"Jonin Pakura, although I understand your frustration at being captured, couldn't you show a little dignity?"
Hatake Kakashi took a step forward.
He said coldly to Pakura,
"Losing is losing. Why make up some vague, baseless story? Can't you accept defeat?"
Kakashi himself,
whenever he was defeated by Hyuga Sho,
would only silently lick his wounds before becoming stronger.
He looked forward to the day he could defeat him.
Kakashi, who held such thoughts and fighting spirit...
felt nothing but utter contempt when he saw how unable Pakura was to accept defeat.
Hero of the Sand?
This?
"..."
Pakura looked utterly stunned.
Only then did she understand.
No one was going to believe what she said.
Her gaze swept over her comrades.
The Sunagakure ninjas were also looking at her strangely, one after another.
It was as if they were looking at a stranger.
Pakura had never experienced such looks before.
What happened to a hero adored by everyone when she fell from her pedestal?
A demon!
Pakura's gaze ultimately turned toward the completely calm Hyuga Sho.
This brat was a bona fide demon!
He had not only deceived his opponent but even deceived his own people!
These Konoha fools... had no idea what kind of person was lurking among them!
A chill rose from Pakura's back.
Her body hurt.
It was as if she had returned to that cold, dim Interrogation Room.
"You'll regret this... You definitely will..."
Pakura's voice faded into silence and ultimately disappeared.
Afterward.
Kakashi, Uchiha Obito, and Nohara Rin turned and headed toward Konoha's position.
Kushina Uzumaki even lectured Kakashi a little.
"Kakashi~, you were so fierce just now, exposing her lie like that. She's the Hero of the Sand, after all, and she cares about her reputation..."
Kushina Uzumaki's voice was very loud.