Chapter 173 Tombstone

After moving for a while, the ruins around them gradually disappeared, and Pakkun took Kakashi to a hillside.

"It's here."

Pakkun stopped and whispered.

Kakashi also stopped, and looked around, but he found nothing strange.

"Pakkun, there is nothing here."

"Kakashi, look at the boulder." Parker said and pointed towards a direction.

Kakashi looked at the direction Pakkun pointing at and saw that there was indeed a big boulder, and it looked very old, with some moss on it.

'That is...'

Kakashi narrowed his eyes and walked towards the boulder.

I saw a stele-like thing carved into the bottom of the boulder.

Near the boulder, weeds are overgrown, but the stele looks very clean. Unfortunately, the text on it has been eroded after a long time, and it has become a little unclear.

Kakashi squatted down and saw a small pit in front of the stele with some remaining ashes, which should be the remains of other parts of the piece of paper he got before.

"The piece of paper came from here, so someone came here to make some offering. Is this stele a tombstone?"

Kakashi was curious, and lightly brushed the stele with his right hand. In an instant, a familiar feeling filled his heart.

'This handwriting is…'

The memory of original Kakashi began to hit his brain. Kakashi patted his head and suddenly remembered.

'This is … Tou-san's writing!'

Kakashi suddenly became sober, as he knows that the handwriting engraved on this boulder was clearly the handwriting of Hatake Sakumo!

'Did tou-san carve it?'

With a huge shock in his heart, chakra starts surging from Kakashi's right hand, and then he starts erasing the dust from the stele, and he also erases the traces of erosion over the years.

At this time, Kakashi finally saw the vague words on the stele!

"The tomb of the beloved wife, Hatake Ayako!"

Hatake? Ayako?

'Could this be kaa-san's tombstone?'

For some reason, Kakashi suddenly felt very uncomfortable in his heart, as if there was another force driving him.

"This is... what's going on?"

"Kakashi? Are you okay?" Pakkun saw something was wrong with Kakashi, so he quickly asked.

"No…It's nothing."

Kakashi quickly suppressed the discomfort in his heart and dispelled the inexplicable sadness.

"Kakashi, what are you doing here? Where is this?"

Seeing Kakashi didn't want to say anything, Pakkun didn't force him and ask another question.

"Well, this place is Uzushiogakure. I came here to investigate some things."

"So it's like that. If there is nothing else, I will leave first."

"Okay, sorry for troubling you, Pakkun."

With a bang, Pakkun disappeared again.

Kakashi didn't care, and continued to look at the stele.

In Kakashi's memory, Sakumo has never told him the name of his mother.

But Kakashi can be sure that in the Hatake Clan, there is no one named Hatake Ayako.

So, who is the Hatake Ayako that was engraved on this stone tablet?

In this kind of place, it seems that there is only one possibility, and that is the mother he has never met before.

'Just, why would kaa-san die in such a place?'

'At that time, tou-san was probably already reached the Kage level strength. So why didn't he return to the village?'

According to his father's mission report at that time, it was said that he had encountered a powerful enemy and was seriously injured.

After the injury healed, he was able to return to the village.

During this period, he met a woman that gave birth to Kakashi.

Just what kind of person that is able to make the famous Konoha's White Fang seriously injured?

It's strange.

Kakashi gently stroked the tombstone, and he feels there was some kind of intimacy.

At this time, Kakashi had a certain degree of certainty in his heart that this stele might be his mother's tombstone.

The intuition of the strong has always been inexplicably accurate.

Kakashi has also developed terrifying intuition over the years.

This kind of thing is so unreasonable, but it really exists.

Kakashi touched the ashes in the pit, placed it on the tip of his nose and sniffed gently at it.

Of course, Kakashi doesn't have the sense of smell as good as Pakkun, but in these ashes, Kakashi smells a strange smell.

"These ashes should have been left over from burning joss paper. It is strange that there is a faint scent in the ashes."

Kakashi took out the piece of paper he had found before, put it on his nose and sniffed it. There is such a smell, but the smell is much weaker.

Kakashi's brows wrinkled slightly. He doesn't know why, but he felt this smell has a familiar feeling. Unfortunately, he can't remember what it is.

There are people burning joss papers as offering in this place, which means that the people who burn this paper must have some kind of close relationship with the person whose name is engraved on the tombstone. Otherwise, there is no need to do so.

'Is it kaa-san's relatives?'

This is the only explanation Kakashi can think of.

If they are only a friend, it would be strange for them to still come to burn some joss paper after more than 20 years. After all, they are living in a cruel world.

What's more, the location is such a place.

Uzushiogakure, even if it has become a ruin. It is definitely not a good place.

If they can come to pay respect for the dead, they will not be too far from here.

Looking at the situation of the tombstone, there should be people coming over frequently. It is not the appearance of something that is being abandoned for 20 years.

Since there are such people, Kakashi will naturally not let go of this opportunity.

Perhaps what Kakashi wants to know can only be known from that person's mouth.

After all, investigating this kind of thing without any clues is extremely hard.

Kakashi scratches his head and began to think. 'Should I wait for the person to come here?'

Although the method is a bit stupid, it seems to be the only way for now.

Apart from these ashes, there is nothing else here. And even if someone came over before, so many days have passed since then, so the smell has long since disappeared.

It was already extremely difficult for Pakkun to find this place just now. If it weren't for the strong smell of the joss paper itself, they might not have found this place.

As to find the smell of the person who has come here many days ago, it is not realistic.

However, if he waits here for the person to come, the time spent will not be short.

Generally speaking, it is enough to do this kind of thing once a year. So is it necessary for Kakashi to wait here for a year?

The time is too long, and Kakashi can't afford to waste that much time.

"Damn it, is there no better way?"

Kakashi lamented. The trip this time was really not smooth from beginning to end.

Standing up, Kakashi touched his chin, no one knows what he was thinking.

Suddenly, Kakashi looked towards one direction.

"Someone is here?"

Kakashi was slightly surprised that someone actually came to this place. After all, it is dangerous to come here.

He can come here because he is a Shinobi, and his strength is not weak.

'This presence…'

Kakashi's face changed slightly, and he whispered: "Why is it her? What is she doing here?"

Outside the Uzumaki Valley, a figure stood there.

"Is this the ruins of the Uzumaki Clan in the legend? This defense mechanism is interesting."

A heart-warming smile evoked from the corner of the girl's mouth and then her hand starts forming hand seals!