Naruto the Strongest Hatake

Chapter 71 A Funeral at the Hokage Level

After Fu An and Kakashi left, Hiruzaru Sarutobi called Sakumo Hatake to his office and asked him, "Jirai already told you about Xin Qu, right?"

"I already know."

"What are you going to do?" Hiruzaru Sarutobi said: "Sacrificed in the mission, although the mission has not been completed, but the village is still willing to give them the highest honor for these ninjas... I mean, I want to make Xinqu's The name is engraved on the memorial tablet, what do you mean?"

"Whether or not the name should be engraved on the memorial tablet is a matter for you to decide, so don't ask me." Hatake Sakumo said: "It's just the third generation, I hope to announce the news of Xinqu's death later, I haven't made up my mind yet How to tell Fu An and Kakashi..."

"Tell them as soon as possible. There is no way to delay this kind of thing...they will always ask about you."

"……Yes."

……

After leaving the Konoha office, large flakes of snow had already floated in the leaden gray sky.

Sakumo braved the snow and went to a shop specializing in mourning clothes to pick out two children's mourning clothes for Fuan and Kakashi, paid the money and rushed home.

On the way, he kept thinking about what Hiruzaru Sarutobi said.

It is true that it is too unrealistic to continue to hide the news of Xinqu's death from them... In that case, after Kanji's funeral, tell them the truth!
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At three o'clock in the afternoon.

The huge shadow rock has been covered with thick snow.

Hatake Sakumo held a white paper flower in his hand, and led Fu An and Kakashi to his own position.

Snowflakes fell one after another.

Regardless of life or death, high or low, it fell on everyone present.

Starting from Hiruzaru Sarutobi, everyone walked to the altar one by one, bowed to the portrait in the middle of the altar, and put the white paper flowers in their hands on the body of the deceased.

The family members of the deceased knelt there, bowing in return to the ninjas who had been taken care of by their father and who had taken care of them.

After Shimura Danzo passed by, it was Hatake Sakumo.

When Hatake Sakumo walked to the altar, Kanji's son, who was already in his 40s, suddenly said to Sakumo: "Master Sakumo, my father was very impressed with you during his lifetime. Father said, you are the first Praise the ninja for his good photography skills... If it wasn't for your approval, he might have given up at that time!"

"If he really wants to give up, even if I recognize him countless times, he will still give up... So don't be thankful to me, it's actually him who has allowed him to persevere until now and guarded the photographer's pride!"

After finishing speaking, Hatake Sakumo gently placed the paper flower beside Kanji who was lying in the coffin.

Fu An, who was following Shuo Mao, heard this conversation, and felt that his father was gentle and strong.

But, in this ninja world, what's the use of gentleness?
People with good intentions will thank you for your tenderness for the rest of your life.

However, people with malicious intentions will also rely on your gentleness and not being forceful, and willfully entrap you all your life!

……

When Hatake Sakumo came down from the altar and passed by Fu An, Fu An couldn't help but said to Hatake Sakumo: "Father, if I were you, I would stand up and announce the truth to everyone. I am not wronged, living a useless life... If it is not because of the curse seal, I wish I could announce the truth to the public for you!"

"What about after it's announced to the public?"

"..."

After it is announced to the public?Fu An, who was caught by Shuo Mao's rhetorical question, went up to the altar with a blank expression, said "sorry" to Kanji's family, and gently put the paper flowers in the coffin.

Then, thinking about this question, he walked on.

When walking down, he accidentally saw Kakashi standing in the snow with a thin body.

Suddenly, I understood the meaning of Hatake Sakumo's question...

After it was announced to the public, Shuo Mao's reputation was indeed restored.

But so what?

The complicated friendship between Konoha's high-level executives and Shimura Danzo made them absolutely not punish Shimura Danzo with dead hands.

At most, only part of the rights will be deprived.

However, with Danzo's means, he will still come out to make trouble in a short time.

And Shimura Danzo, who climbed out of the trough, will use all means to retaliate, I'm afraid it will implicate Kakashi, Yuhi Makoto's daughter Yuhiko, and Yume Shiwei's family!
(End of this chapter)