't help but say: "I could have endured the darkness if I had not seen the sun."
"This—brilliant!" Kakashi gave a thumbs up.
Tsunade also couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I really didn't realize before that you, Jin, could say such philosophical words."
Hearing this, the two sighed with emotion.
Because they found that there was really nothing wrong with this sentence. Although they were very unhappy with the old Konoha in the past, if they hadn't seen the new Konoha in front of them, they really wouldn't have felt how serious the problems of the old Konoha were.
Now?
Comparing the new and old Konoha, they instantly realized that the old Konoha was a piece of shit.
Just at this time, Kakashi suddenly spoke: "By the way, Hokage-sama!"
"I want to know what you think about the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki? Why haven't you thought about taking him back in the past two years?"
For a time.
With Kakashi's inquiry, Tsunade also looked at Uchiha Jin regarding this.
Yes!
Neither of them understood this point.
It just so happened that Uchiha Jin was in a good mood today, and they were also very curious if Uchiha Jin had other plans in mind regarding this?
In response to this.
Uchiha Jin pondered for a moment, did not explain, but instead asked back with a smile.
"What about you two?"
"Uzumaki Naruto is the child of your teacher, Kakashi, and Kushina called you sister back then, Tsunade."
"Simply put—that child is also your relative!"
"Why haven't you two cared about that child over the years?"
For a time.
Hearing these words, the two instantly fell silent.
Tsunade sighed softly and spoke first: "I didn't know about the existence of this child at first. I heard this news from the Uchiha side, but at that time I had already chosen to join the Uchiha."
"Since you, Jin, clearly know the situation of that child, but haven't dealt with it in the past few years, in my opinion, perhaps you have other plans. Although I can't think of your specific plan..."
"But I have seen almost all your plans and preparations in the past few years. Even things I didn't understand at the time proved your precise vision in retrospect."
"So, I believe you!"
"Perhaps you don't have any friendship with that child, but Namikaze Minato didn't target the Uchiha before, so I don't think you would deliberately harm that child."
Uchiha Jin understood Tsunade's reason.
After all, she left the village early, so it was normal not to know much about the village. At most, she could only learn that the Namikaze couple died, and didn't know if they left a child behind.
And a few days after being dragged into Konoha by Jiraiya, she drank some wine and joined the Uchiha camp directly.
So.
He then looked at Kakashi.
But, obviously.
Kakashi didn't really want to say it, but finally sighed.
"In the beginning, I didn't know either!"
"The existence of Uzumaki Naruto was top secret in the village."
"Sarutobi Hiruzen never assigned me similar tasks. During the period just after my teacher died, my missions in the Anbu were mostly concentrated on the border."
"Later, perhaps because my behavior made Sarutobi Hiruzen think I was trustworthy, he sent me back to secretly watch that child."
"However, similarly."
"Sarutobi Hiruzen forbade me from contacting Uzumaki Naruto, and I was just an ordinary Anbu ninja. It was impossible to contact Uzumaki Naruto without the village knowing. There was a team of Anbu monitoring him for a long time."
"So there was really not much I could do. Ensuring that child was alive was already good enough."
"If I insisted on getting close to that child, perhaps his situation would become worse, so in my opinion, maintaining the status quo was the optimal solution."
Although Kakashi lived like a walking corpse, he essentially still had feelings.
But, unfortunately.
He was just an ordinary Anbu ninja. Because he was Namikaze Minato's disciple, it was impossible for him to be trusted by Sarutobi Hiruzen, so he remained a squad leader in the Anbu.
And unlike conventional ninjas, Anbu often needed to hide their tracks, so the reputation he earned on the battlefield, the identity of the Fourth Hokage's disciple, etc., had long been completely worn away by time.
Except for the identity of an elite Jonin, he had almost nothing at that time.
In the original story, it was the same!
Except for Kakashi's contemporary ninjas who still knew him, and the nickname 'Copy Ninja Kakashi' in other ninja villages, he had almost no reputation in the village.
Otherwise, when Naruto and the other two appeared, almost no one knew Hatake Kakashi, and finally, it was Might Guy who told them how strong Kakashi was.
From this point of view, it seemed to make sense!
It wasn't that Kakashi didn't want to take care of his teacher's child, but the problem was that he wasn't Jiraiya or Tsunade, and he simply didn't have the strength to protect Uzumaki Naruto.
If he really chose to intervene forcibly, it might make things worse.
After all, Sarutobi Hiruzen was not a good person, and there was Danzo staring in the dark. If Kakashi chose to intervene, it would only give Danzo a chance to intervene in this matter!
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