Kakashi, who didn't have a stomachache, and Rin, who was still a little confused, gradually calmed down after the child brought two little puppets over and stuffed one of them into their arms.

Rin touched Naruto's little head melon and asked Kakashi, "So you adopted him?" ”

"That's right...... Because the teacher sealed the Nine-Tails on his body, and the situation of the human pillar force has always been not good, Hokage-sama still plans to hide his background, but someone on the Konoha side has already leaked his 'Nine-Tails' identity, if I don't even care, how can I ...... Are they worthy of the teacher? ”

Kakashi handed the kitten puppet back into the child's arms and smiled at him, "It's okay, Hisaki-sama also felt that he was too sorry for the teacher and Naruto, so he agreed to my request and made up some lies with me, saying that the Nine-Tails was no longer there, and that he was the child who happened to be saved by the teacher." ”

"Human Pillar Force...... Is it? ”

Lin frowned, and stroked her chin thoughtfully: "Speaking of which, when I didn't wake up, my consciousness seemed to have seen two people claiming to be tailed beasts somewhere...... Animal? ”

"Yes" "Boom-"

Kakashi thought that it should be the Three-Tails and Nine-Tails who had helped, and just as he wanted to explain Rin's confusion, he was interrupted by the tailed beast Chakra that suddenly jumped up on Naruto's body.

The little fox in the shape of the Nine Lamas flicked its tail back and forth 'friendly', as if inviting merit, and said, "That's me, I'm—the same."

There was only one tail, because then Naruto's face could be seen.

“…… To introduce, this is the legendary Nine-Tails. ”

Kakashi was embarrassed to add any more honorific titles, and made a gesture of hospitality to Naruto.

Naruto's brain twitched, and he put his hand in Kakashi's palm, but three seconds after the contact, he was controlled by the Nine Lamas and withdrew his hand.

The reason is that the Nine Lamas thought it was too much like a dog.

"Hahahaha, I can do this!"

Not to be outdone, the three tails also showed a tail, but the difference was that he differentiated into a small energy body of his own, which appeared alive in front of the three of them.

Isofu smugly flicked his tail at the Nine-Tails.

“…… Roar! ”

The Nine Lamas took over Naruto's body, glared at Iso, and then flicked his tail and glued him to the wall.

Isofu, who resembles a snapping turtle, smashes a hole in the Kakashi family's wall, and he raises a tail at the Nine-Tails and quickly retrieves his chakra energy body.

The tailed beast is the existence gathered by the six immortals with mud (crossed out) chakra, so the energy body that is differentiated can also be regarded as themselves, but it is many times weaker than the main body.

Chestnut, for example, it's like Kakashi and his shadow clone.

"I'm sorry, Lynn, I forgot to tell you, you're also a human pillar now......"

Kakashi patronized the introduction of Naruto, forgetting that there were tailed beasts on Rin's side too.

"Ah...... Well, I probably know that it's me...... That's when it was, right? ”

Lin waved her hand to indicate that it was okay, and then her outstretched hand silently clenched into a fist.

——“…… I'm the one to apologize, Kakashi, I'm sorry I gave you such painful memories again......"

Other memories were still a little vague, but there was one scene that she remembered very clearly.

It was her own 'deathbed', Kakashi's incredulous eyes, his left widening eyes, and the tears that flowed.

That's the last thing I'll ever see.

…… That's what she thought at the time.

She didn't want to be a sinner in Konoha and she didn't want to drag Kakashi down.

So even if she still has the will to live, she has to make that choice.

Because she can't even hurt herself, and she feels a headache even thinking about it...... That's enough to prove that someone is using themselves to bring disaster to Konoha by trying to make them happen.

…… If he could die at Kakashi's hands, he would have died a well-deserved death.

This was the only selfish thought she had.

'Kakashi ......'

- I'm sorry.

That's something she couldn't say.

Mr. Shuomao's affairs, Obito's affairs, these were already painful enough for Kakashi, and his actions at that time undoubtedly pushed him to the edge of the abyss again.

She didn't blame Kakashi at all, because it was a choice she made.

Rin folded her hands together and took a few steps back and bowed nearly ninety degrees to Kakashi.

- "Really, really...... Sorry ......"

Kakashi froze there.

Ten seconds later, he opened his mouth, as if he had something to say, but before a single note could be uttered, it disappeared.

Well, it disappeared in place with a bang, with a startled smoke and dust.

As a shadow clone, his physical and mental pressure and impact finally broke through the ceiling after knowing Lin's thoughts about his behavior at that time.

“…… Huh? ”

Lynn was stunned.

Isofu lost the battle with the Nine Lamas and shrank back, there was no Uchiha here, so the Nine Lamas planned to stay here for a while as a victor.

However, the control of his body was returned to Naruto, because he didn't want to get involved in the between humans.

"Kakashi went out to work to support his family, and that was the shadow clone he left behind to take care of me."

Naruto scratched his head.

[Hopefully his body doesn't just fall......]

“…… Yes, it seems that he really has a hard time. ”

Lynn sighed, but not as sad as she had just looked.

- "Well, Naruto, can you tell me about what has happened over the years......?" ”

She had an inexplicable sense of trust in this child, and at the same time felt that Kakashi had just told Naruto's background directly, and the child didn't have any special reaction, which should also be clear.

He was probably not as young and ignorant as he seemed.

-

“！？”

Kakashi's newly assigned teammate in the shadows watched him sway around like this for a while, and then planted his head from the tree.

With the thought that 'this person shouldn't make that kind of low-level mistake,' he watched as Kakashi fell headfirst into the bushes.

And then...... Then there was no movement.

Kakashi's teammates struggled and didn't know what to do now.

Today's task is not particularly important, just tracking individuals.

Hokage-sama arranged for him to act with Kakashi-senpai, on the one hand, Hokage-sama's care for Kakashi, and on the other hand, for surveillance.

He had to hand in a daytime report every day, and then the sun-sama would gather the other advisors, and then the rest would not be known to him.

He guessed that Kakashi-senpai might be in an observation period now, because he had quit his job in the shadows for a long time, and recently suddenly said that he was coming back, probably because he wanted to let him see if Kakashi-senpai had any other behavior.

- Although he has been resigned for more than two years, Kakashi is still considered to be the shadow predecessor of those who came after them.

Even if he is older than him.

…… So the question is, what should you do now?

He scrambled to his feet and hid in the shade of the trees, looking at the distant surveillance target that was almost gone.

Stay, or chase after it?