socalfunplaces Chapter 298 Kakashi, You Don't Understand Anything
Chapter 298 Kakashi, You Don't Understand Anything
Chapter 298 Kakashi, You Don't Understand Anything
in the audience.
Sasuke was the first to appear. He cautiously scanned his surroundings, his gaze sweeping over the nearby seats inch by inch.
Sure enough, the next second, a ripple appeared around him.
"It's Naruto."
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"Sasuke!"
The moment Naruto appeared, his eyes lit up.
"You're here too!" He plopped down next to Sasuke and chuckled. "How have you been these past few days? That guy named Uchiha Madara hasn't been giving you any trouble, has he?"
Sasuke's expression stiffened almost imperceptibly for a moment.
He had previously ambushed Naruto and caused this incident, yet this kid acted as if nothing had happened, showing no resentment and even displaying a natural concern in his eyes, which completely stunned Sasuke.
That's ridiculously naive; their guard is practically zero.
This, in turn, strengthened Sasuke's resolve.
If Naruto stays in that hypocritical village, he'll be devoured until nothing is left.
On the surface, Sasuke replied calmly, "—He's been pretty good to me."
"That's good, that's good."
Naruto chuckled and leaned closer: "When are you planning to return to Konoha?"
Sasuke took in Naruto's expression.
This idiot—when will he stop being so naive?
Are those high-ranking officials in Konoha and those people in the village really worthy of his complete trust?
Wasn't Ma's experience in my dream yesterday the clearest warning?
It's time for Naruto to face reality.
We must pull this idiot out of that quagmire.
Sasuke looked away, his gaze falling on the empty screen in front of him, as he made a decision in his mind.
"Naruto, leave Konoha."
As soon as he finished speaking, Naruto, who was about to ask about Madara Uchiha, widened his eyes in surprise upon hearing this.
"—?"
He asked with a look of surprise, "Sasuke, how did you know I was going to leave Konoha to train for a while?"
Sasuke: "—"
He had anticipated many possible reactions from Naruto.
For example, yelling "I will never leave Konoha," or glaring at him and asking if he was going to do something stupid again.
I never expected this to be the case.
Naruto's eyes shone brightly, and his face was filled with smugness.
Sasuke felt a tightness in his chest and almost choked on his breath.
His carefully crafted persuasion, within Naruto's one-way thought process, was automatically translated into the information that "Sasuke somehow found out he was going out to train."
[Ding! Emotional fluctuations from Uchiha Sasuke have been detected! Emotional value +400!]
"no----"
Sasuke instinctively tried to change the subject.
But Naruto had already given him a "you've seen through me" look, and chuckled, "Hehe, since you already know, I won't hide it from you anymore."
He gestured as he spoke.
"The lecherous sage is taking me to an incredibly powerful place to train, called Mount Myōboku!"
"I heard there are tons of amazing toad sages there. I want to learn even stronger ninjutsu there."
"Once I return from my training, I will definitely become incredibly strong."
"At that time, I will definitely defeat you fair and square, and then..."
He grinned, revealing his big white teeth.
"I'll take you back to Konoha!"
here we go again----
Sasuke's gaze gradually turned cold.
Sure enough, that's the only thing on this idiot's mind.
Defeat me? Bring me back to Konoha?
Sasuke didn't buy into Naruto's ridiculously stubborn declaration at all.
He has now awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.
More importantly————
He received guidance from Madara Uchiha, a legend in the ninja world, and saw a higher world.
In Sasuke's eyes, the distance between him and Naruto had widened, and it was not something that could be caught up with by shouting a few slogans.
The strength Naruto wanted to become stronger and the power he desired were no longer on the same level.
To him now, this promise sounds naively ridiculous.
However, it is precisely this naiveté.
This is the kind of bond that makes you determined to bring him back no matter what happens.
This made Sasuke's idea even more resolute.
Since talking isn't enough to make this guy see reality, let's try a more direct approach.
Sasuke raised his head, stared straight at Naruto, and deliberately provoked him, saying, "Loser."
Naruto paused for a second, then instantly blushed and shouted, "Who are you calling a loser?!"
Sasuke remained unmoved and continued calmly, "Are you so confident that you can defeat me and then take me back?"
