Early in the morning, Kakashi got up early, quickly washed up, made himself a simple breakfast, then headed to the Southern Forest to train after eating.
"Kakashi."
As Kakashi walked along the road, someone suddenly called out to him. He turned around and saw several unfamiliar ninja.
"Back in the Land of Grass, we had you and your teammates to thank. Otherwise, we might not have made it back," one Konoha ninja said with a smile.
Hearing that, Kakashi understood. During the war mission in the Land of Grass, they had indeed saved some ninja.
"I heard people saying there was a ninja named Kakashi who was cold and didn't care about his comrades. That must have been a rumor, right?" the Konoha ninja continued.
Kakashi fell silent. That really wasn't a rumor. During that period, he had indeed neglected his teammates while carrying out missions, causing them to get injured.
"Sorry to disappoint you, but it was true," Kakashi said after thinking for a moment.
No matter what he had done back then, he had still been Hatake Kakashi. He did not want to deny it, nor did he think there was any need to.
"Huh?" The Konoha ninja stared at Kakashi in bewilderment, unable to understand.
They were speaking up for Kakashi. Wasn't he just slapping himself in the face?
"Back then, I hadn't understood myself, so I did some wrong things," Kakashi continued.
After emerging from the fog, he could face what he had done before. Kakashi did not mind it anymore.
The Konoha ninja all gave Kakashi a thumbs-up. Though they were older than him, they felt that Kakashi was far more mature.
"No matter what you were like before, the Hatake Kakashi I know is a genius ninja who cherishes his comrades and possesses great