Kakashi Hatake suppressed the grief in his heart and continued reading.
[During the Third Shinobi World War, the Legendary Sannin began to stand on their own, with Orochimaru in particular earning widespread praise. Jiraiya's disciple, Minato Namikaze, gained the title of Konoha's Yellow Flash. He repeatedly achieved remarkable feats on the battlefield in the Land of Lightning and was evenly matched against Kumogakure's A-B Combo.
After the war ended, Minato Namikaze rose to prominence, defeated Orochimaru, and became Konoha's Fourth Hokage.
Unfortunately, not long after the Third Shinobi World War ended, Konoha was struck by the Nine-Tails' chaos. Minato Namikaze, who had already become the Fourth Hokage, sacrificed himself to save the village.
They had originally intended to choose a new Hokage, but at that time, the Uchiha Clan came under suspicion. Konoha and the Uchiha Clan distrusted one another, so the Third Hokage returned to office. As a result, no Fifth Hokage was chosen.
In Konoha's fiftieth year, Orochimaru, once a candidate for Hokage, was discovered conducting human experiments and defected from the village.]
At last, the two of them finished reading the book.
Kakashi Hatake carefully tucked the book back into its corner.
The two of them soon fell silent.
Had they found what they wanted? Clearly not. Though the book's author was an Uchiha and showed some bias, it was still a record of things that had truly happened in Konoha.
All they had sensed from this book was a change.
Konoha seemed to have undergone some sort of change, and that change had to be connected to one person: the Third Hokage.
"Is this Konoha's history? Why does it feel like someone's biography? From beginning to end, the Third Hokage seemed to be there," Second Pillar said, looking up at Kakashi Hatake.
The First Shinobi World