Inside the ICU Ward at Konoha Ninja Hospital.
Kakashi had also received the memories from his Shadow Clone.
In those memories, he had clearly seen Sasuke's disdain for him, a result Kakashi simply could not accept.
Kakashi casually brushed the white hair at his temples behind his ear. "A student of the illustrious Fourth Hokage, and a junior looks down on me this much. I'm a complete failure as a Jonin."
Stroking his long, moonlight-white hair, Kakashi seemed to think of something and muttered, "Could it be that I don't look sharp enough, so I have absolutely no authority in front of my students?"
Considering that possibility, Kakashi slowly got out of his hospital bed and walked over to the mirror to examine himself.
"So my hair really is too long? I should find a stylist."
Soon, Kakashi finished the discharge paperwork and headed straight for Konoha's bustling streets.
"Baiyue-wash, cut, and blow-dry!"
"Our promise: if you can imagine the hairstyle, we can make it happen!"
Three people in garish clothes, with such bizarre hairstyles that their genders were impossible to tell, stood outside the shop drumming up business with paper megaphones.
All three were as sharp as monkeys, spotting Kakashi coming from far away.
"Miss, need a haircut? To thank our loyal customers for our grand opening, a wash, cut, and blow-dry won't cost you 998-just 18! One service, free washes for life!"
Kakashi instinctively recoiled from such enthusiasm from strangers, but the price certainly tempted him.
When had caring for his long hair ever cost less than 178?
And this wash, cut, and blow-dry was only 18?
There was no helping it. Faced with such an overwhelming discount, Kakashi finally gave in.
"I'll take the wash, cut, and blow-dry package."
Seeing Kakashi actually enter, the three punk-styled workers