Naruto was taken aback by his suddenly cold gaze, but the next second, he still stiffened his neck and said loudly, "Of course! I mean what I say, that's my ninja way!"
[Ding! Naruto's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +400!]
Sasuke looked at him, a smirk playing on his lips. Plan worked!
"very good."
"Since you insist, then it's a deal."
"An agreement?"
Naruto blinked, clearly not fully understanding, but his interest had been piqued.
"What agreement?"
Sasuke said in a serious tone, "Right after your so-called training is over, let's find a place and have a serious fight."
He paused, staring at the fighting spirit slowly burning in Naruto's eyes, and added, "If you win, I'll go back to Konoha with you."
Naruto's eyes lit up immediately: "Really?!"
He blurted it out, afraid that Sasuke would change his mind.
"Okay! It's a deal! Don't go back on your word later!"
"Don't rush." Sasuke's voice suddenly turned cold, all traces of his previous laughter vanishing. "It's not over yet."
Naruto's heart skipped a beat.
"If I win," Sasuke said calmly, "from now on, you'd better give up on that naive idea of bringing me back to Konoha."
Naruto opened his mouth.
Sasuke didn't give him a chance to interrupt, and continued, "Furthermore, you must come with me and leave Konoha. I will decide your future path."
The surroundings suddenly became excessively quiet.
This is no longer an ordinary agreement.
It wasn't about who was stronger; it was about deciding the future paths of two people.
Naruto's astonishment lasted only a moment.
The next second, he puffed out his chest and raised his chin: "Alright! It's settled then, Sasuke!"
Naruto remained unfazed after hearing these words, raising his fist and pointing it directly at Sasuke: "Then you'd better be prepared to get beaten up and brought back to Konoha!"
"Next time we meet, I'll definitely beat you to a pulp!"
"I'll make you come back with me, completely convinced!"
Sasuke stared at the outstretched fist.
This self-confidence, which could be described as blind confidence, can still be described as naive in his current view.
But it was precisely this naiveté that stunned him.
[Ding! Emotional fluctuations from Uchiha Sasuke have been detected! Emotional value +400!]
His lips twitched, but he ultimately raised his hand and lightly touched Naruto's fist.
"----good."
"Then it's settled."
"It's a promise!"
Naruto nodded firmly.
As soon as the two finished speaking, spatial ripples appeared in the theater again.
One, two, three —
In the audience seats, lights began to illuminate in twos and threes.
Kakashi, Jiraiya, Sakura, Nagato, Konan — familiar figures emerged from the light and shadow, turning from illusion to reality, and gradually landed among the seats.
Naruto spotted Kakashi, Jiraiya, and Sakura at a glance and immediately waved to them.
"Kakashi-sensei! Perverted Sage! Sakura! Over here!"
Sakura also saw Naruto and quickly nodded in response. Her gaze then shifted and she caught sight of Sasuke, and she instinctively reached out to wave.
But Sasuke froze for a moment.
Especially when he noticed that Kakashi and Sakura's gazes seemed to be sweeping in their direction, his body instinctively tensed up, ready to retreat at any moment.
Just as he was about to take a step, his sleeve was gently tugged.
"Sasuke," Naruto patted the empty seat next to him, "just sit here, don't run around."
These simple actions and words brought Sasuke to an abrupt halt.
Not far away, Kakashi and Sakura saw this scene clearly.
Sakura's expression immediately tightened.
Naruto was unaware that Sasuke had changed, nor did he understand what Sasuke's cold demeanor yesterday truly meant.
She could foresee what would happen next: Sasuke would do to her just like he did yesterday, slap Naruto's hand away, utter a hurtful remark, and leave.
Kakashi frowned slightly, about to remind Naruto not to force things, lest he get humiliated again.
But what happened next made him swallow the words he was about to say.
Sasuke stood still for about two seconds.
He turned his head, first glancing at Naruto's hand patting the seat, then looking up at Naruto's expectant face.
His gaze swept back and forth between the two places.
There was no impatience, no sarcasm, and not even much struggle.
In the end, he could only sigh helplessly.
Then he turned around and actually sat down in the seat next to Naruto.
With his arms crossed and his face turned to the side, he gave off a cold and aloof look, but the fact that he obediently sat down was enough to leave Kakashi and Sakura speechless with surprise.
