Kakashi Faces Fate's Showdown...

[The Nine-Tails roared under the moonlight,]

[Opening its mouth, it unleashed a terrifying shockwave, carving a deep chasm into the earth of Konoha.]

[The image of Danzo wrapped in bandages appeared: "I don't want this to be his scheme to regain the position of Hokage."]

[A colossal red-eyed Hiruzen Sarutobi rose, revealing a sinister grin as he looked down below.]

[Chidori!]

[Kakashi charged toward Hiruzen Sarutobi, only to find himself pierced by his own Chidori in the next moment.]

["Kakashi! Kakashi! Kakashi!!"]

"Ah! Hoo hoo hoo~!"

Kakashi jolted awake, his eyes wide open as he sat up in bed. This was not the first time he had dreamt of Obito, his former teammate, as the Midnight Murderer. But this time, there was another figure lurking in the shadows: the Midnight Monkey. Kakashi lay back on his futon, covering his left eye with his hand.

"Obito..."

Without his Sharingan, Kakashi found his strength improving. With no Sharingan to drain his chakra, it was no longer his weakness. He reached for his trusty white fang tanto, realizing that in the past three months, he not only regained his strength when he replaced his Sharingan, but also surpassed it, becoming a true elite jonin. Unlike the special jonin before, who relied on the observation of the Sharingan and the speed of the Chidori to reach the level of jonin, Kakashi now had all the abilities of a jonin. Without the Sharingan, Kakashi could use more chakra to enhance his overall hexagonal attributes. And because he had been activating his Sharingan for years, Kakashi's fine control of chakra had reached an extremely proficient level. This was the main reason he was able to quickly return to the level of jonin.

"Konoha... Byakugan?"

Kakashi remembered the direction Uchiha Toki had mentioned for his development, The image of his once heroic father appeared in his mind. Followed by the voice of Uchiha Toki,

"The ANBU is directly subordinate to the Kage, and all orders are issued by the Kage. Below the troops, there are several teams of four or five people, with the team leaders unified to convey orders and lead the execution of tasks. During missions, everything is referred to by code names. Members wear white masks resembling animals when they act. The nature of the mission and all other information are kept confidential.

The ANBU has two rules: Rule One: No corpses are to be left behind, and any traces of bodies must be eliminated; Rule Two: Masks must be worn during missions under normal circumstances.

As the captain of the ANBU, Kakashi Hatake's identity is top secret, and no one should even know that he joined the ANBU. To save comrades resulting in a mission failure, and Konoha suffered major losses? If it weren't for the intentional dissemination of public opinion by those directly subordinate to the ANBU, the villagers wouldn't even know that Kakashi Hatake was in the ANBU, let alone the details of the mission.

As an elite jonin (status), Sakumo Hatake's willpower is something that ordinary people cannot match. Just because the mission failed, he committed suicide? Don't be ridiculous, there are plenty of ninjas who fail missions, if they all commit suicide, Konoha wouldn't survive. Unless there is a reason he must commit suicide, such as a powerful enemy, such as a threat from an enemy, such as a son who just graduated from the ninja academy, and is inexplicably promoted to jonin or even elite jonin. During the war, elite jonin must lead teams alone on missions, if they lack enough experience, it's no different from sending them to their deaths.

Think carefully, young man, Konoha is not just about the Will of Fire, Konoha's roots are almost rotten. "

"Father..."

Tears streamed down Kakashi's face, He had never thought about these things in terms of political struggles before, He hadn't experienced the struggle between Danzo and the Third Hokage yet, nor had he seen the great crimes of the Hidden Leaf experimenting on Hashirama's cells. He never thought his father committed suicide to protect him, until Uchiha Toki patted him on the shoulder and made him think it over. Kakashi got up, washed his face, and unconsciously cleaned his right hand that grabbed Rin.

Is Rin's protection of Konoha even worth it if she committed suicide? Kakashi fell into deep anguish, He put on his ninja vest and prepared to go to the Hokage Tower, Yesterday he received news from the News Department that the first batch of positions in the Ministry of Defense would be finalized today, and he should have one of the positions as one of the earliest responders. He wanted to see if the true Will of Fire that Uchiha Toki mentioned really existed.

"Yo! Kakashi!"

At this time, an excited shout came from the street corner, Kakashi turned his head and saw Might Guy waving at him with a mouthful of dumplings.

"Let's eat together!"

This wasn't Guy's first invitation to Kakashi, but since the Fourth died, Kakashi's eyes have become colder and he has never accepted Guy's invitation. However, Guy kept inviting him tirelessly. This time was no different, Guy didn't have much hope, he just shouted subconsciously. But this time, Kakashi turned his head and walked towards the dumpling shop. He pointed at the remaining skewer of three-colored dumplings in Guy's plate and coughed:

"That, give it to me."

Guy: "Eh... Eh? Eh! Okay!"

"Kakashi, let's have a destined duel!"

"Then let's do rock-paper-scissors."