The two seemed oblivious and continued chatting, the screen slowly twisting and distorting, becoming exaggerated and bizarre.
-- What exactly are they talking about?
Everything around him gradually faded, turning into a deep black, leaving Kakashi standing alone in the center of the screen, his increasingly loud heartbeat faintly audible in the void.
-- What suicide? What Uchiha?
It wasn't until he heard a very faint'snap' in his ear that he awoke as if from a dream.
Kakashi looked left and right; the two pedestrians were long gone, so he silently bent down and picked up the item that had fallen to the ground.
[What the hell? How did it get spread like this??]
[How could Sakumo commit suicide? How can such absurd rumors be believed?]
[I suspect this is another one of Danzo's schemes! He must hate Sakumo to death and wants to slander him!]
[Very possible! After all, neither Danzo nor Hiruzen Sarutobi dared to speak of the true situation that night, and suicide is a pretty good excuse!]
[It's over, it's over, the kid can't hold it together anymore]
[With this visual representation, has Kakashi gone dark?]
[Before leaving the village, his own father said he did nothing wrong, and when he returned, he had already committed suicide. Who could withstand such a shock?]
[Even adults might not be able to bear it, no matter how much of a genius Kakashi is, he's still a child]
Kakashi ran into the Hospital, and after asking which room his father was in, he disregarded everything and directly opened the door and entered.
The person lying in bed, covered in monitoring equipment, who else could it be but Sakumo Hatake?
His father's image calling him "Kakashi" was vivid in his mind: loving, strict, lively... that father who always unconditionally tolerated and cared for him, Konoha's never-to-be-defeated hero, the goal he both admired and wanted to surpass... Kakashi took two steps forward then immediately stopped, wanting to see Sakumo's condition clearly, but also afraid to see it clearly.
All his attention was on Sakumo, and he didn't even notice that Naraku had several new bandages on his body, and his complexion was far worse than when he had left a few days ago.
[I'm so deeply immersed T-T... Who could bear to see their own father like this]
[Kakashi's world has collapsed]
[No one will shelter the two little ones from the wind and rain anymore, boo hoo hoo]
[Danzo, you really deserve to die]
Naraku walked over and tried to grab him, but his hand was shaken off. When he looked at Kakashi again, he found him in tears.
"Why is it like this... Why?"
Clearly, before he left Konoha, his father still believed that the lives of his comrades were more precious, but now, how could it have become like this?
-- So was his father wrong?
-- Was his belief that comrades were more important than missions wrong?
Kakashi desperately wanted to refute the thoughts that popped into his mind, but with his father lying in the Hospital bed before him, he couldn't convince himself no matter what.
[Kakashi cried... for the first time since his appearance]
[No, no, no, no, Sakumo didn't commit suicide!!]
[Damn Danzo, he's definitely behind this!!]
[Look at what this has driven Kakashi to]
[Danzo, you dog villain! I will surely take your dog's life!]
As night fell, the pre-rain wind grew stronger, blowing up many shop signs and flags, carrying much dirt and gravel, haphazardly hitting the last batch of villagers rushing home.
The camera followed behind Kakashi, running stumbling through the streets with him, the screen shaking violently, sweeping across everyone's faces, yet blurring their features.
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