"Why—" Sakura felt a lump in her throat. "When I tried to persuade him to stay yesterday, he didn't even glance at me."
How could Naruto do it so easily?
[Ding! Sakura Haruno's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +600!]
Sakura puffed out her cheeks in anger, took a few steps over, and plopped down on the other side of Naruto, deliberately squeezing very close, as if to declare something.
Naruto was completely bewildered by her outburst of anger, and tilted his head to ask in a low voice, "Sakura, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing."
Sakura turned her head away, snorted, and stubbornly ignored him.
Naruto scratched his head, his face full of question marks: "————Huh?"
"Oh?"
Jiraiya, who was watching all this, nudged the still dazed Kakashi with his elbow and chuckled in a low voice, "It seems that what we were worried about before might have been a bit of an overreaction."
"The affairs between these stubborn brats might not be as troublesome as we think."
Kakashi snapped out of his daze, his gaze shifting back and forth between Naruto and Sasuke.
On one side is a carefree smiling face, and on the other side is a cold, indifferent expression.
Even though the two didn't say much, their subtle understanding was palpable.
He ultimately just gave a soft "hmm," which was taken as agreement with Jiraiya's statement.
Perhaps, for Sasuke, Naruto does possess a unique power that no one else can replace.
As everyone gradually took their seats, the screen slowly lit up.
The first frame of the video shows a low and simple military tent.
Inside the tent, the boy Obito lay on a cot covered with rough bedding.
"Ah—it's Obito."
Naruto sat up straight and pointed at the screen, "Yesterday I saw Obito as an adult in that dream world."
He excitedly turned to Kakashi and said, "Wow, I didn't expect this guy, who looked so silly when he was a kid, to grow up to be quite handsome."
This was originally just a casual compliment.
However, Kakashi paused noticeably as soon as he finished speaking.
He turned his head to look at Naruto, a fleeting, indescribable complexity flashing in his eyes. His Adam's apple bobbed, but he ultimately didn't say what he wanted to say.
To be honest, he didn't know how to explain "Obito" to Naruto.
Those were my former teammates, names buried deep in my heart.
Is he also the masked murderer who stirred up trouble and killed Naruto's parents?
He simply couldn't bring himself to speak.
[Ding! Kakashi Hatake's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +700!]
"Naruto!" Sakura nudged Naruto with her elbow, her voice trembling with anxiety, "How could you say that!"
"Why can't I say?" Naruto turned his head with a puzzled look.
He had barely uttered the words when he met Kakashi's gaze head-on.
The look in his eyes, which had always carried a hint of nonchalant amusement, now clearly darkened.
Naruto's smile slowly froze.
He then realized what he had just said—"Obito after he grew up."
Obito was Kakashi's former teammate.
He sacrificed his life on the battlefield more than a decade ago.
"I'm so sorry, Kakashi-sensei!"
Naruto panicked and waved his hands incoherently, saying, "That's not what I meant, I just... I just felt—"
The more he explained, the worse he felt he had said.
Kakashi was pulled back to reality by Naruto's panic.
He closed his eyes briefly, forcing back the emotions that welled up inside him, and when he opened them again, he was back to his usual lazy and calm demeanor.
He reached out and, as usual, ruffled Naruto's blond hair: "It's okay, Naruto."
I know you didn't mean anything by it.
Naruto lowered his head: "————Hmm."
Jiraiya watched this scene from the side, sighed silently, and slowly looked away.
Nagato sat quietly without saying a word, a faint light flickering deep within the round pupils of his Rinnegan.
On the screen.
Inside the tent, Obito propped himself up, his gaze falling on the white-haired boy not far away who was bending over and tidying his backpack.
Young Kakashi.
He had a smug look on his face, and his impatience was written all over it.
Obito recognized it at a glance.
This Kakashi is not the old Kakashi.
"Hey, Obito." Kakashi, without even looking up, said dismissively, "Why are you still spacing out?"
Obito snapped out of his daze and subconsciously uttered, "Oh, right away."
He sprang out of bed and frantically packed his gear.
At this moment, Obito felt no dazedness from just waking up, only excitement.
He sat there, but his mind was already wandering to Kannabi Bridge.
His thirst for the truth made him move much more nimbly than usual.
