Prejudice is a mountain in the human heart. No matter how hard you try, you cannot move it.
Takemi didn't fully understand these two sentences before, but now he felt he understood them very well.
Just look at the reaction of this Rabbit Goddess.
"While I understand how displeased you are about being sealed by them two."
Takemi spoke with some distress, he felt that this situation wasn't good.
"It's just, you can't blame everything on them, especially the Sage of Six Paths."
"Hmph, what kind of parents treat their children like that?" Kaguya didn't actually like to talk, she preferred to observe silently.
But now she seemed a bit displeased, and she spoke more.
"They even pursued souls into the Pure Land, constantly reincarnating through Chakra, constantly fighting."
"Um..."
"And even letting them be constantly worn down in such reincarnations, is that truly what he, as a father, should do?"
"What if they were willing?"
"Willing? Hmph, allowing them to do so, letting such hatred accumulate between brothers, whose fault is that?"
"Uh, didn't you guys fight to the point of tearing the world apart back then?"
"At least if I won, I wouldn't let them endure such suffering of reincarnation for a thousand years."
"..."
Takemi rubbed his brow, he felt speechless.
Anyway, in Kaguya's eyes right now, it truly was all Hagoromo's fault.
However, Takemi quickly realized that they weren't discussing this matter, were they?
"Wasn't I talking to you about that kid's eye problem? How did you suddenly bring up this topic?"
"Just a passing thought."
Kaguya shook her head, while Takemi spoke with a strange expression, "Putting aside all this nonsense, those two are just a bit special, but they are still themselves. What I'm more concerned about is Sasuke's eye."
"I've already told you the answer. What else do you want to ask?"
Kaguya seemed to finally regain some calm, becoming cold again.
"The erosion of time has weakened the bloodline belonging to us within him. Just replenish the other half of the power."
"I see, it seems this operation is a bit complicated."
Takemi stroked his chin. Kaguya's words were quite similar to what he had originally guessed.
The Uchiha eyes indeed aren't a simple eye transplant, it should require extracting the power of another pair of eyes, or completely merging the two pairs of eyes to ensure their energy isn't lost in the purest way.
However, all these things need to be explored before an answer can be found.
"Hmm?"
Just as Takemi was contemplating, he suddenly saw two Anbu running up to him, then speaking respectfully.
"Fifth... Takemi-sama, the Third Hokage has asked you to come to the Hokage Office. Sasuke and Naruto can also come along."
"Oh, is there something else?" Takemi blinked, asking curiously.
One of the Anbu answered everything, "Takemi-sama, something happened in Sunagakure."
"Ah? Sunagakure?"
"Yes, they were attacked by the Akatsuki, and even the Kazekage..."
"I understand. Thank you for your trouble. We'll go immediately."
Takemi was very surprised. They had been warned, so how could something still happen to Sunagakure?
Besides, Deidara hadn't even joined the Akatsuki yet. He was already preparing to become the Fourth Tsuchikage.
However, he didn't bother to think too much and turned around, bringing Sasuke and Naruto to the Hokage Office.
At this moment, the Hokage Office was already full of people. Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Sakumo were whispering to each other.
Minato and Kushina, Kakashi, and Rin stood together. Rin still looked a bit uneasy.
Hashirama and Tobirama had already arrived. They and the Third Hokage looked quite serious.
"Takemi, you're here."
Upon seeing Takemi, everyone immediately stopped.
Tobirama spoke directly, "Fifth Hokage, do you know about the Sunagakure situation?"
"..."
Hearing that shout, Takemi looked at the Third Hokage with some embarrassment.
Naruto's eyes widened, staring intently at Takemi. Was he not even pretending anymore?
"I've already heard about the Sunagakure situation."
Seeing that the Third Hokage had no reaction at all, Takemi simply spoke, "But the specific details are still unclear. I only heard that someone from the Akatsuki took action, and Gaara seems to be in trouble. Other than that..."
"Actually, that's pretty much it."
Jiraiya spoke now, rubbing his brow.
"Sasori of the Akatsuki single-handedly raided Sunagakure. You know he was originally a candidate for Kazekage, so he's exceptionally familiar with Sunagakure, and..."
"According to intelligence, it seems he had some spies within Sunagakure." Kakashi naturally took over the topic, speaking with a sigh.
"With inside help, the Fifth Kazekage was caught and has now been captured, and Sunagakure has requested our assistance."
"So that's how it is."
Takemi nodded. In fact, he wasn't surprised that Sasori had more than just Yura as a spy in Sunagakure.
As Jiraiya said, if he hadn't defected, he would have been the next Kazekage for sure.
It's just that these 'Kage candidates' all had that one strange habit, they all ended up defecting.
Like Orochimaru, Sasori, and also Deidara.
"So, what now? Should we send them reinforcements?"
While Takemi was still thinking, Tobirama looked at Takemi and asked, which made Takemi stunned for a moment.
"Ask me? Aren't you..."
"You are the Fifth Hokage."
Tobirama spoke directly, and even the others, including Minato, who had just 'returned to normal' and familiarized himself with the current situation, nodded.
"Now it's time for you to make a decision, Takemi."
"Is that so..."
Takemi found it a bit amusing. These guys were really eager to put him on the spot.
However, he suddenly remembered his rather unpleasant experience in Sunagakure last time, and an idea immediately came to him.
"Then, for this mission, Kakashi-sensei, I'll have to trouble you."
"No problem."
Kakashi was happy for Takemi to give orders, as he felt proud that his student had become Hokage.
Kakashi said, "Then I'll just take Naruto and Sasuke."
"Ah, a mission squad consists of four people. Why are there only three of you?" Takemi immediately shook his head and said seriously.
"Sakumo-senpai, I hope you can go with Kakashi-sensei."
"Ah?"
Sakumo was stunned for a moment, then pointed to himself in disbelief.
"Fifth Hokage-sama, me?"
"Yes."
Takemi nodded, speaking with great emotion, "Actually, senpai, I've always wanted to thank you, because Kakashi-sensei gave me your sword."
"Fifth Hokage, there's no need for that."
Sakumo immediately shook his head. He had heard about this from Kakashi.
"It's an honor for that sword to have a master like you. Besides, Kakashi no longer uses a sword, so this is the best choice."
"Also because of that sword, I was unexpectedly regarded as the new White Fang." Takemi still looked incredibly emotional, then looked at Kakashi and Sakumo.
"Even, when Kakashi-sensei and I were on a mission in Sunagakure, we even encountered Chiyo..."
"..."
Kakashi fell silent. He naturally remembered how obsessed Chiyo was when she attacked them back then. He also remembered even more how Takemi had teased him with the title 'White Fang'.