Chapter 113: Have You Ever Heard of the White Lotus Sect?
If Naruto wants to play matchmaker and help the Hatake family continue their lineage, he first has to discuss why Kakashi is single.
As a Jonin, he is powerful and possesses the Sharingan. Although he wears a mask, he is not bad-looking.
A man like him would be popular anywhere.
Even if he doesn't know how to flirt and is a total'straight man,' he would still be popular with women.
Excluding external factors, that leaves internal ones.
Does Kakashi not like women?
The answer is no.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be addicted to Jiraiya's novels.
The conclusion is that Kakashi has someone in his heart.
Just as the Cha can't forget Runtu, and Runtu can't forget the Cha.
On that day of faint thunder, Kakashi couldn't forget Uchiha Obito.
After his two teammates died, he sealed his heart and became part of the Burial of Love clan.
Master Lu Xun once said, if you can't solve the problem, solve the person who raised it.
Obito obviously isn't easy to solve, and Kakashican't be solved either.
Naruto could only set his sights on Hana Rin.
If his Shadow Clone can make a princess a maid, can't I make a songstress the Hokage's wife?
Anyway, Kakashi won't take the initiative.
Aside from actively chasing Uchiha Obito, he's really a'salted fish' in the plot.
Plus, he still has the eye he left behind.
It makes it even harder to forget Obito.
The Sharingan is reminding Kakashi every moment.
You are my eyes.
The only point of confusion is that Hana Rin arrived a bit late.
If Naruto remembered correctly, at that time, the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi was still alive and well, able to climb five floors in one go without any back pain or sore legs.
But now, only a black-and-white photo remains.
Hana Rin is a spy from Lock Village, but since she didn't grow up in the village, she has no feelings for it.
She's more like a manipulated career woman, miserable as hell.
Not only does she provide intel to Lock Village, but she gets no pay.
The simplest way Naruto thought of was to take out Lock Village.
With no constraints, Hana Rin could stay in Konoha Village as an undercover agent.
Yeah, three years after another three years, and she'd become the Hokage's wife.
"That's the mission."
Kakashi looked at his two students.
He was actually lying.
The truth was that Hana Rin was a spy.
He was protecting her in name, but in reality, it was counter-espionage.
Both sides wanted to extract information.
The reason he brought Naruto and Sasuke along was that he feared the Ninjas from Lock Villagewould try to snatch her.
Although the possibility was low, the two of them just happened to have no other missions.
It was good for them to gain some experience.
To be promoted to Chunin, besides the exam, there's also the Hokage's special permission.
The prerequisite is that your experience is sufficient.
The three of them arrived at Tanzaku Town.
Somewhere on the street, Hana Rin was playing the shamisen and singing.
Naruto and Sasuke observed from the shadows.
Since Kakashi needed to extract intel, he had to get close.
Plus, Konoha had already interrogated Hana Rinbefore, so they knew she had met Kakashi when she was a child.
So even with his ridiculously bad pick-up skills, Hana Rin did not drive him away.
"Hanare?"
Naruto heard someone in the crowd call Hana Rin'Hanare'.
He was slightly startled.
It seemed calling her Hanare was also correct.
The songstress Hanare.
His eyes grew brighter.
"Sasuke, can you act?"
Naruto asked, looking at the two people talking.
Sasuke was stunned for a moment and shook his head; he didn't know how to act.
True.
With Sasuke's stone face, he could only act in idol dramas.
Naruto rubbed his chin and asked, "Didn't you see Fuka Koyuki acting last time? Didn't your Sharingan copy it?"
"???"
Sasuke was confused and said with a cold face, "The Sharingan isn't meant for that kind of thing."
Tsk, why didn't you say that when you were hypnotizing people?
In a sense, that's even less proper.
Naruto looked up and pointed at Kakashi, saying, "What do you see?"
"What?" Sasuke asked.
"The sour smell of love."
Sasuke was shocked and blurted out, "That's impossible!"
Kakashi would actually like someone?
This was even more unbelievable than seeing Sakura turn into 'Sakura-bro' one day.
"Keep it down."
"Oh."
Sasuke's eyes flickered as he asked, "Why do you say they're dating?"
Gossip is human nature, and he was no exception.
Especially when it involved Kakashi-sensei.
"Uh, it's hard to explain; you wouldn't understand."
Naruto patted his shoulder and said, "One day, when you're willing to sacrifice your body to expand the Uchiha, you'll understand."
"???" Sasuke felt something wasn't quite right.
Naruto pondered how to direct a good play.
Meanwhile, Sasuke silently activated his Sharingan, tracing the movement of Hana Rin's lips to deduce what she was saying.
But unfortunately, since Kakashi was wearing a mask, it was hard for him to know.
However, halfway through, he could still infer that the two of them were indeed not simple.
It went beyond a normal employer-employee relationship.
Kakashi and Hana Rin talked from the street all the way to the mountain.
Night.
Naruto sneaked into Hana Rin's bedroom.
He transformed into The Fool once again.
"Don't speak."
He held up his index finger, sitting on the windowsill.
Hana Rin instinctively wrapped her small blanket tighter and asked, "Who are you?"
"Who I am isn't important. What's important is, do you want freedom?"
"Freedom?" Confusion appeared in Hana Rin's eyes. "What do you mean?"
"Don't you want to break free from Lock Village, be unrestrained, and love whoever you want?"
Hearing this, Hana Rin's pupils instantly constricted, and she became alert.
"Are you a Konoha Ninja?"
"No."
Naruto knew what she was thinking.
Someone shows up in the middle of the night to talk to you about freedom.
What a psycho.
He thought for a moment and said, "Come with me."
Hana Rin hesitated.
"Don't you want to truly live?"
Naruto turned to look at her and slightly raised his hand.
Violent Chakra turned into flames, suddenly erupting in the night sky.
Before Hana Rin could react at all, she was completely surrounded.
The breath of death.
It made her unable to move, her eyes losing focus.
Beads of sweat rolled down from her forehead, passing over her beautiful beauty mark, but before they could drop, they were evaporated by the intense heat.
As an intelligence operative, Hana Rin knew a lot.
This wasn't Ninjutsu; it was pure Chakra control.
"Killing you would be an easy matter."
Naruto dispersed the flames and smiled. "Are you willing to come with me now?"
It wasn't until dozens of breaths later that Hana Rin suddenly stood up and followed.
Only then did she notice that the Anbu monitoring her had already fallen unconscious.
"Do you like Kakashi?"
Walking behind Naruto, Hana Rin's body trembled slightly. She was a bit confused, but after thinking, she nodded without hiding anything.
Naruto smiled upon hearing that.
At least I didn't get that wrong.
As for whether Kakashi likes her or not, that's hard to say.
But it doesn't matter; feelings grow over time.
First, keep Hana Rin here.
Naruto stopped asking, walked out of Tanzaku Town, and arrived at a certain forest.
The moonlight hung high.
He stopped, looked at Hana Rin, and asked, "Have you ever heard of the White Lotus Sect?"
Hana Rin was confused at first, but then she seemed to remember something and was stunned.