"That's what you've always thought?"

Obito looked Kakashi's eyes in disbelief.

"Yes."

Kakashi wasn't weak at all, affirming what he had just said that had made him appear a little less determined.

"You...... Isn't it possible to achieve the intention of being like this for a lifetime? ”

Obito couldn't help but worry about the future of this 'old friend'.

"Well, one way or another."

Kakashi nodded earnestly, his eyes full of determination.

"You're really not going to correct his personality thoughts?"

Obito stared down at the little broken child who was about to come out of his sleep in his arms.

"No...... Actually, I think it's good for him to do this, but it would be better if he could enjoy life well, but you can't force it. ”

Kakashi touched his child's face with a pet of affection.

It's as cute as a dough that has been made.

“………… Well, I know it's useless to ask you what you think about his future. ”

Obito ripped off the child's coat and slipped him up to Kakashi.

"I'll go back...... By the way, can I requisition your house for the time being? ”

Obito stood up with the tree in his hands, and shook his numb legs several times before he began to put them back on and tidy up his clothes.

"Of course, there are new mouthwash cups and toothbrushes and toothpaste in the cabinet, the shower valve is cold to the right, there are new bath towels and towels, clothes stacked in the corner of the wardrobe that you can wear, and if you want to take a bath, there is a portable pool where you can put miscellaneous items, you can pour some hot water into it, and ""Stop, stop, stop......!" Wait a minute, are you going to live in your house? ”

Obito poked at the tree and poked out a big hole.

"I'm going to go back to the hospital anyway...... I'll be with Naruto tonight, how about you take a rare break today? Although I feel that I still owe you a great favor, I can only provide that now......"

Kakashi said as he said and his mood was low again.

“…… Alright, thanks, I'll take care of that cat for you, too. ”

Obito doesn't really want to compare anything with such Kakashi.

But it seems that I haven't taken a shower much in a long time, and the clothes on my body are stained with a lot of dust from sitting here...... Well, that's also washed by the way.

Obito stepped aside and picked up his mask, put it on, and helped him upright.

- "Later, you can help me tell him to stop the water, saying that I am waiting for him at your house, and if you want to talk, he seems to have something to say to me." ”

"Okay."

Kakashi nodded, "But before that, can you take me back to the hospital first?" I probably won't even be able to make it halfway, sorry......"

He scratched his head and smiled.

“…… Speaking of which, how did you get here? ”

Obito took a look at Kakashi.

"That's it...... I came over normally, but I haven't fully recovered, so if I go back, I'll ...... I can only ask you, sorry. ”

Kakashi smiled even more.

“… Okay. ”

Obito didn't want to say anything more, and reached out and pulled Kakashi up.

Jiraiya and Zhishui, who were hiding not far away, saw that the air over there twisted, and then the three people were gone.

Jiraiya looked in that direction in a daze.

Zhishui, who was covered in his mouth, didn't dare to ask him to let go.

"Was that person there before you found Naruto?"

Jiraiya was still staring at the place where the three men had disappeared.

“……”

Zhishui said that he could not answer.

“…… Do you know him? ”

I didn't get an answer, and at first I thought that Zhishui wanted to exercise the right to silence, but as soon as I looked down, I saw that Zhishui, who was covering his mouth and panting, seemed to have some difficulty, and was looking at him with loveless eyes.

——“……！ I'm sorry, but you can at least give me a heads-up. ”

Jiraiya let go and patted him with invisible ash on his body.

Nasal sounds can still be made, but water stop is not.

"I ...... I don't know, but he was there when I found him, but it didn't seem like there was any malice, so I went straight back to Kakashi-senpai. ”

Stop the water is not nonsense, and directly answered the question just now.

"Really...... Then that's no problem, let's go back - Kakashi doesn't seem to want us to find out that he's running away, so let's pretend we don't know. ”

Jiraiya patted the shoulder of the water stop.

“…… Be. ”

…… But how can we ignore the fact that a child who is so far away has run back to the hospital all of a sudden?

Forget it, that's the excuse that Kakashi-senpai needs to think of.

Zhishui silently followed Jiraiya, who ran to the hospital.

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Kakashi was apparently aware of the problem, too, so he consciously disguised himself well.

For example, stuff the pillow into the quilt to expose a little, and only lie flat on your own.

To others, he was just holding the pillow, but in fact he took the child into his arms and let him lie on the pillow.

Kakashi also made the quilt look normal by late knees to hide his round childlike figure.

"Senior, senior, I found Jiraiya-sama."

Zhishui pretended that he couldn't see the little blonde hair that was showing out of his arms.

"Yes, yes, thank you for your hard work, Naruto's affairs are no longer a problem, and the people who found him should go to Hokage-sama, because everyone knows that I am taking care of Naruto, and the third generation will probably send him after that......"

Kakashi frantically winked at Shisui that couldn't have been more obvious, trying to get him to follow him.

"Yes, yes, the guy I met was nice, and when I found them, he was going to take Naruto to his family, so I came back first."

Shisui followed Kakashi's words and explained to Jiraiya, who had already discovered the truth with him.

"This, that's it, then I'll rest assured, you have a good rest, I have other things, go first."

After saying that, he slipped away, so fast that they only saw an afterimage.

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Kakashi glanced cautiously at the door.

Zhishui silently walked over and went out to observe the corridor, then went back to the house and locked the door.

"Whew,"

Kakashi lifted his quilt and sat up.

- "Actually, that person came just now, and he sent Naruto back, and said that he wanted you to come over at night to help me feed the cat, and he said that he was in trouble...... Sorry for the trouble again. ”

Kakashi struggled to show that he didn't know they had something to talk about.

Maybe that's what was written in the second letter, but Naruto probably didn't want to let himself know about it, so he couldn't show it himself.

"Okay......! Seniors, you can rest in peace! ”

Zhishui patted his chest and said that this matter was wrapped up in himself.

"That's a huge help."

Kakashi said with a smile.

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"I remember ......"

After Jiraiya left the hospital, he ran to the Hokage Building and asked Hizai for temporary access to some materials.

He struggled for a while and decided to start with Kakashi's registration data.

It was a few years after Kakashi became a ninja that it was the time when people of the same period were generally shinobi.

- The person I saw before was very young, and he seemed to know Kakashi very well, so it was most likely the same time that Kakashi was in school.

And it's also familiar.

He had something he wanted to confirm.

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One-year, two-year ......

Jiraiya finally found the person who was nearly 1,200 behind Kakashi three years after Kakashi registered as a shinobi.

Affiliated to the Watergate class.

Died in the Battle of the Kannabi Bridge in the Third Shinobi War.

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He knew where he had seen it.

It's Watergate.

In a conspicuous place, in the frame of the photo with the group photo of the Watergate class.

Although only half of the face I saw was recognizable, it was obvious that it was the young man in the group photo at that time, and now in the photo office where I had registered my personal information.

Its name is Uchiha Obito.