"Root"

After defeating Kakashi, Mekka Junrei's reputation in the village rose by a lot. Even when he was walking on the street, he would sometimes heard someone whispering about him.

Konoha's White Fang, is an expert in the village, someone even above the Sannin, and is regarded as a hero by the entire village. Kakashi, as the son of genius of Konoha's White Fang, will naturally receive widespread attention.

And this time Junrei defeated Kakashi, regardless of the means of winning, but now at least his name was out there.

Especially in commoner ninja circles, this battle was even more widely spread.

At this time, Konoha had just established a village, and it was difficult for the commoner ninja to get themselves ahead. Most commoner ninjas were just used as cannon fodder during the war. Those important Ninja Clan's never have to perform dangerous missions.

To the commoner ninjas, although they were very dissatisfied with this, they were powerless.

And now, among Konoha's existing experts, Orochimaru and Jiraiya have commoner origins, and Jiraiya's disciple Namikaze Minato has also begun to make a name for himself. These things have given those commoner ninja great hope on their hearts.

Now, Mekka Junrei, a commoner ninja, had even defeated Konoha's White Fang's son.

All these deeds made Konoha's commoner ninja excited, and seem to have seen the future of commoner ninja.

After the final exam, Academy gave the students 2 months off.

Junrei has an adult mind, and knows that his opponents will only become stronger, and of course he won't become complacent because he defeated Kakashi. In addition to daily training, Junrei often goes to Yamamoto Hideyoshi's home to consult about Ninjutsu, and continuously absorbs any knowledge of a ninja.

For this, Yamamoto Hideyoshi was very surprised.

Junrei not only didn't lose sight after defeating Kakashi, he worked even harder. With joy, Yamamoto Hideyoshi responded to his request. Every time Junrei came to ask, Yamamoto Hideyoshi and him would learn each other's secrets.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye. For these past two months, Junrei has been depressed.

Originally he thought that after revealing his talent, he would receive the attention of Konoha Management, and someone would even pull him in.

Junrei even thought about it, even if it was Shimura Danzo who invited him to join the 'Root' department, he would just have agreed with the slightest hesitation.

Although Konoha main objective is to trains ninjas, when Konoha was first built, it was composed of various ninja clan. In such a situation, it is too difficult for a commoner ninja to get a good position.

Orochimaru and Jiraiya seem talented and prestigious, but without Third-Hokage's guidance, they would never achieve such high achievements. Namikaze Minato can become Fourth-Hokage, and for that Jiraiya's careful teaching is also needed.

In addition to these well-known people, in the huge organization of Konoha, there are 1000-10000 commoner ninjas that have a very difficult time getting any kind of headstart.

Although joining Root will be make him subject to various restrictions and even brain-washed, this is at least a shortcut that can help him become an expert.

Anyway, Shimura Danzo will die in the hands of Uchiha Sasuke in the future. As long as he's alive at that point, he will just be free.

Immortality sounds like such a nice thing.

But Junrei was disappointed, and these two months have been just a peaceful time.

Since he cannot join Root, he can only wait until graduation to see if you can get a good Teacher.

"It seems that i must continue to show talent!" Junrei secretly said in his heart.

Junrei didn't know that at the moment in the basement of the 'Root', Shimura Danzo was also gnashing one's teeth.

When Shimura Danzo saw Mekka Junrei's talent, he really entertained the idea of ​​pulling Junrei to the 'Root'. Especially now that he was only a 5 years old and it is a good time to brain-wash.

Shimura Danzo has even started to fantasize that in the future, he will have powerful ninjas in his hands, which will suppress the Hokage lineage.

It's just that Junrei has been enlisted on the Academy, and the ninjas from the Academy can be counted as the people of the Hokage lineage. If Shimura Danzo wants to poach him, he still needs to talk to the Third-Hokage first.

But how could that old fox, Third-Hokage, easily send a child with talent to "Root", even if Shimura Danzo were to say that the kid had a shitty talent, Third-Hokage would not agree.

The current Third-Hokage is not the old man who is about to die in the future. The title of "God of Shinobi" is not in vain. Facing the strong Third-Hokage, Shimura Danzo can only bow his head.

In this way, Junrei was just passed by 'Root'.

The days of the Academy are boring, except for school every day is training. Although life was boring, Junrei still insisted silently. To live better at Ninja World, you must have a strong strength.

After defeating Kakashi, Junrei became the first place in the Year. Although some people still insisted that Kakashi is stronger, Junrei was the only one who defeated Kakashi only by plotting.

But most commoner ninjas are on Junrei's side and support him.

Junrei was still waiting for Kakashi's challenge. Until that rumor spread in the village, Junrei knew that he would probably never have such an opportunity again in the future.

Konoha White Fang Hatake Sakumo reneged on a mission, causing heavy loss to the village.

Mekka Junrei doesn't know what mission Konoha's White Fang has given up on, or if the lies and slanders about Konoha's White Fang are just High Levels of the Village that are behind the scenes. These things are too far away from Mekka Junrei's life, and Mekka Junrei is naturally not interested in them.

There is darkness everywhere and politics everywhere. Junrei doesn't care about those, as long as it doesn't involve himself.

It's just a pity for Hatake Kakashi, that genius with amazing talent.

The death of his father and the death of his friend depressed Kakashi for a long time and wasted a great deal of time. Junrei knows that maybe from this moment on, Kakashi can no longer be his own opponent.

Rumors circulated around the village for several days, until one day it stopped suddenly, and the village never heard any more about Konoha's White Fang's lies and slanders.

On this day, Kakashi didn't come to school.

Junrei knows that Konoha's White Fang is probably dead by himself right now.

However, the death of Konoha's White Fang did not bring any big fluctuations to the village at all . Even the villagers did not even know that Konoha's White Fang already not in, and silently, the news about Hatake Clan were being passed around the village.

As for the Kakashi that Junrei cares about, there was just no news.

Until 2 months later, a major event happened in Academy, 5 years old Hatake Kakashi officially graduated from the Ninja Academy, setting Konoha's fastest ever record from the Academy, the impact is huge.

On the day of graduation, Third-Hokage personally hosted a graduation ceremony for Kakashi, and personally put Konoha's headband on Kakashi's forehead. Most students in the same year went to watch Kakashi's graduation ceremony.

Looking at Kakashi coming out of the examination room. He feel that Kakashi semmed not full of vitality, and his heart was maybe just full of despair and confusion.

And Junrei is thinking about it too. Even a ninja as powerful as Konoha's White Fang is dead. What about him? Will I die at a certain moment, in this dangerous world?

Is Konoha's White Fang not powerful enough to protect himself or just mentally weak?

"I will never die this way, sad and desperate!" Junrei vowed silently.

After the graduating ceremony, Kakashi also left silently without saying a word to anyone.

Kakashi's graduation ceremony, Junrei also went, just to see the fall of genius.

It can be said that Kakashi's talent was cut off by the dark side of Konoha. Seeing the darkness of Konoha in person, Junrei was even more cautious. Revealing talent and attracting high-level attention is necesary for his rise, and because of that it's inevitable.

But while showing talent, maybe he should also show loyalty to the village ...