Chapter 123: Kakashi "50/50" Hatake, Who Ditched Us for a Whole Volume
"As long as the people of the Land of Snow remember that I am friends with you, those below will not dare to cause trouble," Kazahana Koyuki analyzed with great conviction. "As for outsiders, if a powerful ninja were to invade the Land of Snow, then it would be safer for me to be out of the country anyway..."
Alright, the girl had to admit that there was some twisted logic in what she said. Because of the existence of ninja, who were beyond the norm, many things here could not be judged by the experience of her previous life. Otherwise, it would lead to absurd jokes.
This matter, which looked quite absurd in her eyes, might look very normal to others.
"Actually, by doing this, you have already made a choice," Sakura said after thinking for a moment. The essence of this choice was actually very clear. "You have chosen to be an actress, but at the same time, you hope to take on the responsibilities of the daimyo of the Land of Snow. Tsk, it's just that you can't let go of the power in your hands and are reluctant to leave!"
Kazahana Koyuki's eyes were instantly filled with a look that meant "life is hard enough, don't expose me."
"Being an actress is my career. The Land of Snow is my responsibility. And, the high salary I get from filming can also alleviate the unbearable pressure on the Land of Snow. So what the Land of Snow needs now is not Kazahana Koyuki as the daimyo, but the famous movie star Fujikaze Yukie."
"Alright, alright, save the pretty words for the people of the Land of Snow," Sakura rolled her eyes at her. "Taking advantage and still acting innocent! I think you should first think about how to tell your Uncle Asama about this. He won't be so easily persuaded."
"Uncle has always supported me. Don't worry, I can persuade him. It's brother Takehiko who has been very angry recently!"
"Uh, that's true. We agreed to deal with the mastermind so that the filming could continue..." Speaking of which, Sakura also had a bit of a headache. At that time, when faced with the threat of death from Kazahana Dotō, the Asama uncle and nephew and Kazahana Koyuki had only thought of getting rid of him to eliminate the threat. They had never thought that this matter would develop into this, with Kazahana Koyuki unexpectedly and yet reasonably becoming the daimyo of the Land of Snow.
As a result, the external enemy who had interfered with the filming was gone, but the lead actress had become the daimyo of a country, and Director Asama's film had been completely shelved.
"It's fine. Since I've already decided not to give up my identity as an actress, I will definitely continue filming this movie. Although it's been delayed for some time, and I've even caused brother Takehiko to have to temporarily change the script," Kazahana Koyuki shrank her neck. "I hope he doesn't scold me. He's very fierce when he scolds people on set!"
"Hehe..." Sakura smiled but said nothing.
She, of course, supported Koyuki in becoming the daimyo. The indirect strategy she had used at that time, wasn't it for this very moment...
However, she had never expected Koyuki to do this.
As for how things would turn out in the end, whether Koyuki's messing around like this would get her driven off the stage, she couldn't say for sure.
In any case, even if she wasn't the daimyo, Koyuki was still a famous movie star and would still live a comfortable and free life. And if she, Haruno Sakura, wanted to build a base in the Land of Snow, she could still build it without Koyuki being the daimyo. Would the daimyo at that time dare to stop her? She hadn't even gotten justice for Koyuki yet! In the end, it would just be a little more troublesome.
Since a decision had been made here, there was no more dawdling. The next day, Kazahana Koyuki officially succeeded as the daimyo of the Land of Snow.
At the time of parting, Koyuki's eyes were red. She hugged the girl and refused to let go, and so Sakura got another face full of "face wash"...
Two days later, the three members of Team 7 boarded a ship back to Konoha.
On the morning of the second day after returning to Konoha, Team 7 gathered as usual at the training ground.
"Kakashi-sensei!"
Seeing the familiar figure in the training ground, Haruno Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto of Team 7 all shouted this sentence at the same time, in tones of surprised anger, surprised suspicion, and surprised joy, respectively.
Yes, this white-haired, masked man standing in front of them was Hatake Kakashi, the man nicknamed Kakashi 50/50, who had not appeared for a whole volume.
"Long time no see. How have you all been?" the youth, with his forehead protector worn askew, routinely covering his Sharingan, said lazily.
In his smiling, narrowed eyes, there was not the slightest trace of guilt for having ditched his students for two or three months.
This attitude of complete lack of responsibility and guilt immediately angered Naruto, who had originally been happy to see Kakashi.
"You bastard, Kakashi-sensei! We're not fine at all!" Naruto shouted at Kakashi with a resentful look on his face. "You didn't come to see us for two consecutive months. Are you still our teacher?!"
"Oh my, Naruto, I'm really sorry," Kakashi said, scratching his hair and apologizing without any sincerity. "I've been busy with missions lately, so I really didn't have time to train with you guys and do missions. And didn't you guys do very well on the Land of Snow mission?"
"Hehe," this simple-minded guy was still easily distracted. Speaking of that mission, Naruto smiled smugly. "Kakashi-sensei, let me tell you—"
"Excuse me, Naruto~" a fair little hand "gently" pushed aside the Naruto who had fallen for Kakashi's trick. Sakura, with a sweet smile on her face, appeared in front of Kakashi, her previous look of anger completely gone.
"Kakashi-sensei, I've missed you so much these past two months. Please let me give you a hug!"
Without waiting for Kakashi to speak, the pink-haired girl threw herself forward and crashed into him, then hugged him with all her might—
Crack! The substitution log in Sakura's arms shattered into countless pieces.
Kakashi, who had used a Substitution Jutsu to flash behind the girl, had a drop of cold sweat on his head.
"I say... Sakura, you're not trying to murder your teacher, are you?" Kakashi said helplessly with his dead-fish eyes, patting Sakura's head. "I've been really busy lately. Please forgive your teacher!"
"Hmph~!" The girl crossed her arms and turned her head to the side with a pout, ignoring him.
After a long period of getting along, Sakura had learned from experience that she absolutely could not give Kakashi a pleasant look at this time!
After placating the two bristling little foxes and the over-aged loli, Kakashi turned to the last, expressionless youth. "So what about Sasuke? How have you been lately?"
"Tch, thanks to you, I've basically mastered the three-tomoe and the Raikiri recently!" Speaking of his proud achievements, even Sasuke, who had always played the part of the expressionless one in front of Kakashi, couldn't help but have the corners of his mouth curl up slightly.
"Very good! Everyone has performed well," Kakashi said, rubbing his hands with satisfaction. He then clasped his hands together and asked with a smile, "So today... huh, what should we do?"
This guy had been away from Team 7 for more than two months. He now had no idea of Haruno Sakura and the others' training progress or the rhythm of their missions...
"Oh right, we haven't carried out a mission together for a long time. How about we go and accept a mission to get back in sync!"
A strange silence.
Among the three children of Team 7, the most active one looked up at the sky and began to count the little birds. The coolest one put his hands in his pockets and routinely put on his poker face.
And their leader, the prettiest and most handsome one, as if she had suddenly discovered that her hand shape was very beautiful, began to study her own slender fingers.
The smiling face of the white-haired youth suddenly drooped into a bitter-melon face. So these kids are still angry...
Kakashi didn't know that when he was away, Team 7 had been given a hard time by someone when they were accepting a high-level mission. The three of them remembered this very clearly. They had decided to pin a small half of the blame for this on their masked teacher.
"Eh... you don't want to do a mission?"
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