The Departure

Hatake Sakumo wiped the water off his face without making a sound, but what he was thinking was...

"Could it be that Karot was right? Kakashi looks listless all day long. He's clearly overdoing it!"

Having been through it all Hatake Sakumo immediately imagined how the story would unfold. He shook his head in horror, banishing those scenarios from his mind.

Kakashi, unaware that his father had already planned out the course of events, was still arguing with Karot. Although Kakashi believed he had watched "Icha Icha Paradise," he was still a good boy.

"I'm busy all day with personnel allocation and resource collection, unlike some people who just wander around aimlessly all day."

Since Minato Namikaze was appointed as the person in charge of this operation, he has been extremely busy every day, without even having time to go home and comfort his wife. His home is in turmoil. Therefore, Hatake Kakashi, Minato Namikaze's best henchman, was Minato by Minato. He has endless tasks every day. Although Obito is involved, his involvement is practically nonexistent. That's why Kakashi doesn't get home until late at night.

"Some people are truly despicable!"

Karot responded, knowing that Kakashi Karot referring to him, but as long as Kakashi didn't specify his name, Karot would pretend not to know.

"You..."

Kakashi, who had hoped to turn the tide, was completely overwhelmed by Karot's shameless fighting style. Both are men of the Hatake Clan, yet their fates are so different! One Tenten a carefree life, while the other is exhausted.

Hatake watched the two brothers bickering with great interest. As a spectator, Hatake Sakumo was quite competent. But what Hatake Sakumo didn't expect was that he would be the one watching the drama unfold.

"Father, you've been through countless battles, you must be able to handle these small matters with ease! Please help me!"

Kakashi had no choice! There were just too many things to do every day. Minato's influence alone was barely enough, but it would be incredibly exhausting. This was also a test of Minato's abilities, to see if he had the strength to Hokage Minato. The rise of a Hokage signified the rise of a powerful faction. Kakashi, as the young Clan Head of the Hatake Clan, was the young Clan Head of a super clan in Konoha. And that's right, a super clan. It was only because of Karot that they had this extraordinary status.

Hatake Sakumo rolled his eyes at Kakashi.

"I've already given up on managing the Hatake Clan family's affairs, and now you're dragging your father into another mess. You truly are my good son!"

Hatake Sakumo thought to himself that he almost drew his sword. Kakashi, on the other hand, felt a sudden chill, but it was gone in an instant.

Seeing that his father made no move, Kakashi turned his anger towards his older brother.

"Don't say anything, I'm afraid if you say it I won't be able to hold back and will hit you."

Karot immediately took the initiative, saying he had no intention of doing such things. Wouldn't it be better to rest and sleep? Why go looking for trouble?

Kakashi was speechless. He completely believed what Karot said. Although his strength had increased and he had learned the "Flying Thunder God," Kakashi had no intention of fighting Karot. After all, he was an elite Jonin of Konoha. At his age, he couldn't bear the humiliation of being beaten by his own brother.

"Kakashi, with great power comes great responsibility."

Although Karot was unwilling to put in the hard work himself, that didn't stop him from making empty promises to Kakashi.

"The more powerful you are in Konoha, the less responsibility you seem to take!"

Kakashi dared not say those words aloud. He could only watch as Karot began his performance.

"I'm so tired. I'm going to rest now."

Kakashi had no choice but to use sleep escape; he couldn't win a fight, and he couldn't win an argument, so he had no choice but to run away.

Seeing Kakashi flee in disarray, Karot couldn't help but chuckle.

"You brat!"

"Aren't you going to help him?"

Hatake Sakumo took a sip of tea and said.

Karot relaxed and sprawled on the ground as he spoke.

"How can I help? If you want me to fight for him, I'll definitely do it without hesitation, but asking me to stare at a bunch of data is worse than killing me."

"Don't worry, Father. Kakashi will get through this."

Karot had great faith in Kakashi. After all, Kakashi was destined to become Hokage. He couldn't possibly handle this simple task.

"All right!"

Seeing Karot say this, Hatake Sakumo had no choice but to believe him.

"Then I'll go rest too. You should rest early, Karot."

Goodnight, Father.

"It seems you trained very hard today, Father."

Karot sensed that Hatake Sakumo's aura was off as soon as he entered the house. This was due to him expending too much Chakra.

"Neither the old nor the young are easy to deal with!"

After finishing his sentence, Karot returned to his room to rest.

Today, Konoha has finally completed all preparations for the war.

"Set off."

At Minato's command, the ninjas of Konoha marched onto the battlefield. Their first task was to rendezvous with ninjas from other villages to jointly annihilate the Akatsuki Organization. Orochimaru gloriously inherited the Third Hokage's tradition: the Hokage would not participate in battle. The command of Konoha's ninjas was entrusted to Minato.

Karot saw familiar faces among the ninja ranks. They were all contributing their modest efforts to Konoha.

"Um?"

Karot spotted two little guys in the group. Logically, they shouldn't be in a ninja team.

"You naughty little devil!"

However, Karot wouldn't care about their safety. They had the protection of their father, the Six Paths Elder.

"Karot, what brat?"

Orochimaru couldn't help but ask. He and Karot were watching the procession disappear into the distance from the Hokage's rooftop, Karot's comment about the "kid" caught his attention.

"The brats from the Uzumaki and Uchiha Clan followed the group."

"I think I gave them both an order to stay in the village."

Orochimaru didn't want these two reincarnations of the Sage of Six Paths' sons to ruin his plans. He couldn't kill them, so he could only keep them in Konoha. Unexpectedly, his plan failed.

"Lord Orochimaru, should we capture them?"

Kabuto asked, knowing full well Orochimaru sacrificed for this plan. He wouldn't allow anyone to threaten Orochimaru's scheme.

"It doesn't matter. I want to see what kind of surprise they'll give me."

Orochimaru stopped Kabuto from having the idea.

"Madara. The Allied Shinobi Forces have arrived."

Black Zetsu immediately informed "God" after receiving the information.

"I didn't expect them to arrive so quickly!"

He has just recovered from his injuries, after all, Nagato's self-destruction had still caused him some damage.