Chapter 14: I haven't made it to the list of newcomers, so please ask here! Anything will do! Don't pick!
Originally, Kakashi felt that his father died because he violated the rules. If he had followed the rules and refused to save his friends, his father would still be alive now.
But Gintoki doesn't think so. He believes that ninjas are not emotionless machines. Before becoming a ninja, a ninja is a human being first. His father is a qualified ninja.
Kakashi couldn't tell who was right and who was wrong, but deep down he was obviously leaning towards the answer given by Gintoki.
During the funeral the next day, the number of people attending the funeral dropped sharply, to less than ten figures. However, these people were different. Like me, they worshiped sincerely and felt sorry for their father, and they also stayed vigil with me to mourn for my father.
After the last ceremony, Kakashi and Gintoki turned around and went home together... No, their home was still being rebuilt, and their current residence was a dilapidated small hotel.
Kakashi felt very uncomfortable, everything in front of him was shaking, maybe it was because he had been chanting for too long.
His head and body could not move freely. His eyes gradually darkened, and he felt that the noisy chirping of cicadas was getting further and further away from him. Kakashi felt that even standing up was very hard, and even many things were insignificant and trivial.
.
His feet slipped.
Someone used his back to hold Kakashi up, who was about to fall to the ground.
Looking at the familiar flash of silver in front of him, Kakashi wanted to show off his strength and leave the opponent's back to stand up straight, but was carried up by the latter domineeringly.
"Why are you trying to be brave? Besides your eldest brother, who else can you act like a spoiled child with? You're very lucky to have an eldest brother to act like a spoiled child with, Yin-sang, but I can't even find someone to act like a spoiled child with."
Kakashi also rolled his eyes at those words, and then simply gave up his struggle and lay on Gintoki's shoulder.
"You don't have anyone to act like a spoiled child to? Hehehe! Then I will be merciful and let you act like a spoiled child."
The one who made the careless sound was the blood-red...little pepper standing next to the yellow flash.
"Kushina..." Minato on the side reminded with some helplessness. It was Kushina's old problem that she often spoke without looking at the air.
"Sorry, Yin Sang has a sweet tooth. A woman like you can't satisfy my needs. After all, you are spicy...ah!"
"What do you want to say? What do you want to say my type is?"
Kushina, who punched Gintoki in the head, put away her fist. Although her eyes were bent, the veins on her forehead could not stop pulsing.
Gintoki was silent for a moment, then looked at Minato and sighed, shook his head, and said, "You have worked hard all along."
"Um?"
Minato was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and quickly stopped Kushina, whose bright long hair started to fly.
"Calm down! Kushina! I don't feel hard at all! Really!"
With that said, Minato also quickly winked at Gintoki to signal him to leave first.
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Seeing Gintoki walking away with Kakashi on his back, Kushina, who was still being held by Minato, also broke away directly. Looking at Gintoki's little back, her expression also changed accordingly, revealing
A bit heartbroken and unable to let go.
Although he always looked indifferent, because he often saw him when he teamed up with Minato, Kushina gradually understood Gintoki's true nature during this year.
Although he is young and has a bad mouth, he secretly really cares about everyone. Underneath that lazy, careless and careless appearance, there is a kind, strong and confident heart.
"I was thinking that Gintoki might also need comfort, but now it seems that we have done nothing more. He is very strong."
Kushina also sighed softly and said: "Indeed, it would be great if Brother Sakumo was like him."
"Yes..."
The two people who respected Sakumo were deeply saddened by Sakumo's death. Such a powerful ninja eventually committed suicide because of rumors.
The power of rumors and words is sometimes the most powerful.
After Kushina and Minato left, the ANBU ninja wearing a fox mask who had been watching the funeral in the dark also disappeared in an instant.
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“How does it feel to witness your own funeral?”
Late at night, on the rooftop of the Hokage Building, the Sandaime asked, looking at the streets of Konoha with his hands behind his back.
The ANBU ninja behind him slowly shook his head with a bit of helplessness. He probably had to wear a mask for the rest of his life.
"Sorry, Sakumo, I couldn't stop the rumors in the village."
"No, it's not the Third Generation's fault."
The ANBU ninja shook his head, yes, this was Hatake Sakumo who was supposed to commit suicide.
"But you have an excellent son."
Sarutobi Hiruzen was also filled with emotion. He had already heard from some ninjas about Gintoki's performance at today's funeral.
Some people praised him, while others said that Gintoki was a treasonous man and made trouble at his father's funeral. Of course, the latter's voice was louder than the former's.
Sarutobi Hiruzen would not let these voices affect his judgment, and what he cared about most was what Gintoki said.
——Before becoming a ninja, you must first be a human being.
Who doesn’t know this kind of thing?
Which ninja can completely exterminate his own selfish desires and humanity as a human being?
But this world is like this, there are contradictions everywhere, and ninjas are one of them.
What impressed Sakumo most deeply was what his eldest son said, pointing to the companion he had rescued - stop being so sentimental, the person he saved was his companion, not you.
Every time he thought of this sentence, Sakumo couldn't hold back his tears. There was such a petite figure who never doubted himself from beginning to end. There was such a petite figure who stopped himself from committing suicide. There was such a petite figure who scolded him.
Wake yourself up.
And that person is his own son.
That evening, Gintoki, who had rarely won more than one award in a mission, appeared in front of his room with his hands folded.
He must have discovered something before he rushed back after completing the mission so hard.
Sakumo also immediately thought of this possibility at that time, but he was so heartbroken that he just wanted to die to apologize.
"I'm begging you, Kakashi. There's absolutely no problem with what you say. Please, Gintoki. Please let dad go...I really, really, really, really, really ask."
I said this with a tearful voice at the time.
"I will be proud of you who gave up your mission to save your friends, but I will not be proud of you who committed suicide because of rumors."
This is what Gintoki said back to him at that time.
Then, a mask and a suit of clothes were thrown over by the other party. He recognized the clothes as those of ANBU.
"But humans also have a fragile side, so it's okay to escape temporarily."
When Gintoki said this, it was the first time he saw his soft eyes hiding deep sadness.
It was at that moment that Sakumo realized that Gintoki, whom he had always considered reliable, was only a little bit older.
As a father, is it really a qualified father to entrust everything to such a young child? If his mother knew about it, she would definitely scold him.
Thinking like this, Sakumo finally gave up on committing suicide and chose the suggestion that Gintoki had secretly proposed to Sandai a few days ago.
He had long known that he would reach this point, so he found the third generation in advance and made such a suggestion or request.
"At least, from now on I can secretly follow the growth of the two of them, that's enough."
Hearing Sakumo say this, Sandai's expression gradually relaxed a little.