"Jonin Hatake."
Uchiha Yoichi and Kakashi came to Hatake Sakumo's resting place, thanks to Kakashi's sense of smell. No one knew how he had trained it, but his nose had become almost as sharp as that of someone from the Inuzuka Clan.
"You must be Young Yoichi. Thank you for your help just now. Otherwise, our mission would have failed, and our teammates might even have been in danger!"
After speaking, Hatake Sakumo bowed to Uchiha Yoichi. His gratitude came from the bottom of his heart.
If not for Uchiha Yoichi's final slash and the commotion caused by his shout in the Daimyo's Mansion of the Land of Rivers, the mission would have ended in failure. The Land of Fire and Konoha might also have faced unforeseen consequences for assassinating the Daimyo of a small country.
Only after thinking it over carefully did Hatake Sakumo realize how serious the consequences would have been if the mission had failed and their identities as Konoha Ninja had been exposed.
"It's nothing, Jonin Hatake. Since we happened to run into each other, I had to lend a hand."
Uchiha Yoichi waved his hand, then thought for a moment before adding, "I only helped because of Kakashi and out of consideration for you. Whatever happens with Konoha's mission has nothing to do with me!"
One of the Ninja in Hatake Sakumo's team did not like hearing that and spoke up, "Hey, how can you say that—"
"Get some proper rest first, Kinoshita-kun. Once you recover some Chakra, we still have to hurry. We won't be able to rest easy until we reach Kikyo Castle."
Hatake Sakumo interrupted Kinoshita Unma. He knew that Uchiha Yoichi had no favorable feelings toward Konoha. After all, someone had betrayed a fellow villager and dragged his son into the