He was already past the age of crying over every little thing.
And he already had the answer to what he wanted to know. Thinking about it, it was rather funny.
The answer had been given to him by the person he had always looked down on. But that person, too, had left him.
"Thank your father. I've always believed my father did nothing wrong either. Nothing is more important than life."
Sakumo nodded. "All I can say is that my counterpart in another world had a rough fate. He also never had the fortune of seeing Konoha as prosperous as it is today. I can understand what he was thinking back then."
"As a samurai, honor was the most important thing. He lost his honor because the mission failed. As a ninja, the mission was the most important thing. Yet because he saved his comrades, the mission failed."
"The two things he held most dear were both gone, and his life had already lost its direction. Coupled with the villains' provocation, that was why he..."
Hatake was deeply moved by Sakumo's words. Only a father could understand another father. Perhaps this was what his father had been thinking before his death.
"Don't blame him, Hatake. He was desperate back then too."
Hearing this, Kakashi Hatake could no longer hold back his tears.
Sakumo pulled him into his arms and gently patted his back. "Let your emotions out. Once you have a good cry, everything will pass. Tomorrow will be brand new, and your future will be bright."
Kakashi chimed in from the side, "That's right. Now that the two worlds are connected, everyone can travel freely between them. Come play with us whenever you have time, or we can go find you."
A few minutes later, Hatake had calmed