The air seemed a bit cold the next morning.

Kakashi got up early and prepared breakfast in the kitchen, but when he saw that his father Sakumo hadn't come over yet, he was a little confused.

At this time, normally I would have come here by now.

After all, after breakfast, we still have to do morning exercises.

Kakashi carried breakfast, walked towards Sakumo's room, opened the door, and shouted to the people inside:

"Dad, breakfast is ready——"

The breakfast plate fell to the floor with a loud sound.

A hearty and nutritious breakfast was sprinkled all over the floor.

But these things didn't matter. In the middle of the room, a man fell in a pool of blood.

Using the white fang dagger that plundered the blood of countless enemies, he quietly ended his life.

When Kakashi saw this scene, his mind went blank and he couldn't remember anything.

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Sakumo is dead.

The news spread through the police personnel, and it was determined that it was a suicide and not a murder at home.

There were no signs of illusion, no signs of violent struggle, or fighting with the enemy.

It is very common to insert a knife blade into one's own body and end one's life.

This news was soon known to the villagers of Konoha, and the senior officials also knew the news.

As for the rumors, they all ended in silent silence.

——In a huge dark space in Konoha, the Konoha ninjas who survive in this place are people who give up everything.

Names, feelings, and even life were all abandoned.

Using darkness as nourishment, it is deeply rooted in the earth.

roots.

This is the general name of their organization, an organization that originated from ANBU but is outside the Hokage's jurisdiction.

Their leader Shimura Danzo was sitting in the conference room, and a Konoha ninja was roaring angrily at the root leader:

"Why is this happening? Why did Sakumo... Captain Sakumo commit suicide? Elder Danzo, didn't you promise that everything would be fine? Why did things become like this?"

If he hadn't been restrained by two root ninjas, he might have rushed to Danzo and beaten him severely.

Danzo was also a little restless and agitated.

Konoha White Fang committed suicide...why did he commit suicide?

The rumors were indeed spread from the ground up, and the ANBU kept silent, neither acknowledging nor stopping them.

Because Naruto cannot be born on Sakumo.

Therefore, his reputation should be suppressed.

As long as his reputation is lowered, Konoha White Fang will still be the Jounin of Konoha and the leading figure among the Jounin, but he will never be able to become the Hokage.

But...why did Sakumo commit suicide?

Rumors of this level should not be fatal enough.

Originally, he planned to stop the spread of rumors this afternoon.

Danzo was at a loss.

"Take him out, I need to calm down."

Unable to understand why Sakumo committed suicide, Danzo waved his hand irritably and asked the Root Ninja to take away the Konoha Ninja who was questioning him.

He also wanted to know why, but Sakumo was dead and no one could answer his question.

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Sakumo's funeral was held in not too gloomy weather.

Not many people came to the funeral.

Apart from Kakashi, Shiraishi, Ruri, and Ayane, there are only relatively familiar people like Tsunade.

Even now, they all find it unbelievable about this incident, thinking that Sakumo would not commit suicide because of such rumors.

"Life will be born and pass away..."

Orochimaru faced all this with a sad look.

Everything seems to be meaningless.

The rope tree is like this.

The same goes for breaking.

Now it's Sakumo's turn.

If one day it's his turn... Orochimaru doesn't know why, but he feels inexplicable fear in his heart.

In the end, he shook his head and was the first to leave Sakumo's funeral.

He has seen too many people die, and Sakumo is just one of them, and he is not the last one.

In the future, many people related to him will die in front of him.

Life is such a fragile thing.

"Jiraiya-sensei, why did Sakumo-senpai do this?"

Minato who was accompanying him looked at the teacher Jiraiya next to him and asked this question softly.

"Who knows about this kind of thing? The deceased has passed away, so there is no need to discuss it."

Jiraiya shook his head, upset.

Minato nodded knowingly and didn't ask further. He looked at Kakashi at the front of the team, full of pity and sympathy.

Tsunade walked to Shiraishi and saw his calm face, knowing that he must be showing off and wanted to comfort him, but didn't know what to say.

Shiraishi seemed to know what Tsunade wanted to say, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry, Tsunade-sensei, I'm fine, don't worry about me."

Tsunade nodded.

Not long after, she left here with Jiraiya and Minato.

People left one after another, and finally, only Shiraishi and Kakashi were left here.

Shiraishi placed the flowers in his hand in front of Sakumo's grave.

"You are the true ninja who has inherited the will of fire, the person who interprets all of this will..."

The senior management's idea was not wrong. They wanted to plunder Sakumo's political capital so that he could be a jonin with peace of mind in the future. They also had proper arrangements and considerations for Sakumo's future.

But... the only way I used it was wrong.

In this world, there are many people who regard dignity and belief as more important than their own lives.

To his enemies, he was the hated Konoha White Fang.

For one's own people, there is no companion who makes one feel more at ease than having him by one's side.

This is a ninja who regards his companions as his own responsibility, more than his own life.

What he maintains is the will of fire in his heart that has never been tainted by anything.

Now even the higher-ups are not following it and are actively breaking the rules that have been established in this village since the beginning.

Why was this village founded?

Isn't it the greatest irony that a village was established because of bonds, but the ninja who chose to bond were slandered by rumors because they gave up on their mission?

However, the ninjas and villagers who thought they had inherited the will of fire had never doubted it, and even raised objections.

The will of fire they believed in in the past was distorted by themselves without knowing it.

They have forgotten why this village was founded in the first place.

Lost in the village, what is the principle that should be firmly established in the first place?

If people lose their land, everyone will gain their land.

If the land is lost and people are lost, both people and land will be lost.

From the beginning, the starting points of senior management and Sakumo's thinking were not on the same path.

Teacher Sakumo, I hope those people who are determined to die will understand and take warning from this matter, find what they have lost, and awaken the confusion in their hearts. At the end of this funeral, Shiraishi

I added this sentence in my heart.

It is also the most sincere blessing.

Otherwise, if this vicious cycle continues, Shiraishi can predict that Konoha White Fang is just the beginning, but it will not be the last.
Chapter completed!