Konoha Hospital.
The village had already begun preparing the process for Tsunade to assume the position of Fifth Hokage.
Tsunade had come here in the meantime.
"Grandma Tsunade, how is he?" Naruto asked expectantly.
"His body has been maintained very well. He even looks perfectly healthy.
"If not for his mental condition, I would have suspected that he was never injured at all."
Tsunade said.
From Kakashi's body, she could sense vigorous vitality.
But according to her chakra examination, Kakashi's mind had indeed suffered severe damage.
Then, amid Naruto and the others' expectant gazes, Kakashi slowly opened his eyes.
A familiar yet unfamiliar figure appeared before him.
"So big... no, Lady Tsunade... ahahaha, long time no see."
The moment Kakashi spoke, he immediately realized something was wrong.
"Mm. How do you feel? Is anything still bothering you?"
"No. It's just that I seem to have had a dream. There was someone constantly eating apples beside me,
"and asking if I wanted one."
Kakashi spoke as he felt out his body and the lingering exhaustion in his mind.
Tobitake Tonbo chuckled. "Our genius Kakashi actually got beaten into this state by a junior. How embarrassing!"
"It's you. Don't talk to me. I need to rest."
Kakashi gave him a dead-fish-eyed glance and did not want to speak to him.
His twisted sense of humor was just too much.
Tsunade felt the same way. "It seems Itachi Uchiha really is powerful, to have beaten you into such a state."
Itachi Uchiha... what a troublesome fellow.
He thought of Orochimaru.
Every person who had defected from Konoha was such a nuisance.
"Yeah, there was nothing I could do. His Genjutsu was too powerful."
Kakashi recalled that exchange with Itachi.
After sparring with Tobitake Tonbo, he had already developed a deep understanding of how