"Did you hear, Lord White Fang's team, this mission, failed."

"No, with the strength of Lord White Fang, even the three generations of Kazekage are not his opponents, how can they ......?"

"I heard that it was to save my companions, and then delayed the time of the mission, it was an S-class mission, hey......"

After the New Year's pass, Qimu Shuomao returned, but the news circulating in the village made him uneasy for a while, and he recalled that he saw the picture by shuttling through the future, and his cheap father may not be able to pass his own level.

Self-blame after the failure of the mission, the blame of his teammates, and, his own heart.

"I'm back." Sure enough, after exchanging a look with him, Hachiki Shuo Shigeru also went back to his hut, and he was still not at ease, he stretched out his hand and beckoned, and Kakashi came very obediently.

"Brother."

"Well, Kakashi, how's your recent practice?"

"I think I can graduate from the ninja school early."

"Oh? You're only five years old and you're thinking about graduating early? ”

"yes."

"What about that guy, has you mastered the three-body technique?"

"No, but his physical skills are getting more and more powerful, and he can already open three doors."

"Not bad, how did you two do in the recent competition?"

"He caught up with me, and I lost two more games."

"What is it?"

"Underwater breath-holding and skipping rope."

"Ah, was it me who invented the jump rope? Didn't I remember that you were able to jump thousands in one sitting? ”

"That guy, the way he competes, he has to take a breath in the air every time he jumps."

"Oh, Kai is getting smarter."

"Heh" Kakashi's face was full of disdain, counting all the records, he was still ahead, and, after these few defeats, he wouldn't give Kai another chance to catch up with him.

"Brother, Daddy's ......"

"It's okay Kakashi, after you graduate, you'll also join the team led by the shinobi, so you should understand."

"What?"

"Teamwork, the importance of your peers."

"Brother, what is a companion?"

Zai fell into a short silence, the position where the two of them were sitting was on the steps in front of the house, and behind, that is, the master bedroom, Qimu Shuomao, was also in at this time, with Zai's strength at the moment, he could almost hear his slight breathing.

"What is a companion? Probably, just like Shinnosuke and Shiwei. ”

"Since I was a child, these two guys have stayed with me, and when I was on a mission, I could go one after the other with Teacher Duan, intercepting the pursuers while fighting my way out of the encirclement, and they could only cooperate with ninjutsu, at the beginning, I used to think that they were actually a burden."

"However, when you're tired, that guy from Shinnosuke can conjure food at any time, he will laugh and amuse you when the mission is in crisis, and he can help you resist the enemy's shuriken and ninjutsu when you can't dodge."

"Zhiwei is the ninja in charge of reconnaissance and tracking in the team, of course, many times, he is also the main force guarding the body of the teacher, and his insect jade is very strong."

"A companion is a teammate who will never betray, and it is also a back that can be relied on, I think the meaning of a companion should be greater than the task."

"However, one of the rules of a ninja is that a mission is sometimes more important than a life, and you should never give up on it at any time."

Zai looked at him seriously, "Then when you were in the ninja school, did you learn a rule that everyone must learn a suicidal ninjutsu?" ”

"This ......," Kakashi tried to remember, but remembered this one, "In order to prevent us from being captured alive by the ninjas of the enemy country when we are on a mission in the enemy country or on the battlefield, we use illusions to torture information, so we ......"

"So, if it's a teammate who can really be trusted, I think that in order to prevent my teammates from saving me, I would choose to commit suicide knowing that I was captured and the mission might fail."

"But what if after being captured, he has lost the ability to kill himself."

As soon as Kakashi's words fell, a breath in the corner of the room became a little heavier.

The corners of his mouth were slightly outlined, "Then you must still be saved." ”

"Even if the mission fails, in the face of the punishment in the village, in the face of the possible consequences after the mission fails, and the dissatisfaction of the companions?" Kakashi asked several questions in a row, all of which were his resentment in these days, the news circulating in the village, how could he not have heard it. During the questioning, his tone was also a little annoyed.

"I still have to save."

"Why?" Kakashi's eyes widened, his face full of bewilderment.

In the room, the figure also wanted to ask these words, but he still held back, his self-control was still much stronger than Kakashi's.

"Kakashi, who is your closest person?"

"Dad, Mom, and ...... Brother. ”

"Well, that's fine, if my brother and I are captured by the enemy, will you come to the rescue?"

