Shinobi: I'm Really a Supportive Ninja

After the meal, Kakashi was not very happy.

It's not because Hatake Sakumo and Hatake Akira are hiding something from him, but simply because he doesn't like Hatake Sakumo's cooking skills.

Hatake Sakumo also knew this, but he didn't care about it.

"Kakashi, what do you think a ninja is like?"

"Accept orders, perform tasks, and complete tasks." Kakashi Hatake replied without thinking.

"That's correct, but that's not what ninjas are all about." Hatake Sakumo nodded, and then shook his head, "Only when you reach a certain position, you will find that ninjas are not pure."

"I didn't understand this before. I always felt that completing the mission was the ultimate goal of a ninja. But after I put on the Hokage Sleeves, I realized that ninjas are just tools to meet the needs of superiors."

"this……"

There were waves on Hatake Kakashi's calm face. This argument completely subverted the education he had received before, and his previous persistence was severely impacted.

"I know it's still too early for you, but just because I don't say it doesn't mean it doesn't exist." Hatake Sakumo sighed, "Konoha has changed its taste now, especially in peacetime, fighting for power and profit. It became the main theme.”

"But the Will of Fire... is not like this!" Hatake Kakashi's outlook on life showed signs of collapse, "Aren't our desperate efforts all for the sake of the village?!"

"There is nothing wrong with the will of fire, and there is nothing wrong with raising the butcher's knife for the village. What is wrong is the person who controls the will of fire. There is something wrong with him." Hatake Sakumo said it clearly. "Many ninjas are no longer It is simply about performing tasks and completing tasks, but it has added political attributes and camp divisions."

"One side belongs to the Sandaime, and the other side belongs to the advisory group headed by Shimura Danzo, and I..." Hatake Sakumo laughed at himself, "It's just a target set up by the Sandaime in order to divert internal conflicts."

"This is impossible!" Hatake Kakashi stood up suddenly, pointing at Hatake Sakumo with a trembling finger, "Father, you can become the candidate of the next Hokage, isn't it all because of your contribution to the village? How can you say that about yourself!"

"Don't be stupid, brother." Akira Hatake reached out and patted Kakashi Hatake's arm, "Also, you can't point at your father like this under any circumstances."

Akira Hatake pulled Kakashi Hatake to the ground again, and then reached out and turned his silver hair into a chicken coop.

"Stupid brother, you probably don't know that war is just an extension of politics, and the so-called ideology is just a kind of political correctness. It has nothing to do with who is the framer."

Seeing Kakashi Hatake fall into silence again, Akira Hatake retracted his hand.

"Do you know why the Sandaime Hokage chose his father to be the candidate for the next Hokage?"

"Why?" Hatake Kakashi looked at Hatake Akira.

"Because the Hatake clan has a small population, there is a clear gap between the family strength and the family's political influence compared to other families in the village."

"But what does this have to do with my father being a candidate for the next Hokage?" Hatake Kakashi couldn't turn around for a while, "Such an obvious disadvantage is enough to show that my father relied on his own merit to become a candidate. !”

"You still only saw the surface." Hatake Akira shook his head, "My father's achievements are only part of it. The real reason that makes him a candidate for the next Hokage is because the Hatake family is weak."

"Is that so, Father?" Hatake Kakashi looked at Hatake Sakumo again.

"It's exactly what Akira said." Hatake Sakumo nodded, "Because the Hatake family's power is weak and easier to be controlled, I was able to overpower the three ninjas and become the owner of the Hokage Sleeve."

"But the Third Hokage... why did he do this? And what did you mean by "target" just now?"

"You've said it so straightforwardly and you still don't understand?" Akira Hatake was somewhat speechless. Kakashi Hatake's political sensitivity was really too low.

"Brother, let me explain to you more clearly. "Target" means victim. In order to calm down the internal conflicts in the village, or the conflict between him and Shimura Danzo, the Sandaime used his father as a pawn."

"In the fight for the position of Hokage, whether the father succeeds or fails, it has no impact on the Third Hokage." Akira Hatake's face darkened, "If the father fails and dies, there are still three ninjas in Konoha, who are fully capable of carrying it. The flag of Konoha; if my father succeeds in becoming the next Hokage, he will also be restricted by the Third Generation's purpose because the Hatake family is weak."

Akira Hatake's in-depth analysis of a passage made Kakashi Hatake completely lose himself. He lowered his head and stood there in a daze, not knowing what to think.

Hatake Sakumo glanced at Hatake Akira with a smile on his face, his eyes full of relief.

If one day he is gone, Hatake Akira can take good care of Hatake Kakashi and the entire Hatake family.

"But father...Sandaime Hokage-sama did this...why?"

After a while, Hatake Kakashi raised his head again, with a bit of confusion and even a bit of loss in his eyes.

"He can't do anything to some people." Hatake Sakumo sighed, "At the same time, he can't let go of the power in his hands."

"Are they the three advisers of Konoha?" Hatake Kakashi seemed to have an idea, and suddenly asked the key point.

"Yes, they are the three advisors of Konoha." Hatake Sakumo nodded, "When the Sandaime took over as Hokage, his reputation among the people was not enough, and the Sarutobi clan was not a big clan at that time, so it was difficult to convince the internal people. Opposition.”

"So, Danzo Shimura, Koharu Kadeno, and Kado Mito who were members of the Second Mekage Guards with the Sandaime were promoted by the Sandaime to assist him in controlling Konoha."

"But when the Sandaime secured the position of Hokage and won the war, differences arose within the village, forming the war hawk faction headed by Shimura Danzo, and the peace dove faction headed by the Sandaime."

"Although there is a huge disparity in power between the two, for some political considerations, the Sandaime did not launch a purge of Shimura Danzo's faction, but chose to let it go."

"Up to now, the power of Shimura Danzo's men is growing day by day, and they have always been obsessed with the position of Hokage. Internal strife has become inevitable..."

"In this case, the Sandaime chose me to be the next Hokage candidate to divert Shimura Danzo's attention."

"As long as I am safe and sound, Shimura Danzo will only focus on me, and temporarily give up the opposition to other people within Konoha to minimize the losses of Konoha's internal friction."

Hatake Sakumo's words made Hatake Kakashi suddenly wake up, his eyes lost their former luster, and some were filled with deep disappointment.

He once thought that Konoha, led by the Will of Fire, would unite and fight for a better tomorrow.

But reality gave Kakashi a hard hammer, letting him know that towering trees also have shade. Where the sun doesn't shine, there are not only shadows, but also darkness.