After leaving the Hyuga Clan.
Shamu pondered how he had dealt Kakashi a blow before.
Then he had Orochimaru brainwash him.
He wondered how things were going now.
As Shamu's thoughts turned, he headed straight for Kakashi's home under Anbu surveillance.
Only when he reached Kakashi's doorstep did Shamu realize.
Kakashi's home was large and imposing.
But it looked rather deserted now.
The Hatake Lineage had always passed down through a single heir.
By now, there probably weren't many people left in the Hatake clan.
There weren't even any guards at the entrance.
The gates were tightly shut, and the place was cold and quiet.
Shamu walked over and knocked on the door. It was quite a while before an elderly servant came to open it.
"May I ask who you are?"
The old servant was quite advanced in age, his hair already gray and white. He was probably even older than the Third Hokage.
Shamu smiled apologetically. "Sorry to disturb you. The Hokage sent me to see Kakashi."
The old servant did not suspect a thing. Sometimes the Third Hokage would suddenly summon Kakashi for missions.
"Come in."
After closing the gate, the old servant led the way.
Perhaps because he was old, he liked to ramble.
"Young Master has changed a great deal recently. He's even been training diligently now."
Shamu noticed the old servant's form of address. Young Master.
Kakashi was nearly thirty now, and White Fang had long since died. Yet he still called Kakashi Young Master.
That meant this old servant must have been retained from when White Fang was still alive.
Since he had watched Kakashi grow up, Kakashi was still Young Master to him even at nearly thirty.
Shamu glanced at the moonlight overhead. It seemed Kakashi had indeed changed.
Intentionally probing for