"Let Chino return to Konoha with you."
Miyashiro En said.
"The tuition... should be reduced, right...? After all, it's such a precious Kekkei Genkai..."
The Darkness of Shinobi had been cast out.
Hyuga Sho ruled Konoha.
In the vast Shinobi World, was there anywhere safer than Konoha?
Afterward.
Miyashiro En and Junko packed their things. The couple also planned to take a trip to Konoha.
If they were in the mood, they might even buy a house in the local school district.
That nouveau riche attitude made Kakashi extremely uncomfortable.
But at that moment, Kakashi's attention was focused entirely on his old father, Hatake Sakumo.
Now that he had found his father's remains, he should take them back and give him a proper burial...
Kakashi, whose mood had grown even more depressed, still didn't know.
His old father, Hatake Sakumo... was actually still alive.
With Mōryō as an excellent means of transportation.
Hyuga Sho used the Summoning Technique to bring everyone back to Konoha in an instant.
By the time Miyashiro En was taking his wife and child around to see the sights...
Hyuga Sho and Kakashi arrived in the hall of the Underground Base.
"Are you ready...?"
Hyuga Sho asked Kakashi.
"For what?"
Kakashi looked utterly confused, having no idea what he was supposed to be ready for.
"Release!"
Hyuga Sho reached out and tapped the coffin.
The Eternal Binding Coffin Prison Technique, formed from ice crystals... was released.
Layer upon layer of ice crystals melted, then... vanished into the air.
"..."
Hatake Sakumo lay peacefully on the ground.
Soon, he slowly opened his eyes.
"!!!"
Kakashi wore an expression of extreme shock.
If not for the mask covering his face.
Otherwise...
His mouth would probably have been wide enough to fit a duck egg.
"..."
In a daze,