Hatake Satoru was doing well in Sunagakure Village, having fun with Gaara, Hozuki Mangetsu, and the others.
Over the course of three years, Hatake Satoru received some letters.
Besides a few letters about handling special problems in Kirigakure, Hatake Satoru was surprised to receive a message from Kakashi.
And the only letter from his brother, who was always dealing with S-rank missions, didn't have many words.
Both the messy handwriting and the paper, which looked like it had been torn off and crumpled up.
It was as if Kakashi had just finished a mission and sent him a quick message.
Kakashi got a homing pigeon from somewhere, and when it delivered the message to Hatake Satoru, the pigeon looked like it had been through a lot.
But luckily, it still made it.
If it had been one or two years earlier, the pigeon probably would have been blown away as soon as it entered Sunagakure Village.
Judging from the pigeon's disheveled state, the windbreak afforestation project seemed to be working well.
The message was probably not public yet, otherwise, messengers from Konoha would usually use hawks.
Kakashi was probably in a hurry to give him the message, so he just grabbed a personal pigeon to send it.
The content on the torn piece of paper wasn't surprising.
"Uchiha Sasuke has joined the Akatsuki organization, changing from a missing person to an S-rank rogue ninja."
Before Hatake Satoru left, he told Kakashi, "I know, but I don't want to tell you where Sasuke went."
Then he said that Kakashi would find out in a while.
This message was probably Kakashi's response to what he said back then, so he sent it specially.
Hatake Satoru pursed his lips and smiled slightly, then set the paper on fire and burned it.
If he's an S-rank rogue ninja, then all five major countries will probably issue a wanted order.
But he's already starting to do missions, so it looks like Sasuke is growing up well.
"Teacher—!"
"Why are you still here!? Gaara is about to become Kazekage, aren't you excited at all?"
Hozuki Mangetsu pushed open the door without hesitation, shouting at Hatake Satoru.
As soon as he entered, he smelled a burning smell, and then saw the homing pigeon on Hatake Satoru's desk, blinking in confusion.
His originally aggressive shouting immediately subsided.
If it was a crow, he would have joined in on the fun, but messages from Konoha usually came by hawk, so he would avoid looking at them.
But this strange pigeon felt wrong.
And smelling the scent, Hatake Satoru probably burned the paper, so the teacher probably had some private message.
Was he being inappropriate by barging in?
Hozuki Mangetsu was still afraid that if he messed up, Hatake Satoru would kill him to keep it a secret.
"S-should I knock...?"
Hozuki Mangetsu shook his head back and forth, taking steps to retreat.
"You're already in, what's the point of going out—?"
Hatake Satoru chuckled. He put the pigeon on the other side to let it eat.
Since last year, Gaara becoming Kazekage has basically been a done deal.
Every Kazekage controls sand, like the Third and Fourth generations were all sand people, although their strength was not great.
Also, although Gaara is a Jinchuriki, with the risk of going berserk, Shukaku hasn't unexpectedly gone out of control lately.
Gaara is suppressing it very well.
Although Gaara isn't really a perfect Jinchuriki and can't sleep well every day, he's doing a good job.
Well, of course, the most important thing is that besides Gaara, no one else in Sunagakure Village can suppress the Tailed Beast, except for a few elders working together.
Hatake Satoru gave Gaara the credit for controlling the wind and sand and greening the land, because he didn't need those titles anyway.
It would be too ridiculous to make all the people of Sunagakure love him, so never mind.
And Gaara has been solving many desertification problems while training.
So, it's correct to say that he is improving environmental management.
Hozuki Mangetsu, who likes to run around, helped Gaara gain a lot of popularity in the village.
Sometimes this former Mizukage is more than just a name...
He is very good at managing popularity.
"Well—it's nothing big, just destroying useless stuff."
"Sasuke has become an S-rank rogue ninja who joined Akatsuki."
Messages sent by Kakashi about this kind of thing can't be kept, or there will be suspicion of being a spy.
Although it's unnecessary, even simple things between villages and countries will be suspected of being intelligence.
Hatake Satoru doesn't like to cause trouble for himself.
But the five major countries will know about this sooner or later, so it's okay to tell Hozuki Mangetsu.
"Oh? Ah, is that red-eyed Uchiha kid?"
"Well—I didn't think he would become a rogue ninja?"
Sasuke's face appeared in Hozuki Mangetsu's mind.
During the Chunin Exams, although he was a little more mature than the noisy blond, cat-faced Jinchuriki next to him.
But Sasuke still just looked like a kid.
Although he seemed to like showing off and acting cool.
But that's inevitable for kids that age.
His cringey black history is nothing compared to Hozuki Mangetsu's history of wanting to kill an entire school.
"Did he become a rogue ninja because his brother is a rogue ninja?"
Hozuki Mangetsu pulled Hatake Satoru toward the Kazekage's inauguration ceremony, stroking his chin thoughtfully.
"Eh? But Sasuke's clan was wiped out by Itachi, you know~"
Hatake Satoru paused slightly. Hozuki Mangetsu had almost directly assumed a brotherly relationship, forgetting that the Uchiha Clan had been wiped out.
"Ah... oh, I forgot, hehe."
"After all, it's someone else's business, I haven't dealt with those chores for two years!"
"But it's really something a brother would do, well—maybe he wants to stay by his brother's side and find a chance to get revenge and kill him, that's not impossible."
Hozuki Mangetsu immediately came up with a new scenario.
After all, he was the Mizukage, and his understanding of rogue ninjas was limited.
Judging from the fact that all the Seven Ninja Swordsmen returned, if the village wasn't hellish, usually no one would want to go out and work alone.
Of course, it's hard to say about those in Akatsuki who have special hobbies and pursuits and become rogue ninjas.
"I don't understand the Uchiha Clan. If I were a rogue ninja, I would also want to drag my brother along."
"But that's just... wishful thinking."
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