Young Kakashi had already finished getting ready. He stood with his arms crossed, blocking the tent entrance, and said impatiently as always, "Hurry up, we have other missions today."
"Too verbose."
Obito suppressed the surging thoughts in his chest and responded with a muttered remark befitting his young self.
He grabbed his headband and tied it neatly around his forehead, slung his backpack over his shoulder, and followed Kakashi toward the tent entrance.
Lifting the somewhat worn canvas curtain, a cool morning breeze greets you.
Obito had just taken a step when his foot froze on the spot.
Outside the tent, on a slightly flat rock, Nohara Rin sat quietly.
She placed her hands on her knees, the morning light falling on her shoulders, making her silhouette glow softly.
She seemed to have waited a while, her expression calm and unhurried, with a package neatly placed on her lap.
Hearing a noise coming from inside the tent, Lin turned her head and revealed a familiar, gentle smile.
Her gaze swept along the tent opening past Kakashi and Obito, finally settling on Obito's face.
"You're all packed? You took a little longer than I expected. Shall we go?"
"Hmph, it's all Obito's fault for dawdling."
Kakashi, who was walking ahead, instinctively crossed his arms, glanced at Obito sideways, and made a sarcastic remark without any mercy.
Such bickering has long been a daily occurrence for the team.
However, this time, Obito did not immediately retaliate.
Lin's appearance was like a blow to the head; with a hum, all the surrounding sounds temporarily ceased, leaving only the amplified heartbeat in his ears.
"Lin?" He swallowed hard. "You're going too?"
The moment he asked the question, his body began to tremble.
"Um?"
Lin tilted her head slightly, a hint of confusion on her face. "Of course we should go together."
"Didn't we agree to go to Kannabi Bridge together today to visit that senior member of the Uchiha clan?"
"I specially prepared some easily digestible food."
Kaminavi Bridge.
Obito's pupils suddenly contracted.
That place.
That land of death that changed everything.
That was the starting point that plunged him into complete hell.
What exactly is this dream trying to achieve?
Obito felt completely chilled from head to toe.
That damn idiot.
What exactly did I say to Kakashi and Rin in my dream?
Obito's heart tightened suddenly.
He could sense that fate was silently sliding down the same path as it had in the past, heading towards the same abyss.
[Ding! Emotional fluctuations from Uchiha Obito have been detected! Emotional value +1000!]
"No!"
Obito's voice suddenly rose, and the shout was so abrupt that it startled Rin in front of him and Kakashi beside him.
Lin subconsciously opened her mouth, and Kakashi also frowned, his eyes full of doubt.
Obito remained unmoved, staring intently at Rin as if afraid that if he blinked, she would disappear from his sight again.
You can't go.
"Rin, you absolutely must not go to Kannabi Bridge!"
"It's too dangerous there."
"You stay here, stay at the camp."
"Kakashi and I are enough!"
The smile on Lin's face gradually faded, replaced by confusion and worry.
She stood up, hugged the small bundle in her arms tighter, and looked at Obito earnestly, asking, "Obito, what's wrong?"
"Why are you suddenly saying that?"
"Every action carries danger, but we're a small team."
"How could I possibly let you and Kakashi act alone while I stay behind in safety?"
Obito's temples throbbed with anxiety, and cold sweat beaded on his forehead.
"This time is different."
"Listen to me, Lin."
"There are really unpredictable dangers there; something really bad could happen."
"I can't let you take such a risk."
Kakashi finally couldn't help but speak, and his voice turned cold.
"Obito, what's wrong with you?"
"Didn't you say you wanted to go together? What are you doing now?"
"Rin is a medical ninja, and her abilities are very important to us."
"What makes you think you can underestimate her abilities?"
He glanced at the carefully prepared package on Lin's lap, his tone softening slightly but still reproachful: "Besides, this is Lin's own decision and her own wish. What right do you have to make decisions for her without her consent?"
"What do you know?!"
Obito suddenly turned to Kakashi, his eyes bloodshot and frightening.
He had long harbored resentment towards Kakashi.
In addition, the other party is currently ignoring the potential danger.
All these emotions ignited at that moment, culminating in a final, desperate scream: "You know absolutely nothing! You can't protect her!"
[Ding! Emotional fluctuations from Uchiha Obito have been detected! Emotional value +1000!]
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