wjnovel Chapter 937 Try slandering my uncle again?
Chapter 937 Try slandering my uncle again?
"Snapped!"
With a crisp crack, bluish-black egg liquid exploded like fireworks, and a viscous, putrid liquid slowly dripped down the red gate, which was decorated with ancient patterns, piling up on the threshold covered with all sorts of colorful filth.
"Useless! Trash!"
Why don't you just die?
"A disgrace to Konoha!"
However, the pungent odor did not deter the onlookers; instead, it further inflamed their emotions, and vicious curses erupted from their ears.
Most of these people were ordinary residents of Konoha, with only a few dressed as ninjas mixed in. They were the ones who shouted the loudest.
"Get out of the way! All of you, get out of the way!"
Panting heavily, Kakashi pushed through the crowd gathered in front of his house. Seeing the door sealed shut with filth, he nearly fainted from shock.
"You bastards, what are you doing in front of my house?!"
"Your house? Everyone, look! This brat is that scoundrel's son!"
Hearing this, the onlookers holding rotten eggs and watermelon rinds turned to the enraged white-haired boy. Someone shouted something first, and Kakashi instantly felt an overwhelming surge of malice directed at him.
"Snapped!"
Before he could react, a sticky watermelon rind had already hit him on the head, and the culprit was actually a child who looked even younger than Kakashi.
Why did you do this?
Suppressing the urge to draw his sword, Kakashi, having crushed the melon rind under his foot, glared around with bloodshot eyes and coldly questioned,
Perhaps intimidated by the murderous intent he inadvertently revealed, the trembling ordinary residents all lowered their heads and acted like quails. The child who had just thrown the melon rind was so frightened that his crotch was slightly wet.
The group of ninjas exchanged glances, then stepped forward and stepped out of the crowd.
“Your father did such a disgraceful thing that he doesn’t deserve to live in the same village as us.”
One of the men, whom Kakashi recognized very well, looked indignant and pointed at him, spouting nonsense.
"You are... Father's subordinate?"
Kakashi, recognizing the man, frowned and questioned him.
"Your father has always taken good care of you, so why did you join these people in slandering him?"
The man being questioned by Kakashi's face alternated between pale and flushed, as if he were undergoing a fierce internal struggle. Finally, as if he had made up his mind, he loudly accused Kakashi without mentioning the truth behind the whole incident.
"Slander? The whole thing is Sakumo Hatake's fault. If he hadn't abandoned the mission, the village wouldn't have suffered such a huge loss!"
Abandon the mission?
Upon hearing this, Kakashi's first reaction was absolute disbelief; his father was undoubtedly a qualified ninja.
Not only did he repeatedly perform great feats for the village, including the impressive record of single-handedly defeating the main force of Sunagakure during the Second Shinobi World War, but he also won the title of Konoha's Best Jonin for several consecutive years and the title of Konoha's Number One Worker.
He can be said to be an idol who is even more important to Kakashi than the Hokage.
"Impossible! Father would never do such a thing!"
As for abandoning a mission, which violates the basic principles of ninja, Kakashi believed that his father would never do such a thing.
"Hmph! The Daimyo's letter of accusation has already been delivered to the village. The facts are clear: Hatake Sakumo is a disgrace to Konoha and a disgrace to the ninja!"
"Get out of Konoha, you piece of trash!"
Why should we be implicated by this guy?
The group's words, one after another, struck Kakashi like heavy blows. Coupled with the malicious gazes of the Konoha residents around him, even the precocious boy found it hard to breathe for a moment.
creak-
"Kakashi."
Just as the boy was about to be overwhelmed by the wave of bullying, the filthy door slowly opened from the inside, and a weary voice rang out.
"Father?"
Turning his head to look at the gaunt, white-haired middle-aged man, Kakashi's heart clenched.
He was perfectly fine before he went out on a mission last month, so how did he end up like this?
"That good-for-nothing has finally come out!"
"Whoosh!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than a rotten egg flew out from the crowd. With Hatake Sakumo's strength, he could have easily dodged it by simply tilting his head, but he remained unmoved, watching helplessly as the rotten egg hit him on the head.
"Damn it, who threw this? Step forward!"
Kakashi, seeing his disheveled father, felt a surge of anger rising from his feet to the top of his head. With a clang, he drew his white short sword from his waist and glared fiercely at the bullying crowd gathered around him.
"Kakashi, no!"
With a bitter expression, Hatake Sakumo wiped away the dripping egg liquid, raised his hand, and spoke to stop his son, who was pointing swords at the villagers.
"Snapped!"
"Oh!"
However, what awaited the father and son was another, even more intense rain of rotten eggs. Countless cracked, rotten eggs mixed with watermelon rinds and rotten vegetable leaves pelted down on them.
