"Sara? Kaguya? Those were the two women he brought back last time?" Hiruzen Sarutobi took a drag on his pipe and thought quietly for a moment.
"All right, it's settled. I trust Uchiha Yin's judgment. If he thinks there's no problem, then there won't be one," Hiruzen Sarutobi said.
"Kakashi, do you want to take part in this Chunin Exam?" Hiruzen Sarutobi turned and asked.
"No. Kakashi is far too young," Hatake Sakumo said, declining.
"Mm, true. We need to show Konoha's strength in this Chunin Exam, but we can't reveal all our trump cards. If Kirigakure really intends to pull something, Kakashi could be in danger." Hiruzen Sarutobi understood Hatake Sakumo's concerns and nodded.
After all, Kirigakure had proposed this Chunin Exam and had even "generously" arranged for it to be held in Konoha. There might well be a plot behind it.
If Kakashi's talent was exposed, Kirigakure might target him and arrange for someone to kill him "by accident."
That would cause a great deal of trouble.
Kakashi was only five years old, yet he had graduated from the Ninja Academy and become a Genin. His talent was extraordinary. If he developed normally, he would certainly become a powerhouse on par with the Sannin one day.
There was simply no need to take that risk.
"That works, then. Kakashi can't go on without a team forever. I'm thinking of finding him a master. What do you think of Minato Namikaze?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked.
Having found such a promising prospect in Kakashi, how could Hiruzen Sarutobi not bring him into the Hokage Lineage?
Kakashi had graduated early, and with Konoha short-handed after the war, no one had yet assigned him a Jonin instructor.
"I'll follow Lord Hokage's decision." Hatake Sakumo nodded when he heard Minato Namikaze's name. He had