Chapter 146: Hero
Kamishiro, who had been happy about the great success of the operation against Chiyo, couldn't be happy anymore.
Because the way Kakashi looked at him made Kamishiro feel very dangerous and insecure.
Kamishiro showed an obsequious smile and said to Kakashi, "I'm just paying tribute to Lord Sakumo! This is just a simple tribute! Kakashi, could you relax your brows? I'm a bit scared..."
Kakashi's brows were tightly knitted, and his look became even more unfriendly. "Oh, you're scared? How audacious and overbearing you were just now! You even slapped Chiyo. And now you're telling me you're scared?"
Kamishiro forced a laugh and explained, "She was the enemy. Besides, she couldn't reach me when I was flying that high up. But now I'm completely out of strength, so..."
Kakashi sneered, "Since you've got no strength now and can only be at someone's mercy, you're scared, right?"
Kamishiro quickly shook his head and said, "No no no, it's because I believe you're not that kind of person, Kakashi!"
Kakashi stretched out his hand. Kamishiro closed his eyes in fear and said, "We agreed not to hit people in the face! Hitting the face hurts one's dignity! One punch is enough, don't hit me anymore!"
However, the pain he imagined didn't come.
Kamishiro squinted and found that Kakashi didn't seem to want to beat him. Instead, he seemed to want to pull him up.
"Idiot, what are you still lying there for? This is the rear of the Sunagakure Village ninjas' camp. It's still quite dangerous. Maybe Chiyo will go back and send people to search this area. Let's get out of here quickly!"
Kamishiro grabbed Kakashi's hand and stood up with the help. He murmured in a low voice, "You gave me a scare. I thought you were going nuts."
Kakashi was extremely speechless. "Crazy my head? Can you just shut your big mouth for a bit?"
"Kakashi, here you go."
Kamishiro threw something. Kakashi instinctively caught it. When he opened his palm, he immediately had black lines all over his head.
"What do you give me a tooth for?"
Kamishiro said proudly, "This isn't just an ordinary tooth. It's that old hag Chiyo's tooth!"
Kakashi said with a dark face, "I don't want anyone else's tooth!"
Kamishiro said seriously, "Hey, how can you say that? This tooth is really meaningful. Thanks to paying tribute to Lord Sakumo, I managed to slap Chiyo in the face. So Lord Sakumo also deserves some credit here."
Kakashi, Obito, and Rin all twitched at the corners of their mouths. He was really good at being unreasonable.
Kakashi looked at the tooth of Chiyo in his hand and remembered what Kamishiro had said before. He said in a somewhat low voice, "Hey, Kamishiro, you probably don't know about my father's matter. If you knew about it, you might not think my father is a hero."
Obito and Rin immediately winked at Kamishiro, signaling him not to talk nonsense.
They were really scared that Kamishiro's blabbermouth would rile Kakashi up and make him go into his shell again.
Kamishiro put his arm around Kakashi's shoulder and said with a beaming smile, "I know. After learning about Lord Sakumo's deeds, I admire him even more. He's truly a hero and my idol!"
The iron rule for ninjas is to follow the rules, and disobeying them can lead to serious consequences and affect the success of the mission. However, we shouldn't follow it rigidly. For example, if the village orders us to deliver supplies and it has to be done, but on the way, we're intercepted by a jinchuriki from an enemy village. Are we supposed to just keep going instead of running away?
Kakashi shook his head and said, looking down, "It's different. My father could have completed the mission back then, but he failed it because he saved his comrades, causing great losses to the village."
Kamishiro looked into Kakashi's eyes seriously and said, "Obito said something really good. In the ninja world, those who break the rules are called losers, but those who don't cherish their comrades are even worse than losers!"
If Lord Sakumo had abandoned his comrades, he would have lost his humanity and turned into a machine solely focused on completing missions. But humans are different from machines. Humans have feelings and their own thoughts, and everyone has something they cherish.
My Kanna might look very real and human - like, but she's just a Puppet. She needs instructions to move. Humans, on the other hand, have emotions and their own ideas.
What Lord Sakumo cherished most was the friendship with his comrades. He was willing to break the rules for them and protect them. He's a true hero. So, Kakashi, you should be proud of your father!
Obito tilted his head, looking confused.
When did he ever say something so philosophical like 'In the ninja world, those who break the rules are called losers, but those who don't cherish their comrades are even worse than losers!'?
Rin Nohara looked at Obito in surprise and said, "Obito, I didn't expect you to have such high awareness."
Then Rin Nohara looked into Kakashi's eyes very seriously and said, "I agree with what Obito and Kamishiro said. I've always thought that Lord Sakumo is a hero!"
Hearing Rin Nohara's praise, Obito straightened his back and became more and more confident.
Since Kamishiro said he said it, then he must have said it!
"Ahem," Obito coughed and said, "Yes, I've always had high awareness, and there's no doubt that Lord Sakumo is a hero!"
Kamishiro said menacingly, "Whoever says Lord Sakumo isn't a hero, we'll put a sack over their heads and beat them up until they admit he's a hero!"
Kakashi looked at Kamishiro, Obito, and Rin Nohara with a slight glint in his eyes.
Kakashi felt that the thorn in his heart seemed to be gradually disappearing.
Kamishiro patted Kakashi on the shoulder and said with a smile, "So, Kakashi, you have to learn from Lord Sakumo. I'm your comrade. You can't bully me. You have to take good care of me and protect me. Whenever there's danger, you should rush in front for me or cover my retreat. Got it?"
The little bit of touch that Kakashi had just felt vanished in an instant. He rolled his eyes hard.
Bully Kamishiro? It'd be a relief if Kamishiro didn't join hands with Obito to tease him.
Kakashi took a deep breath and said, "Come on, stop spouting rubbish. You can keep this tooth yourself."
Kakashi threw the tooth of Chiyo in his hand back to Kamishiro.
Kamishiro asked about Obito and Rin Nohara while peddling this tooth, "Do you two want this tooth? It's the tooth of Chiyo. She's the senior advisor of Sunagakure Village, the once-renowned Flower of the Ninjas, and the long-time rival of Hanzō, who bestowed the title of Sannin on Lord Jiraiya and the others! It'd be a great souvenir. It'd be a pity to throw it away."
Obito and Rin Nohara retorted, "Keep a tooth as a souvenir? Are we crazy?"
"Pfft, you guys are so clueless. Then I don't want it either. Let's go."
Kamishiro casually threw the tooth on the ground and returned to Konoha's camp with Kakashi and the others.