"Kakashi..."
A hoarse call, like thunder that traveled through ten years, exploded deep in the soul of Kakashi!
Time was completely frozen at this moment.
Kakashi froze in place, his exposed eye tracing the familiar yet unfamiliar face in front of him.
It's the iconic long silver-white hair, the tall and tall figure like a mountain in my memory, and the pair of eyes that... once upon a time, always had a gentle smile.
But at this moment, those eyes were filled with guilt, relief that he couldn't understand, and... longing so intense that he couldn't get rid of it.
"... father... father..."
Those two words seemed to exhaust all the strength of Kakashi. His voice was dry and hoarse, with a childlike confusion and trembling.
That breath that belongs to my father and is as deep as the earth is unmistakable!
Hatake Sakumo looked at the son in front of him who had grown taller than himself, watching him wrap himself up layer by layer with a mask and Forehead Protector, only revealing a pair of tired and alert eyes, and his heart seemed to be grasped hard by an invisible big hand, so painful that he could hardly breathe.
He stepped forward step by step, each step being extremely heavy.
He reached out his hand and wanted to touch his son's head like he did when he was a child.
The solid ice completely shattered at this moment.
Tears began to flow from his eyes without warning, washing over the mask on his face, leaving two dark water marks.
Kakashi He gritted his teeth, and his whole body twitched violently due to depression. He looked like a lone wolf who had been abandoned by the whole world and had been licking his wounds alone in despair for more than ten years.
Kakashi rushed up and hugged Hatake Sakumo's body in an instant.
"Why..."
Hoarse, broken questions were squeezed out from the depths of his throat.
"Why don't you tell me... why!"
He raised his head suddenly, his tearful eyes filled with pain and grievance!
"For more than ten years, I have always thought... thought..."
Over the past ten years, he has used the cold creed of "rules above all else" to build a hard armor for himself, sealing all emotions and weaknesses inside. He told himself that his father was a sinner and that his death was his own fault. He told himself that the departure of his companions was fate, and he could only carry it all and live like an emotionless ninja machine.
But now, the armor that had supported him for ten years was shattered with a punch by the man in front of him who had "resurrected from the dead"!
"I'm sorry..."
Hatake Sakumo looked at his son who was holding him and crying like a child, this "Konoha's White Fang" who frightened the enemy on the battlefield, his eyes instantly turned red.
"Kakashi... I'm sorry."
He stretched out his trembling hands and hugged his son, whom he had not seen for many years.
"Back then, the rules of Konoha and the public opinion of the village had forced me into a desperate situation. At that time, I felt that I had to die to wash away the stain on my body."
"It's the boss... he found me and enlightened me." Sakumo glanced at Senju Chen, who was standing not far away and remained silent, with a complicated look.
"He told me that he had a way to make my 'death' seamless."
"Then with the help of my boss and Orochimaru, I went to Land of Rain."
Sakumo's voice was calm, as if he was telling someone else's story, but the guilt hidden in his words was like a knife, cutting into Kakashi's heart.
"Over the years, I have been getting messages from your boss. I thought you would live a better life if I died, but..." At this point, Hatake Sakumo, who has always been cold-hearted, also burst into tears.
"I'm sorry, Kakashi, I'm not a qualified father. For the sake of the so-called 'overall situation' and for you to have a 'clean' future, I let you struggle alone in loneliness and self-blame for so many years..."
"I'm sorry!"
"No!!"
Over the years, Kakashi has always thought that he was an ominous person.
But it turns out that his father has always been somewhere he can't see, using another way to silently pay for him for the entire Konoha.
"You have always... always been my hero!!"
Kakashi It seems that the grievances, longings, pain and unwillingness of the past ten years are all being rubbed into this long-delayed embrace.
His face was buried in his father's broad and solid shoulders, and the voice he had suppressed for ten years finally broke out at this moment.
"You're not wrong... you've always been right!!"
His mother's early death, his father's "suicide", Obito's sacrifice, Lin's death, the sacrifice of his teacher and his wife... the past that haunted him like a nightmare seemed to have found an outlet to vent at this moment.
Hatake Sakumo's stiff body finally relaxed when he felt his son's embrace. He turned his back and hugged Kakashi as hard as he could. The tears of this upright man also fell silently.
Father and son, after ten years, at this moment, their souls are finally close together again.
Not far away.
Senju Chen watched this scene quietly.
Needless to say, this scene is quite touching.
If it is not broken, it cannot be established, if it is not blocked, it cannot flow, and it will not work.
After a long time, the emotions of the father and son gradually calmed down.
Kakashi let go of his hand and wiped his face with the back of his hand in embarrassment. Although he was still wearing a mask, the light in the exposed eye had rekindled, an unprecedented, clear and firm light.
Hatake Sakumo also stood up, with a long-lost smile from the heart on his face.
He took Kakashi to Senju Chen and bowed deeply.
"Boss, thank you."
This bow contains so much. There is the grace of saving life, the grace of revenge, and the grace of re-creation that reunites his father and son.
"Uncle Sakumo, you are out of sight now." Senju Chen smiled and supported him
Kakashi looked at Senju Chen, and the exposed dead fish eye curved into a rare Yueya.
He didn't speak, just walked forward and gave Senju Chen a hug.
Although it was short-lived, the gratitude and trust contained in it are self-evident.
The tender drama of father and son's reunion has come to an end, and it's time to get down to business.
"Okay, Kakashi, you and Uncle Sakumo still have a long time to get along."
"Because not only you, but also Uncle Sakumo will participate in this "refresher training". In the next three months, both of you will be students here."