“That’s so cool!”
At the entrance of the dango shop, Obito, who had already come outside, looked at Yusuke’s departing figure with admiration and shouted.
What boy hadn’t gone through a chuunibyou phase when he was young?
In Obito’s eyes, beating the ANBU black and blue in front of everyone was simply the coolest thing ever.
Yuhi Kurenai and Rin Nohara, on the other hand, were completely terrified.
They had been students at the Ninja Academy for less than a year.
When had they ever witnessed such a frightening scene?
When they saw the ANBU members coughing up blood after being beaten by Yusuke, little Yuhi Kurenai finally came to her senses.
She immediately rushed over, grabbed Yusuke’s hand, and said in terror, “Stop! Yusuke Big Brother, you’re going to beat them to death!”
“Tsk, I controlled my strength. They won’t die.”
Yusuke curled his lips and replied calmly.
He had carefully controlled the force behind his attacks.
At most, these guys would lose a few teeth and break a couple of bones.
They might look miserable, but there was absolutely no chance they would die.
Although Konoha had been crippled and he could now act somewhat more recklessly, there still had to be a limit.
Yusuke had carefully kept himself within that limit.
“Forget it, forget it. It’s too early in the morning for this kind of unpleasantness. I’m going to check on that brat Kakashi. Do you three want to come?”
Yusuke asked the three little brats.
“Uh… okay.”
After hesitating for a moment, Yuhi Kurenai, Rin, and Obito quickly nodded.
Kakashi was someone Obito regarded as his romantic rival, while to Rin and Yuhi Kurenai, he was also a classmate.
Since they had heard that he was hospitalized, naturally they wanted to go see him.
Only after the four figures had gradually disappeared into the distance did the surrounding shinobi finally dare to approach.
“Quick! Hurry! Call the medical ninja!”
“Oh my god, they’ve all been knocked unconscious!”
“Hurry up! Get them to the hospital!”
“Who… who is that person? He’s… he’s terrifying…”
“Idiot! You don’t even know him? That’s Yusuke! He was the one who drove away the Nine-Tails last night!”
“I see. No wonder he’s so arrogant. Someone who can defeat the Nine-Tails really does have the right to be arrogant.”
There were also two people standing farther away who were completely dumbfounded.
The current head of the Kato clan, Kato Dan, and his niece, Kato Shizune.
Because so many people had been killed or injured during the Nine-Tails’ rampage the previous night, Tsunade had long since been assigned to help at Konoha Hospital.
Kato Dan had originally intended to use this opportunity to pursue Tsunade, but because of this unexpected incident, his plans had completely fallen through.
Today, he had been in a depressed mood and had brought his little niece out for breakfast.
Instead, he had witnessed this scene.
Watching Yusuke brutally beat the ANBU squad reminded Kato Dan of what Yusuke had said to him two days ago.
At the time, Kato Dan had been so furious that he had nearly attacked Yusuke.
Looking back now, he realized that he had been incredibly lucky not to make a move.
If he had attacked Yusuke back then, his fate would absolutely have been the same as these ANBU members.
He would have been beaten half to death.
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Konoha Hospital.
Under the guidance of a nurse, Yusuke and the three children soon arrived at Kakashi’s hospital room.
Because of the Nine-Tails disaster, the hospital was completely overcrowded.
It was practically bursting at the seams.
When they entered the room and saw Kakashi, the four of them found him sitting on the hospital bed with vacant eyes, radiating an aura that seemed to repel all living things.
Rin Nohara pressed her lips together and handed him a basket of fruit, forcing a smile.
“K-Kakashi, w-we came to see you. How are you feeling?”
Kakashi glanced at her coldly and replied indifferently, “I’m fine.”
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Rin looked awkward, not knowing how to continue the conversation.
Seeing Kakashi treat his goddess like this, Obito immediately became unhappy and wanted to rush forward and argue with him.
However, Yusuke spoke before him.
He drew the White Fang blade and held it out.
“Kakashi, this is your father’s personal possession. Take it.”
As soon as Kakashi heard those words, his expression became even colder.
He glanced at the short blade in Yusuke’s hand and said coldly, “I don’t need it. This kind of trash is worthless.”
“…What did you say?”
Yusuke’s voice also turned cold.
Yuhi Kurenai, Rin, and Obito were startled and quickly grabbed Yusuke, afraid that he would do to Kakashi what he had done to those ANBU members and beat him senseless.
Kakashi showed no fear whatsoever.
“In the shinobi world, anyone who betrays the rules is a failure. I don’t need something used by a failure.”
“…Tch. No wonder you were brainwashed.”
After a brief silence, Yusuke let out an extremely disdainful scoff.
Without another word, he put away the White Fang blade and turned around to leave.
In the original story, Kakashi had also been an unwavering believer in the will of fire and all those feel-good ideals.
His own father died, yet instead of thinking about avenging him, Kakashi believed that his father had been in the wrong, much like Uchiha Itachi, who was willing to kill even his own parents for the sake of the village.
But Yusuke had no intention of changing Kakashi’s beliefs.
He merely decided inwardly that if Kakashi ever encountered a life-threatening situation, he would save him once.
That would count as fulfilling Hatake Sakumo’s dying wish.
As for making him his responsibility and watching over the brat like some kind of nanny?
Not a chance.
Yuhi Kurenai, Rin Nohara, and Obito were completely confused when Yusuke suddenly left, unable to understand what had happened.
Yuhi Kurenai then decided to chase after him, while Rin and Obito, after hesitating for a while, chose to remain in the hospital room and keep Kakashi company.