The bandaged freak Yuki Yuichi and the others had seen stood at the Hatake family's gate and shouted, "You put all the blame for the mission's failure on saving me!"
"I don't need your so-called rescue!"
"A failed mission is a failed mission! A ninja's duty is to the mission!"
Hatake Sakumo emerged at that moment, standing in the doorway as he looked at him with a complicated expression.
"Jusaburo, was I wrong?"
"You were!" the bandaged freak called Jusaburo roared. "If the mission failed because of me, then I would rather die!"
As he made a scene, more and more people gathered around.
They had already been displeased with Hatake Sakumo because of those rumors. Now that the teammate he had saved had come to make trouble, they naturally wanted to watch the show.
Who said only Chinese people liked watching a spectacle?
Watching drama was human nature. Even in the world of Naruto, there were no exceptions.
The crowd began pointing fingers at Hatake Sakumo.
When someone stood at the top, those around them would only flatter them. But once they fell into weakness, the very people who had praised them would stomp on them even harder than anyone else!
Such was the ugliness of human nature. When someone who had once been better, stronger, and more impressive than you fell from their pedestal, joy would well up in your heart, and you would wish they could never rise again.
Perhaps there were those who would neither trample on them nor pay them any mind, but they were ultimately a tiny minority.
And that was exactly what these people were thinking now.
Hatake Sakumo looked at the people pointing fingers at him, his expression turning somewhat unsightly. Then he looked at the teammate called Jusaburo.
"Did you just