A Night of Opening Up

Blink and it was deep into the night.

Minato Namikaze, who had been resting his eyes above a rock, was awakened by a sudden voice.

Obito Uchiha walked over and called out, "Sensei."

Minato turned his head in confusion and asked Obito, "What is it, Obito?"

Obito tiptoed over, sat down beside Minato, and said calmly, "I know the importance of teamwork too."

"But..."

"That guy Kakashi always treats me like a useless idiot."

"So I..."

"No... I was born into the Uchiha clan, which is called the elite clan of Konoha."

"Yet I am always a loser, and I admit that Kakashi is amazing, but."

Minato explained patiently, "Well... Kakashi is a ninja whom Konoha calls the genius White Fang."

"That is to say, he is the son of Mr. Sakumo Hatake of Konoha. In front of Kakashi's father."

"Even those who call themselves the Sannin have to respect him quite a bit. Kakashi spent his childhood around that kind of genius ninja."

"I can see you feeling down from time to time, but actually, all of that is quite normal."

Obito said in surprise, "White Fang... I've heard that name before too."

"They say he was a hero who died in the line of duty to protect his comrades..."

"That guy Kakashi has never mentioned it to me..."

Minato continued to explain calmly, "Everyone in the village, including Kakashi, respects this remarkable person very much."

At this point, Minato paused and finally chose to continue: "Until that incident happened..."

Obito asked further, "An incident..."

Minato fell silent for a moment and finally began to speak, "This sort of thing perhaps shouldn't be spoken of by me arbitrarily, but since you and Kakashi are teammates."

"I still want you to know."

Obito was full of curiosity, but in the depths of his heart, he also felt a trace of foreboding: "What on earth happened..."

"Kakashi's father chose to end his own life with his own hands because he had been severely wounded by his partners."

"What... how could that be."

Obito was full of questions, but ultimately chose to listen quietly.

Minato continued, "Five years ago, while carrying out a certain confidential mission."

"When he, as the team leader, was forced to face a choice between two problems..."

"Whether to execute the mission, or to rescue the lives of his comrades..."

"Of course, according to the rules of the village, abandoning the mission is not permitted."

"However, in order to save the lives of his comrades, he ultimately chose to abandon the mission."

"But..."

"It was also because of this..."

"The Land of Fire, having suffered heavy losses."

"As well as his comrades in the village, all began to blame him..."

"In the end, even the comrade he had rescued turned around and slandered him."

"Because of this, Mr. White Fang felt physically and mentally exhausted, and then he took his own..."

Minato said with a painful expression, "Ever since then, Kakashi has never mentioned his father again..."

"And he also began to become extremely obsessed with obeying rules and conventions."

Minato's gentle gaze glanced into the distance at Kakashi, who was sleeping soundly.

Minato's voice also began to grow softer, "Obito, even if it's just a little bit, please be a little considerate of him."

"Kakashi means no harm."

Obito nodded...

The scene shifted.

The sky grew bright.

Minato officially split into two separate paths with Team Kakashi.

Right at that moment, Obito suddenly blurted out, "Let's get moving, Captain."

Kakashi and Rin Nohara looked at Obito in complete shock.

Obito turned his head away haughtily.

Kakashi and the others set off just like that.

Along the way, Kakashi led Obito and Rin in destroying numerous traps.

They pressed forward continuously, crossing bamboo groves and traversing small streams one after another.

Right in the crevices of the rocks by the stream, two ninjas appeared.

A ninja with a brown afro said to the Cloud Ninja beside him, "I said, that Guimei didn't come back after heading out. Could it really have been taken care of by these three brats?"

The Cloud Ninja wore a wicked expression and replied, "We'll just ask them and find out."

The Cloud Ninja formed a hand seal with one hand: Camouflage Shadow Technique, and this Cloud Ninja instantly turned invisible.

Kakashi, walking on the surface of the water, instantly sensed a trace of abnormality.

Kakashi quickly raised his hand to stop Obito and Rin, who were about to press forward.

Countless green bamboo tube dart blades thrust toward Kakashi and the others.

Obito rapidly formed hand seals and used Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique.

The Great Fireball Technique instantly burned away all the incoming bamboo tube darts.

Kakashi and Obito stared vigilantly ahead...

In an instant, a brown-haired ninja sprang out.

He raised the kunai in his hand and charged at Kakashi.

Just as Kakashi and that brown-haired ninja became locked in fierce combat...

Rin let out a miserable scream from behind...

Ah...

By the time Obito and Kakashi reacted, Rin had already been grabbed by the invisible Cloud Ninja.

The Cloud Ninja said indifferently, "We'll leave this kunoichi to you two to guard."

After the Cloud Ninja finished speaking...

With a bang,

he turned into a puff of smoke and vanished instantly before the eyes of Kakashi, Obito, and the others...

Obito and Kakashi tried to stop them, shouting, "Wait..."

After a burst of white smoke faded, those two ninjas completely vanished from the spot, taking Rin with them.

Obito gave chase, unwilling to give up...

"Damn it."

Kakashi hastily stopped him, shouting, "Obito, stop right now! Don't chase them."

Obito turned his head back in disbelief and questioned him, "What did you say?"

"Do you know what you just said?"

Kakashi said coldly, "Ah! I know, so the two of us will please continue with the mission."

Obito angrily demanded, "Then what about Rin? What about Rin?"

Kakashi replied calmly, "We'll figure something out about Rin later."

"Right now, the enemy wants to know our battle plan."

"They won't kill Rin right away. Furthermore, fortunately, Rin is a medical ninja."

"Even if she becomes a captive, she won't be mistreated, as long as she agrees to treat the enemy's wounded."

"Compared to that, the enemy is much more eager to understand our operational details."

"Once the intelligence leaks, they will only become even more on guard regarding the intelligence on this side of the bridge."

"If that happens, it will only make the mission even more difficult..."

Obito refused to accept this and continued to explain, "Your belief that Rin will be safe is entirely your own personal analysis and imagination."

"What if the ninjas just now were those stupid small-fry?"

Obito became even more furious and continued, "Right now, rescuing Rin takes priority over the mission."

Kakashi coldly retorted, "Obito, a ninja must complete the mission even if it means sacrificing comrades."