"You only sent some new people to chase Sasuke?!"
Kakashi stood in the Hokage's office, his usually drooping dead fish eyes widened in disbelief.
He had been extremely busy these past few days, dealing with both the S-rank mission assigned to him and trying to guide Sasuke and Naruto.
He rushed back as soon as he finished his mission, only to find that Sasuke had been gone for a whole day.
The dim setting sun shone through the window, and Tsunade, with her face in shadow, helplessly rested her cheek on her hand.
"There's no other way, the situation in the village is like this now."
"And it just so happens that a few people from the Sand Village also came, and they also rushed over together."
It was a complete coincidence that Gaara and the others came, but Kankuro also hurriedly went to support after dropping off the documents.
Although they are all new, there are quite a few of them going.
"..."
Kakashi placed his hands on the Hokage's desk and remained silent for a moment. He knew that as the Hokage, she had a lot of messes to clean up in the village right now.
Most of their people have also been sent out to perform missions. They can't spare much manpower for someone like Sasuke, who they don't even know where he's running off to.
Even if Sasuke possesses a special power passed down through his family and is one of his important students.
But to the village, Sasuke is just one person, only a child who hasn't grown up yet.
Tsunade can't spend too many resources, ignoring the village's situation, to send people to bring back Sasuke.
Kakashi sighed almost imperceptibly. People are like this; if they become just a number, they become unimportant.
But the others who are connected to that person will definitely not think it's unimportant.
He doesn't want to lose anyone else anymore.
His father, Obito, Lin, his teacher, now even his student is leaving?
Kakashi didn't say anything more, he just turned around and walked towards the door.
Tsunade grabbed the S-rank mission next to her and said to his back.
Kakashi is quite capable as a high-level ninja, and he used to be from the Anbu. At this time, he should be the one busy helping the village.
"Your mission has already been decided."
"I'll come back as soon as possible, don't worry."
Kakashi waved his hand to Tsunade with his back to her, and then walked straight out.
He has done countless S-rank missions and made countless contributions to the village.
But for him, people are more important than the village and the mission.
Even though the S-rank mission is quite urgent and important, Tsunade can't explicitly forbid Kakashi from wasting time looking for Sasuke.
What a difficult situation…
Tsunade couldn't help but sigh.
"Kakashi-sensei."
As soon as Kakashi walked out of the Hokage building, he was suddenly stopped by Sakura.
"Hmm?"
Kakashi paused and looked at Sakura, who was standing to the side.
"Shikamaru and the others who went out to search together have all returned."
"But Naruto and Sasuke aren't there."
"They were both injured, so they went straight to the medical team. I don't really know the specific situation, but…"
If only Naruto was missing, it must be because of some reason that he is still chasing after Sasuke alone.
Sakura had seen them fighting on the roof before, so she must also be clear that once the two of them meet, something might happen.
"Okay Sakura, don't worry, leave the rest to me."
Kakashi curved his eyes and gave Sakura a reassuring smile, then quickly left.
Near the setting sun that was sinking lower and lower, ominous dark clouds began to gather.
It's going to rain soon.
Kakashi looked up at the sky and frowned slightly.
After it rains, the smell of earth and mud will make tracking things a bit tricky. He should hurry up and find the two of them.
Kakashi released all of his ninja dogs at the entrance of the village, letting them follow the scent to find Sasuke and Naruto.
Pakkun led Kakashi into the forest, and it had already started to drizzle around them.
This is not a good situation. Clues and scents will gradually be washed away by the rain.
"What's wrong, Pakkun?"
Kakashi felt a pang in his heart as he watched Pakkun suddenly stop.
There were no signs of fighting around here, so Naruto and Sasuke shouldn't be here.
"There's another person."
Pakkun stared at the forest in front of Kakashi.
"Hmm? You're late, Kakashi."
A rustling sound came from the bushes, and then Hatake Satoru's figure walked out from behind a tree trunk.
Kakashi's eyes lit up when he saw him.
He came to find the two of them directly after the S-rank mission and hadn't had time to think about Hatake Satoru's existence.
However, Hatake Satoru just walked out from behind a tree trunk holding Naruto.
Kakashi's messy silver hair was wet with rain, making him look like a drowned dog.
"Sasuke… isn't here?"
Kakashi seemed to understand a little how Minato-sensei felt when he went to find them, but Obito had already died under the boulders.
He's also a teacher, and he's also late.
Raindrops kept bouncing off Hatake Satoru's body.
"I didn't find him."
"I see."
Hatake Satoru didn't respond, just glanced at the disappointed Kakashi subtly through his eye mask.
Of course, he didn't not find Sasuke, he just didn't want to bring him back.
Compared to Naruto, who just passed out because he used too much force, Sasuke had quite a few injuries on his body.
The hand he used Chidori with looked quite seriously injured, and there was a wound on his shoulder that was almost deep enough to pierce through.
Even with the three-tomoe Sharingan and the full-power Chidori, he was still somewhat lacking compared to Naruto in Nine Tails form.
Before leaving, Hatake Satoru gave Sasuke two blood-boosting pills to help him survive as much as possible, since he didn't know when the Akatsuki people would come to pick him up.
Doing more bandaging and the like would easily arouse suspicion, so it's better not to leave any unnecessary trouble behind.
After that, Hatake Satoru left with Naruto.
Kakashi wouldn't doubt his ability. If Hatake Satoru said he didn't find him, then Kakashi wouldn't have any results even if he went.
For the time being, he can only take Naruto back.
...
Along with the sound of drizzling rain, a pitcher plant-like creature emerged from the ground.
Aside from the two green pitcher plant-like leaves next to it, the human form inside was divided into two, black and white.
"It's Sasuke."
"What similar faces."
"It's a pity that the Nine Tails Jinchuriki is gone, otherwise we might have been able to pick up two this time."
The White Zetsu looked at Sasuke lying on the ground with interest, and picked up the unconscious Sasuke from the ground.
"He's dying. If he dies, it will be troublesome for Itachi."
"Let's go quickly."
Black Zetsu isn't the type to talk nonsense. He glanced around with his golden eyes, and then the entire pitcher plant and Sasuke disappeared into the ground. 勺.
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