Chapter 283: Kakashi, Born Evil
Shiromo's plan remained unchanged.
The teleportation array still could not be entered.
However, he felt that simply letting White Zetsu monitor the place and waiting for Ōtsutsuki Toneri to appear would be troublesome.
There is no such thing as guarding against a thief for a thousand days when there are only a thousand days to be a thief.
Although stationing a few White Zetsu there would not cost Shiromo much, it was still not a long-term solution.
So it had to be resolved once and for all.
Just because Shiromo and the others would not go over did not mean they could not make Ōtsutsuki Toneri come over instead.
Thus, Shiromo notified the five great nations and the various smaller countries within the alliance, asking them to provide some "assistance."
This assistance was, in a way, a win-win situation.
At present, they were in the early stages of reform, and no problems had surfaced yet.
But as time passed and technology advanced, all kinds of pollution and waste would increase rapidly.
During the Boruto era, such waste was dumped into the Land of Rain.
In Runeterra, Piltover's garbage was dumped into Zaun.
In the real world, certain countries discharged wastewater into the ocean.
These things had to go somewhere.
Shiromo thought the moon would make an excellent landfill.
Thus, each nation's garbage, along with the reserves from their septic tanks, was placed into the Kamui space by the "garbage collector" Kakashi, ready to be transported and released.
That's right, excrement was now completely useless.
Agriculture already had ninja-world-specific fertilizer developed by Orochimaru.
There was no need to use waste as raw material. One only needed to control the proportions properly. By adding a small amount of Hashirama cells into a large quantity of base materials, crops could be made to grow explosively.
As for Kakashi, after learning of the situation, he had volunteered.
Originally, under Tsunade's orders, Kakashi had taken over Shizune's position and begun the miserable task of handling administrative work.
And it had to be said, Kakashi truly lived up to being Konoha's number one technician. He handled peacetime administrative affairs with ease.
The tenure lengths of Konoha's Hokage throughout history were as follows.
The First and Second each served for about eight years.
The Fourth had it the worst, serving only one year.
The Fifth, Tsunade, served around four years.
That roughly covered the period from before the start of Shippuden to the end of the series.
Aside from Sarutobi Hiruzen, who served for 31 years, only Kakashi held the position for a relatively long time, around ten years.
As for Naruto, there was no need to mention him. He inherited his father Namikaze Minato's "short-lived" trait.
Boruto was nine years old when Naruto became the Seventh Hokage, and by the time Boruto was twelve or thirteen, Naruto had been sealed away and disappeared.
At most, he served a little over three years, even less than Tsunade, who had been pushed into the role and more or less coasted through it.
In short, after losing his Sharingan, Kakashi no longer had a standout specialty, but he was still an all-round genius.
Perhaps Tsunade had chosen him as her successor on a whim, but she had indeed chosen the right person.
As for Kakashi?
In the past, he had not been the King of Tardiness or the King of Slacking Off. But in order to live like his best friend Obito, he had deliberately imitated him.
And that imitation lasted for more than ten years.
It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but hard to return from extravagance to frugality.
When you act a certain way for too long, it naturally becomes a habit. It becomes real.
Kakashi had wanted to find an opportunity to ask Tsunade for leave.
But after working overtime for three consecutive days, he did not even have dark circles under his eyes, nor did he feel the slightest bit of fatigue.
How was he supposed to tell Tsunade he needed a break?
Fake it?
As a medical ninja, Tsunade would see through him in an instant.
So Kakashi worked through two more sleepless nights.
Whether his body was tired or not, he did not know, but his mind was on the verge of collapse.
Every time he felt he had reached his limit, a mysterious force would appear and restore him.
This feeling was similar to how he had felt after being hospitalized from overusing Kamui in the past.
Could it be…
Kakashi recalled the past and did not dare think further.
Fortunately, at that moment, Shiromo's message arrived.
Kakashi immediately volunteered.
He stated that using sealing scrolls would consume too many and be troublesome. It would be better to use his dōjutsu.
Upon learning that Kakashi wanted to help, Shiromo thoughtfully dispatched Uchiha Hikari and Nohara Rin to assist him.
Hikari merely left an Yachihoko mark on Kakashi beforehand.
Rin, meanwhile, accompanied Kakashi to various countries, beginning the process of collecting old televisions, old refrigerators, and placing them into the "transfer"… the Kamui space.
The effectiveness of Kamui was directly related to chakra.
During the Fourth Great Ninja War, when Kakashi had access to the Nine-Tails' chakra, he was able to transfer the massive Eight-Tails directly into the Kamui space, catching the enemy off guard.
Thus, Rin's role was to lend Tailed Beast chakra to Kakashi, allowing him to use Kamui to the fullest extent.
After all, Kakashi already had Hashirama cells personally injected into him by the masked man. Frequent usage would not degrade his eyesight. The only limitation was chakra itself.
For Nohara Rin, this was also a form of training.
To use Baryon Mode with the Three-Tails, she first had to harmonize with it as a partner.
Stably and gently granting Tailed Beast chakra to others was itself a kind of training.
In addition, there was the enthusiastic citizen Senju Tobirama, who used Flying Thunder God to assist the two in traveling between countries, preventing them from wasting time on the road.
Senju Tobirama was absolutely not helping simply because it would disgust a certain Uchiha masked man.
During these days, the masked man's emotions shifted from anger at the beginning to trembling fear later on.
He secretly returned to Konoha once, but could not find Kakashi.
He did not know where Kakashi was or what he was doing.
He only knew that half of his dōjutsu had been rendered useless by Kakashi. He could no longer phase through objects, nor could he transfer himself into the Kamui space.
Now, whenever he tried to phase, that part of his body would be exposed to liquid filled with pollutants.
If he phased to dodge one attack, a chunk of his body would be ruined. He might as well not dodge at all.
The masked man began to regret it. He should never have injected Hashirama cells into Kakashi.
Now that Kakashi had no more restraints, he had become psychologically unhinged.
Even Konoha's septic tanks should not have been enough to fill his Kamui space to such an extent.
"Did Kakashi transfer the entire ninja world's excrement into the Kamui space?"
Despair welled up in the masked man's heart.
The last time Kakashi transferred a wave of waste from Konoha's exploding septic system, he had spent quite a while cleaning it up.
This time, no matter how he cleaned, it probably would never be clean again.
How was he supposed to eat curry rice or soak in a hot spring inside the Kamui space in the future?
"Kakashi is really evil by nature. No wonder your summoning beasts are dogs. Do you love excrement that much? I should have gouged out your eye…"
The masked man gnashed his teeth.
——
"Mission accomplished."
Kakashi was brought by Senju Tobirama's Flying Thunder God to the hot spring above the teleportation array.
Throughout the journey, Uchiha Hikari's Yachihoko had not been used even once.
From start to finish, Nohara Rin had supported Kakashi with the Three-Tails' chakra.
However, Kakashi could not feel happy.
His reason for volunteering had been to relax, to take a break.
And what was the purpose of taking a break?
Of course, to read novels.
But with Nohara Rin by his side, if he took out a novel, Rin would certainly grow curious and lean over to look.
And then…
If she discovered what kind of book he was reading, would he have any face left at all?
(End of this chapter)