The long-awaited Jonin Exam had come to an end just like that.
In the end, of course, only Kakashi and the other two had successfully been promoted to jonin. But the other significance of the exam meant it could not simply be put behind them so easily...
First and foremost were Kakashi's reputation and his bounty.
After the Kage of the various shinobi villages returned to their respective villages, Kakashi's name suddenly appeared on the black market, and his bounty shot up from nothing to fifty million ryo.
Fifty million ryo!
Though he was still wet behind the ears, Kakashi had received a bounty worth nearly one and a half Asumas.
Kakashi didn't have much of a reaction to the matter. He simply nodded calmly.
Whether his bounty was ten million or a hundred million, it was all the same to him.
In short, if anyone dared come after him for that money, the short blade in his hand would make sure they regretted it!
Besides the rise in his black-market bounty, the Shinobi World was hardly peaceful either.
Although the various shinobi villages maintained peace on the surface, many clashes had broken out in secret—just like before the Third Shinobi World War began.
Konoha, which had already profited greatly from the Third War, once again became the target of everyone's hostility.
However, the other four great shinobi villages still feared Konoha's formidable strength, and not one of them dared to be the first to make a move.
"Obito, my bounty's already reached fifty million."
Kakashi appeared at the Konoha Training Ground, but unlike before, he wasn't training nonstop. Instead, he sat curled up beneath a tree, his knees hugged to his chest, gazing blankly into the distance.
As time passed, memories of Obito inevitably came flooding back.
Obito