Upon witnessing this scene, Hatake Sakumo closed his eyes in anguish. The villagers' past praises echoed in his mind, and compared to the cold reality of the present, the desire to die grew stronger in his heart.
or,
Let's end it here.
"Crack~"
Just as the father and son were about to undergo the baptism of filth, a crisp snap of fingers suddenly rang out.
What followed was a scene that left everyone speechless: the filthy things aimed directly at Kakashi and his son froze in mid-air as if they had been frozen in place.
"what?"
The bullied crowd stared blankly at the scene, then simultaneously rubbed their eyes with the backs of their hands.
"What the hell is going on?"
Why do the people from Konoha here look so stupid and wicked?
After secretly comparing the overall quality of the Konoha people on both sides, Uchiha Gin, standing at the back of the rioting crowd, curled his lip in a smirk.
"Return the item to its original owner."
The middle finger that had just snapped was raised, and the rotten eggs, which had been suspended in mid-air, began to move backward, heading towards the owner who had thrown them away.
"Ah! Tonic medicine!"
"It stinks! It stinks!"
"Ugh!~"
In an instant, the whole street was filled with wails of agony. The bullies, who had been accurately hit by rotten eggs, ran away with their heads in their hands, lying on the ground enjoying the bitter fruit of their own actions.
"Which bastard did this? Do you know that favoring this scoundrel is tantamount to making an enemy of the entire village!"
The male ninja who had previously berated Kakashi wiped the foul-smelling egg yolk from his face, his expression ashen. He suppressed the churning in his stomach, gritted his teeth, and looked around, trying to find the culprit.
"Can you represent the entire village?"
Pinching his nose, Uchiha Gin carefully bypassed the filthy, bullying crowd and slowly walked to Kakashi's side, whose face was ashen. He looked at this ungrateful wretch with interest.
He remembered that Sakumo Hatake had to abandon his important mission in order to rescue this burden.
"Who are you, and what is your relationship with Hatake Sakumo?"
The man frowned as he looked at the unfamiliar Uchiha Gin. He had only recently joined Root, and Hatake Sakumo's network of contacts didn't include anyone like him.
"Uncle Yin."
Kakashi bit his lip. From his father's attitude just now, he could vaguely guess that what these people had said earlier was true. His father, whom he was so proud of, had indeed abandoned the mission for personal reasons, causing considerable losses to the village.
"May I ask who you are?"
Stepping over the thick layer of filth in front of the door, the gaunt Hatake Sakumo walked up to Uchiha Gin, a faint hint of doubt in his lifeless eyes.
"Don't you remember me, little brother Sakumo?" Uchiha Gin shook his head, feigning displeasure, and patted Kakashi beside him before continuing.
When you were this age, I even treated you to candy!
"Uh"
This sentence completely baffled Hatake Sakumo. He carefully looked at Uchiha Gin, who looked very familiar, but he couldn't remember who the other person was no matter how hard he tried.
"Hey, no wonder Hayato always says you're a bit slow-witted, you even forgot me."
Hayato Hatake, father of Sakumo Hatake, is a rigid and stubborn man who has provided Gin Uchiha with over 200 points of mental energy.
"Hmm? You know my father?"
Upon hearing the name of his father, who had passed away many years ago, Hatake Sakumo's eyes widened in disbelief. Ignoring the stench of egg yolk still clinging to his head, he leaned forward to press for more information.
"Please, you stink!"
Upon seeing this, Uchiha Gin immediately pinched his nose with one hand and frantically waved his other hand forward to fan himself, signaling that Hatake Sakumo was too smelly and should not come near.
"I'm sorry, I just didn't expect my father to have friends."
Sakumo Hatake scratched his head awkwardly, accidentally grabbing a handful of foul-smelling egg yolk.
"Father, please stop!"
Now, not only Uchiha Gin, but even Kakashi next to him started dancing the same catchy dance as the "Monthly Salary Cat" in a father-son-son-like manner.
"Damn it, does anyone have information on that guy?"
The man, left standing to the side, glared venomously at the oblivious Uchiha Gin before turning to look at his Root colleagues who had come to help him lead the unsuspecting crowd in a bullying spree.
"Cannot be found."
"But judging from his clothes, he seems to be an Uchiha."
"As expected, Lord Danzo was right, the Uchiha clan are all evil!"
Seeing that his colleague was unreliable, the man, eager to bring down Sakumo Hatake and make him take the fall to clear his own name, stepped forward with a sinister expression.
"No matter who you are, if you want to help this scoundrel, then prepare to be baptized by our will of dominance!"
