Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed.
"All right, I won't bother you here anymore." Hyuga Akira rose from his chair. "Also, I moved Hatake Sakumo's grave into the cemetery."
Just hurry up and leave.
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded perfunctorily. He had never even asked for Hyuga Akira; the guy had come on his own.
The main problem was that the moment he arrived, what little authority Hiruzen had as Hokage vanished.
"I still need to check on Nawaki and Minato Namikaze." Hyuga Akira shrugged and walked out the door. Those two had yet to leave the hospital.
In Konoha's cemetery.
Kakashi looked at the grave before him and lowered his head. His hair covered his eyes, hiding their expression.
Chapter 338: The two hundred and sixty-ninth hospital visit and the start of negotiations
Hatake Sakumo's disappearance had been a heavy blow to Konoha, and Kakashi had also clung to the hope that his father was still alive.
But reality told him he had been hoping for too much.
His father had died long ago, and he still lacked the strength to avenge him.
Family, close friends, his beloved-everyone had vanished from his life, leaving Kakashi steeped in lifelessness and dejection.
He placed the flowers in his hand before the gravestone and said, "Sorry, Pops. I can't avenge you. I don't have the strength."
Had it been someone else, he might still have seen hope. But with Hyuga Akira...
All he saw was despair.
The man had reached a pinnacle that was extremely difficult for shinobi to attain. According to historical records,
only Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju had reached that level. There might have been others before them, but Konoha had no records.
During the era of shinobi clans, everyone fought for themselves. One group died today, another tomorrow, and they had no