At the same point in time, different people, different thoughts, different emotions.

The Qimu clan is thin, and now there are two people, Hachiki Shuomao and Kakashi, which can no longer be called a clan, but, because of the existence of Qimu Shuomao, the name of the Qimu clan is still in the list of Konoha Village.

As the son of Hachiki Sakumo, Kakashi's performance from childhood to adulthood perfectly crushed everyone in the same period, and at the age of twelve, he became a shinobi.

He had always wanted to surpass his respected father, and now, his goals had changed. Before he could overtake his father, he had to surpass the man.

After returning that night, Kakashi's mentality changed completely, Maitkai's unmatched diligence and performance after biting behind him never affected him, let alone the hard training that wanted to throw Maitkai far behind and work as hard as him.

However, the man named Ye Zi detained him lightly and completely shredded the pride he had always had.

"Competitive mood..."

The high-intensity training made his limbs sore, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered, allowing his sweat to soak his clothes and become water clothes.

In his mind, the picture of Akai often coming to challenge him came to his mind, and the defeat again and again did not hinder Akai's fighting spirit, nor did it affect the desperate training.

Although I don't want to admit it, the guy who was just the tail of the crane in the ninja school is really getting stronger and stronger, which makes him more and more stressed, and there will always be the illusion that if he doesn't work harder, he will be surpassed.

So, under the influence of Akai, he worked harder than before, but he could still feel Akai clenching himself, but he was just thinking, if he couldn't get rid of it, it would be good if he could press it.

But now, that kind of lazy thought has been completely abandoned.

From now on... He has to work ten times or even a hundred times harder than before.

Whether it's Akai or Kakashi, because Ye Zi, some potential things, have gradually changed, and Kakashi's changes will also lead to other changes, such as Obito, who is desperately chasing him.

Training until midnight, Kakashi's overexerted limbs went limp, and the training boulder, which was ten times larger than his body, fell vertically to his back.

"Oops..."

Kakashi's expression changed, and his limbs didn't react to the thoughts.

At this moment, a hand reached over and easily held the boulder, while Kakashi fell directly to the ground, thinking that he was going to be finished, and he did not feel the pain of being crushed by the boulder next.

He first breathed a sigh of relief, looked up slightly, and looked at his father, who had come to the courtyard at some point.

"Father, you're back."

Shuo Mao gently lowered the boulder to the ground slowly, avoiding being too rough and making noise to nearby neighbors, until the boulder was placed on the ground, and did not make the slightest sound, which showed that the power he possessed was very strong, which was also a manifestation of controlling Chakra.

"What makes you work so hard?"

Shuo Mao had a little tiredness on his face, he was the same as Ye Zi, he was a task-oriented talent, with the ability to efficiently complete difficult tasks, and he had always been the person that Konoha focused on, especially at this time, he was even more busy and couldn't take a break, and when he came back this time, he had just finished performing an S-level mission, but he didn't expect that the timing of his return was just so coincidental.

He was surprised that Kakashi was very talented and had consistently surpassed his peers by a lot, but he still didn't work hard enough.

This concept is actually influenced by Maitkai, Kakashi usually works hard, but compared to Maitkai, it is still far behind.

Helping Kakashi, who was too tired to move, to his feet, he sat down on the wooden floor in the hallway, and then sat down next to Kakashi.

"I want to be stronger." Kakashi hung his head weakly and looked at his feet, his voice weak.

"Did something happen?" Shuo Mao turned his head sideways, looking at Kakashina's hair that was exactly the same as his, he had left the village for more than ten days on this mission, and only came back at this time, and he didn't know about Orochimaru's defection and Ye Zi's involvement, of course, it was impossible to know that his son almost died in Ye Zi's hands.

Kakashi was silent for a moment when he heard this, and then told Shuo Mao everything about the situation that night, and even told Ye Zi in detail about the situation that Ye Zi completely crushed him.

After listening to Kakashi's narration, Shuo Mao's expression was unmoved, but a glimmer of light flashed in the depths of his eyes.

"Is that why you want to be stronger?"

"Hmm." Kakashi regained some strength and clenched his fists.

Shuo Mao looked at Kakashi's clenched fist, smiled slightly, and said: "I am very happy that you have such a thought, but it is not so easy for you to surpass Ye Zi, although I have never fought with him, but I know very well that I am not very sure that I can win against him, he is a very powerful ninja, there is no doubt about this." ”

Kakashi was stunned, this was the second time he had heard his father's evaluation of Ye Zi, powerful.

In his eyes, his father is very strong and strong, even if he is a teacher of Watergate, he is not necessarily as strong as his father.

"I'm sorry, Kakashi, I've been busy with tasks and never taught you well." Shuo Mao looked at the boulder in the courtyard, his expression serious, thinking about something.

Kakashi's eyes flashed with a hint of loss, but it didn't affect his tone, and said, "It's okay, isn't the value of a ninja reflected in the mission?" My father's contribution to the village has always been something I am proud of. ”

"Kakashi."

Shuo Mao looked at him and said seriously: "The value of a ninja is not only reflected in the task, but also the value of a ninja is to be able to protect the things that should be protected." ”

"But—" Kakashi pursed his lips, and the image of Rin and Obito flashed in his mind.

"Someday, you'll understand that, and from tomorrow I'll start teaching you." Shuo Mao seemed to have made some decision.

"Huh?" Kakashi was stunned, not believing that his father would say such a thing, and immediately asked, "What about the village's mission?" ”

Shuo Mao smiled at him and said, "Now, your growth is more important than these, and I believe that the fourth generation will understand this." He reached out and pressed his hand on Kakashi's head, "Kakashi, I look forward to the day when you surpass me." ”

"Father..."

Kakashi looked at Shuo Mao's serious expression and suddenly showed a big smile.

All the while, a large part of his performance is attributed to his strong father, but the truth is that his father has been busy with tasks and has very little time to teach him.

Ever since he was a child, he had always longed for his father to give him a portion of his time on missions, but as he got older and moved up the ninja steps, this desire became less and less.

Because he knew very well how important his father was to the village.

Therefore, what he expected has been hidden in his heart.

But now, my father took the initiative to bring it up, and he was excited and happy from the bottom of his heart.

On the other side, in the Forest of Death, a young man in a green tights is still training desperately in the middle of the night, who can he be if he is not Akai?

His qualifications and talents are far inferior to Kakashi's, so he needs to put in unimaginable effort to make up for this innate deficiency.

Some people are lucky and some are unlucky.

Kakashi had his father, and he, he didn't, but he also had the treasure that his father had bequeathed him.

Get stronger, get stronger!

For something, for someone.

Two teenagers, walking in the same direction.

What will be the impact of what you do? ――

Three days later, Nagato's correspondence arrived.

With the magic of the slide body, all the core characters wearing the ring will appear in a specific location as illusions.

With this technique, people scattered in various places can be brought together at the first time.

A series of dark shadows stood in a room, and from the black shadows, some vague features could still be seen, such as eyes...

Looking at Nagato, who was in the middle and had the eye of reincarnation, everyone was silent, waiting for Nagato to speak. (To be continued.) )