Facing Sasuke's Accusation

"And who are you?" Tianqi then looked at the older man beside him and asked.

"Oh, he's the client for this mission, Tazuna from the Land of Waves!" Kakashi explained.

"Yes, my name is Tazuna. I'm here to complete a mission from Konoha!"

"Hmm!" Tianqi nodded to Tazuna, then turned to Kakashi and put his arm around his shoulder in a friendly manner, saying with a smile, "It's fate that we met. This is also my first time in the Land of Waves. Come on, let's go see the scenery!"

Tianqi put his arm around Kakashi's shoulder, and followed Tazuna and the two little ones as they headed to leave.

However, Sasuke was furious when he saw his grandfather acting as if nothing had happened, and he loudly questioned his grandfather.

"Are you really Uchiha Tianqi my grandfather? My parents are dead, aren't they your children? How can you be so indifferent? Don't you think about avenging them? Can you sleep peacefully at night? Doesn't your conscience bother you? Tell me!!!"

Hearing his grandson's question, Tianqi stopped and said indifferently without turning his head, "What you see isn't necessarily the truth. I don't need you to teach me how to do things, and I don't need to explain anything to you, because you're not worthy!"

"You're not my grandfather at all! I, Sasuke Uchiha, don't have a grandfather like you! You coward, you're the one who doesn't deserve to be my grandfather! You don't deserve it!!!"

"Say whatever you want. Shouting without strength is nothing but barking. I don't care about dog barks at all!" After saying that, Tianqi led the group away.

"You useless coward! I will always despise you!" Sasuke continued to hurl insults even as his grandfather left.

"Alright, Sasuke, your grandfather has his own reasons. He was more heartbroken than anyone else by your parents' deaths. After all, they were his own children, and he was suffering too!" Tsunade comforted Sasuke from the side.

"What hardship could he possibly have? He can be completely indifferent to the deaths of his own children. What kind of head of the family is he? Unforgivable, absolutely unforgivable!"

Tsunade and the others followed Tianqi and his group with Sasuke. However, Sasuke continued to make sarcastic remarks to Tianqi, speaking in a loud voice as if he was afraid Tianqi wouldn't hear him.

Tianqi acted as if he hadn't heard Sasuke's words, and kept asking Kakashi and Naruto questions.

"By the way, Kakashi, do you know the Chidori Ninjutsu?" Tianqi asked the question that had been on his mind for a long time. Because of his arrival, Chidori had been invented ahead of schedule. He wanted to see if Kakashi could still create Chidori.

"Of course I can! And I even successfully upgraded Chidori into Lightning Blade. Speaking of which, I have to thank Lord Sen'u. It was my teacher who begged Lord Sen'u for this Ninjutsu for me. Without Lord Sen'u, I might not be who I am today!" Kakashi said regretfully. Both Lightning Blade and Sharingan were taught to him by Sen'u. The two were not master and disciple, but their relationship was even closer than that of master and disciple. He was also saddened by Sen'u's death.

"I see. But I believe you could have done it even without Sen'u!"

Having gotten the answer he wanted, Tianqi was also filled with emotion. He never expected that Chidori would end up in Kakashi's hands in such a way. It turned out that everything was traceable.

"No, not at all. Without Sen'u, how could I have everything I have now? Tianqi, you flatter me!" Kakashi said modestly.

While Tianqi and Kakashi were chatting, Naruto stroked his chin, deep in thought. Suddenly, he clapped his hands and stood in front of Tianqi, shouting, "I remember who you are! You're the Uchiha Tianqi my mother was talking about, right?"

Kakashi and the others were speechless upon hearing this, because Tianqi had already mentioned this when asking about Kushina's condition. Naruto was only just realizing it now; his brain was too slow.

"Hahaha... I already mentioned this before, your mother and I have a pretty good relationship. Naruto, why are you only realizing this now?" Tianqi laughed at Naruto's silly antics.

"Um, I felt like I'd heard your name somewhere before, but I just couldn't remember where. Now that I know, it feels so good!"

"Hahaha..." Tianqi and the others were amused by Naruto's reaction. It turned out that Naruto had been thinking about this all along.

"You idiot, you thought of it, so what? Didn't they say so already? Why are you making such a fuss!" Sakura, seeing this, immediately gave Naruto a heavy punch.

Amidst the laughter and cheers, Tianqi narrowed his eyes slightly. Someone a hundred meters ahead had entered his normal perception range. Were those two guys here?

As everyone continued forward, Tianqi suddenly stopped when they reached a point about 100 meters away.

Seeing Tianqi suddenly stop, Kakashi realized something and looked around warily.

Then everything happened just like in the original story. Naruto hit the Snow Rabbit, which was specially used as a substitute, and with a thud, he fell to the ground. Then the power of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen Mist Ninja arrived, namely the Demon King Zabuza Momochi.

"Hidden Mist Technique!" After boasting about Kakashi's great reputation, Zabuza activated the Hidden Mist Technique.

Seeing this, Tianqi pulled Tsunade and the others aside, showing no intention of helping, leaving the battle entirely to Kakashi and the three little ones.

"Tianqi, isn't this a bit inappropriate? If I'm not mistaken, that should be the Kubikiribōchō of the Seven Mist Ninja. Will Sasuke and the others be in danger?" Tsunade said with a worried expression.

"If he can't even get past this, what's the point of talking about the future? This is a test for Sasuke and the others. None of you should interfere, understand?"

Upon hearing this, the three women looked around at the white fog with concern. With this level of fog, nothing could be seen beyond two meters.

"Don't expect me to help you. As ninjas, you should be prepared to be ninjas. Even if you die in front of me, I will remain unmoved. You can kill Momochi Zabuza as Zabuza Momochi please, I will absolutely stand by and do nothing!" Tianqi shouted loudly at the white mist in front of him.

"Heh, to be able to stand idly by while your companions are all involved, how heartless!" Zabuza's voice came from within the white mist.

"You're completely overthinking things. We met them right at the coastline, and they were Konoha ninjas, not us. The whole 'heartless' thing is utterly baseless!"

Hearing his grandfather's words, Sasuke cursed him a hundred times in his heart. He couldn't help at all when it mattered. What use was a grandfather like that?