"Jianren, I've always considered you an important comrade, why are you doing this to me?"
Looking at the somewhat hysterical man, Hatake Sakumo's face clearly showed his heartache.
"If I hadn't saved you then, you might be..."
"Bah! I'd rather die than see the village suffer such a great loss!"
"you"
Hearing this cold reply, Sakumo Hatake, his heart filled with despair, slowly lowered his hands. He felt that he had let down everyone in the village in this matter, but he had only been worthy of the man in front of him.
The man was overjoyed to find that his verbal bullying was remarkably effective.
If he could break Hatake Sakumo's will in spirit, he would have successfully completed Danzo's order. This would not only clear his name but also transform him into a Root member on par with the Anbu.
"Hmph~ If I were you, I would never continue being a ninja in this lifetime."
So he intensified his attack and continued his relentless assault on Sakumo Hatake.
"Is he the burden you rescued?"
Uchiha Gin casually picked at his ear, then turned to look at the dejected Hatake Sakumo.
"Uh, how did you know?"
Sakumo Hatake looked up in surprise. He had never revealed a single detail about the reasons for the mission's failure to anyone other than the Hokage and his advisors.
"Oh, she told me."
Upon hearing this, Uchiha Gin raised his chin and pointed to Tsunade, the Great Raikage, who was leading several children to watch the commotion behind the crowd.
"I see."
As the Hokage's top disciple, it's understandable that Tsunade knew the details of the incident. Hatake Sakumo nodded slightly, his eyes showing even more dejection.
With the mission's failure a stark reality, and having violated the ninja's duty, he deserves the punishment he is due.
"I also think you were wrong."
Upon hearing this, Sakumo Hatake and Kakashi's faces paled instantly, especially Kakashi, whose eyes gradually filled with disappointment as he looked at his father.
"You should be risking everything to save a true partner, not this rotten piece of trash."
"what?"
Upon hearing this, Kakashi abruptly raised his head, staring incredulously at Uchiha Gin, who was smiling.
"Perhaps in most people's eyes, those who give up halfway are trash, useless, but those who don't know how to cherish their companions are..."
Reaching out, Gin Uchiha ruffled Kakashi's hair. His gaze swept over the man whose eyes were darting away, and he continued in a lazy yet meaningful tone,
"They're not even as good as trash."
"Those who abandon their missions are useless, and those who don't cherish their comrades are even worse than useless!"
At the back of the crowd, Tsunade repeatedly murmured Uchiha Gin's words, a strange light gradually shining in her beautiful eyes.
"Yes~ Absolutely right!"
Obito, following closely behind her, was filled with excitement. Uchiha Gin's words sounded like divine pronouncements to him, striking his immature and delusional heart directly.
"Uncle, he's definitely my real uncle!"
"But Obito, didn't you just vehemently deny it?"
Ebisu, standing to the side, pushed up his small glasses, looking at Obito with a puzzled expression at his completely changed attitude, only to be met with a glare from the latter.
"So it was you who just slandered my uncle, wasn't it?"
"what?"
the other side,
The more rational members of the incited crowd put down their rotten eggs and began to think independently about whether Hatake Sakumo should bear all the blame for the whole incident.
Under the chilling glint in Uchiha's silver eyes, the man who had been called Kenji by Hatake Sakumo suddenly turned pale. He absolutely couldn't let these people regain their senses.
"Nonsense! Completing the mission is a ninja's duty. I didn't ask him to save me. He acted on his own initiative. It's all his fault!"
"How can you say something like that? Are you even human?"
Uchiha Gin looked at the man who had started throwing a tantrum, pointed his finger, and said loudly.
"You framed a hero of the Konoha war, so I have reason to suspect you are a spy from another country."
"Where did you come from, you stray dog, daring to slander me?"
The man, panicked at being falsely accused, began shouting and resorting to personal attacks to mislead the public.
"Police unit is on a case, all of you get out of the way!"
Just then, a group of ninjas exuding a chilling aura pushed through the crowd. Upon seeing them, the man immediately revealed a smug expression.
"Police, arrest this unidentified man immediately!"
"Shut up, do we need you to tell us what to do when we're handling a case?"
The black-haired youth at the head of the group frowned, then pulled out a pair of silver bracelets. A hint of displeasure flashed across his square face, marked by two tear troughs.
"But I am..."
click!
Upon seeing the gleaming silver shackles on his wrists, the man, who hadn't even finished introducing himself, suddenly froze.
Isn't this script wrong?
Didn't Lord Danzo say that he had already made arrangements with all the departments in the village?
"Kenji Ichimoto, someone has complained about you making noise, disturbing public order, and maliciously inciting people to gather illegally. Come with us now." (End of Chapter)