Kakashi and his group moved very fast. Except for going to a town once to resupply, they never entered another town again.
The reason for not staying a few days was because this kind of remote countryside didn't have complete medical facilities and personnel.
With Tenzo's condition, unless it was a hospital of a big ninja village, Tenzo was still very much in danger.
However, after they entered the city, they abandoned the stretcher and changed to a carrying chair.
After all, a stretcher required two people to carry, but a carrying chair only needed one person to carry.
Susuki was also considered freed up, and could fully focus on taking care of Shion.
They spent three days to leave the Land of Demons, entering the Land of Stone. As the name implies, this country was filled with rocks everywhere.
Although it was not completely barren without a single blade of grass, the environment was still harsh.
Next to the Land of Stone was the great desert of the Land of Wind.
They needed to pass through the Land of Stone, then cross from the border of the Land of Rain to reach the Land of Fire.
When passing through the Land of Stone, they suffered a lot.
Susuki had never made such a long forced march before, and with the difficult roads of the Land of Stone, his feet were covered entirely in blisters.
But his character was extremely steadfast, never once crying out about hardship or fatigue.
He also never left Shion's side, always placing Shion's safety first at all times.
Rengoku watched this with his own eyes and felt at least a little admiration.
With such mental fortitude, if he were a ninja, he definitely wouldn't be weak.
They spent two days to cross the Land of Stone and the Land of Rain, when Rengoku spoke up.
"Go to the Land of Rivers, there will be people there to receive us."
Hearing this, Kakashi obediently followed Rengoku's words and headed toward the interior of the Land of Rivers.
Under Rengoku's guidance, they traveled another half day before finally finding the Uchiha clansmen stationed here.
At this time Rengoku had already revealed his figure.
"Clan leader!"
"Clan leader!"
"Rengoku-sama!"
Those stationed here were exactly Uchiha Kiyan and the others, as well as Kabuto, the medical ninja Rengoku had transferred from the clan two days ago.
"Kabuto, first check Tenzo's condition."
Rengoku greeted everyone, then immediately gave orders.
Seeing that Rengoku had even prepared a medical ninja, Kakashi was overjoyed.
He hurriedly carried Tenzo into the nearby tent.
Kabuto came forward and examined Tenzo inside and out, "His body can't handle long-distance travel anymore."
"Although his life has been barely preserved, if this continues, he will die."
Rengoku said with hidden meaning, "It's fine. Compared to his life, he's probably not in a hurry, right, Kakashi?"
Kakashi replied, "Rengoku-sama, please don't tease me."
"Kabuto, treat Tenzo first."
At Rengoku's orders, Kabuto began to work.
Since he had been brought here for support, naturally everything was fully prepared, medicine, instruments, everything complete.
Kakashi's heart relaxed, and his whole body felt unprecedented fatigue.
But he still couldn't sleep now.
He still had something to ask Rengoku.
At this moment Rengoku was instructing Susuki, "Everyone here is my clansman, it's safe."
"You all should rest for a while too, go wash up and sleep first, we'll talk after you wake up."
Shion came over at this time, taking Rengoku's hand and placing it on her head, something she did every day.
"Mother…"
["It's okay, child. I'm here, go rest first."]
"Mm, I understand."
Feeling her mother's presence, Shion was finally at ease and went off with Susuki.
Miroku could feel that Shion's dependence on her was many times stronger than before.
She was very grateful to Rengoku. Without Rengoku's ability, the current Shion could only be an orphan.
Although Rengoku did not know what Miroku was thinking, he could see the increase of bonds on the Bond Star.
Every time Shion came to talk with Miroku, the bond between Miroku and him would grow a bit.
Aside from Miroku, Kakashi's bond was also on it, and because Rengoku had helped save Tenzo, it had now exceeded two stars.
"Rengoku-sama," Kakashi seemed to have made up his mind about something, and walked over to Rengoku.
Rengoku lifted his eyelids, "What? You want to know about Obito?"
On the road, because Tenzo's life was hanging by a thread, Kakashi could only suppress everything in his heart.
Now that Tenzo was getting treatment, Kakashi naturally wanted to ask clearly, "Was what Rengoku-sama said before true?"
Rengoku grinned, looking at Kakashi's pained expression, seeming quite pleased, "Do you really want to know?"
Kakashi nodded in reply, "Yes."
Rengoku rolled his eyes, "I won't tell you."
Kakashi froze, "Rengoku-sama, what would it take for you to tell me?"
"Tsk! tsk! tsk!", Rengoku looked at Kakashi, not knowing whether to pity his misfortune or be angry at his lack of resolve.
"So, only Obito's matter is the most important, right?"
Kakashi sensed Rengoku's hidden meaning.
"Why does Rengoku-sama say this?"
Rengoku sneered, "White Fang died, you didn't investigate. Naruto was humiliated, you stood by coldly. Your teammate's life was on the line, you turned a blind eye."
"When it's about a deranged Obito, you're almost kneeling to me."
"No matter how close your relationship was, that was in the past. Times have changed, so many things have changed."
"You only ever see the beauty of the past."
"Kakashi, you really are a failure as a man."
"Someone like you should hold the ashes called 'the past' and die forever in your mourning for them."
"This world has far more things more precious than the past."
"Unfortunately, you can't see them, always drifting along aimlessly."
"You don't even realize that in being so dejected, you're letting down Rin, letting down White Fang, and likewise letting down your teacher Minato and his wife."
Kakashi's face was ashen, his complexion pale from being struck by Rengoku's barrage of questions.
He opened his mouth, but didn't know what he should say.
He couldn't even find words to defend himself.
The words from Hayama in the morning had made him realize that his father's death was actually a conspiracy.
But in reality, he had only cared about being sad, living always in the shadow, like a walking corpse.
It was only with Minato and his wife's guidance that he finally walked out of his inner demons.
Yet because of Obito's death, he repeated the same mistake, until killing Rin made his heart completely collapse.
He lived like a ghost, not even caring about his teacher's child.
After a while, Kakashi finally spoke in a bleak tone, "Rengoku-sama is right, I truly am a failure."
Rengoku glanced at Kakashi, "When you can accept all of this, then come ask me again."
Kakashi straightened his body and gave Rengoku a deep bow, "Thank you, Rengoku-sama. Then I'll go rest first."
Rengoku waved his hand, and Kakashi disappeared from the tent.
For geniuses, Rengoku's view was that only those who could be used by him were true geniuses.
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