Kakashi's face was full of black lines, "No. ”

"What?" This time, it was a bit of a surprise.

"An enemy that even my brother can't beat, I'll go, won't I send him to death?"

"You guy, you're really ......" Zhai shook his head with a wry smile, "Your companion, that is, your relatives, is also the person you care about the most, you may not understand it now, if you have experienced such pain, you may know." ”

"When Teacher Duan died, there were only two words left in my mind, revenge."

"So, I killed Ebizo, the failure of a mission, it doesn't mean anything, the stronger the ninja, the greater the fame in the ninja world, when you perform the mission, many times, the enemy ninja will immediately retreat, or even give up the mission, but since the enemy is prepared, then, the strength should be able to compete with your team, or rather, someone leaked information."

"Brother, what do you mean ......"

"I'm just guessing, after all, I just learned that this mission was sent from that place in the village."

"Isn't it the dark part where my brother is?"

"Konoha, besides the dark part, there is another place."

"What's that?"

"Kakashi, you'll know later."

The conversation between the two fell silent.

"I understand, brother, what do you mean is that the meaning of the companion is greater than the task, if the companion is lost, then what is the point of completing the task, even if the task will be blamed by countless people, but if the companion loses, the heart will always be uncomfortable, and the pain in the heart will never be extinguished."

"Well, okay, I'm also very happy that you can comprehend so much, by the way, Kai should be on the other side of the grove, today, I want to take a look at the results of the two of you who have cultivated for so long, you can use your physical skills to compete with him."

"Okay."

As the two left, the footsteps faded away, and the sliding door of the room opened, and a burly figure stepped out of it.

"Shuo Maojun, you haven't eaten yet." Mieko poked her head out of the kitchen with a look of concern.

"No need, I'll go out first."

"Ah, is there another mission?"

"No, though, I might have to go out for a while."

"Okay."

This time, that is, for more than half a month, at this time, Kakashi has successfully graduated from the ninja school.

"Lord Robbery, there is your letter." On this day, he was a little tired from the dressing room in the dark department, but when he walked down the long street, he received a letter from the postman.

"Oh, thank you." He stretched out his hand to take it and glanced at the signature on it, "Qimu Shuomao", and his face was happy.

However, when he opened the letter, his face became more and more ugly.

"Robbery, the direction I went to this time was the Land of Wind, the place where the previous mission was located, and that day, I overheard the conversation between you and Kakashi, so I wanted to take a look at whether it was because we were ambushed in advance when we carried out the mission before, or because someone leaked the information of our mission in advance."

"There, there are ninjas stationed in the Land of Wind all year round, and if I don't come back, I will rely on you to take care of my family."

His pupils contracted slightly, and he casually put away the letter.

When he returned home, he didn't tell anyone else about the news, even Kakashi and Mieko, and he vaguely sensed something wrong, but because he trusted the strength of Hachiki Sakumo, he forgot the suspicions in his heart for the time being.

Until the 40th year of Konoha and after Kakashi had been promoted to the middle ninja, Hachiki Sakushige had lost news for a year.

He came to the office of the three Hokage.

"Robbery, I know, Shuo Mao's disappearance is a big blow to you, but, don't you think about it, now there is no mission in the Shadow Realm, if you want to go at this time......"

"If there is no time limit for the mission, I think, leave the shadows." Zai's face was very serious, if he continued to stay in the shadows, he would probably not be able to get out, but it was impossible for him not to look for him if he had been missing for so long.

"Okay, come back as soon as possible." Ape Fei Ri Slash suddenly seems to be a few years older, indeed, working day and night is also a little pressure on him who is getting older, and Qimu Shuomao is a talent he values, and it is also a shadow-level combat power, and the lack of such combat power is also the loss of Konoha .

As for the robbery, although he was not worried that he would leave alone, but, for some reason, he trusted the robbery higher.

After all, not long ago, he had personally taught the A-level ninjutsu shuriken shadow clone technique, and of course, that was also due to the reason why the S-level Thunder Dun Ten Thousand Thunder Heavenly Prison was introduced into the Book of Seals.

"Take care." His expression was complicated, and he didn't know what to say before he left.

"Hmm." Zai nodded slightly, the disappearance of Hachiki Sakumo can no longer be hidden from his family, he is now the pillar of the family, and he must bear the burden of the family, and what Kakashi and Mieko desire is to find Hachiki Sakumo.